The Stark Storm

by ISS1988

Tony was fighting, desperate to save the world, desperate seeing all the odds turn against him and his allies, but then an interaction with the Infinity Stones takes his mind back in time, in the young body with the memories of the next years of his life, he discovers that he is in a different universe and with that everything changes.

6. The Advance

Chapter 6

The Advance

This new year promised many things, that, just as there were things he doesn't know that can trigger events he can't predict; what he can do is prepare for the consequences; things beginWhen Jarvis shows him the files of Alkali-Transigen, a pharmaceutical group that seemed to be developing a chemical compound that genetically alters food to suppress the X-gene with the intention of creating mutants in laboratories and selling them as soldiers, they seemed to have already made progress in this area, the company and its financial collaborators were investing in a mutant factory run by someone who calls himself Ajax while they were advancing within the company already having some mutant children created in the laboratory; the director of the company, Dr. Zander Rice seemed to want to play God and Tony would do everything to stop him, he collected the files and sent them to his godfather, Charles Xavier to use his contacts in the government and end Alkali-Transigen, Tony would make sure that his collaborators saw the light and when he saw the donor for the creation of one of the children, he saw his history, he knew what he had to do. So, Tony was in the northern United States, near the border with Canada, entering a roadside bar and going to a reserved table, thewhere he sat in front of a man, stocky, muscular, smoking a cigar:

- I couldn't believe I arranged to meet you, I didn't want to come, but I decided to pay to see! - said the man:

- Do you have a sixth sense? – asked Tony:

- No! – replied the man – But, I have a feeling that you will change some things!

- Is this good or bad? – asked Tony:

- Yet to be seen! – replied the man:

- Let's start then! – said Tony placing a tablet on the table:

- What is this? – asked the man:

- Your life! – Tony replied. The man opened the tablet and spent some time looking at the pages, his eyebrows moving with each reading he made:

- That sure fills some holes! – said the man:

- What do I call you? – asked Tony:

- You can call me Logan! – Logan replied:

- Better known as Wolverine, a faction of the government gave him adamantium metal claws and they took his blood and are using it with Alkali-Transigen! – said Tony – For this!

Tony points to the tablet in Logan's hand and he flips through a few more pages and with a little reading Tony could see that he had a look of fury on his face and was flexing his fingers, apparentlywantingtake out the claws and attack:

- What the fuck is this? – asked Logan:

- That's what it is! – Tony replied – I found that out and I'm already moving!

- Warning me? – asked Logan:

- Warning you! – replied Tony – You will solve things your way, especially with the children, I have warned my godfather, Charles Xavier and he will take care of things legally, I will take care of things in the shadows exposing the partners who are financing this!

Logan was thoughtful for a moment, but he seemed to have found some understanding:

- I agree! – said Logan standing up and looked at Tony – I know who Charles Xavier is and I know he will do what is right!

- His address and number are on the tablet, when you sort things out with the children, call him and he'll give them shelter! – said Tony:

- Thanks! – grunted Logan leaving the bar; Tony paid the bill and then went back to Malibu and would follow things about this matter developing. Days after returning home, Tony saw in the news that the VistaCorp case was repertoire, surprised that it happened sooner than expected, in fact, previously the case happened in 2011, now, it happened in early 2009 with the VistaCorp engineer.,Scott Lang who was updating the systems and fixing the payment service when he was ordered to keep the errorthat causes harm to customers, Scott denied it and was fired, with what he had,presented his case to the FBI and in order to prevent the company's CEO Geoff Zorick from leaving the country, he vandalized his house; Scott admitted that what he did was immature, reckless, irresponsible and idiotic and pleaded guilty to three years in prison, but still kept Zorick imprisoned in the country for the lawsuit he filed against Scott and for the investigation his company was undergoing.,having his passport seized; having confirmed that VistaCorp was stealing from its customers, its shares were plummeting rapidly and Geoff Zorick along with other members of the company were preventively arrested; even if everyone were to pay bail, they would no longer have the company, VistaCorp would declare bankruptcy soon and sell its assets to pay the victims of the robbery; Tony has no interest in buying anything from VistaCorp and so he left this matter aside.

What interests Tony is about the news that has come out about Alkali-Transigen; in fact; Tony was exposing some of the most prominent partners in society for everyone to see their true faces; the articles that Ben Urich is writing; it is really impacting people, they are forgetting that they are mutants; they are looking at the fact that it is human trafficking to use them as weapons; This exhibition shows the connection with Alkali-Transigen, which suffered an attack by a mutant who only showed the bodies of the Reapers, a mercenary group that had cybernetic prosthetics from Alkali-Transigen itself, the confirmation of the death of Dr. Zander Rice and the release of children held in captivity, and then his godfather Charles Xavier entered announcing that the children were in his protection and being treated and that he and the government authorities were moving to arrest the criminals, according to his godfather, the Mutant Factory had disappeared leaving equipment and bodies behind and he showed Wolverine's fight against his clone X-24, Daken, to which Wolverine managed to kill him and save the children, including his daughter Laura, both the children and Logan were in the mansion and Wolverine was deciding whether to accept becoming an X-Men and teach the harsh truths of the world to children and how to deal with them.

Good news came after some time, Sharon Rogers, Capys or as the world knows, Captain America had finally fought and defeated Sinthea Schmidt, Sin; daughter of the Red Skull, giving a hard blow to Hydra sending her to RAFT.,where she would surely rot for the rest of her life as she continued to strike blows against the terrorist organization; after many years of constant fighting, Sharon was more relieved with Sin's arrest and so Tony threw a party in celebration of his victory where his friends and family were gathered. WWith this joy, Tony arrived at the Stark Expo 2010 with many plans to put into practice, including the presentation that he was sure would change the world and give his father the recognition he deserved as a weapons manufacturer; last year Tony entered with the armor; this time Iron Man would not be the main attraction, it would be the children with their projects and their presentation; his planning was going well, he would already have the Stark Tower in operation for next year and he had already started the construction of the Compound to generate more jobs and would be the location of the internships of the winners of the expo presentation; he had also started the renovation of his family's mansionthewhere he would live with his family.

At this time, the Stark Expo 2010 began, and Tony had ensured tighter security to prevent another Vanko Incident or Blackwhiplash Attack from happening again; Tony feared that due to the consequences of last year he would not have an audience, but he was wrong and it seemed that there was more audience than the previous year, which is good, but now he had to improvise an entrance; afraid that few people would show up, he just wanted to enter the stage in his own time and that was it, but now he would have to add something and with a show of lights and smoke he appeared on stage as if by magic and this still led to applause from the audience and they all received Tony in another beginning of the exhibition:

- It's good to be back! – said Tony – Another year ladies and gentlemen!

The applause continued until it died down and Tony was able to speak clearly to everyone:

- Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Stark Expo 2010! – said Tony – It's great to have you all here and especially for those of you watching online or on your television at home, I welcome you all!

The audience applauded:

- Yes! - Tony said and the applause stopped - It's good to have you here after last year, you proved that you are not willing to surrender to the whim of a mad man and with you here I hope to bring great things for you to watch and marvel at what the smartest minds in the world have to show you all! Ladies and gentlemen the future is here!

And so Tony kicked off Stark Expo 2010. He already had confirmed lectures and people wanting to see them. Jane Foster will be one of these speakers, as will Susan Storm and Reed Richards. Ben Grimm, as an astronaut, will also be a speaker. His godfather, Charles Xavier, Hank McCoy, and Dr. Jean Grey will also be speakers. Dr. Helen Cho is another speaker, and Tony hopes to approach her early to start investing and working with her on his project. Tony will talk about his projects on the last day. But for now, he is enjoying the beginning of the party. Tony is with several scientists as judges, looking at the various works that the students are presenting. Observers from other companies are also present. If Stark Industries doesn't hire them, the other companies will make a point of having these talents. Tony hides it, but he is happy to see that Peter and Harley are also present. He certainly knows that he will have both of them. In another time, they never interacted, but now he would give them that opportunity. He wanted to know what these two minds together would create, but at the same time, he was afraid of the damage they would cause, but what they would create would more than make up for the damage.

Tony started attending the events throughout the Expo, the lectures and the parties that took place after them so that the listeners could talk to the speakers. Tony attended all of them, but the one he wanted most was Helen Cho's. In this lecture, she presented her dream, The Cradle. She said that it was still under construction and development, but that in a few years it would become a reality, providing its benefits. Tony liked the lecture and, knowing that he came from a time when The Cradle was a reality and an evolution, more than ever he wanted it to become a reality as soon as possible. That's why he was at the party after the lecture waiting for his chance to talk to Helen Cho. He had arrived at the bar waiting for his chance while entertaining some people who wanted to talk to him. After they dispersed, Helen Cho seemed entertained by the conversation with some scientists:

- You almost ruined it! – said a man next to him, Tony turned and recognized him; it was Steven Strange:

- What? – Tony asked confused:

- Helen Cho is a revolutionary and you almost ruined her moment with the Iron Man thing! – explained the man:

- Do I know you? – asked Tony:

- No, but I have to express my opinion about this! – replied the man:

- Can I ask who's giving their opinion? – asked Tony:

- Doctor Steven Strange! – Steven replied:

- Well Strange! – said Tony smiling – I really appreciate your opinion and I even think we can become friends, but now I have to talk to the star of the night!

Tony left Steven Strange without waiting for his response and turned to Helen Cho:

- Dr. Cho! – Tony called:

- Dr. Stark! – greeted Helen Cho – I want to thank you for the opportunity to present my work!

- No problem! – said Tony – Your work is revolutionary and I'm sure I've seen it change the world!

- Thank you! – Cho said smiling:

- Because of this, Stark Industries wants to invest in your work! – said Tony – Our Medical Department is expanding and we want to count on your work!

- A partnership? – asked Dr. Cho:

- Of course! – Tony replied – You're doing a great job and I want to help you make it a reality as soon as possible!

- I need to think and look at your proposal carefully! – said Dr. Cho:

- I expect nothing less! – said Tony – I will send the proposal and the contract with all the details to your public email; take the time to consult your lawyers and we can discuss the proposal further once you are aware of everything!

- I appreciate that Dr. Stark! – Cho said:

- It's no problem, Dr. Cho! – said Tony – Enjoy the night, you deserve it!

Tony left her with the other people who were approaching to talk; Tony was determined to have her at Stark Industries and determined not to repeat what happened to her because of Ultron and Thor; it was these two events that drove her away and set back her work for decades; he couldn't have that, especially with something that would benefit humanity for eternity; if the one thing Helen Cho deserves is a Nobel Prize and he would help her achieve that. Finally, after a lot of partying; the closing ceremony of this year's Stark Expo began and it was this moment that Tony was waiting for, his presentation, it was time for the world to know his work; especially his father's work:

- "Ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome you tonight, Tony Stark!" – said the announcer and that was the cue and Tony entered the stage with the applause of the crowd, he waved to everyone as he headed to the center of the stage; the applause died down as Tony stood still waiting for his chance to start speaking:

- It's good to be with you tonight! - Tony said starting his presentation - As you know, I owed you a presentation last year and that's what I'm going to give you today, I've been waiting for this moment to be with you to show the world what Stark Industries has to offer!

People were applauding for a while and then they fell silent so Tony could continue:

- Let's start with something first, a work by my father, this is what I intended to present last year, a work that my father did beyond the technology of his time and only now with the evolution was I able to make my father's work real, contemplate Starkium! - said Tony and then opening his arms and the element appeared in the manipulable projection so that everyone could see it - Ladies and gentlemen, the element that my father created and with great happiness that current technology allows us to study and manipulate it!

Tony clapped his hands and the projection shrank in Tony's hands and he showed the element between his fingers:

- This is the element that makes the Ark Reactor possible; powerful green energy that can sustain my armor, it allowed me to cut my company off from the American power grid; Starkium is the future of humanity and it will be shared with everyone; it is the basis forthe Iron Legion, drones that will be used for disaster and conflict zone rescue, aid to countries in need and people who find themselves in less than ideal conditions! – said Tony showing the projection of the Iron Legion – They will be commanded and managed by the AIs created by me; with you: Jarvis!

A projection of a man dressed in a rich suit appeared:

- Good evening everyone and welcome to Stark Expo 2010! – said Jarvis:

- Friday! – said Tony.

A projection of a young redhead appeared next to Jarvis:

- Hi! – said Friday waving to everyone:

- Tadashi! – said Tony.

A projection of an Asian man who was dressed in a modern way and was still wearing sunglasses:

- Koban Wa (Good Night)! – said Tadashi:

- And Veronica! – said Tony.

A projection of a woman dressed in a business suit with black hair tied in an elaborate bun:

- Good evening everyone! – said Veronica.

Then Tony began to tell each of his projects and expectations that were forming in his company and he ended the presentation with applause from the audience that did not stop even after he had left; his presentation was a success; Tony had done his job. In the days following the end of the expo, the company's shares were taking off and this was just the beginning. The reaction was positive from everyone in relation to the company and many were calling to establish partnerships with Stark Industries;even with the patent for Starkium open; he had given the world permission to experiment with the new element, but it was Stark Industries that would stay one step ahead of the rest of the world, they would be the vanguard that would shape humanity and the Earth for centuries to come; Tony would ensure that;Everyone wanted to be part of this new revolution; everyone wanted to be by Tony Stark's side as he led the world into the future..

Tony continued with his work normally and in those days he was happy not to have to wear the armor, he had peace and could spend more time with his family and friends and for almost a month they were still talking about his presentation, they were already speculating that his father would take the posthumous Nobel Prize and that he would share the man of the year title with his father; he actually had no problem with that, Tony wanted to change the world, make it better and letra legacy for his children beyond weapons manufacturing; almost three months after the expo presentation, new news took place and the world was moving on waiting for Tony Stark's new announcement about the new element Starkium; the last news about it was that it was being studied by scientists in an independent panel to be placed in the periodic table; perhaps it is the best way to immortalize the Stark name, in the periodic table.

But, the news was taken when Tony learned that the SMASH Agents defeated the Absorbing Man and Titania, but, the news took the world when a portal opened in New Mexico bringing a being called Blastaar who wanted to conquer the Earth and the Solar System, but, the SMASH Agents prevented and sent him back through the portal, managing to close it. This allowed Reed Richards to collect data about the portal and be able to open his own portal and discover the Negative Zone, this dimension received this name because all matter is negatively charged, with the portal open, Reed began to map the place and discovered that Blastaar came from the Planet Baluur and the Baluurian Race, being the absolute ruler of the planet and wanting to expand his empire, but, Blastaar is limited by his enemy, Annihilus, the supreme ruler of the Negative Zone whom the Fantastic Four had to face and defeat him to prevent him from crossing the portal and invading Earth, it is noted that everything was recorded and automatically posted on social networks to which he had to explain himself.

Tony was watching, he couldn't have helped in any of the situations, with the SMASH agents it was the thing of the moment, without warning or prediction that it would happen, with the Fantastic Four, well, the situation occurred in another dimension, but, now with these events, doors were opened and, for sure, they would face similar situations in the future, Tony can only sigh, in the previous time he hadn't faced this; he didn't face a situation where there was the possibility of a dimensional invasion with the objective of conquering Earth, but, here we are at this moment with the world having to deal with this new situation, other dimensions are a real possibility and the public was on the internet bringing up many questions that would have to be answered.,including about dimensional travel and the benefits they could bring to the world; then the debates began and apparently would have no end date, but the fact is that it is a subject little explored and with few experts, but the closest would be Bruce Banner, Betty Ross and the Fantastic Four; it would not take long for them to ask to go to these debates.

Tony had in fact been taking care of the engravings that the Mandarin had made him find, just as the artifacts he had found in China were now in the bunker in Utah, Tony felt safer with them away from his children; he had found the original paintings in Ern's Erskine, a collector and adventurer in search of ancient and historical pieces and art alongside his partner Orson Randall; in the circle, Tony heard rumors that the two sought mystical artifacts; in any case, Tony intends to purchaserthese two paintings, the Mandarin is interested in them, so Tony will be interested; leaving that aside for the moment, Tony was working on the satellite systems he will put up; so he intends to have eyes all over the world; he already had a plan for this since he announced that he is Iron Man; with Veronica awake, his work could become easier in watching over Earth; as for watching over deep space, it was something still to be worked on, but for now Earth would be the focus, it was with the calibration of one of the satellites that was in Asian space that captured something in northern China, near the border with Russia; a settlement that certainly was not in the previous data; Tony analyzed it and looking more closely saw nothing, none of the equipment indicated anything, Tony considered this an error and discarded it.

At that moment, Tony was preoccupied with other things on his mind, first with the work he soon developed with Starkium, the Starkphone and the Starkpad; the Starkphone would be launched first, after much testing, it was finally ready to be launched, after having passed the last test which was to bring some potential consumers to test the product; there were positive responses and this gave the green light to be launched on the market; the Starkphone S1 was launched with Tony presenting the product to everyone and it was soon a sales success, everyone wanted to have one, alongside other brands that had been on the market for longer; the Starkphone S1 proved to be a strong competitor in the market, Tony would deal with the launch of the Starkpad at the end of the year, but now, he would take advantage of the success of the first cell phone launched by the company, but this success would not keep Tony from the work he had ahead of him; there was still work with the engines powered by the Ark Reactor, in addition to the new weapons designs for the USA and the allies; Tony didn't stop making weapons, in fact with what he knew, the world would need them, his father could look to Starkium to solve the world's energy problems and end the fear of the Cold War, but, he didn't believe for a moment that he wouldn't use the new element in weapons; there were still many steps to explore before reaching the final designs and finally starting to manufacture and sell; while he dedicates himself to these projects, he will also dedicate himself to projects that are already ready to be launched.

An evolution in medical equipment with an emphasis on new prosthetics that will certainly help those in need, in addition to a program to give people more access to buy new prosthetics or even receive them for free, in addition to donating new equipment to public hospitals that will certainly benefit from them; investments in medical research to advance cures for diseases that are practically incurable or in improving treatments, research for better food cultivation and also in the recovery of deforested areas or areas that were heavily used for agriculture or livestock farming, in addition to research on water purification and transforming infertile lands into fertile lands..

Tony is in his lab when Pepper with her children Laura and Richard enter:

- Tony! – Pepper called:

- Yes, dear! – Tony replied, watching his children playing with the bots and smiling at the scene that Jarvis was certainly recording:

- Starkphone sales are being a huge success! – Pepper said with a starkpad and then sliding his finger, Tony looked at the numbers on the projection in front of him:

- It's the first product! – said Tony – The first of many! Let's make a revolution and launch a challenge for all companies in the world to follow!

- Research and Development itself is having a hard time keeping up with him! – said Pepper:

- I left everything to them, I'm sure they can evolve from what I left! – said Tony – They don't need me to bring innovation!

- You're the company's futurist Tony! - said Pepper - And they're starting to learn how to work with Starkium!

- I have faith that they will succeed! – said Tony:

- And the next sectors? – asked Pepper:

- The medical sector is next! – Tony replied – The military, automotive and space sectors will be left out for now until we can get more research and development!

-So far, we've had positive reactions! - said Pepper - But, I'm preparing myself for the negative ones!

- With you by my side, I know thatwe can overcome all problems! – said Tony.

They continue to conserve until their children arrive and Tony releases the projections so his children can work on them and play with them.r, that's what Tony is doing with them, releasing his imagination; Richard appears with the design of a car in addition to the rudimentary drawing of an engine powered by an ark reactor and Laura appeared with the design of an armor with cleaner and smoother lines than the current armors, later, Tony created a folder to keep in the archives the armor that his daughter had designed; as for his son's design, Tony was working on it to see if it could be viable; in the following days, he returned to the work of Iron Man with more of them appearing, as if it were time to test the world's response; Tony was working with governments and local authorities doing everything possible to bring minimal or no casualties and always ensuring that everyone involved had the reports of the mission he had done; Tony was laying the groundwork for when the UN created the regulatory laws, the Sokovia Accords always had two sides as Tony realized; the good and the bad and it was just a matter of finding the middle ground and that's what Tony tried to do before Rogers messed everything up and he was left with his hands tied with Ross as a shadow, but this time that wouldn't happen with Ross becoming Red Hulk, but he fearedwhatTruman Marshwould play the role of Ross in this timelineand Tony was hoping that with his work, Pepper and Rhodey could lay solid foundations that couldn't be shaken.

It was then that the authorities' communications in Europe were turned to something that had happened and involved SHIELD; Tony researched it a little; he had put an alert for anything related to SHIELD to appear, and it was at that moment, researching a little more, it was a mission of the Black Widow in Eastern Europe where she infiltrated the group of bandits of Lucia Von Bardas to which SHIELD discovered that she was financing and equipping groups of criminals with weapons and technologies and receiving a percentage of the robberies as a form of payment for these technologies; it was also discovered that Lucia Von Bardas herself was also technologically enhanced; she had practically become a cyborg; Black Widow's orders are to gather evidence and destroy the structure that Lucia Von Bardas operates; with that, after weeks of infiltration, Black Widow attacks causing great damage and bringing down the entire structure of Lucia Von Bardas; her bandits are taken down and Natasha fights against them until she becomes the leader; Lucia Von Bardas in all her technological splendor; they fight; Von Bardas has the advantage of being a cyborg and having super strength, never getting tired and not needing anything to sustain herself other than the energy source to power her electronics, but Black Widow could fight better and could adapt better and so she had some advantage, the fight lasted and Natasha was injured when she finally defeated Lucia Von Bardas, but she escaped and Natasha soon after received help and was transported to the SHIELD base where she received treatment; from everything that happened, Natasha got a name that provided the technology that Lucia sold and that is an important name, The Agent.

With this name, Nick Fury put Agent 13 and Harpy together to investigate and get to him. First they looked for him, taking advantage of Lucia Von Bardas' connection, they set out from there to start tracking her supplier and thus going through anyone who might have the slightest contact with The Agent, always getting a new name, going after that name, interrogating him, getting a new name and then going after the new name going through a cycle, but, importantly, they were discovering criminal schemes that other law enforcement agencies could work on until finally after much chasing they found his base of operations; initially they infiltrated silently to learn about the place and if they could find identifiable faces and what was the surprise of the two when they found The Agent as Richard Mason, a SHIELD agent; a traitorous SHIELD agent with a criminal side and with that both were not surprised when they were caught, after all this is a SHIELD agent who knows all the ways of the field agents and that is why they were received with bullets, thanksthethe vests they were wearing on their clothes were able to react by fighting the bandits until they managed to reach The Agent and both fought him, managing to defeat him with great effort, but he used a trick by blowing up his base to escape and make it impossible for him to be followed; Nick Fury was not satisfied when they gave him the report, there was only anger and an order to capture Richard Mason for interrogation, but there was a certainty that when it was done and he had nothing more to say, he would disappear permanently.

There was a commotiondue toanother action by Captain America; Sharon had left for another mission to attack Hydra and had achieved another blow; armed with her spear, she infiltrated one of its bases in the United States, bypassing all the soldiers with the help of SHIELD in a joint attack with the FBI and SWAT for the sole purpose of finding and capturing Viper; Ophelia Sarkissian is a disciple of Elisa Sinclair, Madame Hydra, Ophelia was soon working to rise to the top of Hydra's command; It was through her that she could reach Madame Hydra and thus take out another head of the organization, but when they got there, she had fled and then went through three more Hydra bases until finally Sharon found her in a base in Portugal and realized that she had submitted herself to the super soldier experiments with the improved serum that the Red Skull used, with that the fight intensified, Sharon gave evacuation orders while fighting Viper and the fight between Viper and Captain America caused destruction of part of the base, with her efforts, she managed to arrest Ophelia Sarkissian and as Sin, she was sent to the Raft.

Now Tony was following the events regarding the SMASH Agents, this time they faced three changed by the Leader who called themselves the Gamma Warriors, in Oklahoma, they managed to detect three individuals with gamma signatures who were causing devastation wherever they went; the first seemed to have the power to control electricity in addition to generating and wrapping it around his body like armor and this electricity varied in color, at times golden and at others it appeared green with the name of Zzzax; another who identified herself with Ogra by the apparent physical deformity and her green skin clearly shows that she was the first to experience She-Hulk and the third called herself Gargoyle, her gray body and a head larger than most indicated that the Leader tried to make a version of himself and a giant brown man who looked really crazy and ironically, he called himself Crazy; they fought and soon saw that Gargoyle was genius level and had made weapons that they had no problem using; Zzzax used his electricity in combat involving the agents, Ogra with weapons made by Gargoyle and his Hulk-level strength began to take down the agents, Gargoyle with his weapons were hurting the agents; Gargoyle and Ogra saying they were better than them and Zzzax bragging that he is insurmountable and the Madman just beating them, but, Red Hulk managed to recover using the only weapon of his that Zzzax did not destroy and this weapon was prepared for him ending up trapping him and inhibiting his powers and then being able to get a reaction, the surrounding area was devastated, but, they managed to trap all the Gamma Warriors and thus they could be identified; Christian Charles is Zzzax, Diane Davids is the Ogra, Yuri Topolov is the Gargoyle and incredibly, Phil Sterns, Samuel Sterns' brother is the Madman; Tony was not surprised to learn that the Leader has no problem experimenting on his own brother.

Thor was back as Jane Foster reported, he always came regularly, managing to balance between his duties with Asgard and the relationship they had and happy to talk about all the adventures he had, but, this new adventure he spent in Japan in Tokyo facing Amatsu-Mikaboshi, the King of Chaos; the God of Evil, Chaos and the Stars for Shintoism; Heimdall saw this happening and warned Thor who came with his children, Lorride, Thrud and Uller who wanted to meet their father's new love, the four set out to fight Amatsu-Mikaboshi, a deity who wanted to bring Ragnarok sooner and thus conquer the Norse pantheon and have the strength to conquer the other pantheons, including the Greek; the fight devastated the center of Tokyo, but, they defeated the god and sealed him in Yomi, the land of the dead in Shintoism. The Japanese government could do nothing against Thor and his sons for the damage since it was clearly an act of God and Mikaboshi's appearance made real the divine existence among mortals that was not limited to the Norse pantheon.

After a few missions, Hawkeye made himself appear and still related to the Circus of Crime, he had arrested or killed the members of the circus, except for the two Clowns, Eliot Franklin and Kazimierz Kazimierczak; both were not at the time and between missions, Clint worked to track them until he got a pattern, the Clowns within the Circus of Crime are the assassins and mercenaries, the best within the circus, both Clint and his brother Barney were quoted to be placed in that category; anyway, Clint found them and went after him to which he started a fight throughout New York City against Kazimierz Kazimierczak with his white face mask and clown contours, no sign of Eliot Franklin; the fight ended with the death of Clown and an investigation later showed that Eliot Franklin had joined the Leader, with that, Clint gave the tip and the information to the SMASH Group. With this information SMASH found Eliot Franklin in Orlando, Florida where they went to him and fought him, now, instead of Clown, he acquired a green muscular body with wings and sharp claws and was calling himself Griffin and, in addition, he had super strength, it was an intense fight; fortunately the city was not destroyed and Griffin was trapped.

Tony hadn't realized it yet, but as he and other people with powers act, more powerful people emerge, whether for good or for evil; this time he was watching the news from England, the revelation about the existence of Union Jack and Spitfire; the super soldiers of Great Britain; who had already been acting for a long time, but in secret in Great Britain and were now free for everyone to see this happening, this time it was the Hydra cell inside England that acted to target and kill the entire government structure for them to take over; Union Jack and Spitfire worked together to protect the Prime Minister throughout the city as Hydra agents turned London into a battlefield, these agents were being commanded by the Master, one of the many heads of Hydra, but in the end, they had unexpected help from the Master's daughter, Laura Brown, who revealed that her father Arnold Brown is the Master and thus they were able to attack, expelling Hydra from England and causing the Master's death; Laura Brown, with her help, was given custody to Nick Fury who placed her in the ranks of Shield under the name Agent G as protection against retaliation and to check if she was telling the truth in being against Hydra. At that time, while Union Jack and Spitfire were involved against the Master, Existence attacked Black Lion, Gloriana and Psylocke; while Hydra was causing chaos in London, James Braddock Jr., Existence attacked his family with his mutant powers; using the reality distortion powers he managed to catch them; it was a fierce battle, but Betsy Braddock, Psylocke has her telepathic and psychic powers and can combat the powers of her older brother, Brian Braddock, the Black Lion and Meggan Braddock, Gloriana with her powers managed to help Psylocke, it was a battle within everyone's minds, but in the end, they managed to defeat Existence and send him to jail with a power inhibitor.

Now, the news brings about the X-Men's newest fight, this time from what is reported, they fought against a man who was copying the X-Men's powers and attacking back, he had no intention of doing anything other than attacking the X-Men; the news sites were calling him Mimic; Tony saw the images seeing the much reduced team fighting against Mimic, of course he was only copying the powers of those who were in the fight, Tony knew if there was a problem the rest of the team was ready to act when necessary, but at that moment it was the strategy of limiting the number of fighters, but the fact is that he had copied the Phoenix's powers and he was protected against psychic attacks, only having close contact left to take him down; that's what happened, one thing that Mimic certainly wasn't aware of is the weaknesses of the powers that the X-Men were exploiting very well and without revealing to the cameras, in the end he ended up being knocked out and arrested with power-suppressing handcuffs; so he can be identified, Calvin Rankin, mutant, motivated by the paranoia that the X-Men would bring the end of the mutant population and that they should be exterminated; it's not a surprise, many would say that Charles Xavier's pacifist ways of coexistence between species should not be taken seriously, something that mutants and normal humans agree on, but that doesn't take away from the fact that Rankin is a dangerous mutant and if he had access to the powers of all the members of the X-Men, he would be unstoppable.

Soon after the X-Men, the Fantastic Four once again made the news of the moment, this time they faced the Red Ghost who was commanding three super intelligent monkeys that almost acted as super soldiers against the quartet in addition to one controlling metal and another transforming into solid, in addition to the Red Ghost who could become intangible; It was a fierce fight against a megalomaniac who claimed to have the right to dominate the world with his powers and superior intellect and of course a dose of envy of Reed Richards for his intellect, but, in the end with many injuries, the Red Ghost was defeated and then an investigation was carried out into his life, Ivan Kragoff, a former Soviet scientist who participated in the space race and was one of the pioneers in taking animals with him into space and that's what he did with the three monkeys and just like the Fantastic Four, they were also bombarded by cosmic radiation that gave them powers and since then they were hidden from the Winter Guard, the group of heroes from Russia; hidden until Kragoff saw the Fantastic Four and became jealous; jealous of them who were free to exercise their powers however they wanted; in fact; it was not a good time for the Russians who had to explain Kragoff; they were happy to have Russia out of the negative news and now they had to dance once again to escape the negative press because of Kragoff's madness.

It seemed like this year would be quite busy, Tony was seeing it in the news, as well as it seemed like the emergence of new heroes and in this case welcome if it meant saving more people, a safer world from those who want to dominate everything and everyone; as Iron Man and before going back in time, Tony came across some very serious things that throw everything that was known about the world in which we live in the trash; the weird and the absurd became the new normal, but, there were things that were never revealed to the general public with the excuse that they were not ready for or prepared and that this could generate a wave of chaos, but, Tony feels that he can tell people about the truth to the world, that at every step they will be ready to see how the world really works; to see the world for real; Tony has this faith; he believes.