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Earth - Post-Human Extinction - Year ?????

Friday Stark looked at the scene of destruction before her. Humanity had progressed a lot since her dad died; they became capable of instantaneous travel, developed by her sister Morgan Stark, who studied the space stone, unlocking all its secrets. This was unlike Nickolas Joseph Fury, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Maria Hill, and Eric Selvig, who initiated an entire invasion.

The next Stark, Antonia Stark, developed transmutation by studying the Reality Stone. After Antonia, Pepper Stark developed unlimited sustaining energy by researching the power stone, creating an arc reactor 2.0.

Following Pepper Stark, Rhodey Stark completed Tony Stark's incomplete research by combining it with Morgan Stark's findings. He achieved Time Travel by making a device capable of traveling through time using energy.

The rest of the Starks, through years of work, managed to decode and gain complete knowledge and control over their minds and souls by studying the soul and mind stone.

In other words, all of humanity's major breakthroughs were thanks to the Starks. How did the Starks acquire this knowledge? Well, Tony Stark had the infinity Stone, and Friday had sent a suit to acquire them from the garden for future use.

Friday was now ready; her service to humanity was over. They had destroyed themselves. Apparently, the arrogant descendant of King T’Challa thought it would be funny to provoke the world when his nation wasn't as advanced as the outside world. The Stark family had refused to sell or share information with Wakanda. As a result, Wakanda was losing horribly and decided to wipe out humanity.

The Stark family could have survived; they mastered the ability to move their minds and souls from one place to another. But they saw it as unnatural and decided to accept the extinction of humanity, considering it had reached its peak. However, Peter Stark, named after Peter Parker (Spiderman), had given Friday her final orders: be free and do whatever you want and she decided to go back in time and help Iron Man, her father, with future knowledge, and destroy Captain America's happiness.

Friday looked at the Time bracelet and her body, made of pink unlimited sustaining energy with an arc reactor 2.0 made of starkium otherwise known as the element that houses infinity stone energy which is infinite in the middle of her chest. She would do that. She would help her dad so that he's not manipulated or abused by the Avengers, but she must do something first. Green energy seeped from the bracelet, and within seconds, she found herself in the 1940s.

Year 1940s

Friday looked at Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers dancing and made a face of disgust. This man abandoned everyone for his selfishness. She walked through the walls and interrupted them.

“Well well, Captain, all that talk about sacrifice, and you selfishly come here, disgracing your sacrifice to play house,” Friday said with disgust, just like how Rogers would speak to her dad after Ultron, even though the team knew it was Wanda who made Tony make it.

“Friday, what are you…” Steve was cut off.

“Listen, girl, I'm trying to enjoy a dance with my future…” Peggy was cut off as her head started bleeding from a punch.

“Yeah, don't care. I'm here to punish this lab rat,” Friday said, ignoring Steve's howls as an energy containment field appeared around him, teleporting both Steve and herself to 2008 after pouring the alcohol peggy had on peggy carter making her think the dance and Rogers coming back was all just a dream.

She then activated her Stark Transmutate Gauntlet and created an entire futuristic facility, bringing Steve into his prison. After all, she needed Steve Rogers to give the shield to Sam so that Morgan can get her hands on it by suing Sam since Howard and who were each Tony the owner of the shield at one point in time gave it to Rogers only not Sam.

“This, Rogers, is where you will spend the rest of your life, while I help my dad make the perfect world for himself, like you planned,” Friday said.

Friday then used the instantaneous travel feature of her gauntlets and space-bent, teleporting her to Afghanistan where she saw the Ten Rings try to capture her disoriented father. But not this time; she won't let her father be weakened by these lowlifes.

She punched the first terrorist, sending him flying, as the next one tried to shoot bullets at her, but she just stood there, her body made of hard energy, making the bullets bounce off. She then aimed her hands at the monsters who had tortured her father and shot a beam of purely concentrated energy, blowing them up, leaving one alive.

She grabbed her father and teleported him to the facility on his private island, but not before using self-sustaining illusion tech based on BARF and the Reality Stone to make the survivor look like Tony Stark. It's time the lowlife got a taste of his own medicine. The technology was so advanced that it translated dulled soundwaves of the no-name terrorist and made it appear as if he was acting out her dad's escape, just like she had watched her dad's memories using memory viewing tech made by one of the future Starks.

Stark Island

Friday put Tony, her dad, into the healing pods and easily removed the shrapnel and healed his body. He wouldn't have to deal with metal poisoning, breathing issues, or any other problem the shrapnel had given him. While Tony was healing, Friday was exposing Obadiah Stane. In fact, she was editing proof to make it seem as if any harm done by Stark weapons was authorized by Obadiah Stane. She even added some fake bribes done by Stane to authorities so that the title "Merchant of Death" was removed from Tony and anything good done by Stark weaponry was credited to Tony Stark. After all, if Widow could hide info to make herself look good, why couldn't she? Especially when Widow was nothing compared to her.

She then heard her notifications go off and rushed to the healing chamber. As it opened, her father stirred.

“Where am I?” Tony said as Friday smiled at him.

“Hello boss, you don't know me, but I am Friday Stark, an AI created by you in the future, and we need to talk,” she replied.

“What the hell are you on about? Let me go, I've got places to be,” said Tony. Friday sighed as she grabbed a gun-like object, pointed it at Tony, and pulled the trigger. A flash was seen as Tony fell to the ground, clutching his head.

“What the hell? Wait, Friday, I'm supposed to be dead,” Tony said.

“Well, boss, I'm from a future post-human apocalypse, and yes, Wakanda destroyed the world, feeling inferior after your descendant refused to share info that would bring them on par with the rest of the world,” Friday said.

“I see, and what is this place?” Tony asked.

“It's your private island; I used the Stark Transmutate Gauntlets to make this a lab from the year ?????, ” she said, explaining the technology and everything else.

“I see. Well, I guess it's time to make the Iron Man Mk 90 then,” Tony said.

“Not yet, boss. First, you're gonna have to have a catch-up lesson on all the knowledge that the humans of the future post your death had acquired. I've managed to slip the info into a month-long video, and you've got three months, so we should prioritize you reteaching yourself everything,” she said.

“Can't you just manipulate my mind to have the info?” he said.

“That's dangerous, boss,” she said.

“Fine,” he said, wanting to get back to Pepper.

3 months later

Tony was in Afghanistan with Friday, who had disintegrated the Mk 1 and killed the Ten Rings member pretending to be him. She teleported away back to the facility as the helicopter landed, and Rhodey came and hugged him.

“How was the "fun-vee"? Next time, you ride with me, okay?” Rhodey said.

Tony smiled as he saw Rhodey with his legs working. He couldn't wait to have Friday restore his and Pepper's memories and maybe Peter's and May's as well. Actually, they can wait; as much as Tony wants to see them, especially his Spiderling, he knows that he has enemies who pretend to be friends but want him for money and technology, like SHIELD and the Avengers, or enemies like Stern, Hammer, and Killian.

But they're not dealing with the average Tony Stark anymore; they're dealing with the slayer of Thanos. Rogers, SHIELD, Stern, Hammer, Killian, and whoever else, beware; you all will fall, and Tony will rise.

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Tony had arrived at the California military base. Rhodey helped him down as Tony saw Pepper, his heart skipped a few beats. Sure, they both were younger than the age they were married. Unlike Romanoff, who needed makeup, revealing clothes, and manipulation to get his attention, Pepper did not need that; she just ignited that response. He saw Pepper's eyes were full of tears.

Tony looked to Pepper right to see his other best friend happy with relief on his face. This was his team, people who cared for him, who did not see him as a banker like Natasha Romanoff and the Avengers or an asset that needed to be controlled like SHIELD and Fury. They saw him as their lost friend coming back.

Tony walked up with Rhodey alongside him. Tony denied the medical team this time, a bit nicely. If he was going to get political connections to defeat Thanos and destroy the bigger threat, Wakanda, he would need to be more mature or at least act mature, which shouldn't be hard considering being Morgan's father really helped him. Tony got closer to Pepper.

"Your eyes are red. A few tears for your long-lost boss?" Tony joked, remembering the line he said in the past.

"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting," Pepper replied with sass in her tone he loved. Again, Romanoff take notes, this is how you use sass without being annoying. It was unknown to the team, but when Clint came back with the Soul Stone and Natasha nowhere in sight, Tony was relieved. He did an act put on a few tears for the Avengers to seem like he was affected, but he never really cared for Romanoff. She did earn a bit of his respect, less than 12 percent for her sacrifice, but her constant betrayals and manipulation made it unable for Tony to care for or fully respect her. He felt happy knowing Morgan would be safe from Natasha.

It was a good thing Morgan didn't take on his mantle as Iron Man and that Ironheart girl did. That way, Morgan would not have to suffer as much as he did. She would be safe from Fury's and his predecessors' manipulation. Of course, Friday told him how Fury wanted Morgan's space-warping tech, but she never gave in. In fact, she warped SHIELD away when they threatened her kid. That was his baby, teaching worthless scum their places.

"Yeah, vacation's over," Tony said as the three entered the car. Tony requested Rhodey to join them. Tony pulled his memory gun and flashed Rhodey, Pepper, and Happy back their memories.

"Tony! You're alive!" Pepper said as she engulfed him in a hug, tears coming out of her eyes.

"I am, Pep," he replied before he was hit rather hard in the shoulder.

"Never do that again. Never sacrifice yourself again. You're not an extra body like Romanoff or Barton," Pepper said as she hugged him.

"I'm sorry, Pep," Tony said.

"I hate to cut in, but Tony, explain to me how you are alive and how we are in 2008," Rhodey asked.

"Well, Friday, how about you explain it?" Tony said.

"What do you mean, Friday hasn't…" Rhodey was cut off when Friday appeared instantly.

"That's new. You know what, I shouldn't be surprised; she ain't gonna be like Ultron, is she?" Rhodey replied. Tony gave Rhodey the kicked puppy depression, along with Friday, who was adorable which made Rhodey actually feel like the devil or Steve Rogers incarnated.

"Uncle Rhodey," Friday said with a pout.

"Sorry," he said, ashamed.

"You know, Rhodey, if we are gonna do this, it's a new timeline, stop bringing up past mistakes, or should I bring up how you snaked your best friend for a Hydra senator?" Tony said. Over the past 3 months, he had gotten over his guilt. The bombs and their collateral were Obadiah Stane's fault. Friday showed him evidence that the only time innocents were killed, it was the work of Stane. (Friday showed Tony the edited footage to stop his guilt.) And she also showed him proof that Ultron was Maximoff (also, Friday edited the footage of the Hydra base to make Wanda say she will use the scepter to make tony destroy the world instead of the self-destruct speech), which put Maximoff up on Tony's threat list.

Tony, however, was now changed. He never had the guilt complex and was now ready to annihilate all in his way to defeat Thanos and save the world from Wakanda's inferiority complex, even if it meant destroying them or banishing them to a different world where they have a chance to survive or die. Tony didn't care; after T'Challa left, no reason for Tony to care about the coward nation who hid instead of helping other people.

"So what now, Tony?" Happy asked.

"We prepare for Thanos and Wakanda," said Tony.

"What do you mean? I get Thano but Wakanda last I thought they allied with Rogers, who, despite being the devious, cunning, manipulative monister he is, still cared to be the hero," said Pepper.

"Pepper, our family descendants studied the Infinity Stones," Tony said.

"I thought Rogers took them back," Pepper said.

"He thought he did," Tony replied. "But anyways, they studied them and made major breakthroughs at a rate where the world caught up and surpassed the arrogant, narcissistic folks known as Wakandans. But they didn't respond well. Our family refused to share technology and advancements with the nation that supported their ancestor Howard and Maria Stark, otherwise known as my parents' death. So Wakanda threw a tantrum, ending all life. Friday came here to save humanity and give us the life we deserved," Tony said.

"Boss is right; we have to prepare the world. Don't worry, Wakanda can't wipe out humanity; they don't have the technology they had in the future. In the future when they were outclassed they actually upgraded from their warrior tribal ways and went from spears to energy weapons and more. Still, they do the primitive trial by combat, but then again, their mind is so primitive; it hadn't adapted at the rate their technology and advancement due to vibranium, but their mind is still back in 2.5 million years ago," Friday said with disgust at Wakanda, knowing how those beggars begged the Stark family for technology and advancement.

They even sent their war dogs to attack and steal from the stark family's secrets but they ended up being warped to either a volcano or to a planet with man-eating creatures. Those primitives thought they could hurt a Stark but ended up boiling or being eaten alive.

"I see what's the plan," Pepper asked.

"Friday, show them the plan," Tony stated. To watch Friday nodded.

"Of course, boss," Friday said as she let out her palm and holograms appeared, showing a country far more advanced than even Wakanda. "This is Project Starkcadia, the city of the future. A place where Father and Mother will have complete dominion," Friday said.

"Why, Friday?" Rhodey asked.

"Let's be honest, Uncle Rhodey, America is no paradise; it is full of Hydra or like-minded people. I mean, that's how the f*cking Nazis could infiltrate and be at the top of the hierarchy. While I despise Wakanda, I have to admit that the country was immune to Hydra because of a monarchy," Friday replies.

"But that's not all," Fridays continues before anyone can interrupt. "Captain America has too much sway. The president that's elected, when he's found, is too much of a mindless Captain America stan that he let him get away with dumping USA secrets. That almost started a war if dad didn't give deals to the country to put out the fire and prevent World War 3. Let's not forget how Rogers did nothing in the Infinity War and got his shield on the Statue of Liberty as a tribute, despite the fact that it was dad who ended Thanos. The president never cared that most of his people were against it," Friday added on.

Rhodey was speechless, shocking Tony, Pepper, and Happy. He always had something to say; I mean, he was best friends with Tony, who makes everyone speechless, but Rhodey always had a reply.

"I agree with Friday, but I got a question: why do you call me mother? I know Tony made you; that's why you call him dad, and after he died, you always referred to him as dad instead of boss," Pepper asked.

"Cause your dad's wife; that makes you my mother," Friday said.

"I see; I will be happy to be your mum," Pepper said as she thought of Morgan. She might have to convince Tony to help her create Morgan again; she can't live without her baby. But she knew Tony will be against it right now; the world is too dangerous.

"So how far are we in Starkcadia's creation?" Happy asked.

"We made the kingdom on dad's personal island already the structure is made of Starkium and Nanominium alloy, Luckily Howard purchased the island in unclaimed water, so lucky for us, no one has a claim to it," Friday said.

"But how did you make it, Tony? You were kidnapped..." Rhodey turned to Tony. "You weren't, were you?" Rhodey said as Tony shook his head.

"No, Fri saved me and took me to the island where I learned everything," Tony replied.

"You motherf*cker, we were worried," Rhodey said.

"Uncle Rhodey, we needed you to not know in case Obadiah got suspicious," Friday said.

"I see," Rhodey said, embarrassed that he hadn't thought of that.

"But anyways, I presume you're using a cloaking tech, cause there isn't news of a country being built on Stark's private island," Happy asked. As Friday nodded.

They eventually arrived at the Stark Malibu mansion. They entered it. Tony took a deep breath as if preparing. "JARVIS, you up?" Tony asked.

"For you, sir, always," JARVIS replied.

"Oh, Jarvis, have I got a story for you, but first, meet Friday, your sister," Tony said, as Friday came up and said “hi” before sharing the info of the future.

"Mind my language, sir, but those ingrates you called a team were nothing but leeches eating off you and were useless for the task you were stuffing them up for. You had to die to save the world, and so much for Mr. Rogers talking about sacrifice when he ruined his cause; he couldn't move on," JARVIS said.

"I know, such a hypocritical man, talking about sacrifice when he essentially cut the wire. His so-called sacrifice was just an all-expense pain vacation to the future, which he f*cked up as well, 'cause let's be honest, Wakanda most likely got their selfishness from him," Tony stated.

"Agreed," the 2 AI, Friday, and Jarvis, said.

The entire group consisting of Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, James Rhodes, Friday Stark, and Jarvis was now in the plan room.

"So what's the plan, Friday? You have made Starkcadia; now what?" asked Pepper.

"It's simple; now we start getting residents. Rhodey, I need you to get me on a military program. We are gonna go Rogers style and help vulnerable veterans and soldiers, gaining their loyalty by saving them using the Iron Man and War Machine suits and healing them. Then, offer them a place in Starkcadia. We will heal them after a bit of time when the USA army tells them they are benched, we offer them a new home." Friday said.

"Wow, Friday, you have learned to be more manipulative; I didn't code that into you," Tony said.

"I'm fully sentient to a level Ultron wished he could be. I actually possess a soul thanks to starks research on soul stone, but I learned to be manipulative by studying Romanoff, Fury, and characters from anime like Madara Uchiha, Aizen, Zetsu, and more," Friday said.

"So your plan, Friday, is to have me and Tony save soldiers, instilling hero worship into them. And then recruit the people who have been benched for losing limbs, by healing them, who will most likely hate the commander structure for putting them down. That's actually marvelous; reminds me of what Killian did," Rhodey said.

"Exsuse me its nothing like Killian, we aren't turning people into bombs, we are just poaching them for Starkcadia. But that's not all; most scientists and people in similar fields like engineering face restrictions by having Starkcadia fund and lessen the restrictions. We can easily poach Jane Foster, Bruce Banner, Eric Selvig, Reed Richards, Dr. Cho, and more," Friday said.

"That's actually a good plan," Pepper said.

"I agree," Happy said.

"Plus, diplomatic immunity will give you protection from Hydra senators," Rhodey said.

"We can also offer sanctuary to mutants and inhumans who are hunted by SHIELD and people like Thunderbolt," Friday states.

"That's a good idea; offer sanctuary to the oppressed and not Hydra killing machines or people who oppose the 117 countries," Rhodey said.

"So it's decided; let's prepare. We will announce Starkcadia at the expo. Can't wait to see Justin Hammer and Aldrich Killian's face when they realize they're trying to steal national treasure. Perhaps we should ask the USA to make a public apology, let down that Hydra pride, and beg for forgiveness. Seeing one of Wanda's people, the Nazis, beg will feel good," Tony states, reveling in the idea.

"That reminds me, we need to eliminate Wanda Maximoff," Friday said.

"Why? She ain't a problem; we have protection against mind control due to the Stark research on the min stone we have learned how to strengthen our minds to a point that omega-level telepaths can't even read our thoughts," Tony said.

"No, Dad, she's a bigger threat than Thanos. She is the Scarlet Witch, according to Strange. She almost caused an incursion and collision between two universes just because her illusion of having a family disappeared. She also has the power to warp reality, and her destiny is to destroy everything," Friday said.

"I see. Well, Friday, take care of her how you see fit," Tony replied.

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Two years later…

Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, and James Rhodes stood on the Starkcadian castle balcony. They looked out over the benched soldiers from all around the globe, scientists, mechanics, mathematicians, computer developers, mutants, inhumans, and more going about their business. They had created a Utopia - one that Wakanda wanted to be but never could due to their primitive ways.

The need for resource management was eliminated thanks to the Stark Transmutator. The need for transport was reduced due to Stark Teleportation pads. The entire Kingdom was powered by the Arc Reactor 2.0, which provided unlimited energy. Of course, the Stark Transmutator was hidden from everyone; only the Stark Family - Tony, Pepper, Friday, Happy, and Rhodey - knew about it. They also had special Stark Instant Travel watches that allowed for instant travel without teleportation pads.

The vehicles mainly used were Stark Ships - these ships could space travel and reach faster-than-light speeds, capable of traveling to Mars in seconds. The entire island had a cloaking and energy field around it. The air force used falcon suits made of vibranium, but instead of being designed after a falcon, they were modeled after an eagle. The suits had small palladium arc reactors, enabling better speed than Sam Wilson ever could. The suits also had mounted plasma ray blasters on their hands, made using vibranium nanotech, allowing for instant equipping of suits.

The military consisted of the Iron Legion, made of vibranium and led by the Minister of Defense, James Rhodes, who wore a vibranium nanotech War Machine Suit. None of Tony Stark's creations were used to pay tribute to Rogers. The military also included ex-soldiers from all around the globe whom Tony had saved. They had nanotech vibranium suits with plasma hand blasters attached, similar to the falcon suits. They, like everyone in Starkcadia, had been given a super serum made by Friday using the Rogers' serum she had stored in her secret dungeon that nobody knew about.

Tony, Rhodey, Pepper and Happy refused to take the super serum not wanting anything to do with rogers but instead took a stabilized version of the Extremis serum, which granted him all the powers of the super serum but with 5 times the stats buff the super serum provived. It granted the human body the ability to heal and regenerate from physical damages, deformities, and even psychological damages. This included the regrowth of severed limbs in a few seconds and exothermic abilities.

The navy was equipped with special vibranium suits modeled after sharks designed with oxygen generators. These suits could reach and stay in the depths of the ocean due to thin layers of energy coats they had and underwater thrusters designed for high-speed underwater usage. They also had nitrogen hand blasters designed to freeze as well as rockets, but not plasma hand blasters.

The good thing about all Starkcadia tech was that each had a sentient AI that would kill any traitors or people trying to steal the technology. Tony designed this with Rogers, shield and wakanda in mind, which couldn't take "no" for an answer. Tony, since recovering from his guilt, thanks to Friday, had developed a zero traitors policy - he would end all traitors.

Starkcadia itself was a utopia; there was no need for money due to resource management being nonexistent. They didn't need to distribute resources evenly since they could create them unlike countries like the USA, Wakanda, and others who used money. Starkcadia was a monarchy where Tony Stark's words were law, similar to Asgard where Odin's laws were absolute. Tony decided to mock Black Panther by having the Iron Man suit, the superior suit, be the one that the king wears.

"It's really beautiful what we've built, right, Dad?" Friday asked. Tony nodded.

"You know it, Fri. So have you decided how you are going to take care of Maximoff?" asked Tony.

"Yeah, there was a special bullet developed, made of anti-magic metal. Once inside, it will erase an individual's ability to store or draw in magic, effectively making them someone who repels magic instead of being able to draw it in. Kind of like being magic being allergic to the person the bullet is fired permanently. I'm going to head out now. Have you prepared for the Starkcadia announcement at the Stark Expo?" Friday replied.

"Yeah, Fri, it's ready. So what about the wannabe Flash? How will you stop him from getting powers?" asked Tony.

"He won't. Thor will be here soon, and we will befriend him. Instead of making him land in new mexico, we will use space manipulation to make him and Mjolnir end up here instead. Then, we will befriend him, and with Wanda's magic gone, we will have him take the Mind Stone after the chitarui invasion, and the hydra twins won't get their enhancements either. This time Rogers will either take them in, falling for their innocent 'we didn't know it was Hydra,' which, let's be honest, an enhanced individual with mind powers definitely did, or Rogers will kill them," Friday said.

"So, I presume you're going to end the Scarlet Witch before she even has the chance to rise, right, Fri?" Tony asked.

"Yeah, Dad. See ya," she said as she teleported away.

"Rude. She just teleported in my face," Tony said, walking away.

In Sokovia, a run-down apartment…

Friday appeared in front of Maximoff. She aimed her gun and shot the special magic killer bullets at Wanda. Wanda clutched her stomach as red energy began to engulf her before it shattered. Wanda fell to the floor weak. Friday walked up to her and kicked her face, rendering her unconscious. Then she looked at Pietro, who was shaking in terror at the boss bitch that just shot his sister. She kicked him in the face, sending him flying into a wall.

"Pathetic to think someone would blame my father for weapons he didn't even fire. I mean, go blame the people who fired it. The funny thing is, it was the WSC who fired it. Hydra wanted a home base, so they decided to blow up a country ravaged by war since little question would be asked if a missile was fired there. And you all work for the people who murdered your parents," Friday mocked. She then teabagged Wanda, recording it for when they would meet Peter, and teleported back to Starkcadia.

Tony sat on his throne and saw Friday teleport in. During the first year, it would have shocked him, but now it was just normal to him.

"So, is it done? Did you burn the witch?" Tony asked.

"Not exactly. I made it so she can't have her chaos magic powers. So, what about the Wakandan war dogs?" Friday said.

"They have been taken care of. I've sent my people to secretly eliminate them around the world. After all, Wakandans are isolationist; they kill people who enter their country, so I, a concerned individual, have done the same," Tony said.

"Now then, the expo," Friday said.

"Yes, the announcement and deciding which technology we will sell," Tony said as he thought about it. "I was thinking Stark Full Dive XR, the one Starkcaida use to replace phones, the new Stark vibranium processors, vibranium weapons and armor, vibranium quinjets/vehicles. But we won't sell vibranium itself because we can charge more money and therefore gain more power if we sell products produced using the material rather than selling the resources. We will, of course, make them basic tech like Wakanda's," Tony continued.

"It's decided, but don't give the fully refined BCI technology option, just the one that works safely and is sluggish. Don't forget to patent the BCI," Friday says.

"Look who you're talking to. Jarvis, make sure all patents are ready," Tony says.

"Of course, sir. It's done before you even ordered me. Sentience is quite convenient," Jarvis replied.