(Script was written by user nobleboivin, Story was made by me, based on Iron Man: Security Measures and Fury Big Week)
Date: June 9, 2009.
Location: SHIELD base
Fury and Coulson are watching a recovered video of the attack on Tony Stark s convoy in Afghanistan. "This is the Kunar Province, Near the Pakistan border Impenetrable terrain. extensive cave networks. the troops call it "enemy central" the convoy was hit by an I.E.D. then attacked from ambush. we recovered this footage from the foremost vehicle. Colonel Rhodes and his men were 5 minutes behind by the time they got there. Tony Stark was Gone." says Coulson
"Do we know who did this?" replies Fury
"No one has taken responsibility as of yet, but the Ten Rings were active in that area. We found some of Stark s blood but it s not enough to say if he s alive or not."
"Oh I m sure Stark is alive. If he were dead the terrorist would have asked for a ransom and try to get what they could from his company, but they have been quiet, which means they can get something better than Money, and I doubt the military will find Stark. the Ten Rings arent your typical terrorists. they've raised secrecy to an art form we still dont have the first clue who or what's really behind them."
"would you like me to go to Afghanistan to investigate."
"No. We are not authorized yet foreign ops. Not the word Homeland in out initials"
"Sir the Stark family been creating weapons for the government since World War 2. When Howard died everyone thought it was the end of an era. But his son Tony came up with better inventions than Howard. like the Jericho Missile. losing Stark is a huge blow to the country but theres a more immediate concern, With the Ten rings not making a ransom I wonder if they are going to force Stark to make weapons for them. If it happens it s a threat to the homeland."
"Actually, it could be worse. Stark is no soldier, he wakes up to models, Mimosas and Massages, not torture- they could turn him with what he knows of our national security. I want you to go to Obadiah Stane and see if Stark is one to betray his country to save his skin"
"Yes sir." Minutes later. we see Coulson speaking with Stane at his office in STark Industries "Tony has always been a man who makes his own rules, like his father; everyone thought Howard was crazy, after he died, it meant leaving the company to a minor, but Tony surprised all of us, he has a way of doing that" says Stane
"i am sure thats true, Mr. Stane. but We re talking about terrorists, i'm just trying to be frank about the risks."
"No, you want to find out if Tony can tell them about our defenses, the answer is not much, as he likes the challenge of inventing things but from as for what he's done with them, he's content to leave that to others he trust, like myself or Colonel Rhodes. Would you like a drink?"
"No thank you"
"Look if they wanted the Security codes to the playboy mansion then Tony would deliver it, the codes for our surveillance satellites. not so much, now if you excuse me, I have to prepare for the company for the worst, that outs little genius is probably never coming back home."
Later Coulson returns to the SHIELD base. and talks to Fury "It sounds like Stark is focused on his own work which still makes him far too dangerous. I think it would be best if I were to go to Afghanistan."
"No, Our time is better spent looking into Stark s financials and his life, anticipating what he might give them, if the military can t find them like I suspect. Stark is in his own."
Date: December 22, 2009 Following the rescue of Tony Stark, Coulson is on the airport, on his black SUV waiting for the plane for land, he contacts Fury. "Stark s plane will land in 3 hours, do you want a full debrief."
"if it s possible but don t rush him hard yet, what I want to know is a sense of what side he's on without setting off the alarm, but most importantly, I wants to know Stark connection to this object seen flying off in the video recording from our surveillance satellitees of the explosion on what we think may be a Ten Rings cave."
Date: January 16, 2010.
SHIELD agents are monitoring an strange object in the skies of California, Blake looks closely at it. "Something was detected in California. here's the video feed." Sitwell and Fury goes to Blake and they check the a video feed "it looks like some drone." says Sitwell "if it was drone why its 100% shaped like a human being, maybe it s a suit?" says Blake "Sitwell show me the video of the Ten Rings Cave Explosion and zoom in to the strange object." says Fury, Sitwell does so and see what looks like a suit. then Fury looks at the object on the feed that Blake its showing them and tries to put the 2 together. "I cant be sure, but its possible that it s Stark in the suit. Coulson is watching over Stark currently. I ll contact him for see if there s any connection with the two. Agent Blake you go to investigate Stark financials with Agent May, maybe they could find someone that could drop some hints of Stark connection with this metal man."
Date: April 21, 2010.
Fury is in his office at the Helicarrier, looking at some files, when he gets call from a scientist. "Hello?"
"Stark will die in 72 hours."
Fury eyes are wide open, as he heads and enters the lab in the Helicarrier, where he meets with a scientist. "All Right people who got awnsers for me?"
"Director Fury, sir. please come with me. we did extensive analysis on the blood sample of Stark that we took from his battle with Vanko."
Fury looks at thru the microscope and see's the posioned blood "and we descovered an unprecedented level of palladium radioisotopes spreading through his bloodstream you'll see that here obiously this is directly related to the arc reactor in his chest. you see, Palladium is a tricky element, it is susceptible to something called "catalyst poisoning" where it reacts with any compound and forms a chemical bond, in this case. Mr Stark.." says the scientist. "Is there a cure?" says Fury.
"No due to the fact that this is unprecedented as no point a human was endured to such prolonged and self-inflected exposure to palladium, every second that the arc reactor remains in Mr. Stark chest brings him closer to a complete breakdown of the circulatory system, However, if you give Stark Lithium Dioxide it could delay the inevitable. but keep in mind its a not cure." The scientist hands him a bottle with Lithium Dioxide which Fury grabs, he looks at it and goes back to his office, he looks at a case of Howard Stark, and he opens it. And he sees a file about failed elements used on the reactor and remembers something. "I was a friend with Howard Stark. If memory serves me right, Howard told me that the element for perfect the Reactor may not be able to be made till some years. Due to lack of technology. Howard made a video for Tony and put it in this case so he could find perfect the element when he reached adulthood when the technology was superior." Fury pauses. as he looks at the stuff. "Stark can still save himself"