It was cold, so cold. Tony took shuddering breaths, watching it fog up in front of him. His arc reactor was broken, his heavy metal suit wasn't moving anymore. Captain- no -Rogers and Barnes had left him here, on the cold hard ground in Siberia. He was going to freeze to death, his body was already aching all over.

Tony couldn't move, he felt so lost and confused. He didn't understand, didn't they realize that he was just human? He wasn't like them, he wasn't a super soldier. This cold was going to kill him.

But without FRIDAY, he couldn't call for help. Not that anyone really wanted to find him, after everything that he had caused. Everyone in the Raft helped him realize that quite enough, nobody cared. With a shaky sigh, he leaned his head back against the cold ground, closing his eyes.

But then he heard something-

Footsteps.

Tony gasped again, trying to sit up, only to jerk back. He felt groggy, like he might faint at any moment. He looked around, and against his better judgement, croaked,"Hello?"

"He is here," An unfamiliar voice whispered,"Grab him, bring him to the jet."

Tony's eyes widened, body filling with panic. With a sudden surge of strength and adrenaline, he forced his arm up, pressing the release lock on his suit. The suit popped open with a hiss, and Tony forced himself out of it.

He stood up, only for his body to give out. He stumbled, falling back down with a grunt. He saw the shadows coming toward him, lights in hand. A small group of people walked in, with black outfits. He couldn't see their faces, he didn't recognize anyone.

But he recognized that symbol.

HYDRA.

"Grab him," The man in the front ordered. The soldiers moved quickly, grabbing the struggling man's arms and slamming him against the wall. Tony tried to fight, but the cold and the fight not even a few hours ago had worn him down.

He couldn't even fight the syringe one soldier pulled out, shoving it into his neck and injecting it. His vision blurred, as he slumped forward, falling into deep unconsciousness.

The lead solder moved forward, grabbing the unconscious genius and carrying him in a firefighters hold. "Grab the suit and shield, clean up any evidence that says anyone was ever here," He ordered.

The soldiers followed their orders, and got into the jet. "Take us to base, we got what we came here for," He ordered once more.

The pilot nodded, turning on the jet, which climbed into the sky. As it took off, he declared,"Heil Hydra"

Nobody in the jet reacting to the exploding base behind them, they didn't care for it anymore. They had something much more interesting to work on.

HYDRA Base

Antarctica

"I'm impressed you caught him so easily, Captain and Winter must have done a number on him," The HYDRA leader said calmly, staring at the unconscious body of Tony Stark, which was lying on a medical table.

"But?" The head soldier asked curiously, wondering what they did wrong in this mission.

The leader held his hand toward the unconscious man. "We need his genius, yes, but he is weak, and old. Freezing him may only make it worse, and I'm unsure if he would survive a dose of the serum we have Barnes," He said calmly.

The soldier frowned, rubbing his head in thought. "Sir, what about that project we've been working on? Couldn't we use that? It'd be the perfect way to control him," He said hopefully,"And as a thing like that isn't human, he could continue on with HYDRA for generations, wouldn't you say?"

The leader hummed softly, nodding. "You know what, that's actually a very smart idea," He said with pride, seeming to think about it a little longer. "You are right, that would work perfectly"

He snapped his fingers, and called out to his mechanics. "Bring up the Android Project, this is an opportunity we cannot pass up," He declared loudly.

"Sir yes sir!" The agents yelled, moving to do their work as promised of them. The head soldier watched them in surprise, and turned to their leader.

"Do you really think this could be a success sir?" He asked curiously.

The man turned his red face towards the soldier. "It will, it is our only option, and the heroes will never see this coming," He said firmly,"It is time for HYDRA to be strong once again, it is time for me to make my return"

The soldier nodded, saying,"Heil HYDRA!" Before leaving the room with all the others, preparing the project that had been in the works for so long.

The Red Skull watched the go, before turning around and placing his hand on Stark's own. "Yes," He whispered proudly,"I think you are going to be my greatest project yet, Tony Stark"

Three Months Later

The HYDRA technicians stared at the screen in concentration. The scan of the brain had to be perfect if it was going to be transferred to the android body.

The project was nearly complete, all that was left was to transfer consciousness to the android body. The robot looked eerily human, with synthetic skin and hair. With this project in place, they would have Tony Stark's mind with them forever, as well as a formidable foe to fight enemies with.

"Transfer complete," The robotic computer voice declared loudly. It was finished, they were complete.

Tony Stark was now A1, the android project was a success. Now all that was left was to activate him.

The next time Tony Stark woke up, something was different, something felt different. It all felt wrong, but nothing felt like anything.

He slowly opened his eyes, finding himself facing some type of glass. He was trapped in a stasis pod of some kind, and that's when the memories started to come back to him.

HYDRA had taken him, they were planning to do something to him. He had to get out before they did, before something happened to him-

"I'm afraid it's already too late for that, A1," A rough voice declared, making the man turn to see who was taking. That red face, that horrifying smile. It was the Red Skull.

Tony's eyes widened. "You.. You're supposed to be dead," He whispered out, clenching his fist,"You died" His voice, why was it so.. Echo-like? Robotic?

"I'm afraid I did not, Mr. Stark, you will find that I'm very much alive, and that you are too, in a sense"

"What do you mean!?" Tony angrily growled, he felt panic throughout his body, yet his breathing didn't pick up at all. Was he even breathing?

The Red Skull smirked, and asked,"Why don't you see for yourself?" The stasis chamber opened, the wires detaching. Tony stumbled out of it, finding himself in some type of black body suit.

The man in front of him motioned to a window nearby, and Tony turned to look as well. He then gasp, his eyes widening. He saw.. Himself. His own body. But.. He was right here, what was going on!?

"You see, A1. We knew that when we finally got ahold of you, we couldn't let you die and lose what we waited so patiently to get," The Red Skull explained,"So we decided to change you into something that couldn't die, a project we've been trying to create for years. You are Android 1, our first, and most prideful product"

Tony felt himself panicking, as he turned back around. There was a mirror in front of him now, as he saw himself. He didn't like like 46 year old Tony Stark. He looked like a 18 year old, with brown hair and blue, glowing, robotic eyes. He could see himself in this robot body.. But it wasn't him.

"You.. You.." He stuttered out, his mind unable to come up with anything to say back. The Red skull's hand landed on his shoulder, leading Tony back over to the glass.

He snapped his fingers. "And as we have granted you so graciously with this new body and life, you won't be needing that old body anymore," He said causally.

The man in the room, decked out in medical equipment, then took a large scalpel, and slammed it into Tony's chest, right where the Arc Reactor used to be. Unable to stop himself, Tony cried out in horror. He was watching them destroy his body, he was watching them kill him..

Horror laced through him, he felt unable look away as the doctor cut through his chest, pulling apart flesh and bones. He then yanked out Tony's heart, covered in blood and still attempting to beat for a second before stopping.

"Just a little post card we're going to send back," The Red Skull sneered with a sadistic sense of glee.

The doctor then left the room with the heart, his heart. Then, the room suddenly engulfed in flames, which clawed at it, melting through his skin, his muscles, his bones.

"You see, there truly is no way to return to your human life anymore, we gave you a new life, an immortal life, you are part of Hydra now, A1" The man said firmly.

Tony's fist clenched, rage building up in his literal system. "You bastard.. I'LL NEVER SERVE YOU!" He yelled, turning to throw his fist at Red Skull, who didn't even try to dodge.

Just before his fist made contact with the man's face, his body locked up, and a painful electric shock ran through his metal body. He screamed out, falling to his knees and clutching at his head.

"You honestly think we didn't program ways to control our little Android?" Red Skull sneered,"Are you truly a genius?"

He grabbed Tony's chin, yanking his head up and staring into those robotic eyes. "You will obey us, A1, for you don't have a choice," He said firmly,"You are our little experiment, ours to keep, ours to control, and it will be that way forever. Do you understand?"

He shoved Tony's head down, not making much of a different since the man was now a robot, made of metal. But Tony didn't care. It felt like everything was finally registering. There was no aches or pain, he wasn't breathing, he didn't feel tired, everything physical was gone.

"Do you understand?" The Red Skull asked again, more forceful this time, and Tony didn't respond. He knelt down, and began to cry. There were tears, but they didn't feel real. Everything felt wrong, fake. But he couldn't help but release them. He'd just watched himself die, he didn't know what else he was supposed to do, he had no other options, he was trapped here, there was nothing he could do.

The monster who turned him into this sighed, and declared,"I suppose that we have the time to work on this, there's still a lot of things we need to work on anyways. Put him back in the stasis chamber."

Two soldiers walked up, grabbing the Android's arms and pulling him back to the chamber. The glass closed around him, the wires connecting to his body once more. Tony had no time to register what he had just witnessed, as his body went to sleep. But it did not feel like sleep.

It felt like he was being shut down.

Avengers Compound

3:00pm

There was a knock on the door startled the three occupants more than they would have thought it would. Pepper, Rhodes, and Vision had been next to each other, trying to find even the smallest hint of their lost friend. They'd been searching for Tony for so long. All they knew was that he never came back from Siberia. Steve had sent a phone for Tony, addressed to him, so apparently he didn't know either. Not that Rhodey bothered to check with the asshole, he didn't want to talk to him.

"I got it," Pepper had said, getting up before Rhodey could move to his wheelchair and stress himself more than he had to.

There was a delivery man at the door, who held out a small box, and said,"Delivery for James Rhodes and Virginia Potts"

The woman smiled, taking the box and looking down at it. "Ah, thank you, do I need to sign anything?" She asked, before abruptly stopping as she saw that there was nobody there, and the truck was gone.

Pepper let out a curious noise, she guessed she didn't actually have to sign anything. She walked back over to the couch, and sat down. "It's addressed to both of us," She said softly, using her hand to point to the label. That's when she noticed the wetness on her hands, it was a red color.

Suddenly, the box started to stink. "Ugh! That smells awful!" Rhodey groaned out, and said,"Just open it so we can throw it out!"

They didn't really think anything of it, of the strange package. They had been sent so much lately, people feeling bad for Rhodey and trying to help them feel better about Tony's disappearance. They weren't suspicious, they didn't expect it to be anything bad.

They didn't expect what they saw. Opening the box, they saw that on the flap of it was a familiar red symbol, with the words that declared Heil Hydra.

And below the words was the origin of the red liquid, and the acrid smell. It was an actual organ, a heart, with a tag around it that said,'From, Tony Stark"

Pepper screamed.