Chapter 16 Iron Man 2

Serendipity's point of view

"OK everyone, I know you're tired, but we have one more movie to watch tonight before we retire for the evening, and it's Iron Man 2. Metatron can you read the synopsis?"

"Sure. With the world now aware that he is Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from all sides to share his technology with the military. He is reluctant to divulge the secrets of his armoured suit, fearing the information will fall into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts and Lieutenant Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes by his side, Tony must forge new alliances and confront a powerful new enemy."

Anton and Ivan

"Who's that?"
"The guy in the bed is Anton Vanko, the guy standing over him is his son Ivan"

An unfortunate consequence of the arc reactor

Pepper's point of view

"What's that thing?" Constance asked
"I built it to measure the toxicity of my blood. As a consequence of prolonged use of both the palladium core of the arc reactor and the suit, I developed a form of blood poisoning that I had to keep a close eye on and drink this repulsive chlorophyll smoothie to counter the symptoms"
"That sounds a little bit like what I have to do because I've got Diabetes." said Stacey "I have to test my blood sugar regularly, eat a properly balanced, healthy diet which includes all food groups in set quantities, eat at specific times every day, and give myself injections of insulin after every meal and before bed every day, and I'll have to do that for the rest of my life unless there is progress in how diabetes is treated. I have to be extremely careful. Diabetes is a lifelong autoimmune disorder in which the pancreas - a leaf shaped organ on the left-hand side of the abdomen - fails to produce insulin - a hormone which is used to break down sugars in food - I have what is now known as Type 1 brittle diabetes - that means it's unstable and therefore a lot harder to treat. My sugars will suddenly and inexplicably plummet or rise, and then I'm in big trouble. I have to get my flu and pneumonia shot every winter because if I don't, and I get flu or pneumonia I could have very serious consequences. A few years ago - before my parents both passed - I came from Stoneybrook to visit my father in New York City, and I was having odd sugar readings and wound up in the hospital. I was there for two and a half weeks, and it was because I had bronchitis, flu, a throat infection and an ear infection. My sugars were off the charts high, and they were unusually out of control. Firstly, they tried giving me my regular insulin injections, but they'd stopped working properly, so they had to put an IV drip right into my veins which lowered my sugars too much, so then they had me mix two different types of Insulin and that made a difference. The doctor suggested that because I was starting puberty, my sugar levels went haywire. I have been fitted for a pump, but I still have to carry my injection kit at all times as well as spare batteries and lines for the pump."

"You're right it is similar."
"The consequences of using the palladium core and the suit were going to have a massive consequence if I didn't find a replacement core… I had about 6 weeks in total in which to do it and then the end would come."

The fiasco with the senate

"Well, you can forget it. I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one. To turn over the Iron Man suit would be to turn over myself, which is tantamount to indentured servitude or prostitution, depending on what state you're in."

"Way to make that inane creep of a senator squirm Tony!"
"He deserved every bit of it"

"When I went to get your lunch, I thought about what you said and I started laughing."

"I'm glad I made you laugh, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the palladium poisoning, I should have told you, but I didn't want anyone to know."

Monte Carlo

"First vacation I'd had since 1991 and it totally backfires

Elon Musk

"The guy who owns Twitter and Tesla? Those cars are U.G.L.Y."

"I know"

Making Pepper CEO

"You wanted to kiss her didn't you?"
"Yes"

Enter the S.H.I.E.L.D. shadow (Natasha Romanoff)

"Nat!"

"In disguise"

"Not the worst job I've ever done for S.H.I.E.L.D."

Hammer's revenge

"Justin Hammer has hated me since I was a kid"

The omelette

"I appreciate the attempt Tony but cooking isn't your speciality"
"I'm not bad at making pasta… now I mean"
"Yeah, but back then…"

"I know I'm sorry Pep."

Not everyone runs on batteries Tony

"That's true"
"I wish you would have let me help you"

The Birthday Party disaster

"I don't drink alcohol you know that"
"Yeah because you're allergic and it would kill you but this incarnation of you does"

Fight with Jay

"You planned this didn't you?"
"Yes"

Bitter and alone

"I was angry… because I was now completely on my own"

"Sir, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut!"

"Fury you son of a bitch"

Fixing this will not be easy

"There is a way though, right?"
"Yes there was"

Dad's secrets

"You were a good dad but this incarnation of me doesn't believe so"

"I guess his version of me wasn't"

Coulson

"Supernanny is a really cool show. All the stuff I've learned about babysitting has either come from being in the baby-sitters club or from that show.

Stark Industries

"So you had Hammer fulfil this?"
"I had to Tony, you were out of the game"

Howard's legacy

"This version of Howard was obviously much more emotionally stunted than I am and it's probably got something to do with his childhood… if it was anything like mine"

Did you bring me strawberries? Did you know there's only one thing on earth that I am allergic to?

"Jeez Pepper, he tried. He didn't want to tell you because it would have meant telling you how he felt about you, give the guy a break!"

"Yeah on screen me is a bit of a bitch"

"The on-screen version of you, is Gwyneth Paltrow playing herself!"

"Yeah Lisa Kudrow would have been better"

"She would have"

Fixing the Arc Reactor

"Hardware mode?"

"Yeah"

Hammer playing hard ball

"Hammer is a prick!"
"I can think of a stronger word… 4 letters, begins with c ends with t."
"That's exactly what he is"

The Stark Expo

"This looked pretty cool from the auditorium until the War Machine armour started acting up"

The drone disaster

"Oops!"

"I think it's adorable that you're trying to help"

The truth slips out

"That's how you found out?"
"Yes"

"Natashalie… this is your moment"

"Was that you Peter?"
"Yep… My confirmation name is Anthony because of you."

"Wow"

"That's so sweet"

"When I had to write about this in school, my teacher said the same thing."

"Yay Widow!"

"Sorry Pepper"

"Pepper could whip your ass from one side of New York to the other

Rescuing Pepper

Tony rounded on me, his brown eyes glowing amber with rage.

"Virginia Anne Potts! When there's a drone coming at you, you run from it with extreme prejudice! You do not stand there like a lemming and wait for it to blow up and harm you!" he said sternly.

"Duly noted"

"What if I hadn't been able to get to you on time?"

"Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!" chanted the teens

The kiss on the rooftop

"Knew it!"

Two seals fighting over a grape

"Two seals fighting over a grape?"

Get a roof!

"Get a roof indeed!"

The award ceremony

"Karma is a bitch Stern and she took one hell of a bite out of you!"

"Iron Maiden rule!" cried Peter
"That's AC/DC" Tony corrected

"They're STILL not a patch on Bon Jovi!"

"Nope, they're not"

"All right everyone it's bedtime."