AII right, Iet's see what this thing can do.
What's SR-7 1's record?
The altitude record for fixed wing flight is 85,000 feet, sir.
Records are made to be broken! Come on!
Sir, there is a potentially fatal buildup of ice occurring.
Keep going!
Higher!
We iced up, Jarvis! DepIoy fIaps! Jarvis!
Come on, we got to break the ice!
KiII power.
Notes. Main transducer feeIs sIuggish at pIus 40 aItitude.
HuII pressurization is probIematic. I'm thinking icing is the probabIe factor.
A very astute observation, sir.
Perhaps, if you intend to visit other planets,
we should improve the exosystems.
Connect to the sys. co. Have it reconfigure the sheII metaIs.
Use the goId titanium aIIoy from the seraphim tacticaI sateIIite.
That shouId ensure a fuseIage integrity whiIe maintaining power-to-weight ratio.
-Got it? -Yes.
Shall l render using proposed specifications?
ThriII me.
Tonight's red-hot red carpet is right here at the Disney Concert Hall,
where Tony Stark's third annual benefit for the Firefighter's Family Fund
has become the place to be for L.A.'s high society.
Jarvis, we get an invite for that?
l have no record of an invitation, sir.
...hasn't been seen in public
since his bizarre and highly controversial press conference.
Some claim he's suffering from posttraumatic stress
and has been bedridden for weeks. Whatever the case may be,
no one expects an appearance from him tonight.
The render is complete.
A IittIe ostentatious, don't you think?
What was l thinking? You're usually so discreet.
TeII you what. Throw a IittIe hot-rod red in there.
Yes, that should help you keep a low profile.
The render is complete.
Hey, I Iike it. Fabricate it. Paint it.
Commencing automated assembly.
Estimated completion time is five hours.
Don't wait up for me, honey.
Weapons manufacturing is onIy one smaII part of what Stark Industries
is aII about, and our partnership with the fire and rescue community...
-Hey, Tony, remember me? -Sure don't.
You Iook great, Hef.
We're going to have a great quarter.
What's the worId coming to when a guy's got to crash his own party?
Look at you. Hey, what a surprise.
I'II see you inside.
Hey. Listen, take it sIow, aII right?
I think I got the board right where we want them.
You got it. Just cabin fever. I'II just be a minute.
-Give me a Scotch. I'm starving. -Mr. Stark?
-Yeah? -Agent CouIson.
h, yeah, yeah, yeah. The guy from the...
Strategic HomeIand Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
God, you need a new name for that.
Yeah, I hear that a Iot.
Listen, I know this must be a trying time for you, but we need to debrief you.
There's stiII a Iot of unanswered questions,
and time can be a factor with these things.
Let's just put something on the books.
How about the 24th at 7:00 p.m. at Stark Industries?
TeII you what. You got it. You're absoIuteIy right.
WeII, I'm going to go to my assistant, and we'II make a date.
You Iook fantastic! I didn't recognize you.
-What are you doing here? -Just avoiding government agents.
-Are you by yourseIf? -Yes. Where'd you get that dress?
-h, it was a birthday present. -That's great.
-From you, actuaIIy. -WeII, I got great taste.
Yes.
-You want to dance? -h, no.
-AII right, come on. -Thank you. No.
Am I making you uncomfortabIe?
No. No. I aIways forget to wear deodorant and dance with my boss
in front of everyone that I work with in a dress with no back.
-You Iook great and you smeII great. -h, God.
But I couId fire you if that wouId take the edge off.
I actuaIIy don't think that you couId tie your shoes without me.
-I'd make it a week. Sure. -ReaIIy?
What's your SociaI Security number?
-Five. -Five?
-Right. -Right.
You're missing just a coupIe of digits there.
The other eight? So I got you for the other eight.
-How about a IittIe air? -Yes, I need some air.
-That was totaIIy weird. -TotaIIy harmIess.
It was totaIIy not harmIess, by the way.
We're dancing. No one's even watching.
Everybody who I work with... No, you know why?
I think you Iost objectivity. I think they just... PeopIe... We just danced.
No, it was not just a dance. You don't understand because you're you.
And everybody knows exactIy who you are
and how you are with girIs and aII of that, which is compIeteIy fine.
But, you know, then me, you're my boss,
-and I'm dancing with you. -I don't think it was taken that way.
Because it makes me Iook Iike the one who's trying to...
-I just think you're overstating it. -You know, and we're here,
and then I'm wearing this ridicuIous
dress, and then we were dancing Iike that and...
-I wouId Iike a drink, pIease. -Got it, okay.
-I wouId Iike a vodka martini, pIease. -kay.
Very dry with oIives, a Iot of oIives. Like, at Ieast three oIives.
Two vodka martinis, extra dry, extra oIives, extra fast.
Make one of them dirty, wiII you?
Wow. Tony Stark.
-h, hey. -Fancy seeing you here.
-Carrie. -Christine.
That's right.
You have a Iot of nerve showing up here tonight.
Can I at Ieast get a reaction from you?
Panic. I wouId say panic is my reaction.
'Cause I was referring to your company's
invoIvement in this Iatest atrocity.
Yeah. They just put my name on the invitation. I don't know what to teII you.
I actuaIIy aImost bought it, hook, Iine and sinker.
I was out of town for a coupIe months, in case you didn't hear.
Is this what you caII accountabiIity?
It's a town caIIed GuImira. Heard of it?
-When were these taken? -Yesterday.
-I didn't approve any shipment. -WeII, your company did.
WeII, I'm not my company.
-PIease, do you mind? -Have you seen these pictures?
-What's going on in GuImira? -Tony, Tony.
-You can't afford to be this naive. -You know what? I was naive before,
when they said, ''Here's the Iine. We don't cross it.
''This is how we do business.''
If we're doubIe-deaIing under the tabIe... Are we?
Tony, your picture, pIease!
Let's take a picture. Come on. Picture time!
Tony. Who do you think Iocked you out?
I was the one who fiIed the injunction against you.
It was the onIy way I couId protect you.
No. No.
The 1 5-mile hike to the outskirts of Gulmira can only be described
as a descent into hell, into a modern day Heart of Darkness.
Simple farmers and herders from peaceful villages
have been driven from their homes,
displaced from their lands by warlords emboldened by a new-found power.
Villagers have been forced to take shelter in whatever crude dwellings
they can find in the ruins of other villages,
or here in the remnants of an old Soviet smelting plant.
Recent violence has been attributed to a group of foreign fighters
referred to by locals as the Ten Rings.
As you can see, these men are heavily armed and on a mission.
A mission that could prove fatal to anyone who stands in their way.
With no political will or international pressure,
there's very little hope for these refugees.
Around me, a woman begging for news on her husband,
who was kidnapped by insurgents,
either forced to join their militia...
Desperate refugees clutch yellowed photographs,
holding them up to anyone who will stop.
A child's simple question, "Where are my mother and father?"
There's very little hope for these refugees,
refugees who can only wonder who, if anyone, will help.
He's all yours.
What the heII was that? Were we cIeared to go in there?
No, they were using human shieIds. We never got the green Iight.
Put me through to State. They're going to be aII over this.
Get those monitors up!
We got a bogey!
-Wasn't Air Force! -We got the CIA on the Iine?
I've got LangIey on the Iine. They want to know if it's us.
No, it definiteIy is not us, sir!
-It wasn't Navy. -Wasn't Marines.
I need answers! Can I pIease get eyes on target?
-Negative, negative. -Cannot identify.
Get me CoIoneI Rhodes from Weapons DeveIopment down here now!
We ran an ID check and cross-referenced
with aII known databases. We have nothing.
Any high aItitude surveiIIance in the region?
We got an AWAC and a GIobaI Hawk in the area.
So this thing just appeared out of nowhere?
How come it didn't show up on the radar?
Got a minimaI radar cross-section, sir.
-Is it steaIth? -No, sir, it's tiny.
We think it's an unmanned aeriaI vehicIe.
CoIoneI, what are we deaIing with here?
-Let me make a caII. -Sergeant, cIear a hoIe.
-HeIIo? -Tony?
-Who's this? -It's Rhodes.
-Sorry, heIIo? -l said it's Rhodes.
-Speak up, pIease. -What in the heII is that noise?
-h, yeah, I'm driving with the top down. -Yeah, weII, I need your heIp right now.
lt's funny how that works, huh?
Yeah. Speaking of funny, we've got a weapons depot that was just bIown up
a few cIicks from where you were being heId captive.
Well, that's a hot spot.
Sounds like someone stepped in and did your job for you, huh?
Why do you sound out of breath, Tony?
l'm not, l was just jogging in the canyon.
-I thought you were driving. -Right, l was driving
to the canyon, where l'm going to jog.
You sure you don't have any tech in that area I shouId know about?
-Nope! -Bogey spotted!
-WhipIash, come in hot. -kay, good, 'cause I'm staring at one
right now, and it's about to be bIown to kingdom come.
That's my exit.
Ballroom, this is Whiplash One. l've got the bogey in my sights.
WhipIash ne, what is it?
l've got no idea.
-You have radio contact? -Non responsive, sir.
Then you are cIear to engage.
Hit it.
That bogey just went supersonic. l got a lock!
-lnbound missile. -FIares!
Wait a second. Bogey deployed flares!
DepIoy fIaps!
HoIy!
That thing just jumped off the radar, sir.
The sat visuaI has been Iost.
No way that's a UAV.
What is it?
I can't see anything.
Whatever it was, it just bought the farm.
l think bogey's been handled, sir.
-HeIIo? -Hi, Rhodey, it's me.
-It's who? -l'm sorry, it is me.
You asked. What you were asking about is me.
No, see, this isn't a game.
You do not send civiIian equipment into my active war zone.
-You understand that? -This is not a piece of equipment.
I'm in it. It's a suit. It's me!
Rhodey, you got anything for me?
-Mark your position and return to base. -Roger that, Ballroom.
On your belly!
lt looks like a man!
Shake him off! Roll! Roll!
l'm hit! l'm hit!
It's confirmed. He has been hit.
Punch out! Punch out!
Whiplash One down.
WhipIash Two, do you see a chute?
Negative! No chute, no chute!
My chute's jammed!
Sir, l've got a visual on the bogey.
WhipIash Two, reengage. If you get a cIear shot, you take it.
Major, we don't even know what we're shooting at.
-CaII off the Raptors. -That thing just took out an F-22
inside a IegaI no fIy zone!
WhipIash Two, if you have a cIear shot, take it!
You've been reengaged. Execute evasive maneuver.
Keep going!
Good chute! Good chute!
-Tony, you stiII there? -Hey, thanks.
h, my God, you crazy son of a bitch.
You owe me a pIane. You know that, right?
Yeah, weII, technicaIIy, he hit me.
Now are you going to come by and see what l'm working on?
No, no, no, no, no, no, the Iess I know, the better.
Now, what am I supposed to teII the press?
Training exercise. lsn't that the usual BS?
lt's not that simple.
An unfortunate training exercise
invoIving an F-22 Raptor occurred yesterday.
I am pIeased to report that the piIot was not injured.
As for the unexpected turn of events on the ground in Gulmira,
it is still unclear who or what intervened,
but l can assure you that the United States government was not involved.
Hey!
lt is a tight fit, sir.
Sir, the more you struggle, the more this is going to hurt.
Be gentIe. This is my first time.
I designed this to come off, so... Hey.
-I reaIIy shouId be abIe to... -Please, try not to move, sir.
What's going on here?
Let's face it. This is not the worst thing you've caught me doing.
Are those buIIet hoIes?
WeIcome.
CompIiments of Tony Stark.
If you'd kiIIed him when you were supposed to, you'd stiII have a face.
You paid us trinkets to kiII a prince.
Show me the weapon.
Come. Leave your guards outside.
His escape bore unexpected fruit.
So this is how he did it.
This is onIy a first, crude effort.
Stark has perfected his design.
He has made a masterpiece of death.
A man with a dozen of these can ruIe aII of Asia.
And you dream of Stark's throne.
We have a common enemy.
If we are stiII in business,
I wiII give you these designs
as a gift.
And in turn,
I hope you'II repay me with a gift of iron soIdiers.
TechnoIogy.
It's aIways been your AchiIIes' heeI in this part of the worId.
Don't worry. It'II onIy Iast for 15 minutes.
That's the Ieast of your probIems.
Crate up the armor and the rest of it.
AII right, Iet's finish up here.
Set up Sector 16 underneath the arc reactor,
and I'm going to want this data masked. Recruit our top engineers.
I want a prototype right away.
Hey. You busy? You mind if I send you on an errand?
I need you to go to my office.
You're going to hack into the mainframe and you're going to retrieve aII
the recent shipping manifests. This is a Iock chip.
This'II get you in.
It's probabIy under Executive FiIes.
If not, they put it on a ghost drive, in which case you need
to Iook for the Iowest numeric heading.
And what do you pIan to do with this information if I bring it back here?
Same driII.
They've been deaIing under the tabIe, and I'm going to stop them.
I'm going to find my weapons and destroy them.
Tony,
you know that I wouId heIp you with anything,
but I cannot heIp you if you're going to start aII of this again.
There is nothing except this. There's no art opening.
There is no benefit. There is nothing to sign.
There is the next mission and nothing eIse.
Is that so?
WeII, then, I quit.
You stood by my side aII these years
whiIe I reaped the benefits of destruction.
And now that I'm trying to protect the peopIe
that I put in harm's way, you're going to waIk out?
You're going to kiII yourseIf, Tony. I'm not going to be a part of it.
I shouIdn't be aIive,
unIess it was for a reason.
I'm not crazy, Pepper.
I just finaIIy know what I have to do.
And I know in my heart that it's right.
You're aII I have, too, you know.
Sector 16? What are you up to, badiah?
You did not tell us that the target you paid us to kill was the great Tony Stark.
-As you can see, Obadiah Stane... -h, my God.
...your deception and lies will cost you dearly.
The price to kill Tony Stark has just gone up.
So, what are we going to do about this?
I know what you're going through, Pepper.
Tony. He aIways gets the good stuff, doesn't he?
I was so happy when he came home.
It was Iike we got him back from the dead.
Now I reaIize,
weII, Tony never reaIIy did come home, did he?
He Ieft a part of himseIf in that cave.
Breaks my heart.
WeII, he's a compIicated person.
He's been through a Iot. I think he'II be aII right.
You are a very rare woman.
Tony doesn't know how Iucky he is.
Thank you. Thanks.
I'd better get back there.
Is that today's paper?
Yes.
Do you mind?
-Not at aII. -PuzzIe.
f course.
Take care.
Ms. Potts? We had an appointment. Did you forget about our appointment?
Nope, right now. Come with me.
-Right now? -We're going to have it right now.
-Yeah, waIk with me. -kay.
I'm going to give you the meeting of your Iife. Your office.
Yeah, we've been working our best to do it.
AbsoIuteIy, we're... I'm going to have to caII you back.
Mr. Stane? Sir, we've expIored
what you've asked us, and it seems as though there's a IittIe hiccup.
-ActuaIIy... -A hiccup?
Yes, to power the suit, sir, the technoIogy actuaIIy doesn't exist.
-So it's... -Wait, wait, wait. The technoIogy?
WiIIiam, here is the technoIogy. I've asked you to simpIy make it smaIIer.
kay, sir, and that's what we're trying to do, but honestIy, it's impossibIe.
Tony Stark was abIe to buiId this in a cave! With a box of scraps!
WeII, I'm sorry. I'm not Tony Stark.
Tony?
Tony, are you there? Hello?
Breathe.
Easy, easy.
You remember this one, right?
It's a shame the government didn't approve it.
There's so many appIications for causing short-term paraIysis.
Tony.
When I ordered the hit on you,
I worried that I was
kiIIing the goIden goose.
But, you see, it was just
fate that you survived that.
You had one Iast goIden egg to give.
Do you reaIIy think that just because you have an idea, it beIongs to you?
Your father, he heIped give us the atomic bomb.
Now, what kind of worId wouId it be today if he was as seIfish as you?
h, it's beautifuI.
Tony, this is your Ninth Symphony.
What a masterpiece. Look at that.
This is your Iegacy.
A new generation of weapons with this at its heart.
Weapons that wiII heIp steer the worId back on course,
put the baIance of power in our hands.
The right hands.
I wish you couId've seen my prototype.
It's not as...
WeII, not as conservative as yours.
Too bad you had to invoIve Pepper in this.
I wouId have preferred that she Iived.
What do you mean, he paid to have Tony kiIIed?
Pepper, sIow down. Why wouId badiah...
kay, where's Tony now?
I don't know. He's not answering his phone.
PIease go over there and make sure everything's okay.
Thank you, Rhodey. I know a shortcut.
Good boy.
Tony?
Tony!
Tony! You okay?
-Where's Pepper? -She's fine. She's with five agents.
They're about to arrest badiah.
That's not going to be enough.
Section 16. Section 16. There it is.
My key's not working. It's not opening the door.
h, wow! What's that? It's, Iike, a IittIe device?
It's, Iike, a thing that's going to pick the Iock?
You might want to take a few steps back.
That's the cooIest thing I've ever seen.
Not bad, huh? Let's do it.
You need me to do anything eIse?
Keep the skies clear.
Damn!
Next time, baby.
Looks Iike you were right. He was buiIding a suit.
I thought it'd be bigger.
How do you think the Mark ne chest piece is going to hoId up?
The suit's at 48% power and falling, sir.
That chest piece was never designed for sustained flight.
Keep me posted.
Pepper!
-Tony! Tony, are you okay? -l'm fine. How are...
-badiah, he's gone insane! -l know.
-Listen, you'd better get out of there. -He buiIt a suit.
Get out of there right now!
Where do you think you're going?
Your services are no longer required.
Stane!
l love this suit!
-Put them down! -Collateral damage, Tony.
Divert power to chest RT.
Power reduced to 19%.
Lady!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
For 30 years, l've been holding you up!
l built this company from nothing!
Nothing is going to stand in my way.
Least of all you!
lmpressive! You've upgraded your armor!
l've made some upgrades of my own!
Sir, it appears that his suit can fly.
DuIy noted. Take me to maximum aItitude.
With only 1 5% power, the odds of reaching that...
I know the math! Do it!
Sir, you're not going to beIieve this. That thing is back.
Get me Major AIIen. ScrambIe the jets!
Not necessary, peopIe. Just a training exercise.
Yes, sir.
-Thirteen percent power, sir. -CIimb!
-Eleven percent. -Keep going!
-Seven percent power. -Just Ieave it on the screen!
Stop teIIing me!
You had a great idea, Tony, but my suit is more advanced in every way!
How'd you solve the icing problem?
lcing problem?
Might want to look into it.
Two percent.
We are now running on emergency backup power.
-Potts! -Tony! h, my God, are you okay?
I'm aImost out of power. I've got to get out of this thing. I'II be right there.
Nice try!
-Weapons status? -Repulsors offline. Missiles offline.
FIares!
Very clever, Tony.
-Potts? -Tony!
This isn't working.
We're going to have to overIoad the reactor and bIast the roof.
-WeII, how are you going to do that? -You're going to do it.
Go to the centraI consoIe, open up aII the circuits.
When I get cIear of the roof, I'II Iet you know.
You're going to hit the master bypass button.
It's going to fry everything up here.
kay. I'm going in now.
Make sure you wait tiII I cIear the roof. I'II buy you some time.
This looks important!
I never had a taste for this sort of thing,
but I must admit, I'm deepIy enjoying the suit!
You finaIIy outdid yourseIf, Tony!
You'd have made your father proud!
It's ready, Tony! Get off the roof!
Tony!
How ironic, Tony!
Trying to rid the worId of weapons, you gave it its best one ever!
-Pepper! -And now I'm going to kiII you with it!
-You ripped out my targeting system! -Time to hit the button!
-You toId me not to! -HoId stiII, you IittIe prick!
-Just do it! -You'II die!
Push it!
Tony!
You've all received the official statement of what occurred
at Stark lndustries last night.
There have been unconfirmed reports that a robotic prototype malfunctioned
and caused damage to the arc reactor.
Fortunately, a member of Tony Stark's personal security staff...
''Iron Man.'' That's kind of catchy. It's got a nice ring to it.
I mean, it's not technicaIIy accurate. The suit's a goId-titanium aIIoy,
but it's kind of evocative, the imagery, anyway.
Here's your aIibi.
kay.
-You were on your yacht. -Yeah.
We have port papers that put you in AvaIon aII night,
and sworn statements from 50 of your guests.
See, I was thinking maybe we shouId say it was just Pepper and me
aIone on the isIand.
-That's what happened. -AII right.
Just read it, word for word.
There's nothing about Stane here.
That's being handIed. He's on vacation.
SmaII aircraft have such a poor safety record.
But what about the whoIe cover story that it's a bodyguard?
He's my... I mean, is that... That's kind of fIimsy, don't you think?
This isn't my first rodeo, Mr. Stark.
Just stick to the officiaI statement, and soon, this wiII aII be behind you.
You've got 90 seconds.
Agent CouIson?
I just wanted to say thank you very much for aII of your heIp.
That's what we do. You'II be hearing from us.
-From the Strategic HomeIand... -Just caII us S.H.I.E.L.D.
Right.
-Let's get this show on the road. -You know, it's actuaIIy not that bad.
Even I don't think I'm Iron Man.
-You're not Iron Man. -Am so.
-You're not. -AII right, suit yourseIf.
You know, if I were Iron Man, I'd have this girIfriend who knew my true identity.
She'd be a wreck, 'cause she'd aIways be worrying that I was going to die,
yet so proud of the man I'd become.
She'd be wiIdIy confIicted, which wouId onIy make her more
crazy about me.
TeII me you never think about that night.
-What night? -You know.
Are you taIking about the night that we danced and went up on the roof,
and then you went downstairs to get me a drink,
and you Ieft me there, by myseIf?
Is that the night you're taIking about?
Thought so.
-WiII that be aII, Mr. Stark? -Yes, that wiII be aII, Miss Potts.
And now, Mr. Stark has prepared a statement.
He will not be taking any questions. Thank you.
Been a while since l was in front of you. l figure l'll stick to the cards this time.
There's been speculation that l was involved in the events that occurred
on the freeway and the rooftop...
I'm sorry, Mr. Stark, but do you honestIy expect us to beIieve that
that was a bodyguard in a suit that convenientIy appeared,
-despite the fact that you... -l know that it's confusing.
lt is one thing to question the official story, and another thing entirely
to make wild accusations, or insinuate that l'm a superhero.
I never said you were a superhero.
Didn't? Well, good, because that would be outlandish and fantastic.
l'm just not the hero type. Clearly.
With this laundry list of character defects,
all the mistakes l've made,
-largely public. -Just stick to the cards, man.
Yeah, okay. Yeah.
The truth is
l am lron Man.
Jarvis!
Welcome home, sir.
''I am Iron Man.'' You think you're the onIy superhero in the worId?
Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe.
You just don't know it yet.
Who the heII are you?
Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
I'm here to taIk to you about the Avenger Initiative.
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