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Fragment: Reset
A little fragment that I think goes to a story called "Reset" from my "A Touch of Smith and Jones" crossover series. Inspired by the icon here of Tony going through the 3-d schematics that xel1980 had labeled as "Tonyxsonic screwdriver." I had to do something for that!


Tony threw his tools down on House’s desk and scrubbed his face. The device sat like an overgrown paperweight in the middle of the desk blotter and failed to respond in any way to Tony’s indignant glare.

“Why won’t you open?” he grumbled just as the door to the office opened and Rhodey and a man that looked vaguely familiar entered the room.

“I see you’ve made progress.” Rhodey said with a sympathetic smile as he walked over to where Tony was sitting.

“Yep. We have now reached the stage where I say the hell with it and just blow the thing up with a repulsor beam.” He knew his grin was a little manic by Rhodey’s look of slightly concerned amusement as he added, “It might bring the world to an end, but I’ll be happy.”

“And that’s all that matters.”

“Yep.”

“I don’t think that will be necessary,” the stranger said. He gave Tony a grin that probably wasn’t any less manic that his own as he pulled a short silver cylindrical…wand was the first thing that popped into Tony’s head… out of an inner coat pocket. The man fiddled with the wand as Rhodey said, “This is the Doctor. Doctor, Tony Stark.”

“Nice to met you,” the Doctor said. He then held the wand over the device and pressed a button. The wand let out a vibrating tone. For a second, nothing happened, and then there was a click from the device and it slowly unfurled, the sides falling back like the petals of a metal flower.

Tony stared at the device, then at the wand the Doctor was slipping back into his pocket. “What is that?”

“Sonic screwdriver.”

“What do I need to do to get me one of those?”

The Doctor grinned again. “I’m sure we can come up with something. Maybe over tea sometime?”

“It’s a date!”

The Doctor nodded. “Great! For now though, I need to get back downstairs before someone does something stupid. Later!“ The Doctor waved a hand, turned, and walked out of the room.

As Tony looked back down at the device, Rhodey said, “You’ve already got enough toys you know, Tony.”

Tony grinned and picked up his tools. “A man can never have too many toys, Rhodey.”