Sandstorm and Lisa are in stark tower watching the News on the tv.
The headline reads 'Tony Stark discharged from the hospital is expected to give press release from Stark Tower.'
"So, how long till he realizes he's in love with pepper?" Lisa asks
"Probably sooner than he realizes he has a daughter." Sandstorm answers
"Your going to need to go and grab her." Lisa says
"Yeah, it's a shame her mom is working for a criminal organization." Sandstorm says already having the custody case playing out in her head,
On the TV a black Rolls Royce pulls in front of the Newyork office.
"Welp it's time I get going." Sandstorm says standing up.
"Letting the world know you are back?" Lisa asks
"Well, can't let the company stocks tank too low. I think with me announcing I'm back they might actually go up so. Buy in now." Sandstorm says with a smile before she disappears from her spot.
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"Thank you, let's get started." Obadiah Stane says into the microphone on the podium which Tony is currently sitting down and leaning against.
"Hey would it be alright if everyone sat down?" Tony asks
"Why don't you just sit down? That way you can see me and I can see you." Tony says pulling out another cheese burger from inside his suit.
"A little less formal." Tony says taking a bite of the burger as everyone begins to sit down.
"Good to see you." Tony says to Obadiah
"Good to see you too." Obadiah says to Tony putting his hand on his shoulder.
"I never go to say goodbye to dad. I never got to say goodbye to my father. Then there is my older sister who went missing, years before I was born. I could have sworn I saw her in the desert as I was about to die." Tony says
"There are questions that I would've asked them both. I would have asked them how they felt about what this company did, if he was conflicted if he ever had doubts. Or maybe they were everything the news said the were." Tony says
After a bit of silence, and Sandstorm holding herself back from blurting out 'I would be happy to answer your questions.'
"I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend and protect them. And I saw that I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero accountability." Tony says
"Mr. Stark?" A bunch of different news people asks
"You Ben." Tony says
"What happened over there?" Ben asks
"I had my eyes opened. I came to realize that I had more to offer this world than just making things blow up. And that is why effective immediately I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division of Stark Industries." Tony says as the reports begin to go crazy.
"I knew he had it in him." Sandstorm says standing next to Phil Coulson.
"Alia hi." Phil says noticing her
"You think Fury will be mad with my entrance?" Sandstorm asks with a smile.
"Furious." Phil says back with a smile of his own.
"Until such a time as I can decide what the future of the company will be." Tony says before Obadiah starts pushing him off stage.
"I think that's a great idea Tony! And I would be happy to answer any questions you may have!" Sandstorm shouts
Suddenly the entire room goes quiet. As the reporters turn around to see Sandstorm standing there in the same outfit from the howling commandos photo that is in every history book in the country.
"You were real! I really saw you in the desert!" Tony shouts
"Do you know anyone else who could randomly pull out of a desert in Afghanistan! That is nothing compared to the time the howling commandos and I stole a German destroyer! No one even knew how to drive the stupid boat we had some one from the concentration camp drive it while we fought off the Germans at the docks." Sandstorm shouts in her heavy Scottish accent she hasn't used in a few years. while some how all the reports have gone silent.
"Alia... it's good to see you again." Obadiah says sweating a little bit.
"Obadiah last time I saw you, you were just 5 years out of college. Wow have the times changed." Sandstorm says
"Miss Alia, is it true you always have enough explosives on your person to blow up the Bismarck?" A reporter asks
Sandstorm just sighs.
"Dugan shared some war stories Huh? He was always a loud mouth. And yes I do, in fact they came to help in that story. We loaded a German panzer full of explosives and let it crash into the base." Sandstorm says
"So, Sis, where do you want to take the company?" Tony asks
"I always wanted to take us to space." Sandstorm says with an excited smile.