A Fan Fiction to The Series "Iron Man"
By: Arc Reaction
.Iron Man.
Tony Stark sat at his desk, the usual Monday morning. He looked around his office. The giant wooden doors, the sculpture of his dad's creation of a new element, and other important things scattered around the room. Pepper called the scattered objects "useless" and Tony hated that word. He all knew that they all could be used for something. Nothing to Tony is considered useless, unless he thinks it is. He was looking at the computer when a file popped up on his screen. It said:
To: Mr. Anthony Stark
From: Government
Reason/Purpose: Iron Man Suits
"This is going to be great..." He muttered and opened the file.
It was the same subject every time. The government wanted the suits and Tony wouldn't give them up. It always stated that they thought Tony Stark was not able to control the whole world's safety by himself. But that was not true. Tony always had Rhodey to back him up. Tony had made a special suit for him, in case he got in a bad situation and Rhodey needed to help. Rhodey, more known as Rhodes, named this suit War Machine. He wanted it to sound bad-ass. Tony attached big guns to the shoulders, and made it more durable. Tony's new suit the Mark VII was perfect. It could withstand a lot of pressure, and he upgraded the ammunition. It would take a lot more than some bomb to wreck this suit.
Tony was in the middle of thinking when Pepper Potts, his personal assistant, walked into his office. She was in a tight black dress, with 6 inch heels on. He tried not to stare as he walked up to his wooden desk.
"Mr. Stark." She said waltzing up.
"Yes?" He picked his papers up from his desk and started to make a pile of them trying not to look at her.
"S.H.E.I.L.D and Director Fury wish to speak with you." She told him in a business sounding voice.
"Damn." He swore. "Give me ten minutes." He shouted as he ran out of the office and to his Porsche. He glanced at his license plate and smiled. It said Stark5. He had named all of his cars with his last name. He made each one of the cars, or at least changed something on it to make it Stark worthy. He got in and started it up and drove away.
Back in the office, Pepper walked up to Tony's computer and looked at the file he didn't close out of. She had no idea what this "Iron Man" thing was. She thought that it was just a missile he was creating and he liked that name. She took no notice of it and closed out of the file and shut down his computer. Her phone blackberry rang in her pocket, so she took it out and pressed it to her ear.
"Hello?" The voice on the other line said.
"Director Fury? Is that you?" Pepper asked the man.
"The one and only." Fury let out a small manly chuckle.
"Tony said he will meet with you in ten minutes. Personally I don't know what he is doing." Pepper said trying to think of what he was up too.
"Alright. Tell him to meet me at the Stark Expo in ten." He said and hung up.
"Thanks…" She muttered even though Fury had hung up.
Tony was speeding to get home to his penthouse. He needed to change the palladium in his arc reactor, and fast.
"Damn thing." He coughed as he sped up.
He finally reached the house and he limped to his desk. He ripped the drawer open and found the little wooden box he was looking for. He carefully took out a piece of palladium as he took off his shirt. His muscles ripped as he moved around. He took one hand and with a lot of skill, took out his arc reactor. It lit up a little brighter and opened up to reveal a burning piece of old palladium. He took the old out and threw it in the garbage can on the side of his metal desk. He tried to keep his breath steady as he stuck in the new piece of palladium, and went to stick the arc reactor back into its socket. Right as he was going to stick it in, Pepper walked to the door. He panicked and threw the arc reactor into the drawer. He threw on his shirt before he unlocked the door for Pepper to walk in.
"What's was that?" She asked walking up to him sounding a little mad.
"What was what?" He tried to avoid the arc reactor she didn't know about.
"Why did you have your shirt off?" She asked looking at his messy desk. She glanced at the box of palladium and picked it up.
"What is this?" She asked pulling a piece out.
"Nothing!" He shouted and pulled the box away from her and shoved it into a drawer. He was trying to keep his breath steady, but he could feel the shrapnel from that bomb three months ago, moving around.
"Well, hurry up. Fury is mad. He wanted to meet you at Stark Expo, but you have been taking too long. He came here. He is upstairs. Hurry up." She glared at him and then turned and walked out of his workshop. He let out a gasp and reached for his arc reactor. He grabbed it and stuck it into the socket it belonged in. He took a sharp intake of breath and he thought it never tasted so good in his life. He got up and walked into the middle of his workshop.
"J.A.R.V.I.S! Get the suit ready just in case, I need to leave." He said and walked out of his workshop. Fury was standing by the stairs top. He had a mean glare and Tony walked up the stairs avoiding his stare. He sat on the sofa, covered up with a blanket, and grabbed a piece of pizza he left there earlier.
"Mr. Stark." Fury said sitting on the chair somewhat close to Tony.
"What is it now, Fury?" Tony asked in between mouthfuls of pizza.
Fury glanced at Pepper, somewhat it seemed he want her to leave. She dipped her head showing respect, and waltzed out of the living room.
"We have an important subject to talk about, Tony." Fury said and Tony noticed he used his nickname.
"Is it about the arc reactor? It is working just fine." Tony said as he glanced at where the reactor was on his chest.
"I wish it was that simple." Fury sighed and tightened his hands into fists.
"What is it then?" Tony asked completely and utterly confused.
"We need your help…" Fury glared at him.
Tony glanced at Fury.
"My, help?" He chuckled and then got serious.
"We have a worldwide problem." Fury said looking directly into Tony's deep brown eyes.
"What is it, doc?" He joked around. Fury slapped Tony hard on the shoulder.
"Thanos, a world-wide threat is back in America." At that moment Tony's world stopped. Tony gasped and thought of Pepper. What would she think? She didn't even know about Iron Man! This would break her heart.
"Why only my help. Why not some stronger and older superhero?" Tony struggled to get the words out of his mouth.
"No. We can't just stumble upon some giant and wise superhero every day, Tony." Fury said quietly hoping Pepper didn't hear.
"Then who is on our side?"He asked Fury.
"The Avengers." He looked Tony in the eye.
"The Avengers? Tony asked completely confused.
"Meet us at the Stark Expo, tomorrow morning." He said to Tony, He held out his hand and Tony shook it goodbye. Fury walked out of the room and Pepper walked in. Tony covered himself up with a blanket, to hide the arc reactor and its glow from Pepper's watchful eyes.
"What was all that about?" Pepper asked Tony suspiciously.
"Stuff." He said. "Pepper I have to show you something, promise you won't flip out?"
She eyed him and then said, "Alright. I promise."
He took off the blanket and then looked at Pepper. Pepper gasped as she saw the arc reactor.
"What do you think?" Tony chuckled.
"What the hell is that?" Pepper shouted.
"A miniaturized arc reactor. The palladium inside it is keeping shrapnel from reaching my important organs." He said knowing what he was talking about.
"Shouldn't we take you to a doctor?" Pepper asked worried.
"No they can't remove anymore then I can." He said and he poked around at his arc reactor, making little "dink" noises.
"That is the thing keeping you alive..?" She looked at the arc reactor as its dim blue light reached her eyes. Tony pulled out a small remote and dimmed the lights, until the only light they saw, was emanating from his reactor. It was ten o'clock at night and Pepper was really sleepy. She let out a yawn and passed out of Tony's chest. He let out an "oomph" when she landed on him. He smiled and rubbed her head and laid on the couch his arms wrapped protectively around her. He covered them both up and he closed his eyes, falling asleep. The only noise in the whole house was the silent hum of Tony Stark's arc reactor.