Los Angeles, China Grand Theatre!
The once bustling and vibrant entrance to the grand theater was now a scene of utter devastation. The ground was pitch black, as if it had been drenched in molten lava, and everywhere were the remains of human bodies and various objects burned to ashes by the intense heat of the explosion.
When the explosion occurred, Natasha and Pepper Potts had just come out of the theater. They were quite far from the epicenter of the blast, but they still suffered burns to more than half of their skin from the intense heat and were now unconscious at the theater entrance, their fate unknown.
Happy, who was waiting for the two at the entrance, was relatively lucky; he was just one all-metal food cart away from the center of the explosion.
Fortunately, the food cart blocked most of the impact and high temperature. Even so, Happy was seriously injured and lay motionless on the ground.
He retained only a sliver of consciousness, persisting in trying to check if the two ladies he was protecting were still safe, which prevented him from immediately losing consciousness.
Just as Happy was trying his best to turn his head to see where Pepper Potts and Natasha were.
Suddenly, a pair of feet oozing lava appeared in front of Happy.
These feet, which looked nothing like human feet, slowly recovered from their broken state amidst the surging magma. The magma began to cool at a visible speed, turning black.
It eventually transformed into the shape of a normal human foot.
Happy wanted to look up and see what kind of monster it was, but unfortunately, he could barely even blink.
But Happy was lucky. The man seemed to be searching for something. A few meters away from Happy, he bent down and found a cell phone on a relatively intact corpse.
The instant he picked up the phone, Happy's pupils dilated sharply. He recognized the man; he was at Stark Industries, a bodyguard like Happy. His boss had gone to Stark Industries to see Pepper Potts.
He even told Tony about it at the time because he felt that the man posed a threat to his boss, especially the way he looked at Pepper Potts.
"Something happened at the Chinese Theatre, but there was an unexpected bonus. You'd never guess who was among those injured in the explosion: Pepper Potts, Iron Man's woman, and an Avengers, Natasha Romanoff, who seems to be Qin Xiao's girlfriend!"
The man's voice was filled with disdain, as if he looked down on the so-called Avengers.
He didn't know what the person on the other end of the phone said to him.
The man began to walk towards the entrance of the grand theater.
Happy struggled to move his head, only to see the man bending down and pulling at Pepper Potts and Natasha, who were clearly badly injured and their lives hanging in the balance.
"Hello!"
Watching the man effortlessly drag the two of them further and further away, Happy tried with all his might to shout, but the sound he made was barely audible even to himself.
As the footsteps faded into the distance, Happy could barely hear them anymore, his face contorted with Happy, he finally pulled his phone out of his pocket.
Relying on his memory, he dialed the phone and shouted, " China Grand Theatre, Pepper and Romanoff have been..."
This incomplete sentence exhausted Happy's physical strength and consciousness. After shouting it, his head lolled to the side, and he fainted on the spot.
JARVIS answered the phone, and a few seconds later, Happy's last words echoed in the hall where Qin Xiao and the others were.
JARVIS now resembles a fully-fledged artificial intelligence. Knowing the urgency of the situation, it didn't waste any time and immediately released Happy's voice.
Since the matter concerned the safety of Natasha and Pepper Potts, the most nervous people present were naturally Qin Xiao and Tony.
But before Qin Xiao could react, Tony, who was always on edge, made a fist with both hands, turning them inward.
Immediately, clanging and clattering sounds rang out from the side, followed by several whooshing sounds as Tony's latest Vibranium armor broke into more than a dozen parts.
Each one was propelled individually by a thruster, spewing flames as it flew toward Tony in the hall.
More than a dozen parts flew over them, and apart from Qin Xiao, the Captain and Thor were both knocked away by several pieces of armor at the same time, falling to the ground with a clatter.
Helpless, Qin Xiao reached out and grabbed the helmet that was being thrown at him, then slammed it into Tony's head.
Without saying a word or a cold expression, he opened a spatial wormhole.
At the entrance of the China Grand Theatre, amidst the ruins, a surge of dark blue energy appeared, and a wormhole opened.
Qin Xiao, Tony, Thor, and Captain America —four Avengers at the height of their power, arguably the strongest in the world—stepped forward.
The faint sounds of sirens and fire trucks could be heard all around.
Tony immediately noticed Happy lying next to the wreckage of a food cart.
" JARVIS, scan for vital signs!"
"Vital signs are weak, multiple bones are fractured, internal organs are intact. It is recommended not to move the patient and wait for paramedics to arrive!"
JARVIS's voice relieved Tony.
"The paramedics will be here soon. I'll take Happy straight to the hospital. You'd better check the surrounding streets thoroughly. If Natasha and Pepper were really taken away, they probably haven't gone far!"
As soon as Qin Xiao finished speaking, Tony piloted his armor and soared into the sky.
At the same time, firefighters and paramedics rushed into the scene. They were taken aback to see Qin Xiao Captain America the others there, but then they very professionally carried out their work.
After watching the medical staff examine Happy, Qin Xiao carefully lifted Happy onto the stretcher. Qin Xiao then communicated briefly with the medical staff.
He instructed them to contact the hospital to prepare, and Qin Xiao immediately created a wormhole leading to the hospital, allowing the injured to reach the emergency room as quickly as possible.
Within minutes, almost all the injured at the scene were taken to the hospital.
Thor and the Captain worked together with the firefighters to check the surrounding area for any injured people trapped by collapsed billboards or other debris.
Within minutes, Tony's armor descended from the sky!
"I looked at all the nearby streets and even scanned every passing vehicle as much as possible, but the traffic was so heavy at this time of day that I don't know if I missed anything!"
Tony's tone revealed deep worry. Of course, Qin Xiao wasn't in much better shape either, but he was a little better off than Tony because he knew clearly who was responsible, and for the time being, Natasha and the other person should be safe.
" Natasha's gone, our intelligence network is down, and Peggy doesn't fully understand current technology. We need support!"
The Captain spoke as he dialed Hawkeye's number!