Aaliyah Aviva Cohen is Tony Stark's best friend, their dads worked together on the Super Soldier program in WW2 and their mother's were nurses, that's how Tony and Aaliyah's parents first met.
Tony Stark x OC (Aaliyah Cohen)
Started: 02/06/2024 (Jun...
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"What's this?" Aaliyah asked looking at the tablet on the table.
"A message. Ultron killed Strucker." said Steve.
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us." said Tony.
"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?" Natasha asked.
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Emma said.
"Yeah, I bet he... Natasha looks at the computer monitor. "Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased."
"Not everything." said Tony.
The team then sorts through the all the files they had on Strucker and his team.
"Known associates. Well, Strucker had a lot of friends." said Steve.
"Well, all these people are all horrible." Banner and Emma comment.
"Wait. We know that guy." said Tony and Aaliyah, Banner passes them the photo he was looking at.
"From back in the day. He operates off the African coast, black market arms." Aaliyah explained, Steve gives them an accusing look.
"There are conventions, alright? You meet people, we didn't sell him anything." Tony said to the man.
The photo is of a man named Ulysses Klaue. "He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very "Ahab."" Aaliyah said.
Thor points to the scar on the back of Klaue's neck. "What's this?" he asked.
"Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it..." said Tony.
"No, those are tattoos, this is a brand." said Thor.
"Well why didn't you say so before? Why'd you ask?" Aaliyah asked.
Banner identifies the brand on Klaue's neck on the computer. "Oh yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way." he said.
"What dialect?"
"Wakanada...? Wa...Wa...Wakanda."
"If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods..." Tony and Aaliyah exchanged looks and they trailed off before looking at Steve..
"I thought your fathers said he got the last of it." Steve said to the pair.
"I don't follow. What comes out of Wakanda?" Banner asked.
"The strongest metal on earth." said Tony, he looked down at Steve's shield.
"Where is this guy now?" Steve asked Aaliyah and Tony.
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The team arrived in a salvage yard in Africa, Banner and Emma stay in the Quinjet, the team hear Ultron. Emma stayed to keep Banner company.
