Reincarnated As Tony Stark With A Skill

Tony told jean his plans as well as finished setting up a few things needed for the plan. He let her body go to the mirror dimension so that it would be safe if a confrontation occurred.

Finally, the visitors arrived.

Tony hailed them on the Earth's common frequency where they finally responded.

?: "Hello. Can you understand what I'm saying"

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While the alien spacecraft was sending their message, JARVIS reported that the alien ship was scanning the Blackbird. Tony wasn't surprised by their actions.

He already unequipped the light-speed engine and replaced them with some aerospike engines just for these guys. He also set up a couple of U-GIN's Regeneration Cradles inside to look like cryogenic sleeping pods.

If all goes well, the Blackbird should look like Earth's most advanced spacecraft used for exploratory missions.

The things Tony equipped inside the Blackbird may be advanced when compared with Earth's current technology, but it should not cause any surprises to the newcomers. Especially considering that the aliens already have a faster way to travel through warp technology. The two devices should not catch their attention.

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Tony ordered JARVIS to ignore the scans and play along.

Tony: "Yep. Loud and Clear."

? : "Good. May I know who I am talking to?"

Tony: "You first. You're the ones who popped out from nowhere"

Vuk : "I am Vuk. General of the Great Skrull Empire."

Tony: "Skywalker. General of the Earth Alliance"

Vuk: "General Skywalker. I am wondering if you are able to act as the representative of the Earth Alliance"

Tony: "Why? Are you planning to wage war?"

Vuk: "No. But recent events might suggest that.

We are here to apologize for anything that happened recently.

There have been some events that led to a prisoner in our custody managing to escape.

We are currently in pursuit and have discovered signs that the said fugitive passed by here. We are hoping you could help us in our investigation. "

Tony: [So the Phoenix Force is a fugitive huh? ]

He decided to give them a chance and went ahead with one of his less aggressive plans. They might be lying but at least they didn't just attack and pick Jean and Tony from the wreckage.

Tony: "Bastards. So it was your fault. You're the ones who caused the deaths of my crew.

I knew I wasn't hallucinating when it felt like that cloud was following us.

We were being targeted.

Do you know how many good men and women died because of your incompetence....."

Tony responded as if he finally figured out why some of his crew members died. He spouted solar storms and other hints just to see how Vuk would react.

He also let it slip that a survivor was recovered but is currently in critical condition. When he did, Vuk finally gave a response.

Vuk: "Please calm down.

We are here to try and salvage the situation. We know it was our fault and we apologize for everything that happened.

But please focus.

There is something that we might be able to do.

Our ship has advanced medical facilities on board. It should be of more help than the cryogenic pods in your ship. Please send your injured crew member on board so we can treat her.

"

At first glance, Vuk looked apologetic. Tony would have been fooled if he didn't know what was going on. But he knew.

He already has JARVIS analyze the video feed the moment they made contact. He compared that with the Skrull behavioral profile created from all the Skrulls he encountered. It check for micro expressions, breathing patterns, iris movement.

It took some time to double and triple check the results but sure enough, Vuk's reactions were all fake. All except their d.e.s.i.r.e to take injured onboard their ship.

Of course, the whole feed could have been doctored. Even Tony can prepare such things if he wanted to. But he never encountered such a thing, even his clone with the Ravagers. And those guys were a group of outlaws.

Aliens do lie to one another.

Skrulls would easily impersonate another person for the sake if intel gathering.

But Tony never heard of an incident where someone duped another through a fake video feed.

Such a thing where people overlay the face of a certain character, like a celebrity, on top of another should be easy.

It was even getting popular in Tony's past life.

Yet he never heard of such things in this universe.

It may take a lot of processing power to do this in real time but things like the Supreme Intelligence already exist.

Other than unwritten rule, Tony can't think of another reason why no one tried to do this.

Then again, aliens isn't always better when compared to humans.

A glaring example would be in their forms of entertainment.

There are still crude forms of gambling. Some of Yondu's Ravagers even took a liking to Peter Quill's old music.

Tony never even heard of things like a galactic pop star. Even restricted to an empire where the culture is uniform, there didn't appear to have such things.

There are plenty of inconsistencies in this universe that it was easier for Tony to think that these aliens just followed these unwritten rules.

He based his actions on while considering the communications feed to be real.

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Tony: "You think I'd trust you with the life of my only crew member? Right after you let such a dangerous fugitive go.

Leave.

I'm taking her back to Earth"

Vuk : "Please reconsider.

Going to Earth would take a long time considering the propulsion system of your spacecraft.

At least let us assist you.

You can board our ship and we can help you go back to your planet faster "

Tony declined in the rudest way he can think of. He taking his time trying to make Vuk angry. He was also trying to make them do the first move.

He didn't care if they fired on him or if they send someone to negotiate. He just wanted to see what their true intentions are.

He didn't know why they didn't just take the Blackbird by force but he should be able to find out if they send someone on his ship or he gets into theirs.

For now, he was using Vuk as a test subject for antics he wasn't sure would work on aliens.

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In another galaxy. Inside Mar-Vell's Lab

During the diplomatic negotiations, Tony ordered his clone to contact Talos and verify the situation. He told Talos about the situation as well as show him some pictures.

Tony: "So do you know this General Vuk? You're also supposed to be a General right?

And what's with the Great Skrull Empire? I thought you guys were refugees. Not another empire like the Kree."

Talos: "We are refugees. As far as I know, there is no Great Skrull Empire. I am not even sure who this Vuk is supposed to be. There might be some other survivor groups but we should have heard of this "

Tony: "Minn-Erva? You have any clue who these clowns are?"

Minn-Erva: "No. I know all the Skrull Generals the Kree know about. This Vek isn't one of them."

Carol: "Then this Vuk might be a new one after we left.

Still, we just started working with the Nova Corp. We may have helped a lot but I don't think we were that helpful. The Skrulls are able to live in peace but it's still too early for an empire."

Tony: "Well that's about all I can get. I'll try to mention Talos and your group but I don't think they'll listen.

So I'm warning you now Talos. I'm trying to annoy them to know their intentions. If they act hostile or open fire, I will fight back."

Carol: "Can't you just not piss them off?"

Tony: "I can. I don't want to. "

Talos: "Death is inevitable. Just please try and let the civilians go."

Tony: "As long as they don't try to attack me."

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Back to the Blackbird

Tony eventually "caved in" and accepted their help.

He allowed them to get Jean as long as he was with her along the way.

The two were able to board their ship.

Tony was greeted by medics. They asked him what treatment was done while carrying Jean onto their medical facility.

Tony observed as they slowly scanned Jean. Just as they finished, Vuk suddenly showed up.

They greeted each other then Vuk looked at the doctors with a questioning gaze. They nodded.

The machinery scanning Jean's body suddenly changes. There are some restraints binding the limbs as well as other machineries deploying around her body.

Tony: "What are you doing? Release Jean right now."

Tony tried to run over to Vuk but Vuk took out a gun and pointed it at Tony.

Tony: "What, are you gonna kill me now?"

Vuk :"It seems you Terrans aren't as stupid as your ape ancestors after all.

You don't think I'll just let you go after you insulted me repeatedly now do you?"

Tony: "From the looks of it, I should have done more. Still"

Tony raised his hands. In one of them, there is a dead man's switch.

Tony: "I wouldn't do that if I were you. My ship has a very powerful bomb that is set to go off the second I die. It would also go off if we get are too far away from the shop so I wouldn't try running away if I were you. "

Vuk: "Ah, the hostage situation. But if by bomb, you mean those cans near your fuel tanks then you're going to be disappointed. They are already deactivated. "

Tony: "Don't try to bluff. I set those bombs up myself. The only person that can disarm those things this fast is me."

Vuk : "You don't believe me? Fine. Press the trigger and blow it up. Then we'll see who's telling the truth."

Tony: "You're stalling. You're probably just disarming it right now. "

Vuk : "I'm not. Just blow it up and we'll find out."

Tony : "If you wanna die together, let's die together."

Tony let the dead man's switch go. He waited but nothing happened.

Vuk : "Hahaha. You actually did it. You're strong. I'd recruit you if you didn't piss me off and you weren't part of the job. Too bad we're enemies.

The best I can do is to let die quick and painlessly. "

Tony : "Can you tell me something first before you kill me? What are you going to do with Jean? Is she going to be okay? "

Vuk :"Her? She's fine. But I don't know what will happen to her. "

Tony:"What do you mean you don't know? Unless .... Are you even a Skrull?"

Vuk: "Skrull? Not that I know of.

It is just what our employer told us to do when they hired us to grab her. They paid us well so we'll do whatever they want us to do. They even gave us this ship just for this job.

If that's all, prepare to die. "

Tony: "Wait!!! At least tell me who hired you. "

Vuk: "Now why would I tell you that?"

Tony : "Because I'm going to curse them when I die. I was planning to curse you but I'd rather use it on the mastermind. "

Vuk: "Curse? You people believe in that stuff?"

Some of the crew members started getting afraid after Tony mentioned curse since they believed in such things. They convinced their captain to tell Tony what he wants in order to avoid getting cursed.

Vuk:" Really? You guys as well?

Oh well. It's not like dead people can even tell someone."

Tony:"Are you willing to tell me?"

Vuk: "Yeah. They're the ..."

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Tony did some crazy dance while chanting gibberish. He finished the act and told Vuk he was ready.

Vuk prepared his gun and aimed at Tony. Tony just closed his eyes and waited.

Vuk pulled the trigger.

POOF

Tony's body became a puff of smoke.