Morgan smiled gleefully as she handed the last driver the money,
"Thank you, and there's a little bonus in there for being willing to haul that distance."
The burly man with a thick beard smiled, a cigar hanging out the side of his mouth.
"Thanks for hiring me, I needed a run."
Morgan waved goodbye to the truckers, turning around to gaze upon the five containers. Hulk stood near her.
"You sure Pepper doesn't know about this place?"
Morgan scoffed,
"She got it in a merger a while back, doesn't even know she got it. I use it to hide things from her I don't want her to see."
Morgan walked toward the first container, the compound was vast, a few storage houses and a few empty shipping containers, all held within a fenced, brick wall. Morgan had installed electric boundaries and a biometric scanner at the gate. Jericho ran the compound she had coded, S.O.F.T (Secure Off-Site Facility for Technology)
Morgan grunted as she pulled the leaver for the first container, the door squealed as it opened. Morgan stepped into the dark container, activating her phones flashlight, which she nearly dropped when she saw the contents of the container. There right in front of her stood rows of armor, different styles and color. Morgan gasped walking to the first suit and placing her hand on its chest.
"Dad…"
Morgan whispered, she looked past the first suits. The container was full of them.
"Jericho did Phoenix make it here?"
"Yes indeed, nearly 4 hours ago."
"Good, bring her around."
_
Hulk looked into the container; Morgan seemed to be froze as she stood staring at the armor. Hulk smiled, remembering Tony. Those suits of armor, Tony spent so much time building them, modifying them. Hulk stepped a little closer, curious is the Hulk Buster armor was in there, though it didn't appear to be. Hulk was startled from his thoughts when Phoenix beeped behind him to move,
"Pardon me Hulk."
Hulk smirked stepping out of the way as Phoenix pulled up alongside the container, Morgan stepped out of the container.
"Hulk can you gently grab one of those armors and placing it inside Phoenix?"
Morgan looked over her shoulder,
"Preferably the black one?"
Hulk nodded as he gently leaned in, grabbing the armor and placed it laying down in the back seat of Morgan's car.
Morgan hopped into the drivers seat,
"There is a plane waiting at the airport for you Hulk, it will take you directly home."
Hulk waved is hand,
"I can walk, its not that far from here."
Morgan raised an eyebrow,
"This compound is 150 miles from home."
Hulk smiled coyly,
"I know."
With that he leapt into the air jumping miles ahead of Morgan, her mouth dropped open.
"Show off."
_
Morgan had the midnight black armor laid out on the table; Jericho was running a system scan on its mechanics. She stood back, biting her finger as her thoughts ran. She couldn't believe it, here she was with one of her Dads suits.
"Can it be modified Jericho?"
"It can indeed, it will take some adjustments and time for my systems to upload into the suits mainframe."
Morgan smiled,
"I'll give you all the time you need, oh and Jericho, see if you can't throw some cobalt blue in that suit. Give it a little…. pizzazz."
"Very well, I will notify you when the render is complete."
_
Morgan could barely stay awake in class, her whole weekend she had spent awake, trying to get hold of her fathers things. She had forgotten to sleep and now with Monday having came so fast she sat at her desk her eyes fighting desperately to close. Morgan blinked fast trying to keep herself awake.
"Ms. Stark, can you tell us the answer to the equation on the board?"
Morgan jolted at the sound of her name. Her eyes were blurry from exhaustion as she tried to desperately focus on the whiteboards in front of her.
"Ms. Stark?"
Morgan pushed herself into a standing position from her desk, suddenly the room began to spin. Morgan stumbled forward, tripping and smacking her head on the desk. She fell unconscious onto the floor.
Peppers heart and mind raced as she sped toward the hospital, the school had called her with the news that Morgan had passed out in class. Pepper threw her car into park, forgetting about the running engine and keys as she ran into the ER
"Morgan Stark?"
The receptionist looked up,
"Your name?"
"Pepper Stark, I am her mother."
The receptionist nodded,
"Down the hall third door on the left. The doctor will be in to speak with your shortly."
Pepper nodded as she headed through the double doors, hospitals never sat well with her. Too many of her friends had been in this place, it did not always end well.
Pepper pushed open the room door and gasped when she saw Morgan, her head was wrapped in a white bandaged, an I/V tube connected into her hand, and an oxygen mask on her face. Pepper walked to stand next to her, gently placing her hand on Morgan's.
"Morgan what happened?"
She whispered, thinking she was alone when a voice startled her.
"Pure exhaustion, extreme dehydration, and stress."
The doctor walked toward her with his clipboard.
"We are running blood test to be certain there is nothing else but from what we can tell your daughter is suffering from severe exhaustion and dehydration."
Pepper shook her head,
"I don't understand how this happened, I personally look in on her every night and she was there in her bed."
The doctor wrote notes on the clipboard,
"Perhaps your daughter can answer that question, though her stress levels were extremely high as well."
Pepper sighed,
"We haven't been on the best terms lately."
The doctor laid a hand on Peppers shoulder,
"Teenagers can be tough, I'll be around the halls if you need me just press that button and let the nurse know.
Pepper smiled faintly thanking the doctor as he left, she pulled the extra chair over next to Morgan's bedside. None of this made sense, expect for the stress part. Why would Morgan be so exhausted?
Morgan slowly began to awaken, her head hurt and when she reached up to touch it, she was met with a soft mesh feeling. Morgan looked to right, Pepper was sitting next to her, her head resting in her arms. Morgan sighed as Peppers shoulders gently heaved up and down indicating her sleeping. Morgan reached up removing the face mask, she looked around the room. A heart monitor next to her beeped in rhythm, a small pinched in her hand made her aware of the I/V. Morgan reached over with her free hand and removed the I/V, she grimaced as the needle slid out of her skin.
"Mom?"
Morgan reached over gently jostling Pepper. Pepper blink as she woke up, a smile spread across her face when her eyes met Morgan's.
"Morgan, darling are you ok?"
Morgan nodded,
"How long have I been here?"
Pepper sighed as she stretched her back,
"Two days."
Morgan's mouth dropped open,
"Two days?"
Pepper nodded as a serious look spread across her face,
"Morgan the doctors say you were severely dehydrated and exhausted."
Morgan looked down at the blankets. Had she really forgotten to eat and drink? Her mind had been so focused on getting those containers nothing else had mattered.
"Just been a lot of stress lately, I haven't been sleeping well."
Pepper reached over gently hugging Morgan.
"Morgan I am sorry; I know that there is a lot of strain between us right now. I hope in time you can come to forgive me and understand that what I did I did because I love you."
Morgan held back a scoff, more like you want to protect yourself. She kept her thoughts to herself as the doctor entered the room.
"Oh, good you are awake and…"
The doctor stopped when he saw the removed oxygen mask and I/V.
"Ms. Stark who gave you permission to remove the medial equipment?"
Morgan crossed her arms,
"the oxygen mask was cumbersome and that dumb I/V was pinching me. I don't need it anymore; I am wake now I can go home."
The doctor shook his head,
"Sorry miss but we want to keep you one more night for observation, you hit your head pretty hard."
Morgan grumbled as the doctor talked to Pepper. Instinctively she reached for her phone, her heart skipped a beat when she realized she didn't have it.
"Where's my phone?"
The doctor smiled,
"It is among your things in that closet, your mother can get it for you."
Pepper opened the closet grabbing the baggies that held the phone. Morgan reached out snagging the phone.
Pepper eyed her as Morgan's face brightened
"Something good?"
Morgan looked up,
"Oh yeah, ummm…a guy I like asked me to the prom."
Pepper's face light up,
"Oh Morgan that's wonderful. When you get out of here, we will go dress shopping."
Morgan groaned, she hated dresses. Especially frilly ones. Morgan needed her mother gone for a few minutes.
"Hey mom can you get me something to eat. I am starving."
Pepper nodded, without another word she walked out of the room.
Morgan smiled,
"Jericho its done?"
"Morgan? Thank goodness, I have not heard from your nor seen any activity from you in 48 hours, are you alright?"
Morgan nodded,
"Fine Jericho, just had a little accident. Now how about the render?"
Morgan's screen shifted as a black armored suit with cobalt blue outline and accents appeared. The armors frame had been adjusted to her size and body shape.
"That's perfect Jericho, when will it be ready for a test flight?"
Jericho responded,
"All ready, I have uploaded my systems into its mainframe, ran diagnostics, and simulations. Everything is programmed and ready for you to test once you return home."
Morgan heard Peppers footsteps coming back,
"Moms returning, I gotta go. Great work Jericho!"
Morgan quickly hung up the phone slipping it under her thigh as Pepper returned with a tray containing a pizza and chips.
"Your favorite!"
Pepper sat it down on the table next to Morgan.
"Actually Cheeseburgers are my favorite but pizza is a close second."
Morgan picked up the greasy slice taking a huge bit out of it.
"Although for being hospital food, this is pretty darn good!"
Pepper smiled as she ate her slice, Morgan smiled too though not for the same reason Pepper did. Just a few more hours and she would know the freedom her father talked about so much in his notes, flying. After she mastered or at least flew for five minutes it was off to Wakanda to retrieve the data needed to rebuild the Vision. Morgan's eyes were sparkling as she ate and thought,
"I'll make you proud dad."