Might of will

Pepper Potts rushed into the living room, her face pale with concern.

"Tony! JARVIS sent me a message—are you okay?"

Tony, despite the weak hands lacking blood, waved her off. "I'm fine, Pep. Just a little... betrayal from already suspicious uncle. Nothing I can't handle."

"What! so what happened?", asked Pepper pots.

"Almost lost my life," Tony muttered, gesturing weakly to his chest.

Pepper looked at tony's chest and newly arc reactor which she had installed was nowhere. Then, she saw the same old previous arc reactor which she had replaced this night.

And she saw some thing hovering beside tony. They were the dark red metallic sleek drones hovering in the room. "And those?"

Tony, quick to diffuse her suspicion, mustered his trademark grin. "Mine. Just a new project I've been tinkering with. Thought I'd give them a test run."

Pepper folded her arms, unconvinced. "Since when do your projects include tech I've never seen before? I handle most of your logistics, remember?"

"Since I decided to keep a few surprises up my sleeve," Tony quipped, standing with a slight wince, masking his discomfort. "Look, Pep, I appreciate the concern, but it's been a heck of a morning, and I've got this under control. No need to worry."

Her frown deepened, but she knew better than to push when Tony was stressed and he was harmed. "Fine," she said reluctantly, with tears wailing on her eyes and glancing once more at the drones. "But you're explaining everything later."

"Deal," Tony replied casually, gesturing toward the exit. "JARVIS, show Ms. Potts out, would you?"

As she left brushing of the corners of her eyes, Pepper threw him a worried glance over her shoulder before the door closed.

The room fell silent except for the faint hum of the drones. Tony's demeanor shifted the moment Pepper was gone, his gaze hardening as he turned toward the hovering agents of the other side person.

"Alright," he muttered, pointing at one of the drones, "whoever you are, you just made me lie to Pepper. That's strike one. Now, tell me why I shouldn't dismantle these toys and track you down personally."

The calm, measured voice of Om filtered through the drone, steady but urgent. "Because I saved your life, Mr. Stark. And because I know things about Stane that you don't."

Tony's brow furrowed, skepticism flashing across his face. "You've got about ten seconds to explain how you know anything about Stane, and why you're so interested in my company."

"I've been tracking him for months," Om began. "He's not just siphoning off resources; he's using your technology as leverage in deals with black-market weapon dealers. The arc reactor? It's more than a power play—it's a key piece for his next move. And he's not working alone. There's a larger network in play, far more dangerous than you realize."

Tony folded his arms, leaning against the table. "And what? You're just some Good sages who decided to swoop in and help out of the goodness of your heart?"

Om's tone sharpened slightly. "Hardly. Let's just say I have my reasons for wanting Stane taken down. Whether or not you believe me, the threat is real, and time is running out. We can do this the hard way—on your own—or the smart way: together."

Om laid out his proposal:

Surveillance: Om would use his drones to track Stane's movements and monitor his communications. Any actionable intelligence would be relayed to Tony.

Sabotage: Om's expertise in coding and systems hacking would allow him to disable Stane's prototype suit remotely—if they could gain access.

Legal Leverage: Om suggested gathering enough evidence to implicate Stane in illegal activities. With Tony's resources, they could leak it to trusted media outlets, ensuring Stane's downfall through public exposure.

Emergency Measures: If Stane became a direct threat, they would confront him together, with Tony using his suit and Om providing tactical support.

Tony sighed, rubbing his temples. "So, basically, you're asking me to trust a faceless stranger who just dropped in unannounced and claimed to know my company better than I do. Not exactly a strong pitch. You know right i have something which can access all the necessary information?"

"You don't have to trust me,....." Om replied.

Tony interrupts saying, " I appreciate your help but now are you joking with me?"

Om looked at Tony from the screen and felt as if Tony had the similar face and aura but he was certainly less reliable than the one in his dream. So, Om stopped speaking and said one word, " Sir!"

"Let me finish," Om continued after a moment. "As I said, you don't have to trust me. But you can trust the evidence I'll provide. Let me prove Stane's intentions. Then you can decide whether to believe me. Well, you're right—your tools can gather information, but did they warn you about the criminal connections or what about you almost dying with your ai, huh?"

Tony stared at the drone for a long moment, then nodded. "Alright, Om. You've got one shot to prove you're not just another guy looking to take me down. Don't blow it."

Om sent the details of Stane transporting weapons all over the world, and the files regarding the video footage of tony being kidnapped through drones as drone connected through the terminal for quick transmission.

Now, tony stood up and then he heard Om saying, " Ok, if you agree , you can just call but let me warn you Stane will attack you sooner as he just got hold of arc reactor his last problem."

Tony was irritated as the whole situation was him being rescued and just lectured by unknown guy from audio call and he had to listen the situation from other party as he was caught unexpected from the beginning. As drone moved out of the room, Tony ordered Jarvis, "now shut down all the outer breaches. and report me on all the situation from the beginning."

JARVIS replied, "Yes, sir. When you started calling Miss Potts, I was abruptly disconnected. It seems an EMP was deployed, temporarily disrupting electronic devices, including my systems. During this window, Stane attacked you with a sonic releaser, rendering you vulnerable.

"After he left, the drones entered the premises and began searching for the arc reactor. Fortunately, Miss Potts had already moved it to the basement for safekeeping."

Pausing briefly, JARVIS added, "The individual identified as Om appears to be a young boy of age about 14 from Sokovia. His family suffered a devastating loss in a bombing incident where weapons manufactured by Stark Industries were used but were not sold legally.He has been monitoring Stane for months, gathering intel while staying off the radar."

Tony was stunned. "What the heck? A teenage kid talking to me as an equal? He sounded at least twenty!"

Even though Tony hadn't heard bold voice but because of the way how the boy talked about the situations he had assumed him to be older but.

Tony asked again, "So, how can a teenager have drone and all the resources ,is he some kind of rich kid, but you said his family had tragedy how?"

Jarvis replied, " He founded Genesis Labs at age ten under his parents' guidance and he is in bachelors now in the county university. He has showed unique trait of having IQ of 10 years ahead. He had made many designs which were sold commercially for public which made his company worth $150M–$400M annual revenue."

Tony was surprised and wondered if that was possible, even he was just enjoying his time even in his college days but here a boy aged half his age had achieved from the ground which was ground breaking but since it hadn't created the storm which meant boy was not only smart and resourceful but was wise enough to hide himself from the world's trampling effects when new entrepreneurs experience when starting the new company and it too in ai and games.

Setting aside the amazement and leaving the remaining investigations for future, he steered his thoughts to the problems. 

Tony thought for a while and asked, " so, what you are saying is that weapons were illegally deployed to that far , and If Om could find this information, why didn't we catch it when we hacked Stane's servers?"

"Om must have accessed local servers which we overlooked. It seemed Stane had distributed his data strategically, avoiding centralization which might be due to the connection with the organization he was involved which might have forced him to hide data," JARVIS replied.

Tony asked without wasting his breath, " Then, what about the organization he mentioned"

Jarvis answered simultaneously as tony finished speaking, "sir, yes i had read about them but it was not known that Stane was connected with Hydra which was supposed to eradicated after world war after Captain America crashed the aircraft"

Tony had known about the organization even when he was 16 years old but he had not looked in deep as it was unnecessary but now all the recent events had made his perception wrong as he experienced near death situations.

Now, he compiled all the understanding and came to conclusion that Om had drones which could help in retrieving information where satellite was unable to search and Om had other information as he had an ai as powerful as Jarvis which was plus point when thinking of him capable of tracking Stane and hacking every servers.

Tony opened the mail and called as he dialed through his phone as Om had left phone number for contact as he had expected since he had intimate feeling since childhood which he didn't know.