"I'm still mad!"
"Once we deal with these robots, I'll properly apologize to you... We can go to Venice..."
"Forget it..."
Whether or not he had managed to soothe the prickly Pepper, Tony had at least tried.
Rhodey tapped War Machine's helmet, and the screen before his eyes lit up again.
"Wake up, buddy! I need you."
Rhodey realized more enemies had arrived. He could not keep lying there.
Being forced to chase Tony around just now had shown Rhodey what it meant to be unable to control his own actions.
As his helmet opened, Rhodey felt like he had been a clown earlier. Tony had specifically come to warn him, yet he had not believed him right away.
He had even nearly taken out his best friend.
If Tony knew what Rhodey was thinking right now, he would definitely scoff.
"Take me out? What were you thinking?"
Rhodey suddenly felt embarrassed to be wearing Tony's armor and could not help saying,
"Oh, man, I think you can take the armor back now..."
Tony pulled Rhodey to his feet. Seeing that he seemed to be apologizing, Tony shook his head.
"Forget it. I dragged you into this."
Rhodey did not know.
Tony had deliberately acted that way back in California.
At the time, he had thought he did not have much time left.
But after spending some time together, Tony had learned that Rhodey was an upright man. He was worthy of the armor Tony had painstakingly developed.
To let Rhodey wear his suit without any burden and become Iron Man's successor, Tony had put quite a bit of thought into it.
The two had just resolved their differences one second ago, only to disagree over their battle plan the next.
"Let's get up there! This is a firefight zone.