A week later.

Damian was having breakfast with his entire family.

They all ate while chatting about trivial things.

"Hey, do you guys want to go to the Expo? It's tonight," Damian asked, looking at everyone.

"I want to go! Natasha told me there's going to be a great show," Carol said, laughing.

"What is the Expo?" Ivy asked, looking at Damian.

"It's a place where they do demonstrations of weapons," Damian replied, smiling at Ivy.

"I want to go!" Ivy said excitedly.

"Alright, then we'll all go," Damian said, nodding as he noticed no one said they didn't want to go.

Everyone finished breakfast and went about their day.

Damian appeared in Madripoor and went to speak with the scientist.

"My lord," the scientist greeted him with a smile.

"Bring Frank and Laura," Damian said after exchanging greetings.

"Sure," the scientist replied before quickly sending them a message to come.

Damian waited a few minutes and saw them arrive.

Damian took the opportunity to look at their cores; they were white like all human cores but slightly larger.

"Hello, are we in trouble?" Laura joked as if they had been called to the principal's office.

"Laura," the scientist said, giving her an irritated look, indicating she should behave.

"You're not in trouble," Damian said, smiling slightly. "Both of you will come with me. There's an event tonight, and you'll be the bodyguards."

"There'll be some chaos that day, so it's a good opportunity for revenge. Ophelia told me she promised you that," Damian said, looking at Frank.

Both of them reacted positively to Damian's words.

Laura was happy to go out and do something fun, while Frank just wanted to go and chat a bit with his former boss.

"Get ready and take a module to New York," Damian said, getting up and nodding at the scientist before disappearing.

"It's always shocking to see him disappear like that," Laura said.

"Don't take advantage of how nice our king seems; behave with respect," the scientist scolded Laura.

"Alright, alright," Laura said, nodding before going to pack her things.

"Remember to do it cleanly and try not to be recognized," the scientist told Frank without much hope.

Frank nodded slightly before leaving the room.

...

Damian returned home and saw Carol, Ana, and Ophelia playing video games.

"Where are the girls?" Damian asked before sitting down next to Ana.

"They went for a walk with Mom," Ana said, looking at the screen.

"There's not much to see in this area," Damian said a little confused.

"Maybe you should go out and explore the surroundings instead of always teleporting," Ophelia said without looking at him.

Damian looked at them with doubt before appearing on top of his house and surveying the area.

He was a little surprised to see that the area, which was previously a bit deserted, had become livelier, with some parks nearby and several new houses.

In the distance, he saw his daughters playing on the swings with Sophia sitting at a distance on some benches.

Damian smiled affectionately at seeing them do something so ordinary.

He sat on the roof and watched them in silence, occasionally chuckling as he saw their expressions.

He couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw Alice damage a part of the play equipment and look around to check if anyone saw her before walking away as if nothing had happened.

After a while of watching them, Sophia approached and started to take them back home, so Damian also climbed down from the roof and entered the house.

Damian went to the kitchen and saw the maids preparing lunch. He greeted them with a smile before telling them that they would have two more people joining for lunch.

Damian felt that Frank and Laura were on their way and probably hadn't eaten yet.

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With that settled, Damian returned to the living room and sat on the couch while looking at his phone.

He had some notifications, and when he opened them, he saw that they were from his daughter. She had sent him new pictures of many things.

From cute-looking fish to terrifying-looking ones.

Damian chuckled while reading the comments Mónica sent along with the photos.

A few minutes later, his daughters arrived and ran to greet him.

Seeing that he was looking at things on his phone, they sat on his lap and looked at the photos with him.

Sophia smiled at them before going somewhere else.

"Daddy, can we go with our sister?" Emma asked, looking at Damian. She was very curious to see the depths of the sea.

"Sure, sweetheart. When your sister comes back, you can take a walk with her," Damian said, kissing Emma on the head.

"Daddy, can we bring our tank to the weapons demonstration we'll be going to tonight?" Alice asked, looking at Damian.

"No, sweetheart, I'm afraid that's a little difficult," Damian chuckled.

Just then, a faint buzzing sound was heard.

Damian smiled slightly, knowing that Laura and Frank had arrived.

"Someone's here. Let's go see?" Damian said, looking at his daughters and putting away his phone.

"Let's go!" Ivy said, nodding before running to the patio.

Her two sisters quickly followed her.

"Who arrived?" Carol asked, looking at Damian.

"Laura and Frank. They're Spartan soldiers," Damian said, getting up.

"And what are they doing here?" Carol asked, confused.

"Laura will be a bodyguard, and Frank has other things to do," Damian said, smiling.

"And this Laura, is she pretty?" Carol joked.

"She's pretty," Damian nodded.

"Oh?" Carol playfully jumped towards Damian and hugged him. "Are you going to give me a new sister?"

"Your mother is a bit too old for that," Damian teased Carol before going after his daughters.

Carol froze in place upon hearing Damian's words.

"Pff, just look at your face," Ophelia burst into laughter.

Ana blushed and bit her lip, trying not to laugh.

Carol finally put on a disgruntled face as she vowed revenge.

Damian arrived at the patio and saw a medium-sized spacecraft floating a few meters above the ground.

His daughters were already looking up with curiosity, waiting for someone to come out.

Then, a door opened, and Laura and Frank jumped out, landing on the grass.

"Hello, girls," Laura greeted the three little girls who ran towards her.

"Hi, Lau," Ivy greeted her, along with her sisters.

"How have you been?" Laura asked, crouching down with a smile.

The three little girls started talking to Laura, while Damian approached Frank.

"Are you all set for tonight?" Damian asked directly.

"Yes, I know where my target is staying," Frank said stoically.

"Good. In a while, we'll have lunch; make sure to join us," Damian said to everyone before smiling at his daughters and entering the house.

Frank nodded before taking a stroll around the patio, observing the surroundings. He was a bit surprised to see a tank in one corner.

Some time passed, and everyone was at the table having lunch. The atmosphere was quite normal, although Laura and Frank seemed a bit uncomfortable. After all, they hadn't had much interaction with the people present.

Still, this allowed Frank and Laura to get to know the "royal family" for real.

They seemed almost like a normal family, talking about normal things and joking with each other.

Frank and Laura also felt relieved that the situation was like this and not filled with cruel people who didn't care about the lives of those who served them.

The day quickly passed, and soon it was getting dark.

Everyone was already dressed to go to the Expo; Laura even had her armor on while the girls were playing with it.

Frank had already left, and Damian didn't know exactly where he was, but he was probably in a position close to Ray, his former superior.

In a few moments, a limousine arrived, and everyone got in. When Laura got in, the car lowered a bit due to her weight, and it was too big, so she had to crouch a little.

Laura, together with the armor, weighed around half a ton.

"Fortunately, it's of good quality," Carol joked.

"Pay no attention to her," Sophia said, chuckling softly as she saw Laura a bit embarrassed.

The limousine drove for a while until they arrived at the Expo.

They stopped in a private parking lot before starting to get off.

As soon as they left the parking lot, they immediately attracted attention, and the crowd unconsciously avoided them.

Especially when they saw a giant of over two meters behind them wearing armor and carrying a rifle on his back.

Several guards looked at them but didn't stop them; they knew Damian was a shareholder of Stark Industries, and the armor was his bodyguard.

They all sat in elevated seats on one side, providing a better view.

...

"Tony, we're leaving; I'll wait for you there," Pepper said before heading to the airport with Natasha.

"Okay, be careful," Tony shouted from the garage as he swiveled slightly in his chair.

Tony would join her later in his armor; he had been on high alert, waiting for Ivan's attack.

With the days that have passed, it's enough time for Ivan to create something considerable.

While Tony was thinking about Ivan's attack, he suddenly received a call from an unknown number.

Tony couldn't help but feel excited as he saw it; he had told Jarvis to accept unknown calls and immediately trace their origin.

Tony took a deep breath before answering the call.

"Hey, Tony," Ivan greeted him as if they were old friends.

"You sound very lively for being dead," Tony said, smiling as he watched Jarvis trace the call.

"Now, the real story behind your surname will be revealed."

"What your father did to my family for forty years, I will do it in forty minutes," Ivan said slowly.

"That sounds great. Tell me where and when," Tony said.

"I hope you're ready," Ivan laughed slowly, trying to intimidate Tony before ending the call.

Tony looked at the screen that said: "Trace complete."

"Justin, you really got yourself into trouble this time," Tony chuckled as he saw Ivan's location.

At the same time, he couldn't help but frown at the memory that Justin presented his attempts at armor; if he adds the Arc reactor, he can create slightly inferior versions of his first armor.

"Jarvis, prepare the new armor and combat modules. Also, fix the satellites over the origin of the call and inform me of any movements," Tony said, getting up and getting ready to go fight.

Justin's weapons are likely to be controlled by Ivan, and they might even initiate a massacre just to harm him.

It's best to get rid of the robots first and then go after him.

Tony quickly stood on a platform as several robotic arms put on the armor.

Tony moved his arms, torso, and legs and clearly felt the agility that his previous armors didn't have.

Although it doesn't feel like having anything on, it's an improvement; he'll be able to make many types of movements.

"Jarvis, how's the combat module?" Tony asked.

"It's over New York; once the combat starts, it can be deployed quickly," Jarvis replied.

"Good, then let's go," Tony said to himself before flying off to New York.

His new armor could handle a greater amount of power, so his repulsors were much stronger. His speed quickly reached Mach 4.

...

Justin was getting ready in his suit, making sure he looked good from all angles.

This was a very special day; it would be the day he finally defeated Tony, and his own company would replace him.

Just imagining Tony's face after seeing that his armor wasn't special and that Justin had many of them filled him with excitement.

That night, his life would change forever.

Justin smiled at himself in the mirror one last time before taking his limousine to the Expo.