Hello there dear readers! I'm alive and so is this story
so yeah Chapter 3. (In which Alexandra keeps trying to change things, keep people out of trouble and Tony gets protective)
- Alex
Ps. if you get this several reviews you can get chapter 4 today, so its up to you ;)
By the end of the week they had moved to New York and Tony signed the Tower to Alexandra's name, as Stark Industries newer project was hers. Alexandra for her part spent the next days designing the Stark Industries Security Division Statutes'; she needed to send them to Pepper so the board could approve them. Alexandra even had an office at the Tower; it had a fantastic view of New York, in time the Tower would become the official HQ for SI Security. Alexandra also noticed that the design of the Tower was the same as the Avengers Tower had been, just that instead of the giant A, it was a giant S. The thought of it had her smiling for weeks.
Jane Foster and Eric Selvig along with Darcy arrived to the Tower nearing April and were received by Alexandra who promptly sent them to another Stark Industries base so they could resume their studies without interference.
"My father went through a wormhole Doctor Foster, he saw what's on the other side and its not pretty" Alexandra explained as she and Jane were in her office discussing Jane's new job as a Stark Industries scientist for the Security Division, Interplanetary designation.
"But my investigation were of Einstein-Rosen bridges, why is Stark Industries interested in them?" she asked, Alexandra sighed.
"You're the best astrophysics on earth, there's the possibility of an alien threat and Stark Industries wants to be prepared, not Shield, not the Avengers, us, we have the money to fund your investigation and offer you a safe place to do it, our goal is to be prepared for when the threat arrives, if it does, we are counting on Asgard to stop it first, if they can't then it will be up to us" Alexandra explained, Jane nodded at her.
"Okay, how will this work?" asked Jane, Alexandra smirked at her before answering.
"You and your peers will be moved to a secret Stark Industries facility in Japan, no one will suspect that you'll be there and you'll be able to keep your work to yourself without Shield or other undesirables third parties intervening, the facility will offer housing and whatever you might need to make your stay more comfortable, if you need anything else you'll also have a direct line to me or my father, in case either of us is busy or unavailable you'll have Pepper Potts on the line, also you get free healthcare and an initial pay of ten thousand dollars monthly along with other benefits of working for Stark Industries, while your intern gets free healthcare and a pay of three thousand dollars and Stark Industries benefits that includes scholarships to the school of her choosing and web course availability." Alexandra explained, Jane seemed dumbfounded by the offer and Alexandra smiled smugly before adding "Dr. Selvig was made an offer similar to yours, including retirement option plans"
"I… that's too much" said Jane, Alexandra kept smiling and shook her head.
"Here at Stark Industries we want the best and we are willing to pay for that, so Doctor Foster, are you ready to sign for us?" Alexandra asked offering Jane a Stark-Pad and a stylus, Jane smiled and took them signing her name, Alexandra shook her hand and grinned "Welcome to Stark Industries, Dr. Foster"
"When do I start?" she asked, Alexandra seemed to think about it.
"Take the remaining of the week to get your affairs in order, on Monday morning a Stark Industries jet will be waiting for you and your peers, please send Miss Lewis to HR in the fifth floor to sign her own form, the jet leaves at nine on Monday, be there on time Doctor Foster" Alexandra said, Jane nodded and said her goodbyes.
Alexandra sighed as Jane walked out and sent a message to her father. With Jane Foster far away from London and weird Convergence portals it meant that at least one of Alexandra's problems was resolved. Jarvis and Tony had gotten the promised algorithm running and had expanded Alexandra's Hydra list, Alexandra for her part had hacked, with FRIDAY's help, Coulson's whereabouts and was keeping a close eye on him as he would be getting a team at some point of the year and she wanted to keep an eye on him. The Iron Legion was coming nicely as Tony hadn't destroyed his suits on Christmas, like he had done in the original timeline, and his relationship with Pepper seemed to be going strong.
Alexandra's Security Division was also running smoothly, they had hired several people in different parts of the world and they were going under training, as those were the ones that would receive the ex-Shield agents once Hydra and Shield fell. Rhodey had helped with the recruits, pointing out several ex-officers that he knew personally, after a deep background investigation they were hired.
Pepper and Alexandra met on Wednesdays to discuss the new division and how it was going along, Pepper was also into Alexandra's secret visions and often pointed out ideas and thoughts about the whole thing. Alexandra liked being able to call Pepper a friend and sometimes mother figure. During that time Alexandra also got her second Master's Degree, this one in Business Administration, so she could understand her new role within the company better. When May rolled in Jane Foster and Co. were already settled in Tokyo and scheduled to remain there for the rest of the year, Alexandra counted that as a small win.
"Dad, have you found a way to get in contact with the Asgardians?" she asked as she walked into Tony's lab, where he and Bruce were working on Veronica.
"Sorry kid, but we haven't, although Bruce here suggested that you could try screaming for that all seeing guy from the Myths" Tony said, Alexandra raised an eyebrow.
"You want me to stand somewhere and try shouting a Norse deity's name?" she asked, Tony shrugged "Where should I be standing?"
"You could use the landing pad" Tony suggested, Alexandra nodded at him.
Several minutes later she was standing on the lading pad wearing sunglasses and looking upwards, while Tony and Bruce watched from the laboratory.
"A YO HEIMDALL, IF YOU'RE LISTENING WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE ON EARTH AND COULD USE THOR'S KNOWLEDGE SO IF YOU SEE HIM PLEASE SEND HIM HERE, YOU ASGARDIANS ARE IN GREAT DANGER" she screamed and waited for a couple of minutes, nothing happened, she sighed before walking back into the tower.
"It didn't work" she said as she passed by the lab, Tony and Bruce nodded at her.
Since it was late in the afternoon, Alexandra ordered pizza and retired to her room for the night, she was watching Hell's Kitchen (the tv show) when it started raining, not that she noticed, nor she noticed the small thunderstorm, nor the arrival of the God of Thunder himself.
"Hey Alex, kid" said Tony from her door, she tore her gaze away from her TV and looked at her father.
"Yeah?" she asked, Tony smiled.
"Thor is here" he said, her eyes widened.
"Really?" she asked, Tony nodded.
"We'll wait for you in the living room" Tony said before leaving, Alexandra quickly changed into a pair of jeans and a SI t-shirt and went to meet Thor.
When she walked into the living room Tony and Bruce were talking to Thor about what had happened in the god's absence, she cleared her throat from the entryway and the three men turned to look at her.
"Point break, this is my daughter Alexandra" said Tony, Thor looked at her confused.
"I didn't knew you had a daughter, Stark" said Thor, Tony snorted.
"Neither did I big guy, not until a year ago or so, but yes I do have a daughter, she's a really nice kid" Tony said with a smile, Alexandra walked up to them.
"It's an honor to meet you daughter of Stark" Thor said, Alexandra smiled and nodded at him.
"Likewise son of Odin" she said, Tony placed a hand on her shoulder and motioned for her to sit.
"Now your father tells me that you have been dreaming of Asgard lately" Thor said as they were seated, Alexandra nodded.
"I've dreamt of the Convergence and I believe I've dreamt of Ragnarok too" she said softly, Thor's face reflected concern.
"How can you be sure?" he asked, she shrugged.
"I've been reading the myths to try and make sense of my dreams, there's a big wolf, Fenrir, he has been in my dreams, as has been Hela, the goddess of death, I've also seen a blonde woman dying, she looks Asgardian and important, and I've seen you," she said, Thor exchanged glances with Tony and Bruce.
"Mayhap we should speak to the All Father, he should be able to decipher your dreams," Thor proposed, and looked at Tony.
"So this is normal? My kid having prophetic dreams, you're not surprised by it?" Tony asked; Thor shook his head.
"We Aesir can sometimes get visions aided by Norns, although it's the first time that I heard of a midgardian having them" Thor explained, then looked at Alexandra "Since when do you have those dreams?"
"Since I can remember, I think, at first I thought they were common nightmares, my mother used to say it was my imagination or something to do with me being a genius" Alexandra explained, Thor frowned and nodded.
"I believe that is best if you were to travel back to Asgard with me, if you've seen Ragnarok then we must work to stop it" Thor said, then seemed to think about something "have you managed to change the outcome of your dreams?"
"Yes, I have" she answered, Tony gave her a look and she sighed "I kind of knew about Killian, I had seen the Malibu House destroyed and you on the brink death" she said looking at Tony, Tony and Bruce exchanged glances.
"But you managed to change it" Thor pressed; she nodded.
"I enlisted Jarvis and between the two of us, we upgraded security and managed to take down the three helicopters that were supposed to destroy the house, then I managed to complete a search on Killian and forwarded it to Dad, who destroyed him" she explained, Thor seemed relieved and nodded.
"Stark, I believe that its better if she comes to Asgard with me" Thor said looking at Tony who was frowning.
"She's my only kid, Point Break" Tony said; Thor nodded.
"I will protect her, no one shall harm your daughter" he promised, Tony looked at Alexandra and sighed.
"Fine, what does she needs, dresses? Armor? Can't send my kid to another realm with nothing" Tony started asking, Alexandra looked at him mortified and Tony winked at her.
"I believe a few dresses would sit well with Asgard" said Thor unhelpfully, Tony grinned.
"Perfect, tomorrow Pepper will bring one of the tailors and Thor can tell them the preferred style of Asgard!" Tony said clapping his hands.
A week and twenty or so dresses later Alexandra was ready to go, she noticed that most of her dresses resembled something out of Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones, most of them done in golden, reds and blue combinations. Alexandra had packed excessively for her trip, not knowing were she would return. She left Tony another list of High-end Hydra agents that she had remembered, including one Daniel Whitehall and Vasily Karpov, the main responsible of Howard and Maria's death. She told him about the Siberian bunker that needed to be destroyed and Tony promised to work quietly, Pepper was also there when she left.
"Take care of dad" Alexandra said, Pepper smiled at her and nodded.
"I will" Pepper answered and Alexandra pulled her into a tight hug.
"You're a really awesome person, Pep" Alexandra said, Pepper hugged her back.
"You're not half bad, Alex" Pepper said with a smile.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do kiddo" Tony said pulling Alexandra into a hug, she grinned at him.
"Wouldn't dream of it Dad" she said with a smile.
"I'll have the light saber ready for when you come back, any particular color you'd like?" he asked, she laughed.
"Blue, I'll be the greatest Jedi knight" she said, Tony nodded and pressed a kiss to her hair, then looked at Thor.
"Anything happens to her Point Break and I'll destroy Asgard Myself," Tony said nonchalantly, Thor nodded as he moved Alexandra's luggage; they were currently standing on the Tower's landing platform, Alexandra in one of her golden dresses.
"I'll protect your daughter Stark" Thor promised, he then offered his hand to Alexandra, she looked one last time at her family and took Thor's hand before Thor screamed for Heimdall to open the bifrost.