Fury

The last thought through Tony's head was that he was going to die. The power in his suit was gone leaving him in a 900 pound paper weight. The cold was starting to seep in and he was pretty sure one of his lungs was collapsed. Blood spurted out of his mouth and the fight along with it. He lay back and his eyes fluttered, missing a flash of white as it crawled its way towards him. The last thing he remembered was the grey stone of the base ceiling and a snow flake falling on his cheek.

Tony jerked awake and fell out of bed, breathing hard and looking around in a panic. Was he dead? No he was in his bedroom, freshly showered and in new clothes that he didnt remember putting on. He was wrapped in his blankets like he had been cold and nothing hurt like it was supposed to.

"Friday?"
"Yes sir?" Oh thank goodness his AI was still up and running. This couldn't be hell if her comforting voice was there.
"How did I get home?" Tony slowly stood up and walked to his mirror; shocked to see no bruising, no black eye... no broken anything. He looked like he had just had a bad night of drinking and that was it.
"I sent a ship to your last location when communication was cut off. You climbed on carrying the shield of Captain America and dragging your suit."
"I was DRAGGING my suit?"
"Yes sir. I have the video waiting for you in your shop. Along with every video from the base as you requested."
"I'll take a look at those things thank you." Tony paused on his way to the door. "Friday how long have I been home?"
"Three days sir. You have many messages from Pepper, Peter, and James Rhodes sir but you requested not to be bothered."
"THREE DAYS? I've been home for three days, walking talking, obviously showering and I don't remember a THING?"
"I simply let them know you were healing from your injuries and that you weren't acting like yourself."
"Well how was I acting? I didn't make anything dangerous or put any weird pictures on the internet right?"
"No sir. You slept, showered regularly, and ate three square meals a day. Although you went through this weird phase where you ate six pounds of chocolate and looked up how to order fresh brains on your tablet. I've erased the search for you already sir."
"You are a life saver Friday."

Tony walked into his lab and rubbed his face; wondering if he should look at his messages or the videos first. Pepper would obviously be angry, Peter would be worried out of his mind, and Rhodey... it was a toss up between angry and worried. Speaking of Rhodey he had to get started on his friend's legs. Tony groaned under the weight of everything he needed to do and just pulled up his holographic computer.

"Friday play work playlist." Loud music filled the lab and everything got blurry. Tony screamed and smashed his hands to his head. "Friday turn it down please!"'
The music immediately cut in half and Tony panted.

"I must still be recovering..." Tony muttered to himself. As he started working on the braces that would allow his best friend to walk he could swear that he heard a female voice in his head telling him when something was wrong. He just shook his head and after an hour of drawing up the plans he picked up his torch.

As soon as the fire popped it was put out from his own hands. What the hell? He tried popping the torch three more times but every time he felt himself panic and his hand turned it off.

"Stop it you idiot!" That voice was very clear. Tony looked around fast and almost fell out of his work stool.
"Friday cut the music" the lab became silent and Tony listened for the voice again. He slowly reached for the torch and his hand stopped.
"Don't you dare." the voice hissed in his ear. He turned fast and looked around but no one was there.
"Friday... are you hearing anything? A female voice?" Tony asked as calmly as he could.
"No sir. You are the only one in the lab. Should I call Pepper for you sir?"
"Yes tell her I need her." Tony stood and grabbed the torch when suddenly a white blob with pink veins running through it and pitch black eyes appeared out of his chest.
"Enough with the fire!" It screamed in his face.

And that's how Pepper walked in on Tony arguing with a second head coming out of his chest.

"Tony how is this STILL not the worst thing I've walked in on you doing?" Pepper whispered to herself.