Disclaimer: As most everyone, I do not own this, only Benni, Peaches, Jack, and his boyfriend, who has yet to show up. Ownership to MARVEL, Stan Lee, whatever. And now, on with the story. And sorry, more dialog.

Sorry, I'm tryin to make sure, but it might not have changed. If it ever says Evan, just read it as Benni. Before she was Benni, she was Evan. I really hope I changed it everywhere. Sorry if I confused you!

Also, before you read this, please take a moment to think about the men and women who died on 9/11. They will always be heroes and dearly missed.

Benni locked the car, and pocketed the keys. She could see a redheaded woman sitting next to a blond man at a table just inside, both appearing normal, but Benni knew different.

It was Clint Barton, codename Hawkeye, and he was one of the top agents of SHIELD, where he worked. Legend says that he never misses a shot with his bow.

Next to him was Natasha Romanoff, codename Black Widow. She had previously been an assassin for her home country of Russia, but was given another chance at SHEILD. She was also a top agent, having been trained at a young age.

Both Clint and Natasha were best friends, and just recently, started something more. It had been obvious for years that they harbored feelings for each other, but neither had acted on them. It was actually Benni that got them together. One day the sexual tension was so great in the room, she literally just yelled at them that each liked the other, and to 'go on a damn date already'.

Benni walked to the table, and took the available seat by Nat, and tied Peaches' leash to her chair leg.

"Hey, Benni." Nat said.

"Hey, guys." Benni grabbed the menu in the middle of the table. "Good thing they serve good food here, I haven't ate all day."

"Did you-"

Nat was interrupted by Clint. "She stayed up all night and the morning working in Tony's workshop. Only went to bed when I told her to."

"Benni, you need to remind JARVIS to tell you when you work too long." Nat scolded her.

"I'll make a new setting. I have to hack into him later anyway. Tony has me locked out of the SI building for a few days."

"Why?" Clint asked.

"I'm going with Tony to Afghanistan in two days. It's a new weapons demonstration." I replied.

"The Jericho?"

"Yeah, and I'm not even going to ask how you know that."

"Work has it's perks. Like keeping tabs on certain people."

"Stalker, much?"

"You know me. If I was a stalker, I'd hide in the air vents."

"And you wonder why I have all of them welded shut."

"Isn't that against against building regulations or something?"

"Yeah. It totally is. But I welded them myself, with a special substance. And a different substance makes it fall apart like butter. So the company made an exception."

Clint put a hand to his chest. "You have stopped my favorite thing to do!"

Nat cut in,"I'm sure that was the point, Clint."

He just shrugged.

Nat faced me. "Now, Afghanistan. Who is going?"

"Well, Tony and I. He's got Colonial Rhodes. And a bunch of military personnel will be there." I replied.

"Well, we can't have you there by yourself. You are too valuable, and more likely to help us. As in SHIELD. So, we will come with you." Clint said.

"Thanks."

"If anything happened to you, Fury would kill us. And I would lose my little sister."

"I kinda figured that."

The three talked for the next hour and a half over food, then Clint and Nat both hugged Benni goodbye before the trio went their separate ways. Even though they would see each other the next day halfway across the world.

Benni drove back to her house in Malibu, and parked Tony's car in the only open spot, while trying not to hit the metal and tools strewn about the workshop.

Not surprisingly, her brother was working, and blasting AC/DC. He was going to give her a headache.

She pulled in, parked, and exited the borrowed car.

"Really? My car?" Tony yelled over the loud music.

"Yeah. Why not?"

He just shrugged in reply.

"Remember to pack, Tony. Plane leaves tomorrow."

"Pepper will probably end up doing it."

"Probably." She agreed. "So I'm gonna go pack my bag."

"Why not let Jack do it?" Tony named Benni's own PA.

"Because he is the stereotypical gay man. He will choose clothes for fashion over comfort. In Afghanistan, I need practicality over fashionability."

"You could stand to look more like a girl."

"Thanks, Tony, I really appreciate that."

"I knew you would." He said, shooting his sister a sarcastic smile.

"Sure. See you later, Tony. Try not to blow something up, I don't want to send you to the hospital. Again."

"I don't make any promises."

"Course you don't." Benni muttered under her breath, too low for her brother to hear.

Quickly, Benni packed a small bag with a few changes of clothes. One business outfit, one pair of pajamas (just in case), and two extra pairs of pants and regular, cotton T-shirts, and even a blanket for Peaches.

Then Jack walked in.

He was tall, towering over his boss at nearly 6'3", with messy black hair and bright blue eyes.

"Did you go on a date or something?" Benni asked.

"Yes. How'd you know?" Jack looked taken aback.

"Your clothes. You don't dress that nicely for work."

It was true. Jack was wearing a purple dress shirt and a black vest with dress pants. Usually, he lived in khakis and a nice shirt.

"How'd it go?" Benni questioned, zipping the now-full bag.

"Good, as always. Even talking about the next step."

"Marriage? Do I get an invite?" Benni turned around, eyes wide. "Told you I expected one when I set you two up."

"You'll get one, don't worry. If we decide to. I said we were talking about it." Jack said, taking the bag.

"Stop talking and act! You've been dating since I was, what, nine? It's time." Evan said.

"Yeah, I guess so." Jack slung the bag across his shoulder, and picked up Peaches.

"So do something!" She demanded.

"Well, I don't exactly have time to go ring shopping, now do I?"

"Let's go right now!"

"Now?" Jack raised an eyebrow.

"Now! I have the day off."

"I guess we can then."

"Good. It's not like you had a choice in the matter. And once you want to, propose! Just make sure the timing is perfect!"

Benni grabbed Jack's hand, and pulled him along. Jack just laughed. For a genius who had an adult's job, she still acted like a child, which made him glad. He always felt she had been shoved too fast into adulthood.

0o0o0o

The next three hours were spent at various jewelry stores, until Jack found one that he was certain his boyfriend, Alec, would love.

It was white gold, with small diamonds encrusted on it's face.

"I'm sure Alec will love it, Jack." Benni said, pulling out her wallet.

"Me, too. Wait, what are you doing?" Jack asked. "I was going to pay for it."

"Consider this half of your Christmas bonus."

"It's no where near Christmas, Ben."

"I know. But you put up with me and Tony's crazy shit all day, so I think you deserve this."

"Thanks, Benni." Jack hugged the girl he considered his little sister, and best friend.

"It's nothing, Jack. Now come on. Let's buy it and get out of here." Benni said, holding up a credit card.

The pair paid for the ring, and left the store with it in a tiny, dark blue box.

"So when are you leaving? I need to know when I start my mini-vacation." Jack laughed.

"Not totally sure. Tony never said, I never asked Pepper."

"So let's just say when you stop calling. Or Tony. I swear that man forgets that I'm your PA."

"I know. I'm always reminding him."

"I don't care how attractive that man is, but I'm never becoming an all-day PA like Pepper."

"You probably won't. You only work half-days." Benni noted.

"I know, and it is awesome! It means I have actual time for myself. It makes me feel bad for Pepper. She probably doesn't get much time off."

"True, she doesn't. But when she does, she gets a great vacation. The bonuses and gifts are great."

"Good bribing, Tony." Jack muttered under his breath.

"Heard that!" Benni said as walked faster, laughing.

"How do you hear everything? It's getting really annoying." Jack said.

"Just do, don't know how. Now, come one! I wanna go get some food and go to bed."

"Did you work through the night, again?" He asked, sighing.

"Maybe..."

"Once you get home, I'm making sure JARVIS makes you go to bed before 1 am."

"Not my fault. JARVIS doesn't say anything unless I've been up a totally unreasonable number of hours."

"Has that actually happened before?"

"Yeah, JARVIS told me that I once went without sleep for over three days consecutively."

Jack looked at me, completely shocked.

"Yup, definitely making a new setting on JARVIS when you get home. No arguing." He finally said.

He was always protective of his little sister, more so than Tony and Clint, though he had never met the archer. As soon as Benni had said hello quietly, he vowed to protect the small girl. She had been four.

"I'm fifteen, Jack. I think I can take care of myself."

"That's the problem, you shouldn't have to. Just be a normal child."

"Jack, I'm a Stark." Benni said quietly. "Born years after my father died. I didn't even have a name for seven months. I have four PhD's, and am the head of R&D. My brother is a genius, like me. When will I ever be a normal child?"

"Good point. Come on, lets get that food. What do you want?"

"Chinese?" She suggested. "Or...a burger."

"A burger is good." Jack replied.

The two best friends ate at a nearby burger joint, slipping Peaches fruit every one in awhile, then went back home. True to his word, Jack made a new setting for JARVIS, making sure that Benni never went more than eighteen hours without sleep.

Since it was already ten at night, Benni just went to bed, considering that she and Tony would go to another country the next day.

That night, Benni didn't sleep well. She had nightmares, tossing and turning all night.

0o0o0o

She was in a vehicle, Peaches on her lap, Tony by her side, and military personnel surrounding them.

People were speaking, but it was like she was underwater, unable to comprehend what was being said.

Then the vehicle right ahead of the one she sat in exploded, and then chaos reigned.

The people in the vehicles were armed, and shooting. Tony pulled her out of the vehicle, Peaches settled in her arms.

They hid behind a large boulder, and Tony kept himself in front of her.

Then a missile landed feet away. Seconds before it blew, Tony pushed her away, keeping her out of the line of fire. Instead, he got hit.

"Tony!" She yelled.

Quickly, she tied Peaches' leash to her arm, then pulled off her jacket, and pressed it to her Tony's chest, trying to stop the bleeding. She wondered just how much shrapnel made it into his body.

"Hold on, Tony. Just hold on!" She cried.

Where the hell were Clint and Natasha? She thought angrily.

As she kept pressure to the wounds on her brother, she felt a sharp, hot pain in her stomach. She had been shot. She hung into consciousness a little long, keeping on hand on her brother, and one on her own wound, until the black spots dancing across her vision overtook, and she passed out from blood loss and shock.

0o0o0o

When she woke up, Benni wasn't alone. Apparently JARVIS had notified her brother that she had had another nightmare, because now he was in her room, fast asleep. Or at least she hoped. When he was younger, Tony would just sleep in her room and watch her sleep. Sometimes he acted like her father instead of her brother. She just wanted her brother Tony.

"Tony." Benni poked her brother's face.

He stirred a bit, before letting out a snore, and settling back down.

She poked him again. "Tony."

Still no response.

She sighed. "JARVIS, what time is it?"

Almost five am, Miss Stark.

"Thanks. And any ideas on how to wake up Tony?"

JARVIS was silent for a moment, then replied, Perhaps pushing him on the floor would work.

"Thanks." She laughed.

Benni sat up straighter, before grabbing the blanket her brother was sleeping on. Then she pulled hard, and Tony rolled, falling on the floor with a loud yelp.

"Benni! What was that for!" He slurred sleepily.

"You wouldn't wake up when I poked you." She replied innocently.

He just glared.

"If you go now, you can get a few hours in for work before we leave..." Benni said, trying to get the child-like adult to leave.

He narrowed his eyes. "Good play. I'll see ya later. Be sure NOT to do any work today."

"Well, you do have me locked out of the building, so I don't think that it will be a problem." Benni said sarcastically.

"Yeah, but I know how you get. You nearly work as much as me." He stood up, a bit off-balance. "Bye." He said, then walked out of the his sister's room, almost definitely to his workshop.

Benni just groaned, and flopped back down on her bed, laying a pillow over her head.

Hours later, Evan finally got out of bed, and got ready. Pepper had already sent the woman Tony brought home that night out, and was down in his workshop.

Bag in hand, she hurried down.

"Morning, Benni." Pepper said, walking over to her.

"Morning, Pep. How long til Tony and I leave?"

"Should have awhile ago. But now is fine."

"Okay, thanks."

Benni ran back upstairs, called Jack to let him know they were leaving, and hurried back downstairs to meet Tony and Rhodey.

A/N: That, again, was a lot of speaking. I did this instead of studying for a Spanish test, but hey, I'm actually good at that, so whatever. Next chapter, we get to Afghanistan, and Ten Rings, and Yinsin! Also, Benni's use of sign language comes into play. And in this, Clint has his hearing aids, like in some of the comic, so he knows sign language at this point. Stupid sonic arrows, am I right? And since there is not really a script available for Iron Man, it may take awhile. Really sorry,but I'm having problems finding it. But I have found scripts for Iron Man 2 & 3, The Avengers, and even for Thor. And yes, I will do the end of Captain America: The First Avenger. All MARVEL movies, and possibly a few Agents of SHIELD episodes(Missing Coulson, and it comes on in just a few weeks!) Well, I gotta get off, homework is calling my name. And washing dishes. And possibly dinner.

PS: I imagine Benni as a young Ashley Greene. Like The Apparition Ashley Greene, not Twilight.

-Jack Berlin

PS: If someone would like to make a cover and send it to me, please do. I am artistically challenged. I can somewhat write, but that is it. I'm actually editing a fanfiction for my best friend(yes, its a girl, I am proof a guy and a girl can be best friends, cause she is like my sister) about Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch. I'm good at that, just not drawing.