The Stark Paradox

Tasha wrote the last sentence of the email, edited it and sent it to Jarvis. It was set to be sent to Carol along with a series of important materials if she never returned this time. .

She is now sitting in Jazz's car, going on an unknown road.

Five days earlier, Jazz had been honorably wounded in a battle with a Decepticon, and the companions he had brought to heal him had expressed displeasure at his revealing his identity to a human.

This made the Jazz finally have to report the incident to their leader.

Two days later Sir came to her and told her that their leader wanted to see her, and fixed a date.

Tasha readily agreed to this, and readily attended the appointment.

Up to now, she still can't trust these visitors from outside the sky, and anyone can speak the vernacular.But what does it actually look like?

This is an important reason why Tasha agreed to meet with the leader of the Autobots as soon as possible. She believed that a face-to-face meeting would make many things clearer.If you're lucky, she will gain some allies. Of course, if you're not lucky, this may be a time of no return...

- Strange.

Tasha closed her eyes, and used Extremis to confirm that the newly completed armor placed at the bottom of the building was on standby.

Iron Man always has plan B: the anti-Transformers armor she built overnight.

She always has all kinds of different armors for all kinds of troubles, some even aimed at her teammates, such as anti-Thor armor, for example, anti-Hulk armor...

Iron Man never learns to trust other people.

*****

"SHIELD said that if we don't want to deal with the Hulk, they will take extreme measures...they think the Hulk is a threat...and I... think they are right." Tasha can't remember what mood she used to say After saying this, the only thing she remembers is that she closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at other people's expressions.

It was a regular meeting of the Illuminati.The Illuminati is composed of her, Reed, Doctor Strange, Namor, Professor X, and Black Bolt, in order to deal with certain crises in advance.

That regular meeting was because she received an ultimatum from the government about Hulk.

"I can't do this, we're here now, just to discuss sending a threat off Earth that might not happen? That's not the enemy, that's your allies, that's one of the Avengers! You're talking about your future Team members deal with it."

Facing Namor's accusation, all Tasha can do is close her eyes and remain silent...

That day they decided to trick the Hulk into a spaceship and send it out of the earth with a majority resolution.

That ship even had SI stamped on it.

After that day Tasha sealed off Bruce's personal laboratory in the mansion.

She and Bruce have always hit it off, probably even more than she and Reed.But even so, she sent Hulk away with her own hands.

They're right: Natasha Stark, is a heartless fellow.

*****

"Hey, Tasha, are you okay?" Jazz's slightly worried voice rang in his ears, and Tasha almost jumped up in shock, only to realize that she had just fallen asleep.

Then dream about the past.

"Tasha? Your complexion is not very good?" Jazz asked again.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Tasha shook her head, and then found that Jazz had stopped. In front of them was an abandoned warehouse. Tasha got out of the car and stood in front of the gate to look around.

Make sure there are no sources of heat around.She walked in.Jazz did not rush to transform, but slowly followed Tasha in the form of a car.

Walking into the warehouse, Tasha found that the space inside was larger than it looked from the outside.And the vehicles lined up told her that the other party was already waiting for her.

With a quick glance, she identified the vehicles, which ranged from ambulances to motorcycles to armored vehicles and off-road vehicles.

The leader was a truck, which turned on its lights after Tasha stepped into the door, and slid forward to a certain distance in front of Tasha—a very well-placed position, keeping a distance from Tasha , ahead of other vehicles.

It then flips inside out in a dizzying transformation to become a visually 8.5 robot—the guy looks twice as tall as the Jazz.It looked familiar to Tasha inexplicably.

"Are you Ms. Natasha Stark?" After stretching its limbs, the behemoth bent down and looked at Tasha and asked.

"..." Tasha nodded, staring intently at a part connected to the other party's head and neck - if it wasn't for the wrong situation, she really wanted to pounce on the other party's structure now .

"Is it such a small carbon base?"

"Hey, human, do you want to see my cannon?" Under the leadership of the leader, other vehicles also transformed and surrounded her to look at her in the middle. The armored car deformed and carried its hammer.

"Iron sheet, partition, retreat." The existence as the leader turned his head to look at his subordinates who were showing off their weapons, and ordered in a strong tone, with a tone of 'we will talk later'.

It wasn't until the two subordinates shrugged and retreated and put away their weapons that he turned his head again. The blue optical lens looked at Tasha again, and stretched out a finger in a friendly manner, "We have been following you for a long time , Ms. Stark."

"...Should I say, my pleasure?" Tasha blinked, hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand and shook the huge finger.

"Your technology is much ahead of your peers on this planet, and it is easy to attract attention." The other party shook his head solemnly, "I am the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime."

"Natasha Stark, well, I guess you guys already have a comprehensive understanding." Tasha shrugged. "Sir told me that you all learn things online, and there should be a lot of information about me."

"You can only learn part of it online, and I insist that some things need to be judged by yourself."

"Hmm." Tasha nodded noncommittally.

"Ms. Stark, we have wanted to contact you for a long time. You have very advanced technology. We have noticed that, and so have others. I believe this will cause you a lot of trouble."

"Obviously my troubles have never stopped." Tasha shrugged and ignored such warnings.As an arms dealer, as Iron Woman, as an Avenger, and as a technology pioneer, it's clear that there's never been a moment in her life that's normal.

"Ms. Stark." Facing her indifference, the other party did not back down, but instead strengthened his tone and hoped that she would take care of it.

Listening to such a sincere and familiar tone, at that moment she suddenly realized where the familiarity of this leader came from.

—Captain America.

This leader has the same tone of voice as Captain America, and even has the same red and blue paint as Captain America's uniform.

*****

——When I reached out to talk to you, you handed me a strong electromagnetic interference pulse. Who lost it first?

—It was you, you and Reed, and Pym, you cloned a Thor, how dare you... you killed your friend.

- Registration is for those young people to learn to control the power to become a true hero.

——Registering will put them in a crisis of being exposed. Think about it. The Green Goblin knows Peter's identity, and he will hurt his family. Not everyone is as unscrupulous as you, Stark.

-someone has to be responsible for our actions...

- We can take responsibility for our actions.

—Look, that's the point, not everyone is Captain America, not everyone is as perfect as you...

—Look around here, Steve, let's end this!

It's hard to say if she was a little scared when she saw the cold light reflected on the shield of the furious Captain America through the broken helmet.But she's sure that even now when she recalls the scene...she's wondering if it was worth it.

******

"Tasha?" When she realized this, she found that she had taken a few steps back, and the Jazz behind her did not deform, but supported her behind her in the form of a Pontiac, "You still okay?"

"...Yes...I...I'm fine." Tasha pursed her lips and wiped her forehead, then nodded, then raised her head to look at the Autobot leader opposite her who was also looking worried, and tried to make herself Calm "So where are we talking?"

"Our enemy, my former brother, but he violated his original intention, the Decepticons are also on this planet, they are looking for their leader, they also need resources, and you are the best choice."

"So?" Tasha took a breath, and then felt that she had recovered, but she still leaned on Jazz's engine cover and did not leave.

"I hope we can work together, Ms. Stark."

So here's a deal.

This realization brought Tasha back to herself completely, and she raised her head back to the merchant’s state, looking into the other’s eyes—it was painful, after she realized that the other’s optics were so fucking blue that it reminded her of When she was doing other things, she looked away and looked at the female Autobot behind him who had been frowning at her, "Well, so, if I understand correctly, you want to protect me, and then, you want to protect me?" What to get?"

"Your trust."

The Jazz felt that something was wrong. Since Tasha met the leader, something was wrong. Although he couldn't say exactly what Tasha's normal state was like, he just felt something was different.

He lay quietly in the parking lot in the form of a car, watching Tasha tinker with the engine of a car not far away, and drove away the dummy around him who was trying to be unhelpful, playing loud rock music when Carol walked down and was called Stopped.

"Carol, don't stop it." Tasha said without looking back, and Carol didn't notice a monitor in the corner spinning as she walked.

"I'm here to remind you of the appointment with General Hawke tomorrow, you forgot, right?"

"Jarvis's to-do list, he'll let me know."

"Say it as if it's useful, it's important, Tasha I hope you don't forget."

"Oh."

"Also, how do you plan to spend your birthday this year?"

"You can figure it out, or you can do it according to last year." Tasha continued to answer without raising her head.

"Tasha, look at me, do you know how old you are this year?"

"Huh...30?" At Carol's request, Tasha turned around and glanced at her, then thought for a while, showing a disgusted expression, "Don't remind me of this."

"So like a big girl, do your job well?" Carol sighed, then glanced at Tasha who was back at work again. "I said, is everything okay?"

"What? I'm fine, trust me."

"..." Carol didn't see Tasha's face because her boss turned back again and muttered something, but she didn't have time to pursue these things. With such a careless boss, her work was destined to be more difficult. The general assistant is very busy, so she still kicked her high heels and left while talking about getting a raise.

After confirming that Carol had left, Jazz changed shape, then carefully walked around the obstacle and came to Tasha, squatted down and asked cautiously, "Tasha, what do you want? Do you want... to talk to me? "

Jazz's good outside receivers heard Tasha's babble at close range and ended with 'not really'.