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A Stark Raised By Fenton's

Chapter Two

Palladium Poisoning and Vampires


Danny, Sam, and Tucker walked into FentonWorks- Danny finally being home after so long. They were discussing practically everything. The discussion had started out about P.D.A.s and vegetarian meals but quickly had turned to the topic of Danny's powers and the whole incident of Stark Industries stopping making weapons- along with 'Marcus's' little speech.

"Dude, were you coached or something?" Tucker asked. "That was awesome!"

Danny shook his head. "No." He answered. "It just came to me... I just knew the right thing to say."

Tucker grinned. "Sweet." He said, before pausing. "Oh, and I'm betting you knew before anyone else that Tony was Iron Man!"

Danny nodded. "I did... I helped him test out the suit. Oh, and Dummy kept hitting him with the fire extinguisher while he was testing it out!" He laughed.

"Wait, who's Dummy?" Tucker asked.

"One of his A.I.s." Danny answered.

Maddie walked downstairs, smiling.

The phone rang, but before anyone could answer it, it went to voice-mail.

"Hey, Danny. I was wondering if you and your friends wanted to come over for the summer. Your room's still there and I have two extra bedrooms. And, no. My bedroom is not one of them. I may not use it very often, but still. Anyways, I have some stuff going on, too. The Stark Expo is going on all year, and you and your friends can have backstage passes, even though I might not be staying down there long. Then there's my birthday party in a few days. Oh yeah! The race in Monaco. There was one other thing... Hey, J.A.R.V.I.S., what was it?" Tony started.

"The Court appearance you have to make, in the District of Columbia-" J.A.R.V.I.S. started, before being interrupted by Tony.

"You can just call it Washington D.C., J.A.R.V.I.S.." He said.

"-with Senator Stern about the Iron Man armor being turned over to the people of the United States of America, sir." He finished.

"That's nothing fun to invite teenagers to, but whatever. Even though it was a stupid idea the first time I did it, I'm not leaving three teenagers alone in my house while I'm in D.C. Besides, you teens can learn some stuff while I'm there. Also, I know the parents of one of your friends, Sam Manson, and I've been hearing that they want her to get in contact with 'Marcus Stark'. It may not be the right thing to do, but she knows about you, Daniel James Fenton, being the famous Marcus Howard Stark. By the way, I still think dad was being a bit of a narcissist when he said 'give the kid Howard as a middle name'. Did you know that he got my name, Anthony, from his middle name? Since he's... What was it, J.A.R.V.I.S.?" Tony continued on.

"Howard Anthony Walter Stark, sir." J.A.R.V.I.S. answered.

"Oh yeah. And then there's my middle name, Edward. That comes from our uncle, Edward Stark. But, anyways, if you want to come over, you can bring your friends, too. But that's only if you want them to and they want to." Tony ended, hanging up.

J.A.R.V.I.S.'s voice was heard next. "This message was left by Anthony Edward Stark of Stark Industries. If you would like to call back, please call 657-887-0984."

Tucker, Sam, and Danny all looked at each other enthusiastically. Then they looked to Maddie, who rubbed her forehead. "Sam and Tucker, you'll have to ask your parents. Danny-"

"I know, I know. Work on my powers, keep Tony from doing stupid things, don't get kidnapped again, and don't do anything stupid." He said.

"Not only that." Maddie said, pulling out what looked like a Thermos. "You said that you saw some ghosts in Malibu... This Thermos can catch them. I've made a few of them- one for you, one for Sam, one for Tucker, one for Tony, and a few extras."

Danny grinned, taking the Thermos. "Thanks mom!" He said.

Sam and Tucker grinned- each pulling out their cellphones to call their parents.

Maddie sighed, and walked up to the phone to call Tony back while Danny was grinning in excitement, rushing off to tell Jazz and Jack that he was leaving.

The other end of the line was picked up on the first ring. "Hello?" Tony asked.

"It's Maddie Fenton. Danny will be coming- Sam and Tucker will probably come too." She said.

"Alright!" Tony said happily. "I-I mean I'll get everything ready." There was a crash, then Tony's tone changed completely. "You! I swear to God, I'll dismantle you! I'll soak your motherboard, turn you into a wine rack!" He yelled. "Oh, sorry. One of my bots just destroyed the sink in the lab."

Maddie frowned slightly. "Oh, and you mentioned bringing the kids to court...?" She said, in a questioning tone.

"Oh yeah... I'm supposed to go to D.C. after the Stark Expo, and I don't know how long I'm going to be there. I don't want to leave them there all alone, since Rhodey's doing who-knows-what in some active war zone, Pepper's coming with me, and so is Happy." Tony said. "They'd be in the mansion for who knows how long with my three insane A.I.'s, Dummy, Butterfingers, and You, and my A.I. Butler, J.A.R.V.I.S.. Not really a good combo." He continued. "And the government wants my suit..."

"I see..." She said frowning. "And, it's not like you'll be giving that up anytime soon."

"I plan to make a very... Compelling argument." Tony said. "And try never. Not giving up my suits."

Maddie nodded. "I hope you do well with your suits." She said. "Anyways... Danny told me that Malibu had a ghost problem..." She trailed off.

"Yeah. And my suits are no help at all there, either... If a ghost phases through me, the Arc Reactor goes... Well it blows up. Or so J.A.R.V.I.S. has told me."

Maddie frowned. "Me and Jack recently came up with an invention that will capture ghosts- the Fenton Thermos. It can trap them. We can work on some more inventions- weapons- that can fight off ghosts. We can probably send some to you- to protect you from... Having the Arc Reactor blow up..."

"Alright. But I'll see what I can come up with, first. For protecting the Arc Reactor, I mean. It needs to still work with the suit."

Maddie nodded. "Okay." She said. "We'll be sending a few Thermoses with Danny, Sam, and Tucker, anyways."

"Alright. The jet will be in Amity in about an hour." There was a sheepish chuckle. "I sorta thought you'd say yes before I called, so I sent it."

Maddie rolled her eyes. "Okay then, Tony." She said.

Sam and Tucker grinned- both of them had gained permission to go. "The jet's gonna be here in an hour."

Danny ran back to the living room.


The jet landed in Malibu in the afternoon. When the doors opened, Tony was waiting there in a suit-and-tie.

"Hey." He said with a smile.

Danny, Sam, and Tucker came out of the jet- Tucker geeking over the awesome jet. "Hey Tony!" Danny called out, smiling as well.

Even Sam- even being the Goth she was- was grinning like it was Christmas time.

"Welcome to Malibu! Or, welcome back to Malibu." He was still smiling.

"This. Place. Is. Awesome!" Tucker declared

"If you like Malibu in general, then you should see my house." Tony said. "If you love tech, then my workshop will be like a mechanical heaven."

Tucker grinned- like he was already in heaven.

"Looks like we'll know where to find Tucker." Sam remarked.

Danny snickered.


Tony and Danny were alone. Tucker was in the workshop while Sam was checking out the rest of the house.

"Danny... I have something really important to tell you." Tony said.

Danny looked up. "What is it?"

"There's no easy way to tell you this..." Tony started. "The Arc Reactor... It runs on Palladium which is... Poisonous in the way I'm using it." He continued. "I'll just have J.A.R.V.I.S. explain it."

"The Palladium in Mr. Stark's chest is running the Arc Reactor perfectly, as is expected, but it is also poisoning him. It it keeping him alive, yet it is also killing him."

Danny's eyes widened in shock. "Can't you- is there any way for you to... You know... Live?" He asked, eyes flashing green.

Tony shook his head sadly. "No. I've tried every combination - every permutation - of every known element. None of them will work." He explained. "Taking it out is an option, but I wouldn't live very long without it."

"But-" Danny started to say. "How- how long?" He asked quietly.

"I don't know. It could be days, weeks, or months."


It was the night of the start of the year-long Stark Expo, and the host, Tony Stark, was nowhere to be seen.

Danny sighed, looking around. He, Sam, and Tucker were sitting in the audience, watching the stage.

Suddenly, there was a thump, and everyone was screaming since Iron Man was on the stage, though everyone knew he was Tony Stark.

Danny, Sam, and Tucker all jumped- startled.

The suit was taken off while Tony was on a turntable-like device. He started to clap. "Oh it's good to be back. You missed me? I missed you too." He said.

"Blow somethin' up!" Someone yelled.

"Blow somethin' up? I already did that." He said. "I'm not saying that the world is enjoying its longest period of uninterrupted peace in years because of me. I'm not saying that from the ashes of captivity never has a greater Phoenix metaphor been personified in human history! I'm not saying that Uncle Sam can kick back on a lawn chair, sippin' on an iced tea, because I haven't come across anyone who's man enough to go toe to toe with me on my best day!"

"To-ny, To-ny, To-ny." Most of the crowd cheered while Tony smiled a cunning smile.

"I love you, Tony!" One girl yelled.

"Please." He shook his head. "It's not about me." He used both hands as a signal to quiet the crowd. "It's not about you. It's not even about us, it's about legacy. It's about what we choose to leave behind for future generations and that's why, for the next year and for the first time since 1974, the best and brightest men and women of nations and corporations the world over will pool their resources, share their collective vision to leave behind a brighter future. It's not about us! Therefore what I am saying, if I'm saying anything, is welcome back to the Stark Expo!" The crowd started to cheer again. "And now, making a special guest appearance from the great beyond, to tell you what it's all about. Please welcome my father, Howard Stark." He finished, walking off the stage as the film started to play.

Danny leaned forward, paying extra attention to the film.

"Everything is achievable through technology. Better living, robust health, and for the first time in human history, the possibility of world peace. So from all of us here at Stark Industries, I would personally like to introduce you to the city of the future. Technology holds infinite possibilities for mankind and will one day rid society of all its ills. Soon, technology will affect the way you live your life everyday. No more tedious work. Leaving more time for leisure activities and enjoying the sweet life. The Stark Expo... welcome." Howard said with a smile on the film reel.

Tony checked his blood toxicity levels backstage, then slipped the small machine back into his pocket.

Danny smiled slightly, as did Sam and Tucker.

Meanwhile, backstage, a man with a white ponytail and teal eyes, along with a business suit, walked up to Tony. He looked Russian. "Hello, Mr. Stark." He said.

Tony turned around. "Oh, uh, hi, Mr...?"

"Masters. Vlad Masters." He introduced.

Tony nodded. "Is there something you need, Mr. Masters?"

Vlad thought for a moment. "Actually, yes. I hear that you are Iron Man..." He stated, trailing off.

Tony's attitude changed dramatically. "If you want the suit then I'm gonna tell you right now. Not. Going. To. Happen." He said, eyes narrowed.

Vlad chuckled a little bit. "I wasn't going to ask for the suit. I'm not an idiot like most of the government and paparazzi out there. But, that suit must have some sort of power source..."

"Okay, now I'm really gonna tell you to fuck off." Tony narrowed his eyes. "The Arc Reactor keeps me alive. No one is getting it."

Vlad frowned slightly. "The device is an energy source- it keeps you alive, but it must have some negative effects." He said. "Perhaps, if you made another of the devices, I could experiment with it... And learn how to negate those effects." He said.

"Let me just put it simple for you. I'm not giving you and specs for an Arc Reactor, nor am I making you one for yourself so fuck. Off."

Vlad narrowed his eyes slightly. "It was nice meeting you Mr. Stark. If you ever change your mind... Feel free to contact me." He said, handing Tony a DALV business card before walking away.

Tony growled. "Now I have even more people after my tech." He muttered.


Tony was leaning back towards Pepper, making smoochy faces, while Senator Stern kept going "Mr. Stark!"

With one final "Mr. Stark!", Tony turned around and spoke into the microphone. "Yes, dear?"

Danny rolled his eyes. Tucker was just ignoring them, and Sam was just sitting there- half listening, half not.

"Can I have your attention?" Stern asked.

"Yes you may."

"Do you or do you not possess a specialized weapon?"

"I do not."

"You do not?"

"I do not. Well, it depends on how you define the word 'weapon'."

"The Iron Man weapon."

"My device does not fit that description."

"Well then how would you define it?"

"It's not a weapon, it's more of a highly advanced prosthesis."

"It's a weapon, Mr. Stark." He said bluntly. "My priority is to get the Iron Man weapon turned over to the people of the United States of America."

"Well, you can forget it. I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one. To turn over the Iron Man suit would be to turn over myself, which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on what state you're in. You can't have it." He said.

"Look, I'm no expert-"

"In prostitution? You're a senator. Come on!"

"Oooh!" The three teenagers chorused, like children would when a classmate got in trouble.

Some people looked at them, but, for the most part, they watched the case play out.

Everything went fine until Justin Hammer came in to argue against Tony, and Rhodey came in to read something.

Now, they were almost done.

"I think we're done with the point that he's making. I don't think there's any reason-"

"The point is you're welcome, I guess." Tony shrugged, cutting Stern off.

"For what?"

"Because I'm your nuclear deterrent. It's working. We're safe. America is secure. You want my property? You can't have it. But I did you a big favor." He turned to face the crowd. "I've successfully privatized world peace. What more do you want? For now! I tried to play ball with these ass-clowns."

Tony was walking out while Stern said, with a smile, "Fuck you, Mr. Stark. Fuck you, buddy."

"No swearing in front of teenagers." Sam said, as she followed Tony out of the chamber. Danny and Tucker followed.

"Who said that to you?" Tony asked.

"He swore. We were in the audience. Hence, he swore in front of us even though it wasn't directed at us." Sam pointed out.

"No, I meant who said 'no swearing in front of teenagers'? Because, I'm pretty sure, in most public high schools, every other word is a swear."

"Not in our high school. And those are teenagers swearing. Not adults." Sam pointed out. "And we're fourteen. We aren't deep into teenager-hood yet." She said.

"I was swearing way before then..." Tony mused. "But I think that's because of dad... And the fact I was finishing up High School."

Danny frowned. "What was dad like?" He asked.

"Oh... He was... Interesting, to say the least." Tony started. "He was cold, calculating, never told me he loved me, didn't even tell me that he liked me. He mainly focused on finding Captain America. He worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, along with the Super Soldier Program. The happiest day of his life was shipping me off to boarding school."

Danny frowned, and didn't say anything after that.

"But mom... You would've loved her. She was so nice and caring... She always cheered me up after Dad came home a drunk and swearing bastard every other night."

Danny smiled slightly, but not by much.


Tony and Pepper were arguing in the middle of the mansion when Tony finally said something to Pepper that would make her freeze up.

"I am appointing you C.E.O., why aren't you listening to me? You know, I've been lately thinking what legacy I want to leave behind, and who should do what when I'm gone. And I think, in terms of Stark Enterprises, that you should take over it. You've always managed to handle it, so far it's been good. I hereby irrevocably make you C.E.O. of the company until Danny wants to take over, and when he's old enough to."

Sam and Tucker's eyes all widened. "Danny's supposed to become C.E.O. of S.I.!?" They said, shocked.

"If I don't have any kids, he's the next in line." Tony answered.

Their eyes widened.

Danny walked inside the room, frowning slightly.

"Sir, there is an intruder in the house." J.A.R.V.I.S. said.

Tony, not wanting to destroy his house with the suit, grabbed a lamp.

Sam and Tucker stiffened- Sam pulling nunchucks from who-knows-where and Tucker grabbing a P.D.A. and slinking behind Sam.

Danny stiffened, eyes glowing brightly. "What type of intruder?" He asked. "What does it look like he or she is after?" He asked, his ghost self's personality coming through.

"The intruder seems to be after the blueprints for the Arc Reactor, Mr. Fenton."

Tony growled.

"And he is a ghost."

Tucker gulped. Danny stiffened, wondering why his ghost sense wasn't going off. He transformed quickly, and grabbed a Thermos. Sam and Tucker ran toward Tucker's backpack, grabbing two Thermoses out of them. Then, they grabbed another which they tossed toward Tony.

Danny dove downstairs without thinking.

Tony caught the Thermos and ran downstairs with the thermos and the lamp.

Danny spotted a creature that looked like a tall man, but from the back. He wore a black cape and a silver suit, with black gloves and boots. He was visibly muscular, and had black hair up in sharp points. His skin looked blue, and Danny could tell the ghost was powerful. "What do you think you're doing!?" Danny questioned, and the ghost turned quickly. His skin was blue, and his eyes were a deep red- like blood. He had fangs, and Danny took a step back.

"What have we here? A young specter who probably hasn't learned most of the basics and a man with a lamp? Yawn." The spirit said tauntingly.

"Get the fuck out of my lab." Tony ground out. "The specs to the Arc Reactor don't belong to you."

"So? It's called 'borrowing'." The creature said, forming a pink energy blast in his hand. "Permanently borrowing, but that's besides the point."

Danny was taken aback on how the ghost formed energy rays.

"I'd call it stealing." Tony said. "You're a very stubborn man, coming to me during the expo, and now, after I'm trying to unwind a bit after that meeting with that ass-clown, Senator Stern."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." The ghost sneered out.

Danny narrowed his eyes. "Who are you?"

"Plasmius." The ghost introduced. "And you are... That ghost who was fighting off the ones that came here. To Malibu, California." He said, looking around some more for blueprints.

"No. You're Vlad Masters." Tony said. "You came to me when I was backstage at the Stark Expo. You wanted the specs for my Arc Reactor." He continued. "You wanna know how I know? I put two and two together. I'm a genius."

Vlad frowned at the fact he was discovered.

"Vlad Masters!?" Danny questioned. "That means- you were- you worked on the ghost portal with my mom and dad in college!"

He smirked slightly. "Jack and Maddie Fenton. Jack being the dumb one, of course. Never did anything right."

Danny's eyes blazed.

"Scratch that statement about being a genius. I'm a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, egotistical, Iron Man." Tony said. "And Jack Fenton is not dumb. He's one of the smartest people I know."

"I can see the ego part right now." Vlad said. "Hmm, then why did his foolishness send me to the hospital for five years!?" He finished.

Tony just glared. "Get the fuck out of my house right now before I reveal to the press that you're half ghost and I file a restraining order."

"Hmm, and I could reveal that Marcus Stark is really Danny Fenton to the press, and a half ghost- straight to the Guys in White."

Danny's eyes burned more, and he was half tempted to lunge at the ghost.

"Who would they believe more? The guy who has the audio proof, aka me, or the guy who has no proof, aka you?" Tony asked. "Then there's also the fact that I could just hack them to get any info they have on him erased."

"Hmm, smart." Vlad stated. "But, not smart enough. Overshadowing works like a charm to get me out of any trouble." He stated.

"Okay, you know what?" Tony asked, throwing down his lamp and putting the thermos on the floor. "J.A.R.V.I.S., is it ready?"

"Yes it is, sir."

Tony grinned and went to a part of his lab. "Oh, I'm gonna love this." He said, taking out a red-and-silver suitcase.

Danny looked at Vlad and finally lunged at him, Vlad quickly sidestepping. Danny did the same thing again, but Vlad put up a ghost shield and yawned. "For the second halfa, you don't seem that smart. Charging doesn't work on me." He said.

Danny growled again, not caring. He dove at Plasmius, who caught him by the throat. Vlad threw him into the ground and blasted at the boy with those energy beams. Danny yelped from the pain and now understood why earlier, those ghosts had kept screeching.

Tony had, somehow, gone missing in the middle of the battle, as has the red-and-silver suitcase.

Danny frowned, trying to get out of the way from the pain. Plasmius then duplicated himself. "How do you do that?" Danny asked, sort of fearful.

"Practice. Years of practice, and you will not have time for them." Vlad said, having his duplicate chase Danny down into a corner. Vlad teleported there was well, then the two proceeded to fire two continuous ghost rays at him- at the same time. And, Danny let out a scream.

While Vlad was attacking Danny, Tony was behind Vlad. Shooting off twin repulsors at the ghost, he said, "No one hurts my little brother." His tone was ice cold, and it was even icier with how the suit distorted his voice. Lifting up the faceplate, Tony glared hard at Vlad. "You can do what you want to me, just leave my brother out of this. It's my stuff you want."

Vlad stiffened, and his duplicate turned. Danny let out some shallow breaths, and sunk into the floor and came up on the other side of the room. The real Vlad turned as well when that happened. "Your brother needs to learn not to attack higher forces, then." His duplicate said tauntingly.

"Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. My. House." Tony growled at Vlad.

Vlad paused for a moment, and narrowed his eyes. He knew that Tony was ticked- and it was easier to handle people when they weren't ticked. He then teleported away, dramatically.

Tony walked over to Danny. "You alright?" He asked.

Danny nodded slightly. "Yeah..." He said. "But he was strong. If you hadn't have come in right then, I might've passed out..." He admitted.

"I didn't even know that the repulsors would work. If I did, I would've used the Chest RT." He said.

Danny nodded. "I wonder how he did that energy thing..." He mumbled.

"Probably learned how to." Tony answered. "Just like you will." He smiled caringly.

Danny smiled slightly. "I didn't even know ghosts could do that..." He mumbled. "What do you think he wanted with the Arc Reactor? If he's a ghost, he can use ectoplasmic energy for power... He shouldn't need one."

"Unless... He wants to use them as bombs of some sort." Tony mused.

Danny thought about this for a moment. "What do you mean?" He asked.

J.A.R.V.I.S. answered for Tony. "The energy the Arc Reactor produces does not mix with Ectoplasm, and it reacts violently when it comes in contact with it. The result of that is an explosion."

Danny's eyes widened in shock. "Bombs... The question is, does he want to use them against humans...? Or ghosts?" He wondered.

Tony shook his head. "I don't know, but he can't get the blueprints for them."

"Good." Danny said.

"So, now what?" Tony asked.

"I can ask around about Plasmius to the other ghosts." Danny said. "Help find more stuff out. But I should also learn that ectoplasm trick..."

Tony nodded. "But first I have to go meet the woman Pepper wants to have become my P.A., or something. All I know is that Pepper wants me to meet her."

Danny nodded. "Should we tell Sam and Tucker about this...?" He asked.

"About the ghost, or about the Arc Reactor being able to become a bomb?"

"Both. If one of those ecto rays hit you-" He started. "You could well... You know."

"It is only when a ghost phases through Mr. Stark will that happen." J.A.R.V.I.S. pointed out.

Danny sighed in relief.

Tony let the suit disassemble itself and it turned back into a red and silver suitcase. "Works like a charm, J.A.R.V.I.S.. I just wish I could've put weapons or something to help me fly on it." He said to his A.I.

"You have suitcase armor now?" Danny questioned.

"Still testing it. It can't fly, and I only have my hand repulsors and the Chest RT." Tony nodded. "Anyways, you gonna come to the gym with me now or are you gonna join up with me later?"

"I'll come up in a few minutes..." He answered, thinking.

Tony nodded and made his way to the gym, leaving the suitcase armor on the table.

In the gym, he boxed with Happy until Pepper came in, followed by another woman with red hair.

Tony looked at the woman like she was hot, which was true in his vantage point.

Exiting the boxing ring, Tony made his way over to Pepper to sign some papers, stating that he was signing over the company to Pepper until Danny came of age to take over, and that was only if he wanted to.

"What's your name, lady?" he asked, pointing to the woman.

She gave him a smile. "Rushman. Natalie Rushman." She answered.

"Front and center. Come into the church." He told her.

Pepper shook her head at his antics. "No. You're seriously not gonna ask-"

"If it pleases the court, which it does." Tony cut in.

Natalie closed the book, a smile growing on her lips. "It's no problem." She told Pepper..

"I'm sorry. He's very eccentric." Pepper explained as Natalie made her way to the ring.

While Tony was signing papers for Pepper, and trying to make Natalie his new assistant, said woman was in the ring with Happy.

Happy went to punch her. "Lesson one, never take your eyes off of your-" He never got to finish that sentence, as Natalie took Happy's hand and flipped him over.

"Oh my God!" Pepper exclaimed. "Happy!" She ran over to him to help him up.

Danny came up- normally- a few minutes later. Pepper was back in her chair by that point.

"How do I spell your name, Natalie?" Tony called from across the room.

"R-U-S-H-M-A-N." She spelled out for him.

"What, are you Googling her now?" Pepper demanded as Tony typed on the table laptop he had installed.

"I thought I was ogling her." Tony stated. "Oh, wow. Very, very impressive individual."

"You're so predictable, you know that?"

"She's fluent in French, Italian, Russian, Latin." He listed off before a look of confusion passed over his face. "Who speaks Latin?"

"No one speaks Latin." Pepper stated. "It's a dead language."

"No one speaks Latin?"

Pepper shook her head. "You can read Latin or you can write Latin but you can't speak Latin-"

"Did you model in Tokyo?" Tony cut in. "'Cause she modeled in Tokyo."

Danny walked into the scene, wondering what was going on.

"Hey, Marcus." Tony said with a smile, looking up from the laptop/table.

"Hey Tony... Pepper... Happy..." He looked toward Natalie. "And girl I don't know."

"Natalie Rushman." Natalie said with a smile.

"Marcus Stark." Danny said, smiling slightly.

"You did good at the press conference. Was that your first time up in front of the press?"

Danny nodded. "Yeah."

Natalie nodded with another smile.

Danny felt something off about 'Natalie Rushman'. Whether it was paranoia or something else, he didn't know. "So why are you here? A magazine?"

Natalie shook her head. "I'm a notary."

"And that is?" Danny asked, slightly confused.

"A notary in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business." Natalie said.

Danny nodded. "Cool." He said, before pausing. "J.A.R.V.I.S., where are Sam and Tucker?" He asked, wondering where his friends were.

"Miss Manson is in her room and Mr. Foley is in the workshop." J.A.R.V.I.S. answered.

Danny nodded. "Thanks J.A.R.V.I.S." He said, leaving the room but staying in the hallway- he wanted to ask this 'Natalie' some questions. For all he knew, she could be with Vlad. Or something else. Government, maybe?

They stayed in the room for a bit longer before Natalie left the room, in the same hallway that Danny was in.

Danny walked up to her. "Well Natalie... Do you know a man named Nick Fury?" He asked.

A look of shock briefly passed on Natalie's face. "How did you know?" She asked quietly, and somewhat dangerously.

"Me and my brother had a 'discussion' with him a few months ago about... Tony being Iron Man." Danny answered.

"How did you connect me with the Director?" Natalie asked.

Danny thought for a second. "I had a feeling that you weren't who you said you were." He answered.

"So who do you think I am?" She asked.

"Not exactly sure. But I know you work with S.H.I.E.L.D." He answered.

Natalie smirked. "You're good, kid. I'm Agent Natasha Romanoff, codenamed the Black Widow."

Danny nodded, smiling slightly. I figured out the identity of an S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Cool. He thought.

"You can't tell anyone. You can't even call me Natasha. I'm undercover, and the Director would like for it to remain that way. Got it?"

He nodded. "I know the meaning of 'undercover'." He said.

"Good. I'll see you around, kid." She said, walking off.

Danny grinned, then walked downstairs to the workshop to find Tucker. He still had to tell him- and Sam- about Vlad.


Tony, Pepper, Natalie, Danny, Sam, and Tucker entered the building right in front of the racetrack.

"So, anyone else been to France before?" Tony asked.

"Once." Sam said. "To visit my aunt while she was vacationing."

Tucker raised an eyebrow.

"It was my parent's decision.'

"Ah..." Danny and Tucker chorused.

"Tucker, have you been here before?" Danny asked.

"With the money my parents make? I'm lucky to go to the water park." Tucker answered.

"Anyone seen a Formula One race?"

The trio of teens shook their heads.

"Then I hope you have a great time." Tony smiled, then turned to Natalie. "What's on the docket?" He asked.

"You have a 9:30 dinner." She answered.

"Perfect, I'll be there at eleven."

When the race was about to start, however, Tony was nowhere to be found.

Danny looked around, frowning.

When the blue Stark Industries race car passed the building, if you looked hard enough, you would be able to see Tony driving said car.

Danny could see Tony in the car, only because of his advanced senses.

Sam and Tucker frowned. "Where is he?" Tucker asked.

"In the blue race car." Danny answered.

On the second lap, a person with an Arc Reactor, like Tony's (but not inside of his body), and whips came out onto the track.

"Is this part of the show?" Tucker asked.

"I don't think so..." Sam answered.

Tony tried to stop his car, but when the man took off the front part of it, he just got out and ran, hoping that Pepper or Happy or someone was getting his suitcase armor, which he had brought with him.

"Definitely not part of the show." Sam said.

Pepper and Happy had taken the suit, in the car, for Tony. Half of the side door was whipped off, but Tony got the suit, and he put it on.

Danny paused, wondering if he should give Tony some ghostly help or not.

He and the man fought for what seemed like hours. At one point, both of the electrical whips were around Tony's neck.

At that point, Danny was ticked and ran to the restroom, transforming the first chance he got. He flew out, and it was easy to tell he was not happy. At all.

Tony was still pulling at the whip, while J.A.R.V.I.S. was telling him that his power levels were dropping.

"Get away from him!" Danny yelled at the other man, landing on the ground.

The man looked at Danny and smiled a crazy smile.

Tony grabbed onto the whips and pulled while the man was distracted. When the whips were broken, he snatched out the Arc Reactor in the man's chest.

"Sir, this Arc Reactor does not run on Palladium." J.A.R.V.I.S. said. "Please allow me to scan it so I may see what it runs off of, and if it is a replacement for the Palladium core."

Danny frowned, diving toward the man to keep him from escaping. His eyes blazed with fury.

"Scan complete. Unknown element, but it will replace Palladium perfectly. There is no way to synthesize this material, however."

Tony, enraged, crushed the Arc Reactor in his hand. "Damnit." He cursed.

"What's it made out of?" Danny questioned the man, eyes blazing.

"Unknown element. It could replace Palladium, but I'd have to synthesize it first. Which is impossible."

His eyes burned brighter. "Then how did he make it!?"

Tony shook his head. "I don't know."

Danny looked to the man. "He needs to answer..." He muttered, still furious.

Tony shook his head. "No. We need to get home. The party is in a few days, and Pep's getting antsy."

"Then what are we supposed to do with him?" Danny questioned.

"Leave him to the cops. Take away his reactor and you get a human."

Danny frowned, but nodded anyways.


It was the night of the party. At first, it was just going to be a calm party... But when Tony asked Natalie about what she would do if it was her last birthday. Then... He sorta got drunk and put on the Iron Man armor.

Pepper had tried to get Tony to end it...

"You know, the question I get asked most often is, 'Tony, how do you go to the bathroom in the suit?'" He paused for a minute with his eyes closed. "Just like that."

Danny, Sam, and Tucker were all sitting on the opposite side of the room, mortified because of the drunk Tony.

Pepper had asked if Tony had been drinking at one point, and he had answered with "Chlorophyll."

"She's right. The party's over. Then again, the party was over for me, like, an hour and a half ago. The after party starts in fifteen minutes." He smiled. Then, he said under his breath (though everyone could hear it), "And if anybody, Pepper, doesn't like it, there's the door." Then he fired off a repulsor beam at a pane of glass, shattering it.

Danny flinched at the noise- still not exactly used to his advanced hearing.

Another thing Tony shattered was Rhodey's patience. The soldier stormed into the workshop and put on the Mark II armor. Once upstairs again, he said, "I'm only gonna say this once. Get out."

Danny froze, and sighed. "He's not gonna listen." He muttered.

All of the party-goers ran out of the building, and at one point, Pepper had blamed Natalie for what was happening.

The two duked it out in the suits. In the end of the fight, however, both of the men had their hands raised, and the repulsors were whining as they charged up with power.

"Put your hand down." Rhodey said.

"You think you got what it takes to wear that suit?" Tony asked.

"We don't have to do this, Tony." Rhodey semi-pleaded with the drunk man.

"You wanna be the War Machine, take your shot!" Tony commanded.

Danny's eye was beginning to twitch from Tony's drunken behavior.

The two men argued about it for a few more seconds until the repulsors were fired. They fought for power until it exploded, sending Tony through a wall.

Rhodey got up faster than Tony and then flew off with the suit he was wearing.

Danny's eyes widened in shock and he ran towards Tony. "Tony!"

Tony groaned, still drunk. It was going to take a while for that to wear off... "Did he just take my fucking suit?" He asked.

Danny paused, then nodded slowly. "Yeah..."

Tony growled at got up, jetting off to who-knows-where.

Danny groaned, and followed after him- mainly to make sure he didn't crash or anything like that.


Thankfully, Tony didn't crash anywhere. He did, however, decide to go get donuts at Randy's Donuts, and then he sat in the middle of the donut on the roof, eating his donuts, with his helmet off, and he was also wearing sunglasses. He, probably, had a horrible hangover, too.

Danny flew to the donut on the roof where Tony was. "Tony... Are you feeling okay?" He asked, landing nearby.

"Horribly hungover, mad because I'm, most likely, going to die... Yep. Just peachy." Tony said.

Danny frowned.

"Sir! I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut!" A voice said, and the brothers looked down to see the one and only Nick Fury in all his eye-patchy glory.

"It's a pirate." Danny grumbled.

"Nah. Just Fury." Tony said.


Now, the three were in the donut shop, Danny a ghost.

"I told you, I don't want to join your super-secret boy-band." Tony said.

Fury laughed, but then turned serious. "You have become a problem. A problem I have to deal with. Contrary to popular belief, you are not the center of my universe. I've got bigger problems in the southwest region to deal with." He said.

"Then why are you focusing on his problems?" Danny asked.

Fury gave no answer besides a glare with his one good eye.

Tony, hungover, said, "I'm sorry. I don't wanna get on the wrong foot. Do I look at the patch or the eye? Honest, I'm a bit hung over. I'm not sure if your real of if I'm having-"

But Fury broke him off. "I am very real. I'm the realest person you're ever gonna meet."

Danny crossed his arms.

Natalie walked in with a black catsuit on. "Huh... you're fired." He muttered.

"That's not up to you." She replied.

Danny smirked slightly- knowing it was Natasha. He wondered if she could recognize him, even though he was in ghost form and thus, looked different.

"You've been very busy. You made your girl your C.E.O., you're giving away all your stuff. You let your friend fly away with your suit. Now, if I know better-" Tony broke Fury off.

"You don't know better. I didn't give it to him. He took it." Tony said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. He took it? You're Iron Man and he just took it? The little brother walked in there, kicked your ass and took your suit? Is that possible?" Fury asked, aiming the last question towards Natasha.

"Well, according to Mr. Stark's database security guidelines, there are redundancies to prevent unauthorized usage." She answered.

"What do you want from me?" Tony asked.

"What do we want from you? Uh-uh. What do you want from me?" Fury corrected. "Hit him!" He continued.

Danny frowned, waiting for Tony to answer.

Natasha, who had a needle in her hand, put it in Tony's neck and pushed the plunger, injecting Tony with a clear liquid.

Danny's eyes widened and he stood up quickly, eyes glowing brightly- protectively.

Tony groaned. "Oh, God, are you gonna steal my kidney and sell it? Could you please not do anything awful for five seconds? What did she just do to me?" He asked.

"What did we just do for you. That's lithium dioxide. It's gonna take the edge off. We're trying to get you back to work." Fury explained.

"Give me a couple boxes of that. I'll be right as rain." Tony sighed.

"It's not a cure, it just abates the symptoms." Natasha said.

"Doesn't look like it's gonna be an easy fix." Fury said, looking at the black lines the palladium was making on Tony's neck.

Danny frowned and sat back down after a minute of calming down.

"Trust me, I know. I'm good at this stuff. I've been looking for a suitable replacement for palladium. I've tried every combination – every permutation – of every known element." Tony said.

"Well, I'm here to tell you, you haven't tried them all." Fury replied.

At that, Tony looked very confused.

"What would that be?" Danny questioned.

Fury just smiled, not answering.


Somehow, they had ended up back at Tony's house.

Sam and Tucker were in the hall, silently listening in on the conversation.

Danny sat nearby, still in his ghost form.

"What do you remember about your father?" Fury asked.

"He was cold, calculating, never told me he loved me, didn't even tell me that he liked me, so it's a bit hard for me to digest that he said the whole 'future is riding on me thing', you're talking about a man who's happiest day of his life was shipping me off to boarding school." Tony replied.

"That's not true." He said.

"Then what is?" Danny questioned.

Like he's been doing, Fury didn't answer Danny's question.

"Well, then, you must have known my father better than I did." Tony said.

"As a matter of fact, I did. He was one of the founding members of S.H.I.E.L.D." Fury replied.

"...Wait, WHAT?" Tony said, clearly in shock.

Danny's eyes widened. "He- he- he did!?"

Fury nodded. "Your father worked on the unfinished technology in that battery of yours-"

"Unfinished, until I was able to miniaturize it and put it into my chest-"

"No, unfinished technology. He wasn't able to find a way to stabilize the reactor. He later said he had come across a way to do it, but was limited by the technology of his time. He said it would start an energy race to rival the arms race, a source that would make the arc reactor at your factory look like an AA battery. He left it unfinished. He had faith that you would be the one to make it work." Fury explained.

"What about Vanko?" Tony asked.

"Anton Vanko saw it as a way to get rich. Your dad caught him arms dealings, and had him deported. Since Vanko couldn't bring back anything of value, the Soviets sent him to Siberia for the rest of his life swearing vengeance. Not a good environment to raise a son, a son you had the misfortune to cross paths with at Monaco." Fury explained.

"Wait... Mr. Electric-Whips-Dude was the insane son of someone that everybody but me knows?" Danny asked.

"I didn't know him until I looked him up. I was looking at the blueprints for the Arc Reactor, the big one, when I saw Anton Vanko on there, along with dad's name." Tony said.

Danny frowned.

Fury had left Coulson with Tony. Coulson was supposed to watch Tony to make sure that he didn't leave the house, stating that, "If you try to leave I will taze you and let you drool on the carpet while I watch Supernanny."

Danny frowned further, and went into the hallway where Sam and Tucker were to try and get them away from all the craziness.

Sam stubbornly stayed. "You've been leaving us out of everything." She stated.

Tucker nodded in agreement, to Danny's frustration.

Tony, however, had taken a box that some agents had left for him. He took it downstairs, and went to set up a movie screen.

Danny groaned. "Come on guys! Please?"

"And miss the action? No." Tucker said.

Sam smirked slightly. "Two against one!"

"Against two, actually." Danny stated. They looked at him, puzzled. "My human half. And my ghost half."

Tucker face-palmed. "That doesn't count!" Sam exclaimed.

"Yes it does." Danny said, smirking.

Sam rolled her eyes. "Whatever 'your highness'." She remarked. "We still aren't going back into the rooms to hide." She said. "Hey Tucker! Lets go check on Tony!" She exclaimed, her and Tucker running through the living room and going downstairs.

Danny came after them, grumbling about his stubborn friend.

Tony was watching reel after reel, most of them with Howard's mess-up's on the 'City of the Future' speech.

"From all of us at Stark Industries, I would personally like to show you... my ass." And then Howard had turned around and tried to pull down his pants.

Just then, Sam and Tucker came down- Danny following.

Tony sighed and muttered something about not wanting to see Howard's ass.

Then, the next video started.

"Tony, you're too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film for you." Howard gestured to his model city behind him. "I built this for you. And some day you'll realize that it represents a whole lot more than people's inventions; it represents my life's work. This is the key to the future. I'm limited by the technology of my time, but one day you'll figure this out. And when you do, you will change the world. What is, and always will be, my greatest creation... is you." He said, the film ending.

If you looked hard enough at Tony, you'd be able to see a small smile on his face.

Danny smiled too. "Watching old videos?" He asked.

"Stuff that S.H.I.E.L.D. gave me." Tony replied. "And I think I figured out how to fix the reactor."

Danny grinned. "That's great news!"

"Yeah. Now to get past Agent 'I'm gonna tase you if you try to get out'." Tony smiled, and looked at one of his cars.


Tony had gotten out of his own house successfully, and had just dropped by some street vendor to get Pepper some strawberries.

Now, he was in Pepper's office, talking to her.

"I just want to talk to you for a minute, well, make that 30 seconds..."

"Okay." She looked at her watch. "29, 28, 27..."

Tony kept trying to tell her that he was dying, but was failing at it. That's when Natasha made an appearance. After Pepper had left with Happy, Natasha said to Tony, "I'm surprised you can keep your mouth shut."

"God you're good. You are mind blowingly close to this. How do you do it? You're a triple impostor, I've never seen anything like it. Is there anything real about you? Do you even speak Latin?" He asked.

"Fallaces sunt rerum species." She said in Latin.

"Which means? Wait, what did you just say?" Tony asked.

"It means you can either drive yourself home or I can have you collected." She lied easily.

After Natasha had left, Tony noticed the City of the Future model that Howard had made. He smiled to himself, then he took it with him back to the house.


Back at his house, Tony had the model on a table, and he had J.A.R.V.I.S. scan it and make a holographic copy.

Tucker was looking at it in amazement- half tempted to stick his hand through the hologram.

He reached out to do so, and Sam smacked his hand.

Tony told J.A.R.V.I.S. to remove various objects from the hologram, and when he was finished, he was left with the middle part of the model, which was the Earth and some other parts.

Tucker's mouth was open in shock, and Danny was curious about it.

Tony put whatever was left on the Earth, but he took off the continents. That left him with a holographic atom. Then, he enlarged it, and he smiled. "Dead almost 20 years, you're still taking me to school..." Tony muttered about his dad.

Tucker and Sam narrowed their eyes, confused.

Tony made the hologram smaller, and then J.A.R.V.I.S. said, "This element should serve as a viable replacement for Palladium. Unfortunately, it is impossible to synthesize."

"Uh-huh..." Tony muttered.

Danny groaned. "Why can't this element be synthesized already!?"

"There's always a way." Tony said, grabbing a large hammer. To Dummy, Butterfingers, and You, he said, "Get ready for a major remodel, fellas. We're back in hardware mode."

"Why are you remodeling, Tony?" Sam wondered.

"Making a particle accelerator." Tony said, taking the hammer to the wall.

"Um, why?" Tucker asked.

"To synthesize the element."

"Okay then..." Tucker mumbled.

After, basically, destroying his workshop, the machine was almost done. Tony just needed to make it level. That's when Coulson came in.

"I heard you broke the perimeter." He said.

"That was like, three years ago. Where've you been?" Tony asked.

They went on like that for a while until Coulson took out an unfinished Captain America shield.

"Where did you get this? Do you have any idea what this is?" Coulson asked.

"That is exactly what I need!" Tony said, taking the shield and shoving it under a coil. It was perfectly level when he measured it. "There, see? Perfectly level."

Then they were talking again, until Coulson started to leave.

"Good luck! We need you!" Coulson said.

"More than you know." Tony replied with a smile.

"Not that much!" And then Coulson was gone.

"'Least he didn't taze anybody." Danny commented.

Tony nodded. "And I hope this works." He muttered. "Clear the room, this could get dangerous." Tony said, louder this time.

Danny nodded, and Tucker walked upstairs. Sam ran after him. Danny phased through the ceiling.

Tony, once he was sure that they were safe, went to the valve that would start up the machine. Turning it, a beam of blue light, or more like a lazer, came out of it and started destroying stuff as Tony turned the valve. The beam of light slowly moved towards a cylinder where a triangular piece of metal was positioned. Once the light hit the metal, it was sucked up until it was glowing very brightly. Then, Tony turned off his machine. The triangle was now glowing blue.

"Okay!" He called up. "It's safe to come down! There's no more blue light of destruction and fire!" He continued.

The three teens cautiously came down- Danny now in human form.

Tony took out the glowing blue triangle with tweezers.

"Congratulations, sir." J.A.R.V.I.S. said. "You have created a new element."

Tony put the triangle into a new arc reactor. The reactor started blinking a bright blue before it stayed lit. "The reactor has accepted the modified core." J.A.R.V.I.S. reported. Tony smiled at that.

Danny grinned. "You're gonna live!"

Tucker and Sam looked at him- Tucker pale. "Wait, Tony was gonna die!?"

"Um..." Danny said. "Maybe..."

Sam smacked him upside the head, earning an 'Ow' from Danny. "Don't keep stuff like this from us! We can take it!" She crossed her arms, while Danny rubbed his now-sore head.

"It wasn't his secret to tell." Tony said. "It was mine. Pepper doesn't even know. Or, she won't since I won't die anymore."

"I will begin running diagnostics now." J.A.R.V.I.S. said.

"No time. Vanko's planning something." Tony replied.

Danny frowned- still rubbing his head. "What do you think it is?"

Tucker was snickering and both Danny and Sam glared at him. "Shut it, Tuck, or you're getting a combat boot to the place where the sun don't shine." Sam threatened, which quickly shut Tucker up.

"Probably suits. Or something." Tony said. He took out the Palladium Arc Reactor and put in the new one. "Tastes like coconut." Then, he burped softly. "And metal."

"Then we need to stop him from getting any more Arc Reactors and suits." Danny said.

Tony nodded. "J.A.R.V.I.S., get the Mark VI ready."

"Mark VI?" Sam questioned.

"New armor I made for this." Tony explained, tapping the new Arc Reactor.

Danny smirked. "Wait, do we even know where he is?"

Tony froze. "Oh no..."

"What?" Tucker asked.

"The Expo. That's the only place he could be." He said.

Danny, Sam, and Tucker all widened their eyes in shock. "We need to hurry then..." They spoke.

"And Hammer's presenting today... Vanko's working with Hammer. I just know it." Tony said, getting onto the platform to put on the suit.

Danny quickly transformed.

"What should we do?" Sam asked.

"Tucker, you can help J.A.R.V.I.S. out here." Tony said. "Sam, how good are you at interrogating people?"

Tucker had a grin like his parents had won the lottery.

Sam grinned almost devilishly. "Very good."

Tony smiled. "Good." He said as the faceplate slid down, covering his face. "Agent Romanoff and Pepper are supposed to be there. So is Hammer. If you can get him backstage and get the answers out of him, that'd be great." He continued. "Danny, do you still have the communicator?"

Danny nodded.

Sam quickly pulled out some pepper spray and looked at it, determining there was enough.

"Good. There should be another one here somewhere." Tony tried to remember where he put it, so he could give it to Sam.

Sam nodded. "Thanks... Hmm... Does the expo have electronic doors that can be locked via computer?" She asked.

"No." Tony answered.

She frowned. "Oh well..." She mumbled.

"Though, I think there might be some, to the control room." Tony continued.

"Tucker can hack into it then. Make sure he doesn't just leave." Sam said. "Can you do that, Tuck?" She asked.

"Have I hacked into the C.I-" He paused, remembering he was in front of Tony. "Yes. I can."

"Don't worry, my fellow hacker." Tony said, smiling behind the mask. "I've hacked S.H.I.E.L.D. a lot of times."

"Really?" Tucker asked. "I haven't tried to hack them yet." He said. "Note the word yet." He smirked.

"I've hacked most government agencies..." Tony trailed off. "Anyways, let's get going." He continued.


Now they were at the Expo, and everything was in chaos.

Danny looked around from above, hand holding the button on the communicator. "Have you found either Vanko or Hammer yet?"' He asked.

"Hammer's in hiding at the Expo, and Vanko's missing. Agent Romanoff just got Rhodey back." Tony replied, but then said agent's voice was heard.

"Well done with the new chest piece. I'm reading significantly higher output and your vitals all look promising." She said.

"Yes, for the moment, I'm not dying. Thank you." Tony replied.

"What do you mean you're not dying? Did you just say you're dying?" Pepper asked.

"Is that you, Pepper? No, I'm not. Not anymore." Tony said.

"What's going on?" Pepper demanded.

"I was going to tell you, I didn't want you to alarm you-"

"You were going to tell me? You really were dying?"

"You didn't let me."

"Why didn't you tell me that?"

"I was going to make you an omelet and tell you."

"Hey, hey. Save it for the honeymoon. You got incoming, Tony. Looks like the fight's coming to you." Natasha broke in.

"Great. Pepper?" Tony asked.

"Are you okay now?"

"I'm fine. Don't be mad, I will formally apologize-"

"I am mad!"

"-when I'm not fending off a Hammeroid attack."

"Fine."

"We could've been in Venice."

"Oh, please."

Danny rolled his eyes, and started looking around some more.

There was a large clearing where he could see Tony's suit and Rhodey's suit.

He flew over toward them.

"Watch out, Danny. Vanko's supposed to be coming." Tony said, faceplate down.

Danny frowned. "I know." He said. "That guy is crazier than Plasmius..." He muttered under his breath.

Just then, a suit came down from the sky.

"This is just great. He built a suit. Why do they always make suits?" Tony asked.

Danny shrugged. "How am I supposed to know?" He asked.

Fighting it out, at one point Ivan had whips around both Tony and Rhodey's necks.

At that point, Danny was beyond ticked. "Leave them alone!" He yelled, thrusting his fist forward in a punch at him.

Ivan didn't let go at all. If anything, he could have been smiling.

Danny seemed to no longer be there- instead, he seemed more malevolent due to his anger. He growled. "I. Said. Leave. Them. Alone!" He yelled, throwing another punch- his hand glowing a ghostly green and a same colored blast coming out of it, and going straight into Ivan.

The electric whips drew back as Ivan stumbled.

Tony sent off a uni-beam at Ivan while he was stumbling, making him fall to the ground.

Danny continued throwing the green blasts, without realizing exactly what he was doing.

Soon, enough, Ivan was down and dying. "You lose." He said with his dying breath.

Then, Tony noticed that the robots were blinking red. Only one thought crossed his mind. "Pepper!" He said, taking off in her direction.

Danny stood over Ivan, in shock. He looked at his hands- still glowing- and backed away before flying off- going to find Sam before all of the robots went off. He focused on only that- trying to push away the thoughts of what he had just did. Murder. He thought, horrified. He quickly pushed that haunting thought away.

After Tony had grabbed Pepper, he flew off to a roof.

Danny found Sam backstage, and sighed in relief. "Sam, we have to go. Now!" He said quickly.

Sam's eyes widened and before she could question Danny, he picked her up bridal style- raising a blush from her- and he jetted off outside.

Once they were clear, the bombs went off. Getting closer to the roof where Tony and Pepper were, they heard their conversation.

"I quit. I'm resigning. My body literally can't handle the stress. I don't know when you're going to kill yourself, or mess up the whole company-"

Before Pepper could finish, Ton grew some balls and kissed Pepper.

"I think I did okay!"

Danny set Sam down. "I knew it!" He exclaimed. "Tucker owes me twenty bucks!"

Sam face-palmed.

Before Tony could say anything to Danny, Rhodey came in.

"I think it's weird. You look like two seals fighting over a grape."

"Hey, you weren't supposed to be listening to that. Get lost." Tony told Rhodey.

"I was here first. Get a roof." Rhodey replied. Then, his face changed. "Tony, look, I'm sorry."

"Don't be." Tony replied.

"No, I should have trusted you."

"I'm the one who put you in this position. Forget it."

"No, it's your fault. I just wanted to say I'm sorry."

Danny rolled his eyes, before frowning. "Should we go home now?" He asked. He needed time to think.

Sam looked at her friend and frowned, wondering what was wrong.


Danny and Tony sat in a room, waiting for a certain eye-patch wearing director to show up.

Danny was in his human form- not exactly trusting his ghost one after what had happened with Ivan and how he had... Lost control. He looked down at his hands, guilt evident on his face.

Tony went to go grab a file with his name on it, but Fury stopped him. "I don't think that pertains to you anymore." He said, taking that file away. "Now this, on the other hand, is Agent Romanoff's assessment of you." He handed Tony a different file.

Tony began to read from the file, which was done by Natasha. "'Mr. Stark displays compulsive behavior'." He started. "In my defense, that was last week." He defended himself. "'Prone to self-destructive tendencies'." He continued. "I was dying, please, and, aren't we all?" He asked. "'Textbook narcissism'?" He asked. "…Agreed." He finished.

Danny looked. "Do I have a file?" He asked.

"Wait a minute." Fury told Danny. "Read the bottom." He told Tony.

"Recruitment Assessment for Avengers Initiative. Iron Man yes!" Tony said, putting down the file. "I gotta think about it-"

"Read on." Fury said.

Tony sighed and picked up the file again. "Tony Stark not... Not recommended? That doesn't make any sense. How can you approve me yet... Not approve me?" Tony asked. "I've got a new ticker, I'm trying to do right by, uh, Pepper." Fury had gotten up by this point.

"We'd only like to use you as a consultant." Fury said.

"Can't afford me." Tony replied as Fury sat down on the table.

"This is Agent Romanoff's assessment of you, Mr. Fenton." Fury said, handing Danny a file.

Danny looked at the file. "'Mr. Fenton is able to figure things out quickly. He is sarcastic- normal for a teenager. A bit closed off.'." He read. "'When angered he can't hold back and doesn't realize what he's doing before it get out of hand.'." Danny frowned.

"Keep going." Fury said.

"Recruitment Assessment for Avengers Initiative. Daniel Fenton, yes." He read off, before pausing. "I really need a name for my ghost half..." He mumbled.

"Wait a second. You're allowing my brother, who is a minor, into your super-secret boy band but not me?" Tony asked. "That seems a bit odd to me."

Danny smirked slightly.


Rossi: Wow. 33 pages. That's less than before.

Jenny: Yeah, I know... But we still fit a lot of stuff in here. Vlad wants Tony's Arc Reactor! Danny has ectoblasts now... And... He... Killed someone... PHANTOM HAS ANGER ISSUES!

Rossi: BRUCE ISN'T GOING TO HELP WITH THAT! Well, Tony's ticked because Danny's accepted and he's a consultant. Jealous much?

Jenny: XDDDD Yep! But yeah... Danny at least learned a new power! And that his ghost form is dangerous... And that he needs a 'name' for it now. We all know its Phantom though!

Rossi: Yep! The Avengers chapter will be up soon. Unknown when, but soon.

Jenny: Yeah, it doesn't help that I'm always on vacation with limited Internet access! ONTO THE AVENGERS! I wanna see Loki call Danneh a mewling quim! Or a stupid draugr- which, of course, Danny isn't. XD

Rossi: Finally, I know it was said that Iron Man 3 would be done, but I have some ideas, so there will be no Iron Man 3.