Since coming back, Alexander stayed at the Bar and looked into various matters.
The ss Obadiah made left Stark Industries vulnerable. Lots of its stocks were in the open market. The company also lost a lot of its value because Tony announced he would stop manufacturing weapons. The current Stark Industries was in a lot of ss.
...
Pepper barged into Tony's underground lab, "Why didn't you co to the eting today? You are the backbone of this company. Many investors are dumping their shares. You need to show them that we can survive without weapons too."
"Oh co on, Pepper. Everything's gonna be fine." Tony shrugged without a care.
"No, nothing's gonna be fine. If soone with ulterior motives buys those shares then you can say goodbye to your own company. We need money, you must have absolute control over the company if you still want it to be called Stark Industries." She got angrier.
"Then use the money from my account, problem solved."
Pepper shook her head, "Not enough, you will still need 6 billion dollars to beco the 51% owner. Before you say we should loan it, I talked to the banks and they want your Ironman Tech as collateral."
Tony suddenly realized what trouble he was in and left his work and sat down on a couch nearby.
"I'll do sothing. Maybe a new invention can prove that we are still in good. Getting money is going to be hard." He thought.
"Please tell
if you have any ideas. I'll be in the office." She left angrily.
Tony just sat there and looked at the ceiling.
~They want my suit, my company, and even my life. I'll show them what I can do. But what about the money.~ he mumbled and soon got back to working on his new armor.
...
Alexander was in the bar, Amy sat beside him and ate burgers.
"What are you going to do today, Amy?" He asked.
"Ummm, go to xico and paint a desert or maybe go to big sis dusa. She's been sad as she hasn't seen Loki in a while." She cheerfully announced.
"Hahaha... Oh, Odin is trying to talk to ." He suddenly felt a voice directly in his mind.
"How are you, my friend?" Odin asked. His voice didn't feel cheerful.
"What happened, Odin?" He inquired.
"My foolish son, Thor, nearly made war with the Frost Giants of Jotunheim. He's grown too arrogant and for that I have stripped him of his powers and sent him to Midgard. I want him to learn his lessons. Can you help
mold him into a king, my friend?" Odin asked.
"But don't you have two sons? Haven't you told Thor and Loki that one of them will be king since they were small? What would Loki think when he sees you trying so hard to make Thor, king? He'd think that you are taking sides. I will help you teach your son. But you should also focus on Loki. You adopted him as your son. Treat him like one." Alexander advised.
Odin didn't speak for a few seconds. He genuinely thought about his behavior. He couldn't deny that he was biased towards Thor.
"Yes, you are right. Perhaps I've been too biased. I nearly forgot that it's not the Kings that makes Asgard. It's the Asgardians. I will heed your advice and talk to Loki. Thank you, Alex."
"Haha, no thanking in friendship, Odin. I'll go and check on your son." He cut the ntal connection.
"Amy, my dear. I am going to New xico. Do you want to co?" He asked.
"Yayyyy" she rejoiced.
Then Alexander noticed a custor coming into the bar. It was very rare for soone to co due to filter magic. If soone was able to co then it ant that they were either so noticeable character of Marvel or soone in an ergency.
But the current custor was a special one. After all, it was Tony Stark.
Tony simply ca and sat on a stool in front of the bar counter.
"Finally I had ti to co here. I've heard a lot about this place. That it serves the best burgers in the world. I've tasted your whiskey and there's no denying it's the best." Tony remarked.
"Yes uncle, uncle Dobby makes the best burgers," Amy added as she took a bite of her own cheezy burger. Tony gulped saliva when the pleasant sll hit his nose.
"Yes... I will take two burgers and a Firewhiskey." He ordered.
Dobby went to cook and Alexander gave Tony his whiskey.
"Here you go." He poured a glass.
Tony picked it up to drink but then his eyes t with the photo fras hanging behind Alexander. The glass nearly fell from his hand from the shock.
"W-Why is my dad in that picture?" He confusedly asked. Tony and Howard didn't have a very loving relationship. So Tony never found out much about his father's past. Most of the docunts were also protected by S.H.I.E.L.D so it was even more impossible for him to learn about his father.
Dobby walked in with a plate of burgers. Alexander didn't answer as he was just a random old man currently. But Dobby was the official son of General Dobby. He was currently going by the na Dobby Junior.
"Those are so personal pictures of my father from world war." He answered.
"Yes, I can understand that much, but why is my father in so many of them? And why does he look so intimate with that old man? Look at that one, he's sitting on the old man's back," Tony pointed to various photos.
"Oh, didn't you know? Your father was the unofficially adopted son of Arica's Old Man, General Alexander Maxim Universe." Dobby revealed.
Alexander nodded his head cheekily spoke, "Ah, what a great man he was."
For Tony, it was like a bomb. He just realized that his father was so much more than just a grumpy old man. That his father had a huge past.
"What else can you tell
about him?" Tony enthusiastically asked.
"Umm, I heard all this from my father. After General helped Howard and his mother get away from his abusive father, he brought them to this building. Where they lived for the next many years. That apartnt is still as it was back then, you know. Howard also loved Burgers and Firewhiskey and was a regular here." Dobby inford.
"Thanks for telling
that. I'll eat my Burger now." Tony stated, deciding that he'd do more research later.
Dobby left after that. Tony happily ate the burger and drank whiskey. Thinking that his father ate the sa thing while probably sitting where he sat now.
"Forgive
if I'm intruding but you look troubled. I saw your Congressional hearing and they aren't going to leave you anyti, son." Alexander spoke while looking at the mute news channel.
Tony also looked and saw his na on the screen. "Oh, they can whine all they want. Iron Man is my private property... But Stark Industries might end up being soone else's if I don't do sothing,"
Alexander acted like he didn't know what the kid was talking about. So he asked, "What's the problem?"
Tony looked at him and said sarcastically, "So the old bartender can solve Tony Stark's problems?"
Alexander didn't look tad bit offended and just laughed, "Haha, you can try. Big surprises often co in small packages."
For so reason, Tony felt relaxed and told his problem, "Well, for starters the governnt wants to turn Iron man into a personal weapon. Then there's the ss Obadiah left behind. I need money to retake my company's stocks and beco the majority stakeholder so I can work. Tell , can you fix that?"
"Hmm... How much money do you need?" Alexander nonchalantly asked.
"Huh... Leave it, Old man. You can't help it. I want another burger by the way and do you ho deliv...." He got interrupted.
"How much?" Alexander asked again.
"Six Billion Dollars... Satisfied now?" Tony got a bit annoyed.
Alexander started to fiddle into his pocket.
"Glanpa, here you go." Amy cutely handed him the cheque book.
"Thank you, sweetheart"
Alexander then wrote a check of 6 billion dollars and handed him the cheque. "Here, return it when you can."
Tony took it laughingly, "Is this so jok..."
He stopped speaking as Jarvis spoke up, "This is real sir. I checked it, the cheque is real."
Tony quickly looked back up and found that the old man wasn't there. The girl was missing too.
"Where did he go, Jarvis?" He asked.
"I don't know, sir. It's like he just vanished" Javis sounded even more confused.
"I am starting to doubt your usefulness, Jarvis," Tony mumbled.
"I can only be as smart as you make , sir." Jarvis retorted.
"Wait... Did you just call
dumb?" Tony argued back.
Doby ca with another plate of burgers, "Here you go. Anything else?"
"Yes, yes... Who was that old man?" He inquired.
"Oh, that was the part-ti bartender. I can't tell more than that." Dobby left him alone.
~Hmmm... I like mysteries, and also solving them.~ Tony internally thought.
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