Joining A Team of Superheroes


I stepped into the Stark Mansion and slipped off my killer heels. Good God. How long was it going to take me to adjust to this horrible job? I threw my bag down and ran to the huge inviting couch. The Stark Mansion was just the same, it's huge circular interior with pristine clear-glass windows looking out at the sea. The same teddy bear was still there, from back when my dad gave it to my mom.

"Jarvis, you there?"

Somewhere, I heard a system boot up. "Yes m'am. Good to see you back."

"Any messages for me?"

"Yes, m'am. One from Mr. Stark, in fact. He said at 12:35:92 PM on Monday, 21st of July that you are to inherit all his suits of armor."

"What?" I almost screeched.

"M'am, my hearing system isn't completely filtered from the last time you did that."

"Sorry. But what?"

Jarvis sighed. "That's exactly what he said, m'am."

I frowned. What did that mean? Could it be...

"You mean he wants me to become Iron... Woman?"

Jarvis spoke in a highly cheerful voice. "You've caught on, m'am."

I shuddered and walked towards the metallic slide doors in the huge underground base. Jarvis had informed me that I was to go here, to meet some of my future allies. What a joke. Me? Iron Woman? Even that sounded ridiculous. The walls of the long hallway were pure, black metal that reflected me like a HD movie. I was dressed in a black jacket, white tank top and fitting black zip-up tights, and ankle boots. Sounds like a perfect outfit for a superhero, right? Not. I walked to the security pad and punched in the numbers: 4 3 2 1. I rolled my eyes yet again. What amazing security. The green number pad dissolved and instead produced the words, "Welcome, Miss. Stark." The doors slid open and there in front of me, stood the most high-tech room I've ever seen. The walls were all tech-blue, with numbers floating all over the place like some holographic nightmare. At the far left, there was a ginormous screen and a few people sat in front of them in Star Wars seats. In the middle of it all, was a pool table, though round. Stairs led to the next level, and stairs, and stairs, and stairs... The room was ceiling-less. I approached the 'pool table' and assessed the eight people that gathered round. Two were in jumpsuits, one man, one woman. They looked like prototypes of Rihanna and Eminem. The rest, were different: a girl of average height, and maybe 24, wore combat boots, an over-large shirt and combat pants. Guy about 6 feet, handsome with blonde hair and blue eyes. Another guy, wild brown hair and green eyes. Yet another guy, maybe about 20 or so like me, red hair and black eyes. What an interesting bunch.

"Er... You called me?" I suggested.

"Yes, we did, Raven. Tony told us all about you." The Rihanna woman said with a big smile that showed off her white teeth. Too white.

"They're doing fine in their vacation home in Malibu, if you're wondering." Eminem offered in a quick comment. I nodded. Okay. I looked around at the people, who were looking sullen. I snapped my eyes at the two in jumpsuits.

"Why did you send me here?"

The woman was taken aback, but quickly recovered. "You see Rosalie, you're to be the Iron Woman of the Next Generation. Too many crimes have been committed and let off without so much as a sign of retaliation, and America is in a state of havoc. We have called together all the children of the past Avengers, and we hope they can save our country."

I nodded. "Yeah. Why'd you expect me to join?"

The guy with the blonde hair piped in. "You've got no choice. By the way, son of Thor." He flashed me a big smile, and I knew immediately that his ego was too big for him.

The only other girl spoke up. "I'm the daughter of Hulk. I've been in this place for five hours now, and trust me, all they want is us to save America."

I closed my eyes. "What... The... Hell." I opened my brown eyes, and scanned them. "Fine, I'll join. For my father's sake, and for my country's."

Rihanna nodded in relief. She handed me a wristband, black and silver in color. She motioned for me to wear it. Curious, I attached the wristband to my wrist. It closed the clasp itself, and a part of the band glowed red. I tapped the red part, and out came blue inscriptions in thin air-

Rosalie Katherine "Raven" Stark;

Father; Anthony Edward "Tony Stark;

Mother; Virginia "Pepper" Potts;

20;

Female;

Brown hair and brown eyes;

Slim/ Slightly athletic;

Iron Man/ Next Generation

I laughed. Slightly athletic? Oh my God. I tapped the red part again, and the blue floating words disappeared.

Rihanna looked at me. "Your training is about to start."

I narrowed my eyes. "What training?"

Eminem smiled. "Hero training, of course. You can't serious expect to run into battle with the iron suit and fight? In your condition?"


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