Buck you, I'm Iron man
Chapter 12: Steel City part one
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThe two superhumans spent the next few minutes trying to wake up Jacob so they could get some answers. While Caleb was busy drawing on Jacob’s face, Mason was coming up with a plan. He looked at his hammer and thought to himself. “Hmm, if 't be true mine own hamm'r can literally do aught what Thor can, then it shouldst stand to reasoneth yond I couldst maketh a small raineth cloud. God, I desire yond this form of speech shall not becometh annoying.” He then proceeded to twirl his hammer above his head in a rapid, counter-clockwise circle which glowed light blue as it radiated powerful magic. A dark cloud then formed out of the center. This cloud then proceeded to rain on top of Jacob.
“Wha ha!” replied the startled scientist. He looked around frantically until he saw the two intruders. “Jarvis, either you put something in my drink, or this is actually real.”
This caused the mechanical bartender to activate. His eyes lit up to make out a dim, blue light. The robot then proceeded to walk towards the two intruders in confusion and surprise. “Master Thor, Master Hulk, whatever are you doing here?”
The green one then proceeded to put the marker away and stood up. “I’m sorry, but do I know you?”
Jarvis recoiled a bit then shook his head. “You're not the real Hulk. The Hulk that I knew wouldn’t speak to me in complete sentences.” He glanced at Thor in disappointment. “I’m guessing that you’re not the real Thor.”
Mason put his hammer down. “Aye, mine own name be Mason.”
This caused Jacob to raise his head, “Wait, say that again, but with your last name.”
“Mine name be Mason Finch.” replied Mason. Jacob proceeded to tear up at this.
“No... it can’t be.” said Jacob. “It just can’t be!” He then touched his face, his hand trembling. “Bro?”
“Aye Jacob, tis I.” said Mason before jerking a thumb in Caleb’s general direction. “Caleb is with me as well.”
“Sup.” said the not-so-jolly green giant.
Jacob stood up and rubbed a tear out of his eye. “Alright, let me get this straight. You two managed to become displaced without meeting any interdimensional dickheads.” He then looked at the two, “So, I take it that you have some questions?”
“Aye, first off, what is a displac'd.” said Mason.
Jacob sighed, “Alright, from what I gathered about the subject, the displaced, or the dimensionally misplaced, are beings that are sent from one universe to another with next to no way back. This usually involves gaining the powers or abilities of whomever they were dressed up as. In your cases, it was Hulk and Thor respectively.”
“Huh.” said Caleb. “You might wanna also read this.” Hulk pulled the note out a purple pocket. Jacob skimmed the note before looking at the two.
“The hell’s this MH guy? Out of all of the displacers that I’ve heard of, not once have I heard of him.” Seeing as how they both shrugged their shoulders, Jacob released a sigh. “Well, it’s still great to have you here.”
Caleb looked around for a bit, “So, how long have you been here? I mean, you built this place and obviously amassed a fortune?”
“Not counting imprisonment,” said Jacob “I have been here for almost eleven years.”
“Thee have been here for that long!?” said Mason, shocked at what he was hearing.
“Yes, and in that time, a lot of crazy shit happened.” He looked at the both of them, “You know, I could have use for you both.”
“Let’s hear it.” They both said.
“Alright, I have a plan that involves the use of timing and nonviolence to get back at Celestia, the number two spot on my list. It involves getting her to admit what she has done to me. I need it to be natural and I also need protection. I don’t know how famous I am in the Bullingrad and Qurinia, so I need your power as well.” Said Jacob. “This also means that I will have to give you both basic training until you are able to control your powers, but I will get to more on that later.”
Mason put a hand on his shoulder, “Aye, we art family. If’t true someone messes with one of us, they mess with all of us.”
Caleb gave a good nod. “We’re with you, bro.”
Jacob smiled in pure joy. “Thanks” He quickly sobered up. “Now, I need to instruct you on the basics of this world.” He stood up and faced them, looking like how they remembered their bro. “Now, the sun and moon do not work the same as they do on our world. The solar system appears to be geocentric rather than heliocentric. The sun’s orbit is controlled by Celestia, which is why I would advise against directly fighting her. The moon is also controlled by her sister, Luna. I see Luna as being stronger in Celestia due to the fact that she can bend multiple stars’ light to make the night sky look however she wants. Next, the main sentients species of this world. There are earth ponies, unicorns, pegasi, buffalo, griffins, yaks, horses, chimeras, minotaurs, zebras, breezies, changelings, and merponies. Each of these creatures are like humans in many ways, but there mannerisms are quite different. Nearly every city is a horse pun. I could find a way to get you both jobs that would help you learn more about the society, but I am sad to say Mason, boxing is illegal.”
Mason lifted his head to the air. “Damn it all, yond wast the one thing yond I wast most wondrous at!” He looked at Jacob, “Wherefore wouldst those ponies outlaw such a most wondrous sport?”
Jacob flipped through the law book that Jarvis gave him, “Thank you Jarvis, it says here that it was outlawed due to it being too violent. Dodge ball just went back to being legal three years ago.”
Caleb clapped his hands together, grabbing the attention of the enraged asgardian before he did something stupid. “Let’s change the subject, you said that you would help us with our abilities?”
Jacob raised his head, “Oh, yes.” He touched his brothers and focuses before vanishing.
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The trio appeared in a large, dimly lit room. Thor, in a daze, said, “What in the nine realms was that?”
“Teleportation. As I said, a lot of stuff happened. Now, this is a training room.” He clapped his hands, causing the lights to turn on. Three targets popped up. “Mason will be trained first. These targets will only disappear with enough energy. Thus, I need you to zap them.”
Mason nodded before aiming his hammer at the targets. “Have at thee!” The hammer glowed before shooting three bolts of lighting at the targets, instantly frying them. “Huh,” said Mason, looking at his hammer, “I wouldst has't bethought yond that wouldst has't been m're sore.”
“Yeah” said Jacob, “At least you have basic lightning down. How’s your flying?”
Mason thought back to how he got here. “A dram off, but I bethink yond 'twill only become better with practice.”
Jacob smiled, “Indeed.” He then turned to Caleb, “As for you, I’m guessing that the problem isn’t you are weak or that you can’t use hulk’s power, it’s just that you lack control.”
Caleb balked, “What, I’ll have you know that I have perfect control.”
Jacob smirked, “Alright then, here.” He picked up a plexiglass mirror, used for weapons training. “Then I want you to hold this for five minutes without breaking it. Hulk grasped the glass, shattering it instantly.
“So, about that control?” said Jacob.
Caleb proceeded to lightly punch him, sending him flying. Before Jacob hit the wall that was one hundred feet away, he teleported back to him. “Well that was rude, I only injured your pride. You just need to work on your control more. I recommend that you take up glass making as a hobby, it may help in your control. I’ll even get you a workstation prepared later.”
The trio continued training for the next hour until Caleb and Mason had better control over their abilities. Caleb could now hold a glass window without breaking it, and Mason had complete control over lightning and better control over flight speed and agility.
Caleb grunted, “That would be nice.”
Before they could continue, Jarvis said, “Sir, I have a message from the board, shall I play it?”
Groaning, Jacob said, “Sure, play it.”
After he said that, a hologram message played, showing the entire vote, “Dear Mr. Alloy, we of the board have unanimously decided that you have wasted this manufacturing company’s potential by only producing domestic tech, so we decided to take an executive decision and boot you out. We have also decided to take up the numerous military contracts that you have been ignoring. We have already made our one hundredth magic proof mech. The Bullingradans want to test it out on Manehattan in one hour. So, if you are still there, I recommend that you leave.” Iron Stayne cut off the transmission.
Jacob stood up quickly, a look of fear and anger on his face, “Gentlemen, I believe that we must be off. Jarvis, get the war ship ready. Also, be sure to wake up Bubbles. Mason, Caleb, I want you both to be prepared for anything.
Caleb stood up, voice shaking, “W what are we gonna do?”
Jacob looked back, “That depends on how quickly we get there, if we get there sooner rather than later, we won’t have to avenge anything. However, if we don’t hurry up, there won’t be anything left to avenge.” He then gave out a loud whistle. “Army of robots, your commander calls for you!” Out of every opening imaginable, human sized robots marched in and assembled. There were big ones with shields, nimble, flying ones with guns, huge ones with hand lasers and rockets, and small, swift ones with plasma blades. In front of each squadron, there was a larger and more upgraded one that clearly was a general of sorts. “Get your metal asses on the warship, we leave in ten minutes.” The robots saluted before marching away.
The trio moved down a long, narrow hallway until they were in a large hanger of sorts. In this hanger, there was a large, dark airship. It was not like the one that Jacob used for travel, no, this monster was made entirely for war. It was plated with solid vibranium, it was loaded with millions of missiles and hundreds on photon cannons. The wings looked small, but they were anything but failing, the sails were folded up, most likely because the ship will not be on the water. Large rocket engines were being charged up and readied to launch, and, on the bow, there was a bronze dragon skull design with red search lights for eyes. Small pieces of metal shot out of the ship before they found their way onto different parts of Iron Man’s body. The parts assembled into the gold and red armor known as, the mark 50. On the main deck of the ship. A giant bear that looked like it was made of space itself waved to Jacob. He proceeded to wave back. “Hey Bubbles, these are your Uncles, Mason and Caleb.” She proceeded to wave at them.
Hulk and Thor glanced at each other, “Dude, are you as weirded out as I am?” Afterwards, they all proceeded to board the ship.
Jarvis, in human form, saluted to the others before the hanger doors opened. To anyone on the outside, it would appear as though a ship flew right through a hole in the mountain. Once the warship reached a height of five thousand feet, Jacob felt a bullet hit the side of his helmet. “Hey!” shouted Derpy, sniper rifle in hoof. “You can’t leave this town, remember.”
Jacob looked Derpy directly in the eye. “Look, Derpy, I need to go now, the fate of a city depends on it.”
“I don’t care.” said Derpy, aiming the gun at the chest reactor. “You are to stay under town arrest until you are brought before Celestia and given proper punishment.”
Jacob sighed audibly, “I don’t have time for this, Jarvis, increase speed to two hundred knots. Mrs. Hooves, I bid you adieu.” He then proceeded to push her off the ship. “Do remember to catch your fall, I’d hate for you to become a stain on the ground.”
Jarvis, while in the captain’s chair, saluted “Aye aye, Sir.” Everybody grabbed onto something nailed down as the ship was rocketed towards Manehattan. “I just hope that I am not too late.”
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Hey guys, Ink Sword here. Sorry for the delay, but, as I explained in my blog, I didn't have that much free time. However, on the plus side. I have my Pharm D now. I will also try to post the next chapter much sooner. You guys are awesome, see you soon. I would also like to thank kingrulerword for editing this, go check him out.