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"...I'd now like to call Justin Hamr, our current primary weapons contractor." Senator Sterns says.
As the big wooden doors swung open, in walked a blonde man with glasses and a very expensive-looking suit. He looked to be in the sa age range as Tony, whom he was staring at with a smug smile on his face.
[Insert picture of Justin Hamr here]
Justin Hamr is a military contractor, and the CEO and majority shareholder of Hamr Industries, which had ford a strong business rivalry with Stark Industries. Seeking to improve his own position as a contractor for the US governnt and get one over on Tony Stark, Hamr is working alongside Stern and attempting to damage the public's view of Tony.
Not to ntion the fact that he was promised to be able to study and replicate Starks Iron Man suit and arc reactor upon their combined success.
Hamr was called as an expert to prove that Tony Stark's ego and his monopoly on his Iron Man armor was now a danger for the United States of Arica and its people, as part of Stern's attempt to force Stark to give the Iron Man suit technology to the governnt.
Though, in Peter's opinion Sterns could have chosen a better partner in cri than Justin Hamr.
Whilst overconfident, Hamr is also incompetent in terms of the quality of his technology, so of which are faulty altogether and even dangerous to the user. Even the normal guns that Hamr Industries sells have a 50/50 chance of jamming during usage.
This is why, although, Hamr sees Tony as a rival, Tony doesn't reciprocate that feeling whatsoever. In his eyes, Hamr is nothing more than a wannabe that couldn't make a working piece of tech to save his life.
"Let the record reflect that I observed Mr. Hamr entering the chamber, and I am wondering if and when any actual expert will also be in attendance." Tony comnts, causing many to laugh and Hamr to scowl as he made his way up to a podium in front of the panel of governnt officials.
"Senator, if I may." Hamr says into the microphone, doing his best to ignore Tony's remark. "I may well not be an expert, but you know who was the expert? Your dad. Howard Stark. Really a father to us all, and the military-industrial age. Let's just be clear, he was no flower child. He was a lion..."
"Senator, did you invite this man, who just admitted to not being an expert, here to monologue about his weird fantasy for Tony's father?" Peter cuts Hamr off before he could continue rambling. "Since he isn't an expert as you've said, maybe he should leave so we can finish this."
Hearing Peter's words, Sterns didn't know how to legitimize Hamr being there anymore, which goes to show that he shouldn't have worked with Justin in the first place. The man is simply incompetent.
Before Sterns could form a rebuttal for Peter's words, Hamr just steamrolled ahead, ignoring the opposition.
"...We all know why we're here. Last year, Tony Stark created a sword with untold possibilities, yet he insists it's a shield. He asks us to trust him as we cower behind it. I wish I were comforted, I really do. I'd love to leave my door unlocked when I leave the house, but this ain't Canada. We live in a world of grave threats, threats that Mr. Stark will not always be able to foresee..."
"You're right, but that's what the Avengers are for, not Tony or Iron Man." Peter cuts him off once again and turns to the senator. "Senator, let's move on from this one. He's obviously not an expert, so I see no point in hearing him ramble any further."
As Peter finished speaking, Tony was smirking like a madman while Sterns and Hamr were turning red from anger.
"The committee would now like to invite Lieutenant Colonel Jas Rhodes to the chamber." Sterns says through gritted teeth.
Tony's head snaps backward as the doors swing open for a third ti and Rhodes walks in wearing his military uniform with an ever-present scowl on his face.
He looked like he didn't want to be here and most likely was ordered to attend by his superiors, but Tony was currently blinded by the feeling of betrayal so he didn't seem to notice.
"I have before a complete report on the Iron Man weapon, compiled by Colonel Rhodes. Colonel, for the record, can you please read page 57, paragraph four?" Sterns says as Rhodes takes Hamr's place at the podium.
Shuffling through his report, Rhodes finds the exact paragraph and starts reading.
"Very well, 'As he does not operate within any definable branch of governnt, Iron Man presents a potential threat to the security of both the nation and to her interests.' I did, however, go on to say that..." Rhodes says but the Senator cuts him off.
"That's enough Colonel." Sterns says, getting exactly what he wanted. "You can step away from the podium now."
Rhodes stood rooted to the ground, shocked that the Senator would act so shalessly with this whole situation.
"This is all very confusing to because Iron Man is a mber of the Avengers. As an Avenger, we operate at a higher level than any single governnt branch. Although you have the power to summon my good friend Tony here, as he's an Arican citizen, Iron Man is already a mber of an extra-governnt agency.-"
"-You know, the longer this farce goes on, the more it starts to look like you and that idiot over there-" Peter gestures to Hamr, who sat at the side. "-simply want to take what doesn't belong to you."
"While I agree with you, Spider-Man, we do have a problem." Rhodes says as he digs through a folder and pulls out so pictures of human-like robots. "Intelligence suggests that the devices seen in these photos are, in fact, attempts at making manned copies of Tony's suit. This has been corroborated by our allies and local intelligence on the ground indicating that these suits are quite possibly, at this mont, operational."
Just like in the movie, Tony starts doing sothing on his phone, which triggers the TVs in the room to light up and start playing videos of different military tests from the pictures that were shown.
"Ti for a little transparency. Now, let's see what's really going on." Tony says with a smirk.
"What is he doing?" Stern asks in bewildernt.
"If you will direct your attention to the screens, I believe that's North Korea." Tony says and the robot starts to walk before stumbling and exploding in a fiery ss.
Sterns starts yelling for soone to turn off the TVs and stop Tony from continuing as more and more examples of failed Iron Man copies were shown. All of them ended in destruction.
"No grave threats here." Tony says as the screen changes to a video with Hamr in it this ti. "Is that Justin Hamr? How did Hamr get in the ga? Look, you're on TV. How exciting!"
The video plays and shows a test pilot in so clunky Iron Man copy. Hamr directs him to twist his body, which causes the armor to overturn and snap the test pilot's spine with a sickening crack. The screams of the poor guy fill the room as Hamr finds the TV's plug and pulls it out.
"Wow. Yeah, I'd say most countries are five or ten years away. Hamr Industries, twenty." Tony states as he sets his phone down.
"I think the point that he's making..." Sterns tries to speak but Tony cuts him off.
"The point is, you're welco, I guess." Tony stands up with his hands spread.
"For what?" Sterns asks incredulously.
"Because I'm your nuclear deterrent. It's working. We're safe. Arica is secure. You want my property? You can't have it, but I did you a big favor." Tony says as he turns to the caras. "I've successfully privatized world peace."
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"I've successfully privatized world peace." Tony's image plays on an old TV in a rundown Russian apartnt.
Ivan Vanko stands in the center of the room, where his father died before his very eyes, dressed in tal straps and chanisms with an orange glow on his chest, similar to Tony's arc reactor.
Holding two lightsaber-looking objects in his hands, which were wired to the device on his chest, Vanko presses buttons in each hand, causing the two hilts in his hands to ignite in orange light.
[Insert picture of suited up Vanko/Whiplash here]
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