Chapter 142: Stark. 2005 CE

Pluto was walking through a rather roomy suite. The smell of alcohol is quite strong, and a tint smell of sex and sweat could also be smelled. Pluto sighed as he noticed the smell, and opened a door that was leading to a room.

As he entered, he saw a young man sleeping with a redheaded girl. It was 12 PM in the afternoon…

"Wake up." Pluto said, kicking the bed so hard that it shook. The two sleeping people jolted awake as he did that, looking around in panic, before their eyes eventually focused on Pluto.

The woman instantly covered her private parts with the sheets, while the man sat down.

"What do you want?" grumbled the man. "You know, this was supposed to be my vacation time, you always barge in like this."

"Everyday is always a vacation to you Anthony, wake up." Pluto repeated. "Miss, could you please get out of the room please?"

The woman nervously nodded, she quickly wore her underwear, and ran outside.

"So, what brings you here uncle? What's your name this time? Jonathan? William? Thomas?" said Tony as he poured himself a whiskey.

Pluto walked in on him, and took the whiskey from him. "Potts called. Said you missed a lot of board meetings these past couple of weeks."

Tony sighed as he heard it. "Pepper… why you gotta do this to me…"

"You're not a teenager, Anthony." Pluto said, drinking the Whiskey that he grabbed from Tony. "You're a bloody adult, with many responsibilities."

"Obadiah can deal with all of that." said Tony, grabbing another glass and pouring himself a whiskey. "Pepper's good company too."

Pluto once again grabbed his whiskey, and drank it. "And what are you? A burden?"

"I'm the backbone of the company," said Tony. "I built the weapons, I designed them, my inventions powered them."

"If you're like that, you should just be an engineer instead of a CEO." said Pluto, grabbing the whole Whiskey bottle altogether. "How about it? Shall I ask the board to appoint another CEO instead of you? Obadiah's shady, Potts though, might be a good idea."

"This is my company, with my name on it." Tony argued.

"It's your father's name, not yours." Pluto refuted. "He built this company from scratch, with my money, so Tony, I have more stock in this company than you, so stop complaining. Potts aren't going to babysit you every day—"

"You're not my father, you can't tell me anything."

"Yes, I'm not your father, he died years ago." Pluto stated, making Tony frowned. "Get up."

"Fine, old man." Tony mocked Pluto as he stood up, walking to find some shirt.

Pluto meanwhile got out of the room as he walked towards the big window near it. His phone suddenly rang, and he quickly picked it up.

"Yeah?" he spoke.

"Father, we found the target," said the female voice. "He's in South America, tangled in some cartel there. They attacked him, and, well, he turned green…"

Pluto hummed. "Just watch him, don't engage."

"I don't understand father, why are you interested in this man? He's an experiment gone wrong."

"Because he can turn green," said Pluto in a-matter-of-fact tone. "Remember, don't engage, don't make him mad, just watch him. If the heat around him is calm enough, take him, although that heat won't disperse for a while…"

"Roger that, father." the voice said, before hanging up.

Pluto put his phone to his pocket, and sighed.

"Who are you talking to?" a voice said, making Pluto turn around. It was Tony, all dressed up.

"No one." Pluto said calmly. "Come on, Potts and Happy are outside."

Pluto then pushed him towards the outside of the building, making him grumble.

"I'm not a child," said Tony.

"Yet you act like one."

"You're not a 30 year old man either, you just act like one."

Pluto shook his head in amusement as they walked outside, with Pepper and Happy waiting for them.

"There you are Tony." Pepper sighed as Happy opened the door for him. "Thank you Mr. Smith."

"We're going to talk about snitching after this." Tony said to Pepper.

"Sure." said Pepper in ignorance. "Just get in the car."

"It's fine Ms. Potts." said Pluto. "You look beautiful today."

"Thank you…" said Pepper with a smile.

Tony frowned as he saw it. "Did you just flirt with my assistant?"

"It's called a compliment Anthony." Pluto sighed. "Anyway, I'm leaving, it's such a pain in the arse dealing with you…"