A/N: This is a sequel, to The Other Side of The Mirror. It is taking place not much after CA: TWS, thought in my version, SHIELD wasn't.. Well, you know. Don't ask where Sam (Falcon) is, because I'm not adding him just yet. The girl are in collage in this, the ages of 22, they just grow up so fast *wipes pretend tear*.
I hope you love this as much as you loved The Other Side of the Mirror, I know I'm having a great time writing it!
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Toni strayed away from the other girls, soon as she turned eighteen her parents had her work at their million dollar company: Stack Industries. She wasn't exactly ready for the job of being CEO but she pulled through, she even met the love of her life: Peter Potter.
Well, they didn't see that right away. In the beginning, Toni was being... Toni, drinking, partying, being promiscuous. It was easy to get men to get in bed with her, she was a charming, billionaire. Though, at the same time, she was the best thing that ever happened to Stack Industries.
Later on, Toni had been kidnapped in Pakistan. She got out of it the same way old Tony Stark did; Iron Man. For her it was a secret, something no one could know, if someone did she'd have to spill on that long weekend vacation into a different dimension.
Right now, in her Malibu home, looking in her mirror, staring at the thing Peter got her into. She was wearing a female version of an Iron Man costume.
"Let's just hope this doesn't go the way it did before." She mumbled, walking out of the bathroom, into her room, where Peter sat on the bed, in all white suit. Toni chuckled. "Why did you want to do this?"
"It'll set a good picture for Stack Industries." He stood up, walking to Toni. "To let you know, your suit isn't very protective against weapons, Miss. Stark."
As it was met for to be joke, Toni's knees buckled, she dropped to the floor, memories flooding her mind, her breathing quickened. Peter kneeled down.
"Toni, are you alright?" Concern woven in his voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She mumbled standing up. "I had a drink, and it went to my head, I guess, I be back soon." The brunette went straight back for the bathroom. Closing the door behind her, "SOARIS, what is it, the heart? Check the heart, or brain, is it the brain?" Her word flew out in pure worry.
"The reading looks as if you had suffered a severe panic attack." The female british voice cut the air.
"Okay, um..Tell Peter, I'll be out in a second." She mumbled splashing cool water on her face. Over the years she has suffered PTSD, sometimes worse than others, at one time she couldn't even look at a clock.
"Yes, Ma'am." The A.I responded quickly.
Toni ruffled her own short, brown hair, looking up at the mirror again. "Got any bad ideas?"
The party went as every Stack party went crazy, wild, fun. Reese Cup was cleaning things up, Toni was sitting at the bar in the common room of her home, she had a glass of clear liquid. While Peter picked something up from the floor, it looked at it with his eyebrow pushed together, confusing over his face.
"Who are they?" He put the picture by her drink. Toni picked it up, looking up at it, also taking a drink from her glass.
"My best friends." She answer sitting it down.
"You never told me about them." He smirked. "How did you guys meet the cast of the Avengers?"
"It was on accident." Toni hated lying to him, but she really couldn't tell him could she? "That October after the movie came out, we were obsessed with it, we dress up as them. See?" She pointed to the 'costumes'. "We met them, it was over a weekend." Technically she wasn't lying, she was moving around the wish they made.
"You guys are so cute, look you have long hair!" Peter looked at the photo, smiling. "So, this isn't the first time you dressed up as Tony Stark?"
"No, I guess not." She smiled back, then sighed. "I lied." Toni admitted.
"About what? That this is your first time dressing up as-"
"No, I lied, the picture is with my friends, we did meet those people over a weekend, but it isn't the Avengers' cast." She said quickly. "It is the Avengers, they're real." Toni sigh, looking at Peter out of one eye, she had closed them. He had a face of confusion, and worry.
"Toni, how much did you have to drink?" He eyed her glass.
"That's water." She picked up her glass. "I've been cutting down, for you." Toni turn the glass, looking at the water, Peter took it from her, sniffing the liquid, then took a drink. An expression of shock crossed his face, then the features turn soft, Toni was changing for him.
"So, what do you mean: 'They're real.'?" He asked raising an eyebrow, still holding the drink in hand.
"What I mean is...Do you see the resemblance between my friends, and their favorite Avenger?" The brunette pointed to the photo again, pointing mainly to Stephanie, and Steve. He pick it up again, then chuckled.
"I never notice that you were a female version of Robert Downey jr., but you know attractive."
"Shut up, yes, you have other wise you have us dressed up as Iron Man, and Pepper Potts." Toni playfully punch his shoulder. "Anyways before I tell the story, I have to just point out something, know I didn't mean to do this, it just happened, okay?" She got up off the bar stool, walking around the room. "SOARIS? Pull up Stark Tower from MARVEL, and my tower that's being built."
Two picture pulled up, side by side, they looked similar. A smirked played on her face, she stared at the hologram, memories playing threw her mind of the last time she spoke to Tony, she bit her lip, wondering if maybe he was doing the same, told Pepper about her. Surely the ginger wouldn't let it slip by, of course she would ask.
"So you're telling me, the MARVEL cinematic world is real?" Peter raised an eyebrow. "Your blonde friend in the Captain America suit is somewhere being a super soldier."
"When you put it like that.." She trailed off. "No, she isn't a super soldier, Peter, I'm not lying." She deadpanned, and told her story.
"You and your friends made an 11:11 wish, and you went to that world. That's amazing, who else knows about this?" He had the face of an excited puppy.
"Only you." Toni flashed her bright white teeth, the ginger leaned in, kissing the brunette.
"Ma'am, Agent Carlson is on the phone, she says she needs to talk about your contract to the F.B.I." SOARIS' voice chimed.
"Hey Phoebe is Phil!" Peter laughed against Toni's lips, she let a small laugh out.
"Grow a spine SOARIS, I have a date."
Both of them laughed as they missed their target of the couch.
Toni couldn't sleep, like many nights, she got off the couch, blanket wrapped around herself, she made her way to her lab. The brunette sat down on her stool, getting to work. That feeling she had when she told Peter about what happened was so strong, she knew what she had to do.
Think about it, how much good she could do with her own Iron Man suit. So, how to do this?
Over the course of a few months she had been keeping wraps around her little project, of course flying into that wall didn't cover up well. Much like Tony himself, she was trying to get the damn thing off when Peter walked, she took one look at him, pure confusion, and worry over his face.
"Let's face it, this isn't the worst thing you caught me doing." Toni snickered.
"Okay, Ms. Stack...Or should I say Stark?" He teased.
"So help me God, if you say anything to anyone about this, I'll have Nikki on your butt before you can say: 'Go get 'em boss'!" She pointed a metal finger.
"Okay, Stark, just let me know if you call your super friends." He went to turn out of the room.
"Peter, get back in here, and help me out of this suit!"
Moving into her tower was simple, thank god she didn't have to actually help build it. Since the brunette told her CEO, and boyfriend about the weekend the jokes have been terrible! Every chance he got he would call her Stark, or Iron Man, being Toni, she got back by calling him Pepper, or Mr. Potts.
The brunette in her blue business dress she took the elevator up to the top floor, smiling at the files in her hand, Peter left a note on there; Toni, are you taking Iron Man out tonight? I know it's finish, just stay safe. The door opened, she walked straight to the bar, tossing the file, and a 'people' magazine on the table, open to a page about Toni, Stack Industries, and Peter on the counter. She looked out the floor to ceiling window, giggling to herself.
Toni stood up, turning around, she looked at the sight in front of her. Her eyes widen, and she gasped as a blue ray of energy hit her.
Sun poured through the corridor, students chatting, and laughing. Benny was sitting on a window sill, clicking her pen on the stone nervously, also biting her lip. Her gaze focused on one person, he had dark brown hair, beautiful blue eyes. Benny believed his name was Brett Moser.
Someone else was watching Benny, making his own plan, he snuck up behind her, stealing her notebook from her lap. The dark-haired woman ran after him, as he spiriting off.
"Jean, give it back!" She yelled, running after him down the corridor, he turned going out into the courtyard. "You don't want me to get angry, Jean, you wouldn't like that, so give it to me." Benny put a hand out, so he could put it in her hand. "Come on, I have four weeks of homework in there!"
He raised it up, she couldn't reach it. "All better reasons to keep it." He smirked. "Why don't you just talk to the guy?" He looked down at his cousin.
"Because...I just can't, give me the notebook, Jean." She jumped up to grab it. The dark-haired man gave her, her notebook, but picked her up, swinging her over his shoulder.
"You're talking to Brett, whatever you say, I'm forcing you to." Jean smiled.
"Put me down!" Benny growled in her cousin's ear.
"No." He simply said.
"Why do I have to have Patch Adams as a cousin?" Benny gave up, giving Jean a hard time with carrying her because she turned into dead weight. "How are you still at this school?" She looked to the curly-haired guy carrying her.
"I'm smart, much like you are." He walked back into the corridor, putting her down right in front of Brett Moser. "Brett, this is Benny, Benny this is Brett. I'm Jean, but that doesn't matter, goodbye." He walked off.
"Hello?" Brett smiled at the girl who was staring like a lost puppy down the corridor.
"Oh, hi." The brunette put a hand out. "I'm Benny, sorry about him, he's a lost cause."
"I'm Brett, it's find, my brother is friends with that guy." He shook her hand. "How do you know him?"
"Sadly he's my cousin." She grinned. "I-uh, I don't know why he forced me to talk to you." She sighed still lost, this time blushing, she was terrible at lying. Brett stared at the woman, smirking. "Why are you staring at me?"
"Because you're beautiful."
Benny let out a nervous chuckle, rolling her eyes at his bluntness. "Wha-Uh, thank you?" Her cheeks turn bright red at the compliment. "Tell you what, I'm sorry to do this to you but I have to go to my dorm, I-uh, I have classes bright and early in the morning." She stuttered out.
Brett grabbed her hand. "That's fine because it's only five." He dragged her down the hallway. "How about we go grabbed dinner, nothing special just something at the diner on campus."
"Okay." Benny smiled, she was going to have to tell Jean thank you.
Benny was lead up her stairs by Brett, the two stood in front of her door. This was their fourth date, the chemistry between the two was wonderful, Benny thought it was a dream, for it was too good to be true. Benny shyly looked up at the dark-haired man in front of her she sighed.
"I had a great time, Brett." She was still looking at her shoes.
"So did I." He smiled tilting up her chin, pressing a small kiss on her lips. "Well, if you liked this date so much, you are going to have another one with me, yes?" Brett bent his knees to look in Benny's eyes.
"I thought that was known, Moser." Benny smirked, taking on her old friend's flirting. She opened her door, walking in, watching Brett smile, nodding while walking down the stairs. She chuckled.
"I told you that you were perfect for him, oh and did you see what you old friend did for Halloween?" Jean said behind her back.
"Toni was Tony Stark, yeah, I saw." She bit her lip, she missed her old group of friends.
"Tell me every little detail about your date." He ordered, the dark-haired woman rolled her eyes.
Benny had her hair half swept up, small black heels on, flowing purple shirt, and khaki skirt. SHe sighed at her reflection, when she first got back all she saw was Bruce looking back at her. She looked down, today she had an interview to be an assistant in a lab.
She opened the door to her dorm, walking down the hall, into the courtyard in a white wine, bitter sunlight. She turned into the corridor, down to the lab.
The lights in the lab flicked, she went into the scientist lab, seeing him on the ground blood pooling around him, the blue scratch mark on the wall, she couldn't put her finger where she saw it before. Of course she had to pry her eyes from the cold body, tears coming to her eyes. Threw the water building in her brown eyes she saw the blue flash before her.