Iron Man 2 (Part 2)

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disappointment.

"No, no, no, we can't- wait, wait, wait. We didn't have the cake. We didn't blow out the candles..." Tony protested.

"You're out of control, okay? Trust me on this one, okay?" Pepper said.

"You're out of control, gorgeous." Tony attempted to flirt with Pepper.

"It's time to go to bed. It's time." She ordered.

"Give me another smooch. Come on, you know you want to." He said as he leaned in for a kiss.

"You just peed the suit. It's not sexy." She said as she leaned away from him.

"It has a filtration system. You could drink that water." Tony explained.

(0:54:25 - 0:55:01)

"Again, that is disgusting!" Mineta repeated.

"A filtration system? I never would have even thought of something like that. Could be useful though." Mei said.

Izuku, while finding it gross, noted that the Iron Man suit has a filtration system.

"Just send everybody home, okay?" Pepper tried to reason with the drunken Tony.

"If you say so." Tony finally agreed as Pepper took his drink and handed him the mic. "Pepper Potts. She's right. The party's over. Then again, the party was over for me, like, an hour and a half ago. The after-party starts in 15 minutes!" He declared.

All the guests began cheering.

"And if anybody, Pepper, doesn't like it, there's the door." Tony pointed his hand at the glass door and accidentally fired his repulsor, shattering the door.

The whole crowd began cheering excitedly.

"YEAH!!!!" Tony yelled.

(0:55:01 - 0:55:38)

Everyone widened their eyes when Stark accidentally fired his repulsor, fearful of the fact that his weapons are indeed active.

"ENOUGH! How can any of you call this man a hero?!" Stain yelled, unable to contain his anger any longer. "When confronted by death, every choice he's made has been completely selfish! He refuses to tell anyone the truth of his condition, he participates in a race just for the thrill, and now he plays around in the Iron Man armor like it's a toy! These are not the actions of a hero!"

Many in the audience actually agreed with Stain. But a few still felt a need to defend Stark.

"I mean, he's dying. You gotta cut him some slack." Kaminari said.

"What about All Might?! What about Banner?! Banner has endured far more hardships than Stark. If Banner were in Stark's position, do you honestly think he would be making these same decisions?!" Stain asked.

"No." Eri answered. "He wouldn't."

Eri had forgotten this side of Iron Man. Ever since he came out of that cave, Eri had only seen him as an unstoppable hero. She had completely forgotten about the rude and arrogant playboy from the beginning of the first Iron Man film. But this scene was reminding her. Eri understood why Iron Man was acting like this. He just feels hopeless. He's giving up. She understands. But she still didn't like seeing Iron Man like this. This was a side of him she didn't like to see.

The heroes and students didn't want to admit that Stain was right. That the Hero Killer was right about Stark not being a real hero. But with how Stark is acting, how could they deny it? Real heroes don't act like this, even when faced with death.

One of the guests then threw a bottle into the air, which Tony proceeded to blast out of the sky. (Pretty good aim considering how drunk he is.)

Rhodey had finally seen enough and left the room. He wasn't gonna let this nonsense continue any longer.

One of the guests threw another bottle into the air and Tony blasted it once again.

The entire crowd erupted into cheers, not realizing the danger they were in.

(0:55:38 - 0:55:54)

"I hate to admit it, but Stain is right. Stark is not acting like a hero!" Iida said.

"His reckless actions are putting people in danger!" Aizawa said.

"He's acting less and less like a hero, and more and more like a billionaire playboy." Gentle said.

"Seems the armor is best left in the governments hands after all." Endeavor said.

Everyone agreed. Even the most understanding of individuals in the audience felt that Stark was out of control. His actions were extremely irresponsible and he might hurt someone if he isn't careful. This scene was causing the audience to doubt Stark as a hero. Just like how the public is viewing Iron Man now.

Rhodey made his way downstairs and entered Tony's workshop, where the Iron Man Mark I, Mark II, and ruined Mark III were being kept.

(0:55:54 - 0:56:00)

"Is Rhodey gonna put on the suit?!" Mina gasped.

"He might have to if he's going to put a stop to Stark's antics." Midnight said.

While Tony continued blasting bottles out of the sky, Rhodey put on the Mark II Iron Man suit.

This time, one of the guests threw a watermelon into the air.

"I think she wants the Gallagher!" Tony said as he fired his Unibeam, blasting the watermelon to bits.

The crowd's cheers grew louder and louder.

"I'm only gonna say this once!" A voice yelled out amidst the chaos.

Everyone turned towards the source of the voice and saw Rhodey in the Mark II.

"Get out." Rhodey ordered as the helmet of the Mark II closed.

All the guests complied and quickly exited the house. With the civilians out of the way, Rhodey confronted Tony.

"You don't deserve to wear one of these! Shut it down!" Rhodey ordered.

(0:56:00 - 0:56:38)

"It's about time people started realizing that." Stain said.

"That armor should be in the hands of someone who can use it responsibly. It's clear someone like Stark shouldn't have it." Aizawa said.

"Goldstein." Tony addressed his DJ.

"Yes, Mr. Stark?" Goldstein answered.

(0:56:38 - 0:56:43)

"Wait, Goldstein? As in, Adam Goldstein?" Jiro asked.

"Yep. That's him." Trixter answered.

"Who?" Ojiro asked.

"Adam Goldstein was a famous DJ a long time ago. He died in 2009." Jiro explained.

"In your world. In the MCU world, however, Goldstein lived longer. The events of Iron Man 2 take place in 2010, and as you can see, Goldstein is alive and well." Trixter said.

"Another small, yet interesting difference between our worlds." Izuku said, noting the new information.

"Give me a phat beat to beat my buddy's ass to." Tony said, laughing mid-sentence.

Goldstein did as requested and began playing 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen.

Rhodey then grabbed Tony from behind. "I told you to shut it down." He repeated.

Tony's helmet closed and he suddenly flew himself and Rhodey backwards and through a wall, sending them both into the gym room.

While Rhodey fell on the floor, Tony stopped his momentum using his hand repulsors.

(0:56:43 - 0:57:02)

"And now they're fighting." Mic sighed.

"Honestly, when he implied that he might wear the armor back in the first Iron Man film, I thought it would be more of a teamwork situation. Not a fighting each other situation." Sato frowned, finding it sad that Rhodey has to fight his best friend.

"Well, I think this is gonna be awesome. Iron Man vs. Iron Man, baby!" Bakugo yelled.

"I wonder who will win." Toga said.

"Isn't Rhodey at a pretty big disadvantage? With his armor being worse than Stark's and all." Mineta asked.

"Actually, I'd say this is a pretty even fight. Stark does have the superior armor and more experience using it, but he might not be able to fight as proficiently as normal since he's drunk. Couple that with the fact that Rhodey is the superior fighter thanks to his military training, and you've got a rather even match." Izuku analyzed.

"Besides, it's not like Stark would actually go all out against his best friend... Right?" La Brava asked.

"Who can say? There's no telling what Stark might do in his current state." Compress said.

A few in the audience were quite curious to see how this fight would play out. While they were a little excited to see two Iron Men (Is it Iron Men or Iron Mans?) duking it out, they were also worried about how far the fight might go. Especially with so many people nearby.

"Now, put that thing back where you found it before someone gets hurt." Tony said as he began walking away until he was hit in the back of the head by a thrown training weight, causing him to turn back to Rhodey.

Rhodey then threw another training weight at Tony, but this time, Tony dodged it.

"Really?" Tony said, unimpressed.

Tony then picked up a barbell with some weights on it and hit Rhodey with it, knocking him across the boxing ring and into the wall.

"Sorry, pal, but Iron Man doesn't have a sidekick." Tony said as he hovered over to Rhodey.

(0:57:02 - 0:57:26)

"Maybe you should have one. Then you wouldn't have to do everything alone." Momo said.

"If he did have someone to support him, he might not have fallen to this low of a point." Shoji said.

Rhodey grabbed a large pipe. "Side... kick... this!" He said as he hit Tony with the pipe three times. Once in his gut, and twice across his face.

Rhodey then went in for a fourth strike, but this time, Tony grabbed the pipe. Rhodey reacted quickly and kicked Tony in the leg, knocking him onto his knee.

With Tony still holding onto the pipe, Rhodey swung the pipe up, sending Tony straight through the ceiling and into a bedroom.

Rhodey then flew up to Tony, who was lying on the floor. "Had enough?" He taunted.

(0:57:26 - 0:57:40)

"I hope so. You two are already causing a lot of damage." Tsu said.

"Stark's not gonna quit that easily." Dabi said.

Downstairs, Pepper, Happy, and Natalie had finally gotten all the guests outside.

"Natalie!" Pepper called out.

"Miss Potts." Natalie answered.

"Don't you 'Miss Potts' me! I'm onto you! You know what? Ever since you came here-" Pepper began, about to accuse Natalie of being responsible for Tony's recent behavior, when Tony and Rhodey suddenly crashed down through the ceiling.

While Pepper shrieked in fear, Natalie instinctively got into a fighting stance.

(0:57:40 - 0:57:45)

While a few in the audience did notice Natalie's reaction, they didn't think much of it. She has already shown that she studies martial arts, so the fact that her first instinct when in danger was to prepare to fight wasn't all that strange.

Tony and Rhodey stood and continued their fight while Happy got Pepper and brought her outside with the guests. Natalie, meanwhile, exited a different way.

(0:57:45 - 0:57:57)

"They're getting too close to the civilians. This fight has to stop." All Might said.

"A shame these civilians are too stupid to realize that they should be fleeing." Endeavor said.

The crowd outside watched as Rhodey and Tony continued to fight, some even recording the fight.

Rhodey grabbed hold of Tony, trying to restrain him.

"You want it?! Take it!" Tony said as he broke free and used his hand to sweep Rhodey's leg, flipping him over.

The moment Rhodey got back up, Tony immediately punched him in the face. When Tony went in for another punch, Rhodey dodged it, sending Tony stumbling past him.

Tony recovered and approached Rhodey before punching him in the face once again. This time, Rhodey replied with a punch of his own.

The two continued trading blows for a moment before Tony caught one of Rhodey's punches and slammed him head first into the counter next to them.

Tony then turned towards the crowd outside and noticed them watching and filming him.

"HAAAAAAAAA!" Tony roared at all the guests, causing them all to run away in fear.

(0:57:57 - 0:58:32)

"Now you're scaring people? Some hero." Kota said.

Everyone in the audience was very disappointed in Stark. They may have seen him as a good hero before, but now, they're beginning to think that he never should have become a hero. Not if he's gonna act like this. His illness can only earn him so much pity before he goes too far. And tonight, he crossed a line. Heroes do not scare and endanger innocent civilians.

Eri was extremely saddened by this moment. In fact, she was scared. Scared of Iron Man. It felt like her entire perception of Iron Man was shattered. He was scaring people. Fighting his best friend. This wasn't the hero Eri grew to admire. This wasn't Iron Man. At least not who Eri thought Iron Man was.

While Tony was distracted, Rhodey tore the sink out of the counter and hit Tony with it, sending him flying into a nearby lit fireplace.

Unaffected by the fire, thanks to his armor, Tony pulled himself out of the fireplace before turning to Rhodey and aiming his repulsor at him. Rhodey did the same.

"Put your hand down." Rhodey ordered.

"You think you got what it takes to wear that suit?" Tony questioned.

(0:58:32 - 0:58:47)

"He's more worthy of the suit than you." Stain answered.

Just about everyone agreed with Stain.

"Please, just listen and stop fighting." Melissa begged.

"We don't have to do this, Tony." Rhodey attempted to reason with his dear friend.

"You wanna be the War Machine, take your shot." Tony demanded, refusing to back down.

"Put it down!" Rhodey ordered once again.

"You gonna take a shot?" Tony asked.

"PUT IT DOWN!" Rhodey yelled, growing tired of Tony's stubbornness.

"NO!" Tony refused as he began charging his repulsor.

"DROP IT TONY!" Rhodey ordered one final time as he began charging his repulsor as well.

"TAKE IT!" Tony yelled as he and Rhodey fired at each other.

The beams from their repulsors clashed, creating a massive explosion of energy, blowing both of them away.

(0:58:47 - 0:59:05)

Everyone was shocked by the blast.

"Oh, my gosh! Are they okay?!" Uraraka asked.

"What the hell happened?!" Kirishima asked.

"The combined energy of both repulsors clashing must have caused some sort of destabilization. Something akin to when Stark had Pepper overload the large Arc Reactor at the end of the first Iron Man film, but on a much smaller scale." Power Loader analyzed.

"But they'll be fine, right?" Thirteen asked.

"I'm not sure. Those suits are tough, but that blast was pretty powerful." Power Loader answered.

Izuku took note of what happens when two repulsor blasts clash with each other.

Inside the now destroyed room, Tony could be seen laying against a wall, the suit inactive.

After a few moments, the Mark IV's eyes lit up and Tony began moving.

(0:59:05 - 0:59:38)

For a moment, everyone was beginning to think that Stark might be dead. Once his suit came back online, they all took a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness he's okay." Iida said.

"I was really worried for a second there." Kaminari said.

"Dammit! I was hoping they'd both die." Shigaraki said.

"You seriously thought they'd kill each other?" Dabi asked.

"Like I said, I was hopeful." Shigaraki answered.

"To be fair, they nearly did. I doubt either of them anticipated the blast being that powerful." Kurogiri said.

As Tony surveyed the area, he spotted Rhodey walking away.

Rhodey looked back at Tony one last time before flying away with the Mark II. Tony did nothing and simply watched as Rhodey stole his suit.

(0:59:38 - 1:00:04)

"No! He's taking the suit!" Mei yelled.

"Good. Perhaps Rhodes can put it to better use." Endeavor said.

"But it's not his!" Mei countered.

"Stark may have built the suit, but tonight, he proved that he shouldn't have it." Aizawa said.

"But-" Mei began.

"Regardless of who the suit might belong to, I believe it is best left in Rhodes hands as well as the military's. They won't use it as recklessly as Stark has." Power Loader said.

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The next day, Rhodey was shown arriving at the Edwards Air Force Base.

"Edwards Tower, this is Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, inbound from three miles east at 5,000 feet..." Rhodey radioed in, informing the base of his arrival.

The soldiers in the base watched as Rhodey rocketed towards the base and landed in front of them. All the soldiers approached Rhodey and gazed in awe at the Iron Man Mark II.

Major Allen greeted Rhodey and expressed his surprise at seeing him in possession of the Iron Man armor. Rhodey simply said that they should bring the armor inside one of the hangars. Allen agreed and all the soldiers cleared out.

(1:00:04 - 1:01:14)

"But now, what's stopping them from weaponizing the Iron Man suit?" Kaminari asked.

"Nothing. That's exactly why Stark didn't want them to have the suit." Gentle said.

"Stark's experience with Obadiah and the Ten Rings might be clouding his judgement. He's become hesitant and quite possibly even fearful of sharing his technology with anyone." Recovery Girl said.

"But we must remember that not everyone is Obadiah Stane. At the end of the day, these are soldiers, not businessmen. Their intentions are born from a desire to protect." Nezu said.

"Even General Ross was doing what he believed was best for America. Even if his methods were questionable." Midnight said.

"We'll just have to trust that Rhodes and the military will use the armor wisely." All Might said.

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Tony was shown, still in his suit (without the helmet on), eating some donuts while sitting inside of a giant, fake donut atop a donut shop.

"Sir! I'm gonna have to ask you to exit the donut." Someone called out to Tony.

Tony looked

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