Hey, what up! I originally wrote the beginning of this chapter as a part of chapter nine but I think it was too long. I don't own anything.
Chapter 10
Sarah sat in front of the three monitors in her room. The one to her left showed the hallway outside her room using Jarvis's camera. The middle held her sketches. The right and last monitor was the final product. Well what it would look like when she finally made it. She'd started this project two days ago.
"Jarvis, could you show what it'll look like on me?" she said
"Most certainly, Miss Stark." Jarvis answered. The picture changed. Now the virtual Sarah was wearing her suit. It cut off at the neck and covered the rest of her body. It was completely gray, as of now.
"It may not be high tech but you have to admit...it's pretty cool." Sarah was thinking out loud again.
"I would say so. Would you like to start production?"
"Not yet, Jarvis. I have to find the right cloth first."
"If you wait for that, you most likely won't finish by your personal deadline."
"I know, I know but I have to find something that" she counted off on her fingers. "is fire resistant, doesn't tear easily, and changes shape with my body. Oh, add holes in the back for my wings."
Jarvis spun the picture around so she had full view of the back. He made two holes, one on each shoulder blade. "Any suggestions on the color scheme?"
"Hmm." she tapped her chin. "Blue and..."
"Hot rod red?"
"No, Jarvis. I'm not my father. Try black." While Jarvis was doing that, she used the middle monitor to search for a good material.
"The render is complete." Jarvis said.
Sarah looked at the picture. The body was blue. The boots and gloves were black. She touched the picture to the left and it spun around. The back was the same. "It's...okay. Could you make more of a variety?"
"I'll try."
She smiled and continued her search. "The only way I'm going to get the material I need is to expose it to the same radiation I went through."
"The render is complete. You won't make your deadline if you have to do that."
She looked at it again. "Not necessarily...this is better." The collar was black all the way around. Everything else was blue except for a black circular spot on the chest. Black stripes ran down each side and onto the legs. She spun the picture. The circular spot was absent on the back. Everything else was the same. The boots and gloves had stayed black. She turned it back around. "What's with the spot?"
"I figured you would want a decoration somewhere so I compensated."
"Put my initials there in gold." she started to look for a way to contain the gamma radiation.
"You'll have to build a lead lined chamber." he probably knew what she was looking up, being an AI and all.
"Yeah, that's what I was thinking..." she looked at the suit. In the black circle there was now a gold "S" overlapping another "S". She frowned. "I'm not feeling it. Try two 'M's."
"Why 'M's, may I ask?"
"Alex called me 'Miss Morph' after he discovered what I could do."
"Is that an acronym, Miss Stark?"
"If you say so. I like that." Now the spot contained two gold "M"s overlapping. "Go ahead and make it."
"Estimated completion time is-"
"Wait. Do you think I'll look good in a mask?"
"I believe so." Jarvis altered the virtual picture. Now Sarah was wearing black a mask that covered the top half of her face. There were slits for her eyes.
She turned the picture around. The mask tied off in the back. "Hmm. Go ahead and make everything. I'll decide whether to use the mask when I actually try it on."
"As you wish, Miss Stark. Estimated completion time is six hours."
She glanced at her watch. "6:50. I'll test it tomorrow." She stretched and glanced at the left monitor. Rhodey was coming down the hallway. She pressed the hidden button and plopped down on her bed, opening a magazine.
Just as the monitors disappeared, he opened the door. "Hi, Rhodey." she said without looking up from the magazine.
He raised an eyebrow and glanced over toward the desk. "Hi, Sarah. What are you doing?"
"Reading. Nothing exciting."
James came over to her and took the magazine out from under her nose. He examined the cover. "You read this?" he showed her the cover. It was some kind of car magazine.
"Yeah. Do you think just because I'm a girl that I don't know cars?" she lied quickly. That magazine had been sitting on her nightstand. She hadn't touched it until now.
"I just didn't think it was likely." he handed the magazine back to her. Sarah put it back on the nightstand and began to twist a lock of her hair. "What were you doing before that?"
"Nothing. Just thinking." she was incredibly good at lying. She'd been stuck in some bad homes before.
"About what?"
"Random stuff. I don't think I could explain it."
"I understand." he walked over to the desk. He rested a hand on the chair, taunting her.
Sarah gave up and dropped her hand. "Did Tony send you here?"
He tried his best to look innocent. "Why would you assume that?"
She rolled her eyes. "Why else would you come up here? Not to be rude or anything...but your not the social type."
"That's true. I'm not like Tony. If I told you he did...what would you say?"
"Well, I would probably ask you to tell him that if he wants to find out something, he best do it himself."
"Okay." he started toward the door but stopped and turned to face her halfway there. "Are you really Tony's kid?"
"Did he just tell you? Or did you read that article the blond wrote?"
"No. He told me a week ago but I never really believed it. I don't think Tony can settle down."
"Settle down? To settle down means to think about having kids but I've already been had about...fourteen years ago."
He smiled and shook his head. "I shouldn't have doubted it. You sound just like him."
"What? You need a blood test? Go and deliver the message before a glacier passes by."
"Will do, Sarah." He closed the door behind him.
Sarah made sure no one else was coming up before she sat in the chair and pressed the secret button. The monitors came up, still displaying what they had before.
She glanced to her left. Now, Tony was coming up the hallway. She huffed a breath in aggravation. "Do I ever get a break?"
"You might when your father leaves you in peace." Jarvis, smartly, replied. Sarah chuckled. "I don't recall anything funny in that statement, Miss Stark."
She shook her head. "Remind me to ask Tony to give you a personality." she punched at few keys on the keyboard and a mask of fake activities hid what she really was doing.
The door opened and Tony looked around skeptically. Sarah pretended to work on something as she spoke. "Hi, Tony. Finally decide to come up, huh?"
"Yeah. I guess." he took a few steps closer to the computer screens. He nodded. He seemed to believe it.
"So...anything you want to know?" Sarah turned around to face her father.
He, surreptitiously, avoided her gaze. "Not really."
"Why are you up here, then?"
He shrugged and looked at her. "No reason."
Sarah shook her head and turned back around. "Was it to admire me again?"
"I wasn't admiring you. I was trying to figure out...something."
"Figure out if I was your daughter?"
"Yes."
"Anything else?"
"Why were you surprised at the date?"
Sarah blinked. That was a really random question. "Um...'cause."
"Cause why?"
She sighed and she turned the chair so she could see him clearly. This was going to be weird. Her own father didn't know what day she was born on. "Because my birthday's on Halloween."
"Really?" he couldn't believe Pepper hadn't told him that detail.
"Yeah. I was just surprised it was so close."
"Your going to be...fifteen. Right?"
Sarah smiled at her sudden thought. "Sí, su derecho."
Tony was confused. "Is that Spanish?"
"Sólo si me entienden." she stood up and started pacing, trying to remember her Spanish vocabulary.
"Come on. How many hidden talents do you have?"
"Lotes, demasiados para contar."
"Can you speak something I'll understand?" he was getting annoyed at his daughter's sense of humor.
"¿Qué entiende usted?"
"Um...no translation?"
"No." she said it with a Spanish accent.
"This is really getting on my nerves." he was desperate.
"Good." she stopped pacing and looked at Tony. "I had to test your endurance."
"Why?"
She shrugged. "Just to see how long you could go without confessing."
He shook his head. "It's unbelievable how much you're like me."
"Yeah...you done here?"
"Uh huh. Continue with...whatever it is you're doing."
She smiled. "I'll try."
He left, closing the door behind him.
Sarah sat down at her desk and removed the mask hiding her design. "Jarvis?" Sarah asked.
"Yes?" he answered.
"Could you wake me up when the suit is finished?"
"Most certainly, Miss Stark."
"Thanks, Jarvis."
"Anytime."
"Oh, and Tony doesn't know anything about this, right?" she wanted to surprise him and everyone else.
"No, absolutely not."
Sarah glanced at her watch. It was now 7:10. "It's amazing how fast time goes." after realizing she'd spoken aloud added. "Please don't comment on that."
"I wasn't planning to, Miss Stark."
Sorry, about the whole Spanish thing but I had to add something a little interesting. Anyway here are the translations so you'll understand what she's saying.
"Si, su derecho." means Yes, your right.
"Sólo si me entienden." means Only if you understand me.
"Lotes, demasiados para contar." means Lots, too many to count.
"¿Qué entiende usted?" means What do you understand?
It's pretty obvious what no means. BTW, I used a translator that I found using Google. I know some Spanish but not enough to do what she's doing. Anyway, please review! I want at least four!