Marvelous Angel
Chapter: Twenty-nine
Iron Angel
AN: The series of chapters will be the starting point for the modern day MCU, and this chapter is set in 2008 from the events of Iron Man with some differences.
Somewhere in Afghanistan
While riding in a transport convoy, Stark is critically wounded in an ambush and held captive in a cave by the Terrorists calling themselves the Ten Rings. An electromagnet built by fellow captive Ho Yinsen keeps the shrapnel that wounded Stark from reaching his heart and killing him.
The terrorist leader, Raza offers Stark freedom in exchange Stark must build a Jericho missile for the group, but Stark and Yinsen agree that Raza will not keep his word. Tony did wonder if his god mother Alita found out about what had transpired.
Sanctum Sanctorum: Hong Kong days later
Water poured down Alita's cyborg body while in the shower, her black Raven hair whipped back the water. Of course she is waterproof and felt relaxed in this place. She had used it from time to time to live here. To do what? Train, meditate and learn more about this past timeline.
Every so often her thoughts wandered to her future and what was going on without her. Perhaps the same as always a struggle to survive and one day she will return to the future to liberate it from Nova. For now she will do what she can here.
She would wander the world if she needed to and visited places such as Altantis and Wakanda to keep tabs on people she knew. She tried to find James Howlett or the X-Men mutants, but found nothing as they simply vanished. She did consultant the Ancient one, but she did not know why they disappeared.
Alita stepped out of the shower, grabbed a towel to dry herself off and walked to the bedroom simply as she is. Lying on the bed is her clothes the ones she had worn since World War Two, by the side of the bed is the blade of Damascus.
Hanging on the wall and situated on various places are trophies, like objects and pictures of the past. Including a special citizens status plaque from the U.N. to let her know, she can go anywhere she wants or lives anywhere she wants. Alita had become as popular as Santa Claus.
She does get fan mail and a lot of it too. Mostly Marriage proposals, interviews, or some odd event. Overall she just goes about her business from years to years. On the table a cell phone started to buzz, she has a private number that only a select few. Grabbing the phone, she pressed a button to put it on speakers.
"Alita, are you there? Said the woman "This is Pepper Potts."
"Oh, hello Miss Potts." Said Alita "How may I help you, I hope my god son is not in trouble again."
"His convoy was hit and according to sources he was captured by terrorists calling themselves Ten Rings," said Potts "It happened in Afghanistan."
"All right I will handle it from here," said Alita "I will bring my god son home."
"A man named James Rhodes is looking for him as well." Said Potts
"Understood." Nodded Alita
Alita ended the phone conversation, put on the clothing she is always wearing and drapes the cloak on her. Then grabbed her blade and used the magic of the ring to open a portal to get there. She always had to hitchhike on a plane or a blimp or speed across the ocean to get to places. She stepped in as she and the portal vanished.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan
While pretending to work on the missile, Stark and Yinsen secretly build a powerful electric generator called an Arc Reactor, to power Stark's electromagnet, and then they begin to build a powered suit of armor, designed by Stark, to help them escape. The Ten Rings attack the workshop when they discover Stark's plan, but Yinsen sacrifices himself to distract them while Stark's suit powers up.
Using the armored suit, Stark fights his way out of the cave to find a mortally wounded Yinsen, who reassures Stark and urges him to continue his escape and not waste his life. An enraged Stark leaves the cave, burns the terrorist's stockpile of Stark Industries produced weapons and flies away, only then to crash in the desert.
A shadow looms over Tony in the desert he looked up to see who it is and smiled. Alita stared down at him and wondered what happened to him, he appears to be injured and to wear a damaged suit of armor.
"Like regular Iron Man," said Alita "Runs in the family."
"Hi Mom," chuckled Stark "What's for dinner."
"You look like hell Stark," said Rhodes "Let's get you home."
Stark Industries Headquarters
Stark returns home and announces that his company will no longer manufacture weapons, having seen first hand the strife that his weapons had caused in the wrong hands. Obadiah Stane, his father's old partner and the company's manager, advises Stark that this may ruin Stark Industries and his father's legacy.
"No it won't," said Stark "So I'm putting someone in charge of overseeing the change to the company."
"I would be glad to do it." Smiled Stand
"No," shook the head of Stark "I have someone else in mind."
"Who" asked Stane?
"That would be me," said Alita
"What," growled Stane "her, she doesn't know how to run a business, you can't do this."
"I just did," said Stark
"I was wondering how the Ten Rings knew where Tony would be at," said Alita "So I did some investigating and I found out who spilled the beans."
"Who," asked Stane?
"You," growled Stark
Tony swung a right cross to the jaw of Stane, which he stumbled back and fell to the floor. He looked up while rubbing his jaw.
"My god mother is many things," said Stark "Smart too, like me and she found evidence on who or what you been doing. Trying to get me out of the way to run the company. So guess what. You're fired."
"You can't fire me." Yelled Stane "Your making a mistake."
"Shield would like a word with you." Said Alita
Coulson and several shield agents came in and dragged Stane away as he is kicking and screaming.
Stark Manor: Months later
Tony Stark spends the next few months building an improved version of his suit, as well as a more powerful arc reactor for his chest. Alita had walked into his workshop and sees him working hard. She knew the element is slowly poisoning Tony's body and had brought blueprints with her.
"You've been working hard." Said Alita
"Yeah well, it's giving me ideas." Said Stark "What do you have with you."
"It's blue prints your father and I created a long time ago," said Alita
She rolled it on the table, and Tony looked at the blueprints. He looked amazed at what he sees. It's a rediscovered element and tried to synthesize it, resulting in the new and more powerful clean energy source. Tony noted at the time his father didn't have the technology, however he does and went right to work.
"Thanks," said Stark "How's the company."
"It's all done and I put Potts in charge of running the day to day operations now." Said Alita
"Good call, I like Pepper." Said Stark
"She would make a great girlfriend to you, unlike the other women you have been with." Said Alita
"Hey, now hold on." Sighed Tony "I was just being a Playboy like my father was."
"I know," she giggled."Your father made several passes at me, before he married Maria."
"I made an armor for you." Said Tony
Tony pressed a button and rising up from the floor is a sleek and sexy looking armor. It has a black and yellow paint job to it. The breast plate is rather medium.
"Not bad," said Alita "The breast plates are rather medium, your not picturing me naked."
"Uh," he said rather sheepish "Kind of. The name of the armor is Iron Angel."
"That's a name of a band in Germany." said Alita "I'll call it Gunvalkyrie, not like I will need it...but it will come in handy someday."
"Cool." Nodded Stark.
Few days later
At Tony's first public appearance after his return, Christine Everhart informs him that the old Stark Industries weapons, including the Jericho missile, were recently delivered to the Ten Rings and are being used to attack Yinsen's home village. Taking the news hard he quickly left to change his clothes.
Gulmira, Afganastan
Tony in the newly created suit of his called Iron Man arrived at the village of Ho Yinsen once lived. He was enraged at what he was informed of and quickly came here. He scanned around to find a battle had taken place. He let out a deep breath, is he already too late.
No, wait. The people are alive, but where are the terrorists? To his discovery that weapons that his company once built are destroyed and the bodies of terrorists lay dead on the ground. He heard screaming and spotted his capture Abu running away or at least trying to from people in the village.
"If you were here sooner," said Alita "It would of been a great party."
"I wanted to have some fun." Replied Stark "Nice work"
Stark Manor: days later
"Well Shell head," said Fury "I see you are working hard."
"Who are you," asked Stark?
"Director Fury of Shield," said Fury, "you heard of the Avengers Initiative."
To Be Continued?