Chapter 219 Stark Under Attack
The voice came again on Friday, "The thermal energy characteristics are similar, and the temperature on site is as high as 3000 degrees Celsius."
Stark looked closely and said, "Strange, why are there two soldiers? Friday, have you been to Tennessee?"
Friday replied: "I'm getting ready to board a plane."
Indeed, they needed to go to Tennessee.
The high temperature found there and the accident scene are so similar to the accident scene where the bombing injured Happy, and no explosive debris was found at the same accident scene. Although the news reports said that it was suicide by detonating explosives.
However, the incident was not caused by the Mandarins, and when the accident occurred, Loki had not even started to invade Blue Star.
In just over a year, Mandarin's ambitions have expanded so rapidly?
Could it be that he started planning the terrorist attack a year ago, but because no one has exposed it, he is now announcing his existence in a high-profile manner?
Before Stark could figure out the connection, Friday indicated that there was a knock on the door.
Stark spread his hands helplessly, "Come on, Friday, I just declared war on a terrorist, can't you tighten up your security?"
Friday simulated a laugh. "I'm sorry, sir, I can only help you a little. Please check on the guests outside the door."
Standing outside the door were Natasha and botanist Maya Hansen. Stark opened the door helplessly, "I never thought you two would come to see me at the same time."
Natasha shrugged lightly. "Don't get me wrong. Although we all came to look for you, we just happened to meet at your doorstep."
"Okay, then please come in." Although Stark was a little reluctant, he still politely invited them into the house.
When he noticed Natasha walking away, he leaned in closer to Maya and whispered, "Is there a thirteen-year-old kid sitting in the car outside that I've never seen before?"
Maya understood his concern, but quipped, "He is indeed thirteen years old."
Looking at Stark's bitter face, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, it's not your child, and I'm not here to destroy your family. I heard that your girlfriend is very good, right?"
Stark seemed a little absent-minded. "Even if I forget what to eat for breakfast, I will never forget how good she was to me."
"Sir, you had multi-grain waffles for breakfast." Friday's voice sounded at an inopportune time.
Stark was slightly embarrassed, "Well, thank you, Friday."
Maya ignored Stark's embarrassment and said seriously, "I have something to tell you, Stark. It's urgent. Do you want to talk somewhere else?"
Natasha was already sitting on the sofa. When she heard this, she interrupted and said, "Stark, Professor Lin Feng asked me to come and help you. He said you need to evacuate as soon as possible."
Stark felt a little headache after hearing this, and said to Maya first: "I won't go along with it like I did before. I have a girlfriend now, a very formal one."
Then he turned to Natasha and said, "Romanov, I appreciate the professor's concern for me, but I know my limits. I don't think it's necessary to evacuate now."
As soon as he finished speaking, two luggage bags fell from upstairs, and at the same time, Pepper's voice came: "Tony, who are you talking to?"
Stark raised his voice and answered, "Maya Hansen, the botanist, and Natasha, whom you have met, my colleague in the Avengers."
As Pepper came downstairs, Stark pulled Maya aside, "What do you want from me?"
Maya whispered, "I need your help."
Stark didn't react for a moment, "What did you say?"
Maya said seriously, "I read the news in the newspaper. You declared war on the Mandarins. To be honest, I don't think you can survive this week."
After Pepper went downstairs, she looked at Stark and Maya, who were behaving in a somewhat intimate manner, and said with thorns: "After Kai Xin was hospitalized, I didn't know there would be guests coming to our house." Then she glanced at Natasha, "And there were two of them at once."
Natasha quickly raised her hands to show her innocence.
Stark looked away. "I didn't expect that."
Chili's words were hot, "Especially the ex-girlfriend."
Stark had no choice but to say, "Uh, not really."
Maya added, "You, no no, you misunderstood, I am indeed not your ex-girlfriend, we just had a one-night stand."
Chili looked at her, her jealousy obvious, "Really?"
Natasha was anxious for the world to be in turmoil. "Stark, do you usually say this?"
Maya added fuel to the fire, "To be honest, I felt pretty good that night."
Stark felt his scalp tingling, and it seemed as if a volcano would erupt next to him at any moment, so he quickly said sternly: "Okay, Maya. That's enough."
Maya looked at Stark jokingly, and Pepper next to her said to her: "It's a good thing you two didn't become a couple, otherwise you would definitely regret it. Believe me."
Stark said "hmm" and then felt something was wrong, then turned to look at Pepper, "Hmm?"
Even Maya looked at Pepper with some confusion.
Natasha laughed unscrupulously, but still reminded: "Stark, if I were you, it would be best to move out of here now."
Stark was glad that Natasha changed the subject. After hearing her suggestion, he said confidently, "Don't worry, Natasha." Then he looked at Pepper and said, "We've been through everything, right?"
Pepper threw a duffel bag at him and said, "No, I think Natasha is right. We should stay out of the spotlight for now."
Stark was a little paranoid, "No, Pepper, I don't think we need to leave now."
Pepper looked at Stark, who was so stubborn that he was unreasonable. She didn't know what supported his genius mind and foolish paranoia. She didn't have time to explain the reason and insisted on her own idea, "No, listen to me and leave now."
Maya, who was standing by, looked at the giant rabbit doll and asked, "Is this big rabbit okay?"
Stark was very unhappy. "I gave you that rabbit specially. I even asked you if you like rabbits."
Little Chili was also a little angry, "Yes, you asked me, three times before and after, but I also told you that I don't like it."
"You don't like it? You don't like it? Tell me you don't like it? If you don't like it, why did you accept it? You can tell me, I can give you anything you like."
The two were about to quarrel, but Maya's interruption eased the atmosphere. However, both of them were a little absent-minded and said in unison: "Yes, no problem."
Maya looked at the TV screen next to her again, "What about this? This seems to show the exterior of your house?"
Hearing this, Pepper and Stark stopped arguing, and even Natasha couldn't help but come closer.
They watched on the screen as a missile approached rapidly. The missile's sudden attack caught Stark and the three women in the house off guard, and they were instantly knocked to the ground by the blast. The originally sturdy villa was shattered in an instant.
Before the enemy launched the next round of attack, Stark turned to Pepper and said, "You're right, we have to leave immediately." Then he looked at Natasha.
Natasha understood what he meant, and immediately helped Maya up with Pepper and walked out. They would only be a burden to Stark here, after all, they were unarmed. Although Natasha was an agent, she did not have the ability to attack from a distance. In a villa that could collapse at any time, they would only distract Stark. Therefore, evacuation was their best option.
Pepper said nothing, and together with Natasha, they supported the unconscious Maya and quickly evacuated the villa.
Stark used his thermal sensor system to summon the mecha.
After the Ultron incident, he lost most of his mechas, and most of the existing ones were researched and created by himself. In order to prevent the Kree from infiltrating and researching mechas, he secretly repaired many of them. At this moment, there is only one trial version of the mecha left in the villa.
The armed helicopters began to fire, but because Natasha and the others had already evacuated and Stark had put on the mecha, no additional casualties were caused.
However, the villa's pillars were repeatedly shot at, causing it to tilt again and debris to slide down.
Stark's home is located on the seaside, and at this moment, the rubble of the house is constantly falling into the sea.
Unsure whether Pepper and the others had evacuated safely, Stark fended off the rubble that kept coming and did not fight back. At the same time, he asked, "Friday, is the flight function ready?"
Friday's voice came, "Sir, your mecha is a trial version, and many of its functions are only concepts and have not been implemented. We are currently downloading data to provide you with flight functions. By the way, let me inform you that Ms. Pepper and the others have been evacuated to a safe area."
As an experienced agent, Natasha had a very accurate grasp of the war situation. Although she and Pepper supported Maya together, she was the real leader. Considering Pepper's physical fitness, she walked at a constant speed for a long time, and only let Maya go after she was sure that she had reached a relatively safe area.
Pepper turned around breathlessly, looking at the scene in the villa, worried about Stark's safety.
Natasha turned on the communicator, "Professor Lin Feng, your worries are correct. The terrorists have indeed attacked Stark's home and are now under attack. What should we do next?"
Lin Feng's voice came, "I can't see the actual situation and make no judgment. Natasha, you should evacuate with Pepper first. By the way, if possible, get back in touch with Stark as soon as possible. If you need assistance, you can always ask the Avengers for help."
Natasha had an idea when she heard this. She looked at Maya in front of her and said, "By the way, Professor, Stark's former lover, botanist Maya Hansen, is also at home."
"Are you sure? Is her appearance too coincidental? Why was Stark attacked so soon after she arrived?" Lin Feng's voice sounded a little doubtful.
Natasha heard this, "I understand Professor."
Indeed, the timing of Maya's appearance was too coincidental, even a little abrupt.
An old lover who hasn't seen each other for years suddenly shows up just because Stark declared war on terrorists?
Natasha was sent as an assistant because Lin Feng was closely following Stark's movements; Pepper was worried about Stark's safety, so she packed her bags and planned to stay out of the spotlight; only Maya's appearance was both inappropriate and unreasonable.
Natasha ended the communication, Maya was still in a coma, and Pepper was concentrating on Stark's safety and turning a deaf ear to the outside world.
Suddenly, Pepper exclaimed, and Natasha followed her gaze and couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my God."
Because the attack was sudden and powerful, the villa was destroyed beyond recognition.
In order to taunt Stark and expand their vision, several terrorists flew a helicopter close to the crumbling building.
The flight function data of Stark's mecha had not yet been downloaded, but he used his ingenuity to launch a Jedi counterattack.
He saw two armed helicopters approaching his residence, so he used large pieces of rubble to smash one of them with the impact force.
Since the mecha is only a trial version, the missiles in its arms cannot be fired.
Stark had to pull out a missile while standing unsteadily, threw it at another helicopter, and then used laser aiming to detonate the missile.
He cheered excitedly.
However, before he could be happy for long, he saw the helicopter falling straight towards him.
When Pepper saw the helicopter was about to crash into the villa and injure Stark, she couldn't help but scream.
Stark fell into the sea along with a pile of rubble.
"Stark!" Pepper yelled in grief.
Natasha, who was standing by, also looked at Stark falling to the bottom of the sea with great concern.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, he not only destroyed Stark's villa, but also witnessed Stark sinking to the bottom of the sea with his own eyes, and then launched several more missiles.
After completing all this, the guy driving the armed helicopter left the scene while chewing gum.
This guy turned out to be the soldier involved in the Rose Hill suicide bombing in Tennessee that Stark had been investigating.
With tears in her eyes, Little Pepper stared blankly at the sea, hoping for a miracle to happen.
On the seabed, since the mecha needs to breathe, air holes are provided.
However, these vents allowed seawater to continue to seep into Stark's mech.
This trial version of the mecha is indeed not as good as the official version, as it lacks a polymer filtration layer.
If this layer exists, it can isolate water molecules while filtering oxygen into the mecha, so that Stark does not have to worry about the infiltration of seawater or the lack of oxygen.
But at this moment, the situation forces us to make do with it.
However, the constant influx of sea water made Stark feel a little short of oxygen.
At this moment, Friday's voice sounded in his ears, "Sir, please take a deep breath."
Stark felt a little dizzy from lack of oxygen, and he subconsciously inhaled according to Friday's instructions.
He knew that Friday was about to save him from danger.
Friday's voice came again, "Flight function has been restored, please get ready."
Stark held his breath, and the next moment, the mecha soared into the sky and broke through the sea like a meteor.
However, it did not fly towards Pepper and the others, but changed direction and traveled at high speed.
(End of this chapter)
