"So basically, West Genetics was a Japanese corporation founded by your father in order to create Pandoras basing himself in your mother's genetic code as she was an Alien that once came from the skies... correct?" Regardless of how surreal it sounded, he'd always believe her words.
"Yes, mother was a Nova... an interdimensional alien conquering race, but she didn't follow their agenda, instead she helped humanity... Pandora's use stigmas in order to access the soul energy and all stigmas are shards that were originally part of my mother's body... we legendary pandoras are different, whereas some Pandoras only have one or two stigmas to use as their power, our stigmas are fused in our tissue and skin... my entire body is a stigma, Tony."
She lay down on a table, naked and he approached her, trying to cast aside any lust to take the entire situation seriously.
She took his hand and placed it on her abdomen.
"You need to study me... I don't have the memories of how west genetics managed to accomplish it, but I know you can do it."
"... are you sure about this?"
"I want you to live..." She then placed his hand on her head as if to seek a pat and smiled.
"You're cute..."
Cassandra had no comment, she limited herself to appear cute while Tony determined himself, schemes of the next days and even months flowing in his mind, how he was going to sort this problem out.
"Jarvis."
"I need you to call Dr Helen Cho and connect her with me, also... create a contract of non-disclosure and a check with half a million dollars."
"Helen Cho?"
"I'm not a genetic researcher or scientist, Cassandra, but I'll make sure to bring the best one, we will work together to make this happen." He reassured her, now more motivated than ever, at least this is a leeway.
She smiled and before his eyes something amazing happened.
Her body started to shine in a blue haze and a dress materialised, it was the same dress he saw that day when she landed, but this time, it was immaculate, later it was some sort of blue holographic shields around them that left him astonished, there was a number in there.
'5.443.302' That was the number.
"You're beautiful."
"Thank you\~" For the last trick she made something appear, it was a massive weapon.
"This is my volk weapon... it was created by west genetics and it uses Soul Energy to power itself, I know how to channel the energy, but I don't know its origin, if you ever need me to make tests with it, I can do it..."
'The energy to materialise these things can't be fake. It had to be this soul energy she spoke of.'
"Mr Stark, it is an honour to talk to you."
"The pleasure is all mine to talk to you, Mrs Cho."
"Please, call me Helen..."
"Then Helen... I have a proposal for you, I have a project in my hands, something big and I need the best genetic scientist that I can get... it is extremely important."
"My hands are currently full, but if it's a project involving Mr Stark, I wouldn't mind moving some priorities away."
"There is a problem however, you will be subjected by contract, whatever you learn, hear or see here... can't come out of these walls, I'll pay all of your expenses during the duration of the project and your payment can be negotiated with a minimum of five hundred thousand dollars so long as you're willing to follow the contract's headlines."
Cassandra was astounded, this was another side she didn't know of Tony.
Businessman.
Convincing Dr Helen Cho to partake in the project was easy, she was a passionate woman of science and genetics, the moment he told her that she would gain knowledge of something the rest of humanity wasn't privy to, it was like throwing a PlayStation to a hyperactive kid.
She immediately scheduled her flight to Los Angeles one day before their flight to Monaco.
"Impossible... t-this is impossible."
"As you can see, Cassandra is not human..."
"N-No wonder... you don't want anyone to know."
"Cassandra, show her something good."
"Yes." Cassandra took her weapon and pointed it toward the skies above the penthouse.
She charged her cannon and fired it before Tony could even stop her.
The yellow beam shot as fast as lightning and disappeared in the sea below, several kilometres away.
The Doctor and Tony gasped.
"Sorry, that's as weak as I can get it to not raise many suspicions."
An earth-shattering explosion could be seen in the distance, not created by fire... that wasn't combustion, that was plasma.
The shockwave cleared the skies and erased any cloud in the vicinity.
Tony and Helen couldn't believe it.
"Jarvis, prepare a new penthouse!"
"Where should it be, sir?"
"The farther the better! You know what, forget a penthouse, we need a big terrain... get something in the desert, search for any available terrain."
He pulled both ladies as hard as he could, they needed to get the hell out of here!
Tony Stark being close to the site of shock was enough to garner suspicions.
No one would look at Larry the vagrant, they'd look at the multimillionaire engineer that plays hero in an Iron armour!
"Sorry, I didn't think it would be this bad." Cassandra apologised, all she wanted was to show how the Soul Energy powered her attacks.
She didn't intend to cause an astronomic event that would get the entire world's attention as the eyes of every powerful being or organisation focused on Los Angeles.