Son of Iron Man

by wellitried4401

Being 14 is hard enough. Being 14 and the son of the legendary Tony Stark? That's even harder. Ryder is just trying to manage his life as a hero and as a teenager. And when his powers start acting up, he starts begging for a break from his crazy life. But the escape he got is not exactly what he expected.

1. Prologue

Prologue

Tony Stark always wanted to raise a family. It was he and his wife Pepper's dream to have kids. And so finally they had a son. They named him Ryder Stark.

Ryder had a great life. His father was an Avenger. He lived at Avengers Tower. His mother ran Stark Industries. And he loved his life.

But at age 7, Ryder was kidnapped. Tony went to go find him only to find Pepper about to be dropped from the top of a building. He was going to save her when he saw his son beaten and almost unconscious. One more punch, and the young Stark would be dead. Pepper told Tony to save their son and not to worry about her. So Tony saved Ryder but both of them witnessed her fall to her death.

Ryder wasn't going to make it because part his heart was giving out. But his father had him go through surgery and he replaced the part of his heart with an arc reactor. The arc reactor was barely visible and no one other than the Avengers, several other superheroes, and Tony's really close friends knew about the operation.

Much like his father, Ryder was extremely intelligent. He wasn't much of a fan of school but he always made straight A's. He taught himself how to hack when he was 8 and he built a computer program at age 9.

Ever since the night of his mother's murder, Ryder always had nightmares. Most of them were about things he had never even seen. For example, a person getting shot or stabbed.

The dreams always seemed to simply be a result of witnessing his mother's murder. Until Ryder was 10.

He decribed one of his dreams to the Avengers as usual. A man named Ezra Grasp was shot in an alleyway and was robbed. He had a blue shirt and a red tie on with blue jeans. Later that day, a news report was that Ezra Grasp had been shot. It was the same as the dream. The Avengers thought it was just a coincidence. But after this happened several more times, they thought it would be best to take him to Dr. Strange. They believed his dreams might have something to do with another realm. And it did.

Ryder had a special connection to the Dream Dimension. The Dream Dimension is a place where dreams originate from. It is full of mythical creatures and is ruled by Nightmare the King of Dreams and his son, Night Terror the Prince of Dreams. Ryder's connection let him see the nightmares of other people. And occasionally, he would have dreams or visions of the future. His new power allowed him to bring things from the Dream Dimension to the real world. But he realized if he lost focus on bringing the whatever he was bringing from the Dream Dimension, it would disappear and go back to the Dream Dimension.

After learning of his power, he begged his father to allow him to become a hero. Despite much pleading, his overprotective father didn't even think twice when he answered. The answer was always no. Ryder refused to take no as an answer and started building himself a suit.

A year later, Ryder had finished the suit and started fighting crime as Iron Night. Though his father disapproved, he continued to be a hero. Finally, Tony accepted that his son would never give up being a hero so he allowed it. However, Ryder decided not to share is identity with the public and keep it secret.

As a partial member of the Avengers, Ryder Stark is a rebellious 14-year-old who couldn't hate publicity more, loves sneaking out, is a tech whiz and a genius, disrespectful at times, and loves being a hero.