Seeing Rhodey's missiles misfire, two ammunition compartments rose from either side of Tony's Mark VI shoulder armor. JARVIS automatically locked onto the target, aiming at Ivan Vanko's exposed head.
"Fire!"
Several rounds shot out of the compartments, speeding straight for Ivan's head.
Ivan reacted quickly. Just as Tony moved, he snapped his metal faceplate shut, and the bullets struck it.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
The bullets left several shallow dents in the faceplate before bouncing away. Ivan's head behind it remained completely unharmed.
Now that the fight had begun, Ivan stopped wasting time. The electrified whip in his right hand hummed with current and shrieked through the air as it lashed toward Tony and Rhodey.
Seeing this, Tony and Rhodey leaped to opposite sides, dodging the howling blue light. Peter flicked his wrist, firing Silk at the steel framework overhead and pulling himself into the air. Harry sprinted to one side, the Nova Armor's thrusters spraying blue flames as he prepared to cut in from the flank.
When his first strike missed, Ivan did not pause. With a twist of his wrist, he swept the electric whip sideways, lashing it toward Rhodey.
Rhodey raised his right arm. The machine guns on his shoulders and both arms opened fire at once, bullets pouring out and striking Ivan's armor in a shower of sparks.
Ivan's electric whip swept past, shearing off the barrels of Rhodey's shoulder-mounted guns at the base. They could no longer fire a single round.
Tony, who had dodged the whip's attack, shot into the air, intending to vault over Ivan's head and ambush him from behind.
But the moment he reached midair, the other electric whip in Ivan's hand coiled around him. Ivan then yanked with his left hand, dragging Tony back and smashing him hard into the ground.