"Miss Stark, it's very dangerous to do this. It potentially could kill you. At least wear the armor." One of the plane crew told me.
"Sorry buddy, but you late to warn me for almost six months." Currently I'm in my formal attire. Though I wear pants for this occasion. "Wait, it actually that I'm always wearing pants. I hate skirts and high heels now. Huh, must be Danny's influence."
"Ma'am, we almost ready." My armor said.
"Please Miss Stark, stopped this madness." Crewman still insisting. But Shoot to Thrill were already played.
"Are we live J?" I suddenly open the bay. Crews scrambling to put a breather.
"Smile to the camera ma'am." I put a peace sign before jump backwards from the plane. Mark3 following afterwards to record me.
Unlike Tony who wear the armor in the opening of Expo. I put a bit more extreme move by jumping only wearing formal attire. Thanks to my enhanced body. I can predict the movement of firework. Atmospheric pressure is non issue too. All were recorded by J.A.R.V.I.S.
"All you women who want a man of the street
But you don't know which way you want to turn
Just keep a coming and put your hand out to me
'Cause I'm the one who's gonna make you burn
I'm gonna take you down - down, down, down
So don't you fool around
I'm gonna pull it, pull it, pull the trigger"
Then few hundred feet before hit the ground my armor enveloped me. When I did my superhero landing, the crowd just roared.
As I exiting my armor the song and the dancer still come along. I gave the crowd a slight bow. Perks of learning magic is that I always photo ready at any moment. Then when everything done I greet the crowd.
"Ah, it's good to be back. And the weather is so good tonight to jumping from plane without parachute. Miss me?"
"Blow something up!" Somebody actually said it.
"Blow something up? Already did that twice before coming here." I pointing the guy. And for the record. Nitramine was very unstable when used as Arc Reactor core.
"Must be wondering why the new look. So edgy and all that. But that not much important." Pointing my white hair and eyebrows. Can't really told them they are whitening because side effects of learning mystic arts and my old age.
"For six months as Iron Man I brought something that the world always yearn for. That us, as humanity always want to. Never was we felt this close to achieving a world peace." A bit shouting at the end. And the crowd roaring just as expected.
"But during work on inventing, I realized something. Why would I stopped there? What can we as humanity can achieved? Inspired by it. I returning an event that was my father idea. So this..." Spreading my arms to show the stage. "...can be reborn. For the first time since 1988. Every man and woman. From every nations and corporations. Will pool their resources, share their collectives vision for the betterment of mankind and future generations. So what I want to say is welcome back, to Stark Expo." Putting my best smile to audience.
"So now a word from special guests. The one that I always looked up to. My father, Howard Stark." I walked to the back stage and my armor following.
--
"That was dangerous action Miss Stark. Wrong move and you die." Nat told me as we walked to parking spot.
"Nat, I fell from higher place during my training. And only broke my spine twice." And I got spaced once too. But nobody need to know that teleportation accident.
"Anyway, why the car? You know I can back anytime." I asked her.
"It's for public appearance. Where your armor? Did you send it back?" I only smiled at her question
"Hammer space my dear Natalie, hammer space." Was my only answer.
"Nothing what you did ever made sense." She rubbed her nose bridge. Yes, I made Black Widow stressed by me.
"Not everything does and not everything has to." The I see a woman standing near the car.
"Helo sexy may I help you?" Her only respond was giving me a letter.
"Fuuuck...why it has to be in the night when I want to binge watch anime. It's been six months you know." I whined like a child.
"You're hereby ordered to appear before senate arms service committee. Tomorrow morning at 9 AM." She informed me.
"Can I destroy the meeting chamber Nat?" I asked Nat opinion
"And invoking a Goddess wrath on us. Not a chance." Even Black Widow afraid of Pepper.
"Then you drive, I'll watch the show while we travel." It's going to be a long night.
--
You know I'm still thinking what should I do to Vanko. I'll kill him, no question in there. I played nice but he refused my offer. Fucker already warned and he made his choice. But that not the problems here. I can kill him now by using my clone or throw him to volcano through portal, easy.
But I'm now under Fury observation. And my mistake was let Nat know my connection with Vanko. If Vanko gone 'missing' suddenly. Fury will make deduction. And that will force him to put me down. Either being locked out for eternity or just straight up dead. I'll live long but I'm not that much of immortal. And sure as hell Fury know how to kill one.
So, my option is waiting Vanko come for me and make trouble. I need to visit Monaco. Waiting him anywhere else can add unknown variables that can endangering more people. In Monaco, at least I can fight him on the circuit. And unlike Tony, I'll kill that fucker. So, he won't ended up working for Hammer.
"Miss Stark, can we picked up now where we left off? Miss Stark, please." The ass senator Stern interrupting my scheming.
"Yes?" Tilting my head a little.
"Can I have your attention?" He put an annoying smile.
"Sure." I just shrugged.
"Do you or do you not possess a specialized weapon?" He asked me.
"Which one, I have too many weapons in my possession. From normal pencil to prototype nuke on my head. Need more specific." I just said that like what I want to choose for dinner.
"The Iron Man weapon." Well, nothing new there.
"Seriously, I just said that I can make nuke and you more care about my sacred suit. Set your priority man." I told him
"Sacred?" A lot of people seem confused.
"I'm a devoted follower of God Emperor of Mankind. That suit is blessed by purity seal in His name. It's a great heresy for me if I'm not used it to purge heretic." I just smiled and Nat just face palming.
"It's a weapon Miss Stark. And my priority is to turned the Iron Man weapon to the people of United States of America." He change the subject.
"Can't have it. I am Iron Man. The suit is part of me. To turn it over mean to turn over myself. Which equally to indentured servitude or prostitution depending what your preference." Using edited Tony quote.
"Look, I no expert..." I interrupt him.
"In prostitution, of course not. You're a senator. I'll call you creep the other way around." I always want to do that.
"I'm no expert in weapon. But we have somebody who is expert in weapon. I would like to acknowledge Mr. Justin Hammer. Our currently primary weapon contractor." And the salesman made his appearance.
"Would you at least pick someone smart enough? Like physicists or engineers, hell a chemist would be fine too. People who know different between pen and unstable components." Wonder how much money Hammer put to even come here.
"Absolutely, I'm no expert." How the fuck he able to run a company still beyond me. He called himself no expert while come here as one.
"But I differ to you, Iris. You a wonder girl." He started to stand.
"Senator if I may. I may well not be an expert. But you who was the expert. Your dad, Howard Stark." I accidentally breaking my own finger hearing that. Yeah, I have enough strength to hurt myself despite my durability. And so glad that my hand were under the table.
"He was a father to us all. And to military industrial age." I don't know why. Maybe its Iris, but I want to stab him with a pencil. In John Wick Style.
"Let's just be clear. He was no flower child. He was a lion." Or I can throw him to Africa.
"We all know why we here. In the last six months, Iris Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities." I just smiled there and not moving an inch. Nat look at me warily.
"And yet she insist that it was a shield. She asked us to trust her as we cower behind it. I wish I comforted Iris, I really do. Let to leave the door unlocked when I leave the house, but this ain't Canada." He smugly said.
"You know, we living in the world with grave threat. Threat that Miss Stark was not always able to foresee." Oh if the world know that I'm trying to win a war to save a universe.
"Thank you, God bless Iron Man, God bless America." And only Stern group that clapping.
"Don't kill them." Nat whispering beside me.
"Embarrass them?" I asked quietly.
"Don't bring the company name." Even Black Widow agree with me.
"Okay." I starting playing with my phone.
"That was well said Mr. Hammer. The committee now would like to invite Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes to the chamber." I turn around, get off my seat to meet Rhodey.
"Hey brother, fancy seeing you here." I shake his hand.
"You though about killing them?" He asked.
"Nat warned me. So I settle with embarrassment." We walked back to the table.
"I had read a complete report on the Iron Man weapon compiled by Colonel Rhodes. And Colonel for the record could you please read page 57 paragraph 4?" Wonder what Rhodey wrote about me?
"You requesting read a selection of specific section from my report, sir?" Yeah, Rhodey don't expect that. Because he arguing with senator for a second there.
"Very well. As she doesn't operate with any definable branch of government. Iron Man present a potential threat to the security of the nation and her interest. I did however surmised the benefit..." And Stern interrupting him. They arguing again and they asked for images.
"I want have the show of imagery that connected to the report." Ah, show time.
"I believe it somewhat premature to show this in public." Rhodey had cold sweat in there. Me, I'm more concerned what I to cook for dinner. I can conjure food, but cooking was relaxing sometimes.
"Colonel I'm understand, but if you could narrate those for us we would be very grateful." Made me wonder how Rhodey have enough restraint to not choke them. Guess I need learn from him too.
"Intelligences suggested that the devices seen in this photos are in fact attempt to making man copies of Miss Stark suit. This has been corroborated by our allies and local intelligent on the ground indicating that these suit are possibly at this moment operational." I just raising my phone to my face.
"Hold a moment please." I said to everyone. Then I take over the chamber screens.
"Damn I'm good, as you see on the screens. We got some asian nations." Their mech stumbled and shooting wildly at the video.
"Some middle east nations." Theirs just explode.
"DARPA? You tried to made one and still asking me?" It still a mech and fell because it can't support its own weight.
"Is that Hammer?" It almost look like humanoid. When it upper body turn 180 I just chuckled at it. Hammers would have worked if his pilot were more durable, like me. I guess they not yet solving their limiter. And of course, Hammer scrambled to shut the screen.
"I have hundreds of this video compiled in me. And it almost equal numbers with my anime folder. But I never, not even once seen a suit." I put a bit intonation to it. Rhodey just put a hidden smile.
"All I see were mechs not suit. If you all cannot see those different. Then, I suggest you people start to watch Gundam or Evangelion." I mean really mech should be big and badass. Like those two, or Jeager program from Pacific Rim. Hell, I want to build bigger Hulk Buster for the sake of having it.
"I don't think she any reason..." Ah if you can't kill them shame them. It always cathartic to aiming at these jackass.
"Your welcome." I interrupt him.
"It work. We're safe and nation secured. You want my property, you can't have it. But I did you a big favor." I stand and look at the crowd in the back.
"I have successfully privatize the world peace." They just cheering at me. Then I left the chamber with Nat.
--
"Ma'am while the Mark3 functional. It's still not combat ready. Fortunately, you only used it to catch your landing during Expo opening night." J.A.V.I.S. informed me.
"J.A.R.V.I.S. I fell from atmospheric re-entry and only broke my legs, and occasionally spine. I bit more durable now. So, don't worry." Currently, I doing some manual calibrating on Mark3. Like Garrus Vakarian meme. Mechines and robotics were fine and all. But as mechanic, you never had enough of calibrating.
"He won't, but we do." Pepper and Nat entering the garage.
"Busted, J.A.V.I.S. why you don't tell me the come." Finishing my work and come to near them.
"Contrary to popular belief, I do care of you ma'am. It just logical thing to do." He explained.
"Why I'm starting to regret for upgrading you. Anyway, sup' guys." I sit next to them in the sofa.
"I try to be calm as possible so I won't shout. But atmospheric re-entry, really Iris. Practically how strong are you now?" Pepper really want to shout. I scared at that.
"I passively always drawing multi dimensions energy to strengthen my body and have accelerated regeneration at certain parts." I better to explain her. Though the result still questionable.
"Certain parts? Why not full regeneration?" Now Nat interrogation were added.
"If I put full regeneration some diseases were accelerated too. Cancer for example. If I heal too quick it would went on rampage. I lose liver twice because I had bad liver from my old drinking habit. Had to amputated my limbs thousands time because they rotted so fast from infection. Hell, I've become old lady from my first 80 year. With wrinkles, back problems and I easily got heart attacks. My white hair is proof of that before de-aging myself." Being old is hard.
"You seem fine now." Pepper pointed.
"Yeah now. Regeneration is problematic until I found the solutions a decade later." I went to the fridge to look for drink.
"Then why don't you heal your..." Pepper tapped my chest. Nat still don't know it existence. The excuse is that I have lungs problems after getting shot during captivity.
"Sentimental." And protection.
"If you're that strong why you still need the armor." Nat interrogate again.
"This one is very special armor." I nearing the Mark3. It looked like Tony Mark46 from Civil War. It most the coolest armor from asthetic side in my opinion.
"How come?" They both confused.
"First is the material. Because I now able to spamming vibranium as much as I want. I went full upgrade to it. Now it supported by full vibranium plating, lighter, stronger and completely kinetic absorbent. And only wakandan know how to counter me." And because my abundance. My research were accelerated.
"Second is armaments. Lighter and stronger mean less thick plating. Mean it have more space to put stuff. More weapons, defense and upgrades. Putting more processing units in this fucker." I knocked the helmet.
"That's not all isn't that." Pepper just leaning her back on the sofa.
"Yep, and nobody other than me can't used it." I back sitting next to her.
"Didn't you already put that policy?" She turned her head to look at me.
"No Pepper, they can't used this. Because if normal people wear it, it can kill them." Sipping on the juice.
"You don't need that extreme measurements to protect that." She commented.
"No that Miss Potts, she said can't. Not unallowed." Nat told Pepper.
"Meaning?" She asked.
"I pull the limiter and amped it power." Pepper still confused.
"I put a limiter on my armors to prevent it from burdening my body. Without it, a single swing from Mark1 can pulverized my arms. Because my enhanced body. I don't need it anymore. But don't worry I still put those in my armor just in case. It only lifted when I wear it." Now it felt like wearing clothes. Getting lighter on my movements.
"The world went insane." She lean her head.
"I called it progress." Her sharp eyes suddenly aimed at me. My instinct told me to hide in Kamar-Taj
"Anyway, why you here?" Quickly, I change the subject. No need to irritate her.
"Checking on you, while in here I want you to do some documents signing." She giving me a quite large briefcase.
"Did stopping becoming CEO should mean that I get less pepers?" Paperwork is a thing that both Danny and Iris hate.
"You made so many inventions that were seek out by many governments or companies now. That is the consequences." She pointing at stacked documents inside the case.
"Fine, I'll sign them. Give me some reports from company to pass the time." I sit on the floor and Nat helping me to arrange them on low table.
"Company price rising significantly after your reveal. Having possiblity of new tech is very promising. And after your successful case on ex-board members. Company have enough assets to cover your new inventions production or programs." That good.
"But?" I brace for impact.
"No but this time." I looked surprised at that.
"Really, no accident, no rival lawsuit or any demand from international group?" I stopped my paperwork.
"The only complain is that Happy was too strict on security, especially the badge. But after your seminar on security for company everyone just grumbling about it." I snorted at that. People complaining about Happy strict rule. But I put them down after I told them what I did to Stane.
"Well, good then, kind of." Continuing the work.
"The new quantum processor are the first one that booming. Many sought to biding it license. For that itself, we gain of quite amount of income. What about your design on the plasma to electric fusion reactor?" I send her the data. It basically downgraded and edited version of Arc Reactor. It's big as a car but can power a big city. Imagine if it got it's own plant.
"License them and this for Nitramine power cell battery. Careful though, if not, the oil prices would fall too quickly." I ordered her without looking at her and she just nodded.
"And Mr. Musk called me, he said you have business proposition for him." Then me, Pepper, and Nat working in dynamic productively for company. We worked until dinner and Pepper went home with smile that day.
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"Gentlemen, welcome." Putting my best saleswoman smile.
"Any reason for invitation?" Rhodey asked. Currently he come as liason for military. He and other liasons of different governments.
"I want to promote and demonstrate my product of course, didn't you read the invitation." I just smiled at them.
"Look, you like sister to me. But you inviting wrong group and you going to embarrass yourself." Rhodey look very worried. I just smiled.
"Do I?" I snickered at him.
"Pepper talk her out of this." He asked Pepper.
"Sorry Rhodey, but she actually working seriously for company this time. So as CEO of Stark Industries I had right to gave her chance for presentation." Pepper sit with the other three board members who also confused.
"Fine, I hope you know what are you doing Iris." He and other guests sit.
"Thank you, now for today presentation please welcome Mr. Hogan and Miss Rushman for helping today." I pointing Both Happy and Nat that wearing sport attires that not restraint movements.
"Now, did any of you watch my hearing with senate committee." Sitting one of large box that in front of of Nat and Happy.
"It does inspired me a bit. I realized that I still unable assure people that I helped them. And maybe they're right." I looked at them not losing smile.
"Iris you..." I raised my hand to interrupt Rhodey.
"No, Rhodey let me explain, please. I can fight army, beat or kill any criminal. But what about other people? About soldiers that serve theirs nations. Or police that keeping laws in the streets. I realized that I don't have time to fighting terrorists or stopping a riots globally. That's a fact, period. I don't have time to stop robbery in one country and saving hostage on the other side of the world at the same time. We should thanks to those dedicated people that while look insignificant compared to me, still make the world better place." I stand and ordered Nat and Happy to open their box.
"Hammer said I made sword with untold possibilities and I called it a shield." Both Nat and Happy wear a vest first.
"He was wrong. I do made shield." They now assembling metal frame around their bodies.
"It just that my shield can bash people really hard." In less than a minute both Nat and Happy wear an exo suit. Activision can't sue me because AW doesn't released yet.
"I do stopped making weapon for commercial. But I'm not stopped on innovating. I plan to show you this before their unveil in the Expo. Ladies and gentlemen I present you Stark Industries multi purpose exo skeleton suit. Though you can call it exo." Rhodey standing suddenly and said.
"Wait...wait...wait... hold on there. You plan on selling suit. Cause if I'm not wrong, you adamant not to gave it to anyone." And I broke Rhodey there.
"Iron Man still not for sale. But this was a whole different technology altogether." Rhodey skeptical but other were very interested.
"How different?" He asked.
"1 to 10 strength for this, depending on configuration. And 1 to 1.000 for my current iteration of Iron Man. Not including it accommodation for my 'abilities'." I explain him.
"Fine, I'll listen." He just sit and i continue.
"While this not Iron Man. It very strong to put in every situation. The frame material was strong enough to take explosion and high pressure. I know it because they the very same titanium alloy for Iron Man. Though it can made cheaper by using alternative if you use it for industrial purpose that need quantities." I bring out .50 cal. sniper rifle from my box.
"The armor vest and the exo capable of holding high calibers ammunition." I shoot Happy suddenly at close range. Everyone except me winced at the sound. He only fall to his ass because kinetic force.
"Okay there Happy?" I emptied the gun and secured it.
"At least told me before shot me. Don't need to embarrass me." He stand like nothing was happened.
"It was more believable that way. See, complete protection. Currently now we had three configuration assault, specialist and industries. What Mr. Hogan wear was assault configuration." I gesture him to the presentation spot.
"It build for any terrain for every situation. It give the wearer enhance strength." Happy punch steel beam and bend it.
"Speed." He run with booster helped him.
"And don't forget jump jet and double jump." And he do just that.
"I create them for soldier on the field. Easy to mantain and can be ordered in bulk." I after Happy return I ordered Nat to near Happy
"And we got specialist. It basic function same as assault only more flexible. The design allowed it attaching more gadgets and gears for both military and law enforcement. We got riot shield." She brought riot shield from the left arm attachment. Happy punched the shield. Nat pushed a little but no scratch.
"Launcher, though our products non lethal for a reason." Nat shoot smoke gas, rubber and taser pellets. But she shoot the taser one at me. I just standing still.
"Are okay Miss Stark? Did the device malfunction?" One of the liason asked.
"Nah, working on engineering too damn long can get you used on electrocution or explosion. Nice try Nat, but you need something more bigger to knock me out and to get payback for all those pranks." Everyone except my friends were unnerved.
"Oh, I will get something bigger." Again, everyone except my friends were afraid.
"Pranks?" Jim of the honest members asked Pepper. But I heard it.
"My fault, I made Iris to do it." I snickering at Pepper answer.
"Anyway back to it. Specialist have a bit more adds on for it. But it need special care for maintenance." I continue to explain.
"And industries configuration is a just cheap assembly with only strength level and durability that same with these two. It can be ordered thrice the assaults." No need to presenting something boring.
"It used electricity as power source. It were saved on our new nitramine based battery cell." It can't used as Arc Reactor core. But its very effective as battery after being stabilized. Hell, I'm successfully made used of it as fusion energy catalyst and primer. So, I don't need sell Arc Reactor for a while. Once again, Howard Stark inventions saving the world.
"How can be you sure that it won't be fall to the wrong hands like your weapons did?" Rhodey does have a point.
"My weapon were in the hands of criminal before the Iron Man. It prove of my irresponsibility. But if this ever come to the hand of criminal. Those people will know how to live without jaw. That if they survived at all." I smile like maniac with widest grin I muster.
"So, anyone interested?" I returning to my cheerful attitude. Everyone raised their hand shakily. Except Rhodey, he raised his hand like this is normal occurrence.
--
"You are insane you know that, I don't have the training. And how long you made this Iris?" Pepper whispered to me.
"I'm pass a thousand years old now. How long do you think I'm in MD. An hour can be months or years in there. I used it to have more time for working on my invention. After return, I only need fabricating." MD or mirror dimension is very convenient.
And I wonder why Kaecilius or Ancient One invoking Dormamu? I mean with enough biology you able to de-aging or regenerate your cell. They must be not thinking that. Few times I was asked if I made deal with Dark Dimension or Hell.
Then, after long winding explanation to masters in Kamar-Taj. I asked to wrote book about my method. I wrote 'Iris Stark's Badass Way to Stay Sexy For Thousands Years' with my picture as the cover, much to Wong and other masters dismay.
And my method is actually awesome. You know, using energy from timeless dimensions made you immortal. But it made you timeless too, out of time. You can't grow or develop. You stuck and stunted. But my method just made your body regenerate. So when I said thousand years in MD. My body is actually thousand years old.
"You better know what you doing Iris. If this gone wrong it will went very bad." Rhodey said. Today I bring Pepper, Happy, Rhodey and Nat for special flight. Rhodey would be my co pilot.
"Don't jinx it. But if success we will rule the world." I put a fake evil laugh.
"Shut up, they here." Nat told us.
"Miss Stark, I really surprised when you send me the email for collaboration. And after Pepper confirm it. I never been so happy." The Elon Musk himself greet me and shake my arm.
"As I said during Expo opening. What can we achieved as humanity? And there is no way better to test the limit other than aiming at the star." Then I greet a person beside him.
"Miss Everheart, thank you for coming too." I just remembered her name just few weeks ago.
"No Miss Stark, thank you. It may be one life time chance for me." She is nice enough.
"Now Mr. Musk if you follow Mr. Hogan. He will brought you to changing room for your gear. And Miss Everheart you can follow Nat." They wasted no time to follow them.
"Come on lets get our gear." I will make history here.
--
"J.A.R.V.I.S. we live?" I asked my armor.
"In 5...4...3...2...1...we live." His voice was heard.
"Hello everyone from Expo. I'm apologize for the confusion. But today special event are not happening in New York. But it's special event nonetheless." My armor helmet focusing on me.
"Today I'm inviting special guests. Welcome Mr. Musk and Miss Everheart. For those who don't know them. You will be in the history book tomorrow." I pointing my guests.
"Some of you must be impatient for this. So I'll put this bluntly." Moved to the veil behind me.
"We will go to space, buddy." I unveiling the space ship. Yes, you heard me. I build a fucking space ship. One thing i jealous from Guardians is that they got one. I need to one to rival Star Lord.
"You heard me. I build honest to God a space ship for myself. This girl have a FTL space drive to it. So sorry for my language. I'll touring the solar system, bitch." Me and other start to board the ship. It's a quiet large ship. Two level and one hangar. And upper levels is for pilot. I need 3 century and two thousand of clones for working on this project. You can try to imagine the headache.
"Must be wondering why I'm not wear the Iron Man suit. Well, currently I'm the only one can pilot this. Rhodey, you do read the manual right?" I looked at my copilot.
"Five times a day for almost a week." He too focused on checking the controls.
"Some of you must have question. How I solved signal pending? Well, try look into QEC technology. How about gravitation? I know how to made the artificial one. What the power source? My new plasma to electric fusion reactor technology already being published. And dozens other science fiction technology that no longer a fiction." I put my helmet on. Our space suit is looked like the one from Mass Effect Andromeda only added with my exo on top of it. Bioware can't sue me for it because it not released yet.
"Ready guys?" Everyone giving me a thumb up.
"To infinity and beyond." I quoting Buzz.
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"You know Stark, you owe me to conjure a hundred bottles of very old red wine." Fury was furious from his look on the screen.
"Give me a glass of sample from your preferences I'll give you three thousands of it." Currently I'm sitting on top of the the boulder on moon.
"I'll take that offer. You know how much trouble do you cause?" He looked like he desperate for that wine.
"Like you got more room for me?" Evilness of paperwork is always lurking.
"You got two more. But this isn't what call you for." Uh oh. That sounds serious.
"How bad?" I put a bit serious expression.
"Glad you could be serious. I need your help if things went south?" Ah Fury big week coming closer. Banner or Thor.
"Then if shit really go south, I'm happy to help. What you need me for?" I look behind me. Only to see the others are brought cheese to take it's pictures, moon cheese alright. I excuses myself from them because the call.
"The Old Brat." That name surprised me.
"Wait you call me an Old Brat? I'm Iron Man. And if you need supernatural investigation why don't call Kamar-Taj?" Well I'm Iron Man first.
"Would you like me to call you Apprentice Stark?" He put a satisfaction smile. I just grumbling in distaste.
"It's your fault to playing around with them. Because your longevity. They won't even acknowledge you as master for next two millennia. And I handle your collateral paperwork. So be grateful that I gave you nice codename." I now have debt with devil.
"Thank you Fury, I owe you. As much as I don't like it." I still grumbling at him.
"Joking aside, what do you know about Bruce Banner?" Ah, it was Hulk.
"Gamma radiation specialist, try to make radiation resistant serum but it's actually a super soldier program headed by Thaddeus Ross. Do the test to himself by Ross SSS unknowingly. Practically turn him into modern Jekyll and Hyde. Gone missing afterwards. Him or Ross who made the first move?" Talked it like weather changes.
"I don't want to know where you know that. But you correct. Ross putting a team, no an army for some clandestine international operation. Where? is still yet to determined. That's why I need The Old Brat. I need your enhanced body if there's possibility of Banner on the lose. Normal army would just mowed down by him. Trust me, I've seen it ." He explained out.
"Tried to recruit him? And how the hell you know my enhanced strength? I never told you that." I wondered.
"It when south when I pissed him off. And for you, Stephen Strange himself send me your full file. I thought there were some sort of unity to prevent them to sold you out." Spies were too paranoid.
"They not sold me out. It more like they made me your problem and wash their hands of me. You know, throw you under the bus." Fury froze for second there.
"I'll call you back. I need to make appointment with a doctor about sharing a responsibility." Did I scare Fury that much? I never know.
--
"Ah, it's good to be back." I flop down on the sofa in living room.
"I don't know if I felt happy or not. You made me very conflicted Iris." Pepper sitting next to my head.
"I felt awesome though. I never knew space travel was possible this day and age." Happy said, well happily.
"We just made a history here. It beyond awesome. It very monumental." Rhodey just fist bumping Happy.
"Boys. Iris, Nat I need your help for paperworks. It would be in monumental amount too." I just grumbling at her.
"You have divine ability. Do you still need our help?" Kid hate vegetables I hate paperwork.
"This is your consequences. Take some responsibility. Would you like not to have Nat help?" Yeah that would be very annoying.
"Yes mom, I'll eat my vegetables. Talked about food, here." Suddenly dozens of nice warm foods appear in the table.
"Whoa, how you do that? Is it edible?" Rhodey surprised there.
"More importantly, will they gone in few minutes?" Nat asked.
"Forget about Harry Potter. Those food is real, down to molecular components." They looking at me confused.
"Fine I explain. Energy just energy. By drawing energy from infinite multiverse. I basically able to draw infinite amount of it. My conjuration is drawing energy and shape them. Element like gold or iron is easy. But food is composed from many factors like biochemical structure. Why do you think I recognize as master alchemist and conjuration despite they called me apprentice." I still hate my title.
"Do you even need to eat?" Pepper asked.
"I'm eating just for taste and feeling in my mouth." Never need to eat was nice on paper. But it tasteless eternity in my mouth.
"Then my turn. How can you have these centuries ahead technologies?" Rhodey turn
"Mystic arts is process to manipulate reality. I just put that manipulation knowledge to mechanical devices. FTL, artificial gravity or QEC is just the practical application." Already visiting Mars few times but world doesn't need to know that.
"So that FTL, is it a slipspace? Why it doesn't felt like HALO?" Huh, he realized that.
"Because it's what it's. We 'slipped' through other dimension space. So, no weird portal or time dilation. It just that, we slip to and in other dimension then back to our with different range but no change with the time." Trying to explain the process to him.
"Any stupid stories behind it?" Pepper asked. And how did she know it?
"Well actually it's. See, I found the method when I tried to exit my modified MD through a modified portal. I stepped on my mutilated hand from previous experiment accidentally. I got 'slipped' by it when entering the portal. The portal is very sensitive because it's experiment nature. Before I realized, I'm missed few thousands miles from my estimated target with losing limbs and organs in the process. And voila, I discovered the equations that I needed for FTL." I speak like finding new recipe by accident.
"Never let humanity know that one of it's greatest achievement achieved by you accidentally slipped on your mutilated hand." I just shrugged at it. I definitely wrote that on bio, no matter how morbid it's.
"Why you license them to SpaceX not keep it for yourself?" Rhodey changed the subject.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you my reason." Yeah, centuries of living can make that happen to you.
"Reason?" Everybody confused.
"Weapon race is boring. I want to start space race again." Everyone just face palming.
"Did your brain ever explode from all those knowledge?" I looked at Happy with smile and twitched eye.
"Right, dumb question. Sorry about that." Some experiments better left unsaid.
"Miss Stark, I recommend that you rest early for your flight to Monaco tomorrow." Nat remind me
"Wait, Monaco? Is something important happened there?" Rhodey asked.
"Nope, I need vacations. Race to watch, money to bet, and ladies to bed." Pepper rapping her knuckle on my head, hard. How I felt hurt from it? I blamed her miracle.
"Ladies to ogle." Got hit for second time is my answer.
"You know I can't stop checking out on woman." I put my excuse while rubbing my head.
"I worked really hard to prevent Nat from suing you for checking her. Don't add that." She put stern voice.
"You win. I promise to keep myself out of trouble." Actually I dive straight to it. But she doesn't have to know. Less her divine wrath rain down on me.
"I come too, God knows I do need a vacation too. I'll prepare the documents so you can work on them until the race day start." Thats not good. Refuse her and she will suspicious.
"Happy, Rhodey you come? I'm sure Iris have enough of money to accommodate us." She invited them and they accept it. This potentially could turn very bad.
"Nat please handle their accommodation. We got family vacation, happy?" This is going to weirdest family vacation in history. I can feel it. Fear creeping on me.
"Ivan, I hope you make less property damage. Because if you do. These people would scold me for eternity."
AN/
We got a space program boi. Whats the point if don't learn make portal without put that as FTL solutions.Exo suit? why not. Space suit? sure no problems. Fusion reactor? that just water heater that made of plasma that i edit to my liking, because this is a fiction. Nitramine? they never being explored other than Vita Ray and highly explosive. Quantum based technologies? Scott Lang already visited that realm. I plan to kick new renaissance to this universe. Things that Tony seem lack of.
To koseta.a, very interesting point there. Maybe i fix those after this. To tired recently, maybe the next update.
To Kaiya Azure, in the movie The Ancient One not hiding the analogy that spell is old term for programming in matter of reality manipulation. Imagine that our bodies is computer with brain as CPU and vein is cable. I always imagine that modern Masters of Mystic Arts reading books on programming and engineering instead of old scroll and tomes.I took liberty for Nat personality for this universe but i put that on Chapter 12 so stay tuned. Rogers still iced but that won't be long. Thor will come out on next chapter but i put a bit twist in it. Wakandan will have appearance at some point but it won't be full feature, maybe in the future.
To Blaze1992, problems that movies have is seldom to have references. Be it copyright or whatever. What if i lift that? And for your Chapter 9, if that happened Iris will love herself too much.To frankieu, your welcome.
Next chapter is The Big Week. So expect some big update. Don't forget to favorite, follow and review. See ya.