Authors Note: Is anyone actually reading this? Cause I actually lost a follower. It makes me feel like no one likes this story, but unlike others I hate seeing a story incomplete. Yes I know I have one that is incomplete. I'm writing that one by hand first and have run into a plot cul du sac. I WILL NOT ABANDON THIS STORY! EVEN IF NO ONE WILL REVIEW. I want them to… cries in the corner. I will carry on. I still own nothing.

6. Midnight Rises

Reilly spent a total of four weeks, two days, and sixteen hours in her lab. Tony kept a count of it. She never let anyone but her brother Phil in, mostly because she couldn't keep him out. Every time she changed her pass key he would just guess it again. After her sixth day in her lab she gave up keeping him out. He brought her breakfast that first day, Tony had wanted to go with him but the door had been slammed shut before he could get to it.

There had been the sound of objects flying and his daughter shouting at his son. There had been several objects shattering against metal and his son had backed out of her lab with a metal sheet held up like Captain America's shield. The door had closed in front of him and he had grinned at his father and lowered the piece of metal.

"She really doesn't want to be bothered right now." Two days and sixteen hours later ALICI was back online and tasked with keeping everyone out of her lab. Well everyone but Phil, Tony was almost certain that ALICI had a glitch Phil had programmed long ago. ALICI couldn't tell the difference between the twin's voices a lot of the time. Sometimes it was funny, others not so much.

So for the next week he simply let himself in. There were more fights and more throwing things but eventually that stopped. Eventually she let him back in and stopped fighting it. After seven days and six hours the fights stopped and he was let in without a shouting match.

Nine days after Reilly Stark locked herself in her room A.I.M. attacked a Stark Industries research center. Iron Man was en route to the attack when JARVIS cut in.

"Sir, it appears someone has already arrived at the scene. However it is not any known hero."

"Who is it the JARVIS?"

"Unknown sir."

"Let's speed this up JARVIS!"

When they arrived at the scene the A.I.M. scientists were already on the run. In the light of the rising sun he saw a suit hovering above the lab. It looked similar to his, with a few glaring differences. This suit was most certainly built for a female. It was purple and silver and built with a bit less finesse than his. It was a little blocky and not altogether perfect. It had to be a first attempt at the build. She was chasing the A.I.M. scientists away from the building.

"JARVIS? Who is that?"

"Unknown sir, but she appears to be using a version of your suit."

"Scan her JARVIS!"

"I have already attempted to scan her but I have been locked out."

"Locked out? You got locked out?! How?" Tony had never heard of JARVIS getting locked out by anything less than SHIELD and even then he had bypassed it.

"Unknown, however she is attempting to make contact with you."

"Put her through." JARVIS complied and a mechanical slightly distorted female voice entered his helmet.

"Hello, Iron Man. Nice to finally meet you."

"Wish I could stay the same. Who are you and why are you trying to copy my suit?" An annoyed slightly aggravated voice came over his speakers.

"Hey! I'm not copying your suit!" Tony shook his head.

"No, mines much more streamline, different metal too. What do you call yourself? Iron Maiden? And why purple? Not the greatest copy cat if you can't get the color right." The female copy let off a shot just below his left hand. It went under him and blasted an A.I.M. scientist who had been about to fire at Iron Man.

"Not a copy cat and purple happens to look good on me."

"Thanks. But you should still get out of here." She blasted another A.I.M. scientist off his feet.

"Are you going to argue or fight the people who are trying to take your stuff?" Iron Man took out a missile the female hadn't seen and turned to her.

"You got a name?" She seemed to think for a minute as she blasted out the wheels on the A.I.M. getaway car.

"You can call me Midnight."