I have to say this is my favorite chapter; you'll see why. I hope everyone enjoys it!

"Ow!" he cried out and I chuckled into my cup of coffee.

"Stop fidgeting", I told him from where I sat on the desk swinging my legs.

"Hey", he called out again making me laugh harder.

"The more you struggle the more this is gonna hurt", JARVIS informed him.

"Be gentle this is my first time", I snorted loudly at the double meaning in those words.

"What's going on here", I twisted to see Pepper standing there with a shocked face.

"Let's face it, this isn't the worse thing you've caught me doing", he said bluntly and I made a gag noise in response.

"Are those bullet holes", she asked before her eyes went to me sharply for answers. I whistled looking everywhere but her eyes.

"Oh look, glass to sweep up", I cried out rushing past her for him to handle her questions.

Later

"So that's the GIST of it my kind friend", I told him throwing a ball up in the air and catching it. I leaned in my chair with my feet up and my ear piece in.

"Sounds like a journey; you know he's gonna want a whole report on this", I groaned loudly.

"I know but you know me; I always leave the paper work to you or her, must be my hatred for home school", I told him.

"You finished early, what's there to hate now", he teased me.

"It's the thought of it my friend; the remembrance of horror", I said throwing my hands up in the air with a gasp.

"Yeah…you're dramatic and I got a case to go to; I swear with all this help you've been doing with your father I'm lacking in your partnership", I grinned.

"Awe, admit it you miss me", I said in a baby voice. I chuckled when all I heard was a dial tone from him hanging up. I put the ear piece down and walked out the room to go find Tony and Pepper. I hopped down the steps pausing when I heard talking.

"You and Charlie are all I have too you know", I heard Pepper say before turning realizing I was there. I noticed the USB in her hand before she waved at me and walked off.

"What was that about", I asked him and he shook his head looking up from the screw driver he was holding. I shrugged turning to leave.

"Charlie?" I turned to my name. "Do you think I'm crazy…for doing all this saving-the-world stuff", I blinked surprised he would even ask me my opinion. I moved over hopping on the desk next to him.

"Honestly?" he nodded. "I think it's amazing; I've seen my whole time here you making bombs and talking about explosions. You're taking an interest in something that's right and justified now, something that you should be proud of", he stared at me intently. "You're doing a good job that…that reminds me of my mom", I admitted.

"You remember your mom", he asked surprised and I nodded.

"I remember a lot of things I probably shouldn't", I said shrugging looking down at my hands. "I remember her always talking about the right thing to do, the thing that will better man-kind; that we should do the moral thing and not what will look better. She use to always say it's better to set your life on the line for something just then spend your whole life on the side lines watching injustice occur", he chuckled nodding.

"Sounds like your mom", I smiled tears welling in my eyes as I thought of her.

"I miss her", I said honestly and he stood up patting my shoulder.

"I know kid, I know", I blinked surprised when he wrapped his arms around my shoulders and embraced me. I closed my eyes before wrapping my arms around his waist and hug him back tightly; I only remembered hugging him once when I was a little girl. Other than that we never were a touchy feely kind of family so it felt nice for once to feel comforted by my own dad.

Later

I hummed to myself as I yanked a clean tank top on after showering. I ran my fingers through my wet hair as I left my room and toward the kitchen to get something to drink. I bent down pausing when my ear twitched and the hairs on my neck rose. I took a deep breath lifting up the OJ and grabbing a glass cup. I poured some taking a slow drink with a hum; I paused when I heard the breathing behind me.

I closed my eyes as I felt a breeze past; my eyes shot open and I spun around slamming the glass cup into the side of a tall man's face. He cried out in pain blood pouring from my hand and the side of his face. I snarled loudly bringing my leg up and kicking him in the chest making him fly back.

"I don't like intruders", I snapped as I noticed more men in black suits slid out from the hallway.

"Get her", one of them ordered. I growled loudly grabbing a knife from the holder throwing it making it land in one of the man's shoulders making him cry out and crash to the ground. Three on each side rounded around the island toward me. I jogged up toward the island hopping off the side of it my foot colliding with a snap into one of the suited men. He cried out as I punched another in the face as I landed on the ground. One of them from behind wrapped his arms around my waist.

"LET ME GO", I roared throwing my body up kicking the final of the three on my right down on the ground. The moment my feet hit the ground I flipped the man holding me right over my shoulder kicking him once in the face before spinning around and bringing my heel up into the face of another. He landed on his knees; I grabbed his shoulder flipping over him and kicking him once in the back meeting the eyes of the last man. He gasped rushing off; I growled running after him after grabbing a glass bottle from the table. I rounded the corner to get to him but I gasped when my body went limp a loud buzz in the air.

My knees went out as my body tensed up uncomfortably as I crashed to the ground. I gasped for breathe as someone rounded behind me.

"I have to admit Charlene; you have a fight in you", I gasped trying to speak when Obadiah came into my vision. He rounded around chuckling as he shut the small device that caused paralysis slipping his ear pieces out. "You follow your father's idea of peace yet from what I just saw your belief in peace isn't all that true", he chuckled staring down at me.

"Y-you", I gasped trying to speak but he tsked at me.

"Don't over exert yourself now", he bent down to stare me in the eye. Tears leaked from my eyes as I tried to force my body to move. "You seemed so shocked by the double dealing but I have an idea you're not as innocent as you appear. I don't have proof; yet", he smirked.

"Sir what do you want us to do with her", he asked rubbing his bruised cheek.

"Tie her up and we'll wait for Mr. Stark to return; I need something from him", he smirked at me and I attempted to glare at him as he turned his back to me.

Ahh! Charlie is such a badass; I love it. Please review!