Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 10 of Iron Maiden. I want to thank those who have left reviews for this story. It truly does mean a lot to me that you are enjoying this story. I hope that you guys will continue to enjoy this story and first and fourth most enjoy this next part. Without further ado Chapter 10. ENJOY!

Chapter 10

Abigail sat on one of the chairs watching her older brother testing out the prototype of his gauntlets. Her right leg crossed over her left one as she watched with her brows furrowed together. They had been working on this for quite some time in hopes that this time there wouldn't be as much power coursing through the gauntlets to send him into any walls or anything harmful that would do some damage.

Tony clipped the wires to the chest bandolier. He brought his arm up and let off a burst of energy from his palm causing it to tip over a toolbox, scattering wrenches everywhere.

Abigail let out a breath shaking her head lightly.

Pepper came into the room slightly confused of what Tony was doing. "Thought you were done with weapons."

"It's a flight-stabilizer." Tony said as he checked it over.

"Well, watch where you're pointing your "fight-stabilizer", would you? Obadiah's upstairs - should I tell him you're in?"

"Be right up."

She left a small package on the worktable and departed the room.

Tony took off the device and turned, spotting the box. Intrigued, he tore it open to find his old chest-device, mounted in Lucite, glowing faintly. Inscribed with Proof That Tony Stark Has A Heart. He smiled softly.

Abigail got up to her feet and looked at it before patting Tony on the arm. "We should go and see what Obi wants before he gets inpatient."

Tony nodded his head. He walked up the stairs with Abigail following him up the stairs.

Obadiah set the pizza down on the table as Tony came in pacing back and forth with manic energy that he still needed to very much burn off.

"This - this is the big-big idea. It can pull the company in a whole new direction." Tony explained as he looked at Obadiah.

"That's great. Get me the design as soon as you can. We've got a hungry production line that knock out a prototype in days."

Tony looked at Obadiah getting emotional. "You know, I had a moment there where I was...reluctant...but I know now I made the best decision. I feel like I'm doing something...

right, finally. Thank you for supporting me in this."

Obadiah nodded his head. "Listen, I have something to talk to you about. I really wish you'd

attended the last board meeting like I asked you to."

"I know, I'm sorry. What did I miss?"

"The board's filed an injunction against you."

Abigail gasped softly, her eyes wide. She didn't think that someone would even think of someone filing an injunction against him.

"What?"

"They claim you're unfit to run the company and want to lock you out."

"How the hell can they do that? It's my name on the building! My ideas that drive that company."

"They're going to try. We'll fight them, of course."

"With the amount of stocks we own I thought we controlled the company."

"I don't know. Somehow they pulled enough votes together. Listen, the world doesn't share your vision, Tony. The more people have to lose, the more frightened they are of new ideas." He said as he poured three drinks. Both Tony and Abigail declined to drink them. "Now listen, I don't want you to get all in knots. You know how many times I protected your father from the wolves?"

Abigail's brow raised, even with enough people siding with one another, there was no way that they would be able to lock Tony out of the company. Something sounded fishy about the whole thing. Her mind went towards Obadaih, also filing an injunction against Tony.

Tony nodded his head still rather troubled with the whole thing of being locked out of the company.

"Get back to your lab and work some magic. You let me handle the board. Oh and Tony, no more press conferences."

Tony swallowed the lump in his throat nodding his head once again.

Abigail narrowed her eyes slightly at Obadiah feeling that something was very wrong with the whole story. She looked at her brother and patted his arm. "Come on, we have more work to complete."

Tony looked over his shoulder at his sister and nodded his head. He turned and began to head for the stairs.

Abigail gave Obadiah a sour look before she headed down the stairs following her brother. "Tony, they can't lock you out of the company. It's our name on the building. It is our company not theirs. We can get past this."

Tony looked at Abigail and nodded his head. "It is rather worrisome…"

"I know Tony." Abigail said softly as they got back into his work room. "I know it is worrisome, but we're Starks, we survive anything. It is what we are supposed to do. Survive, adapt and keep right on going. We don't let anyone keep us down. And you're doing a wonderful job with that."

Tony looked over at her and he smiled a small smile. He knew that Abigail was right with the whole thing. They always were put down and they ended up coming out of it in the end and it was something that they both had done in the past and it wasn't going to change now either.

"We got this Tony. I know Obi thinks that you don't have it under wraps but you do." Abigail said softly as she sat down to look at more of the design he was working on.

"Yea…"

"I know he doesn't like the idea of you doing this project without telling him what it is."

Tony swallowed the lump in his throat. "Yeah, but I don't know who I can trust from the company."

Abigail nodded her head. "And you trust me because I'm family and would never turn on you."

Tony's hand shot into her hair, messing it up.

Abigail let out a gasp and then giggled giving him a cheeky smile.

"We have work to do."

Abigail fixed her head and nodded her head. "He's upset that you've told me and have let me work on it with you. But he's tried to get it out of me and I won't say a word about it."

Tony kissed the top of her head. "You know that I would trust you more than anyone else." He mused softly with a smile.

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This is the end of Chapter 10. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I tried my best to add in extra lines to make the chapter longer. Please leave a review and let me know what you think of this chapter and who you would like to see Abigail with in this story. Reviews help me keep going with this story. I hope to update with a brand new chapter soon. Until next time.