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TONY STARK’S MANSION
MALIBU, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 13, 2008
Tony Stark is missing.
The words rattle around in your head, chasing out every coherent thought. They suffocate you, forcing you to the ground as panic swallows you. Dad is gone. Dad is gone. It plays over and over in your mind like a broken record.
Tony Stark is missing. Dad is gone.
You weren’t supposed to here it. Pepper always did say that some day, eavesdropping would prove karmic.
Tony Stark is missing. Dad is gone.
Your phone pings, lighting up. Glancing down at your hand, you’re barely able to comprehend the request spelled out by your Uncle Obie. But you do—manage to read it, I mean. And in an instant, you know what you have to do.
You throw the phone on the floor and go to pack your bags.