a/n: so this is it for the challenge at the moment, of course I'll continue to write more eventually just for the moment I'm adding this last chapter and writing something else. Don't hate me; I just want to finish this. Warning/Note: Contains sadness & angst. Be aware of that. I'll see you when I next update this.

Word count: 573.

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Today was the day when the world finally said their goodbyes.

Not only to Iron Man, but Tony Stark too along with his wife Pepper Potts, formally known as Virginia.

Tony had died just several days after his wife, who died from old age. Their children were in their mid-twenties and Howard, their eldest was the one who would take over S.I until he passed it on to his fellow siblings. Tony loved his family, there was no doubt about it when Pepper was first pregnant with their first, Howard (named after Tony's father) he was joyous he spent more time with his wife and son. Like Tony, his son had developed his genesis gene at just the mere age of eight he could not only make the RT into a whole new object but he knew much more than Tony could have known as his age.

He thanked Pepper, when she was younger she was more intelligent for her age than most other children. But most of all Howard was an exact replica of Tony just younger on his fifteenth birthday he was named by everyone including Uncle Rhodey and Auntie Natasha, mini me. Because he was literally a smaller, younger but exactly a lookalike of Tony. It was more than shocking. It was that month when Pepper conceived their younger daughter. Tony was able to show his love in more than two forms, but this third who he loved for almost a year when she struck with a terrible disease and died in hospital just eight months old.

It killed both Pepper and Tony, their healthy son continued with school acing everything but even Howard could tell that his parents were upset – even he was, he missed his little sister who had wide oceanic eyes. Her addictive toothy smile and just with a click of their fingers she was gone.

Tony had then pretty much stopped as Iron Man, Pepper was no longer Rescue the depression was sinking her into too far when their son graduated from school, then college the years flew by the next thing they knew they were attending Howards University graduation. Over the years they watched from afar as Howard grew up, Tony taught him everything with Stark Industries – how to run it if and when Tony and Pepper died.

It was Howards twenty third birthday when he married a woman who was a part of the avengers when he took up his father's job of being a hero. It was then the passing of the greatest wife and mother – Pepper had passed away, stricken with depression from losing her daughter over the years she got worse and eventually it became too much and she passed away. Tears fell down Tony's face every day, for days he would be in catatonic state that nothing could help relieve the guilt he felt for not being able to save his wife, his daughter.

It was the seventh day after his wife funeral that Howard found his father dead in his parent's bedroom no blue glow from the RT when he found out his father died due to the emotions he felt where constricting the heart when eventually the shrapnel embedded itself into his main organ.

So much for fifty lifetimes.

He was buried alongside his daughter, his wife and his parents. With the words engraved on the granite.

Father, Friend, Genius and Husband.

Tony Stark will not be forgotten.