Chapter 5

After much contemplation, James decided to buy a companion to help him achieve his goals and begin preparing for the invasion while he was being monitored for that reason James bought someone who was smart and knew how to build a group and manage one

[purchased Hondo Ohnaka for 10000 credits]

[would you like to customise for 500 credits]

[yes] [no]

James clicked yes

He made Hondo more human-like but still had some deformities he couldn't change like the horns or the texture of the skin without it losing its properties then set his identity to a pirate with his objectives of building a group and securing resources and used the options to spawn him away from the shield base and hoped that Hondo would operate to his desires without instruction and would know what to do.

Hondo Ohnaka was a Weequay male and an infamous pirate and outlaw who operated throughout the galaxy.

weequays were a sentient species from the planet Sriluur common throughout the galaxy. Weequay possessed tough, leathery skin resistant to desert environments and blaster fire. Many Weequay were mercenaries, pirates, and bodyguards, Some Weequay grew horns on their lower jaw, while others had bumpy extensions of their skin.

With a career spanning several decades, Ohnaka often found himself involved in the tumultuous conflicts of his time. Although his exploits were primarily self-serving, he provided crucial aid and assistance during pivotal moments in the Clone Wars, Galactic Civil War, and First Order-Resistance War.

Despite his selfish qualities, Ohnaka was still capable of honour and courage and also had a reputation as a reliable businessman who kept his word. He honoured his promises.

Hondo Ohnaka was a competent tactician and able leader who was able to keep his men in check and lead them during battles

Ohnaka typically wielded a Weequay blaster pistol, but he was also skilled enough to handle an electro staff in combat and managed to put up a decent fight against the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, though he ultimately lost the duel, that still shows his skills in combat as a fighter.

'Although it isn't the best character to have with a questionable moral compass Hondo had any skills that would be useful for the future James thought to himself contemplating how Hondo would react to the world being an alien and a pirate' quite ironic that I killed pirates and now I summoned my pirate and it would be weird to see him in public with his horns and skin, though it is resistant to blaster fire, it won't stop bullets or many other things but it'll probably stop some energy weapons found in the marvel universe.'

When James bought Hondo it told him that Hondo would spawn with a Weequay blastor pistol and a cutlass

James thought of the implications of someone else having a blastor in Marvel but it was only one and might just be seen as a classic weapon used in outer space and the cutlets might be made of a stronger material than steel or might be sharper than any of earth's swords so it's not too bad but I would have much preferred a Jedi, lightsabers are cool James thought then closed his system.

While he sat in his room coming up with plans on what to do next with the invasion imminent he heard his door open and he looked over to see none other than tony stark followed by Coulson and Natasha

"Hello resident alien," Tony said while checking out his armour

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Tonys pov

Earlier in the day

'Coulson has been trying to reach me for the past 6 weeks now but I have been avoiding him not wanting to be caught up in all that politics and government bullshit' Tony thought as he was on his private jet back to new york when he received yet another call from Coulson what he has ignored.

His plane had touched down and he was deboarding from it he saw Coulson standing at the bottom of the stairs

"Mr stark we need to talk"

"Then just reach out to my secretary and shell get it sorted my consulting hours are between 8 and 5 every other Thursday."

"This isn't a consultation"

"Is this about our resident alien thought I was too volatile to be in the same room as him?"

"This is not about putting you two in the same room together, we have footage of a new kind of technology we want you to analyse"

Coulson then sent the file to Tony that he received and displayed it on a hologram above his phone

"It's called a blaster and it fires a compressed, focused, high-energy particle beam, an experimental weapon we were so told, we want to know how we can stop it and if we can develop it."

"I'm not going to design weapons for Shield Coulson."

"But you'll make them for yourself"

"I'm not going to fall for your tricks Coulson," Tony said in a monotone voice showing how serious he was about this subject

"You've seen what happened at Harlem and Mexico, where were you then, we need fire to combat fire. And after we brief you, you will agree that we need fire"

"Brief me on what Coulson, I've already seen most of your digital files remind me to upgrade your security on Thursday."

"We don't include everything in our digital files."

"I'll agree on one condition…" ton said with a smirk

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Coulson brought Tony back to the shield base to talk to the alien

"Agent Romanoff, you miss me?" Tony said seeing Natasha waiting for them as they were about to go inside the alien's room

Natasha rolled her eyes at Tony

"I certainly haven't"

"Since you're waiting here for me here you're obviously on babysitting duty, so who are you babysitting him or me?"

"Both of you," Natasha said as she gesture for him to continue walking not wanting to talk to Stark any longer.

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"Tony Stark I've heard of you," James said while standing up

"So you've heard of me, you'll know then you can't take the name iron man, I know it is a cool superhero name but you need something original"

"I have no need of a new name when I already have an existing one and it's James," James said while he stretched out his hand

Tony took his hand and instead of shaking it turned his hand around and felt the metal

"What is this metal it's like nothing I've ever seen before"

"It's called beskar an incredibly rare metal in space."

"What are its properties."

"That's a trade secret, but I'm willing to tell you if you make a deal with me."

"What does this deal entail, I might be compelled to agree if there's some of that metal in it for me, it would be a great addition to my suit considering it's withstood bullets yet I don't even see a scratch on it."

"We should get to know each other a bit more before we go through any deals and build some trust and respect between us since I foresee us possibly working together in the future in a much more stressful environment, I don't know what they've told you about me but I've come to earth with foreboding news about an invasion and I'm sure an iron man can take more than a few aliens out."

"An invasion, who from, some giant alien tentacle monster, or some giant purple potato."

"Neither, it's a massive army from a cybernetic alien race called the Chitauri they are a powerful, reptilian warrior race, a hybrid between organic beings and machines. They have superhuman physical attributes, superior strategy, energy-based rifles and flying vehicles, but their main strength is in their great numbers."

"We have an army of our own I'm sure even their ships will not be able to face a nuke straight to their face."

"They may not be it will be hard to get a nuke close to them or stop the millions of aliens from entering Earth's atmosphere, by the time a nuke reaches many will die that's why us heroes will have to hold them back as we don't know when or where they'll appear from no army can respond in time and many civilians will die."

"I guess you have the same idea as Fury then or do you both think alike, I thought I was too mentally unstable to join the Avengers initiative Coulson." said while looking towards Coulson who was listening intently to what James was saying although he has already heard it once but still can't come to terms with how frequent aliens are turning up now but he had steeled himself to combat this future crisis.

"This isn't about personality profiles anymore, this is about the future of humanity."