~Noah~
I knew this was a horrible idea. Dad and Mom stood in the doorway, one looking furious and the other wanting to get Cleo out of the suit. I looked around and looked down at my tablet. I'm going to get so much shit for this later, I thought to myself. I shut down the suit, and walked over to Dad to give him my device.
"What the hell are you two thinking!?" Dad took the tablet and started rearranging somethings. "Especially you Cleona! You're not ready for this, you've got to get a new ark core before you can wear this suit!" He had Jarvis remove the rest of the suit from Cleo as he shook his head.
"Tony, please. They probably were just-" Mom started but Dad cut her off with a glare.
"No Pepper, she is not ready for this! And even though Noah programmed this thing correctly, we could've lost her if something went wrong." He pulled up his sleeves and lifted the armor from the floor. "God damn, what were you thinking?"
"That you weren't going to barge in on us during our test drive." Cleo snapped. Dear Lord, here we go.
"Excuse me?" Dad gave her stern look. "I am your father, and you do not speak to me like that." He stood in front of her and then sighed. She stood strong in front of him, and sometimes I hated her for her courage.
"And Noah, what were you doing down here anyway?" He looked at me, but didn't yell like he did with Cleona.
"Urm-I-gah.." I lost my words but quickly found them again, "I was studying my engineering." I looked at the ground. I felt ashamed, I didn't even try stopping her. I just let her put on the suit. I looked at Mom, and then Dad. Cleo came up to me and gave me her famous, I'm-going-to-kill-you stare.
"And thanks Jarvis, for ratting us out!" She flipped off the air, thinking it was going to offend him somehow. Mom just sighed and they both went upstairs.
"I'm sorry Dad, I didn't stop her. I was too busy studying the blueprints and the programming codes that I thought she was joking about it." I really did feel horrible, and Cleona probably thought I was pulling an "I'm Dad's favorite act" on her.
"Noah, it's okay. But remember, if something happens to her, we could lose you too." He put his hand on my shoulder and we started walking towards the stairs.
"And that's why we need an ark core for her." I whispered.
