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A/N Oh my gosh, I'm over halfway through this story! :O Eek! I don't want this to end!
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"What were you thinking?" asked Tony.
"I don't know. I just can't stand them," Sam said.
"What if you Hulked-out. What then?"
"Bruce is teaching me how to control it."
"Not even Bruce can fully control it. You need to stay away from situations like those!"
They sat in the living room. Tony had said they needed to talk. Sam hung her head. "I'm sorry," she said, just over a whisper. "I didn't think of the consequences. Next time I'll avoid them." Tony sighed.
"Okay. Try not to do this anymore. It's like three strikes your out. Two more incidences like this and I'm homeschooling you."
Sam perked up. "I promise it won't happen again." She stood up and turned to her room when she stopped. "Next Friday there's a field trip to the science lab downtown." She held out the permission slip.
"Only if there's no more problems." Sam stood to leave. "One more thing…did you win?"
Sam smiled.
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Sam was walking to the subway station on Friday, a large smile on her face. She was going on the field trip. Megan ran up to her. "Sam! You going on the field trip?"
"Yeah. The class was watching me as I brought it to Mr. Madrid."
"Well it did have your dad's signature."
Sam smiled. "True." They walked a little further down the sidewalk when Megan started talking again.
"You're different."
"Hm?"
"After your adoption, you changed."
"Well I've been given a new life."
"That's not what I mean. You didn't just change emotionally. You physically different too. Your taller, stronger, and you've been getting A's on all of your assignments not missing a single question!"
"He tutored me."
"No one can get that smart, that fast, that easily."
"Come on. We're talking Tony Stark here."
"Exactly! I think he did something to you."
"Look, I need to go, my dad'll be worried." She hurried into the subways, not turning back to Megan. Sam sat down on the subway train and leaned back in the chair. What to tell Megan! She'd keep prying, and probably wouldn't let up any time soon. Sam got off and went towards Stark Tower. She put her hands in her pockets and walked down the sidewalk when she heard a whimper.
Sam looked down one of the allies and saw a little black lab puppy. She stepped forward a little and squatted down. "Hey, it's okay." The puppy hid behind a dumpster. It poked it's little head out. "Come on, come here." Sam patted her legs. The dog stared. "Come here. It's okay." The lab started walking forwards slowly. Sam held out her hand. The puppy sniffed it and looked up at her with those big brown eyes. She reached forward and picked it up. "Hey there." The puppy (boy) licked her face. "You're so adorable!" Sam said. She looked at his neck. "No license." She stood up with the dog in her arms and continued walking.
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"Sir, Samantha is approaching," said JARVIS. "And she appears to have a-" Sam walked into the lab with the dog in her arms.
"What-Why do you have a dog?" asked Tony.
"I found him. He was out in the streets all by himself. He can't be more than a few months old!"
"No. No way am I having a dog in here. Someone's probably looking for him."
"But he doesn't have a license!"
"His collar could have fallen off, it happens all the time."
"But dad-"
"Dogs grow. One minute they're a small little playful puppy, and the next they're an overgrown terrifying monster. We are not keeping him."
"Look at him and say no."
Tony looked at the puppy. It's big brown puppy dog eyes stared- No. No he wasn't going to crumble. No. He wasn't going to melt. The black lab looked at him and cocked his head. No! Don't do the cocking head! The dog blinked and did it's little pouty face. No. He wasn't going to crumble! No!
"Fine." Sam grinned widely. "But if we find his owner he's going back."
"Okay! I'll do everything to take care of him!" She hurried out of the room and Tony rolled his eyes and sighed.
He turned back to his work and only got in two minutes before the phone rang. "Yes?"
"Stark." It was Fury. "Test subject number three has escaped."
"What?! Which one is number three? The gerbil? The cat?"
"It's the black lab."
Tony stopped short. "I think I know where he is."
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Tony knocked on Sam's door. He opened it and she was sitting there with the dog. "I'm still trying to think of a name. I like something along the lines of Barker."
"Barker? Really? If you want something like that why not…Parker?"
"Parker?"
"Yeah. I don't know, it's just a suggestion."
"Well I like it. Parker. We need to get him a license."
"But if we find his owner-"
"I know, I know." Sam stood.
"Well there's something you should probably know."
"What is it?"
"Well, one of the animal test subjects from the experiment escaped." Sam paled. "Parker was the experiment."
"What? Parker's a puppy!"
"I know, but we need to take him back to SHIELD head quarters."
"No! He's perfectly fine here!"
"He was one of the subjects with to much of Bruce's DNA. We need to take him back." he reached out and Parker growled, and his eyes flashed black. "You see what I mean?"
"No, what I see is a reason for him to stay. He likes me. Parker has grown on me as I have him. If he's taken away he'll Hulk-out!" Sam humphed. Tony sighed.
"We'll have to keep him away from Fury though."
A/N HAHA! Sam now has a puppy that can turn into a rage monster! What are the odds?