Author's Note: Hello, my dear readers! Your author is here! And sorry for the wait, I just got distracted by watching other MCU Films such as Captain America: the Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man and some other films too. And oh! Has anyone seen the latest trailer of Avengers Endgame that was released online five days ago, believe me it was real and awesome, i am just so anxious for what will happen in the upcoming, and oh! I also watched Captain Marvel (2019) film, it was so beautiful and well-written, and I love Carol's development and personality, Brie Larson did a great job in the performance and i want to give her praise for her performance, it was 100% awesome, and I loved. And also, this story is going to a tad shorter possibly like the previous one. I really wish to go to the action parts but then I realized that I was being slightly impatient so i decided to remain patient. Anyways, here's the new chapter of Techno Girl, part two of the first flashback of my story. Have fun! XD
Disclaimer: I do not own Avengers, Iron Man and other Marvel Characters and MCU, all rights belong to its owners Marvel and Disney, I only own my OCs and Techno Girl's storyline.
Chapter Two: Adventures in Babysitting:
Tony Stark takes a seat on the couch, watching one of his favorite comedy shows on TV while his niece Young Savannah sat on the carpet in the living room, drawing a few pictures with crayons. The billionaire laughed happily when he saw a comical moment in his favorite series such as a woman letting out a burst of small laughter until she was being hit a bowl of cream pie. Tony simply loved this comical moment in the show because he finds too much hilarious. Then his gaze landed on one of Savannah's drawing papers, one of them included a drawing picture of a familiar shield with red and blue lined over the edges, along with a white star in the center. Tony blinked his eyes and craned his neck to take a closer look at the picture, did his niece taken an interest in Captain America's stories?
"Hey, Savannah?" Tony asked.
"Yes, Uncle Tony?" Savannah looked up at her uncle.
"Is that Captain America's shield?" Tony asked, curiously, pointing at the drawing picture.
"Um, yes." Savannah answered. "His shield is magnificent."
"Oh, so what do you know about Captain America? Did you learn the stories about him?" Tony asked, curiously. "Like you know the history about him?"
"Actually, Mommy tell me stories about Captain America." Savannah admitted cutely.
Hearing this, Tony's brown eyes lit up. Great, now that my big sister told her about Captain America
"During the camping trip with my parents, Mommy told me that Captain America was the world's greatest hero, he fought bad guys like the HYDRA. Mommy told me that he was a man with an ideal sense of justice and hope, he was like a role model and an ideal type of person with inspiration. He was courageous, strong and even heroic. He was the greatest superhero of all time. He fought bravely against the Nazism, break into many HYDRA Bases, and fought against the most notorious villain of all. People would always remember him as the hero who heroically fought in World War II."
Tony scoffed quietly at the mention of Captain America. When he was younger, his father always talks about Captain America just to inspire his son, but it made him constantly annoyed at the continuous words about the possibly decreased patriotic hero, but Tony could see hope in the eyes of his niece who was smiling brightly. Does she wish to be a Superhero like Captain America? "Do you wanna be a superhero like Captain America?" Tony questioned.
"Hmm, I don't know if I will be a superhero. But if I became a superhero, I might have superpowers." The toddler grinned, standing up to her feet. "If I had laser beams, I could shoot at the meanest villains." She said, pointing at her eyes, making her uncle smile at how imaginative she is being. "Or maybe, if I had a cape..." She continued as she climbed atop of the sofa, and stood beside her uncle. "... I will leap into the air and then I will fly like my favorite female hero Supergirl!" She yelled excitedly as she jumped off the sofa, inadvertently letting herself onto the floor but Tony manages to catch her in his arms before she could hit the floor.
"Whoa, watch it little kiddo, you're going to hurt yourself." Tony cautioned, putting his toddler niece onto the sofa again.
"Sorry." Savannah apologized meekly.
"Anyways, if a supervillain tries to take over the world, what will you do next?" Tony asked.
"I will fight the bad guy," Savannah said, punching the air with her fists as if she is fighting an enemy.
"Oh really? If you fight the bad guy, then the bad guy will fight back!" Tony chimed in, gently digging his fingers into her niece. The girl shrieked with laughter, as her uncle gingerly tickled her over her stomach, but the fun was being interrupted by the sound of a ringing phone that belonged to Tony. The billionaire shared an apologetic look with his niece and picked up the phone before he answered its call.
"Hello Tony?"
"Uh, Obadiah? What's up?"
"Why'd you didn't come? There's a meeting in Stark Industries, and everybody is asking about you? You had an important business in the office."
"I know, I was going to attend the meeting, but I am very busy here, in my penthouse." Tony said.
"Really? For what you're being busy for?"
"Look, Obby, my big sister Annabeth just came here, and she put me in charge of babysitting her toddler daughter Savannah. It is really important for me to take care of her because Anna trusts me a lot and I don't wanna let her down."
"You didn't attend the meeting just to take care of your own niece?"
"Yes, look I'm sorry, Savannah's only four years old, she can't take care of herself due to her young age. Anna and her husband just went to attend a conference and they can't bring their daughter because their boss told them not to." Tony explained. He could hear his old friend venting a sigh before he spoke up again.
"Fine, if your sister wants you to take care of her daughter, that's fine with me then, Annabeth is still like the stubborn big sister you know and love."
"I know she's a bit of a stubborn woman on the outside, but she's still a nice person on the inside. And—" As Tony continue speaking to his friend over the phone, he turned around and dropped his jaw when he saw Young Savannah is nowhere to be seen. The playboy swiftly scrutinized around the living area, only to see there were no signs of his niece being present in this area. Worry and panic ran through his systems as he quickly searched for his missing little niece. "Uh, I'll call you later, see ya." Once Tony turned off his phone, he frantically observed the room. "JARVIS, where is Savannah?"
"Sir, since it's your job to look after your young niece, you've never been distracted if you never had received the call from Mr. Obadiah Stane." JARVIS told his creator and boss.
"Darn it!" Tony swore under his breath, realizing about his mistakes. "Can you tell us where she is?"
"I think she went downstairs which leads her to your Workshop."
Hearing this, Tony's brown eyes widened in horror, realizing that his niece is in his lab, he is really worried that his niece would get hurt if she touches one of his dangerous inventions, then he will face the wrath of his sister, or worse he will face his brother-in-law's wrath if anything happens to his daughter. Desperate to find his niece, he made his way downstairs leading him to the basement of his lab.
Once he has made his way down the stairs, he heard the familiar squealing noises of his niece so he frantically ran down the stairs, fearing that his niece would be in danger or could get killed by one of his inventions. Soon, he finally arrived at his workshop and walked through the window, door to check up on his niece, but he was quite surprised to see his niece is actually looking up at his Industrial robotic assistants Dum-E and U. Savannah squealed happily, jovially clapping her hands and jumped up and down as one of the robots enthusiastically waved its extended arm at the little girl. Tony simply sighed in relief, leaning onto the wall next to him as he was glad that his niece is still alright.
"Do it again! Do it again! Do it again!" Savannah grinned.
"Savannah! What are you doing here?" Tony asked, concerning lacing in his voice as he immediately marched over to his little niece. "Oh, I was so worried about you, I thought you were gone."
"Uncle Tony! There are robots in your lab! And whoa! Your lab is so amazing!" Savannah exclaimed gleefully, her eyes observing the workshop in awe. "Did you actually build all your inventions in this lab of yours? It looked exquisite?"
"Uh, thanks kiddo." Tony muttered, bashfully.
"Besides Mommy also told me that you manufactured weapons 'cause you were one of the world's greatest inventors."
Blinking his eyes at his niece, Tony opened his mouth to spoke up to Savannah. "Uh, yep. Since I'm a Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, and Philanthropist. And a Futurist too." Tony explained to his niece who tilted her head in curiosity, closely listening to her uncle. "Since I'm the CEO of Stark Industries, I build those machines and inventions for the future of the world, I'm an industrialist and an inventor too. My job is to use technologies, to make the world a better place, to help and make people happy, and to make sure that technologies will serve as a greater knowledge for everything on this planet."
"Ooooh..." Savannah uttered, interested. Tony approaches his niece and knelt down to her level.
"Well, me; your uncle is an inventor and a billionaire little kiddo," Tony said, patting his niece's head. "Your mother and father are inventors too. They invented some of the greatest gadgets in the world."
"If you, Mommy and Daddy are inventors and build machines and high tech gadgets, using technology to make the world a better place..." Savannah started out before a huge grin spreads across her lips. "Then I wanna build some machines and cool gadgets!"
"Uh, yep, you will invent some of the gadgets once you grew up into an adult." Tony said. "Inventors' job is to use technology for the sake of the future."
"Well..." Savannah trailed off, putting her hands behind her back as a grin appeared on her face. "Uncle Tony, one day I will be inventor and all of the inventions will use for good for the sake of our future."
Tony grinned at his niece, and gently ruffled her hair. "Now then, let's take you back upstairs." He said, carrying her in his arms.
"But I wanna stay in the lab." Savannah whined. "Maybe build some amazing gadgets to impress Mommy and Daddy."
"I'm afraid not. You could get hurt if you touch one of my inventions. Now come on." Tony told his niece.
Savannah pouted, crossing her arms over her chest as Tony walked out of the lab, carrying the little green-eyed girl in his arms.
~~(Twenty Minutes later)~~
Savannah had a pouty look on her face, she sat crossed-leg on the sofa, with her arms across her chest. Her uncle went back to the lab to invent some important machines and weapons for the Industries, and JARVIS is in charge of keeping an "eye" on his niece to make sure she won't get herself into trouble or get herself hurt. Savannah desires to invent some cool gadgets to impress her family but she is too young to build these sort of things due to being a toddler. "I wanna go build some gadgets." Savannah grumbled moodily.
"Young Savannah, didn't your uncle told you not to touch the machines he created." JARVIS told her.
"But I wanna make Mommy and Daddy proud of me." Savannah insisted, stubbornly. She slumped into the back pillows, and vented a rough sigh.
"Young lady, I understand that you wanted to make your family very proud, but you're still a young girl, and you're still inexperienced enough. You will invent gadgets once you grow up."
Savannah whimpered, throwing up her hands in frustration. The little girl slumped against the back pillow, she was being bored after her uncle went back to the lab to invent some machine for the military of United States of America, but he doesn't want to let his niece get into the lab because he's afraid that she might get hurt if she touches one of his inventions, or else she would get killed. As time passed, Young Savannah got too bored as she laid her head on the sofa's seat. The girl groaned in boredom, crossing her arms over her chest. The girl propped herself in a sitting position when she realizes that JARVIS became too silent and never spoke up for only almost ten minutes, she grinned mischievously as she pushes herself off the sofa, and sneakily tip-toed across the living room, so she walked around the waterfall wall before she finally went upstairs.
After she was gone, Tony emerged from downstairs, rubbing his dirty hands with a cloth. Once the billionaire walked into the living room, he saw his niece is nowhere to be seen. Blinking his eyes, Tony scanned the room, looking for his little niece. "Savannah?" Tony called out. The Billionaire raised an eyebrow, confused and worried that his niece is missing again. "Hey, Tech Kid? Where are you? I know you're playing hide-and-seek, but I think you're hiding somewhere." As Tony looked around the room, he headed towards the kitchen to see if his niece is hiding somewhere. After he searches the kitchen, Tony emerged from the kitchen and headed over to the piano to see if his niece is hiding there.
But he was being unaware that Savannah walked down the stairs and strolled into the living room, the little black-haired girl grinned brightly when she saw her uncle peeping underneath the grand piano, so she jogged over to him. Once she sneakily reaches for the piano, she kneels down to the floor and peeked underneath the piano. "Peek-a-boo! I see you~~" She exclaimed, singingly.
Tony yelped, startled at the presence of his niece. "Savannah! Thank God, you're here. I was looking for you, where were you?" Tony asked his baby niece.
"Hmm, I went upstairs, but your bedroom door is locked." Savannah admitted meekly.
Tony sighed and silently shook his head. He sauntered around the grand piano, and scooped up his little niece, carrying her in his arms. "Look kiddo, your Mommy has tasked me to take care of you while she and your daddy are away. I need to take care of you because that's my duty. Despite being a billionaire, your mom has faith in me to take good care of you, understood?"
"But Uncle Tony, I was getting too bored, when you're in your super-cool lab." Savannah whined. "I wanna play some games with you."
"Look, little Sav." Tony said. "Uncle Tony is really busy, I am inventing some weapons for the American Military while I also need to watch over you."
"I wanna play! I wanna, wanna, wanna play! Please, please, please!" Savannah pleaded.
"Look, Tech Kid, I—"
"Pleeeeease!" Savannah whimpered, looking at her uncle with watery eyes, and her lower lip quavered as if she is about to cry. Tony blinked his eyes, and sadly bowed his head, he felt regretful and sad that he will make his baby niece cry, he simply doesn't want to make her weep that badly. If she starts crying, his sister or brother-in-law will be very disappointed in him.
Tony was about to protest, but he finally relented and vented a small sigh. "Okay then, Tech Kid. I will play games with you."
Hearing this, Savannah's eyes lit up and smiled in joy. "Yay!" She screamed excitedly, clapping her hands. Tony smiled at how happy his niece is being, so he gently put her down on the seat.
"So anyway, you wanna play hide-and-seek with me?" Tony said.
Savannah nodded.
"Even though I'm too old for this little child's game, who will do the counting and who will hide from the seeker?" Tony asked.
"Hmm, you do the seeking, I will do the hiding." Savannah volunteered.
"Wait, what?!" Tony spluttered.
Savannah snickered, and nodded her head.
"Look, kiddo, you will get lost, and your parents won't be very happy about this." Tony said, trying to make her understand his statement, but Savannah whined, and gave him cute puppy eyes. Tony held up his finger and opened his mouth as if he is about to talk, but he sighed in defeat. "Okay then, but while I'm counting, don't go into my lab, it will be dangerous for you. Understood?" He told his niece.
"Yay!" Savannah yipped, excitedly.
Tony gave her a small smile and patted her head before he made his way over to the wall, and averted his head from her. Covering his eyes with his hands, he begin the countdown. "Okay, in the count of ten. One... two... three... four... five... six... seven... eight... nine... and ten! Okay, I'm ready!" He exclaimed as he whirled around to see his niece is nowhere to be seen in the living. Tony smirked, rubbing his hands, he probably knew that little Savannah is hiding somewhere. "Okay, okay. I know you're hiding here, somewhere, or anywhere. Now, Uncle's gonna catch you." He proclaimed. "Well, this is gonna be easy." As Tony strolled across the living room, he made his way upstairs, probably knew that his niece is hiding, despite his bedroom door being locked.
As soon as he disappeared upstairs, Savannah's head poked out from behind the sofa, and grinned cheekily. As she sneakily tip-toed around the living room, she finally made her way down the stairs leading her to the workshop.
~~(Meanwhile, at the Stark Industries Headquarters)~~
Pepper Potts sat on the chair, beside the office desk as she was tapping her fingertips against the paper board she is holding in her hands. She simply learned from her so-called friend Obadiah Stane that Tony didn't return to his office because he's being a little occupied, doing something very important. Pepper never knew that Tony's older sister would visit her younger brother and put him in charge of taking care of her little daughter while she and her husband Professor Henry Hollow attend the conference being held in Malibu. Pepper can imagine the look on poor Tony's eyes because it would be difficult for him to take care a four years old child even though he used to have a nanny when he was younger until he turned fourteen years old. The woman sighed gruffly, putting her elbow on the desk and looked up to James Rhodes or rather be referred as Rhodey who also entered the office after he also learned from Stane about Tony's absence in the Stark Industries Headquarters, he was pacing back and forth around the office, pondering about Tony being a babysitter to his toddler niece.
"I can't believe this." Rhodey muttered. "Tony is being occupied, just to take care of his sister's daughter who is only a toddler."
"Annabeth and her daughter just arrived at his mansion, and she put Mr. Stark in charge of taking care of his niece." Pepper told him. "Not to mention that he already missed his important meeting with his staff members, but since he's at home, he will face some difficulties in babysitting a toddler. He's a total playboy you could say."
Rhodey chuckled at her statement. "Oh yeah, he is a playboy." Rhodey said as he sat on a seat that stood beside the wall. "If you wanna say that it's the first time he's babysitting a child. Oh my Gosh, people will laugh at him when they learned that the Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, and Philanthropist... was babysitting a toddler... Gosh, that would be hilarious." Rhodey covered his mouth, attempting to stifle his laughter at his theory of poor Tony being laughed by some people once they learned about the playboy billionaire being a babysitter to a four years old toddler.
Pepper raised a brow at him. "Are you making fun of your best friend?"
"Nope, it's just a theory of mine, wondering if people would laugh at him when they found out about Tony being a babysitter." Rhodey grinned, innocently.
"Really, Rhodes." Pepper grimaced. "Look, if Tony is taking care of his niece while her mother and father are away on an important business, then it is a good thing that he's taking good care of a four years old girl who can't take care of herself because of her young age while her parents are occupied. Imagine yourself if you had an older sister who had a child, she would put you in charge of taking care of her baby while she is away." Pepper told her friend who plastered a pout on his face and crossed his arms across like a stubborn child. "You know, I met Annabeth and her daughter once when Tony introduced them to us, the girl was only barely two months old, you also met her once, remember that?"
"Uh, yeah, I do remember that. I did meet that little baby girl. She was like a cute tiny green-eyed baby." Rhodey gushed. "But sadly, she probably won't remember us..."
Pepper nodded her head and crossed her arms over her chest. "Yes, Rhodey. She was a little infant, two months old. I think she's currently four years old. Well, we've never seen her again ever since we met her and her mother and father Professor Henry Hollow."
"Right..." Rhodey muttered, nodding his head in response.
As Pepper was about to spoke up, a buzzing sound attracted her attention. She turned her head to see her Cell Phone is making a buzzing noise as the name "Tony Stark" written across the screen. She picked it up and answered its call. "Hello, Mr. Stark." Pepper greeted.
"Pepper! I need your help!"
Pepper cringed at the urgent voice of Tony's. She shared a concerned look with Rhodey who shrugged his shoulders with a confused expression. Pepper blinked her eyes so she pressed her phone against her right ear. "What is it? What's wrong?" She asked in a worried tone. "You sound so urgent."
"Please, I need your help! I have some urgent yet serious problems." Tony said. "You and Rhodey must come to my mansion. It's about my niece. I need your help, please."
"What did he say to you, Pep?" Rhodey asked, concern lacing in his voice.
"Tony said he needs our help, it's about his niece, something's not right..." Pepper trailed off, with worry written across her facial expression.
~~(To Be Continued)~~
Author's Note: Oh boy, i think Tony Stark is having some trouble in finding little Savannah. I hope she's okay, but don't worry. I hope she will be fine as Tony and the Gang will find her. And oh, i wanted to something to you, let's say that I decided to change the supervillain Cypher's name because i discovered that there is a real Marvel Comic Character who already has that name and is already Cypher, so then in order to avoid confusions i decided to change the villain's name and he would be called as "Crypto" which is kinda fitting for my OC Supervillain, anyways, I hope you all loved this chapter, please review and have a nice day! ^^
Disclaimer: I do not own Avengers, Iron Man and other Marvel Characters and MCU, all rights belong to its owners Marvel and Disney, I only own my OCs and Techno Girl's storyline.
