Casting
Elizabeth 'Betty' Ross is played by Liv Tyler
Gemma Simmons is played by Elizabeth Henstridge
Hope Pym is played by Evangeline Lilly
Chapter 2
Peter was sitting back at home doing some thinking about his future plans. He was in particular contemplating the infinity stones. The soul stone was currently on the planet Vormir being guarded by the Red Skull A.K.A. Johann Schmidt. The space stone was contained within the tesseract which was in the possession of SHIELD here on Earth. Presumably Thanos currently had the mind stone in its scepter form. The reality stone was contained within the Aether located in some kind of pocket dimension Jane Foster located in some sort of pocket dimension or possibly one of the nine realms that Jane had accessed by the convergence. The power stone was hidden inside of a container on the planet Morag. Its container was an orb. And of course the Ancient One had the time stone contained within the Eye of Agamotto. He wasn't sure how to get the soul stone without sacrificing that which he cared most about, a person. Peter hadn't been in this universe long enough to really care about anyone that much. But he knew that would change with time.
Right now he was becoming very friendly with Tony. He was very fond of both Betty and Gemma. But even if any of them were the one he cared most about, he wasn't willing to sacrifice any of them. The tesseract would admittedly be fairly easy to swipe from SHIELD. The scepter would come to Earth if he didn't do anything. Taking it from Thanos would not be anywhere close to easy. The Aether may be reachable with a sling ring. The power stone would be easy to reach. Trying to take the time stone from the Ancient One at his current power level would be foolish. Taking any of them would derail his knowledge of MCU canon. Plus there was the TVA to worry about. The Time Variance Authority if it even existed in this universe could try to zap him from existence if he started meddling in events like that. Peter was thinking that maybe the TVA didn't exist because of his mere presence. Peter would admit that the TVA's existence while an interesting TV show had somewhat invalidated all previous MCU events. It made the struggles of the Avengers and others in the MCU seem trivial by turning the infinity stones into trinkets that were powerless outside of spacetime. Personally Peter hoped it didn't exist. He rather hoped divergent universes already existed in the MCU.
Peter decided to try a test. He thought his powers were far enough along for it to work. To that end, Peter opened a sling ring portal to the planet Morag.
Morag
Peter stepped through the portal into the temple on Morag bypassing any traps. The sling ring portals were really such a bullshit power. But Peter wasn't complaining. Instead he eyed the orb suspended in the forcefield. He had no idea if this would work. But it was worth trying. He took a large steel ball bearing out of his pocket having procured it for just this purpose. He focused on using his sorcerer magic to transform the surface of the ball bearing to match that of the orb. Then he layered a permanent illusion onto it for good effect. He had already hollowed out the ball bearing to decrease the weight. Last he cast another spell on the ball bearing which would give it an aura of power that matched the feel of the orb he sensed nearby reasonably well. This is for any who might be sensitive to such things.
Peter focused on the force-field. He opened a portal above and below the orb. Opening two portals at the same time was tricky, but something he had found worth the effort. The fake orb fell into the force-field just as the real orb containing the power stone fell through the bottom and into Peter's hands through the small portal that had just opened up over his hand. Peter held the power stone and grinned. He tucked it into one of his pocket dimensions having no intention of using it for now. Just having it would give him an avenue for research and experimentation. He opened a portal up back to Earth and stepped through. He had much to think on.
"Where are we?" Sterns asked.
"This is a space station on one of the asteroids in the Kuiper belt. Peter insisted we need it. Now we're both here to find out why," Tony said. "The floor is yours kid."
"Because of this," Peter said as a strange looking plant was revealed from invisibility in the middle of the station.
"What is that?" Sterns asked fascinated by the plant's appearance.
"This is a seed left on Earth by a celestial named Ego," Peter replied.
"What the hell is a celestial?" Tony asked.
"That is a long story. Let me explain," Peter said before launching into the explanation of a celestial.
"So essentially god-like beings," Tony summarized.
"Essentially, yes. Ego left his seed here because he plans to expand all over the universe consuming life on the planets he expands to through his seeds. This is essentially an extension of Ego's being and contains all that he is. Ego simply lacks the energy for now until he finds
another celestial. He has been siring children on humanoid species all throughout the universe. I plan to get you blood samples of a half human half celestial son of Egos to work with," Peter said.
"To what end?" Sterns asked. "What are you asking me to do?"
"I need you to design a modified clone body that has the power of a celestial. Beings of this power work on something called the power cosmic which you're going to find radiating from this thing. I would also like it to have at least a tenth the strength of the Hulk like you've been working on and one more genetic mutation I will get a blood sample for, a powerful telepath," Peter explained.
"You don't ask for much kid," Tony said. "Even if you had such a body what good would it do you? How would you get into it?"
"Either I purchase mind transfer technology on some alien world. I'm sure it exists. Or I know of a telepath here on Earth who is powerful enough to transfer me," Peter said while thinking of Charles Xavier.
"You're asking me to essentially make you a body that is powerful enough to be considered a god. How do you know it is even possible?" Sterns asked.
"I believe anything is possible. It may take a lot of work and years. But I believe it is possible. The fate of half of all life in the universe depends on it," Peter said.
"You want to explain that statement kid?" Tony asked.
"I've seen a threat. There isn't a lot of detail yet. But a being that wants to wipe out half of all life in the universe will be coming for what it needs to do it. This body could stop it," Peter explained.
"I'll do my best. But I need help," Sterns admitted. Peter conjured illusions.
"Gemma Simmons and Betty Ross," Peter said as he held up illusions of the two women in question. "Both are brilliant. Gemma is still working on her PhD. But she is already in training to become a member of SHIELD. I've convinced her to work on this project part time. Betty Ross is also willing to work remotely part time. Both ladies will be remote."
"Why remote?" Tony asked. "You could portal them anywhere in the world." Sterns had been let in on more of Peter's secrets as Tony and Peter got to know him.
"Do not tell them that," Peter said looking slightly pained. Peter fixed both men with a look. "Look, I'll be honest. Betty and Gemma are both friends with benefits of mine."
Both men appeared stunned and it was Tony who said, "I'm impressed kid. But isn't Betty a little old for you?"
"Every time I'm with her I'm wearing a slight illusion that makes me look a few years older. She knows I'm younger than her. She just thinks I am in my 20's," Peter explained.
"That sounds like an awfully dangerous game. That being said, I think I could use your help with ladies in the future," Sterns said. "Maybe an illusion to cover my head and some advice?"
"I can help with that," Peter assured.
"Ok. So basically you want these two ladies helping Sterns but without getting too friendly with one another," Tony said. "So they don't figure out you are banging both."
"Essentially. I don't mind if they become friends. I just don't want them to talk about their sex lives for now. I have more friends with benefits to develop," Peter said with a grin.
"Someday I would really like to hear all you are planning," Tony admitted. "This sounds fascinating. For now I'll put Jarvis on distraction protocol. Anytime they get too close to talking about their sex lives he'll make their connection go spotty or announce something pressing."
"That's why I love working with you Tony. You get it," Peter said.
Peter was yet again sitting contemplating plans. His life had drastically improved recently. Peter was filthy rich and growing richer by the day thanks to Parker-Stark technologies. May had been surprised when her nephew had informed her that he was in business with Tony Stark. She hadn't believed it until Tony had shown up and confirmed it. Tony made up some bullshit about Peter being a genius that between the two of them had created technology that was going to change the world.
Peter had purchased a house next to Tony's in Malibu. He could easily afford it. It hadn't even put a sizable dent in his growing bank account. Moving to California for now had made Ned sad. But Peter could be anywhere in the world in moments. He had just decided to do "home schooling" for his schooling. Tony had told May that he would hire private tutors for Peter, not that Peter needed it.
Peter's current thoughts as he lay in his new home's bedroom was how to gain a certain technology sooner than he knew he could get it in canon MCU. That technology was in fact Hank Pym's Ant-Man tech. It was arguably one of the MCU's most fantastic technologies. When later combined with the genius of Tony Stark, Pym's technology allowed the bearer to travel through time at will. Peter had already installed back doors into Pym Technologies computer systems that would allow him to get the technology when Darren Cross re-created it. But that wasn't until 2015. It was currently 2008. Peter didn't think there was a chance of
infiltrating Pym's residence undetected and taking the Ant-Man tech. He briefly contemplated trying to take it by force. The possibility existed that Pym could get away with the tech and go into the wind. Hope with the help of Darren Cross had just ousted her father from Pym Technologies. Even though father and daughter were at odds, if Peter did go after the Ant-Man tech and forced her father to go into the wind he knew there was no chance of Hope willingly sleeping with him.
"If only I knew of Janet Pym's location in the quantum realm and how to get back out I could use that carrot to get what I want," Peter thought.
Suddenly the information on Janet Pym appeared in Peter's mind.
"Keep up the good work. Use this wisely," Harry's voice appeared in Peter's mind just after the information.
Peter's eyebrows raised. It appeared even his private thoughts weren't private. But after a moment he just shrugged. There was nothing he could do about it. Instead he realized the bargaining chip he had just been given. He also decided he wanted to be screwing Hope before he approached her father even if the two weren't talking right now. He made sure he had a probe watching Hope for the perfect opportunity. He had thought his club approach to picking up the women he was after was going too smoothly. Now he suspected some divine intervention from a certain Harry Potter shaped being. Peter wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. If it kept working for picking up the gorgeous MCU women he was just going to go with it. What better location was there to get into a booty call relationship with women. They weren't going to a club for a boyfriend at the moment.
A Few Days Later
Hope Pym strolled into the club dressed in a tight short skirt that displayed her assets for all to see. She couldn't explain why she had decided to pick up a guy at the local club other than she had a certain itch between her legs that only a man could scratch. It might also have amused her somewhat to think of how upset her father would be if he learned she had picked up some strange cock for a one-off. Her eyes landed on a handsome man who appeared to be in his mid twenties if she had to guess standing near the bar. At 29 Hope was almost out of her twenties. If she were considering a relationship he would be too young for her. But she wasn't considering a relationship. Hope strode towards him. His eyes were on hers.
"Hi," Hope greeted. "I'm Hope. Fancy a drink and a dance?" Hope boldly asked. "Sure. The name is Peter," Peter replied. "Which first, dance or drink?" "Dance," Hope said before taking his hand and leading him out on the dance floor.
Peter's Hotel Room
Begin Smut Scene
Hope lay on the edge of the bed, her skirt up around her hips, and her thong long gone. She couldn't help but moan approvingly as Peter's skilled tongue feasted on her perfect pussy flesh. It had been too long since a man had tasted her snatch. His skilled tongue quickly brought her to one orgasm. As she finished on his face, Hope couldn't help but be amazed how turned on he seemed to be from the expression in his eyes. She watched him stand up, his pants already gone and his cock rock hard. She made to sit up and reach for his dick to help him out, intending to return the favor a bit. He caught her wrist.
"As much as I would love to feel you suck my cock later, I am so incredibly turned on. You are beyond gorgeous. I would really like to bury my dick in you right now," Peter said.
"Please, do it," Hope urged as she relaxed back and spread her legs wider.
Peter with his right hand on his dick guided the tip to Hope's juicy gash. He quickly found her opening and started to press into her. She moaned as he stretched her open, slowly burying his hardness into her juicy cunt. His groin pressed firmly against her mound before he paused allowing Hope to adjust to his considerable size. He was leaning forward with his hands resting on either side of Hope. Only his spider-powers allowed him to grip the floor with his bare feet at this angle. He drew half his length back and watched it slide out of Hope's pussy. Then he reversed direction driving his hardness home in her softness. Peter began sawing in and out of Hope's clasping sleeve with a slow yet steady pace. He was in no hurry to cum. Her eyes were half lidded with lust as she really began to enjoy taking some dick. Then he started in on the bioelectric treatment.
Hope felt amazing. Having a guy screwing her pussy had never felt this good. She had always enjoyed sex. But Peter was on another level. His hardness was just what she needed to scratch that itch. It touched all the right places inside of her. She could tell he was in for giving her a good long screw. That was exactly what she wanted. She met his gaze several times which was intense. She could see his lust for her in his eyes. It was like he was drinking in her beauty. She had never felt as desirable before as she did in that moment. Of course guys tended to stare at her. But with Peter it was like he couldn't get enough of her. She was giving him all he wanted as he slipped his thick tool to and from her core. Her legs were spread and supported by his arms. He leaned down and captured her lips in a toe curling kiss. She happily returned the kiss and started massaging his tongue with hers, sucking on his tongue a little like she intended to do with his dick later. He had a wonderful cock.
Peter lost track of time and simply enjoyed the experience of fucking Hope Pym. His right hand slowly shifted around exploring her body as he continued to carve out her insides. He cupped her breasts one at a time, ran his hands over her toned tummy, her hips, and played with her butt. His dick gradually grew more sensitive as he screwed into her. At times he paused in his thrusting to allow himself to cool down in terms of sensitivity. The feeling of her tight cunny
gripping every inch of him as he moved his hardness back and forth through her confines was amazing. He had lusted after this woman on screen for many years in his old life. Now he was stretching her pussy and thinking what it would be like to bury his bone inside of her and inject her with his cum. He decided she was going to cum first and they would switch positions. To that end he began ramping up his bioelectric dance with her snatch.
"Oh wow," Hope whispered. "Fuck me. Fuck me harder."
Peter picked up his pace of screwing his prick to and from her gash. Hope didn't feel like she was going to last much longer before she came. He was driving into her with considerable force now. She felt her belly muscles tightening up. She was getting closer and closer. She cried out as her orgasm hit her. She began cumming on his cock. He skewered her snatch through her resistance. Her climax slowly waned to pleasant after tingles before he pulled out.
"Turn over," Peter ordered.
Hope rolled onto her front and immediately felt him take hold of her hips. He manipulated her so that she was standing bent over the bed. He held her left hip as his right hand guided his prick back home in her cunt. He hit a different angle now as he began sliding his sausage back and forth into her cunt. Hope put her head down and just relaxed while enjoying the sensations of his prick being buried into her cunt over and over.
Peter meanwhile was standing up straight. His hands were on Hope's hip as he admired the sight of her. Her ass was gorgeous. He watched his dick glistening with her juices as he pulled back before shoving it forward into her receptive quim. He had a probe cloaked in the room floating around taking video footage of different angles. Using his bioelectric energy to relax her, Peter popped his thumb into her ass. Hope groaned and took it, her cunt gripping him tightly at the intrusion.
"When I cum...where do you want it?" Peter asked.
"Inside. I'm on the pill," Hope replied.
Hope felt Peter throb inside of her when she told him to cum inside. It obviously turned him on thinking about burying his bone within her and pumping her full of his seed. She felt him speed up the pace of his thrusts. She was losing track of time again as she just lost herself in the sensation of being stretched by his hardness. Her nerve endings were alight with pleasure. The angle he was penetrating into her was so deep. She couldn't help but moan in pleasure as he thrust into her again and again. She felt him lean down over her and bring his mouth to her ear.
"Fuck you're so tight," Peter whispered in a deep voice. "I can't get enough of your tight cunt. Being buried deep in your pussy, feeling my balls slap off of your thighs, looking at your beauty is the greatest feeling in the world. Then to know I am going to pump my load into your tight snatch as you cum on my cock is the hottest thought. Are you ready to take my load?"
"Yes," Hope hissed. She began pushing her butt back, driving her rump against his groin while clenching her kegel muscles around his girth. "Fuck me."
Peter really started thrusting into Hope, careful not to hurt her with his enhanced strength. Hope took the dicking like a champ, welcoming his hard length over and over into her hungry little pussy. Hope was so close to creaming herself on his cock. She gripped the bedsheets tighter as her partner drilled into her core. Each deep plunge of his dick sent a surge of sensation flowing through her cunny. His groans were deep as she could tell he was getting closer. She felt a surge of energy in her core that set her off as he began cumming inside of her. He buried his bone in her sleeve and gave involuntary short thrusts as his hot seed burst into her. Hope's orgasm was more powerful than before as she cried out and ground herself back against his hardness. It felt so good for both of them. Peter felt the euphoria flood his mind as intense pleasure ran through his dick, balls, and lower region. He pinned her with his cock as he released everything he had into her for some time. Hope collapsed forward as he rode her down, remaining buried in her juicy quim.
"Fuck that was intense," Peter said quietly. "Yes, yes it was," Hope said in a raspy tone. "You fuck wonderfully." "Thank you," Peter said. "Sleep for a bit and then maybe an encore?" Hope suggested. "I'd love to," Peter agreed. The two cuddled up in the bed and fell asleep. End Smut Scene
Hope got her encore. She spent the entire next day in bed with him. Peter got a shot at her ass which he happily took much to both of their enjoyment. They exchanged contact info for when he would be passing through regularly.
Pym Residence "Can I help you?" Hank Pym asked as he answered the door.
"I think we can help each other. My name is Peter Parker," Peter said. "I know how to get your wife back. Might I come in so we can discuss it?"
Hank was stunned. He recovered quickly and stepped to the side. Peter could already tell Hank had several surprises waiting for him if he didn't behave.
"Do you want to elaborate on that?" Hank asked. "And what are you after?"
"I'll be perfectly blunt. I help you get Janet back and you give me the Ant-Man technology," Harry said.
"I love my wife more than anything. But before I'll hand over such dangerous technology I need to know more about you. I need to know that you aren't going to abuse it," Hank said. "Please sit down," He said as he gestured towards a couch in what was obvious his living room. When they were seated Hank said, "Why do you want the Ant-Man technology?"
"I am an enhanced individual. Have you heard of Spider-Man who intervened in the incident in Harlem with the Hulk and Abomination?" Peter asked.
"Of course," Hank confirmed.
Peter leapt onto the ceiling and stuck there, startling Hank a bit. Peter quickly leapt back down and resumed his seat.
"Ok. So, one of my lesser known side abilities is that I can very rarely get glimpses of possible futures or knowledge that would be damn hard to come by using conventional means. I believe there is a threat coming to Earth in the future. A being named Thanos wants to eliminate half of all life in the universe because of some misguided idea that it will help with overpopulation and overutilization of resources," Peter explained.
Hank Pym was a genius scientist.
"That's idiotic. The human population was at around 2 billion in the 1950's and has since then gone to 7 billion. If you don't solve the root of why beings breed so fast and reproduce so much then it is just going to happen again," Hank pointed out.
"Exactly. Thanos is something of a mad alien. His nickname is the mad titan. His home planet was called Titan," Peter explained. "I'm trying to prepare many ways to combat Thanos. The Ant-Man technology is just one way. As an engineer I believe in redundancy," Peter explained. "I want to help people. But I only get involved with threats to the entire world."
Hank considered himself a good judge of character after his past mistake with his apprentice Darren Cross. He didn't see deception in Peter. He could sense Peter wasn't telling him the whole story. But that was likely that Peter just had more plans for the technology. At the end of the day Hank wanted Janet back. He lived a very lonely existence.
"Fine. You help me get Janet back then the technology is yours," Hank said. "How do we start?"
"There's one more thing I want you to agree to. Don't tell Hope my name. You can tell her the whole story of what happened to Janet and that a very smart man helped you get her back from
the quantum realm. But don't tell her my name because I asked you to keep it quite from anyone for now," Peter said.
"You know Hope," Hank said.
"I do. I don't want me helping you get Janet back to influence her opinion of me, at least not at the moment," Peter explained.
"Fair enough," Hank said.
"Ok. First we need to dust off your plans for the quantum tunnel and build it. Then we'll need to build an independent enlarging engine into the quantum craft you envisioned from the shrinking engine," Peter said. "I have the knowledge of Janet's quantum signature so we can locate her in the quantum realm."
"You can help me build all of it so you get more familiar with the technology," Hank agreed.
The two men got to work. Hank was also hoping to see more of Peter to determine if he had made a wise decision.
Two Weeks Later
Peter watched Janet race into Hank's arms as she exited the quantum vehicle that he along with Hank had built. Hank had been pretty amazed that they had gotten everything done in two weeks. But when you considered the resources Peter had at his disposal it was understandable. Working with Hank had been interesting. Hank had an abrasive personality and didn't work well with others. Losing Janet had only made that worse. But the prospect of getting her back seemed to excite him.
Peter let them have their moment as he powered down the quantum craft. He had gotten a chance to chat with Janet on the way out of the quantum realm. Whatever abilities she had been granted in the quantum realm had given her the insight that Peter was sleeping with her daughter. She had warned him to keep her daughter's heart safe.
"You kept up your end of the deal. I'll keep up mine," Hank said after drawing back from his hug of Janet, still holding her hand. He produced a flash drive from his pocket. "All the plans for the all of my Ant-Man technology are on here. If you have any questions about it, you can of course ask."
"Thank you Hank," Peter said. "No, thank you," Hank said as he gazed at Janet. "Thank you Peter," Janet added.
Harry slipped out letting the two long lost lovers get reacquainted.
Tony's Private Lab
"What did you want to talk about Peter?" Tony asked when he had settled on a chair in the lab he and Peter more often than not shared.
"Did your father ever mention working with Hank Pym?" Peter asked.
"Only in the vaguest terms," Tony admitted. "That was all classified stuff. Why?"
"Pym created the Pym Particle which allows for increasing or decrease the distance between molecules," Peter said. "It also allows access to the quantum realm of which Pym just got a whole lot of new data. You have the capability of turning it into time travel technology that allows the user to travel to any point in time at will. It also allows the rapid aging or de-aging of a body to any point which would be useful as hell for fast growing clones. I've seen a vision of you making this work. This is a copy of all of Pym's data and technology. I will give it to you if you will give me the working time travel version. I will of course work with you on it. But I need your brain power."
Tony realized the implications immediately. "I could bring my parents back, replace them with mindless clones when they died," Tony said. "Yes you can," Peter confirmed. "Hell yes I'll do it," Tony agreed.
Xandar, Andromeda Galaxy
Peter and Tony stepped out of the sling ring portal onto the planet Xandar. Peter had been hoping to come out in someplace out of sight. They were in the equivalent of an alley between two buildings.
"That teleportation ability of yours is such bullshit," Tony said. "We just stepped into another galaxy."
"I don't disagree," Peter admitted. "But that bullshit ability is about to let us progress in technology in leaps and bounds. Remember the goals."
"Right. Exchange some of our precious metals for currency of the realm, buy a pair of starships, and then see if we can find a technology database dealer of some sorts," Tony said.
"That's it," Harry confirmed. "If we can do it anywhere Xandar would definitely be a good place to start. Let's just hope the locals are equipped with universal translator technology."
The locals did indeed have translator technology on them. Harry and Tony were able to get directions to the locations they needed. By the end of the day they had everything they came for and more. They were able to buy some advanced weaponry to also take back to Earth for study. Harry and Tony piloted their starships just out of the Xandarian star system. Then they flew them through a sling ring portal back to Earth's solar system. They parked the two ships at a space station built in the Kuiper belt.
"I can't wait to start experimenting with the nanotechnology," Tony said with a grin as he stared at a large cube of silver material in the cargo hold which was the size of about 20 refrigerators.
"Yeah. The nanotech was a seriously awesome find. We should be able to upgrade our suits very nicely. Now in the future we may be able to get ahold of some Vibranium to make Vibranium nanites," Peter mused.
"That would be awesome," Tony admitted. "Jarvis, how goes the download?"
"I am transmitting the acquired database back to Earth now Sir. I will have it entirely in three hours twenty eight minutes. The database is considerable," Jarvis replied.
"It better be. We paid quite a bit for it. I'm surprised the Xandarians didn't have some kind of non-interference policy like the prime directive from Star Trek since we are a less advanced race," Tony mused. "This isn't Star Trek Tony. Basically if you can pay for it most civilizations will share at least the basics. We didn't get the secrets to their more advanced war technologies. Granted, even that there are people that would sell the actual hardware to us. They wouldn't sell the knowledge of how to produce it. For that you'd have to probably get connected with the black market," Peter said.
"This is going to keep us busy for years," Tony said with a grin.
Tony was also still working on the time travel technology. It was going to ironically take him time to work out all the kinks. Already he had figured out how to rapidly age human bodies and then reverse the effects. Peter remembered that just being a glitch when Bruce Banner had been trying to figure out time travel in one of the Marvel movies. The possibilities for that glitch were amazing. Sterns' team was going to be able to rapidly iterate through tests with clones thanks to that technology. They could create a genetically engineered body and test it in real time within moments.
2010, Stark Expo, Flushing New York
Peter watched from next to the stage as Tony in Iron-Man suit landed on the stage at the expo. In the original MCU Peter had watched robots had removed Tony's armor. In this version, Tony's armor just seemed to melt away as it retracted into a compact storage form in a pendant Tony wore. Peter had enchanted the pendant with bag of holding properties so that it could contain more on the inside than the pendant should allow for conventionally. Peter wore an identical pendant around his neck which contained its own nanite swarm. The Iron-Spider suit had been born years earlier than canon.
Peter idly watched the show girls dancing behind Tony as he gave his speech. The show girls dancing was pretty darn hot. Peter tuned out Tony's speech other than to note it was pretty much the same one as canon. He kept an eye out for any threats. Tony's blood toxicity issue wasn't nearly as life-threatening as canon. Both Tony and Peter had been implanted with medical nanites which were filtering Tony's blood almost as fast as it built up. As a result, the build-up was very slow. Tony was still working on it.
Happy was Tony's full time bodyguard. Peter was the part time bodyguard for special events. Peter preferred to remain in the background as much as possible monitoring for threats. Peter had deployed the Iron-Spider suit as they slipped out of the building. Peter was currently shrunken down on Tony's shoulder. Both the Iron-Man and Iron-Spider suits now possessed the basic Pym technology.
"Here we've got the new model," Happy said as he triggered the remote on the car at the curb.
A gorgeous woman was leaning against the car waiting on Tony. She looked like the actress Kate Mara from his old universe.
"Does she come with the car?" Tony asked. "Let's certainly hope so," Happy replied.
Peter briefly entertained warning Tony about the subpoena. But they would serve it to him sometime.
"Hi," Kate greeted as she took Tony's hand. "Hi. And you are?" Tony asked. "Marshall," Kate replied. "Where you from?" Tony asked as he retracted the roof of the convertible. "Bedford," Kate replied.
"What are you doing here?" Tony questioned.
"Looking for you," Kate answered.
"What are you up to later?" Tony asked.
"Serving subpoenas," Kate replied as she held out one to Tony.
"Yikes," Tony said.
"He doesn't like to be handed things," Happy said as he took it.
"You are hereby ordered to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee tomorrow morning at 9 AM?" Kate said.
"Can I see a badge?" Tony asked. Kate held up her badge with a small smile. "He likes the badge," Happy said. "Still like it?" Kate asked. "Oh yes," Tony replied. "Looks like I'm heading to DC."
Tony then drove off as Kate backed up. A few miles out of the city, Peter portaled the entire car to DC. Peter was briefly tempted to try to seduce the U.S. Marshall Kate. But he shot the idea down. There were specific women he wanted to go after in the MCU. Kate Mara's lookalike was tempting. But he didn't want to overextend himself. He was already planning on bedding quite a few beauties regularly.
Washington DC
"Mr. Stark," Senator Stern said after banging the gavel. "Let's pick up where we left off. Please."
Tony turned around from talking to Pepper and said, "Yes dear." The audience laughed. "Can I have your attention?" Stern asked. "Absolutely," Tony replied.
"Do you or do you not possess a specialized weapon," Stern asked.
"I do not," Tony said.
"You do not," Stern replied in a disbelieving tone.
"Well it depends on how you define the word weapon," Tony clarified.
"The Iron-Man weapon," Stern replied.
"My device does not fit that description," Tony answered.
"How would you describe it?" Stern asked.
"I would describe it by defining it as it is. It's a high tech prosthesis," Tony said which caused the audience to laugh once more. "That's actually the most apt description I could make of it."
"It's a weapon Mr. Stark," Stern stated. "Please, if your priority was actually the protection of," Tony began.
"My priority is to get the Iron-Man weapon turned over to the people of the United States of America," Stern said.
"Well you can forget it," Tony said. "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 which state you are in."
"Look, I'm not expert," Stern began.
"In prostitution, no of course not. You're a senator. Come on," Tony quipped before turning and giving a peace sign to the room.
"I'm no expert in weapons," Stern said. "But we do have someone here who is. I would now like to call Justin Hammer, our current primary weapons contractor."
"Let the record reflect that I observed Mr. Hammer entering the chamber. I am wondering when and if any actual expert will be in attendance," Tony said.
Justin chuckled and said, "Absolutely. I'm no expert. I defer to you Anthony. Senator, if I may. I well may not be an expert. The expert was your dad Howard Stark. Really a father to us all and the military industrial age. But let's just be clear he was no flower child. He was a lion. In the last six months Anthony Stark has created a sword with untold possibilities. And yet he insists it's a shield. He asks us to trust him as we cower behind it. I wish I were comforted Anthony, I really do. I would love to leave my door unlocked. But this aint Canada. We live in a world of grave threats, of threats Mr. Stark will not be able to foresee. Thank you. God bless Iron-Man. God bless America."
"That is well said Mr. Hammer," Stern said.
Peter had seen enough of this shit. It was going just like canon. He tuned out the talk in the court room. He was listening with only half an ear. Currently Peter was shrunken down in his Iron-Spider outfit to such a degree that someone would need a microscope to make him out. Currently he was seated in a pendant Pepper wore around her neck. Pepper knew about him of course. Pepper was very involved with Tony's life. Peter liked Pepper and not just in a sexually attracted way. It had been hard for Peter when he was first around Pepper to tone down his attraction for her so that his pheromones didn't influence her. He had eventually figured out how to do it.
Peter paid attention when Tony deviated from the script from what Tony Stark had said in canon.
"The truth Senator Sterns is that this is America. America above all symbolizes freedom. So if you and your backers come in and try to take my technology that I created simply because you want it, that would be the most anti-American thing I've ever heard of. Create your own technology. If you try to take it then I would consider your little pocket of the government like a rotten branch of the tree that is America," Tony said.
"Is that a threat Mr. Stark?" Stern asked in a dangerous tone.
Tony was silent for a moment and pulled out his phone. He pressed a few key sequences which activated a program that had been prepared ahead of time.
"I have just activated a program which will make any correspondence be it text, email, or any other form of social media you make publicly available. Even your good old phone calls will be broadcast to the world. Anyone you come into contact with will also experience the same if they are involved in any shady backroom dealing. It's time for the public to see you in your true form Stern," Tony said.
"That isn't possible," Stern said.
"I created the Iron-Man suit. Test me and you'll find I'm not bluffing. Call your wife," Tony said as he brought up a particular site on the screens in the room.
Those in the room and on the news watched as Stern had a brief conversation with his wife as the audio played out on the screen.
"The site will be taken down," Stern said.
"Good luck. It'll respawn in seconds. You'll never take it down," Tony said. Tony and Peter were using alien tech that was far beyond where Earth was currently capable. "Just in case you think you can have a conversation in private you're going to have impossible to detect drones following you around recording everything you do." The drones in question were shrunken using Pym tech. Tony stood. "Since this farce of an attempt to pressure me into giving up my
tech is so apparently over I would like to take this opportunity to announce a new initiative towards world peace." A hologram was projected from Tony's phone big enough for everyone in the room to see. "This is the aegis armor." A simple set of what appeared to be heavy duty clothing was projected. "I may not be willing to give my Iron-Man armor to others. But this aegis armor is very effective. It will stop a 50 caliber machine gun from penetrating and has inertial dampening properties that will reduce the force to make such a shot survivable. No one is going to feel good after that. But it is survivable. Any lesser caliber rounds will be much more easily dealt with. I will sell this armor to any military around the world whose record I agree with. Should the armor be used in a way I don't agree with it has built-in nano-technology based self-destruct I can transmit anywhere in the world. This armor is meant for protection only. Thank you."
Tony walked out of the court room followed by Pepper and Happy. The court room was stunned. Tony had just made it impossible for Stern to develop a good argument against him. The aegis armor was made using the advanced technology Peter and Tony had recently acquired.
Peter advised Tony not to give away the art collection Pepper had spent much time working on to the Boy Scouts of America. Tony actually listened. Tony wasn't at the point yet where he was any close to dying. So, his behavior wasn't close to breakdown.
As Pepper walked into his lab, Tony remembered Harry's advice, "Tell Pepper the truth. Stop bullshitting around and hiding the truth from her."
"Tony I need to talk to you about a few things that I don't think your AI double should be making decisions on," Pepper said.
"You have my attention," Tony said sincerely as he sat down and gestured Pepper to sit across from him.
"Really," Pepper said in surprise. "Just like that?"
"Yes. Just like that. I want to run something by you. Feel free to shoot it down. I want to make you CEO of Stark Enterprises. Obviously an AI duplicate of you would do most of the work," Tony said. "But if you would like to do this I would love for you to do it."
Pepper was stunned and took a moment to collect herself. "What brought this on?" Pepper asked.
"I'm sick," Tony admitted. Immediately Pepper was concerned. "The palladium core of my arc reactor is making me sick. I'm searching for a viable replacement. Some of the things in the database Peter and I picked up have already helped slow things down. But that doesn't change the fact that I'm sick."
"Are we talking terminal here?" Pepper asked. "It would be if I didn't have many options," Tony said.
Tony was still working on the time travel technology to fully develop it. But he had already made it work to physically reverse the temporal age of a body to any point as well as rapidly age it to an older point. The drawback was that reverting the age actually also reset memories gained with the current version of the technology. Tony and Peter were working on a way to back up the memories gained. The idea was they would remove all the hardware in Tony's body and then reverse his age to a point before he had the injury that saw the shrapnel inside of him.
"Is that the only reason?" Pepper asked.
"You're very capable of the job Pepper. Don't ever doubt that. And this next reason is not contingent upon you taking the job. It would be very inappropriate for me to be romantically involved with someone who worked directly under me," Tony said.
Pepper's breathe caught as she stared at Tony.
"Are you saying you want to be romantically involved with me?" Pepper asked.
Tony tried to gauge Pepper's feelings on the matter and thought she looked hopeful.
"I do," Tony admitted.
Pepper leaned forward and kissed Tony. He returned the kiss and it lasted for several long moments.
"Yes to the job and yes to the romantic involvement. You can take me on our first date to celebrate," Pepper said.
"Yes please," Tony said with a grin. "I thought you were never going to make your move," Pepper admitted. "Peter gives good advice," Tony said with a shrug. "He was the best thing to ever come into your life," Pepper noted. "Best after you," Tony replied. "Good answer Mr. Stark," Pepper said.