As the us airplane was landing in air force base as happy and Pepper were waiting for Tony and Carly
As the back of the plane opens as Rhodes and a solider help Tony and Carly down as Tony and Carly both have as cast on their arms as they walked to pepper as soliders had Gurnees for Tony and Carly
Tony: are you kidding me with this
Get rid of them
(As Tony and Carly walked up to pepper)
Tony: your eyes are red a few tears for your long lost boss and best friend
Pepper: tears of joy I hate job hunting
(As Carly hugs pepper as she let out a few tears seeing her best friend again)
Tony: yeah vacation's over
Cut to Tony Carly and pepper inside the car as happy was driving
Happy: where to sir and ma'am
Pepper: take us to the hospital please happy
Tony/Carly: (in unison) no
Pepper: no Tony Carly you both have to go to the hospital
Tony: no is a complete answer
Pepper: the doctor has to look at you two
Carly: doctors already looked at us at the base with rhodey we're both fine pep
Tony: we don't have to do anything me and Carly have been in captivity for three months there are two things we both want to do we want American cheeseburgers and the other
Pepper: that's enough of that
Carly: no no no no pepper is not what you think we want you to call for a press conference now
Pepper: call for a press conference
Tony: yeah
Pepper: what on earth for
Carly: happy drive cheeseburgers first
(As they drive away from the air force base)
Cut to stark&Jones industries building as the car pulls in as everyone was there cheering and applauding as Obadiah opens the car door for Tony and Carly
Obadiah: look at this! Tony Carly
(As Obadiah hugs Tony and Carly) we were going to meet at the hospital
Tony: no we're both fine
Carly: yeah we're good to go Obie
(As happy came out with a burger King bag as Tony and Carly grabs a cheeseburger out of the bag )
Obadiah: look at you two you had to have a burger
Tony: yeah well come on
Obadiah: you get me one of those
Tony: there's are the only ones of those
There's are only one's left we both need it
(Carly nods in agreement)
Carly: sorry Obie
Cut to stark&Jones industries as they're now inside As Obadiah is walking with Tony and Carly into the lobby as reporters and cameras were everywhere and everyone cheers and applauded
Obadiah: hey look who's here! Yeah!
(As pepper stayed behind as Obadiah escorted Tony and Carly to the stage through the crowds of press as man in a suit goes up to pepper)
Man: miss Potts
Pepper: yes
Man: can I speak to you for a moment
Pepper: I'm not part of the press conference but it's about to begin right now
Man: I'm not a reporter I'm agent Phil coulson with the strategic homeland intervention enforcement and logistics division (handing her a card as pepper took it)
Pepper: that's quite a mouthful
Phil: I know we're working on it
Pepper: you know we've been approached already by the DOD
The FBI the CIA
Phil: we're a separate division with a more specific focus we need to debrief
Mr. Stark and Ms. Jones about the circumstances of they're escape
Pepper: I'll put something in the book
Shall I
Phil: thank you
Cut to Obadiah on stage about to announce Tony and Carly but then looks down to see Tony and Carly on the floor seating down as they both grab another cheeseburgers from their pockets
Tony: hey would it be all right if everyone sat down why don't you just sit down that why you can see me and Carly and I can
(As all the reporter's all sat down on the floor)
Carly: a little less formal thank you
(As Obadiah sat down next to Tony and Carly on the stage)
(While Rhodes walks in seeing what was happening he looks over at pepper)
Rhodes: (whispers) what's up with the love in
Pepper: don't look at me I don't know what they're up to
(Tony and Carly look over at Obadiah )
Tony: good to see you good to see you
I never got to say goodbye to dad
I never got to say goodbye to my father
Carly: and I never got to say goodbye to my mother either there's questions that both me and Tony would've asked them
Tony: I would've asked him how he felt about what the company did if he and Carly's mom ever had doubts
Carly: or maybe they were every inch the people we all remember from the newsreels we saw young Americans killed by the very weapons me and Tony created to defend them and protect them
Tony: and we saw that me and Carly had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero accountability
(A reporter raises his hand)
Reporter: Mr. Stark Ms. Jones
Tony: yes Ben
Carly: yes
Reporter: what happened over there
(Both Tony and Carly got up and went to the podium on stage )
Tony: we had our eyes opened both me and Carly came to realize that we have more to offer this world then just making things that blow up and that is why effective immediately we are shutting down the weapons manufacturing division of Stark&Jones international
(As Obadiah went up to Tony and Carly as the press has a million questions they were asking )
Carly: until such time as both me and Tony can decide what the future of the company will be
Obadiah: I think we're gonna be selling a lot of newspapers
Tony: what direction it should take one that me and Carly are comfortable with and is consistent with the highest good for this country as well
(As Tony and Carly walk off the stage and out of the building)
Obadiah: what we should take away from this is that Tony and Carly are back! And they're healthier than ever
We're going to have a little internal discussion and we'll get back to you with the follow up
Cut to stark&Jones weapon designing building as happy is standing by the car Obadiah then shows up on a Segway with a cigar in his mouth got off the Segway looking at happy
Obadiah: where are they
Happy: they're inside
(As Obadiah then swiped his key card as he walks in seeing Tony and Carly stairing at the giant arc reactor inside)
Obadiah: well that that went well
Tony: did we just paint a target on the back of our heads
Obadiah: your heads what about my head what do you both think the over under on the stock drop is gonna be tomorrow
Carly: uh optimistically 40 points
Obadiah: at minimum
Tony: yep
Obadiah: Tony Carly we're a weapons manufacturer
Carly: Obie we just don't want a body count to be our only legacy
Obadiah: that's what we do we're iron mongers we make weapons
Tony: it's mine and Carly's names on the side of the building
Obadiah: and what we do keeps the world from falling into chaos
Tony: not based on what we say we're not doing a very good job we can do better we're gonna do something else
Obadiah: like what you guys want us to make baby bottles
Carly: me and t thinks we should take another look into the arc reactor technology
Obadiah: ah come on the arc reactor
That's a publicity stunt! Tony Carly
Come on we built that thing to shut the hippies up!
Tony: it works
Obadiah: yeah as a science project
The arc was never cost effective
We knew that before we built it
Arc reactor technology that's a dead end right
Tony: maybe
Obadiah: huh am I right we haven't had a breakthrough in that in what
30 years
Carly: that's what they say could you have a lousier poker face just tell us
Who told you
Obadiah: never mind who told me
Show me
Tony: it's rhodey or pepper
Carly: definitely rhodey or pepper
Obadiah: I want to see it
Tony: okay rhodey
(As both Tony and Carly unbuttoned their shirts showing Obadiah their working arc reactors in their chests as Obadiah was smiling and buttoning up Tony's shirt as Carly was buttoning up hers )
Obadiah: okay okay (chuckles)
Tony/Carly: (in unison) it works
Obadiah: listen to me Tony Carly we're a team do you both understand
There's nothing we can't do if we stick together like your father (then looks at Carly) and your mother and I
Tony: we're sorry we didn't give you a heads up okay but if I had
Obadiah: Tony Carly guys no more of this ready fire aim business you both understand me
Tony: that was dad's line
Obadiah: you both have got to let me handle this we're gonna have to play a while different kind of ball now
We're going to have a lot of heat I want you both to promise me that you'll both lay low
Cut to Tony's house as Carly was watching tv with pepper as news reporters are still talking about Tony and Carly's press conference reveal
As Tony called on the com
Tony: Carly how big are your hands
Carly: what
Tony: how big are your hands
Carly: Tony you know how big they are why are you
Tony: get down here I need you
Cut to Tony's workshop as Carly walked down there to see Tony shirtless hooked up to a monitor holding a new arc reactor
Tony: hey
Carly: finally changing out the arc reactor for a new one
Tony: yeah didn't you do it
Carly: yeah I called a nurse to help me which is what you should do
Tony: forget it let me see them show me both of your hands
(As pepper and Carly raised they're hands showing Tony)
Tony: oh wow they are small very petite I just need your help
Carly: shouldn't that be in your chest
Tony: it was it is now a antique (shows off the new arc reactor ) this is what will be keeping me alive for the foreseeable future I'm swapping it out for an upgrade unit and now I've just ran into a little speed bump
Carly: what speed bump
Tony: it's nothing it's just a little snag
There's an exposed wire under this device and it's contacting the socket wall and causing a little bit of a short
It's fine (Tony then takes out the old arc reactor from his chest handing it to Carly as placed it on the table next to her )
Carly: so you want me to reach in and gently lift the wire out
Tony: exactly great minds think a like
Carly: Tony are you sure you want me to do this I could just call pepper or something
Tony: it should be fine it's like operation and you always won that when we were kids
Carly: yeah but I never had to operate in a person before!
Tony: just gently lift the wire okay great
Carly: okay (worriedly)
Tony: Carly look at me you can do this
You're the most capable and qualified
Trustworthy person I've ever met
You're gonna do great is it too much of a problem to ask cause I'm
I really need your help here
Carly: okay okay
(As Carly puts her hand inside the hole in Tony's chest as she a little grossed out )
Carly: okay I got it I got the cropper wire
Tony: now don't let it
(Buzzing alarm goes off as Tony grunts in pain a little)
Tony: touch the sides when you're coming out!
Carly: I'm sorry I'm sorry
(As Carly grabs the wire and then pull it out)
Tony: okay now make sure that when you pull it out you don't there's a magnet at the end of it! That was it
(As Carly pulled the wire out not knowing a magnet at the end of it )
Tony: you just pulled it out I was not expecting
(As the monitor starts beeping while Carly put the magnet down)
Carly: what's wrong
Tony: nothing I'm just going into cardiac arrest cause you yanked it out like a trout
Carly: well you didn't tell me about the the damn magnet till I just grabbed it you said It was easy
Tony: we gotta hurry take this take this
(Tony hands Carly the new arc reactor for his heart )
Tony: you gotta switch it out really quick
Carly: okay okay
(As Carly quickly attached the arc reactor to Tony's chest as it shocked Tony a little)
Tony: weeeeow was that so hard that was fun right here I got it I got it here nice
Carly: are you okay
Tony: yeah I feel great you okay
(Laughing)
Carly: okay next time you need a favor like this you can call an nurse
Tony: I don't have anyone but you
Anyway
(As Tony took the hook ups off and he got off the chair as Carly grabs the old arc reactor)
Carly: what do you want to do with this
Tony: that destroy it incinerate it
Carly: you don't want to keep it
Tony: Carly I've been called many things nostalgic is not one of them
Carly: should I let pepper know if you need anything else Mr. Stark
Tony: that will be all Ms. Jones
(As Carly walked out holding the old arc reactor as Tony went to his cleaning robot he made in college called dummie )
Tony: hey butterfingers come here what's all this stuff doing on top of my desk that's my phone that's a picture of me and my dad right there garbage
Cut to the us air force base as Rhodes is showing new air force soldiers around the base
Rhodes: the future of the air combat is it manned or unmanned I'll tell you in my experience no unmanned aerial vehicle will ever trump a pilot's instinct his insight that ability to look into a situation beyond the obvious and discern it's outcome
Or a pilot's judgment
(As Tony and Carly walked in )
Carly: colonel why not a pilot without the plane
(Tony chuckles)
Rhodes: look who fell out of the sky
Mr. Tony stark and Ms. Carly Jones
(As Tony and Carly shake the soldiers hands)
Tony: hello sir speaking of manned or unmanned you gotta get him (pointing at Rhodes) to tell you about the time he guessed wrong at spring break
Carly: yes just remember that spring break 1987 that lovely lady you woke up with
Rhodes: don't do that
Tony: what was his name
Rhodes: don't do that
Carly: was it Ivan
Rhodes: don't do that they'll believe it
Don't do that
(As the soliders laugh )
Tony/Carly: (in unison) okay
Rhodes: don't do that
Carly: pleasure meeting you
Rhodes: (looking at the soldiers) give us a couple minutes guys
(As the soliders walk away leaving the three friends to talk)
Rhodes: I'm surprised
Tony: why
Rhodes: I swear I didn't expect to see you both walking around so soon
Carly: we're doing a little better than walking
Rhodes: really
Tony: yeah rhodey me and Carly are working on something big we came to talk to you we want you to be a part of it
Rhodes: you both are about to make a whole lot of people around here real happy cause that little stunt at the press conference that was a doozy
Carly: this is not for the military we're not it's different
Rhodes: what you both humanitarians now or something
Tony: we need you to listen to us
Rhodes: no what you both need is time to get your mind's right
I'm serious
Tony: okay
Carly: sure
Rhodes: it's nice seeing you Tony Carly
Tony/Carly: (in unison) thank you
Cut to Tony's house in his workshop as Tony and Carly are at Tony's computer
Tony: Jarvis you up
Jarvis: for you and Carly always sir
Tony: we like to open two separate projects files the first one index as mark 2
Carly: and the other index as mark 2.0
Jarvis: shall I store this on the stark&Jones industries central database
Tony: actually we don't know who to trust right now
(As both Tony and Carly open a hologram version of the suits. They made to escape the cave in Afghanistan)
Carly: till further notice why don't we just keep everything on our private server
Jarvis: working on secret projects are we sir and ma'am
(As they take some parts off the holograms and place them into the trash)
Tony: we don't want this winding up in the wrong hands
Carly: maybe in our hands it can actually do some good
Cut to the Afghanistan desert as the ten rings soliders are searching the sands for the pieces of Tony and Carly's disassembled suits as one found two face plates and gives it to general Raza who is still alive now just badly burned on half of his face
Cut back to Tony's house in Tony's workshop as Tony and Carly are working on their own rocket boots as dummy was helping Tony
Tony: next up not in the boot dummy
Right here you got me Stay put nice
You're of no benefit at all move down to the toe I got this okay I'm sorry
Am I in your way up (tinkering on the boot) screw it don't even move
You are a tragedy
(As Tony and Carly saw both of their boots open )
Cut to later as a camera was rolling as both Tony and Carly were wearing the rocket boots holding the remote for it
As dummy is holding a fire extensor
Tony: okay let's do this right
Start mark half a meter and back and center (sighs) dummy look alive
You're on standby for fire safety
(Looking at the robot holding the camera) you roll it
Carly: okay activate hand controls
(As both boots started to power up)
Tony: we're gonna start off nice and easy we're gonna see if 10% thrust capacity achieves lift and three two one
(As both Tony and Carly start the boots but go up too fast hitting a wall and landing on the floor hard as they both Groan in pain as dummy uses the fire extensor on them )
Cut to later as Tony and Carly are on the computers working on the repulser gauntlet for the suits as they're now working on the gauntlet trying to test it as pepper walks in carrying a box and two coffees
Tony: up two all right set that
Pepper: I've been Buzzing you guys did you not hear the intercom
Carly: yeah everything's what?
Pepper: Obadiah's upstairs
Tony/Carly: (in unison) great! We'll be right up
Pepper: I thought you two were done making weapons
Tony: it is this is a flight stabilizer
It's completely harmless
(As Tony powers it up it blasted him back in the wall )
Tony: didn't expect that
Carly: I did about 40%
Cut to Tony and Carly went upstairs to talk with Obadiah as Obadiah was playing the piano
Tony: how'd it go
(As they see a pizza box on the table)
Carly: it went that bad huh
Obadiah: just because I brought pizza
Back from New York doesn't mean it went bad
Tony: uh huh sure it doesn't oh boy
(As Tony and Carly grab a piece of pizza)
Obadiah: it would have gone better if you both were there
Tony: uh huh you told us to lay low
That's what we've been doing
Carly: right we lay low and you take care of all
Obadiah: oh hey come on in public the press this was a board of directors meeting
Tony: (sarcastically) this was the board of directors meeting this was the board of directors meeting
Obadiah: the board is claiming you both have posttraumatic stress they're filling an injunction
Tony: a what
Obadiah: they want to lock you both out
Carly: why cause the stocks dipped
40 points we knew that was gonna happen
Pepper: fifty six and a half
Tony: it doesn't matter! We own the controlling interest in the company
Obadiah: Tony Carly the board has rights too they're making a case that
Both of you And your guy's new direction isn't in the company's best interest
Tony: we're being responsible! That's a new direction for me for the company I mean me and Carly on the company's behalf being responsible for the way that
This is great
(As Tony grabs the pizza box and he and Carly head back downstairs )
Obadiah: oh come on Tony Carly
Carly: we'll be in the shop
Obadiah: hey hey! Hey Tony Carly
Listen I'm trying to turn this around but you both gotta give me something
Something to pitch them let me have the engineers analyze that (pointing at their arc reactors) you know draw up some specs
Tony: no no absolutely not
Obadiah: it'll give me a bone to throw the boys in new York
Carly: these stay with us that's it Obie
Forget it
Obadiah: (grabbing the pizza box) all right well this stays with me then go on here (opens the pizza box) you can have a piece
Tony: we'll take two (both Tony and Carly grab multiple pieces of pizza)
Obadiah: you mind if I come down there and see what you're both doing
Tony: good night Obie
(As Tony and Carly go back downstairs to the workshop to keep working on the suits )
The end of chapter 3 let me know in the comments what you want in the book or what characters I should put in