Marvel Cybernetic Girl

Tonight, Los Angeles is bustling with noise and chaos.

The once lively downtown is now in complete disarray.

On the streets, flames are rising high into the sky.

An oil tanker that was set on fire surrounds the golden-red Mark III Iron Man suit.

"Perfect timing! Saves me the trouble of finding you, Tony!"

The massive silver-gray Iron Man suit slowly approaches.

"Thirty years! Thirty years of hard work! This company is everything to me! You can't stop me!"

Obadiah, piloting the suit, transforms into "Iron Monger," clashing fiercely with Tony Stark.

"You created the most powerful weapon ever, yet you became a foolish pacifist!"

"Your path is wrong! Since I can't correct you, I'll have to eliminate you!"

With those words, Obadiah extends the 20mm machine guns on his Iron Monger suit's arms and fires at Tony Stark.

"Click!"

The machine guns spark but jam...

"Seems like your weapon test failed," Tony taunts, firing two palm repulsor blasts that send Iron Monger stumbling back.

"I'm amazed... I thought you didn't have a spare arc reactor!"

"Iron Monger" regains its footing and opens its shoulder armor.

A missile launches from it.

"Your suit's design is so conservative, but mine's much more... extravagant!"

"Boom!"

The missile trails fire as it rockets toward Tony Stark.

"Boom!"

Tony dodges the direct hit, using the explosion's shockwave to leap into the air, deploying his flight systems to hover.

"Actually, someone suggested I make a spare. So, sorry to disappoint you."

"It's okay, Tony."

Obadiah answers with a smirk, "Now we're getting somewhere! Crushing you right away would be too boring!"

"Honestly..."

Tony starts, "I don't understand how you made something this big, ugly, and, well, useless."

"You'll regret saying that!"

Obadiah roars, throwing a heavy punch with his Iron Monger suit. Tony easily dodges.

"Not accurate enough, not agile enough."

Tony continues to mock him, firing another palm blast.

"You've got the tech, but it's not integrated or optimized. Weapons like these won't sell, Obie."

"Shut up!"

Obadiah, clearly unaware of the vast difference between his suit and the Mark III, struggles to land a hit.

The Iron Monger suit designed by Kagura Hitomi is slow, weak, with a huge frame but lacking the fighting capabilities to back it up.

Even the arc reactor has had its power output halved.

In terms of making a serious threat to the Mark III, the most dangerous part of Iron Monger is probably just the variety of weapons Obadiah attached to it.

Right now, this isn't a fair fight. Iron Monger is still standing only because Tony's trying to talk Obadiah down and not giving it his all.

But now that Obadiah has shown he has no qualms about killing Tony Stark, Tony decides it's time to stop talking. "You want to compare performance? Alright then."

A flash of light streaks across the sky as Mark III shoots straight up into the night.

"Looks like you've made some upgrades to your suit," Obadiah sneers, igniting the rocket boosters on his suit's legs.

"I've made some upgrades too!"

With his rocket engines roaring, Iron Monger slowly ascends, hot on Tony's tail.

It's worth noting that Kagura Hitomi didn't skimp on the propulsion system when designing Obadiah's suit.

Though the acceleration is slow due to its weight, the system can function up to the outer atmosphere.

The only problem... is the icing...

Meanwhile, Kagura Hitomi and Natasha are speeding through the streets of Los Angeles on a motorcycle.

"Aren't you scared?"

Natasha asks as she pushes the special bike to 150 mph.

"Not many people are this calm."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Kagura Hitomi says, holding onto Natasha's waist as she sits behind her on the bike.

"I'm used to it!"

In her holographic UI, a skill activation window flashes:

[Low-altitude flight adaptation: Activated]

No problem, not worried at all!

At that moment, two bright streaks of light shoot into the sky, shining in the night.

"What's our next move?"Natasha asks.

"Do we keep heading toward those lights?"

"Wait, we might need to change our route."

Kagura Hitomi looks up at the sky, where the two lights are climbing higher into the night.

One of the lights suddenly disappears.

It's likely that Obadiah's rocket engines froze up at high altitude, causing his suit to crash.

Sigh... history always repeats itself.

Kagura had thought that this scene, with Obadiah chasing Tony Stark into the sky, wouldn't happen in this world.

Here, Tony Stark followed Kagura's advice and built a spare arc reactor, giving the Mark III enough power to keep fighting.

Meanwhile, "Iron Monger" had been tampered with by Kagura, its performance throttled and output limited, making it much weaker.

Tony could've easily overwhelmed Iron Monger on the ground, but maybe he just wanted to show off his ability to survive freezing temperatures at high altitudes.

While Kagura was lost in thought...

The holographic UI scans the sky and locks onto a target too small to be seen by the naked eye.

[Database match complete]

[Mark I Iron Man suit, upgraded version, codename "Iron Monger," Threat level: Medium, Hostile]

As the target is locked, the UI also marks its predicted landing spot.

"Sister, turn right ahead. Let's head toward the station."

Kagura Hitomi points toward Obadiah's crash site. "It's about 1 kilometer away."

"Got it."

Natasha says, turning the bike.

The sleek motorcycle veers, its tires screeching across the glittering streets, as they speed past pedestrians who can only gape in awe at the two beautiful women.

Arriving at the scene, they see a huge crater in the ground. The silver-gray Iron Monger suit slowly rises from the pit, shaking off the dirt and scanning the area for Tony Stark.

"Alright, this is it. I'm getting off here."

Kagura Hitomi says, dismounting from Natasha's bike and walking toward the Iron Monger.

"What are you going to do?" Natasha asks.

"I know you have superpowers, but that thing looks dangerous. Do you think you can handle it?"

Kagura Hitomi turns and smiles. "It's fine, Sister Natalia. I'm here to end this."