Issue 2: A New Power Discovered
Manhattan, New York City.
'Uh, Tony?'
That was the voice of Pepper Potts bugging her boss enjoying his leisurely flight through the city in hi-tech armor colored red and gold. His name is Tony Stark, Playboy CEO of Stark Industries. But he is more famously known throughout the world as the Invincible Iron Man that hates being interrupted during his alone time. "I'm having me time, Pepper." Tony quipped.
'I think we have a security breach.' Pepper reported to him that something odd happened at the Stark Industries New York Facility.
"You think? What does that mean, you think? Because a security breach, that's vaguely important." Tony snarked.
Despite not taking this situation seriously, Stark decides to investigate. He flies to Stark Industries, meeting with his beautiful assistant on a rooftop as she further elaborates on the problem. "There was a massive energy surge in the south quadrant of the complex." Pepper informed him.
"Surge?" Stark commented.
"Then a five second power outage." Pepper added, while her boss removes his faceplate to reveal the handsome face with a goatee.
BGM-Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 OST-Stark Tower 4
"Outage? We can't have a power outage! It's impossible." Stark claimed, finding this suspicious.
"Exactly. Now look at this." Pepper then shows him her tablet, displaying small security footage of a mysterious green cape that was trying to hide in a shadowy corner of the facility.
"What am I looking at?" The clueless Tony commented.
"Am I crazy? Or is that a cape?" Pepper questioned, outlining the cape for her boss to notice.
"Is there anybody on the premises wearing a cape?" Tony asked.
"No." Pepper answered.
"Not even that weird intern?"
"We did a full security sweep." Pepper reassured him, stating that no employee in Stark Industries was responsible for the outage.
"You think someone was here for all of five seconds and disappeared?" Tony commented.
"I do." Pepper replied casually.
"Is anything missing?" Tony wondered.
"Only you know everything that's here." Pepper stated.
"Green cape?" Tony muttered, trying to think of anyone he knows that not only matches that description but has smarts that rivals his own to infiltrate his own building for devious purposes. One name comes to mind and it worries him enough to utter, "Uh oh."
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Castle Doom, Doomstadt. Latveria.
BGM-Marvel Ultimate Alliance OST- Castle Doom (Castle Doom ~Ambience~)
"Tony Stark is a genius. But he doesn't know the level that I am working on even exists." said Doctor Doom, being the one that broke into Stark Industries to steal classified data that will help him achieve ultimate power. The Latverian Monarch is in his alchemy lab, projecting numerous screens relating to everything Stark knows about the universe, "Ah, these marked files…" Starting with a notable mutant that has a M-shaped tattoo over his right eye, "Lucas Bishop. Time traveler, energy absorption…" Then an infamous snake-themed criminal group, "The terrorist organization Hydra has reformed under the leadership of Viper, the Madame Hydra." And finally a sinister scientist that studies mutants, "Nathaniel Essex, the one they call Mister Sinister. Power and intellect that may even match my own. Energy manipulation, organization for hire…A plan is forming. If only I could find the power to-."
Suddenly his curious eyes gaze at a holo-display of a cosmic purple crystal that intrigues Doom. "Neutronium. The rarest multiversal element that is rumored to do anything. Yet abundant in a space between dimensions first discovered by Doctor Adam Brashear. Tony Stark knows where to harvest this material." He said, reading that this element is located in some Exo-Space. "Why would Stark not use this power for himself? Why would he-?" But then he reads the complications regarding Neutronium, "I see. Their atomic structure refuse to cohere in normal space because the isometric lattices would tear themselves apart at the quantum level. But no one has what I have. It will take an elaborate plan. It will take everything at my kingdom's disposal. But I will have it." He declared, determined to harvest the most powerful substance in all creation for his selfish machinations.
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BGM-Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds OST-Theme of Dr. Doom
KFX Here: Compared to the original, the lore isn't changing that much. I should clarify that my goal for this remake is to elaborate on some key plot points. To tell the ISO-8 Saga from Doom's perspective. You will see what I mean in the next chapter.
Next Time: Harvesting the Cosmos! The Doom that Led to The Pulse!
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