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Ch: 142 [Tony’s regrets]

Ch: 142 [Tony’s regrets]

Ironman's arc reactor crackled with the overloaded energy. He tried to stabilize it, but it was too much for him. He wanted to divert the energy to his suit, but since it doesn't depend on an arc reactor anymore, it would be useless. He quickly controlled one of the remaining remote armor and tried to move it close to him. Tony's plan was to shut down his arc reactor and change it with the one in the suit, but Spiderman saw through his plan and fired a Chi imbued web shot at it.

BOOOOMMM!!!

The suit exploded midair destroying it completely as Ironman gasped in shock.

"Power at critical levels," Friday's voice replied. "Initiating emergency shutdown to prevent core meltdown."

"Shit! This is bad, really bad!!" Ironman cursed as he watched Spiderman standing outside. He controlled the liquid nanites of his suit to create a temporary arc reactor with its remaining energy and replaced the one in his chest with it. The overloaded arc reactor shut down and the nanites began to disperse the excess energy, but the thing is Spiderman didn't just overload the reactor, but he also overloaded Ironman's body which he didn't yet realize.

Ironman's Model 50 suit turned into a vest around Tony's chest as he stumbled out of the building.

Spiderman began to clap, "As expected of Tony Stark, you are really a genius. Taking out the arc reactor before it could melt and replacing it with a makeshift arc reactor using the liquid metal suit and preventing yourself from getting overloaded. Really impressive, Mr. Stark." He applauded Ironman who gritted his teeth angrily.

"Shut up!" Ironman shouted furiously as he felt the overloaded energy surging within him.

"But there's something you should know. I overloaded your body with my chi, so, yeah, it doesn't matter if you change your arc reactor or not. Your body is already overheating and the overloaded energy will kill you. You are gonna explode like a bomb any second now. Hahaha... So what now, Mr. Stark?" Spiderman laughed mockingly as Ironman paled in horror.

"Impossible!" Ironman mumbled in disbelief. He glanced at his arms and noticed his veins glowing with a yellow hue. He was feeling the heat radiating from his body intensifying every passing second. "Friday! Vital stats, NOW!" He commanded urgently as Friday scanned him.

"Foreign energy detected. Unable to remove it. Body overheating, sir. Immediate medical attention required," Friday replied as Ironman rushed toward Spiderman.

"No... It can't be!! It can't be..." He shook his head, refusing to believe in Spiderman's words. He moved a bit of liquid metal to his fists and solidified it creating gauntlets around his hands before rushing toward Spiderman.

"Your suit is gone, Mr. Stark. You can't defeat me, even if you use your full power. You can't win," Spiderman stopped Ironman's swing with a single finger as he leaned closer to him, "Just accept your defeat, Mr. Stark."

"No!! I can't lose! Not now!" Ironman shouted desperately as he tried to punch Spiderman, but Spiderman blocked all his attacks effortlessly with just a single finger.

"Just give up, Mr. Stark. It's futile," Spiderman shook his head disappointedly as he continued to block Ironman's attacks. "You'll die in 3 or 5 minutes. So, sit down and reflect on the choices you made. But then again, how can I blame you for what you did? You saw the future, your death... You did what you thought was the right thing to do." He sighed as he grabbed Ironman's wrist tightly stopping him. "But you did all that without knowing the real truth." He broke his arms like two little twigs and punched him on the ground.

"Gaaahhh!" Ironman coughed out blood as the heat began to hurt his skin and insides. "What truth? What are you talking about?! Tell me!!" He asked Spiderman who helped him get up.

"You said something about Red Onslaught... Well, do you know how he was born?" Spidey sat on the ground before Ironman as he began telling the story. But he made sure to surround the area with his magic to stop any type of transmission outside. He didn't trust Tony's words about this place being isolated.

"I saw his power and what he did, the price everyone paid..."

"Yeah, you saw his power and decided to do all these useless shits. Let me tell you something good... Before Red Onslaught, you should know about Onslaught. Onslaught was born when Professor Xavier used his telepathic powers to shut down Magneto's mind during a battle. This caused the dark aspects of Magneto's psyche to merge with Xavier's subconscious, creating a new, evil entity. Well, fucker was tough as hell but some heroes sacrificed themselves to stop him. Now, comes the fun part... Red Skull..."

Spiderman continued...

"Red Skull found the brain of the dead Professor Charles Xavier. He used it to enhance his own telepathic abilities and began a campaign of hate and terror using these new powers. He called himself the "Red Onslaught" after these enhancements. During the fight, Red Skull's increasing use of Xavier's telepathic abilities and his exposure to the dark aspects of Xavier's psyche caused a transformation. The combined influence of Xavier's brain and Red Skull's malevolent willpower eventually led to the rebirth of Onslaught, but this time as the "Red Onslaught," a fusion of Red Skull's consciousness and the Onslaught entity."

"Wait! Then...? No! How do you know that?" Ironman stared at Spiderman in disbelief as he understood where he was going with this conversation.

"Does it even matter? Had you shared this information with the heroes or at least with Dr. Strange or the Ancient One, we wouldn't be here right now..." He sighed, shaking his head.

"Haaa... All we had to do was find Red Skull and kill him, then kill Magneto and bam! No more Onslaught or Red Onslaught. Genius mind, what a joke. Instead of thinking things through, you chose to keep everything to yourself, the big ass burden... You chose to bear it alone. You chose to act before questioning all the facts. And look where it brought you. You are dying right now because you were too hasty. Was knowing how you die really that tough on your mind?" Spiderman sighed tiredly as Ironman remained silent.

He tried to refute Spiderman's words, but he couldn't. Everything he said was true. He was so scared that he chose to keep everything to himself. He saw how he almost destroyed the world as Superior Ironman, so he feared the future. He was scared of hurting his own family. Tony Stark was afraid of his own intellect and genius mind... His future self with a reversed personality proved it to him. So he chose to keep everything to himself without thinking things through... He chose to act before questioning all the facts.

"Hahaha..." He laughed weakly as he lay on the ground, "It seems I've miscalculated. I've underestimated you, Spiderman. You are indeed smarter than I thought... I don't know where you learned all these things, but you must stop it from happening. That future mustn't come to pass!!" Ironman gritted his teeth as Spiderman nodded his head.

"Of course, but what about Reed? He must have seen the future too, right? If so, then he might be trying to prevent that too, right? But what is he working on? What's his plan? How does he plan to prevent the future? Then there's Johnny too. You must know something, right? So, tell me, Mr. Stark. What is he planning? What's his solution to prevent the future?" Spiderman asked as Ironman fell silent.

"I'm not so sure. I did enter his travel stream, but the future we saw was completely different as my interference threw us across different timelines, probably dimensions too. You have to find that out yourself, kid," He said as he took out a USB drive from his pocket.

He held it toward Spidey.

"Do me a favor. Give this to Pepper Potts. She's the only one I told this about and man, did she try to stop me. I should have listened to her back then. So, give this to her. This contains a private message for her."

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