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Arno had given little warning towards Sinthea of his leaving. He knew she might be ticked that he was leaving, dropping everything to help HYDRA and instead going to Stark Industries which also doubled as the Avengers home. But first and foremost, family always mattered and despite not revealing their relation when they had first met Arno was all for revealing their relation now out of deep worry and concern for his brother. He probably wouldn't be traveling clear across the country if Sinthea had not said anything about the wedding being attacked, but the moment she did her and HYDRA were put on the back burner.
By the time he had reached the tower's entrance, his breathing was heavy and his body felt weak, mostly for the fact he had been going since that morning between his business, helping his reluctant benefactors, and now flying almost non-stop from the HYDRA Island fortress. Alkhema was warning of his pneumonia acting up, forcing him to slow his flight and having to take deep breathes calming his burning lungs and having to use the built in inhaler he sometimes needed to clear his air ways. Finally he landed with heavy thuds, stumbling slightly as his body was not always use to such a push, his body still suffering from that weakness he had since he was young. "Alkhema, remind me to never do that again." He mumble softly, the female AI giving an acknowledgement, although he could hear a hint of annoyance no doubt from pushing himself.
The doors had barely opened before Arno was coming into the front, startling the receptionist upon seeing the Iron Man armor look alike, "I need to see if Tony Stark is in please." Arno's partly robotic voice spoke, the woman nodding as she quickly sent a notice to Jarvis to inform Tony he had a visitor, but at the same time giving a silent warning to the Avengers that they may have a problem. It had not occurred to Arno about his armor until then, Alkhema speaking as he backed away from the reception desk, "Sir, I am detecting a silent alert being set off. I believe the woman is scared for her life." The Ai spoke, causing Arno to facepalm, "Damn it, I forgot." He muttered, sending a mental command towards the malleable metal which began to return to his body.
In his haste and concern, he had forgotten about his armored state. He was so use to just flying and moving around his own company it had become second nature almost. But the moment his armor had returned to being part of his bones, to allow him to stand and walk, the muscle weakness struck, causing Arno to grunt softly and grab a support beam with one hand to support himself, realizing that one flight had taken much of his bodily strength.
Tony for the most part had been down stairs working on fixing some Ironman Armors which hadn't been repaired just yet. In this time he usually was by himself with the music on at full blast and only the Avengers were allowed in this part of the area. That was when Jarvis came in on the communicator that he had set up on just about every room. He enjoyed listening to heavy metal or even rock music for some thing different and interesting. It just set the mood right about now. "Aw Jarvis what's going on that's so important that you have to bother me in my repairs? I think I've neglected them long enough." Tony asked as he sighed as he stood up.
"Sir there is someone down stairs in the lobby I believe it is Arno Carbonell." Jarvis said. The british AI explained that something was going on down stairs. Tony for the most part had spent the afternoon in the basement. The rest of the day had been in the office above where he stayed to work on things. As Jarvis explained it to him, Tony was a bit surprised by this. "And he's in a bit of a hurry." Jarvis added as Tony nodded understanding how serious this was. He put away his tools before heading over towards the elevator. The elevator whirred to life as Tony went up to the higher floors finding that the Avenger tower was full of people as usual.
"Arno what's going on? Jarvis said that it was something serious. And you look like you were running a triathlon from the way you're so exhausted." Tony said wondering if they could say anything about it here in the main lobby. Or if it had to be private they could go up stairs into his office where no one else would hear it. The walls were sound proof there so not even someone with sensitive hearing would come through. He also noticed that the receptionist looked like she had seen a ghost, probably that was the case if Arno flew her with his own armor.
"We can take this in my office if it is too...Well you know crowded out here." Tony offered not realizing what was about to happen. Some deep dark family history was about to come out.
Post by Jamie Starflame on Nov 5, 2017 4:25:35 GMT
Jamie was out in the common area while the alarm was sounded as her comm card sounded .She took out her goggles and puts them on and quickly running down the hallway to order to see what was going on.She knew it must be some kind of intruder or something she was experienced with this kind of stuff since they have dealt with aliens and high scale threats.She was going to treat this simulation just like the others not knowing what she was going to step into.
She knew that she had to ready for anything she also got into elevator and when down to the lobby were there was a lot of people and she managed to get through the crowd.She stopped when she say Tony talking to Arno about something and she decided to go towards them" Tony what's going one here ....who is that "she didn't know this guy and didn't hear what said about going to the office
When hearing the elevator, Arno pushed himself to his feet with some effort, still feeling weak but regardless turned to face who was coming. The first to appear was Tony, and a quick once over with his gaze he didn't immediately find anything wrong with his brother, wondering if maybe they had gone for the arch reactor instead. Still, that didn't mean his brother probably lost some vital tech with his armor and the others who had attended had not been in bad shape.
Before he could speak, someone else arrived and he glanced sideways curiously, realizing it was his brother's new wife, Jamie Starflame if he was recalling right. "My name is Arno Carbonell ma'am, I'm sorry to have caused alarm." Arno introduced himself with a tired smile, before looking back to his brother. "You could say I pushed my body a little too much Tony, I came flying across the country." Okay, so he was somewhat lying on that part. He would reveal a family secret but not his own, not unless it became a problem. The last thing he needed was to be thrown out for affiliation with HYDRA and no one hearing him out with this important information.
"No here is fine, unfortunately I probably wouldn't make it far anyway." Arno admitted, rubbing his arm a little in embarrassment but cleared his throat. "I heard your wedding was attacked Tony, and when I found out I came to make sure you were alright." He explained but felt like someone's gaze was staring him down, as if watching his every move. A mental message came towards him, Alkhema working in an almost morse code that made him realize he was being watched, closely, suspiciously, and from her message he could gather it was the young Rogers who had come trying to figure out who he was at the start of the wedding. But he tried to shake off the uncomfortable feeling of being watched, instead taking a few calming breathes.
"Tony, I have something to confess, something I should have told you from the beginning." Arno's look became serious, knowing he wanted to be to the point. "Tony, my full name, my real name, is Arno Isaac Carbonell-Stark. I am chronologically your older brother in this time." He said seriously, apart of his armor forming around his arm once more and he took out a small chip, holding it out towards Tony. "Everything you need for proof, including my birth certificate, my hospital records, everything."
James was well aware he should be resting, allowing his fractured ribs to fully heal since the incident. But, he did not share the advanced healing his genetic parents had, but rather had to heal like normal largely thanks to the debris falling on him and remaining there. Normally he was incredibly difficult to harm but even something extremely heavy could harm the young Rogers. But he was also restless, hating to have to lay there as if he was useless. He knew he could still move, fight...or that was what he thought until he made a sudden jerk or attempt to exercise the pain returned and he was left frustrated when the medical staff would scold him.
Despite the dull ache of trying to move again, the suddenly alarm jolted him from a slow doze, quickly grabbing his gauntlet and placing it on as he hurried from the room. A soft noise of pain left him as he bolted down the stairs, jarring his fractured ribs and bruised areas, but he tried to ignore it in favor of making sure they weren't under attack. Opening the door he heard talking, slowly approaching with his gaze barring down on Arno. His body shape, it looked strangely like the man he had seen and who had disappeared before he could get a good look at him, making him rather suspicious as Arno began talking with the Starks. But, he didn't interrupt, instead moving the crowd away, trying to give them some space.
The moment he heard Arno's words, shock settled in before suspicion and James whirled on the three, "How the hell do we know you didn't play a part in this attack?! Tony nearly had his heart stopped, Jamie lost control, the Dark Avengers ruined the chapel, and this happened!" James was going off, gesturing to his bandaged mid-section, visible due to the fact he had only thrown on his zip up vest but had not bothered to zip it up, exposing his chest. "I find it a little too coincidental you vanished just before the Dark Avengers attacked!" He growled, recalling the days of when he was a HYDRA agent and they set such scenarios up many times before.
Just as the alarm systems were built for, they were set off by the receptionist as she saw Arno as a threat. Tony knew that there was something else at play here, and the fact that Jarvis hadn't detected it earlier was something that was indeed odd. The AI had security system put in himself and designed by Tony for doing so. But as suspected other Avengers started coming down with the news of an intruder. FIrst was Jamie his wife, and then James Rogers, the son of Captain America. "James I understand that you are suspicious about this, but Arno invited me in to his home not too long ago and I was in the need for it. I don't think Arno was apart of the Dark Avengers." He said having admit that his suspicions had been dropped some time ago with Arno and being a veteran super hero sometimes you can figure things out.
But as Arno tried to recover from his effort of flying over here, it was clear the urgency to tell them what was going on was indeed important as Tony waited. The news that he had heard come from Arno's mouth stopped him in his tracks. In fact he thought he felt his heart skip a beat, which he would've normally believed to be something of a malfunction of his arch reactor but not in this case. "WHAT!?" He said in a bit of disbelief and shock but he tried to have his composure back.
"As far as I know, Arno my parents never told me about you. You were never in my life and I wish you were now." Tony said. "I never got to feel my father's love or affection, so I turned to machines instead. I know Maria Starkk loved me with every fiber of her being. If she were to hear this now I'm sure she'd..." Tony was cut off not wanting to remember those bad times in his life in his time the starks were killed by Ultron. Another group who had been cut short by their lives. Tony felt as if his age was catching up to him and had to sit down on the couch, "I'm sorry this is all a shock to me, I hope this isn't worrying you, Jamie." Tony said noticing that she looked just as concerned.
Post by Jamie Starflame on Nov 19, 2017 2:38:15 GMT
Jamie was just watched the simulation unfold and crossed her arms and James brought up what happened at wedding had a blank expression on her face. She wanted to forget what happened that but it was stuck there. She had in her mind that she wanted to make sure they stop the Dark Avengers with all her might. She actually knew as veteran hero that had to be careful of who they trust but she was going give this man chance.
She didn't actually say anything to James since Tony had already said that already had to be said.She then looked towards Tony as he sits down on the couch and placed her hand on to his shoulder. She just sat beside him and just shook her head "It's not Tony its kind of a surprise to me as well "She was just as stunned as Tony was in this simulation.She was just as warily James was but she was going to actually keep this to herself she was interested to what else was to said but she was also ready if he decided to hurt them anyway if they was tricking down of putting their guard down which in her mind was not going happen
When Tony seemed in more shock than expected, Arno went to take a step forward, ready to help his brother if it seemed much but James once more reacted. The younger hero wasn't entirely listening to Tony about trusting him, obviously still holding onto his suspicions and making a remark that caused Arno to scowl towards him, not liking what this young man was implying. But he took the hint to keep some distance, not wanting to cause problems and merely holding up his hand, the armored area returning into his body. "Like I said, I mean no one any harm here. And I'm sorry this is sudden Tony but after hearing what's been going on I can't keep this quiet any longer." Arno told him.
He moved to a seat across from them, glad to be off his feet for now but making sure the Starks and James were in his sight just as much as James was being sure he was in a good position. Even for an Avenger this kid was being a little too over the top. But, Arno could only shake his head. "Truth be told Tony, I don't know much of why I never was kept here myself. I was left with a medical housing where dad and mom had their holds in a charity where I grew up with staff there and other patients. I have a seriously compromised immune system, something resulting from some trouble dad got mixed up in and mom needing an extra hand when she gave birth to me. Aside from that, I don't know much so we're in the same boat." Arno explained to him, voice becoming a bit stronger now. "I don't know if I existed where you came from but here I am alive and around. You at the very least got to know our parents and I think despite what we might think our parents did love us.
Had he known their father's habits? No, he didn't. But unlike Tony, Arno tried to have a positive outlook when it came to their parents, feeling they held some love for them despite everything they had gone through. "I won't lie to say I stopped by the wedding before it started. Everything looked perfect, and I'm glad Jamie could join the family." Arno said with a soft smile, "I think she'll be a good influence on you little brother." He assured him.
"Its also called letting your enemies in and putting up a front Tony." James countered, earning a scowl from Arno. But he simply glared back towards the man making rather bold claims of being a Stark himself. He had never once come across anything of an Arno Stark when he was given files on the families, nothing remotely stating that Maria had bore more than one child aside from Tony. Either Arno was lying or Howard had done everything with his connections and skills to make sure any existence of Arno had been erased. Which begged the question of why? What was so special about this Stark he needed to almost not exist at all? And how did he alone have these documents? Unless the hospital staff had had copies that he could only access.
"I will take that. Make sure you are what you say you are." James growled, taking the small chip while Arno sat. He ignored the look of annoyance by Arno, simply shifting his position so he could react quickly if Arno tried something, either with the building or against Tony and Jamie. As much as he wanted to trust Tony's judgement the small part of him trained to analyze and suspect anything remotely farfetched or suspicious quickly kicking in. But he was close enough to a panel that Jarvis himself often used to speak and seat. "Jarvis, run diagnostics and every scan you know that can help us know for sure these are the real deal." James spoke, pressing the chip into a small data port slot so the AI could run the tests.
"James if this really is the truth and Arno is saying the truth you're going to wish you held your tongue." Tony explained but as he watched James put the chip in so Jarvis could scan in the chips to make sure they were real documents. "Scanning in progress." The AI said. And there was the counting clock on it as Jarvis started to work on it, it slowly went up from 10%... 20%...30% and so on.
"It will take Jarvis a little bit to scan them. But it does explain a few things." Tony said. "I know when I did ask Howard or Maria why I was the only child they didn't speak up about it or anything. Plus Howard was hardly a father figure. If I saw him it was probably because he was passing through." tony added as he felt a bit down mentioning his father. Even in his time Howard was the usual man that he knew of, hardly around, so Tony dove into machines and numbers. They made sense while his father figure fell apart with him and disappeared. Tony was even lucky enough to see his father on his birthday. While Maria, she showered him with love.
"80...90..." Scan Complete." Jarvis said as the scan completed the chip was released from the spot.
"Well there you go James you can read it now." Tony pointed out. "And I'm alright I suppose it was a big shock. And I'm not like how I used to be with age." He admitted. He looked back at Jamie as she stood not far from where they were and there was a bit of a smile on his face. he was glad that Arno approved. "Well I do have my reasons for trusting Arno, James." Tony pointed out. "You see I had a trip over to Las Vegas but it got cut short when i was shot down by some missiles that mistook me for a weapon in my Ironman Suit. If Arno were to attack he would've done it while I was downed. He showed me around his building as he has an cooperation of his own on the other side of the united states." Tony pointed out. "I suppose I only had my suspicions then on what was going on or what would happen." He added towards the family members. "And as far as I remember only Doom's daughter and Cyborg fellow were involved if you look at the video footage." He pointed out.
Post by Jamie Starflame on Dec 1, 2017 3:27:47 GMT
Jamie actually was being careful at moment because there still a huge risk that something bad was going happen but she was just relaxed. She kind of blushed when he metioned that she was a very good influence on Tony it is something she didn't think of that .She knew in the past that he was quite the playboy which she actually tolerated because she just knew that he loved her and those other woman didn't mean anything to him. She actually understood James thoughts on the matter but she was wanted to give this guy a chance.
She was now Stark and now possibly she had another brother in the family that is if what he was saying was true. She then listened as he metioned when he was shot down and her eyes get intense.she didn't know that event happened.When he metioned the Doom lady and That Cyborg boy she just frowned towards that she did slightly remember what happened and it was still fresh on her mind.She had been training really hard since that day and has even made sure that her sons were protected and trained.She then decided decided it was best that she didn't actually talk right now because she didn't have anything important to actually say.
"You can't be serious." Jame said in disbelief. Despite everything that had happened more recently, Tony was still willing to trust someone he had met only once and helped him in a bad situation. If that was all it took to earn the trust of the Avengers it seemed he had really been trying too hard to earn their trust before. There just was a lot he couldn't help questioning when it came to such bold claims of being a Stark or related to a family so well known, such as his own for instance. DNA testing had proven his claims but Arno only had documents, which with the right knowledge and tech could be forged.
Taking the chip, he gave a final glare towards Arno, "Everyone has something to hide or some dirt they don't want dug up. I'll find that something one way or another." James promised with a low growl, showing little trust in Tony's judgement regardless of what he was told. He simply gripped the chip in his hand and turned to leave, "Thanks for the help Jarvis, I'll take things from here." James thanked the AI before he left them for now. If anything went wrong he was certain Jamie and Tony could handle this on their own.
“Just leave it be for now Tony, I think it will take a fair bit of convincing to change that young man’s mind.” Arno told his brother, watching James storm off in annoyance. But his words did leave Arno somewhat uneasy since he knew if anyone found out who one of his financial backers were could ruin his company and Iron Guardian’s reputation. For now though, Arno did not try to dwell on the future but focus on the now. Because right now, his family was what was important and they were his concern for now where James could be for later.
“Maybe if I had stayed things would have been different.” He admitted, wondering if he should have stuck around to lend a hand. But, the attack had come and gone and he could only shake his head. “Now that you are aware of my true identity and what I do Tony, maybe we can at least be a family. I never got to know either of our parents but I would like to get to know the brother I never had for years.” Arno told him with a soft smile, more than eager to reconnect with family after all this time. Perhaps Tony was not the one of his time but it would be better than nothing. Besides, there was no telling that maybe in Tony’s timeline there was an Arno Stark, one who had never met his brother or had never gotten the chance to tell him the truth due to the chaos of Tony’s timeline.
Though he had not forgotten about Jamie, soon turning his gaze to her. “Maybe we could also take time to get to know each other Jamie. I have heard of your exploits with the Avengers and I’ve seen footage of you and my brother making quite the team.” He told her, eager to know his sister-in-law as well. In fact, he carefully pushed himself back to his feet and took her hand, “you are more than welcomed to Carbonell Incorporated for a tour or to visit whenever you want, you and Tony.” He told her, kissing her hand as any gentleman would.
"Well can't say I tried." Tony said with a sigh it was obvious that this shock would probably come to him for s ome time. He looked up at Arno and Jamie, the remaining members that were in the room. "Hm I felt like I only got to know Maria for the most part. My father was a type of man who was so engrossed with his work that I felt like he hardly had any time for myself. A birthday card or a note would've been nice, but actually seeing him there for something like a birthday would've been a whole lot better." Tony said knowing that anger and hate was still with him to this day for his father not being there.
Who had been there when Maria passed away? Tony had to watch from the sidelines as his father didn't seem to even come for that. It surely was disappointing, Tony had even asked that his father had come to his birthday but even that was a challenge. "Never mind, I guess I shouldn't dwell on old anger." He admitted with a sigh knowing that Jamie had probably been one of the few of those who saw him in an angered or mad state.
"Yes Jamie has been very good at being an Avenger, I am glad we made her an addition to the team, plus the Avengers have grown since the first days of us being together." Tony remarked knowing that they would even hope to grow their family one day. As he looked up the anger from his own emotions had faded. Perhaps it was best that they change the subject onto something else that was far more fitting than that. "Hm well we can fit that in our schedule, I can clear the calendar on one of the weekends so we can make a trip up there. Does that sound like an idea, Jamie?" Tony asked as he looked back at Jamie wondering how she felt about this proposal of an idea.
