Artemis stood beside her brother waiting for them to fly over the drop zone
"two seven-thirty holding steady at fifteen thousand feet, you are over the drop zone."
The doors open and they both jumped out and could hear AC/DC's Shoot to Thrill playing as they dodged fireworks.
They landed on the platform in a crouch as Iron Man and Iron Woman dancers came out and did their routine.
They stood up and raised their arms as the platform rose and began removing the suits
Once the suits was removed you could see Tony's suit and Artemis in leather pants and a tube top with a jean jacket that stops a little under her breast. Some guys wolf whistled at her
"It's good to be back" Tony called clapping after the dancers were done
Artemis smiled and blew kisses to everyone
"and look at my beautiful sister" Tony said putting his arm around Artemis and kissed her cheek
Artemis laughed at that
They heard a cat call came from somewhere "blow something up" someone yelled
"Blow something up?" Tony asked pointing in the person's direction "Already done it."
"I'm not saying the world is enjoying its longest period of uninterrupted peace because of us" Artemis began causing the crowd to cheer
"And I'm not saying that from the ashes of captivity, never has a greater phoenix metaphor been personified in human history" Tony finished causing the crowd to cheer louder
"I'm not saying that Uncle Sam can lay back on a lawn chair, sipping ice tea because I haven't come across anyone who's man enough to go toe to toe with us on our best day!" Tony said then glanced at Artemis "or go against Artemis when she's angry"
The crowd laughed as Artemis glared at her brother since that wasn't part of the speech.
"I love you Tony!" someone screamed followed by someone else "I love you Artemis"
Artemis smiled "Please, it's not about me…it's not about you, it's not even about us. It's about legacy; it's about what we choose to leave behind for future generations." she began
"That's why that for the next year, and for the first time since 1974, the best and brightest men and women from nations and corporation from the world over, pool their resources, share their collective vision, to leave behind a brighter future." Tony finished
You gotta love Salt and Pepper for helping them with their speeches "It's not about us! Therefore, what I am saying, if I'm saying anything, is welcome back to the Stark Expo." Tony said
"And now, making a special appearance from the great beyond, please welcome, our father, Howard to tell you what the Stark Expo's all about. " Artemis said then they walked off stage to take as the video played.
Tony took his blood toxicity "19%" Tony said wiping off the device so Artemis could use it.
Artemis did "9%" she muttered
Tony threw his jacket to Happy "It's like a zoo out there, stay close!" He warned.
Artemis smiled and signed kids photos, took a few pictures, and even gave a little boy a kiss on the cheek
They then exited the building
"There we go, that wasn't so bad." Happy said
"No, it was perfect." Tony said
"The new model arrived." Happy passed Tony a car key
"Nice, does she come with the car?" Tony asked seeing a woman leaning on the car
"let's hope so" Happy replied.
Artemis rolled her eyes going over to Kawasaki Ninja ZZR1400
The woman then walked over to the Porsche as Artemis got in "Artemis Stark" the woman questioned
Artemis glanced at her "I'm not into chicks" she stated the woman to glare.
The woman then held out a paper "Yikes" Artemis said "I don't like being handed things either, so place it in the boot"
Artemis lifted the boot and the woman placed it there "good now go away" she glared
"You and your brother are hereby ordered to appear before the senate armed services committee tomorrow morning at nine AM." She avoiding Artemis's glare she then left.
Tony pulled up beside Artemis's bike as she got back on it "Sis why must you scare women away" he pouted and Artemis just shrugged "how's far away is D.C." she asked putting on her helmet
"DC? 250 Miles" Happy responded. Artemis and Tony revived their engines
Tony smirked "race ya Art" he said causing his sister to look at him and smirk "you're on" she said back. The two vehicles were off to the Country's Capital.
"Mr. Stark! Miss Stark Can we pick up where we left off?" Senator Stern banged his gavel. Tony and Artemis was too busy conversing with Pepper and Salt to care. "Mr. Stark, Miss Stark, Please."
"yes dear" the siblings said turning around to face the Senator causing the crowd to chuckle
"Can I have your attention?" Stern demanded.
"Absolutely." Tony nodded
"Do you, or do you not both possess specialized weapons?"
"We do not."
"You do not?"
"We do not. Well it depends on how you define the word 'weapon'." Artemis said
"The Iron Siblings weapon"
"Those devices do not fit that description." Tony became vaguely serious.
"Well how would you describe it?" Stern snapped
"I would describe it by defining it as what it is senator." Tony spoke in his official tone.
"As?"
"Well, it's a- Mmm- they're both high-tech prosthetic." Artemis said
The audience laughed
"Actually, that's the most apt description we could possibly make of it." Tony shrugged.
"It's a weapon Miss Stark." Senator Stern said.
"Oh please if your priority was actually the wellbeing of…" Tony argued back
"My priority is to get the Iron Sibling weapons turned over to the people of the United States of America." He said.
This guy was becoming number two on Artemis's douchebag list, him being tied with Justin Hammer.
"Well you can forget it. I am Iron Man and Artemis is Iron Woman. The suits and us are one" Tony began
"To turn over the Iron Suits would be to turn over ourselves which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on what state you're in" Artemis said smiling sweetly at Stern who glared "You can't have them."
"Look, I'm no expert" Stern began
"In prostitution? Of course not. You're a Senator. Come on" Tony said.
This is an example of why people hate dealing with the Stark siblings together.
The people behind the siblings laughed and Tony turned to smile at them only to see Pepper's frown and Salt trying to hide her grin
"I'm no expert in weapons." Stern continued, loosening his tie. "But we have someone who is. I would now like to call Justin Hammer, out current primary weapons contractor."
The siblings looked at each other as Hammer came and set away from the siblings "Let the record reflect that we observed Mr. Hammer entering the chamber" Tony began
"and we are wondering if and when any actual expert will also be in attendance." Artemis finished causing a few ohh's to go through the crowd
"Absolutely. I'm no expert. I defer to you, Anthony, Artemis" Hammer said looking at them and winked at Artemis
Tony frowned since the only one he let's call him Anthony is Grammy
"you two are the wonder children"
Artemis rolled her eyes and put her feet on the table as she lean back in the chair.
"Senator if I may" Hammer said standing up and took the microphone with him. He then looked at the siblings again "I may well not be an expert, but you know who the real expert was? Your dad"
Tony leaned over to his sister "do you have a friend that'll hurt him for me" he whispered asked her.
Artemis snorted knowing just the person "Hammer keeps on asking me out and flirting with me, I have a few friends that'll do it anyways" Artemis whispered back
"Howard Stark, really a father to us all and to the military industrial age"
"But let's be clear, he was no flower child, he was a lion. In the last six months, Anthony and Artemis Stark have created swords with untold possibilities, yet they insist they're shields. They ask us to trust them as we cower behind them. I wish I were comforted, Artemis, Anthony, I really do wish I could leave my door unlocked when I leave the house, but this isn't Canada."
Tony glanced at Artemis, who rolled her eyes "if he doesn't shut up soon I'm going to tase him" she whispered causing Tony to smirk
"You know we live in a world of grave threats. Threats that the Starks will not always be able to foresee. Thank you. God bless the Iron Siblings, God bless America."
With that Hammer set back down but before he did he winked at Artemis again "thank god" the siblings whispered
"That was very well said Mr. Hammer. The committee would now like to invite Colonel James Rhodes to the chamber." Stern said
"Rhodey?" the siblings asked confused and turned to see their friend walking towards them in his air force uniform.
The siblings stood up and walked to him "Hey buddy. Didn't expect to see you here." Tony said as they shook hands
"Look, it's me I'm here let's deal with it and move on." He muttered and they returned to their seats
"I have before me a complete report on the Iron Man weapon, compiled by Colonel Rhodes, and Colonel, can you read page 57 paragraph four please?" Stern said
Artemis glared "you're asking him to read specific parts of his report Senator" she questioned and Stern nodded "yes Miss Stark, I did" he said not really looking at her.
Let it be shown that even Senator's tremble at Artemis's glare "It was my understanding that I was going to be testifying in a much more detailed and comprehensive manner." Rhodey explained.
"I understand. A lot of things have changed today."
"You do understand that reading a single paragraph out of context is not does not reflect the overall…" Artemis began
"Yes Miss Stark I do" Stern said cutting off Artemis then turn to Rhodey "please Colonel"
Rhodey sighed as Artemis put her feet on the table by him. Rhodey just ignored her as he began to read "As they do not operate within any definable branch of government" Artemis began moving her feet in his way but he just kept pushing them away.
The crowd was laughing as the siblings smirked, since this is one of the ways Artemis gets people to pay attention to her without looking or sounding like a brat
"The Iron Siblings present a potential threat to the security of both the nation and to her interests." Rhodey finished reading "I do go on however to state that the benefits of Iron Man and Iron Woman far outweigh the liabilities"
"That's enough Colonel" Stern shouted
"I'm not a joiner, but I'll consider Secretary of Defense. If you ask nice." Tony said as Artemis stopped moving her feet and left them by Rhodey
"I'd like to go on and show the imagery that is connected to your report."
"I believe it's somewhat premature to show these images." Rhodey warned.
"I understand." The Senator placed a hand on his chest, smirking from his seat. "If you could just narrate those for us, I'd be very grateful."
Artemis took her feet off the table and set up straight. She then pulled out her phone as she tuned out Rhodey. She then looked through the stuff on the TV's circuit box and smirked then got in front of Rhodey "hold on one second bro" she said cutting him off "let me see something here"
She held up her phone to the screen "boy I'm good" she uttered when a black box appeared with a series of codes and welcome Miss Stark
"I commandeered your screens" Artemis said turning to the other screen and did the same thing to that one "I need 'em. Time for a little transparency."
"What is she doing" Stern demanded but the siblings ignored him "no let's see what's really going on" Tony said as Artemis set her phone in front of her
"If you would direct your attention to said screens-" Tony began to narrate as a map and landscape popped up. "I believe that's North Korea."
They watched the Suit malfunction and kill people. "Iran" Hammer got up and tried to turn off the screen.
"No grave immediate threat here." Hammer appeared on-screen, yelling at the failed attempt. "Is that Justin Hammer?"
"How did Hammer get in the game?" Art questioned acting surprised "Justin you're on TV, focus up!" Tony said
Artemis dropped the hack and slid her phone away then fist pumped with Tony. They looked at Rhodey with a smirk and he grinned ""I'd say most countries, five or 10 years away. Hammer Industries, 20." Artemis stated
"I'd like to point out that, that test pilot lived..."
"I don't get the point of that!" Stern snapped.
"Point is, you're welcome, I guess." Tony said
"For what."
"We're your nuclear deterrent. It's working, you're safe. You want my property, you can't have it! But we did you a big favor!" Tony stood up along with Artemis and gave the crowd peace signs
"We have successfully privatized world peace" Artemis said and everyone cheered.
"What more do you want right now?!" Tony questioned
"We tried to play ball with these ass clowns!" Artemis said, pointing at the senators
"Fuck you, Starks, fuck you." The Stern said.
"We're adjourned for today, we're adjourned" said another senator,
Artemis turned to grab her sunglasses of the table, put them on and blew kisses at the Senators as she walked towards her assistant as Tony flashed peace signs that has become the Stark's trademark