The flight seemed to take forever, but within just under an hour, the jet that Tony had provided for them had landed at a private airstrip just outside of New York City. Edward and the rest of the Cullen family immediately deplaned, and gathered their bearings. And then they were running as fast as they could towards Queens. All they knew was that the man who had kidnapped Bella was planning some kind of spectacle at the Expo, so that should be their first stop. Hopefully, they would meet Tony there.

As they neared the crowd filled park of the Stark Expo, they were forced to slow their pace, though they still hurried a little faster than they would normally have moved among humans. Tony had told them to head towards the main stage, as he believed that was where the action would be taking place. As they approached, Edward caught sight of the red-haired woman that he had seen at Tony's birthday party, the one who had been at Tony's side with her arm in the gauntlet of the suit. A quick scan of her thoughts, and he was moving towards her side.

"Natasha Romanoff", she said as he reached her side.

"You're a SHIELD agent." Edward responded, and the woman nodded. "Do you know what they're planning?"

"No. Tony just told us to get out here. That he think Hammer is working with Vanko. I'm just about to go inside. Hammer is about to start his presentation."

Edward turned towards his family, letting them know he was going to go into the main hall with Natasha, and having them spread out around the area and start looking for Bella. Then he and the SHIELD agent made their way through the bustling crowd, finding themselves a good vantage point to watch the main stage, where Justin Hammer was just starting his presentation.

It was obvious even to Edward that Tony had been right on the money. Those drones that Hammer was presenting as the next evolution of military technology definitely had the type of technology that had only been seen before in Tony's suit, and in Vanko's crude version in Monaco. The several banks of armored drones standing on the stage looked menacing, and Edward carefully scanned the thoughts of the man on stage to try and determine if anything more the corporate espionage was in play. Unfortunately Hammer seemed entirely engrossed in his own ego to think about anything other than the presentation that he was giving.

Suddenly the roar of thrusters came from overhead, and Edward glanced up in time to see Tony in the Iron Man armor streaking down towards the stage. The crowd erupted into cheers as he landed, jumping to their feet and applauding at the unexpected appearance of the man whose name graced the event. But Tony had little attention to give to the audience, instead scanning the banks of drones before approaching Hammer.

"Where is he?" Tony barked at Hammer, who had the audacity to look confused.

"Wha...I don't...what are you doing here buddy?" Hammer stuttered out.

"Vanko, I know you busted him out of prison. Where are you hiding him?" Tony resisted the urge to reach out and grab Hammer by the collar of his shirt and hoist him off of the ground. He registered Edward making his way up the stage, followed by the red-haired woman he recognized from the party so many days ago. But then his attention was drawn to the rows of drones that had suddenly come to life, the machine guns mounted to their arms raising to point at him. "Get everyone out of here," Tony said to Edward before activating the thrusters on the suit and shooting up into the sky. Moments later, the banks of drones shot up after him.

Edward reached out, grabbing Hammer before he could slip away, his grip strong around the man's arm. He heard his family moving in, drawn by the commotion at the main stage, and he hoped they would help move everyone to safety. He dragged Hammer backstage, followed closely by the SHIELD woman. "Where is Vanko controlling the drones from?" Edward snarled at Hammer.

"This wasn't…they weren't supposed to be active…." Hammer was stuttering, but with a glare from Edward, he was standing over a computer where one of his programmers was furiously scrambling on a keyboard. "The man's going to ruin me...what's he done?" Hammer was muttering to himself as he watched the words flash across the computer.

"Where is he?" Edward said again, the hardness in his eyes finally cutting through Hammer's confidence and self-preservation.

"A warehouse compound...not too far…" but he wasn't able to finish as Edward sped off, having already picked the location from the man's mind. Natasha watched as the vampire moved away, faster than she could hope to follow. But she was sure he would be able to take care of that, she would make sure that Hammer didn't get away.

As Tony flew away from the main stage of the Expo he could hear the drones taking off behind him. Obviously Vanko had used Hammer's resources in order to achieve the means for whatever twisted revenge he was looking for. He spun out of the way as a repulsor blast grazed past him. He led the drones away from the city, not wanting to put any civilian lives in danger. He would kill for a little bit of backup at the moment, but it seemed as if he was going to be on his own. He could only hope that Edward and his family were able get Vanko's location out of Hammer. Glancing down, he saw that he was over a wooded area that seemed to be blessedly free of other people. Quickly he dropped to the ground, dodging the spray of fire from the drones that were following him.

The first drone that landed was quickly dispatched by a repulsor blast, the pieces blown backwards by the force, but another quickly took its place. For several minutes, Tony fought off the various drones, dropping them one at a time. But there always seemed to be another closing in, surrounding him on all sides. Finally he decided to use his Hail Mary. Stopping the blasts, he waited until the majority of the drones were closing in, then raised his arms and spun in a quick circle, activating the powerful laser that cut through the rows of drones to drop them all.

As the drones fell to the ground, sliced cleanly in half by the cutting beam, the suit gave a warning beep. The laser had drained a lot of the power in the suit, and he'd have to be careful now to make sure he didn't overtax the new and untested RT. As he was about to take off back to the Expo, the HUD told him that a call was incoming, when he switched on the line, Vanko's voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Impressive Tony," the accented voice came over the line. "Problems solved?"

"Just got one left to deal with," Tony replied. "So why don't you come out of hiding?"

"Happy to do." As the line went dead, the roar of thruster packs filled the air, and Tony jumped back as the heavily armored form of Ivan Vanko dropped down in front of him. The armor suit he was wearing was obviously designed off the same base as the Iron Man armor, only bulkier. And judging by the style of weapon he employed at Monaco, Tony expected a few surprises.

"Where is Bella?" Tony demanded, his arms raised towards Vanko in preparation of the anticipated attack.

"Safe enough," Vanko replied. "Your pale friend was tearing through guards. But you need not worry, you end here." With that, Vanko lashed out, the electrified metal whip shooting from the arm of his suit towards Tony.

Edward raced through the halls of the complex that he had identified in Hammer's thoughts. There were guards, but they were easily enough avoided or knocked out without a problem. And while he had hoped to the psycho who had kidnapped Bella, he had seen him rocketing out of the building previously, and assumed he was on his way towards Tony. But the man could take care of himself. Right now, Edward had only one goal.

He knew Bella was here. He could identify her unique scent amongst the tangling web of other smells in the building. Eventually he came to a heavily secured door. With no effort he ripped the door from its hinges, the locks flying apart as they were pulled in half. Before he could even move two steps into the room, a small brunette form had jumped into his arms and wrapped herself around him.

"I've got you," he whispered, wrapping his arms around the trembling figure and holding her close. "You're safe now."

Bella pulled back slightly to meet his gaze. "Thank you Edward….he's crazy. He's obsessed with Tony." Her eyes darted behind Edward as if looking for the other man.

"He's ok," Edward said, hoping he wasn't lying. "He's fighting off Vanko's drones. Let's get you out of here and to safety." Without letting her down, Edward turned and quickly made his way from the building, his heart lighter with his relief at finding her safe.

Outside of the building he was met by the rest of his family. Pepper immediately ran up to them, throwing her slim arms around the both of them. "Oh thank God," she said, her lips turning up into a smile. Edward gently let Bella down, pressing her into Pepper's arms.

"I've got to go help Tony," he said, giving Bella a reassuring smile before running off in the direction he had seen Vanko rocketing.