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- You've got to be kidding me! - squeezing maximum power out of her suit Anita scolded, looking behind her.
- Miss Stark, the repulsors are operating at full power, energy consumption has been increased by two hundred per cent. Our speed is equal to that of the fighters.
- Joanna, calculate the distance we can travel with this power consumption.
- Miss Stark, by my calculations, we can only fly halfway home and then drop into the Pacific Ocean.
- I'm not really in the mood for swimming today. We should try to slow down and get out of sight of the fighters.
Anita began a gradual descent. The fighters followed her, broadcasting messages over all radio frequencies. The Mark Three suit's maximum speed was comparable to that of the US fighter jets. The fighter pilots couldn't catch up and match Anita, but neither could Anita break away from them.
- Miss Stark, incoming call from Jena Rowdy. Shall I take it?
- Yes, go ahead! - shouted the girl, breaking through the dense clouds.
From below, the black-skinned face of Anita's friend appeared on the helmet's holographic interface.
- Hi Anita, are you by any chance in the airspace of Afghanistan right now? - came Jenna's suspicious voice.
- No, I am sitting with my nice bodyguard in the villa, you are distracting us from "very" important things, - Anita emphasised the word "very" and sighed languidly at the end.
- Stop playing dumb Stark," Rhodes replied irritably. - I've only had a few meetings with Augustus to realise that he won't give you anything. He's only interested in your money at most, and he's hinted at it many times.
- Lately, my relationship with him has progressed...
- I don't know what you've got there and where, but I'll tell you this, - Jenna switched to a serious tone, - our fighters have spotted an unidentified humanoid aircraft in the airspace of Afghanistan. In a few minutes they will be attempting to destroy it. I'd like to believe that you're not in that thing.
- Look, is there any way you can try to negotiate with this thing without using weapons?
- Come on, Anita, I know you're the one trying to evade our fighters! I saw your sketches in the workshop when I came to see you! I know you've been preparing a new kind of weapon all this time. Now slow down and follow our fighters to the airbase, or there will be serious consequences.
- Look, I still don't know what you're talking about. I'm hanging up, I have to make breakfast for the man I love early tomorrow morning.
Anita dropped the call and sighed. The girl's several manoeuvres in the air failed and the fighters continued to sit on her tail. Their message continued to be broadcast over the radio frequencies.
Red indicators flashed around the edges of the interface. Several rear view images appeared, the fighters released their missiles and they flew towards Anita on a tentative tip.
The girl smiled and didn't react in any way. Behind the smile she tried to hide her panic and growing fear. In the past she had had an experienced mercenary by her side to guide her and help her in any danger. August had saved her life more than once, from Afghanistan to the last months in America. He was like her personal guardian angel.
The month in Afghanistan was the first time Anita had ever fully trusted someone. Her life was completely dependent on Augustus. The mercenary constantly nagged and mocked her, but he did his job, helping her with even the most embarrassing things like going to the toilet. The selfish and cold heart of the red-haired multi-billionaire could not help but melt from the actions of a man she met by chance in the steppes of Afghanistan. Then she did not yet realise that she had fallen in love with him and thought that she was only temporarily attracted to him. But even this temporary moment, she tried to take advantage of it.
Arrival in the U.S. and recent incidents, along with living together for several months - everything put everything in its place.
- Mercantile handsome man, maybe you've had that effect on me?The Mark Three suit's active defences malfunctioned and the missiles lost their target. The shells fired by the fighters missed and flew down to the ground.
The flaps on the arms and legs of Anita's suit opened up. The girl's body jerked violently and flew backwards, flying past the two fighters. The pilots of the planes in shock began to turn the fighters around and search for the departing Stark.
They had not expected such a manoeuvre from the flying iron man. Such a sudden braking at their current speed would put a tremendous strain not only on the machine, but also on the pilot himself. What the unidentified aircraft did now - the fighter pilots considered it pure suicide.
- Hawk One, do you have a visual on the target?
- Hawk Two, no target sighted.
- Continuing search.
After some time of searching, the fighters reported to the base about the disappearance of the iron man and began to turn around to the airbase for landing and fuel replenishment.
- Base, there's a target on the fuselage of Hawk Two! Iron Man has locked on to its bottom!
- Hawk Two to Base, drop the target immediately!
The pilot of the second fighter could hear perfectly well his partner's negotiations with the command staff and the orders of the staff itself. Turning the steering wheel at an angle, the experienced pilot began to perform sharp aerial figures in the air, trying to throw off the attached passenger.
During the manoeuvres Anita slowly slid down the fighter's skin, leaving deep grooves in it. At the end, she simply flew off the plane and spun uncontrollably to the side. The fighter that had freed itself opened fire on her with aerial machine guns.
Stark's armour withstood the powerful hits, but the incoming large-caliber bullets made the girl's flight even more uncontrollable.
With a loud pop and an explosion, Anita's iron body slammed into the second fighter at a tremendous speed. The rear of the warplane caught fire and the machine began to lose altitude abruptly. The pilot ejected.
Anita pressed her lips together as she watched the falling US fighter jet. She didn't want to hurt her own country's military, but an unforeseen situation had happened. She ended up destroying one of the planes with her body, luckily nothing happened to the pilot.
The girl wondered where the parachute of the ejected pilot was. She scanned the area with sensors and saw the girl falling in the air. The pilot's parachute hadn't opened!
The pilot of the remaining fighter and the HQ watching through its cameras watched the pilot flying in freefall with a gasp.
There was a pang inside Anita and she remembered images of the destroyed villages of Afghanistan. Switching on the repulsors to full power, the girl rushed down to meet the falling pilot.
- I've got her, it's okay now," Anita said to the girl in her arms. She had already lost consciousness from the heavy load and could not answer her saviour.
Under the watchful eye of the remaining fighter in the sky, Stark lowered herself to the ground and laid her unconscious body on the sand. Showing a thumbs-up to the circling fighter, Anita fled from it along the ground.
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- Miss Stark I hasten to inform you, Mr August has left his chambers and is waiting for you at the helipad. The news channels are playing your appearance in Afghanistan, I think he's figured it all out.
- Hmm, I wonder how he'll react. Is he going to get angry and threaten me again? - Anita flew up to her villa and from the air she saw a lonely male figure standing on the helipad. - Joanna, get a few sets of nice formal menswear to match August's measurements, I think he should like it.
- Miss Stark, world statistics say eighty per cent of men would be happy with expensive gifts. I think you can reduce further tension with Mr August by giving more expensive gifts.
- Get some jewellery with precious stones and a few more sets of clothes.
- Okay, I'll take the most popular items from the most expensive brands.
Anita landed on the helipad in front of August. The man with a frowning face slowly walked towards the girl. Anita didn't know what to expect from her mercenary, so she decided to play dumb and spread her arms as if for a hug.
August came close to the girl and his arms were folded across his chest and stretched shoulder-width apart. The man covered his eyes and took a deep breath, and then made a sudden slash, knocking Anita to the ground.
Stark was stunned!
Augustus didn't rest at that and climbed on top of her, reaching for her helmet with his hands.
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