Chapter 10: Who are you Peter Parker Part II
Stark Tower Level 89 - Tony Stark's Personal Laboratory
Tony POV
Tiredly, I trudge into my lab. It's about eight o'clock at night and I have been reviewing the robot fight all day. I've been going over it with Nick Fury and nearly every robotics expert that I know. No one has seen unmanned robots quite like these and they haven't struck before. Whatever coming is something big.
I flip the light switch and make my way over to my desk.
Wait what was that?
I turn my head to see a teenage boy standing behind me frozen. I jump back, grab the closest repulser and point it at his head, "Who are you? Who do you work for? What are you doing here?!"
The boy waves his arms around, "Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod! I am sooo sorry Mr. Stark. I… I'm Pepper Potts' personal intern! IknowI'mnotsupposedtobeinhere,pleasedon'ttellher!I'msosorryIdidn'tcomeheretospyonyouoranything,Imeanyou'relikemyidolandIwouldlovetospyonyoubutthat'snotwhatI'mdoing!" The boy talks so fast I could barely understand what he was saying.
I lower the repulser, "Whoa, whoa, whoa kid. Slow down."
He takes a deep breath, "I just… Pe— Mrs. Potts sent me up here before to get a file and I left my bag." The boy points at a backpack lying under the front table. "I'm really sorry for disturbing you Mr. Stark, you're my idol. Please don't take away my internship, this is all I have."
I give the kid a one over, I can't be mad at him for forgetting his bag because he looks like a giant nerd. I shake my head, "But how did you get in here? This place is off limits and locked." The boy shrugs and I roll my eyes, "JARVIS, how did he get in here?"
"I… I don't know, Sir."
"What do you mean you don't know?!"
"I have no recollection of how Mr. Parker entered the room."
I tap my foot and glare at the teenage, "Care to explain, Mr. Parker? I'll tell you this right now, I don't have a good track record with kids."
The "Parker" kid looks at the ground nervously, "I… uh… hacmb…." he mumbles.
I cross my arms, "You don't want me to tell Pepper that you're up here, do you?"
He sighs, "I hacked your mainframe and deleted JARVIS' memory of it." My jaw hits the ground in shock. THIS SCRAWNY KID HACKED INTO MY AI?! "Again," says the boy, "I'm really sorry."
I take a step closer and examine him. He's got talent, I'll admit that. "You know kid, I kinda like you. Is your name Parker?"
He gives a small smile, "Well my name's Peter. Peter Parker."
"So am I really your idol?"
Peter Parker nods his head quickly as he picks up his backpack.
"Well Peter, don't report to Pep tomorrow, just come right up here," I say genuinely.
His eyes light up and then dim again, "Will Pepper be okay with that?"
"Oh I'm sure she'll manage."
Stark Tower Level 90 - Tony and Pepper's Living Quarters
Pepper POV
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE TAKING PETER?!"
Tony yawns and crawls into bed, "Come on Pep, he's so adorable! I wanna keep him."
I ball my fist and resist the urge to punch him in the face, "You can't just steal my intern! I've only had him for three days!"
Tony rolls over in the bed to face me, "Babe, this kid is a genius I could really use him helping me in my lab.
I groan loudly, "Fine… just don't scare him too much."
The asshole smirks, "I think I may have already scared him when I pointed a repulser laser at his face."
"YOU WHAT?!"