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_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)

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