Mandarin tries to intimidate Madame
Hydra by appearing as a gigantic dragon but she doesn't scare easily.
Now that they have one another's measure he wants to know why she
sent Whirlwind to kill Tony Stark when she knew Mandarin wanted him
alive. She doesn't answer and he puts her through a painful wringer
and leaves her; she wonders how Hydra can take advantage of him.
Iron Man shows Thor the armory in the
basement of Avengers Mansion and the God of Thunder is not impressed.
Thor, sensing some burden on Shellhead's heart, advises him “Do not
look back in anger” and departs.
Leonard Samson is kidnapped by Jasper Sitwell after a phone tap revealed
his association with Bruce Banner. Sitwell’s interrogation tactics
involved threatening to inject Samson with a gamma solution if he
doesn't tell him where Banner is hiding.
After paying a visit
to his midtown offices, Stark leaves for a massage session that Pepper
scheduled. It is revealed that she is in a romantic relationship with
Happy Hogan.
Minutes after he leaves, his office is under attack
by an unknown assailant. When he arrives, he digs Pepper out of the
rubble. She's screaming that Happy Hogan is dead.
He turns
around and discovers that the assailant is his friend Rebel
O'Reilly in an updated suit of armor. He greets his old friend and says that he
thought that Hogan was Stark ... for what it's worth.