A whole flight of eight helicopters approached their target. Their task was simple: to destroy everyone who would be on the object.
The bald man who was now the leader of this group was in one of the helicopters and was not at all worried about the possibility of failure. The flying transport was completely filled with weapons and people who knew how to use them. Right before the operation began, he was told that there could be changes, so he was given certain instructions on this matter.
- The target is in the house, there is another person with her . - The mercenary who was sitting behind passed on the screen, which showed that two targets were marked inside the building.
- Begin the attack - after a short phrase, one missile flew out of each helicopter in the direction of the modern mansion.
The missile that flew into Tony's mansion caught them both by surprise. But if Stark took the full impact on his armor, then Alex had to take all the damage on his body.
Tony watched with bated breath as Alex's body went flying and hit the wall, after which it stopped moving from the injuries it had received.
- Jarvis. - Tony was ready to tear and destroy, his beloved was kidnapped, his friend was killed, and if he himself did nothing, then he would be next.
- Working, sir. - Jarvis' scanners scanned the area and prepared the suit for combat. - They are targeting you for another attack.
Tony raised his arms to fire his repulsors at one of the helicopters, but the building beneath him began to collapse, throwing off his aim and forcing him to take a few steps to gain firmer ground.
- Damn - besides the fact that the attack failed, one of the helicopters hit him with several shots from a large-caliber machine gun, judging by the noticeable pain, most likely the shots were armor-piercing, but they were unable to penetrate the armor.
Having regained his footing, Tony once again aimed at one of the helicopters and this time nothing stopped him from striking with his repulsors .
- There is one . - the helicopter that received such a charge in the windshield killed the pilot, which caused the helicopter itself to rapidly fall into the water - Jarvis, what about Alex?
- He's alive, sir - Tony's heart skipped a beat of relief - but he's still unconscious. My scanners are picking up a strange anomaly.
- Not now, he's already alive and well. We need to finish them off quickly and get him out of here . - The next helicopter that went to the bottom was blown up with a rocket fired from a glove.
Assessing the situation and the amount of destruction in the house forced Tony to change tactics.
-That won't work, Jarvis watch Alex and I'll take to the air. - The repulsors in the suit's limbs lifted him off the ground and sent him flying. The remaining helicopters in the air switched from the mansion to a living and visible target.
As soon as the battle location changed, everything took on a different color. The helicopters with all their weapons could not compare with the maneuverability and weapons of the iron man. Bullets and missiles fired almost continuously, but this did not give any result. Several helicopters were shot down simply from friendly fire during the maneuvers of the technological suit. Several minutes of air combat led to the complete defeat of the attackers and the battle was over. The enhanced repulsor beam into the pilot's cabin did its job and blew up all the helicopters that remained after the crossfire. The attackers' equipment and weapons were good, but against Stark's technological superiority this was very little.
Realizing that there were no more targets, Tony already wanted to go and save his guest from his own house, which was now starting to fall into the water. But this was not necessary, the master of water manipulation himself appeared in one of the openings of the building, where there used to be a wall. Tony was not surprised that he himself was fine, thanks to his abilities, Alex could heal his injuries and the only thing that spoke of what he had experienced was his torn clothes.
Sir, my scanners have detected several F16s heading our way.
- As always, just in time - Tony was already a little glad that these soldiers were doing something , and the situation with the military would not be a relief for him.
- Sir, I don't want to spoil your triumph, but it looks like these fighters are not flying to save you. -
Jarvis' scans showed that the planes were ready to attack and were aiming towards the owner of the iron armor.
Accelerating his suit, he went to meet the fighters. An attempt was made on his life. His girlfriend was kidnapped, and his friend was tried to be killed. Even if Jarvis was wrong and this is help for him. It will be easier to pay for new fighters that he will blow up than to allow another attack.
Unfortunately, Stark's hopes for a mistake were dashed, as two of the three fighters fired missiles when they came into range.
Shooting down some of the missiles and dodging the rest wasn't hard, but it gave them a few seconds to split up for a new maneuver. But fighting an engineering genius in the air with such technology was simply not reasonable. Tony had experience with this kind of plan, but if there he tried not to harm the pilots, then here there was no such goal. So two small missiles went in pursuit of one fighter, while Tony went after the other.
- Sir – Jarvis didn't have time to finish before a recording from one of the surviving cameras appeared on his screen. The picture was bad and the angle of view was unclear after the fall, but it was able to convey the meaning.
The third pilot did not attack Tony because he had another goal. The camera showed Alex trying to form a shield around himself from the surrounding water, but he did not have time. The explosion that occurred literally a few meters away from him completely destroyed the remains of a billionaire's mansion.
- No - Tony understood that Alex would not survive such an explosion. He could heal himself if there was time. But the powerful explosion of a missile designed to blow up bunkers left no chance for survival.
While the billionaire was grieving, the other pilots wasted no time in firing a second salvo of missiles. The bright red lights that flashed in front of his face caught his attention, and he noticed more missiles approaching him, but the suit's owner didn't have to deal with that problem. Jarvis , seeing the state of his creator, took over the suit and made a sharp maneuver to the side, which allowed him to avoid danger and shake the man inside the suit a little.
- Sir, your emotions will not help your survival now, I suggest... -
- Shut up - Jarvis did not dare to contradict his creator, but tried to help as much as he could, but thanks to the shake-up, Tony went for new goals, since he needed to check his house, and the planes would not leave him alone.
Having taken control from Jarvis, the suit's pilot made a sharp 180-degree maneuver and flew towards the nearest target straight into the breach.
Several missiles and a burst of machine gun fire did not stop the billionaire, and he simply flew straight, avoiding dangerous damage. When the fighter pilot realized that a collision was unavoidable, he tried to change the route, but this did not save him. Before the collision itself, Tony positioned his suit so that he was facing under the fighter and another missile fired from the glove simply blew up the plane's engine. Of course, Tony did not stop there and continued flying in the direction of two more targets. Seeing that one was already lost, the two remaining pilots tried to change tactics so that while one attacked, the other covered him, but the pilots had no experience in fighting small, armed and maneuverable targets, so the result was two more downed planes on Stark's account.
It took the winner literally a minute to come to his senses after the battle. Seeing how the parachute of the surviving pilot, whose wing the iron man had simply pierced, was slowly descending into the ocean, Tony suddenly had a great desire to talk, so he went to this pilot.
The office door opened. A spectacular blonde in a short black dress that hugged her entire body and showed off her beautiful legs in long heels walked in. Putting her hand in the small bag she had with her, she pressed the button on the device, and the bag began to vibrate quietly. Entering the room , she closed the door behind her and the noise of the party died down, looking around the office, the furnishings inside did not surprise her. A large wooden table, which was custom-made, had a computer on it and a few other things for work. A bookcase with books and a TV opposite the table, where an information channel was working. The office reflected a wealthy person who liked to spend money on his whims.
Without wasting time, the girl went to the computer and connected another device to it. While the device was cracking the password, the blonde looked through the desk drawers; apart from several bundles of money and folders of documents, there was nothing interesting for her. When the password was cracked, the girl began to look for what she had come to this party for. It is not a big problem for a beautiful woman to get to a meeting with rich men. A few minutes of searching on the computer yielded results, and she found the documents she was looking for. Having started downloading them, her gaze was drawn to a working TV. On the screen, she saw the already familiar mansion, only now it was shown in a ruined state, and on the screen were two photographs with the caption missing and both faces depicted were familiar to her.
- Fury will kill me. - Natasha checked that she now had the necessary information and began to urgently get ready before anyone noticed her.