[Tony fell to the garage on the next floor and quickly hugged a steel beam. Then he saw the little robot Dum-E looking at a broken machine on the ground amidst the chaos.]
[As the last helicopter fired two more missiles, the entire garage began to collapse, and the display case containing Mark's armor exploded.]
[The scene of the armor exploding at the beginning is connected here. Several Mark armors are blown up, and the small robot slides into the sea uncontrollably.]
[As the front part collapsed, Tony could see the helicopter close at hand, and then he slid down with the entire floor.]
[Tony held on to the steel beam tightly and saw the helicopters still launching missiles to bomb the structure, but he didn't care about that at the moment.]
[He fell into the sea, with a lot of rubble and debris piling on top of him. Tony was accidentally strangled by a steel bar and dragged down.]
[Pepper ran to the edge, looked at most of the villa that had sunk to the bottom of the sea, and stood there shouting Tony's name desperately.]
[Tony struggled on the seabed and finally lifted up the steel bar with great difficulty.]
[But before he could stand up, a huge stone slab fell down on him.]
[Eric Savin believed that Tony could not survive and flew directly away from the Malibu villa in a helicopter.]
[At the bottom of the sea, Tony stretched out an arm from the pile of rocks, and Jarvis reminded him: "Sir! Please take a deep breath!"]
[Then the armor on his arm automatically detached, turned around, held Tony's hand and pulled him out of the ruins.]
[Then it reattached to him. Tony raised his head and took a breath in the armor, and the armor began to automatically activate the thrusters.]
["Flight energy has been restored!" As Jarvis' voice fell, Mark 42 began to fly upwards, and soon rushed out of the sea and soared into the sky...]
"Oh my God!" gasped 2nd gen Peter Parker, his eyes wide with shock.
"Helicopter missile bombing? What on earth is the Ministry of National Defense doing?" Gwen Stacy's voice was filled with indignation.
People across the multiverse were shocked. No one had thought that terrorists would be so arrogant as to directly bomb Tony Stark's house with an armed helicopter!
This wasn't ordinary firepower—this was heavy military-grade weaponry.
In the broadcast room, President Ellis's face turned crimson with rage. He ordered the FBI, CIA, and other departments to work together to search for the Mandarin, Killian, and his men, determined to bring to justice these terrorists who had challenged the country's dignity.
Tony Stark's face was contorted with anger. After seeing his home destroyed and both himself and Pepper nearly killed, Tony was furious and wanted to twist off Killian and the Mandarin's heads immediately.
But Bruce Banner remained calm and advised him to contact Sharon Carter and others who were still in the villa, instructing them to leave immediately.
"We need to secure the perimeter," Banner said methodically. He ordered Jarvis to release the armed drones they had built together to guard the area around the villa, with special focus on the sea.
Then they began to formulate a battle plan based on the personnel distribution map scanned by Jarvis. The scan revealed that there were actually quite a few armed elements in the vicinity.
Captain America nodded in agreement as they finalized the plan. "Banner will take the lead in armor, with Tony and Rhodes providing support from the sides. If anything goes wrong, Hulk can emerge to save the situation."
"Meanwhile," Steve continued, "I'll lead Natasha, Barton, and the others in a ground assault, with Sam providing aerial cover."
The SHIELD team led by Crossbones would attack from the opposite direction. They had already arrived at the designated location and were ready to strike at any moment.
"Something's not right," muttered Natasha Romanoff from the Earth-199999 as she watched the broadcast. "This feels like a trap."
To everyone's surprise, the battle didn't last long. Killian wasn't at the location. As soon as he realized the situation was deteriorating, he had already relocated to another facility.
Tony and his team came up empty-handed. There were only two or three minor operatives present, and not a single one survived the encounter. These desperate fighters, realizing they couldn't resist, simply blew themselves up!
The explosion caused significant casualties, especially in the team led by Crossbones. Several agents were seriously injured, and Crossbones himself sustained minor wounds.
This operation was clearly a failure, but it made everyone—including Nick Fury—begin to take seriously the threat posed by Killian and the Mandarin, finally recognizing the terrible power of the Extremis virus.
Fortunately, Killian had left in a hurry. Although the explosion destroyed most evidence, some useful information remained. Tony decided to retrieve what data he could and analyze it back at the facility.
[In the darkness, Jarvis' voice rang out: "Sir! Sir!"]
[Tony wakes up from a coma with blood all over his face: "Turn off the alarm, I got it!"]
["That's an emergency alarm! It was triggered because the energy dropped below 5%!"]
[Tony opened his eyes and took a deep breath, then found himself falling towards the ground at high speed through the air.]
[He didn't even have time to react; he could only scream as he plummeted toward the road. A passing car was startled by the commotion and nearly collided with Tony.]
[After Tony hit the ground, he continued to slide across the surface with the remaining momentum, crashing into the small woods on the side of the road. After knocking down countless trees along the way, he finally came to a stop.]
["Ah!" Tony slowly turned over and lay on the ground gasping for breath.]
[After taking off the mask, he looked at the sky and asked Jarvis: "Is it snowing? Where are we? Upstate?"]
["We're five miles outside of Rose Hill, Tennessee!"]
[After hearing Jarvis's reply, Tony was stunned and subconsciously raised his voice.]
["Why?!! Jarvis! I didn't say I was coming here! Why are we here? I've searched a lot! I have to find Pepper! I have to..."]
[Jarvis said calmly: "I have prepared a flight plan. This is the destination!"]
[Tony looks devastated: "Who told you to do this? Open the armor!"]
["I...I seem to have a problem! Sir!" At this time, Jarvis' voice became a little intermittent.]
["Eject and open!" Following Tony's order, the Mark 42 immediately disengaged, and Tony stood up from the armor.]
[After coming out of the stuffy armor and feeling the wind, Tony couldn't help but shout, "This is cool!"]
[But then he exhaled sharply, because he was wearing only a short-sleeved shirt and it was snowing lightly in Rose Hill.]
[After feeling the cold wind for a while, Tony couldn't stand it anymore: "I better go inside for a while!"]
[But Jarvis responded: "I think I should go to bed now, sir!"]
["Jarvis! Jarvis? Don't leave me! Man!" Tony shouted several times but got no response.]
[The scene changes, and Tony is seen walking in the snow, dragging Mark 42 with two ropes.]
"That's not good," Doctor Strange commented, his fingers steepled thoughtfully. "Without Jarvis and with damaged armor, Stark is extremely vulnerable."
"He's resourceful," Tony Stark said, watching his alternate self with a mixture of concern and confidence. "If anyone can figure a way out of this, it's me—or well, him."
1st gen Aunt May clutched her hands together anxiously. "I just hope he finds somewhere warm soon. Hypothermia is no joke, especially with those injuries."
The multiverse audience watched in tense silence as Tony Stark, stripped of his technology and resources, trudged through the snow toward an unknown destination in Tennessee.
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