Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-07-03 22:52:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, npc - james rhodes, npc - margaret donovan, npc - pepper potts, plot-"scion"

Anya had spent the past week in S.H.I.E.L.D. medical sitting outside the isolation ward where her parents were. Mom was improving and the doctors said they were going to take her off the medication keeping her unconscious in the next day or so. Her healing factor, as slight as it was, was doing its job and she was significantly healed.

Dad was a completely different story. He was stable, but wasn't really making any progress. Anya spent every waking moment searching her father's private computers for information on the nanites inside of him. Unfortunately there were teraflops worth of data to go through and she wasn't any closer to finding the information she needed. It was essential to either upgrade the nanites inside of him and if she couldn't do that, she had to disable them so newer generation nanites could be introduced into his system. If both were active at the same time they could see the other as foreign invaders and destroy each other.

A week of searching and she wasn't any closer to helping her father. She slept when she absolutely couldn't stay awake any longer and she showered when her siblings forced her to take a break. Constant contact with Pepper and Uncle Rhodey was kept and they kept her abreast of what was going on with the company. They had managed to put out the fires and kept things running smoothly for the past week. Today was a board meeting to formally select an acting CEO until her father made a recovery. If he...Anya stopped herself from thinking that. Dad would get better and would be back to running the company again.

When Pepper called her this morning, Anya returned home, showered, put on a suit and headed into the company. Right now she was in Pepper's office and the two women were waiting for Rhodey to show before going into the board meeting. Anya stared at her laptop screen and kept searching through computer files.

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nextgen_parent
2009-07-04 05:27 am UTC (link)

James Rhodes had been in a constant bad mood ever since the attacks on Tony and 'tasha. Between his general worry over his friend, concern for Anya (though between Misha and Toni, he wasn't particularly worried about her doing anything foolish).

He adjusted his tie as he entered the room. "Okay, this should be pretty simple. Tony left very specific instructions about what would happen to the company in the event he was incapacitated."

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	anyastark 2009-07-04 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"Famous last words are still famous last words," Anya said without looking up from the computer screen. "Any chance of him mentioning in those plans where he kept the information about the nanites inside of him?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-04 06:28 am UTC (link)
	He shook his head. "Same as always," he said. "Tony kept those kinds of plans too close to his vest." Not the first time Tony had shut him out when it came to his mysterious plans and probably not the last. Rhodey had long come to accept that, sometimes, Tony was just going to play things too close to the vest. "Pep? Any chance he told you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_adult 2009-07-04 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Tony? Telling someone about his technology?" she scoffs. "You should know better than me, Rhodey." She picks up her handheld computer and steps to the door. "You two ready?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-07-04 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Heaven forbid someone save his life or something," Anya grumbled as she closed her laptop and stood up. "Let's get this over with." She joined Pepper at the door. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-05 12:27 am UTC (link)
	He adjusted his tie again and took a deep breath, before joining the women at the door. "Tony's cheated death before. He'll do it again too." He nodded. "Let's do this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_adult 2009-07-06 05:40 am UTC (link)
	Pepper leads Rhodey and Anya out of her office and towards the meeting room. But as she reaches the meeting room, she pauses. There are already voices on the other side of the door... like the meeting has already begun. She gives a perplexed look to the others, then throws the doors open. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-07-06 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Anya knew this wasn't normal and she had only been to one or two board meetings in the past year. She was always an observer and even she knew they never started until her father and Pepper were there. She looked around the room and spotted one unfamiliar face at the far end of the long table. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-06 06:07 am UTC (link)
	Rhodey, unfortunately, had sat in on any number of board meetings over the years, and even run several in Tony's absence (or supposed death). Whatever was going on, someone was playing dirty pool. "What's going on here?" he demanded. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_adult
2009-07-06 06:42 am UTC (link)

Whoever she is, she looks like she's been flirting with half the board room more then running a meeting.

"Oh, hi there." She waves with a fan of her fingers. There's the barest hint of giggle in her voice. "Maggie Stark-Donovan and I'm legally entitled to be here." she acts like she's thinking about it. "You three might be. I'd have to check." she looks around at the board members. Let them handle the bad news.

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	anyastark 2009-07-06 07:02 am UTC (link)
	Did they end up in Oz by some fluke? While her jaw didn't drop, it had come very close to doing so. What the hell was going on? Stark-Donovan? Anya couldn't have heard that right. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-07 01:13 am UTC (link)
	Rhodey was far too good a soldier, super-hero, and businessman to let his face betray the emotions he was feeling. He looked over the board members. He knew each and every one of them, in some form or another. Most of them he would have counted as loyal. "Lady, I want an explanation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_adult
2009-07-07 04:15 am UTC (link)

"Well, since the name isn't enough for ya." She pushes a sizable file across to a board member and it is dutifully passed down to the trio at the end of the table. "It's all in there. Howard Stark's will detailing the majority of the family-owned stock will go to the eldest heir. I own an additional 10% of the stock as of this morning aaaaaaand -" She draws the word of dramatically. "The choice was between an open Avenger, the tsarina of Russia -" She waves a hand to Anya. "Not to mention a teenager - or a patriotic American who's worked for the Department of Defense most of her adult life. Didn't take them long."

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	nextgen_adult 2009-07-07 05:53 am UTC (link)
	Pepper takes the file, but doesn't look at it. "And the reason why you started this meeting without informing us?" she says, in a polite, if frigid, tone. "I mean, besides the fact that you were trying to sneak in without a challenge?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-07 06:07 am UTC (link)
	Rhodey isn't even going to bother to look at the folder. "And isn't it convenient that you waited until Tony was laid-up to spring this? That's what I call damn suspicious, lady." Temper, Jim. You've got to be the cool head here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_adult 2009-07-07 06:28 am UTC (link)
	"A good capitalist knows when to make a move." She takes in a breath of air. "As for you and Ms. Potts, well, your services just aren't going to be required. I meant to tell you, but we've been a little busy here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2009-07-07 06:35 am UTC (link)

While Rhodey and Pepper were busy with her apparent aunt, Anya was busy. She opened her PDA (which was an actual computer instead of just a PDA) and set to work. Dad had drilled into her at a very early age that Stark property had to be protected from just about everyone else in the world. This was no exception even if she was apparently "family".

Protocols for this very situation (and others) had been set up and Anya was now implementing them. Her "aunt" may have control of the board and apparently the company for now, but she wasn't going to be able to do much. An emergency backup of information to the home computers was implemented and then all information was locked down. Only Pepper and Rhodey together could unlock anything.

Physical assets, namely the suits, were also locked down and had been since Dad had been injured. Those were in a room which was tied to him with a bio monitor. Any stress on his system and the room was locked tighter than Fort Knox. Other assets were now locked down as well.

She looked at Pepper and gave her a small nod.

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	nextgen_misc 2009-07-07 06:45 am UTC (link)
	One of the board raises his hand, frowning. "Excuse me... are you firing Mrs. Potts?" Several other board members don't look happy by this announcement... but others don't seem concerned in the least. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-07 06:57 am UTC (link)
	Rhodey could feel the vein in his head begin to throb. He had been angry many times in his life, but little had made him as angry as this woman had. He jabbed an accusatory finger at the board. "You're all traitors. Tony Stark put his heart and soul into this company and the second he's out of the picture, you turn on him? You make me sick." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_adult
2009-07-07 07:06 am UTC (link)

"Ms. Potts has been the heart and soul of this company, but...as you noticed the company does need a new heart and soul. We are losing domestic contracts and this company cannot be mortgaged overseas. Ms. Potts has overseen the expansion and globalization, but you all know her loyalty isn't to the company as much as it has been to the former CEO and his interests." She turns to the very same board member. "Didn't you call them 'work spouses,' George?"

She looks back to Rhodes. "Sorry you feel that way, but i know you can't have been blind and deaf to the concerns these men have had. We don't even know which county this company is going to stay in with Mr. Stark, or, God forbid, it gets turned over to the UN."

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anyastark
2009-07-07 07:14 am UTC (link)

"Ms. Potts knows more about this company than anyone else on this planet," Anya said unable to keep quiet any longer. "And as for my father's company, Ms. Donovan, it was built in this country and will stay in this country. My father would never in a million years think about moving it elsewhere."

She looked at the board members. "I am disgusted with all of you. You are in the seats you sit in now because of my father and the moment this woman comes in you don't hesitate to betray him and the faith he placed in you. And for what? To have this outsider come in and turn this company into something that produces nothing but death and destruction? I'm glad my father is in a coma and can't see how you've betrayed him and this company."

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	nextgen_adult 2009-07-07 07:20 am UTC (link)
	"That's enough, Anya," Pepper interrupts. She turns a glare on the others in the room. "I suppose we'll just have to see how this plays out. If Mrs. Donovan has fired me, and the rest of you agree..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2009-07-07 07:21 am UTC (link)
	"Now hold on a moment. I'm not comfortable with firing Mrs. Potts so suddenly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2009-07-07 07:22 am UTC (link)
	"I am," another board member shrugs. "We need new blood." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2009-07-07 07:23 am UTC (link)
	"I am not comfortable with the idea of firing Ms. Potts either. She has been a valuable member of this company for a very long time. Perhaps she should be retained until things can be transitioned?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_adult 2009-07-07 07:27 am UTC (link)
	She spreads her hands. "I'm open to suggestions, but sensitive data is sensitive data." Let the teen yell. The more she does, the better all this will go. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-07-07 07:33 am UTC (link)
	Anya couldn't help to feel smug and smirk a bit. Sensitive data dear "auntie" will not be able to get her hands on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_adult
2009-07-07 08:32 am UTC (link)

"Quite simply, Mrs. Donovan, firing me will be the death of this company," Pepper explains bluntly, taking a seat. "And if I'm not fired this moment... and it looks like you lack the support of the board to take such drastic measures... then I'll be attending this meeting, as my position allows me to be here." She gives Donovan a tight smile. "And if you'd be so kind as to make certain that I am informed in a reasonable time before any future meetings... not after the meeting begins?"

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	nextgen_adult 2009-07-07 09:13 am UTC (link)
	She waves her off. "Everything discussed so far is in the file. Now, once Mr. Rhodes and Anya leave, then we can get back to what we were doing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-08 12:33 am UTC (link)
	"We're not going to be the last to go," Rhodey warned. "This company was built on loyalty to Tony. You're going to be running a ghost-town." His gaze was steady, strong, every inch a man of confidence and not the man who wanted to break the conference table in half he was on the inside. "C'mon, Anya. Let's go." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	anyastark 2009-07-08 12:38 am UTC (link)
	The doors to the board room closed behind them and Anya wanted to do nothing more than scream. This could not be happening. Not now. She wanted to go back in there and strangle that woman with her own bare hands. "This cannot be happening," she said to Rhodey. Somehow she managed to say it without yelling. "Not now." (Reply to this)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2009-07-08 12:58 am UTC (link)

Rhodey put his hands on Anya's shoulders and looker her square in the face. "It is. I don't like it any more than you do, but this is the hand we've been dealt right now. And the important thing right now is to get every piece of technology of information we don't want that witch to have out of here, before anyone knows its missing."

"That's what Tony would want us to do."

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anyastark
2009-07-08 01:16 am UTC (link)

"I've already initiated the lockdown protocols. Everything was backed up to the server at home. The central computer core is locked and only you and Pepper can access it together. The labs with the sensitive projects are locked as well. She won't be able to access anything unless you and Pepper give her access." Anya paused. "If she gets to be too much, we have the wildfire protocols to wipe everything."

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	nextgen_parent 2009-07-08 01:23 am UTC (link)
	"Good job," Rhodey said, genuinely impressed. There was no denying the girl was Tony and 'tasha's. He nodded. "Good. We just need to get the old armors out of storage then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2009-07-08 03:41 am UTC (link)

"We can't. The room went into total lockdown the second Dad got hurt. The system is biometrically wired to his system. The second he got hurt, the room locked down and no one except him can get in."

"We need to take care of the computer in his office, but first I need you to move some money around. You, Dad and Pepper are the only ones with access to move money from the Foundation. I need you to move two years worth of operating costs for the Avengers into an offshore account. It won't take her long to realize that there's more than just Stark Inc, if she hasn't already and we can't let the Avengers fall apart because the company was taken over."

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nextgen_parent
2009-07-08 04:54 am UTC (link)

Rhodey frowned. Damn. Just like Tony, again, playing things way to close. They should be safe, but he'd feel whole damn lot safer if they could have been gotten off-site.

And unfortunately, Anya was right. While the Foundation was generally set-up to continue funding the Avengers in perpetuity, it was also equally reliant on its own separate board of directors and private donations (and considerable Stark money), well... if this so-called sister could talk the board here against Tony... Supposedly foolproof, but none of that had taken new relatives into account.

"Done and done."

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	anyastark 2009-07-08 05:42 am UTC (link)
	"We also need to warn those who are loyal to my Dad. I figure it won't take her long to go through the rank and file, replacing anyone loyal to my Dad with someone loyal to her." She sighed heavily. "This really sucks. Dad needs to get better like yesterday." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-08 05:59 am UTC (link)
	"I'll talk to Bethany and Mrs. Arbogast. Between the two of them, the news will spread fast." He pulled Anya into a hug. "He's stared death in the face before and kicked him in the balls, Anya. He'll make it back from this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

anyastark
2009-07-08 06:03 am UTC (link)

Anya returned the hug. "I know. We shouldn't have to deal with this on top of Dad and Mom being out of action."

A thought occurred to her. While it was a very nice thought, it was one that could be very bad and have major consequences. "The doctors said Mom will be awake today or tomorrow," she said as she pulled away. "Might be best to not tell her about this. At least right away." Anya loved her mother, but she didn't doubt her mother would take a more direct approach to dealing with "auntie" and the last thing the company needed was CEO's being assassinated.

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	nextgen_parent 2009-07-08 06:13 am UTC (link)
	"She won't hear it from me. Not right away, anyway," he said. Maybe it was time to call it a few friends, do a little dirt digging anyway. Been too long since he'd gotten his hands dirty. "We'll get through this. I promise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2009-07-08 06:18 am UTC (link)
	"Good. I love the woman, but she may be a little too trigger happy for a little while." If anything, Mom's methods were direct and simple. Sometimes that was better. "I know we will it's just frustrating. We better get moving before she has security come and toss us out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2009-07-08 06:34 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah. C'mon. You can help pack up my office while I do the computer stuff." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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