Iron-Man: For The Love Of The Spy

Stark Expo

Sir incoming call from an unknown location.

"Answer the call Jarvis," says Tony as he leans against the large coil. Even Natasha is curious about what is going on. "Hey, Tony, how you doing? I double cycle," said a voice with a very thick Russian accent. Tony was very confused, "You what?"

"You told me double cycle's more power. Good advice," said the Russian voice once more, Tony realizing who it was that was speaking marched over to the computer, "You sound pretty sprightly for a dead guy."

"You too," answered the voice with a slight chuckle. Tony presses a button muting his speaker, "Jarvis Trace him. Sarah it's Ivan Vanko."

Sir I have begun the trace.

"Now, the true history of Stark name will be written," snarls Ivan over the phone. "Jarvis, where is he?" asks Natasha with urgency in her voice.

Accessing the Oracle grid. Eastern Seaboard.

"What your father did to my family over 40 years, I will do to you in 40 minutes," threatens Ivan in a voice similar to a bark, "Sounds good. Let's get together and hash it out," says Tony as he inspects the map on the screen of the Eastern Seaboard.

Tri-State area. Manhattan and outlying boroughs.

"I hope you're ready," growls Ivan as the call disconnects leaving a dial tone.

Call trace incomplete.

"Shit!" says Tony as he kicks over a stool making fly across the garage. Natasha drops onto a stool next to his desk looking a little forlorn. Tony is pacing the room and then suddenly stops staring at the advertisement for Hammer Industries slot at the Stark Expo. "That son of a bitch!" says Tony as he picks up the new arc reactor.

"What is it?" asks Natasha. "Hammer hired him. He's the only one other than me with the resources to get him out of prison. From the fact that he is stateside now and in the Tri-state area I'd say that he's probably at Hammer Industries HQ downtown. But if his display is the Hammer droids that he's been blabbing about I'll need to deal with those," says Tony as he removes his old reactor. "Wait the reactor hasn't been tested out," squeaks Natasha with importance.

Sir I am inclined to agree with Miss Lang.

"You want to run some tests, run them. And assemble the suit while you're at it. Put it together now," says Tony as he places the new reactor into his chest.

We are unclear as to the effects.

"I don't want to hear it Jarvis," says Tony as the reactor gains power. Tony gulps a little, "That tastes like coconut. And metal. Oh wow, yeah!" yells Tony as the power surges blinding Natasha for a split second before the light in the reactor dims back to a soft blue.

"Wow that feels great!" says Tony as he stretches his arms and all his other appendages.

Natasha had to agree, the lines and rashes created by the palladium was gone and the color had returned to Tony's complexion. She approached him inspecting him from head to toe, "Looks like the new reactor is doing the job." Tony nods, "Feels like it is as well."

Sir the Mark 6 is fully assembled and ready for use. I have also been informed of a security breach in your armory.

Tony looked a little startled, "What security breech Jarvis!"

It seems that Colonel James Rhodes shut down my systems last night sir at 9:52pm. After doing an inventory it seems that he took the Mark 2 armor from your safe storage unit at Stark Industries.