Here's the second update guys.
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'Dummy, clean that up.' Tony ordered as his tinkering with his suit resulted in more mess.
'Sir, I would suggest that you sleep now. It is almost 2 in the morning.' His AI stated with all the disgruntlement of the world seeping from her tone.
Tony deliberately ignored her and continued working. After 5 minutes had gone by, Friday spoke again.
'Despite my better judgment, I am warning you that I will have to inform Miss Potts if you do not leave your lab soon enough.'
Tony could swear that Friday sounded like nothing would amuse her more than tattling on him.
'Need I remind you that I created you and you work for me…?'
'Very well, I will let Miss Potts know this too.'
'Oh, come on Friday.' Tony grunted. He had lost the battle and he knew it. 'You are too smart for your own good.'
'Which says a lot about me.' He added after a pause with a smirk on his face.
'Yes.' That one word was loaded with sarcasm.
Tony got up and yawned with his arms wide stretched. 'Well, I am signing out.'
'Have a good night, Sir.' This time, Friday sounded sincere.
Tony was just about to exit the lab when his AI suddenly stopped him.
'Sir, some alarming videos about Spider-man have been uploaded on the internet.'
'What!?' Tony's heart rate accelerated. 'Alarming how? Is the kid okay?' he rambled on.
'He appears to be. He is drunk and involved in a physical altercation with a group of teenagers.'
'What?' Tony was relieved to some extent when Friday had given him the positive status on Peter's physical well-being but now he was confounded, and worried again.
'Where is he, Friday? And how are the other kids that he is beating up?' Of course he was beating them up! He was the damn Spider-man. 'Please tell me they are not looking too worse for the wear.'
'He is at a fellow student's house. There is seemingly some party going on.' Tony couldn't help but smile at the disdain in the AI's voice. 'And yes, they seem to be fine overall. He has knocked a couple of students down but he is completely inebriated himself so he is not fully coordinated. And he is singularly taking on a group of teenagers.'
'Singularly?' Tony murmured to himself. 'I was sure that Ned would be with him.'
'Ned Leeds is with him but he isn't in a position to fight really. Bruised and intoxicated'
'Great.' Tony was in his suit by this time.
He closed the helmet as Friday provided him with the coordinates of Flash's house.
The journey only took him a few minutes.
He immediately spotted Peter haphazardly throwing a couple of punches around. Tony could see that there wasn't much fight or energy left in him.
As soon as the other kids saw him, there were various reactions but after a few seconds, almost all cameras were pointed at him. From the corner of his eyes, he could see Spider-man's gaze fixated on him too.
Tony wasn't about to let some flashlights faze him.
'Kids, it is time to go home. Everyone should be out of here in 5 minutes, otherwise, I am calling the police. Turn off the cameras.'
Everyone made to scramble but Tony held his hand up.
'All the videos of this party should be removed from the internet. If I find any video still there after 10 minutes, I will personally track down the uploader. Get out of here.'
Tony didn't need to directly state any threat… nor should he. He admitted to himself with a roll of his eyes. The government was all over his ass these days. This reminded him that he still needed to do damage control for Peter's moronic, drunken activities. He knew some copies of the videos would still be available online. He needed to put some sort of spin over the whole debacle and hoped that the government wouldn't be too interested in the activities of a wasted teenager.
At that moment, his eyes caught some movement. It was Peter trying to discreetly leave his class-mate's home. Ned was also stumbling behind him.
Tony could actually feel his blood pressure increasing. He ordered Friday to call the kid.
His call was ignored. Tony's blood was boiling after that.
He forced himself to stay where he was and waited for everyone to leave. After a couple of minutes, the area was completely empty. Even Flash had bolted inside while Peter and Ned had only managed to walk a little further away from the house.
Tony moved towards them in his suit. Without any exertion, he was able to grab Ned in one arm and Peter in the other and flew off to Ned's home.
He chose not to inform his parents of the whole fiasco himself. He didn't want to cause a commotion. He just warned the anxious kid that Peter's aunt would be calling his parents and waited until he was safe inside before taking off again.
Putting aside the initial squeaking and whining that Peter had done when Tony had grabbed him, he had been, to his credit, quiet up till now.
The older man had a suspicion that Peter had actually dozed off. His suspicions were confirmed when Peter's eyes suddenly flew open as they landed on Avengers' base.
He looked around with bleary eyes and blinked rapidly.
'Are we at the Avengers'…? What are we…?' Peter trailed off and ran his tongue on his parched lips.
Tony sighed at his condition and supported him towards the entrance. He felt slight pity for Peter as he had been in the same condition numerous times but he reminded himself that he couldn't sympathize with the teenager.
Peter had made some serious errors in judgment tonight and Tony needed to deal him accordingly.
After getting tired of Peter's constant staggering and stumbling, Tony grabbed him in his arms and carried him to the room he had set up specifically for him. Peter had stayed there quite a few times already.
Tony laid down the already sleeping kid in the bed and put a glass of water on the table near the bed. On second thought, he also grabbed the waste bucket and put it beside the bed.
He watched Peter with a smile on his face for a little while. He still couldn't believe how this kid had wormed his way into his heart. Tony couldn't imagine a life without him now.
He brushed some stray hair off the teenager's forehead and leaned down to kiss it. He regretted his decision later on as Peter's breath badly reeked off alcohol.
With a slight grimace on his face, he turned to switch off the light in the room. He was surprised to see Pepper standing in the doorway.
'Well, he wanted to be like you Tony.' Pepper said teasingly.
'Honey, don't even. I love the kid more than anything but he is in a world of trouble when he wakes up.'
'You have no idea how happy these words make me.'
'Really?' Tony feigned shock. 'One would think that you wouldn't feel happy over…'
He was cut off as Pepper smacked him on his shoulder. 'Shut up. You know what I mean.'
TBC…
Please review guys.
Just wanted to add that for this story, Peter and Tony (and Pepper), already have a good, established familial relationship and this won't be the first time that Tony is punishing Peter. I might write some sort of prequel but knowing myself, I am not making any promises. I usually just write whatever comes to my mind.
