InsaneJournal

Who: Iron Man, Invincible Iron Man, Pepper Potts and Remy Hadley
Where: New York
When: Back dated Monday morning after Pepper's attack
Why: Pepper's dying, Extremis! Tony has been attacked, and only one man is left to save them both
Rating: R for the cursing going on

Despite the danger he knew could await him, Tony wasn't about to leave Pepper there for something else to come along and get her.  He was closer than the other version of him, and even if he was already halfway here, he could get to her first.  He owed her so much more, but this was just a start for his atonement.  When he arrived at the hospital, he found her lying on the ground, curled up in pain with a strange tattoo covering portions of her body. Landing next to her, his faceplate retracted and Tony stared down at her as he attempted to get her up from the ground.  He wasn't sure if his suit would protect him or if he'd even be able to move her.  "Pepper...Pepper, it's me...I'm here to take you to the mansion...." 

In the mean time, the other Tony had went off frantically in search of the one who'd attacked Pepper.  He had been intending to make it pay, but instead it had gotten him in the end.  He was flying off now to find her, and he could <i>feel</i> Extremis in his body trying to fight this off whatever it was.  He was in pain, but it was battling the pain while repairing parts of his armor midflight.  He thought he had made it out clear, but then a strong sharp jolt of pain shot through him just as he got near the hospital, and bits of his armor began to fall off.  First the repulsors flickers, trying to go offline, then his gauntlets fell off and the undersuit had retracted back into his body.  Tony was falling fast, and the next thing he realized, he was crashing to the ground a few feet from his other self and Pepper.