Bloody Stane

I appear in front of the lab building for Tony's company where the arc reactor was first tested. I see Pepper at the front doors making a call, I assume to Tony.

"He's gone insane Tony. He built a suit!" She yells

I grab her shoulder and she squeals in fear. I look at her stared face with cold eyes. "Where is Stane?"

"... Ab, is that you?" She looks less scared seeing it's me.

"AB IS THERE!?" I can hear Tony yell over the phone.

I just ask again, "Where is Stane?"

"He is-" She is cut off by the rumbling of the ground. I turn around to face the source.

From the ground, a giant suit of metal rises. It looks like a giant version of Tony's first suit.

He looks down at me "Creed? Where the hell is Tony? You really came to die alone?"

I ignore his questions and step forward grabbing his outraised metal arm. At my grab, he fires the small chain gun sending hundreds of rounds into my chest. They all fall off as if hitting a vibranium plate. I slowly squeeze harder on the metal hand crushing it until he detaches it and he jumps back. I toss the metal hand to the side with an annoyed gaze.

I turn back to the stunned Pepper, "Run" I don't have to say it twice as she takes off with a sprint.

I watch as Stane takes off into the air nearly a hundred feet and drops at me fist first, "DIE YOU FREAK." He yells as if it will make his punch stronger.

I roll my eyes as I jump up to meet his fist but rather than hitting him I maneuver around his arm and grab his body instead. Stopping mid-air I grip hard as I use his momentum to fling him at the ground with enough force to throw an airliner.

He crashes into the ground with an explosive bang shattering the concrete and making a pit nearly 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep. The metal of the suit is bent and I can see blood seeping out of the cracks.

I slowly fly down and land next to the hunk of metal and calmly pull out the arc reactor core. I hear a cough so I pry off the front half of the suit breaking the metal hinges holding it all together. Stane is laying inside looking at me with hate in his eyes, a large shard of metal is piercing his stomach slowly leaking blood.

I look down at him with cold eyes, "You are nothing. You have never been anything, now you will die without anything to show for it. No loved one, no successes, forever marked as Tony's evil business partner. I would say it's a pity but you aren't even worth my pity."

I shake my head as I continue, "To think I let a bug like you hurt a friend, I would curse my father but only I can be blamed for this… Fuck." I stomp on one of the metal legs crushing it causing him to howl in pain.

He coughs up blood and growls at me like a rabid dog, "What the fuck are you?"

I stand over him looking at him with cold eyes as a small smile creeps on my face, "You will soon learn."

I raise my foot over his face and stomp hard. His head caves in like a watermelon and the metal on the back of the helmet digs into the ground caving it in further. I hold the reactor with one hand and snap my fingers with my other. The suit of armor is set ablaze and begins burning like wood in a stove.

I step out of the pit to see a white man with a kind face, balding head, and a suit holding a gun at me, "Agent Coulson from the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, stop right there." He says that mouthful while holding out his badge for me to see.

I hold my arms out to show I mean no harm as I walk towards him. "Agent Coulson, It is nice to meet you, I'm afraid I've taken your job from you. He has already been punished, although if you want to take credit for it I would much appreciate it."

He is still pointing the gun at me, "Give me the reactor and I'll let you go."

I look at the reactor, "Ah, you mean this? I'm actually going to give it back to Tony, so sorry, you can't have it. Before we continue I have something to ask."

I look into his eyes and speak, "What is it you desire?"

He zones out a bit as he focuses on me, "I want to protect those who can't protect themselves… and I want to be the best god damn agent to ever live."

I smile at his response, "With the number of evil men you've killed paired with that response… I LIKE YOU. Become a Knight of Hell! You will do that and much, much more. How about it?"

He snaps out of it and gives me an odd look, "Knight of Hell? What, are you the Devil or something."

"Exactly right Agent Coulson, and I am giving you a lifelong job offer... if you are willing." I give a grin.

He tilts his head with a smirk, "I wouldn't abandon my humanity for some power."

I look confused, "When did I ever say you would have to abandon your humanity? I mean you can if you like. That is your freedom to do so; however, I would never force someone to serve me or give up what makes them, them. In fact, I would prefer you just like you are now, your humanity is a rare thing. With so many humans and so many different ideals you would think there would be more people like you… but you would be wrong."

He shrugs still smiling, "I'm flattered you think so highly of me but I think I'm still going to turn down your offer. I like the place I am now and don't want any changes."

I shake my head, "You will change your mind in the future when Gods walk among men, men like you must step up. Lest you are but a corpse to pave the walkway of your path to ruin. I will only make this offer once again in the future, if you decline it then I'll try my absolute best to make sure your death is as comfortable as I can make it."

His eye twitches a bit, "I'll thank you for that in advance, now about handing over that reac-"

I vanish and appear next to Pepper who was hiding around the side of the building watching. She jumps a bit as I grab her shoulder and we both vanish.