Ezekiel's pizza party with the twins lasted for about a couple hours as he let them try a bunch of pizza and talked to them. He didn't invite a bunch of people because he didn't want to freak them out or scare them. But he did invite three people they needed to know, the first was their real dad, Magneto. To say it was awkward would be an understatement, but they at least acknowledged each other and talked.
The other two were Agatha and Tao, since there was no way Ezekiel was letting Wanda go untrained. Besides introducing them, Ezekiel gave the two kids a place to live and took them both shopping for essentials before he dropped them off at their new home on Genosha. After giving them his contact information and a credit card they could use for food, he returned to Sokovia.
Besides the Hydra base, there was actually a decent amount of Hydra agents hidden in the government and military. They were all rounded up and caught within hours while Inoichi and his team scanned their minds. That led to more Hydra agents being found and the cycle continued for almost a day until everyone Hydra related was captured. Afterwards they sorted through who were considered salvageable and those they found irredeemable.
They collected all the information they could from the prisoners before they executed over a thousand people. The other two hundred or so were sent to a prison camp where they would work to help pay for their crimes while also being re-educated and un-indoctrinated from Hydra's teaching. They could have just used mind techniques and magic to do it, but there was a possibility that could be undone if someone had enough skill. But a slow proper re-education would make it harder to undo, plus most of the people were going to spend at least ten years at that camp. Ezekiel wouldn't release any of them for good behavior.
While that was going on, the rest of Sokovia was put into a lock down similar to what happened in Latveria when Doom took over. The only difference was it wasn't a slow process like before and Sokovia's government secretly changed hands in only a day. It was done so quickly and smoothly that the general population didn't know anything happened. The plan was to use disguised ninjas over the next year to act as the Hydra agents. They would all quickly and quietly step down so Zemo's people could take over. At some point Zemo would become the country's new leader, but that would be after his men were properly in place.
As for Hydra outside of Sokovia, Ezekiel planned to keep up the act like everything was normal with false reporting. He was pretty sure he could keep up the act as long as it was needed with the information they gathered. But he only planned to keep it going for a while longer as he planned to strike other Hydra bases in the next coming years. The goal was to target what they already knew about and replace everyone with ninjas or the longer lasting shadow clones while they dug more into the organization.
After settling everything in Sokovia, Ezekiel relaxed with his family, worked at the shop and went to school. He also hung out at Hulk's and Hela's over the next couple weeks until the opening night of the Stark Expo. Tony scheduled it on the Friday before spring break started in March so more people would visit. As for Ezekiel, he planned to have a shadow clone work the event while he visited it with his family as Theo.
The opening was scheduled for just after sunset and as people slowly entered through the different gates a video started playing on all the monitors in the park. It started with photos and videos from the first expo along with a voice over done by Tony. He quickly laid out the history and the purpose behind the original event before talking about what the new expo represented and how it was meant to honor his father's legacy. Tony never planned for the opening speech to talk about any of that, but pressure from Pepper, Ezekiel and JARVIS made him change it to what everyone was currently listening to.
In a Vibe VIP section hidden away from the general public was Theo and his family. They portaled into the room about ten minutes before the gates were scheduled to open. Instead of rushing into the park to explore before the rush, they were collecting their VIP arm bands and watching the opening video. When the opening video finished it changed to a live video and it showed footage of the park from high above. At first everyone glanced at it, but otherwise ignored it as they moved to explore the expo. It was around ten minutes later when the video changed to focus on an incoming plane that people paid attention again.
After a moment the video switched again and showed the inside of a large cargo plane. In the middle of the screen stood Tony in his Ironman suit with a cocky smile on his face as he said, "I'd like to welcome everyone to the opening of the Stark Expo. Since it's the opening night, I wanted to put on a little show for everyone."
Tony's face was quickly covered by his suit and the rear of the plane slowly opened as he said, "I would like to officially welcome all of you to the opening night of the Stark Expo and I hope you enjoy your time here."
Shoot To Thrill by AC/DC started to play as fireworks started to launch into the air synchronized with the song. On the monitors around the park, it showed Tony as he stepped towards the edge of the plane's ramp and far below him was the park along with the fireworks display. After a moment and in time with the music, Tony flipped out of the plane and started to fall towards the ground. While a bunch of drones flown by JARVIS captured everything for the crowd below.
Tony didn't just free fall the entire time, he quickly turned on his flight system and started to dodge the incoming fireworks. He wasn't dodging just to dodge though, he was actually sky writing with something Ezekiel gave him which left a white colored light streak behind him. The drones also had the same feature installed but could produce different colored lights. Over the next minute as the song played, Tony and the drones filled the sky above the expo with a colorful message that read, "Welcome to the Stark Expo of 2010!"
The light was created by magic and would stay in the air for over an hour before it slowly faded away. After finishing the message, Tony flew over the crowds of people and waved at them all before he headed towards the main stage. Above the stage more fireworks were shooting into the air as over twenty women, scantily dressed in red and gold danced to the music. Tony flew to the stage and landed in a superhero pose before he stood up with his arms spread out as the gathered crowd cheered.
Tony reviled in the atmosphere of the adoring crowd as he stepped out of his Ironman suit and it flew away. The crowd started chanting 'Tony!' repeatedly as he adjusted his bow tie and the song finally came to an end with all the dancers surrounding him in a semi circle. The cheering reached a fever pitch as the dancers walked off the stage and Tony cockily smiled before he said, "It's great to be back."
Tony fed off the crowd's energy as he talked for over five minutes about the expo and what it represented. When he finished he thanked everyone for coming before he added, "And now what I'm sure you've all been waiting for…"
Tony stepped off to the side of the stage and pointed towards the curtain as he said, "The opening act for the expo, Dazzler!"
The curtain raised and the stage lights dimmed before only one remained and a beautiful girl with long platinum blonde hair with pink and purple tips stepped into the lone light. She wore a form fitting silver colored jumpsuit that showed off her curves, but almost no skin. Her face was painted with blue colored makeup over her eyes and her smile was infectious. She waved at the crowd for a moment before she glanced over her shoulder and asked, "Ready girls?"
The only response was a guitar rift that opened up into a song. Dazzler started to sing and use her powers as the audience broke into more cheers. Off to the side, Tony watched for a few moments before Ezekiel said over the music, "Ready to get your ass kicked?"
"You're the one who is gonna get their ass kicked." Tony said in a confident tone.
Ezekiel chuckled and shook his head slightly as he headed over towards the dueling arena with Tony. They bantered back and forth and ended up being stopped a bunch of times by people wanting pictures and autographs. Most of them were for Tony, but a handful wanted them with Ezekiel. Tony pointed out how many more people liked him compared to Ezekiel, but Ezekiel ignored the taunts. After almost an hour they reached the light saber arena and found it packed with over an hour wait time.
With VIP passes, they easily made it into the arena and were both given the next open arenas. Since most matches only lasted a minute or less, it took no time for Ezekiel and Tony to enter one of the beginner platforms. As Tony stepped inside he pulled out a pair of sunglasses and put them on as he whispered, "Is everything ready?"
"Yes Mr. Stark." JARVIS replied as a program booted up and beamed directly into his eyes.
A teenager stood in the middle of the arena Tony entered and his eyes widened as he said, "No way!"
Tony smirked slightly as he said, "Yes way."
As the kid asked to take a picture together the arena system commanded, "Participants, please take your positions."
After snapping a quick selfie, the kid ran over to his spot and said confidently, "Just because you're Ironman, doesn't mean I'll go easy on you. I've already won four games in a row."
As the timer ticked down to the start of the duel, both of them ignited their light sabers as Tony said, "Good, I would hate to win because a fan went easy on me."
A moment later the alarm sounded and the lights dimmed slightly as the match started. The kid was fast and rushed forward with his weapon raised in a defensive stance. Tony watched him approach and what he saw projected into his eyes was the predicted attack pattern with a percentage next to it. The percentage only climbed higher the closer the kid approached until it passed seventy five percent and then it gave Tony instructions on how to counter. Tony shifted slightly to the side and as the incoming attack barely missed him, his sword struck out and a line appeared on the kid's chest before the buzzer sounded.
The kid glanced down with widened eyes before he shouted, "That was awesome, as expected of Ironman!"
Tony smiled as JARVIS commented in his ear piece, "You could have won that without using the program, sir."
After patting the kid on his shoulder and sending him off, Tony whispered, "Probably, but I need to get used to this if I want to beat Ezekiel."
"I doubt even with the program's help that you'll be able to be Ezekiel. His skill level is incredibly high compared to yours, sir."
Tony waved off the comment as he said, "He might be skilled, but I have technology and science behind me!"
A moment later the entrance to the platform opened and an older man with a mustache stepped inside. He noticed Tony and froze for a few moments before he hesitantly asked, "I have to fight Ironman?"
Tony laughed and waved the man over as he said, "If you're lucky, you might beat me and then you can even brag about it."
"A normal human won't be able to beat you while you're cheating, sir."
"Shut it." Tony whispered as the man moved closer to properly greet him.
It didn't take long for the next match to start and Tony easily won it, along with the next few to advance to the next stage. Over the next half an hour, Tony kept winning with almost no issue until he reached the third stage and had slight issues adapting properly. He still won, but the fights were less one sided and he was even hit a couple times. But each time they were considered minor wounds by the scoring system, so trading an arm for a death blow allowed him to win.
When Tony stepped onto the platform for the fourth stage he paused as he asked, "What are you doing here?"
Ezekiel smirked as he said, "I have the skill to actually fight here… The real question is what are you doing here? The last time you came here, you could barely fight properly. You should have been eliminated on the second stage with how skilled some of the people were."
"I'll have you know, I've been practicing." Tony said confidently as he walked towards the middle of the arena platform.
Ezekiel studied Tony for a few moments before he focused on the sun glasses and asked, "Suuure… And I bet it has nothing to do with those glasses right?"
Tony confidently adjusted the glasses as he said, "Nope, these are just for style points."
"In that case, I should probably add some style points of my own." Ezekiel said as his eyes started to turn red and rotate as a three tomoe sharingan appeared in both of his eyes.
"Hey, no cheating!"
"How is using my natural eyes cheating?"
Tony frowned as he said, "Because you told me what they can do, those eyes are basically cheating."
"Should I call you pot or do you want to be the kettle?" Ezekiel asked with a smirk as he glanced at Tony's glasses with a knowing glint in his eyes.