Who's ready for the New Year?!

ik I am...

this might be my last update of the year...

actually im pretty sure it is...

I just hope 2013 is better than 2012

hopefully...

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see ya in 2013

Enjoy!

-Hanstrantdgw-

Chapter 4: Letters to Tori

"My help?" I asked both confused and shocked,

"Both of your skills are needed back at headquarters."

"Tori, you can do this, I know you can." Tony said,

"I-I uh..." I was speechless, "O-ok." I finally said.

After packing some things I got into the back of Tony's limo, "Where exactly is this 'headquarters' located?" I asked,

"You'll find out soon enough." Tony said,

"Fine." I said leaning back in the seat and looking out the window. Tyler left with his dad earlier so I was bored, I stared out the window as the city turned into country and farmlands. I stared at the fields as they passed by,

"You look bored." I looked away from the window at Tony who was wearing his sunglasses,

"Yeah, I am." I said resting my head on my chin. I felt lonely sitting on the opposite side of Tony by myself, so I got up and moved over next to him and leaned into his side, "Tony, I don't think I'm the 'superhero' type."

"What do you mean?" he asked,

"I don't think I'm ready to stop crime or save people yet."

"Why? Because you didn't save the city and almost died died doing it?"

I nodded,

"That's what being a hero is all about, everyone has their failures, I've had mine, your parents had theirs, but what you learn through time is not to make a habit of it." He put an arm around me and pulled me in close,

"So we gotta learn from our mistakes?" I asked,

"Exactly." he kissed the top of my head.

The limo pulled up to a helicopter pad in the middle of the countryside. I got out first, followed by Tony, I put my carry-on bag on my back and the chauffeur handed me my suitcase, "Really?" Tony asked,

"Hey, I'm a girl, we always pack heavily."

Tony shrugged and walked ahead, I followed,

"Good afternoon Agent Stark, Ms. Stevens." A woman with brown hair pulled back into a ponytail greeted us,

"Afternoon Agent Hill." Tony greeted back. We walked into the back of the helicopter.

On the ride there Tony ignored me to talk to Agent Hill so I listened to my iPod. I was reading Dracula when the helicopter landed, "Come on Tori." Tony said getting up, I grabbed my suitcase and followed.

Agent Romanoff was waiting outside, "Hello Agent Stark, Victoria."

I nodded at her,

"Alright, lets go inside." She said walking away, Tony and I followed. She led us down a hallway into a giant command room, with computers, and a giant window out looking the ocean. I dropped my carry-on and suitcase and ran over to the railing,

"Wow!" I was so impressed. Technology was one thing I was good with, I was born a technopath. I could take a computer apart and and make it into a new computer, or put it back together in less than 5 minutes. My eyes widened as I looked around, "This is so cool." I was glued to the scene around me,

"You like it?" Director Fury asked walking up some steps, "She's a technopath, she loves technology." Tony said putting a hand on my shoulder,

"Come on Tori, we gotta go to the lab and put your stuff in your room."

"Room?" I asked turning around and following Tony.

I didn't know we would be getting our own rooms, mine was smaller than the room back in New York, it had a bed, a closet, and a bathroom off to the side. I sat my bag on the floor and looked around, "I know it's not much but-" Tony said,

"I think it's perfect." I said turning to him and smiling,

"Alright, I'm going to head to the lab."

"I'm going with you, wait for me." I said following him out the door. The whole place was huge, I've never seen anything like it, agents walked around wearing uniforms and cameras were set up every few feet. Tony pressed a button and the door opened, we walked into a room that was pretty high-tech, my mouth hung open in astonishment, "You like it?" Tony asked turning towards me,

I stood there in shock, "I-uh..." I continued standing with the same expression on my face.

Tony laughed, "That's what I thought." he patted me on the back bringing me back to reality. There was a window overlooking the night sky,

"I thought this was a ship." I said walking up to the window,

"It is, but it is also an aircraft."

"Oh cool!" I said pressing my hands on the window and looking out. Someone grabbed my arm and pulled the gauze off, I almost forgot it was there. Bruce was unwrapping my arm, I continued looking out the window at the clouds that were in the sky,

"Holy sh-!" Tony exclaimed,

"What?" I asked turning to him. Tony and Bruce looked at each other, "What?!" I looked down at my arm, where Loki injected me was a bright blue color and swelled up to the size of a softball, "Wha! What the- how the-" I was about as speechless as Tony and Bruce. I started hyperventilating, I also did this when I was very scared.

Tony wrapped me in a tight hug, "It's ok Tori, calm down."

"T-Tony I'm s-scared." I cried, he ran his fingers through my shoulder length hair,

"Shh, you'll be fine." He held me close to his chest. I had breathing problems when there was a sudden change from positive emotion to negative emotion, it was common to me. My legs went numb so I was putting all of my weight on Tony (which wasn't a lot I assure you), "Come on Tori, deep even breaths." he started imitating what he wanted me to do,

"I-I c-c-can't." I cried, my whole body went limp. Tony kneeled on the ground and laid me on my stomach and started rubbing my back. It took a few minutes but I finally calmed down and Bruce wrapped my arm back up,

"There, outta sight outta mind." Tony said helping me up,

"For now." I mumbled.

Director Fury walked into the lab with a manila folder, it looked kinda thick, "Ms. Stevens, we searched through Mackenzie Maven's living quarters and found some things that you might be interested in." He handed the folder to me and walked away,

"What is it?" Tony asked,

"I don't know." I said and opened it. Inside was a notebook and a small journal, I opened the notebook and on the first page was something written in cursive. It read:

Dear Victoria,
I know that living in a life without your parents can be hard, but just know that we will always love you, and don't think of us in a sad and lonely place, don't worry about us, we'll be fine
Love,
Your parents 8-25-13

I turned the page,

Dear Victoria,
I know you are too young to understand what has happened, you won't understand for a couple of years. Tony is there to protect you and keep you safe, he will tell you everything. I hate not being there to watch you take your first steps, or say your first words, your dad and I love you a lot, we hope to see you before you get too old, maybe?
Love,
your mom 10-26-15

I didn't want to read anymore, so I grabbed the small journal and opened it to the first page. The page had a date on it, "August 13, 2014." I read, "Tori's first birthday." and all of the other pages had the same date, different year, and different captions. I looked up and closed the book,

"What's wrong Tori?" Tony asked,

"I'm going to find my parents."