Capítulo 39: The return
After the glass panes slid out the person in the mask came out of his seat and jumped to the other edge of the aircraft. and sat down on the edge while the aircraft hovered by itself in front of him and the person just looked at Tony from head to toe.
"Who are you?" Tony said. He had some guesses in his mind but he could hardly believe his own guess.
"I thought John informed you about me." the main in the mask said.
"You are Batman? You really are Batman?" Tony blurted out.
"Yes, I am Bruce Wayne" the man replied. "I have been watching you for over a month Tony. I have to say I am impressed" he continued.
"What? You have been spying on me? Then why didn't you save Yinsen before? He was innocent. I thought you are a superhero" Tony said with some anger.
"Relax Tony, Yinsen is alive. He is being treated now by someone. Come in . I need to send you to the military base. They are going haywire looking for you." Bruce said.
"What? Yinsen is alive? How is that possible? I watched him die. Are you sure you are speaking the truth?" Tony said with some agitation.
"Relax. I am not the only one here to monitor your situation. Even though I haven't met the other guy I knew he was there to protect you. He took away Yinsen. I am sure he will be sent to you soon when he will be fit." Bruce said.
"Fine! I will trust you for now. Wait let me remove my suit." Tony said. He chose to trust Bruce because he knew if Bruce really wanted to kill him he could have used his aircraft to blow him up. By what he could see, he was sure the aircraft had powerful weapons system that could kill him even when he was in suit.
After removing the suit he climbed up to the hovering aircraft and proceeded to sit on the co-pilot position. Bruce too sat on his position.
"Don't you want to destroy your suit?" Bruce commented.
"It doesn't matter. This suit is useless without my reactor." Tony said nonchalantly with a hint of pride it. Bruce already knew the whole story from John's memories so he didn't comment anything more. Tony was too naive for this world. He needed a wake up call and Obadiah would give him that.
After tying the seat belts they flew away. Tony was curiously looking at the inside of the plane and he could see that the technology was of high level. Tony had sparkles in his eyes as he thought of many things. He had many questions but he knew that it wasn't the right moment to ask.
He needed to get back home and find out who was selling his weapons to terrorists. And more importantly he needed a cheeseburger. Living there for 3 months was like a hell for him. Soon the Batwing arrived near the base in a stealthy manner.
"Go on Tony. Go home. John will soon come to speak with you. We have a lots to discuss." Bruce said as Tony climbed down the plane. After that Bruce flew away without saying a farewell.
"This guy has more attitude than me." Tony murmured.
As Tony approached the base he could see the guard tower outside. He waived at the guards. At first the guards were pointing their guns at him but as his face became clear he immediately called his superiors. After a few minutes Rhodes came running with worry on his face
"How was the fun-vee? Next time you ride with me. Okay" Rhodes said as he hugged Tony.
The next day a military airplane landed in LA at Stark Industries's private airport. Tony came out of the plane only to see Pepper waiting for him.
"Your eyes are red. Few tears for your long-lost boss?" Tony said to Pepper.
"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting." She replied.
"Yeah vacation's over." Tony replied.
"Hogan take us to an hospital." Pepper said to Happy.
"No. There are two things to do. First I want a cheeseburger. And second I want to hold a press conference" Tony interjected.
"A press conference? why?" Pepper asked with
"Hogan drive. Cheeseburger first" Tony didn't answer her.
When they arrived at the press conference, Obadiah was waiting for him. Tony hugged him while eating the burger. Then he saw John standing and watching him a little far away.
Tony, Obadiah and Pepper walked towards John with a smile. "Thanks for the heads up. You saved my life." Tony said.
"I am just a messenger Mr. Stark. I am glad that you are safe." John said.
Obadiah who listened to the conversation was shocked as he didn't know what happened in Afghanistan. From the conversation it seemed like John helped saving Tony. After thinking this he clutched his hands in anger but didn't show any impressions on his face.
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Capítulo 40: Press conference
"Well Mr. Stark you should go to address the press conference" John continued. "Just call me Tony from next time. I owe you a life kid" Tony replied.
"Sure Tony." Tony and Obadiah then went to the podium for the press conference. Obadiah just said a greeting and thanked John along the way. Pepper too followed Tony and thanked John for saving Tony even though she didn't know how he saved Tony but she was grateful nonetheless.
As Tony came to the stage he sat down and said " Hey would it be alright if everyone sat down? That way you can see me and I can see you" All sat down and even Obadiah joined him and sat down beside.
From a corner Coulson approached Pepper and said " Hello, Miss Potts, can I have some moments with you?"
"UMM. I don't know anything. You can ask Tony there who is on the stage" she replied
"I am not a reporter miss Potts. I am special agent Phil Coulson of SHIELD. I am here to debrief Mr. Stark on what happened over in Afghanistan" Coulson said.
"We have already been contacted by the DOD, FBI, CIA.. We have already said that we don't know anything"
Before Coulson could reply her they heard a voice saying
"It's fine Coulson. You will get your answers soon. He will be joining too. You really took my advice. Didn't I give you a nice abbreviation? I should get the naming rights."
"Umm hello John. I was going to ask you too about this. Is he coming? " Coulson said as he saw John beside him.
"Mr. Jameson you know this agent? That's great. He can ask you about what happened. I am curious too about what happened out there" Pepper said
"Please miss Potts.. Call me John. Actually I too don't really know what happened out there. 'He' will come soon. You can go and tell Nick that he will contact soon" John said. After listening to this Coulson left
"I never got to say goodbye to Dad. There are questions that I would have asked him. I would have asked him how he felt about what the company did. If he was conflicted, if he had any doubts." Tony said. " I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend them. I have become part of the system which has zero accountability."
"What happened over there?" asked one reporter
"I had my eyes open. I came to realize that I have more to offer to this world then making things blow up. That is why, effective immediately, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing divisions of Stark International until such a time I can decide the future of the company" Tony gave the announcement while standing up and it sent the reporters in a frenzy.
Obadiah stopped Tony from saying anything more and said "What we should take away from this is that Tony's back"
After Tony came out he saw Pepper and John and went towards them. Obadiah joined him with a sullen face.
"Well that went well. What do you think the over-under on the stock drop is gonna be tomorrow?"
"Well approximately 40 points" Tony replied.
"That's a minimum" John said this time
"Well the news papers will be very happy to see this new development and make a headline saying you have won in this supposed war between us." Tony said to John with a laugh.
"Well then I better start buying all the stocks that I can from tomorrow. I have great faith in you Tony" John replied. This surprised all of them as they didn't expect John to buy the stocks after it falls through that would be a loss, of course if the company's stocks rises again in future then it would be a different ball game.
Tony just smiled at his words and didn't say anything and took them to the big arc reactor that was built. Obadiah wanted to see the small arc reactor as he already knew from beginning. John and Pepper also saw it after he opened his buttons. Pepper and John both gave a serious look to it. Even though John already knew the whole story but it still surprised him when he saw the arc reactor up close.
"Ok. John come with me. We need to talk." Tony said and he went to his car. John and Pepper joined him. Obadiah went on his own way as he has to handle the storm that was approaching for the company.
They reached Tony's famous home in Malibu and entered through the gate.
"I have got to say Tony, I envy your big home, it looks stunning" John said with envy.
"Well you are ok to move here if you want. I don't have anyone other than myself here." Tony said without much giving a thought.
Suddenly a voice said "Welcome back sir."
Tony didn't reply but John said "Hello Jarvis. It's nice to meet you"
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