Alright this is another chapter, apparently more people are after this fic than I thought. Yeah, I don't know why I wait until people complain before I update. Maybe complaining through comments....??? Anyway, I hope that you enjoy this chapter, especially you'll be meeting people sharing the same DNA as Mina. Trust me, it gets interesting. And as always, read and review!

Tony opened the door to the car. It was a rental, nothing fancy, only the fastest one that they'd had on the lot. Mina had smirked during the entire transaction, a joke obviously in her mind. She was quiet as he opened the door for her, quiet as he closed it behind her. Her eyebrows were cinched worriedly in the center of her forehead and her hand were in her lap. Finally, Tony realized that he was done pretending that nothing was wrong, he pulled the car over.

"Mina-"

"I'm fine."

"Fine as in 'I'm alright' or fine as in, 'I'm horrible at the moment'?

"Why do you care?"

"I'm speechless, Miss Elliot. Did I or did I not fly you a few hundred miles to get you home?"

Tony played the guilt card, hoping that she'd fall for it. As she bit her lip and looked over at him, he knew that it had worked. She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Look, I just-I don't wanna disappoint the kids. They'd been lookin' forward to Aaron. I was too ya know? Now, I'm back to being single and well...alone."

"Hmm, alone?"

She smirked as he wiggled an eyebrow at her. She blushed and shoved him with her hand.

"You enjoy messing with me!"

"I do. Never said otherwise."

"Tony, I still don't understand why you're doing this."

He watched her eyes, the fascinating colors darkened, as her thoughts did. Perhaps, she'd been hurt even before Aaron. She had kids, he knew that was one thing that kept her from finding someone to be with. He also knew that she was fiery and had a personality that seemed to be not entirely under control.

"I like you. I'm curious about you. I also find you extremely attractive."

"Are you telling the truth, because you shouldn't play with me...not when I'm like this."

He looked at her, really looked, and knew that he wouldn't hurt her. That also meant that he was going soft and that certainly scared him. He pondered ending it, taking a few steps back. But just as immediately decided not to. She was fun, smart, sexy as hell and not put on or put off by the money. In fact, she hardly seemed to notice his billions. He smiled and touched her cheek lightly.

"Yes, I am. So less sulking and more enjoying my presence."

"Right. Do you even know the way to my house?"

"There, mild irritation and sarcasm, I knew you were in there somewhere."

"Shut up and go own that first street there," she pointed. He grinned at her and felt is stomach do a flip as she smiled back. He really wasn't sure what the feeling was but he liked it so far.

It was a decent sized house, nothing that gave it away as being Mina's house. There was a mailbox, neighbors with houses almost identical, in other words; suburbia. Tony noticed that there was a motorcycle in the driveway. He couldn't help but think of Mina straddling the bike, lovely long legs wrapped around the vehicle as it purred loudly, he wondered if he could ask her to tag along on it.

"Well, this it."

"I've got to admit, I'm a little excited."

"Excited, compared to your place?"

It was in that moment that the front door, once an epitome of ordinary slammed open. Tony had to stop himself from starting at the sound. He gaped as a young teenager stomped out angrily. Her hair was long, curling over her shoulders in dark black waves. Her eyes, furious, were a diamond-hard blue. As her heart shaped lips pouted, he could see her shrugging on a torn jean jacket. In other words, she looked scary and more than a little dangerous. She almost bowled past them but Mina stopped her.

"Hey!"

"Hey, yourself," the younger girl growled.

"What the heck's wrong with you?"

"Nothin', gotta take care of some stuff."

Tony watched almost fascinated as the rebellious woman he'd already grown accustomed to, became something akin to a mother.

"Who are you off t' save this time?"

"Jay can't keep his damn lunch money without asshole, Nikolai takin' it from him. I'm gonna go make sure Nikolai knows what his own blood tastes like!"

"O-kay, so obviously things are exactly the same. Where's your brother?"

"Which one," Hannah said snidely, as she whipped her hair over her shoulders.

"Giant."

"Oh, he's in the kitchen reading, and of course he won't help me!"

She finally looked at Tony, at first squinting as if she had trouble seeing him. After getting a good look she turned back to her sister.

"This looks like that Iron Man idiot. That can't be him right?"

"Why don't you ask me?"

Tony almost flinched as the girl caught him with her glare. Her arms crossed almost soldier-like as she looked him up and down. She smirked and as she did Tony knew two things to be true. The first, was that she was even more dangerous and temperamental than her sister and two, Nikolai had better be a very fast runner.

"So, you're Stark, weapons dealer gone hippie?"

"Yes, you could-"

"Iron Man?"

"Right but-"

"The same one who was stupid enough to tell everyone who he was? Because if you are, I wanna tell you face to face, that you're gonna have lawsuits up to your ass, now. You coulda helped a lot of people but now you gotta hire yourself lawyers for your little spree in Gulmira. Anyway, glad you're back Mina,ummm...I'll be back by five to start on dinner."

With a short wave, the girl was off down the sidewalk. After a brief moment of quiet, Tony grinned.

"I knew I had a reason to be excited."

Mina laughed and gestured towards the front door.