Seven

Car Tour

"Hello, everyone, I'm Tony Stark and above all else, I am an engineer. But I love cars. I live in luxury because I have a lot of money but I love to buy new cars. I have a few here in New York – I had more in Malibu but we all know how that ended." He shrugged.

He walked over to a vibrant blue car.

"This is an 2017 Audi R8 V10 plus. It has a premium unleaded v10 5.2 liter engine – automatic transmission. This coupe came with wheel locks, valet functions, underhood and cargo lights and a sport tuned suspension. The color is super neat and I usually get the first look at the new car releases. Still looking for the Iron Man themed one, Audi." He pointed at the camera before moving onto the next one.

"Next we have a 2014 Audio R8 V10 Spyder in a brilliant red color with black roof. This originally hit the market at $199,250. This vehicle has the Audi Ceramic brakes, which was $9,900; Diamond Stitched Full Leather Package, which includes Fine Nappa leather seats, contrast stitching and diamond stitiched interior, which was $6,500; Carbon sigma decorative inlays – which was $2,500; engine compartment in carbon sigma which was $1800; illuminated alumimum door sills - $900 ; 19 inch wheel package with the V10 design - $800. This also touts a 5.2 Liter V10 engine, with 525 horsepower, a seven speed S Tronic dual clutch automatic transmission, quattra AWD system, Audi navigation, leather wrapped steering wheel and powered seats with lumbar support. A great car."

"This is a car that holds a special place in my heart. I brought it from Malibu, it was one of the only cars that made it over to this location out of my other cars. It is a 2012 Audi V8 in a beautiful eggshell blue."

"This is a 2012 Tesla Roadster. I think a major part of the sustainable company I am trying to actualize has a lot to do with reusable resources. I am guilty of having a lot of cars that do use gasoline and I try and test a lot of the electric or "green" cars, if you will. This is in a bright orange color, not sure why I like orange cars so much…" He shrugged. "This has a three phase, four pole AC induction motor, 248 horsepower, a single speed BorgWarner fixed gear transmission, 53kWh lithium-ion battery, it gets 244 miles on a single charge." Tony ran a hand over the car. "I think a major issue with a lot of these is the battery. It just isnt powerful enough to accomplish the basic necessities of a car – heating, defrosting in cold weather, air conditioning, the fact that you need to really baby it to keep the battery as high as it can be. I think we are making good strides but we could be better."

"Now, we move onto a new segment I call, Meet My Interns!" Tony waves his hands as he exits the car garage, moving to the elevator and pressing a button. "I have more than you'd think. We have a lot of departments in SI and lots of students, mostly college kids, intern at SI. It's a great opportunity to be in a real-life corporation and see what life would be like after graduating. Sometimes it feels like you'll never be free, but it will happen. Of course, I graduated at seventeen, so what do I know?" He asked sardonically. The elevator dinged and opened up to the R&D department Head's office. "I have a lot of elevators in the Tower, a few I've had installed just for me. FRIDAY, my AI, along with my security team try and make this Tower extremely hard to hack, infiltrate or damage. A security precaution I have is secret elevators that look like walls that only I or Pepper could use." The doors closed and the wall illusion returned. "Crazy, huh?" He asked rhetorically. "Not to toot my own horn but you know?" He shrugged. "It works."

He opened up his office door and headed out. He turned the camera around and showed the clear walls of the R&D floor.

"Say hi to R&D!" He waved at them, causing R&D to wave excitedly at him in return.

"Now," Tony switched the camera to face him again. "I'll speak with them later, maybe a tour in the future? But for now, we're going to Legal. No, I'm not getting sued." He rolled his eyes as he waved a hand over an elevator sensor.

"Signature detected: Dr. Anthony Edward Stark, Clearance Level: Iron. Is there a specific floor you need, Boss?" FRIDAY's voice spoke through the small elevator speaker.

"Legal, please, FRI." Tony turned his attention to his camera. "I have various elevator systems within the Tower. This is used only by management, managers, directors, people who have clearance." The doors closed. "I have arranged seven levels of clearance: opal are visitors or guests, bronze are new staff or interns, silver for regular staff, gold for high ranking employees not at managerial level, titanium for management, diamond for directors and iron for the head honchos. That includes me and four other people. Leave your guesses in the comment section, one is hard to guess. If someone gets it, I'll give you a $500 Starbucks gift card." He winked at the camera.

The elevator dinged and he stepped out. He turned the camera around so he could show the boring offices to the curious people of the world.

"Boring offices. Oh, here's our guy!" He chirped, making a beeline for a young student, hidden behind a wall of binders. The young man looked up and yelped in surprise.

"Um, Dr. Stark, hello. My name is…" He started.

"Yeah, can we interview you?" The young man looked around but saw no other supervisor in the immediate vicinity.

"Um…" He trailed off. He leaned in and whispered. "Will I get in trouble for this?"

"No." Tony informed him.

"Then, sure!" He chirped. He then cleared off a seat for Tony to sit on, moving various cases to the floor.

"Name." Tony demanded.

"Wyatt LeFou." He answered quickly.

"You intern in what department?" He asked.

"Legal. You always give us plenty to do."

"My pleasure." Tony grinned behind the camera. "Education?"

"I am working towards a J.D at NYU Law here in New York."

"Impressive." Tony was impressed. It took a lot to get into NYU, let alone NYU Law.

"Thank you." Wyatt beamed.

"What have you actually done here as an intern?" Tony asked.

"Well, there isn't much to do until I get a degree, to be quite honest. I mostly observe and take notes for my own career. It is quite fascinating. I was always very interested in Corporate Law and this internship has really brought me to the forefront of that. It's rewarding to see the exact kind of position I would like to be in."

"Would you say that even if it wasn't me sitting here?" Tony raised an eyebrow.

"Of course." Wyatt used a fake smile, a press smile, as Tony called it.

"Mm-hmmmmm." He drawled that out, not believing him for a second. "Well, you seem like a good kid. Thanks for the interview, say bye to YouTube."

"Bye, YouTube!" Wyatt said dutifully.

He clicked the camera off.

"Thanks for being a good sport." He told Wyatt.

"No problem." Wyatt smiled effortlessly.

"Careful with that, it might freeze that way." Tony cautioned. "And more importantly, cause smile lines. Ta-ta!" Tony flounced off.

"Uh, bye?" Wyatt answered confused. Tony disappeared down the hall where the legal's execs' offices were located.

Tony breezed into an office and sat across from Penelope Reslia – who stared evenly at the person who has caused the most lawsuits probably in the world.

He smiled ferociously at her.

Penelope sighed and rubber her forehead, already predicting a headache.

"What is it, Dr. Stark?" She asked, preparing for the worst.

"Well…" Tony started, sounding hesitant. Causing Penelope to groan aloud. "I like your intern, that's all! Bye!" Tony left the room.

Penelope glared at him from her desk, watching him leave.

What a troll.

Tony got back to his lab and was blasting some serious ACDC when the video got uploaded.

"Incoming call from: SpiderKid – would you like to take it, Boss?" FRIDAY's voice came through the speakers as she muted the blaring music.

"Sure." The call went through. "What's up Spiderling?" Tony smirked.

"Uh, hi, Mr. Stark. So, I like just watched the video and like just realized that I have Iron access…" He trailed off, unsure.

"Yes…" Tony wasn't sure where this was going.

"Ummm…Is that right? Because I am no one special…" Peter's voice was hesitant.

Tony frowned.

"Listen, kid, you are special to me. You help me with my suits, you need to go where I go, therefore Iron level. It has nothing to do with Spider-Man being an adjacent Avenger."

"I'm an Avenger?" Peter was totally not freaking out, his tone hurting Tony's ears.

"Adjacent. Listen kid, I'm Iron-Man but I'm also Tony Stark. Don't forget your humanity amid the shiny superheroing, okay?"

"Okay, Mr. Stark." Peter said is a more serious tone.

"Good."

"If I guess the four people, can I win the Starbucks card?" Peter asked, completely serious.

"Kid, you can't guess. You're one of the four. Inside information. That's what got Martha Stewart into trouble, you know." Peter laughed but didn't protest further. "Besides, I gave you a credit card." Tony pointed out. "You can use that for whatever you want."

"I won't use it except for emergencies." Peter vowed very seriously.

Tony rolled his eyes.

Lord help him from people who can't accept anything.

He typed into his computer:

FRIDAY start a list of anything that Spiderkid might need. Let's start evaluating his clothes situation first. Call it Protocol SpiderNeeds

Yes, Boss. Is the name negotiable?

No.

Finee.

OMG FRIDAY, I should have never hooked you up to the internet.

Too late. :)

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