[Third Person's PoV]
Howard, Maria, and David were seen standing outside a hangar with a runway in front of them.
"Did Tony tell you what he wanted to show you? lissa didn't want to say anything about it. All she kept saying was that it was amazing," David asked, looking towards Howard and Maria.
They both shook their heads. "They've been pretty secretive about this project," Howard said.
They then heard sothing like a wheel moving behind them. When they looked, they saw lissa pushing one of those machines that shoot out tennis balls.
Howard blinked a few tis and looked towards lissa, who was wearing a lab coat, an earpiece, and a backpack.
"I'm sorry to say, dear, but those already exist," Howard teased.
lissa let out a sigh and shook her head. "You're just like Tony."
Howard only smiled upon hearing that.
lissa reached for her backpack and pulled out a tablet. She then tapped the earpiece and said, "You can start now, Tony."
They barely managed to hear Tony's voice as he said, "Copy that."
"Start what, sweetie?" David asked.
lissa didn't answer and just pointed to the air. Soon, they saw a red and gold tal suit of armor flying around.
They saw how the armor had its legs tucked together while its arms were a bit apart and was flying in the air.
It started moving around, doing flips and spinning. It even started writing in the air with the trail of smoke it left.
The na Tony Stark was written before it was underlined. At first, Tony wanted to make the suit black and blue for individuality, but since it was the first Iron Man ever made, he decided on making it his signature color.
Soon, the piece of armor dropped from the sky and landed in front of them on one knee, cracking the ground due to its weight.
"Superhero landing," they heard Tony whisper.
As he looked up, the mask also went up, revealing his face. He watched in amusent as they stood with their mouths agape and their eyes widened.
lissa went in front of them and snapped their picture on the tablet, giving Tony a thumbs up. "I got it."
The flash from the picture snapped them out of their trance.
"Tony, what are you wearing? What is that?" Howard asked excitedly, his excitent only growing as he looked at the arc reactor on Tony's chest.
"I look cool, right?" Tony said smugly. "And this is my superhero outfit."
Maria softly smiled at Tony. "I see, so this was the answer to the question that day."
"Okay, wow, you figured that out way too quickly," Tony said, looking at his mother oddly.
"I'm your mother; it's only natural," she said smugly.
David looked at the suit in awe. "What else can it do?"
"I'm glad you asked, Davy," Tony teased, causing David to scoff slightly.
"lissa, hit it," Tony said.
lissa nodded and gave a few taps on the tablet. The tennis machine started charging up, and a ball was then shot into the air.
They watched as Tony aid a hand towards the ball. They heard the sound of sothing quickly charging up before being released.
*Whirr* *Zap*
They watched a repulsor shot shoot out from Tony's armored hand and hit the ball, causing it to explode upon impact.
"More, lissa."
lissa gave the screen a few more taps, and more balls shot out.
Tony moved his hands back and forth, shooting repulsors from both his hands, each hitting the balls and causing them to explode.
Tony then turned towards them and gave them a thumbs up with a large smile.
"Whoa," Howard and David muttered.
"You guys haven't seen anything yet. lissa, rapid fire," Tony said as he crossed his arms.
lissa's fingers started to rapidly tap on the tablet, and the balls all shot out in a rapid burst.
They heard the sound of sothing charging up once again, but this ti it was much louder. Tony puffed out his chest, and a large repulsor beam shot out from it. Tony followed the rows of tennis balls as they disintegrated upon contact.
They were all left speechless. Tony and lissa perford a low five before bumping fists.
"Tony, are you planning on taking over the world?" Howard asked, unsure of what else he was supposed to think after such a demonstration.
"I'm only showing you this so we can get more funds to continue building and creating new things," Tony said with a smile, completely ignoring the question.
Howard put a hand on his chin and narrowed his eyes pensively. "Tony, tell , what are your future plans?"
"Why?"
"Like always, humor ."
Tony shrugged his shoulders. "I was planning on studying abroad in Japan for hero school. I looked it up, and U.A. is the best school there. Since I declared I wanted to be a hero, I'm following through. I'm going where the Hero Association was first created and where the three-ti world champion currently resides."
Howard then turned towards lissa. "And how about you?"
"Tony already told his plan before, so I did my own research. It turns out U.A. has its own Tech departnt, so I was planning on joining that. Plus, I can see Uncle Might if I go there, so it's a win-win."
Howard nodded. "Tony, when you turn 10, I'm putting you in charge of a Stark branch in Japan, and lissa, you will be going there as his secretary."
"WHAT?!" they all shouted as they looked at Howard. Tony's suit was now unimportant compared to the news Howard just dropped.
Tony was the only one who didn't react; he just nodded his head and accepted the news.
"You're not sending my baby all on his own to another country," Maria said with narrowed eyes.
"He won't be alone. I have a friend there who owes a couple of favors. I'm sure he would be more than glad to have Tony and lissa. You rember the Yaoyorozus, honey. You even got along very well with the missus."
"Why is my daughter included in your plans, Howard?" David asked with narrowed eyes.
Howard didn't answer with words. He just made a motion with his hands that said: Take a look for yourself.
lissa was standing next to Tony, holding the tablet close to her chest, and her earpiece had a blue glow. The glasses didn't help the case. lissa looked like the definition of a secretary standing next to Tony.
"Have you even asked your son if he wanted this? I sure as well know my daughter didn't agree to this," David said, not having anything else to retort.
"No, and I don't need to. Tony's smart. He already figured out why I'm doing this."
They all then turned to look at him. "Oh, you want to explain it?" Tony said before sighing.
"Basically, he wants to not be dependent on him for money and make my own. This will also be a test to see if I can take care of a business so when the ti cos, he can safely pass Stark Industries down to . Probably when I graduate or sothing," Tony briefly explained.
"Heh, you even figured out this was a test," Howard said with pride.
David ignored him. "I'm not letting my only daughter be away from —"
"Please let go, Daddy," lissa said, looking at David pleadingly.
"What? But why? No offense, but you've only known Tony for like three or so months. I don't think the reason you would want to follow him to another country is because you guys are the best of friends."
"Two reasons," lissa said, raising two fingers. "First, I told Tony I was going to be his lab assistant. I don't want to go back on my word. And second, just like you said, I've only known him for three months, but in those three months I've learned so much—things I wouldn't even have thought possible. I want to keep on learning new things from Tony. If I have to follow him to another country to learn, then so be it."
"But honey, that would an being away from each other," David said sadly.
lissa hesitated. "I promise to visit during the holidays?"
Hearing that, David almost went to his knees as he held his heart in pain. "My own daughter…"
Maria just patted his shoulder with a sympathetic look.
"Can we go back to testing my armor, please?" Tony pleaded.
"Oh, right," lissa said upon realizing why they were there. "Have you tried going at your max speed?"
Tony shook his head as he walked towards the runway. During this ti, David turned towards Howard. "We'll talk more about this later. And properly."
Howard had a serious expression as he nodded.
Tony then got on the runway, tucked his legs together, and stuck out his arms slightly. He shot into the sky, creating a giant gust of wind that stirred up a cloud of dust.
They all had to cover their faces and take a step back. Once the dust cleared, lissa was looking at the tablet with concentration.
"So, how fast is he going?" Howard asked as he saw how high Tony was flying.
lissa turned the tablet towards everyone. "He's currently going at Mach 5. I think the new arc reactor would allow him to go faster, but his thrusters were not designed to accept any more power than the previous arc reactor had," lissa explained.
"Incredible," Maria couldn't help but say.
"Do you know what he called that suit?" David asked curiously.
lissa nodded. "He called it Mark 1."
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