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Ner words in this chapter: 3,202

"Talking"

"Talking in another language than English"

'Thinking'

{Talking on the phone/over the fireplace/Two-way-mirror}

{Text message}

–Parseltongue–

Thinking in 3rd person POV/Dream/Memory/Flashback/Others

Letter/Journal/Book/Newspaper

Time change/Date of time

Change of POV

Chapter XXVI

–Triple A Battery–

Thursday, 27 May 2010

AES's POV

Tony looked at the draw Ali was making.

"Ali, why are you drawing an Arc Reactor TETR-1 blueprint by…" Tony looked better at the letters at the bottom. "Anton Vanko and my Father? Where did you saw this?"

Ali looked up, blushing as if ashamed. That was a nobility, Tony thought they were way past that.

"Do you believe in Seers?"

Tony frowned and looked at the kid' seriousness, knowing that it was a tricky question.

"After everything I saw your Dad do, I don't think there will be much I can put my hands in the fire saying that I don't believe." Tony argued and Ali gave him a huge smile back. Tony smiled encouragingly. "And after everything you four explained to me, how can I not? Now explain to me where this came from."

"When Dad had Teddy's age he didn't believe either… but since my visions started to grow stronger he had to accept it. Uncle makes me meditate to control it, but nothing works. I keep seeing this blueprint almost every night."

Tony hummed, picking the draw and looking at it.

"And these… visions, were any of them about me?" Tony asked.

"I saw you almost dying… thrice." The boy answered and Tony tensed looking at the boy. "First in the Ten Rings, second when Stane took the arc from you and thrice… on the night you let me sleep with you. I saw your arc killing you."

"I suspected the last one." Tony nodded sadly.

"But this… this is a man I saw a while ago watching his own Father die. It was on the day you claimed being Iron Man."

"Yes, I remember your Father hanging up the phone on me because you had had an epileptic attack."

Ali grimaced at that.

"Normally my visions involve you… as you've become so close to me and all.

"But this one just keeps popping on. It keeps showing ahead as the man, Ivan, creates the arc. He lives in a cold country and has a white parrot."

Tony looked down at the drawing again. The boy should enter art classes, Tony would have to look into that.

"You're certain that the person building this is the Son of the person you saw dying and that they had this blueprint?" He wondered and Ali nodded. "Very well, I'll see what I can find about this."

"Thank you. Great Uncle said that I should draw it and gave it to him… I've been avoiding it and been giving more details to the draw every day. Teddy said what the letters meant and I didn't want to give your work to SHIELD."

Tony smiled and lowered down, kissing the boy's forehead.

"You did well. But you should have come to me instead. Maybe we can find the man before he does something he shouldn't. From now on came directly to me, okay?"

Ali grinned and nodded.

"Well… Ivan, the man, saw you on live when you went to the senate the other day."

Tony hummed.

"See? That's the kind of things you should tell me right away, big boy."

"There were words on the TV that I can write for you but… it wasn't in English, there were people talking on top."

Tony grabbed a paper and a pen giving the boy, might as well get as much details as he could. Tony saw as the boy draw a TV on the top right there was TEПЕРЬ and at the bottom there was ГЛАВНЫЕ НОВОСТИ, Cекаторы США вопрос Тони Stark on the left and on the right there was a symbol that Tony suspected was the canal symbol. Just the letters were enough to tell Tony that they were or Russians or something like that.

"And I saw him starting to create cables, why he is doing them or what, I don't yet know."

Tony smiled and messed with the boy's hair.

"Doesn't matter, you already gave me enough."

Ali grinned and Tony gave him the signal of go play and the boy stood running away towards where James and Teddy were playing by the pool. Harry approached, hugging him from behind and looking at the drawing.

"You seem almost sexy when you're acting fatherly like." The man almost purred into his ear.

Tony looked at his husband amused, enjoying this side of Harry that he had never met before.

"Only almost?" He asked tauntingly and as an answer Harry's front body collided with his back making him feel a bulge that wasn't supposed to be there. "My my, dear Harry, what will people think of you?"

"That you corrupted me." Harry hissed on Tony's ear before walking away as he added something in the snake language that Tony was sure Harry didn't realize he wasn't talking English anymore.

And couldn't Tony be any more messed up? How could a language that he had once shivered at the sound now turn him so much on?

Tony dared a look to the kids, the three boys were happily playing, Legolas watching over them as the doctor was sitting not too far away from them with Princess, the dog at their feet being petted non-stop by the girl, that had spent the last few days talking non-stop with the poor man about what had happened since he had left. Tony knew from experience that trying to stop the girl wouldn't work so he simply smiled amused and followed Harry to the lab. It was the man's fault after all for leaving without calling once for a whole year.

–UNF–

HJP's POV

Harry looked at Tony as he was seating on his car before his holograms' screens where he was investigating Anton Vanko. Harry sighed and approached, sitting by his husband's side.

"How bad is it?" He asked.

Tony took his eyes from the screens to look at Harry, smiling at him and grabbing his hand before looking again to the screens.

"Ivan Vanko. That's the man Ali keeps seeing in his… 'epileptic attacks'."

Harry would have chuckled at the title wouldn't it be so serious.

"He does look like the description Albus made me when he had the first 'epileptic attack' about him." Harry commented, looking at the photo of the man. "Is there an address? Jarvis?"

"Last known address was in prison where he spent 15 years." Jarvis' voice answered.

Harry hummed, not liking it one bit.

"Jarvis, put my log in into the SHIELD's database." Harry said and Tony turned towards him with a raised eyebrow as Jarvis opened a new window and showed two boxes for the login and the password. "Agent Potter, no spaces." The Brit added and the words appeared on the login, Harry looked sideways towards Tony who had yet to lower his raised eyebrow and look away. Harry blushed. "Password: M R dot underscor OXFORD." Harry mumbled, making sure to spell the word. [AN FanFiction deleted my spelled word so it's Oxford as in Mr._Oxford]

Tony won a smirk at the corner of his mouth.

"You have an account in the SHIELD's database?"

"I was given one right after I accepted to start visiting Voldemort. The only time I actually used it was when I was working with Steve." He admitted and Tony raised an eyebrow. "Captain America."

"First name basis?" Tony demanded and Harry could swear that he heard a jealous sound in it.

"Don't be silly, Tony." Harry argued amused. "Steve is a good friend. Did you find something in SHIELD's files, Jarvis?" He asked, turning towards the screens.

Harry heard Tony grumble something under his breath angrily as Jarvis showed SHIELD's files on screen.

"Good friend my ass."

"Please Tony, he is just a good friend. And SHIELD has His address."

Tony took his eyes from Harry, finally, and turned towards the screens.

"Jarvis, put a rote on my suit, I'll go there as soon as possible."

"Yes, Sir."

Tony turned towards Harry again.

"Now you and me, Mr Stark." Tony said pointing at Harry and then towards himself.

Harry sighed.

"Tony…"

"Don't Tony me, Harry. This man is…"

"I married you, didn't I?" Harry interrupted him, making Tony open his mouth and close it again several times and then nod. "And how long did it took you to court me?"

"A year." Tony grumbled. "But it also took months until we started calling each other by first name."

Harry moved, raising a little and to the side just enough to manage to kiss Tony while being over Tony from their sitting position in the car.

"And it's your surname that I share." Harry argued amused. When Tony even so opened his mouth Harry put a finger on his lips. "I love you."

Tony groaned and then he kissed Harry's finger, before Harry could even react Tony was licking the finger and swallowing it into his mouth.

"Sir?" Jarvis' voice asked and Harry groaned, not really remembering how he had moved from his seat to Tony's lap and when he had started kissing the other male, and let his face fall on Tony's shoulder.

"This better be important, Jarvis." Tony threatened, his voice husky.

"There is a call for Mr Black-Stark." Jarvis' voice said and Harry looked to his mobile phone but no call was on it. "SHIELD's video calling using your account, sir."

"Tell them we're not at home." Tony argued and pulled Harry's face to his again.

"I've tried, Sir. They're being quite insistent and are trying to overrule my protocol."

Harry sighed and moved from Tony's lap onto his seat. Tony tried to follow him but Harry stopped him with a glare.

"Pass it on, Jarvis."

Tony tried to pull Harry for a kiss but Harry glared at him, pointing at him a finger.

{Agent Potter.} Harry turned back to the screens to see Agent Maria Hill. {Mr Stark.} The woman added at seeing Tony.

{Agent Hill.} Harry answered. {To what do I do the pleasure?} The woman looked at Tony and Harry was sure that she was wondering if she could speak before him. {Whatever you tell me, my husband will hear about.}

There was a silence as the woman assimilated what Harry said.

{We've got notified that you were investigating I}an Vanko." She said, professionally.

Harry hummed and this was why he rarely used his SHIELD's account.

{I did. Were you up-to-date with my Son's vision?}

{Mr Vanko is the Ivan from the vision?} The agent inquired and Harry nodded. {I'll inform Director Fury of this. Please wait a minute…} The woman peeked a look at Tony before turning towards Harry again. {And refrain your husband from touching you. Director Fury will want to speak with you.} She added pointedly.

Harry nodded and the video call was disconnected. Tony started moving.

"Don't even think about it." Harry threatened. "Having to control a hard-on while talking with SHIELD's agents once is enough for a lifetime."

"You're no fun." Tony pouted and Harry chuckled.

"Then why did you marry me?"

"Because I find myself completely and madly in-love with you." Tony answered truthfully, making Harry blush and give Tony a big smile. "A very horny in-love lover." Tony added, trying to climb over Harry.

Harry grinned and pushed his lover away to his own seat.

"If you control yourself I promise to compensate you later in the bedroom."

Tony's eyes shown and he won a smirk.

"I'll make you keep to that promise." He promised. "You can count on that."

"I can't wait." Harry argued and turned to the screens, only to see SHIELD calling again. {Yes?} He said as the call was accepted, only to appear Fury on the line.

{Potter, Stark.} The man said. {Agent Hill is right now sending agents to Vanko's house as we speak.}

Harry nodded.

{He is building an arc reactor.} Tony put in. {And is probably preparing some kind of weapon with it.}

{What kind of weapon?}

{Ali doesn't know yet.} Tony argued.

{Very well.} Harry saw as Fury turned towards the side and nodded at someone by his side, only for them to hear someone opening a door and closing afterward. {Stark, I've been informed that the Dark Lord is been making potions for your illness.}

{I've told you before, I don't want to join your boyband.} Tony argued and Harry coughed to his hand to hide his chuckle, from Tony's look he knew he hadn't been highly successful.

{Oh I know. You like to do the things your way, how did things been going by the way for you?}

Tony grabbed Harry's hand where his wedding ring was and showed them to Fury.

{Pretty good, I'd say.}

{Lithia dioxide will only take the edge off for a while, it isn't a cure. We'll trying to get you back to work.}

{I haven't stopped working.} Tony argued, but Harry knew that he was listening.

{Do you know something, Fury?} Harry asked for Tony, who looked at Harry unimpressed.

{It's not gonna be an easy fix.}

{Trust me I know. I'm good with this stuff.} Tony argued with a cold tone. Harry grabbed his hand again and squeezed it. {I've been looking for a subtle replace for palladium. I've tried every combination and every permutations of every known elements.} Tony continued and Harry squeezed his hand again.

{And I'm here to tell you that you haven't tried it all.}

Harry's eyes grew.

{What is that supposed to mean?} He asked as Tony's hand squeezed his in hope, although his expression was a mix between sceptical and distrustful.

{That thing in your chest} Fury continued, speaking directly to Tony, {is based on unfinished technology.}

Harry didn't need to look at his husband to know that he was really sceptical at that.

{No, was finished. Never been practically effective until I miniaturized and put it on my…} Tony retorted and made a move of putting something on his chest.

{No.} Fury interrupted. {Howard said that the arc reactor was a step in stone for something greater. It was about to kick off an energy race that was gonna dwarf the arms race. He was on to something big, something so big that it was gonna make the nuclear reactor look like a Triple A battery.}

Tony's eyes narrowed and he grabbed a drink serving himself and Harry, never once releasing Harry's hand over the car's gear lever.

{Just him? Or was Anton Vanko on this too?}

{Anton Vanko is the other side of that coin. Anton saw it as a way to be rich, when your Father found out he had him deported. When the Russians found out he couldn't deliver they shipped his ass off to Siberia, he spent the next 20 years in vodka full of rage.} Harry hummed. {Not quite the environment you want to raise a kid though, the Son that it's apparently after you.}

{You told me I hadn't tried everything. What do you mean I haven't tried everything? What haven't I tried?} Tony asked and his curiosity almost showing off.

{He said that you were the only person with the means and knowledge to finish what he started.} Fury said, acting as if it was the less important thing in the world and grabbing himself a glass on his side of the call.

Harry tensed, knowing that Tony was sceptical and was glad that he was present when Fury was telling this or Tony would have already hung up the call.

{He said that?} Tony asked sceptical and with an amused look.

Fury hummed.

{Hmm. Are you that guy? Hmm. Are you? Because if you are then you can solve the riddle of your heart.}

Harry had to contain his chuckle at the irony of the chosen words. Tony shook his head, obviously not believing a thing that Fury was saying.

{I don't know where you get your information but, hmm, he wasn't my biggest fan.}

Harry squeezed Tony's hand in comfort, who squeezed back.

{What do you remember about your Dad? Hmm?}

{He was cold. He was calculating. He never told me he loved me, never even told me he like me. I can't spent a day where I don't tell that to our kids.} Tony answered, pointing to himself and Harry with his hand that had the glass when he mentioned the kids. {So it's a little tough for me to digest you telling me he said the whole future is writing on me and is passing it down. I don't get that. We're talking about a guy whose happiest day was when he sent me off to boarding-school.}

{That's not true.} Fury stated at once coldly.

{Well then you clearly know my Dad better than I did.}

{In a matter of fact, I did. He was one of the founding members of SHIELD.} Fury said looking at his wristwatch.

Harry and Tony looked at each other surprised.

{What?} The two asked.

{I have a two o'clock. My agents are going to send you a box that once belonged to your Dad.} The man said and turned the call off before any of the two could react any further.

Harry sighed, massaging his eyebrows. At least there could be a cure easily found to help Tony.

"Jarvis, log out of the SHIELD's database and don't allow Tony access to my account."

"Yes, sir." Jarvis answered.

Harry looked at Tony.

"And deprogram Tony's journey to Siberia."

Tony finally looked away from the screens towards Harry.

"But…"

"You have already so much to do with the Stark's Industries and the Stark Expo and who knows what else. You don't need to worry about this as well if SHIELD's sending men there as we speak."

Tony hummed.

"I do have a lot of work, don't I?"

"Is that a rhetorical question?" Harry retorted, making Tony smirk.

"Wasn't supposed to be. Jarvis?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Is Pepper upstairs?"

"She is, Sir."

"Tell her I need to talk with her. A.S.A.P.."

Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Asap?"

Tony grinned back.

"Didn't you hear? Kenai's always using it now. It's a diminutive for as swift as possible."

Harry tried to restrain his chuckle.

"Aren't you a little old for that kind of talk?"

"I'm almost 40, have a younger hot husband, have four children and all the money in the world, I have every right to act eccentric."

"Point taken." Harry said a huge smile in his face.

It always got to him how Tony called Harry's children his own children.

(TBC)