Did I just murder Tony Stark?

ELOISE POV—

After getting discharged from the hospital and recovering from the shock, we are on our way to my new home. I am kind of excited to see how my home looks like. As my father is Howard Stark; I believe my new home would be pretty good.

I still can't believe I have been reincarnated in Marvel. I have taken the place of Tony Stark; I am kind of excited about the opportunities I will get in the future. Did I indirectly murder someone? Or it could be that he simply doesn't exist. Nah, what I think is that, Tony doesn't exist in this world would be wrong to assume.

According to comics, Tony Stark was adopted by the Starks. Whereas, in the movies, they were his parents. He got that to know it in the latter part of his life.

So, my reincarnation has altered his destiny of his becoming a superhero, The Iron Man. Did I just rob this world of its one of the darling superheroes. Is my presence affecting this world in a bad way? I know would cause a butterfly effect but I don't up to what extend the magnitude of the change would be.

Back in my previous world, Tony Stark is probably the most liked superhero. Well, the craze of both his and RDJ's fan following started from the movies. Iron Man also one of my favourite characters in Marvel.

Come to think of it, my father's OG character, OG Harvard married Maria. Does Maria not exist in this world or is she simply dead?

May be my father cheated on my mother. Heck, no, no…. what the hell I am thinking? Have I gone mad? He is an idiot and by the looks of it he is kind of a man who really fears his wife. So, let's just rule this one out. I don't know what happened to Maria but she is not really that important for me to get worked up.

Also, I think there was a biological child of Howard and Maria, who got lost or something. I don't really remember; I think his name was Arno. This was the version in The International Iron Man comic. This new world has either deviated from the adopted one, which I was focusing or the comics in which Tony's the biological one.

Whatever the world is, Arno ceases to exist. Either way I murdered someone. I don't know what to feel about it. Due to my existence, one or both of them ceases to exist. It's like I am wiping away their existences from the slate called Marvel. I still don't know what would I do about the Quantum Realm and the Multiverse. Should I worry about it or not? Let's think about that later. It's not the time to think about this.

To be honest, I shouldn't feel guilty about this. I have not murdered anyone, it's not my fault that I was born again or I got reincarnated in this place. I am really conflicted. For the time being, let's forget about it. I am not a murderer; I haven't killed anyone. I should ignore this. Yes, I am going to keep repeating it how many times it will take to convince myself.

Apart from the Iron Man, there are many characters that I have to encounter in this world. There would be a lot of villains and superheroes. There would be a lot of enemies in the future. I may live as quiet as a mouse. Like, as an insignificant character or some background character. Neither I will become a hero nor I would sacrifice my life in vain just like in my previous life. I just want to survive. I don't want to die again.

Then again, this world— no, the whole Marvel contains a lot of tech and mysteries which I want to work on. All the things I wanted in my past life, is available here for me to improve, to flourish and to make my ideas into reality.

So, no I won't be a mob character, I would fight and certainly, I won't give up. If my survival needs for me to fight, I will fight; if it needs to ignore my humanity, I would and if, I need to kill someone, I will do it. I still don't know how to really think about my new family. Human emotions are volatile in nature. Their affection for something mostly is for a period of time. This period may be long or short or even for a spur of moment. I have always heard parents love their children selflessly and yet, they abandon or kill or neglect them. Some people would argue that I am wrong but I don't think I am wrong. I don't believe somebody can love someone without any profit. Its true that they literally showered me with affection but due to my experience in the past life, I don't believe it will long last. If they hurt me or something, I will just throw themselves out from my life. So, for the time being I will just try to limit my interactions with them and also try not to get close with them.

I will not waste this shot. To secure this second attempt at life, I am willing to do anything and everything to attain my ambitions. If wiping away the existence of Tony Stark was necessary, then so be it.

Maybe I was a fool to even regret that he didn't even get a chance to born. I shouldn't care about anyone but me.

Suddenly a voice interrupts my thought process, it's my mother. "Look Eloise, we are home," said mother. Oh, it seems I have reached my new home.

Father softly said "This is our home, Eloise. You know, you were the missing in our life and now, you are here with us. It's your presence which makes our home complete." Then he proceeds to hold my hand and said, "Eloise, I promise you I will protect you as long as I am alive. I will let no one hurt you."

"Are you crying? Oh my god! You are crying."

"No! I am not crying. These are just happy tears. Eloise, don't listen to your mother, she is just jealous to see how close we father and daughter are."

They are arguing but I am shocked. I don't know what to feel about my father's statement. It sounded very heart touching. I am conflicted. I want to ignore what emotions I am feeling right now— but I won't. I want to what these emotions are and I will definitely figure it out someday.