Chapter 30: Temple
The crowd dispersed in disappointment, especially the paparazzi that looked at me like they wanted to eat me. Tony sped off and once they were out of view he told me" Sorry for that, since I revealed my identity they have been like that."
I smiled and said" No worry, I understand, they are your fans." I smiled and added" Sorry for revealing your condition to her." Tony shook his head and replied" No it's fine. If it were me I would have delayed it again and again and never tell her. And thanks for lying on how much time I have left."
I sighed and said" Well 7 years seems a lot better than half a year. But about that cure of mine…" I explained to him all the main important things, butt of course I did not tell him how to do it. I may have trust issues as I am trusting others too easily, I still am not an idiot.
We soon arrived to what I recognized to be his house. I looked at him curious, and he said" I want to show you something. Don't worry, I will not take you from that magnificent dinner of yours."
I got out of the car and entered the house with him. I followed him to the basement, and I could see the legendary lab where the Iron Man armors are made. He entered a code and opened the door, leading me in.
Once in he said" Jarvis, take out the armors." A wall turned on itself, revealing two armors, one was the famous armor that Tony wears as Iron Man for the moment, and the other is the Iron Monger.
I looked at Tony and he said" You see those two armors are amazing, of course I made them you would say… But, as awesome as they are, they take too much time to be put on. I will show you the plans of the armors, of course not in its entirety, but enough to let you get an understanding of it."
I frowned and asked" Aren't you trusting me too fast? As to even show your armors?" Tony rolled his eyes and said" Yeah but it's not like anyone can get an understanding of the arc reactor as fast as you. Even with plans most of the world renowned physicians would take between 6 months to one year to even get how it works."
I smiled and said" I'm flattered. But I don't need to see the plans, it's quite simple actually. You said you wanted ideas. Then I tell you, you need to be able to carry it everywhere, it needs to be put on quickly, so make that AI of yours control the armor, at least for the moment you put it on."
Tony frowned and I said" Come on Tony, don't play mind games on me, if you want to test me again say so. You do realize that I too can use mind games. For example with Miss Potts, if I hadn't made her search for the other way to save you, she would still be screaming at you."
Tony looked ta me in the eyes and said" You are too smart for your own good. Okay, you have passed the test." I chuckled and asked" And what was this test for?" Tony showed the armors and said" I want you to work on those armors, I don't have the time, managing the company takes too much time."
I was surprised he would make a stranger like myself work on his armors, but I kept my calm and replied" Sorry but I don't have the time either. If you really want to work on those armors then there is a simple solution. Name Pepper Potts as the CEO of Stark ind."
Tony frowned and said" You think I haven't thought of that before? But why would she agree to something like this?" I shrugged and said" That's is your problem."
Tony waved at me and said" Come on then, let's go above, there is nothing to do here." We got up and he lead me to the kitchen and poured me a glass of whiskey and said" Mason, you have something special."
I took the glass, thinking that I needed to accommodate my body to alcohol again, and asked" Why do you say so?" Tony locked gaze with me and said" You are strange, everytime you talk you sound so believable, and you make me feel like I trust you but I don't even know you…"
So there was really something strange. I found it weird too that he trusted me so easily, so it is because of me. But the thing is that I don't know what is happening nor how I do it.
I shrugged it off, as long as it's beneficial. I drunk my glass quickly and said" I can't do anything about it Tony. Now, it's already 7.30pm, there is only thirty minutes until that dinner. I don't have my car, do you mind bringing me there."
Tony shook his head and we went back to that car of his. For the rest of the ride we talked idly, but of nothing important. Soon I arrived in front of my house and saw that the Stacy family had just arrived, and that both my parents were at the door greeting them.
What a great timing. They all turned to look at us, shocked to see the Tony Stark. I sighed and turned to Tony and said" You call me when my lab is ready." Tony nodded and extended his fist. I smirked and fist bumped him.
I then got out of the car and walked to the house. They were still looking at me strangely, so I looked at my father, telling him to do something wit my eyes. He got out of his stupor and said" Well, now he has arrived, let's get in."
They all nodded and after a few quick greetings we went to sit at the table for dinner. My mother brought dinner, and Gwen's brother was looking at me with stars in his eyes.
Once everyone was served and thanked Martha, Gwen smiled and said" So, it is Stark who got you first?" I smiled and nodded. Martha looked at me and asked" What do you mean got him first?"
Gwen smiled and said" He hasn't told you? Every big company wants him since he left Oscorp." Steven looked at me and asked" Why didn't you tell us?" I shrugged and replied" I only learned it today. But whatever, from now on I will work for Stark."
Gwen's brother excitedly asked" How do you know Iron Man? And is he cool?" I smiled and replied" I met him by accident and yes I guess you could say he is cool…"
After that the adults, including Gwen, understood that I didn't really want to talk about it, and changed subjects. The rest of the meal went pretty well, and I had an interesting conversation with George, about Superheroes.
He said that he was okay with Iron Man, but that he disliked Spider Man and me. But he wasn't as biased as I remembered him to be, it was here a mere dislike, as he still acknowledged our help.
In the end they all departed quite late, going back home. As for me I went to my room soon after. I did the same thing as last night, I worked out.
The next day, soon in the morning, as I was eating my breakfast, I received a call. I took my phone out and saw that it was Fury. As I was alone I answered directly.
Fury said" Walker, we need your help." I hummed, waiting for him to continue. Fury added" One of our agents is in trouble, can you go help her?" I smiled and asked" What is your agent against?"
Fury sighed and replied" I can only tell you that if you agree. But know that the you would be asked to fight." I sighed and said" I guess I am free today, I agree."
Fury said" Meet me at this address in half an hour." He hung up after that. I ate my cereals and looked at the address. If I remember well this is the address of a dinner… I sent him(Should I come as Mason or Walker?)
Fury quickly sent back(Mason. Don't take your car.) I quickly finished my food and after dressing myself I got out and headed to the address. Once there I did not see Fury, nor sensed him, near so I sat and waited.
I kept my haki activated, just in case, and took my phone out. I had received a message, and as I looked at it I saw it was a message from Sue saying(Thank you.) I assume that is for me refusing her while she was drunk?
I would never know as I felt Fury enter my range. I had shortened my range to only ten meters as more would have been useless. Soon he arrived and sat in front of me. He nodded and said" Glad to see you here. Let's not waste time, an agent is in South America facing a a supernatural being. You have to go there and help the agent. Travel will be assured by us, to go there and come back will take two hours."
I nodded and said" Let's go then." I was curious about this supernatural being, but I also was quite excited. We headed out and I got into a black car.
Fury led me to a nearby airport, where a plane was waiting for me. It was looking a lot like the jet from the X Men, but more advanced, and certainly faster.
I got in and sat, waiting for the plane to depart. I was alone in the plane with only the pilot, and I had no network to call or send messages.
In the end I just waited, and the hour went slowly. As soon as we arrived I got off the plane, and was greeted by a jungle. We had landed in a small settlement, there was one tent and some fences. A small area had been cleared out for us to land.
I saw a red haired beautiful woman clothed in a black outfit coming toward us. I used my haki and felt the surroundings. I could feel many lifeforms, there were a lot of animals. Just before getting out of the plane I had put my suit on so the agent could not see my face, never too cautious, she could be with Hydra.
She walked toward me and handed out her hand" Mr Walker." I took her hand and asked" Who may you be? And if you are the agent what is the problem you encountered?"
She turned and began walking into the jungle and said" Agent Romanoff, I was tasked to come here by Director Fury because an agent has disappeared in the area. I followed his trace until I found an ancient temple."
I followed her and asked" What did you find inside that temple?" She shook her head and replied" Nothing, there is a barrier blocking the entrance. I tried several things like shooting at it, make a tree fall on it, but nothing worked, every time it would not even ripple."
I nodded and extended my haki as far as I could, but felt nothing, only animals here and there. I asked the Black Widow, future Avenger" Is it far from here?" Natasha shook her head and pushed some foliage, revealing a huge temple.
I as stunned as I had not felt it. That either mean the agent is already dead, or that there is something blocking my haki. That would be interesting, as I had never encountered something like that. But even then I don't know if mind blocking abilities can work on my haki.
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