Star Killer

Howard had always said that 'Starks are made of iron' and Toni has hated and embraced that phrase in equal measures over the years.

But here's the thing...

When a star gets old enough, when its fuel is starting to run out and it's running out of the lighter elements, that's when a star starts producing iron at its core.

And that? An overproduction of iron and the inability to compensate for the energy it absorbs?

In the end, that's what causes black holes.

Iron is a star killer.

And Toni's burned so very brightly for so very long that she's almost out of fuel.

Not yet though.

Not yet.

She's got enough left in her for one final push.

Or, what happens in a What If universe, where Toni Stark was not injected with Extremesis?

THIS IS THE ALTERNATE STORY TO MY BOOK SUPERIOR.