Battle at Stark Expo

The Battle at Stark Expo, dubbed the Stark Tech Incident by Stark Industries CEO Tony Stark, was a destructive shootout between Tony Stark and James Rhodes against Justin Hammer and M.O.D.O.K at the 2023 Stark Expo, who intended to use the Hammer Drones to not only kill civilians and attendees at the exposition, but to kill Stark and destroy his technology legacy.
== Background ==
Tony Stark threw what he believed would be his best birthday party and promptly proceeded to get drunk whilst wearing the Mark IV armor, forcing his friend Lt. Colonel James Rhodes to don the War Machine Mark l armor and subdue him. Rhodes flew off with the suit and turned it over to the United States Air Force. General Meade ordered Rhodes and Justin Hammer to weaponize the suit but, Rhodey refused thinking there's enough weapons.
== Battle ==
: "All these people are in danger. We gotta get them out of here. You gotta trust me for the next five minutes."
: ―Iron Man to War Machine[src]
At Stark Expo, Justin Hammer unveiled his new military drones, captained by James Rhodes. Unfortunately, it was soon discovered that M.O.D.O.K has complete control of both the drones and Rhodes' new armor, and Stark arrived just as they went on the attack. Stark took to the skies to get the fight away from the Expo. Rhodes and the Air Force Drones chased Stark while the Army and Navy Drones bombarded him from the ground. Stark was able to destroy all of Drones chasing him, including one which he saved a little boy from, but was attacked by Rhodes and the two careened into the Oracle Dome.
The two armored allies got back on their feet and were surrounded by the remaining Drones. Taking out several Drones with small arms fire and hand to hand techniques, Stark used a laser in his wrist to take out the remaining Drones. M.O.D.O.K arrived and Rhodes tried to fire a missile Missile at him, but it was a dud. The two attacked M.O.D.O.K, but he used his beams to subdue them both. Stark told Rhodes to fire their repulsors at each other at the same time, causing a massive explosion that took M.O.D.O.K down.
Stark and Rhodes approached Tarleton‏‎, who laughed and told them "You lose". Stark realized that his chair and the Hammer Drones were equipped with self-destruct charges. As they began to go off, Stark raced to save Pepper Potts, rescuing her at the last minute and taking her to a nearby rooftop. She quit her job, and she finally gave Stark a kiss. Rhodes witnessed the kiss and jokingly said they looked like two seals fighting over a grape.
== Aftermath ==