The Titanium Man Episode 1: Pilot
*8.00pm.*
"Pepper… we are going to miss our reservation at the restaurant" said Tony. Pepper enters with an unsteady body language, trembling hands, sweat running down her forehead. "Tony I have something to tell you", the tone of her voice suggested the news would not be pleasant. Tony begrudgingly responded "what?" The news that followed would change the lives of one world's richest man and one of the greatest heroes to exist. His life would never be the same. "Tony….. I'm pregnant!"
*16 years later. Location Miami, Florida*
"Ryan! Ryan! Ryan!" said a nearby voice. "School starts in less than an hour, time to wake up". Ryan slowly rises out of his bed and noticed a photo by his bedside of himself and his father. He then moves on to take a shower. 15 minutes later he steps out of his shower and moves towards his closet. He puts on black jeans and long sleeved white shirted and he pulls up sleeves to his elbows.
Ryan has blonde hair, in this universe his mother is a natural blonde but has been dying red for ages. He also has brown eyes and dimples, he is also just 5 ft 9. Ryan goes downstairs to meet his parents for breakfast.
"You excited for school kid" Tony said.
"If that were to happen I would have J.A.R.V.I.S call a local exorcist" Ryan replied jokingly
"Shall I make that call now Sir?" said J.A.R.V.I.S unaware of the lighthearted nature of Ryan's statement
"Calm down J.A.R.V.I.S, I was just kidding *to Tony* you should really consider adding sarcasm to his database or at least a sense of humor" said Ryan
"High School should be fun experience for you and this will be the first time you will be going to school with Mikayla in a very long time" Pepper said
*Mikayla was Ryan's childhood best friend. She moved away to New York and has lived there for the last 8 years. Throughout the 8 years she, along with her family would visit the Starks in Miami whenever possible. She is also the daughter of Avenger's members Hawkeye and The Black Widow.*
"it will be nice to have her around all time again" said Ryan with a smile on his face
"You two were inseparable as kids. While your dad and her parents were off saving the world, you two just sat in the living room and played games for hours and hours" said Pepper
"Sir I'm programed to remind you that it is time for you to go to school" said J.A.R.V.I.S
"Crap" said Ryan, he quickly ate what remained if his food and said goodbye to his parents before rushing to the bus stop
*Several Hours Later. Location Peggy Carter High School*
School was flying by, nothing challenging at all for Ryan. A reminder that his father was an MIT graduate; founder of Stark industries and it his spare time one of the co-leaders of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. His mom on the other hand is a Harvard graduate and the current CEO of Stark industries.
It was now lunchtime, Ryan went over to his locker room to leave his backpack but something got his attention.
"HEY STARK" said by a voice in the distance. But Ryan was familiar with the voice, and it was a voice that brought a smile across his face. He turned around to see Mikayla. She gave him a gigantic hug, one that even surprised him. "Wow" he said. She let go of him, and folded her arms and smiled and him. "Oh I'll just got hug someone who will appreciate it then"
Mikayla is 5ft 5, has brownish hair which she ties into a ponytail but still leaves loose strands framing her face, She also has a ring on her left hand on her pinky finger with the initials M.B.
"I'm really happy to see you" said Ryan
"I really missed you Ry…now where is the cafeteria…I'm hungry". The statement made Ryan have a slight chuckle "I'll lead the way" he said
On the way to cafeteria, Ryan and Mikayla took the time to catch up, seeing as this was the first time they had been in the same place in a long time. The cafeteria was serving mystery meat much to their dismay but they were just happy to be together. "I will introduce to my friends" Ryan said.
Ryan is a tenth grader, meaning he has been a student at Peggy Carter High School for one academic year, so he has time to make friends. Also just the fact that his last name Is Stark means he gains a lot of attention from his peers, making him one of the "popular kids" in the school.
Ryan and Mikayla moved towards a table with 3 students already seated there, they were all smiles to see their friend Ryan and the new girl. "Guys meet Mikayla….Mikayla meet my friends, first up we have the lovely gymnast Sally Avril, and we usually just call her Sal" Sean said.
"You didn't tell us she was gonna be this hot Ryan" Sal replied. She offered Mikayla a handshake, which she accepted.
Ryan continued his introductions "The girl with the glasses is Andrea Shaw and the guy next to her is Sean Barrett, or as the girls have nicknamed him The British Beefcake"
Now let's quickly run down there appearances. Sal is 5 ft 8, she has black hair, brown eyes and is white. She is also quite voluptuous which gains her a lot of attention from the guys and some girls in her high school. Andrea is only 5 ft 1 with her hair color and eyes being dark brown, she is Caucasian being of Italian descent. And finally Sean, as previously stated he is British and quite attractive. He has a short pompadour hair style (simiar to a crew cut) and was 5 ft 10. All right back to the story
Ryan and Mikayla sat on the same end of the table as Andrea with Sean and Sal sitting on the opposite side. Lunch was largely uneventful, mostly just catching up with tales from summer vacation and everyone getting acquainted with Mikayla, that was until *BOOOOOOMMMMM!* A large crash was hear by the students, it came from just outside the school building, an eagle eyed student shouted "IT'S IRON MAN!" almost everyone stormed to the nearest window to try and catch a glimpse of the superhero. He had soon flown away, leaving all the students in intense conversation
"DID YOU SEE THAT!" "I heard he was fighting some robot downtown" "I GOT HIS CRASH ON VIDEO YO! WORLDSTTTAARRRR" "Principal Gomez is gonna be pissed with that crater on the field"
Ryan and Mikayla were one of the few students who didn't take a closer look, considering they had grown up watching Tony Stark fall out of the sky a thousand times over
"Do you ever get bored it?" Mikayla asked
"What?" Ryan replied
"Watching your dad risk his life day in and day out, being the hero of your story, being the invincible iron man" she said while nudging his arm with her elbow
"I don't know if I want him to be the hero in my story" he said with a conflicted facial expression
"Then write your own story Ry" she said jokingly
For the rest of the school day, Mikayla's words were all that Ryan could think about, he had often considered following in his father's footsteps and become a hero himself but his father was always adamant on him not joining the hero's crusade. His mother was never a fan of the idea either and Ryan slowly accepted being a hero wouldn't be on the cards for him but Mikayla's simple and effective words awoke the hero inside.
*3.10 pm. Location Barton Household*
School had let out at 3pm, Mikayla didn't live far from the school, walking distance in fact. Ryan had walked her home. "Well this is me, it's a nice place, has a nice view but it isn't Stark Mansion or anything like that" she said teasingly.
"You sure you can't come over? J.A.R.V.I.S would love to see you" he said
"As much as I missed your A.I more than you, I have work to do. With my parents both in Prague on some super-secret Avengers mission, its kinda my job to get the house ready while they're gone, and I'd ask you to help but I know you're a terrible human being and can't even help your best friend" she said sarcastically with a smile on her face.
A few moments later a Black Lamborghini Veneno pulled up to the Barton driveway. "Looks like my ride is here" Ryan stated. The car door opened revealing no one was inside.
"I can't believe you have a self-driving car, like I know you told me you had one but seeing is believing right" Mikayla said
"J.A.R.V.I.S drives it and I'll get my driver's license in due time" he said
Mikayla still in shock of the self-driving car "so what do you say when cops pull you over? Cuz I'm sure J.A.R.V.I.S doesn't have a license… does it?"
"The windows are tinted so no one can see inside and the car is registered with the state and the government so I never get pulled over" he said with a smirk on his face
"Well I have stuff to get done so I'll see you tomorrow, tell your parents I said hi okay" she said while walking inside the house
"Sure thing" he replied.
After a 15 minute ride Ryan arrived home, the car parked itself into the garage. He walked inside the house to find neither of his parents home but found a note on the kitchen table from his mother "Dear Ryan, Stark Industries meeting in Italy won't be home for a few days, Love Mom… P.S Spaghetti in the fridge"
Ryan's parents are both incredibly busy people as you can imagine, so it is quite common for Ryan to be left home alone for few days from time to time. He moved to the screening room where he turned on the news "And lets recap a top story from today's news, the invincible iron man was since battling his way through downtown Miami with a villain who was later identified as Whiplash, a long time enemy of the iron man. The battle took-"
At this point Ryan has zoned out, thinking about his father's achievements as Iron Man through the years, hearing Mikayla's words once more "Then write your own story".
He got up from his chair moved out of the room. "J.A.R.V.I.S?" he said
"Yes Mister Stark" he replied
"How many active suits does my father have?" he asked
"Currently your father has 35 active Iron Man armored suits, 33 in Avengers Tower and 2 here in the Mansion" J.A.R.V.I.S responded.
Ryan thought for a second, and a light bulb went off in his mind. "Does he have any inactive suits in the mansion?" Ryan asked
Yes. In the workshop downstairs they are several parts of armors which are no longer in use sir" the A.I responded
"let's say that hypothetically I was to go downstairs to the workshop, and hypothetically reserve engineer the inactive Iron Man parts to something that I can work with my body structure and not my fathers" he said hopefully
"Calculating….yes sir I believe it would be possible with the parts available in the workshop" those words were music to Ryan's ears "THAT'S GREAT! And you'll help me right? He said.
"Of course Mister Stark, I was designed to aid everyone in this family. Shall I inform your parents of your plans?" the A.I asked
"NO NO NO! this is our secret okay J.A.R.V.I.S" he said
"I understand…just like the house party from 17 days ago" J.A.R.V.I.S replied
"haha yeah just like that" A few moments later, Ryan made his way down to his father's workshop. No one ever goes here anymore considering he has a much larger workshop in Avengers Tower. Ryan turned on the light switch to reveal a very dusty room, filled with scattered about robot limbs, depowered arc reactors and half broken helmets
"Well…this is gonna take a while"
End chapter
Notes
First of all thanks for reading and reviews are appreciated, negative or positive. I just wanted to quickly explain how this universe of marvel characters is going to work. As you can tell from the first chapter it will focus on the next generation of heroes and not the main ones like Iron Man and Captain America
Unlike the Marvel Cinematic Universe, secret identities are a thing in this universe just so you know
Some characters are original like Ryan Stark but some are from the comics
And this will feature the whole marvel universe, so inhumans, mutants, the fantastic four, the avengers the whole thing
So yeah, I hope you enjoyed the first of chapter of The Titanium Man, and look forward to the next chapter and maybe some other stories in this universe as well