La muerte del futuro
James Rhodes wouldn’t deny that seeing the rogue avengers disappear in the snap was very satisfying, but then he dislocated Rogers and Romanov and thought fate was a bitch and she hated Tony.
Receiving them with open arms killed James, but they were a necessity. so James swallowed the poisonous feelings and desire to activate the suit and kill them all instantly.
He could not believe or understand the hypocritical behavior they had, step foot in Tony's house again, return to use his weapons, his toys, and act as if they had not betrayed Tony in the most disgusting way, but the most painful part came when he saw that creature, VISION, his heart was bleeding from rage when he realized that that VISION part of JARVIS creation and son of Tony was playing house with that crazy bitch, after everything she did against him and Tony.
Watching him die by that witch's hand and then die again for Thanos almost pleased him and the suffering that the witch saw for what the witch went through filled him with satisfaction, though he had a vague thought that that witch deserved to suffer more
It's been more than 2 months from the snap, Thanos and his army pulled out of the ground immediately after the snap.
the few warriors remaining are divided in Wakanda, in charge of the Queen Shuri, what is left of the team of Rogers (for his complete misfortune) is in the complex of the Avengers, a Darcy Lewis that appeared in the 40 days seeking refuge because their science had disappeared at the snap.
she has been in charge of taking care of the scientists remaining who gathered at the complex to find a solution or try to save what is left of the world. Darcy has been a balm to his wounded soul, a good friend and almost said the only,she reminds him too much to Tony, her humor, her sarcasm, her spirit of not giving a fuck for what people think of her, it's like Tony before Afghanistan, and one advantage is that she does not stroll a fuck for Rogers and his entourage, his contempt for them is rewarding.
She and Rocket are like a house on fire and not missing opportunities to despise and do not support two shits what puensen the avengers rogues
"colonel Rhodes a vehicle not identified are quickly coming to the earth," the voice of FRIDAY out of their thoughts.
"Warn everyone in the venue FRIDAY, those prepared to fight are presented, and the non-fighters to hide in the bunker and not to move until further orders," ordered James as the suit closed around him, he flew quickly and stopped in front of the complex, a few minutes after Rogers, Romanov, Rocket, Banner, and others quickly came prepared for a confrontation.
"FRIDAY?"
"They crossed the layer of earth of Colonel, landing in five minutes," replied FRIDAY
"what do you think Steve" Romanov, heading to Rogers
"We should ..." Rodhey interrupted, fast losing his patience
"We will wait and see Rogers, I don't think that Thanos send only one ship to attack us"
"Now wait a minute. I don't think ..." Damn Rogers and disapproving look
"I don't care what you think now, CAPTAIN," he said the last with a note of contempt.
"we will wait to see who is on the ship, that's an order, Captain," quickly gave it back to not receive a response
"FRIDAY, warns the Queen Shuri of the event and we will keep her updated"
"Yes, colonel," the lead singer of FRIDAY ringing in his ear, showing his amusement at his response to Rogers
"WAIT" shouts Rocket, "that's the Milano, the ship of the guardians of the galaxy, my friends," says
whispering the last bit, showing then a smile manic, at the same time that FRIDAY, returns to speak in his ear, his voice conveying panic
"Colonel, the sign of the suit of Boss has been turned to the enter the Earth , its location indicates that this inside of the ship," she continued more slowly, "but I can't connect to BOSS, Colonel, I can not scan their state, the suit is off" ends the frantic voice of the FRIDAY.
By a second endless Rodhey don't know what to do,he feels the same numbness and sinking in his heart when he couldn't find Tony after the bombing of Afghanistan, the despair that he felt at seeing his brother fly that missile in New York, the fear and the helplessness when he saw it from in that alien ship, he feels that his heart is about to come out of his chest while watching the ship, almost in ruins, landing twenty meters from them.
The minutes it takes to open feel like an eternity and then sees what appears to be a woman, more robot than woman and in his arms a small load body, the sight of a clump of hair brunette and James knows immediately who it is , bruised, dirty, and god, James is expected to only be unconscious, and no, he's not going to go for that thought.
Rhodes flies need to approach more quickly to his friend, the figure blue tightens and clings more to the body of the brunette , he abandons quickly the armour with a pale face and an expression of panic in the eyes.
"Tony" he shouts Rodhes approaching looking closely at the face of his best friend, he raised his eyes and fixed his gaze on the woman "is, is ..." can't and don't want to finish the sentence.
"Sorry," says the woman in blue "his body bore the wounds and the conditions of the trip were very stressful for his body, his heart failed for almost five days".
James stood there, not realized what was happening, if the woman was telling him something he already not listening, not listening to the voice of FRIDAY trying to reassure him, not listening to the team of Rogers by calling Banner or scientists remaining, his total attention was in his arms, cradled the body of his best friend with tears in his eyes, only reacted when he felt that someone was trying to get the body of Tony from his arms, looked up and saw that to Rogers.
"Don't you dare to touch it, Rogers," he spat furiously.
"We must bring him to the health room," said Banner with calm.
"I'll take it," he said, then looked at Rogers with contempt "while I breathe, you never have to touch Tony again ".
He turned back without receiving a response, and went to the health room, he waited for what seemed like hours until that Banner came out, wiping his glasses with his shirt and his face wrinkled with sadness.
"He is dead" more a statement than a question part of the spider spy
"He is ..." began Banner, but it went to Rhodes, " he was dehydrated, malnourished, had a stab in the abdomen, very infected, he ..." he sighed as if in pain "because of all the damage and lack of nutrients, and low oxygen had a heart failure "term without looking at anyone.
"No,Tony, not" fell to his knees crying and denying hysterically with the head "can't, he always survives" vaguely noticed that Darcy what comforted his and placed on the couch, he didn't know how long he wept or when fell asleep, and less as time he slept.
James realized at the time that he wasn't sleeping but he kept pretending that he was not awake, he stayed silent listening to the voice of Nebula telling what had happened on the planet titan, the way they found a plan almost successful with the guardians of the galaxy, almost taking off the glove from Thanos, the fight back and the return trip.
No one spoke until Thor said almost with reverence.
"Brother Stark, and their actions will not be forgotten, doing what few could, to face the Titan Crazy and come out with life, is a man irreplaceable and unique."
There were murmurs of agreement, but Rhodes just wanted to yell to them all ,TOO LITTLE TOO LATE, they don't deserve to talk about him none of them.
feels to Darcy, squeezing his hand and realizes that she knows he's awake by the tension that his body has,he takes a deep breath trying to calm down, opens his eyes, sits and looks around. he gaze at the face ravaged by Rogers (what makes want to get up and hit him in the face) and the same face without emotions of Romanov, James feel more than see the concerned gaze of Darcy and Rocket along with the woman in blue, who discovered it called Nebula.
James gets up quickly and exits the room, he could not stay there, had to watch his brother, slowly entered the health room and came over to where he was, Tony.
"Tony" came out pitifully " I was enduring this torture of life with the hope that you ever return with that smile of yours, and you encounter one of your ideas to save the world .." a sob escaped him "without you, I don't see a tomorrow, you are the future, ¿what good are men with brute force to hit if Thanos will always be he stronger and the one who hits hardest , we need you,it was always you Tony " leaned his head on the chest of Tony and began to cry like the small child he once was.
"Colonel, I don't think Boss would like to see you to suffer his dead" the sad voice of FRIDAY rang in his ear.
"I would give anything for him, FRIDAY, from the moment I saw that brunette lanky teenager in the MIT I knew I would be there forever, and I FAILED AGAIN," he cried out with a hoarse voice
"Colonel, you did, you were one of the few that was there. .."
"How was Friday?" Interrupted "I feel I didn't do enough, look at me open the door to those traitors who always belittled and stabbed in the back," he spat.
"The boss would understand that ,colonel, were desperate measures", she replied slowly Friday.
he was quietly crying, remembering Tony from the moment he met him until the time he spoke with him for the last time, How happy he saw him since he announced his engagement to Pepper, everything finally was fixing, he was happy, he healed with his real friends.
He stayed there until the dawn, he rose up and stroked his face bruised from his brother.
"I don't know what future we have without you, Tony, but ... if there is a way to bring you, I will find it and I'll do anything to make it a reality" he said solemnly and with determination "this would not have happened if they had heard your warnings after returning from the portal in NY, they are guilty of all" the rage filled him quickly "you are and you will be always my priority ,Tony,i will not fail you again" heswear before entering the communal wing, he stopped again when heard the voice of Rogers
"with the death of Tony, I think I should find my shield again, I don't think that Rhodes what bother, the shield of T’ Challa is good, but it is not the same", said the fucking Rogers.
"Be careful, Steve, Rhodes can be very quiet but when you get with Tony I don't think he allows it,the last thing we need is to win an enemy in Rhodas
technically with the death of Stark and Pepper missing, he is the owner of everything, the heir of SI and owns the rights to the Iron MAN suits and all Stark creations and that includes the shield "said the spider" I can't believe that Tony has convinced Dr. Strange to confront Thanos on Titan, so big is his ego that he thought he could defeat him alone "ended with a mockery and Rhodes took all his willpower not to leave and cut the spider's throat.
"You know how Tony is, always believing to be the leader and the only one who can do it. He simply demonstrated what we already knew, that he was not a team player and was not qualified to be Iron Man," he said with that unbearable tone of I am CAPTAIN AMERICA and I do not lie.
in that moment James lost it ... a mist of anger covered his eyes and the next thing he knows is that he has his weapon, the one he always carries on him, Rogers and Romanov on the ground with bullet holes in his head and a puddle of blood around him.
He began to laugh hysterically, James's last thoughts before fainting were that they died quickly, did not pay or suffered enough, they didn't see who took revenge for Tony, James should have tortured them first ...