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Chapter 7

Stark Residents

"What are you talking about?" He sounded more confused then angry. That's not to say he didn't sound angry.

She knew everyone was looking at her. Rhodey, Happy, Pepper and Tony staring, she could feel it but she couldn't care less. This was her fault and nothing could change that.

"The reason why the police couldn't find anything under my social security number was," Her audience was completely captivated "my Mum and I were designing weapons for our military. For my protection she wiped my records when I was twelve. I was eleven when I designed that camouflage. I only did it for fun. I saw a Harry Potter movie where the car turned invisible so I spent a few months reading up on camouflage based technology and tried to figure it out. My stepfather took the book I used to do all those drawings in because I was planning and not paying attention. Long story short he showed my mother who had already begun work for the military and asked me if I would design the same thing but for a tank."

"And what happened to those designs?" Tony asked whilst everyone else was too perplexed to speak.

"I don't know Fr…" She hesitated. "My stepfather sent the designs out with a currier a few weeks later. I never heard anything after that."

"What were the designs called?" Tony asked calming down.

"Potter camouflage scheme two." Rhodey couldn't help but snicker at that. "Hey I was eleven okay." Rhodey raised his hands in submission as Tony told Jarvis to search military records under that name.

"There is no record of those designs ever being received."

"What?" Tony asked utterly baffled until he realized. "Phoenix is there any chance your father, I mean stepfather didn't send those designs to the military?"

"Maybe. Mum was never around to see it obviously, but he was different when she wasn't in the same room as him."

"Did you ever see the currier?" Rhodey asked.

"No. He always made me wait in my room when he had people over."

"Well what's your stepfather's name then?" Tony asked before the room fell into a cold silence.

"I can't…"

"Why not?"

"I just can't."

"I get that you care about him and don't want trouble but…"

"I don't care about him." With calm defense.

"Then tell me his name!" Tony raised his voice harshly.

"If I tell you his name then you'll search to find him. He knows when people are trying to find out about his past and trust me; it never ends well for them. I care about all of you. I need you."

"Apparently you didn't need me when you were at the police station."

"Difference is I've never been in the same place with the same people for two days in over a year. He knows where I am now."

"Is that such a bad thing?" Tony asked aloofly insinuating she should be with him. She paused for a second.

"For you it wouldn't matter. But for me… lets just say I'd rather be in prison for my whole life then be in the same room as him for another hour."

"Phoenix please. You're worried about us, but that tech could result in thousands of casualties or fatalities. The only way we can prevent that is by finding more out about the tech and the organization." Rhodey interrupted.

Phoenix considered this. She had never meant for any of this to happen. She never wanted anyone to be hurt by something she had created. How could she have not seen something like this coming? Maybe she could help them. After all, she knows the technology better then anyone… at least she hoped she did.

"Frank Thomas."

"Do you remember his birthday?"

"Hard to forget it. You'd think someone who was born on Christmas would be less serious."

"Do you know what year?"

"1972 I think."

"Thank you."

Tony was sitting in a chair feeling overwhelmingly guilty. Phoenix however, seemed even more upset. Happy and Pepper had been standing back listening to the whole thing without uttering a word. Happy was to shocked both at Tony's behavior and Phoenix's story. Pepper was just angry with Tony for intimidating a noticeably scared kid.