Abraham Zimmer tried to contact James Rhodes in order to inform him about Tony Stark still being alive, however, when Abraham tried to contact James inside his office, the Living Laser transformed himself into a double of James and answered the call. Abraham asked the disguised living laser to come down to Medlab 4. The Living Laser, disguised as James, did so and upon entering the Medlab, discovered that Tony Stark was still alive in the Medlab. The shock of seeing his old enemy still alive caused the Living Laser to accidentally transform back into his true form, prompting Abraham to hit the security button. Iron Man soon came running and arrived to see the Living Laser blasting Tony with blasts of light. Abraham warned Iron Man that the Living Laser was killing Tony Stark. Still thinking Tony dead, Iron Man was also shocked to see his friend still alive. Iron Man then told Abraham to do everything in his power to keep Tony alive and then flew to fight the Living Laser.