The Ambitions of Lex Luthor (DCEU/MCU SI)
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even in the media tab? If so I can just send you hyperlinks?
Chapter 17
April, 2011
Negotiating with Namor was tougher than I thought, for five months I stayed in Talokan and became accustomed to and fascinated by their culture, getting to know the people and their way of life.
I knew, that by extending my stay here for so long, Namor was trying to test me and see if I would become violent. It was once he was sure that I was not going to attack his people or steal his things that he finally took out talks seriously.
In the end, it boiled down to two things that he wanted from me, and in exchange, he was willing to give me two things from his kingdom as well, anything except Vibranium of course.
What he wanted, was the guarantee that when his kingdom is inevitably exposed to the world due to our deal, it would be protected by LexCorp. This a proposition that was easy to achieve since there is no politician who is stupid enough to go against LexCorp as it is now. And in the off case that it does happen, Namor would be well within his rights to kill anyone who trespasses into his Kingdom and he would have the full support of LexCorp behind him.
Another thing that he wanted, was for his people to be free to traverse where ever they desired on the surface. A slightly difficult proposition given that it would be one hell of a legal battle to have his people travel without any passports but it was still something that was well within my ability to achieve.
In exchange for these things, I had asked him to give me the knowledge by which they had built their Vibranium based lights. A foolish proposition in his eyes since he refused to give me any Vibranium to build them with. But I had my own ideas on how to replace Vibranium in the construction process.
The prospect of a light source that could be used indoors to promote cellular growth combined with the artificial meat production system that Banner and Ross are working on based on the Genesis chamber from the Scout ship means that I can revolutionize the Food industry. Accelerated and healthier yields of crops along with abundant meat products without harming any life mean that the problem of food shortage would be gone for good.
The second thing that I asked of him, was information. Specifically, regarding the Atlantians.
As it turns out, the Talokani knew the whereabouts of Atlantis and had been in contact with them for a long time. The Kingdom of Atlantis, made from the four surviving races after the Great fall of the Atlantian Kingdom on the surface, acknowledged Talokan as another tribe of Atlantis despite the fact that the Talokani are very young people compared to the Atlantis.
The reason I asked for this information, is because I needed to find a way to get Atlantis to reveal itself to the world, just like I had convinced the Talokani and hope to do with the Wakandans.
In the face of monsters like Thanos, Darkseid, the Celestials, the Skrulls, the Kree, The Kryptonian remnants, and who knows what else, Humanity cannot afford to be a divided race.
While Namor was willing to give me enough information to contact the Atlantians, he withheld a lot of military and technological information, which made sense. Even though Talokan is an independent kingdom, it is still considered a part of Atlantis and Namor would never betray those that he has acknowledged and respects.
Despite this less-than-ideal information, I was still satisfied. In the end, as the time came for me to leave, Namor gave me a gift that I did not foresee.
A plant that grew underwater based on Vibranium rich soil.
This was the very plant that gave Namor and his people the ability to breathe underwater and superhuman powers. Then, the words that he spoke cleared my doubts as to why he gave me this.
"You are someone that, despite belonging to a race of slavers, is of noble heart. Throughout our conversation, never once did you try to take advantage of us nor did you try to coerce us into giving you our weapons technology or Vibranium. While my people may still think themselves superior to the surface folk, I am not someone that is blinded by arrogance. I have seen the state of the outside world and I know that should you choose to, you can easily conquer us like the Spanish did, kill us off, and take our resources for yourself. Yet, you chose the option of dialogue instead of force. For that, this is my gift. Should you ever tire of your life on the surface, you can simply ingest that plant and become one of us. We will always welcome you into our ranks"
In simple words, Namor acknowledged me as an equal and gave me the option of becoming one of them.
With our trade complete and the Talokani promising to reveal themselves to the world when the time is right, we headed back home.
There was a certain Armed Services Committee that I need to attend.
Tony Stark was having a bad time.
The Senate Armed Services Committee was trying to get their hands on his Iron Man suit and he was finding it hard to deny them.
If the injuries he had sustained during his kidnapping were permanent, then he could have just stuck the Arc reactor in his chest and called his suit an advanced prosthesis. But thanks to the Extremis, the injuries had already healed within a matter of seconds, hence giving him no chance to defend himself and not classify his suit as a weapon. And from the smug look on the face of Senator Sterns, he knew it as well.
"As I am no expert on the matter of weapons, we have invited Justin Hammer to speak"
At this point, Tony's mood slightly improved. Justin Hammer was a con artist whose tech always failed at the most crucial point. If he was being called to assess his suit then there might actually be a chance to salvage this situation.
But then, the idiot started blabbering about Howard Stark and how Tony's suit is a weapon and that Tony cannot be trusted with his own technology to protect the American citizens. Then, to make matters even worse, Sterns had Rhodes present a particular part of his report on Iron Man to paint Tony in a bad light.
Then, just as Sterns asked to play the images of the 'Intelligence reports' obtained by the military, Tony commandeered the screens and showed the secret tests of a variation of the Iron Man suit carried out by every major country in the world, including Hammer Industries. But then, the point returned to square one where everyone considered the Iron Man suit to be a weapon that needed to be turned over to the military.
Worse still, Tony's actions only cemented this fact in the minds of everyone present since the widespread distraction shown in the videos started to make people fear the potential for harm that Iron Man is capable of bringing to the country should he go rogue.
Then, just as the Senator was about to hammer the final nail in the coffin, removing the threat of Tony Stark for good towards his masters, one of his aides walked behind him urgently ad whispered a message, turning the Senator pale in fright.
Suddenly, his tune changed and he started praising Iron Man and that there is no need for the weapon to be turned over to the state. Then, he hastily took his leave and did not even turn back before bolting out of the room.
While everyone started to think that Tony Stark had pulled some strings behind the scenes, even the man in question was dumbfounded at the sudden turn things took. Despite his confusion, he could only thank his lucky stars that his suit did not end up in the hands of the military.
(POV Luthor)
The only sound that rang through the room was the rapid strikes of the keyboard followed by the muted screams of a certain someone.
I continued to stare at the screen as code flashed by at speeds that would cause even Tony Stark to go dizzy.
While I was busy with my work, the doors to the elevator behind me opened but I did not even turn since I already sensed who it was.
"It is done Boss"
"Good. Have all the dirt that we have on Sterns delivered to the Pentagon through anonymous sources, I want that Hydra scum gone"
"Sure thing. I'll inform Floyd to get ready"
As my bodyguard turned leader of my PMC turned around to head back, I remembered something and called him.
"Anatoli, after you take care of Sterns, I have a new mission for you"
"What is it?"
"I need you to head to New Mexico and retrieve a certain something for me before SHIELD gets its hand on it"
Negotiating with Namor was tougher than I thought, for five months I stayed in Talokan and became accustomed to and fascinated by their culture, getting to know the people and their way of life.
I knew, that by extending my stay here for so long, Namor was trying to test me and see if I would become violent. It was once he was sure that I was not going to attack his people or steal his things that he finally took out talks seriously.
In the end, it boiled down to two things that he wanted from me, and in exchange, he was willing to give me two things from his kingdom as well, anything except Vibranium of course.
What he wanted, was the guarantee that when his kingdom is inevitably exposed to the world due to our deal, it would be protected by LexCorp. This a proposition that was easy to achieve since there is no politician who is stupid enough to go against LexCorp as it is now. And in the off case that it does happen, Namor would be well within his rights to kill anyone who trespasses into his Kingdom and he would have the full support of LexCorp behind him.
Another thing that he wanted, was for his people to be free to traverse where ever they desired on the surface. A slightly difficult proposition given that it would be one hell of a legal battle to have his people travel without any passports but it was still something that was well within my ability to achieve.
In exchange for these things, I had asked him to give me the knowledge by which they had built their Vibranium based lights. A foolish proposition in his eyes since he refused to give me any Vibranium to build them with. But I had my own ideas on how to replace Vibranium in the construction process.
The prospect of a light source that could be used indoors to promote cellular growth combined with the artificial meat production system that Banner and Ross are working on based on the Genesis chamber from the Scout ship means that I can revolutionize the Food industry. Accelerated and healthier yields of crops along with abundant meat products without harming any life mean that the problem of food shortage would be gone for good.
The second thing that I asked of him, was information. Specifically, regarding the Atlantians.
As it turns out, the Talokani knew the whereabouts of Atlantis and had been in contact with them for a long time. The Kingdom of Atlantis, made from the four surviving races after the Great fall of the Atlantian Kingdom on the surface, acknowledged Talokan as another tribe of Atlantis despite the fact that the Talokani are very young people compared to the Atlantis.
The reason I asked for this information, is because I needed to find a way to get Atlantis to reveal itself to the world, just like I had convinced the Talokani and hope to do with the Wakandans.
In the face of monsters like Thanos, Darkseid, the Celestials, the Skrulls, the Kree, The Kryptonian remnants, and who knows what else, Humanity cannot afford to be a divided race.
While Namor was willing to give me enough information to contact the Atlantians, he withheld a lot of military and technological information, which made sense. Even though Talokan is an independent kingdom, it is still considered a part of Atlantis and Namor would never betray those that he has acknowledged and respects.
Despite this less-than-ideal information, I was still satisfied. In the end, as the time came for me to leave, Namor gave me a gift that I did not foresee.
A plant that grew underwater based on Vibranium rich soil.
This was the very plant that gave Namor and his people the ability to breathe underwater and superhuman powers. Then, the words that he spoke cleared my doubts as to why he gave me this.
"You are someone that, despite belonging to a race of slavers, is of noble heart. Throughout our conversation, never once did you try to take advantage of us nor did you try to coerce us into giving you our weapons technology or Vibranium. While my people may still think themselves superior to the surface folk, I am not someone that is blinded by arrogance. I have seen the state of the outside world and I know that should you choose to, you can easily conquer us like the Spanish did, kill us off, and take our resources for yourself. Yet, you chose the option of dialogue instead of force. For that, this is my gift. Should you ever tire of your life on the surface, you can simply ingest that plant and become one of us. We will always welcome you into our ranks"
In simple words, Namor acknowledged me as an equal and gave me the option of becoming one of them.
With our trade complete and the Talokani promising to reveal themselves to the world when the time is right, we headed back home.
There was a certain Armed Services Committee that I need to attend.
Tony Stark was having a bad time.
The Senate Armed Services Committee was trying to get their hands on his Iron Man suit and he was finding it hard to deny them.
If the injuries he had sustained during his kidnapping were permanent, then he could have just stuck the Arc reactor in his chest and called his suit an advanced prosthesis. But thanks to the Extremis, the injuries had already healed within a matter of seconds, hence giving him no chance to defend himself and not classify his suit as a weapon. And from the smug look on the face of Senator Sterns, he knew it as well.
"As I am no expert on the matter of weapons, we have invited Justin Hammer to speak"
At this point, Tony's mood slightly improved. Justin Hammer was a con artist whose tech always failed at the most crucial point. If he was being called to assess his suit then there might actually be a chance to salvage this situation.
But then, the idiot started blabbering about Howard Stark and how Tony's suit is a weapon and that Tony cannot be trusted with his own technology to protect the American citizens. Then, to make matters even worse, Sterns had Rhodes present a particular part of his report on Iron Man to paint Tony in a bad light.
Then, just as Sterns asked to play the images of the 'Intelligence reports' obtained by the military, Tony commandeered the screens and showed the secret tests of a variation of the Iron Man suit carried out by every major country in the world, including Hammer Industries. But then, the point returned to square one where everyone considered the Iron Man suit to be a weapon that needed to be turned over to the military.
Worse still, Tony's actions only cemented this fact in the minds of everyone present since the widespread distraction shown in the videos started to make people fear the potential for harm that Iron Man is capable of bringing to the country should he go rogue.
Then, just as the Senator was about to hammer the final nail in the coffin, removing the threat of Tony Stark for good towards his masters, one of his aides walked behind him urgently ad whispered a message, turning the Senator pale in fright.
Suddenly, his tune changed and he started praising Iron Man and that there is no need for the weapon to be turned over to the state. Then, he hastily took his leave and did not even turn back before bolting out of the room.
While everyone started to think that Tony Stark had pulled some strings behind the scenes, even the man in question was dumbfounded at the sudden turn things took. Despite his confusion, he could only thank his lucky stars that his suit did not end up in the hands of the military.
(POV Luthor)
The only sound that rang through the room was the rapid strikes of the keyboard followed by the muted screams of a certain someone.
I continued to stare at the screen as code flashed by at speeds that would cause even Tony Stark to go dizzy.
While I was busy with my work, the doors to the elevator behind me opened but I did not even turn since I already sensed who it was.
"It is done Boss"
"Good. Have all the dirt that we have on Sterns delivered to the Pentagon through anonymous sources, I want that Hydra scum gone"
"Sure thing. I'll inform Floyd to get ready"
As my bodyguard turned leader of my PMC turned around to head back, I remembered something and called him.
"Anatoli, after you take care of Sterns, I have a new mission for you"
"What is it?"
"I need you to head to New Mexico and retrieve a certain something for me before SHIELD gets its hand on it"
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Thor is gonna have an interesting meeting with Self Insert Lex Luthor on Earth.
- Location
- in a box
Thor and his hammer fell there is the first Thor movie after his implusive action to demand answers from the Frost Giants
Isn't that New Mexico? that's not same as Mexico.
- Location
- Puerto Rico
Awesome chapters.
By any chance did you forget to write New in front of Mexico?
Yup, thanks for pointing it out. Fixed it.
- Location
- kentucky
you mean when thor went all murderhobo on the frost giants?
- Location
- in a box
Yup after he got pissy after being called princess and then was bent out shape that Dad showed up and asked WTF
Loki tipped off the guard who told Odin but he wanted that guard punished for not being faster to stop Thor, Sif and Warriors Three from reaching the Bifrost.
Yeah I don't know what's going on. sure if you send them links. Thanks
did you try going to the media tab?
Arimai
Curmudgeon
Sulphur
Most dialogue lines are missing punctuation apart from quotation marks. The only punctuation you use seem to remember are the question and exclamation marks when it comes to dialogue.
Chapter 18
May, 2011.
I watched from the sidelines as Tony equipped his suit case size Iron Man armor and headed out of the restaurant to fight the newly revealed Whiplash.
Once again, the butterfly effect is on full display.
Because of Extremis, Tony never had an Arc reactor implanted into his chest, hence he never had to deal with Palladium poisoning. This meant that he never made the many stupid decisions he made in the original timeline, including driving a race car in the Grand Prix at Monaco.
This, in turn, meant that, unlike in the original timeline where Whiplash had the upper hand on Tony due to the surprise attack, Whiplash had to make a public show to draw Iron Man into the open instead.
It was a real shame since Tony and I were having an interesting discussion about going on a joint venture to convince the UN to help unite the world into a singular government to make colonization of space a much easier venture than it is right now due to how the UN is still sitting stalling on changing the laws about owning land on other worlds.
As the TV continued to broadcast Whiplash and Iron Man duking it out, I looked towards Justin Hammer who had a vindictive look on his face as he watched Iron Man receive a beating from Whiplash, a look that turned stoic when Tony beat Vanko in a similar manner to the original timeline.
At least this part of the original timeline is still intact.
I needed Justin Hammer to break out Vanko from his prison so that I can use it against him when I sic my lawyers on his case. I also needed Justin to unveil the Hammer drones only for it to go horribly wrong, permanently destroying his reputation among the public. I will also use this opportunity to release my own military drone systems.
Except, there are a few problems I will have to work around. The first thing is 'Baddasium'. The new element that Tony created in the original timeline from the work of his father. But in this timeline, he has no reason to act irrationally, attracting SHIELD's attention and in turn creating the new element that would improve his technology exponentially, eventually giving rise to the bleeding edge armor that he used in End Game.
This means that I will have to find some way to trick him into creating this element. Although I do have the option of working on creating the new element myself since the images of the Stark Expo model that Howard left behind are easily accessible through the Internet, allowing me to construct a 3d model digitally and recreate the element.
The second thing is how to get the damned countries across the world to work together for once in their goddamned lives. Seriously, I am getting tired of all the conflicting interests that all of these idiots in power are having at every UN meeting that I participate in.
Instead of being a meeting where we can discuss pressing issues like changing the laws regarding space flight and colonization or the problem of poverty and inequality prevalent in poorer countries, it always devolves into a bargaining match where the countries try to outbid each other to attain the latest technologies.
I seriously don't understand how any of these idiots attained such positions of power.
At least, this kind of stupidity is not so prevalent in the militaries across the world.
General Calvin Swanwick, the man that I know to be the Martian Manhunter, was interested in the handheld Railguns that I had recently unveiled to the military. He had already begun talks for arming the entire USA Infantry with my weapons. The same went for the many other generals across the world who were also interested in my weapons. Of course, the President was not exactly happy about how I was selling top-of-the-line tech to other countries, but a simple threat from me which stated that I would run for the Presidential election next term shut the stupid politician up.
Humanity cannot afford its soldiers, its protectors, to be underequipped to deal with threats from other worlds due to the petty nature of politics.
If I really ran for the seat, there was no way any other politician could beat me thanks to the sheer reputation I had in the general public thanks to the existence of Extremis, K-drives, and many other innovations that made their lives much better than before. The President knew this, hence the reason why he shut up in record time and stopped bothering me. This also earned me a lot of wiggling room when it came to carrying out operations in the morally grey area without landing in prison.
Thankfully, I had plans in place to replace many of the representatives of the UN and the ones on the World Security Council with competent politicians who actually cared about bettering the lives of the people of their countries. But these plans will have to wait until the time is right. Until the current holders of the position prove their incompetency. A situation like the one in the original timeline when they tried to nuke New York during Loki's invasion.
As I watched Vanko being dragged away by the police to be imprisoned, I picked up my phone and called my people.
"Melina, I want the Widows to maintain a watch on the man that you just saw on TV. His name is Ivan Vanko. I want reports on his every move from here on out. Also, place Yelena's team on standby and wait for my signal. The moment I give the signal I want him dead"
"I'm on it"
I hung up the call and dialed another number.
"Hey boss, What's up?"
"Anatoli, how is the investigation going?"
"Just as you said, Jane Foster brought an unidentified man into her home yesterday. From the way he behaves, I would think he was a highly trained agent if not for the lack of general knowledge he seems to display. He also doesn't seem to have Extremis, which is extremely rare these days. We are also monitoring SHIELD's activities. They seem to be guarding a Hammer of unknown make that appears to have crashed here. From what my sources from the inside tell me, no one has been able to make the thing move, much less transport it somewhere else"
"Good, keep an eye on the man. Should something happen I want an immediate report"
"You got it, Boss"
Once again I hung up the call and simply relaxed in my chair despite Mercy's perplexed look at me staying at the restaurant while everyone else had already vacated the premises.
Just one more week, and I will have Asgardian destroyer technology in my hands for me to replicate and arm Humanity with.
I watched from the sidelines as Tony equipped his suit case size Iron Man armor and headed out of the restaurant to fight the newly revealed Whiplash.
Once again, the butterfly effect is on full display.
Because of Extremis, Tony never had an Arc reactor implanted into his chest, hence he never had to deal with Palladium poisoning. This meant that he never made the many stupid decisions he made in the original timeline, including driving a race car in the Grand Prix at Monaco.
This, in turn, meant that, unlike in the original timeline where Whiplash had the upper hand on Tony due to the surprise attack, Whiplash had to make a public show to draw Iron Man into the open instead.
It was a real shame since Tony and I were having an interesting discussion about going on a joint venture to convince the UN to help unite the world into a singular government to make colonization of space a much easier venture than it is right now due to how the UN is still sitting stalling on changing the laws about owning land on other worlds.
As the TV continued to broadcast Whiplash and Iron Man duking it out, I looked towards Justin Hammer who had a vindictive look on his face as he watched Iron Man receive a beating from Whiplash, a look that turned stoic when Tony beat Vanko in a similar manner to the original timeline.
At least this part of the original timeline is still intact.
I needed Justin Hammer to break out Vanko from his prison so that I can use it against him when I sic my lawyers on his case. I also needed Justin to unveil the Hammer drones only for it to go horribly wrong, permanently destroying his reputation among the public. I will also use this opportunity to release my own military drone systems.
Except, there are a few problems I will have to work around. The first thing is 'Baddasium'. The new element that Tony created in the original timeline from the work of his father. But in this timeline, he has no reason to act irrationally, attracting SHIELD's attention and in turn creating the new element that would improve his technology exponentially, eventually giving rise to the bleeding edge armor that he used in End Game.
This means that I will have to find some way to trick him into creating this element. Although I do have the option of working on creating the new element myself since the images of the Stark Expo model that Howard left behind are easily accessible through the Internet, allowing me to construct a 3d model digitally and recreate the element.
The second thing is how to get the damned countries across the world to work together for once in their goddamned lives. Seriously, I am getting tired of all the conflicting interests that all of these idiots in power are having at every UN meeting that I participate in.
Instead of being a meeting where we can discuss pressing issues like changing the laws regarding space flight and colonization or the problem of poverty and inequality prevalent in poorer countries, it always devolves into a bargaining match where the countries try to outbid each other to attain the latest technologies.
I seriously don't understand how any of these idiots attained such positions of power.
At least, this kind of stupidity is not so prevalent in the militaries across the world.
General Calvin Swanwick, the man that I know to be the Martian Manhunter, was interested in the handheld Railguns that I had recently unveiled to the military. He had already begun talks for arming the entire USA Infantry with my weapons. The same went for the many other generals across the world who were also interested in my weapons. Of course, the President was not exactly happy about how I was selling top-of-the-line tech to other countries, but a simple threat from me which stated that I would run for the Presidential election next term shut the stupid politician up.
Humanity cannot afford its soldiers, its protectors, to be underequipped to deal with threats from other worlds due to the petty nature of politics.
If I really ran for the seat, there was no way any other politician could beat me thanks to the sheer reputation I had in the general public thanks to the existence of Extremis, K-drives, and many other innovations that made their lives much better than before. The President knew this, hence the reason why he shut up in record time and stopped bothering me. This also earned me a lot of wiggling room when it came to carrying out operations in the morally grey area without landing in prison.
Thankfully, I had plans in place to replace many of the representatives of the UN and the ones on the World Security Council with competent politicians who actually cared about bettering the lives of the people of their countries. But these plans will have to wait until the time is right. Until the current holders of the position prove their incompetency. A situation like the one in the original timeline when they tried to nuke New York during Loki's invasion.
As I watched Vanko being dragged away by the police to be imprisoned, I picked up my phone and called my people.
"Melina, I want the Widows to maintain a watch on the man that you just saw on TV. His name is Ivan Vanko. I want reports on his every move from here on out. Also, place Yelena's team on standby and wait for my signal. The moment I give the signal I want him dead"
"I'm on it"
I hung up the call and dialed another number.
"Hey boss, What's up?"
"Anatoli, how is the investigation going?"
"Just as you said, Jane Foster brought an unidentified man into her home yesterday. From the way he behaves, I would think he was a highly trained agent if not for the lack of general knowledge he seems to display. He also doesn't seem to have Extremis, which is extremely rare these days. We are also monitoring SHIELD's activities. They seem to be guarding a Hammer of unknown make that appears to have crashed here. From what my sources from the inside tell me, no one has been able to make the thing move, much less transport it somewhere else"
"Good, keep an eye on the man. Should something happen I want an immediate report"
"You got it, Boss"
Once again I hung up the call and simply relaxed in my chair despite Mercy's perplexed look at me staying at the restaurant while everyone else had already vacated the premises.
Just one more week, and I will have Asgardian destroyer technology in my hands for me to replicate and arm Humanity with.
It happens sometimes since English is not my first language, I use Grammarly to auto-correct any errors.
Arimai
Curmudgeon
Yes. Apart from the punctuation your writing is quite good. Almost no odd turns of phrase or disordered sentence structures. Well done amigo. It read like a native English speaking writer.
Mass produced Destroyer Heavy Infantry/BattleMech and Void(outer space) drones. Beautiful. Hopefully Earth expands fast enough to prevent extinction even if Sol system is destroyed.
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The Destroyer: *appears on Earth*
SI Lex Luthor: "It's a free real estate."
SI Lex Luthor: "It's a free real estate."
Chapter 19
June, 2011
I sat leisurely alongside Mercy, surrounded by my Widows and the PMC, while everyone else ran around in a panic to save their lives.
Just like I had thought, Hammer ended up recruiting Vanko and having him design suits for him. Predictably, Vanco designed Drones instead which Hammer decided to show to the military to validate the existence of his company which was now lagging behind LexCorp, Stark Industries, and Wayne Enterprises in basically everything.
Then, just like predicted, Vanko turned the drones into murder bots to draw out Tony by holding everyone present at the air force base hostage. Another change that I butterflied into existence. Since Tony never got sick with palladium poisoning, he never got the idea to launch the Stark Expo. Hence the reason why Justin unveiled his Hammer drones in an air force base instead.
Understandably, Justin did not like this and tried to threaten Vanko through a call, only to have one of the drones point its huge gun at his face and fire, vaporizing his head and a large part of his upper torso. Not even Extremis is capable of regenerating that kind of damage. Not the kind of end I imagined for Hammer but I got no complaints.
With this show of force, Vanko then announced through the camera that was still broadcasting that he would kill one hostage every ten minutes that Iron Man failed to show himself.
Despite this clear threat to my life, I was not worried. Putting aside my own ridiculous powers, I was surrounded by a contingent of Widows who had their armors stored away in their backpacks just like their PMC counterparts with their battery packs replaced by the new miniaturized K-drives that I finally managed to develop recently. Even if the number of drones around us tripled, I had full confidence in my designs and their operators to protect me and Mercy from any kind of danger.
But, now is not the time to expose the prowess of my PMC to the world. Instead, I had something else planned for now.
As a ping rang out in my earbud, indicating that my plan has started, I slowly got up from my chair and started walking forward.
The guns on the Drones immediately trained on me as Vanko commanded me to stop. I ignored him and turned around to address the crowd which was made up of many high-ranking officials of the military.
"Well, this is a very bad situation, right? Imagine what would happen if madmen like him start showing up everywhere? The machines that you counted on to protect yourself, turned against you. If this had happened on a battlefield, how confident are you that your men would actually survive?"
"Fortunately for you, LexCorp has already thought of these things. Presenting to you, the Guardians"
Vanko, finally getting tired of my impromptu speech ordered his drones to fire, only for the drones to suddenly be crushed under the weight of the massive objects that fell from the sky.
The massive machines were bipedal in nature, armed to the teeth, and armored enough to tank a full volley of an artillery barrage.
Their massive chainguns put the GAU of the A-10s to shame as they tore through the drones with ease. Their shoulder-mounted Railguns destroyed the airborne targets with ease. Their heavy Trans-steel armor makes them nearly invulnerable to the weapons of the drones. Their miniature K-drives ensure that they can continue functioning for weeks on end continuously.
Once all the drones were destroyed, the Guardians now set their guns on the now panicking Ivan Vanko, who tried to use his whips to attack my Guardian drones, only for them to fail to do any meaningful harm. The only thing his whips managed to do was scratch the pain on the Guardians.
"I suggest you surrender, Vanko"
At my words, Ivan said nothing but the beeping of the Arc reactors on the drones told me what he did, activating the self-destruct sequence on all the destroyed drones, at least, those that had their Arc reactors intact anyway.
At his suicidal tactic, I simply rolled my eyes and deliberately raised my hand slowly, showing a palm-sized device that looked quite complicated. With a press of the button, the device emitted a slight humm before the beeping of the Arc reactors on the Hammer drones abruptly stopped, causing Vanko to start panicking for real as he started attacking the Guardians that surrounded him with wild abandon.
I already knew of his suicidal mindset thanks to the movies, hence I developed this device specifically to disrupt the function of an Arc reactor by stopping the cold fusion taking place in the devices. Of course, there is only one of these devices in existence and only I knew how to create one in the first place. I don't want this thing to fall into the hands of terrorists and cause untold damage to everyone by using this to disrupt the function of the Arc reactors that are now in just as widespread use as my K-drives across the world.
With his drones now out of the picture, and his suit and weapons rendered useless in front of the Guardians, this hectic evening was finally over.
Just as I was done wrapping up the show, a distant boom of the sound barrier being broken alerted me to the arrival of Tony Stark.
In his Mark VI armor which filled my head with questions. One of the biggest ones is why did Tony end up developing his new element despite not having Palladium poisoning?
Oh well, questions for another time. I have something much more pressing to take care of.
I sat leisurely alongside Mercy, surrounded by my Widows and the PMC, while everyone else ran around in a panic to save their lives.
Just like I had thought, Hammer ended up recruiting Vanko and having him design suits for him. Predictably, Vanco designed Drones instead which Hammer decided to show to the military to validate the existence of his company which was now lagging behind LexCorp, Stark Industries, and Wayne Enterprises in basically everything.
Then, just like predicted, Vanko turned the drones into murder bots to draw out Tony by holding everyone present at the air force base hostage. Another change that I butterflied into existence. Since Tony never got sick with palladium poisoning, he never got the idea to launch the Stark Expo. Hence the reason why Justin unveiled his Hammer drones in an air force base instead.
Understandably, Justin did not like this and tried to threaten Vanko through a call, only to have one of the drones point its huge gun at his face and fire, vaporizing his head and a large part of his upper torso. Not even Extremis is capable of regenerating that kind of damage. Not the kind of end I imagined for Hammer but I got no complaints.
With this show of force, Vanko then announced through the camera that was still broadcasting that he would kill one hostage every ten minutes that Iron Man failed to show himself.
Despite this clear threat to my life, I was not worried. Putting aside my own ridiculous powers, I was surrounded by a contingent of Widows who had their armors stored away in their backpacks just like their PMC counterparts with their battery packs replaced by the new miniaturized K-drives that I finally managed to develop recently. Even if the number of drones around us tripled, I had full confidence in my designs and their operators to protect me and Mercy from any kind of danger.
But, now is not the time to expose the prowess of my PMC to the world. Instead, I had something else planned for now.
As a ping rang out in my earbud, indicating that my plan has started, I slowly got up from my chair and started walking forward.
The guns on the Drones immediately trained on me as Vanko commanded me to stop. I ignored him and turned around to address the crowd which was made up of many high-ranking officials of the military.
"Well, this is a very bad situation, right? Imagine what would happen if madmen like him start showing up everywhere? The machines that you counted on to protect yourself, turned against you. If this had happened on a battlefield, how confident are you that your men would actually survive?"
"Fortunately for you, LexCorp has already thought of these things. Presenting to you, the Guardians"
Vanko, finally getting tired of my impromptu speech ordered his drones to fire, only for the drones to suddenly be crushed under the weight of the massive objects that fell from the sky.
The massive machines were bipedal in nature, armed to the teeth, and armored enough to tank a full volley of an artillery barrage.
Their massive chainguns put the GAU of the A-10s to shame as they tore through the drones with ease. Their shoulder-mounted Railguns destroyed the airborne targets with ease. Their heavy Trans-steel armor makes them nearly invulnerable to the weapons of the drones. Their miniature K-drives ensure that they can continue functioning for weeks on end continuously.
Once all the drones were destroyed, the Guardians now set their guns on the now panicking Ivan Vanko, who tried to use his whips to attack my Guardian drones, only for them to fail to do any meaningful harm. The only thing his whips managed to do was scratch the pain on the Guardians.
"I suggest you surrender, Vanko"
At my words, Ivan said nothing but the beeping of the Arc reactors on the drones told me what he did, activating the self-destruct sequence on all the destroyed drones, at least, those that had their Arc reactors intact anyway.
At his suicidal tactic, I simply rolled my eyes and deliberately raised my hand slowly, showing a palm-sized device that looked quite complicated. With a press of the button, the device emitted a slight humm before the beeping of the Arc reactors on the Hammer drones abruptly stopped, causing Vanko to start panicking for real as he started attacking the Guardians that surrounded him with wild abandon.
I already knew of his suicidal mindset thanks to the movies, hence I developed this device specifically to disrupt the function of an Arc reactor by stopping the cold fusion taking place in the devices. Of course, there is only one of these devices in existence and only I knew how to create one in the first place. I don't want this thing to fall into the hands of terrorists and cause untold damage to everyone by using this to disrupt the function of the Arc reactors that are now in just as widespread use as my K-drives across the world.
With his drones now out of the picture, and his suit and weapons rendered useless in front of the Guardians, this hectic evening was finally over.
Just as I was done wrapping up the show, a distant boom of the sound barrier being broken alerted me to the arrival of Tony Stark.
In his Mark VI armor which filled my head with questions. One of the biggest ones is why did Tony end up developing his new element despite not having Palladium poisoning?
Oh well, questions for another time. I have something much more pressing to take care of.
LexCorp Guardian Drones
Nick Fury definitely sent Tony Stark the miniature model map of Stark Expo where the latter found the new element and also the footage regarding his father as well.