158 158. Who got the bigger tower?
Alexander kept an eye on Steve. He wasn't going to let him get all motivated to serve the nation by Fury. Fury was extremely paranoid and didn't care about Steve's feelings. To him, Steve was just a super-soldier he could use.
Alexander had vowed that he'd give Steve his date and he would keep his word. But now was not the time. However, Peggy didn't get dementia because Alexander had secretly given her medicine that would at least make sure that she stays healthy till the age of a hundred.
...
He was on the road to where he was building his new tower. Just beside the half-constructed Stark tower. It was 3 in the night.
Usually, it should be silent on the road at that time but he was hearing sound coming towards him. The sound of a heavy motorcycle.
He waited for it to come closer so he could see who was destroying the sleep of so many people. Soon he noticed something glowing coming towards him.
It was not glowing like light but instead fire.
~Is that Ghost Rider?~ he asked himself.
He knew how ghost riders were made. It was all Mephisto's doing. That demon loved fooling people and enslaving their souls. But at least the Spirit of Vengeance didn't cause senseless violence. It punished evildoers. It was true that Mephisto made people Ghost Riders but they weren't his creation. Ghost Riders weren't actually bad. They are benevolent. It is also said that they are created by the god to protect mankind. Which they have been doing for a long time.
The bike was going too fast so he stood up in the middle of the road. Soon the bike stopped in front of him and the Ghost rider looked at him.
"How are you, Ghost Rider?" Alexander hailed.
"Who are you,?" Johnny Blaze asked. The spirit was never in control of the Host so it couldn't talk.
"Nobody, just a passerby. I wanted to say hello to the Ghost Rider." Alexander shrugged.
Johnny suddenly got down from his bike and walked to Alexander, "Are you a criminal?"
"Woah, don't judge me like that. Also, if I were you, I'd not use that penance stare. It might backfire on you." He warned.
But Ghost Rider kept on walking and grabbed him. Then it looked Alexander in the eyes.
Instead of seeing sin, it only saw purity. To the point that it had a reverse effect and the spirit of vengeance started to shriek in pain. Alexander quickly looked away to stop Ghost Rider from suffering.
"I am a being beyond your scope of understanding. We both are different and yet the same. You are a dark creature destined to purify sinners while I am a light creature who does the same. Go now, if the fate wants we will meet again." Alexander spoke in his godly voice while releasing some of his aura.
Ghost Rider just nodded and left.
~*Sigh* So I can even petrify the Ghost Rider.~
Alexander then proceeded to his building and started working on it. Stark Tower was already halfway through and he was afraid that it won't be completed on time. After all, it was much bigger than the Stark Tower.
The Stark Tower only had 80 floors but his building had 120 floors. His building was also more aesthetic from outside and more modern from inside.
...
Steve was trying to cope up with the new times. It was really hard to imagine the world had changed so much. Though there weren't any flying cars like what Howard predicted. He had heard about Howard's son and appreciated his work to save innocents.
Currently, he stood in front of the war memorial. A huge statue of Alexander was erected there over his grave. It was the most loved statue of Alexander. Because it showed what kind of man he was. The picture that Dobby released in which he met Amy and gave her a piggyback ride was still considered one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. The statue was inspired by it. Cute little Amy had gotten her place in the history as well.
Steve put some flowers down and sighed. He was supposed to meet Peggy in a while. She was currently spending her days in the hospital. She wasn't sick, just old.
"He was a good man," a voice came from behind him. It was Natasha Romanoff (she's a bit different from MCU, in this she's much older as she was given a kind of enhancement serum which made her not age during WW2)
Steve looked back and nodded, "Yeah, he was."
She continued, "If it weren't for him. I'd have spent most of my life as a criminal. I was young at the time of war. I was being trained to be an assassin. It was brutal. Then he came, burned the whole facility to the ground, and gave food and shelter to me and others like me. Most of them decided to leave and live an ordinary life but I stayed. So he arranged my training and I became Black Widow some years later." She vaguely told her story.
Steve smiled, "Yeah, he'd do that."
"I will take you to Agent Carter, follow me." Natasha led the way.
She then took him to where Peggy was and left the two to meet alone. Steve was nervous to see her again.
"Steve?" A familiar voice called him.
"Yes, It's me," He went closer to her.
Because Alexander had already made them a very close couple during the war, Peggy never married. She stayed faithful to one weak boy from Brooklyn. Even after his death.
"You are late, Steve" Peggy teared up.
"Can I still have that dance?" He asked.
She chuckled, "I would if I could. But I'm afraid my legs won't let me."
Steve then noticed the photo frames near her bed. He sadly sighed and muttered, "It should have been me."
"Who do you mean?" She asked.
"General could have changed the world for the better. It should have been me in his place. He deserved to live." He spoke, his voice already turning shaky.
Peggy put her hand on his, "Don't say that. He wouldn't like that. He knowingly laid his life for the world. Now you have the chance to continue his legacy. Do what he would have done. Make the world a better place."
Steve picked her old wrinkled hand and held it tightly, "You are still good with words."
"Haha... You were too shy so someone had to." She chuckled.
"I wish I could go back in time. I really wanted that date." Steve warmly added.
"Well, with how weird the world is becoming. You might really end up there." She jokingly commented.
Then they spent some more time talking about the past. Peggy taught him a thing or two about modern times.
...
It was a fine day for Tony Stark. His baby project, the Stark Tower, was on schedule. He'd come there every week to check up on it with Pepper.
He went to the current top floor that was recently completed. He had imagined his tower to look amazing as there were no other remarkable buildings nearby. That's why he decided to make it there.
He walked to the window and looked out.
"What the... Pepper, why is there a new building under construction there? Didn't a hotel used to be there?" He asked.
"Oh, yeah. That hotel owner decided to build a building. He's hired Nevaeh Industries for the project. I must say, they are really quick." Pepper exclaimed.
But Tony was annoyed, "Pepper, this was my spot. It was supposed to be my moment. The whole point of Stark tower was to show off. How tall is this new building going to be?" He inquired.
"120 floors."
"What? They are going to be taller than me. Pepper, I want you to pull all strings possible and stop that construction." He arrogantly demanded.
Pepper shook her head, "I've already tried. But the Mysterious owner of that building has friends in high places."
"Then increase Stark Tower's height. We'll make 120 floors as well. We'll have to do something with the foundation but it can work." Tony suggested.
"Really, Tony? That's just a waste of money. And this isn't a game where you men compare sizes. It's just a building." She tried to reason.
"It's my building, Pepper. It will have my name on it. Please just do this once." He nagged like a kid. In the end, she gave up.
...
One week later, Tony had given the plans to make his building 120 floors high but then he received news that the neighborhood tower had also increased the floors to 130.
Admitting his defeat he went to Westeros bar to drink and sob. He could honestly feel like someone was watching and laughing at him.
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