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Chapter Twelve

"Ow!" Jade yelled, flinching away from Tori.

"Oh, don't be such a big baby." Tori scolded. Despite the costume's extra protection, Jade had gotten several bruises, cuts, and a few scrapes, and Tori had insisted on treating them with rubbing alcohol immediately.

"Ultron caused me less pain than you!" Jade complained, wincing as Tori pressed an alcohol covered rag onto her arm. "I'm going to have to work on the costume some more." Jade said. "It shouldn't have gotten cut at all."

"Well, Angela did admit that she did a bit of a rush job on the non-computerized suit." Tori pointed out, putting a bandage on the cut and moving on to the next one.

"Will you stop that?" Jade growled, trying to push Tori's arm away.

"No. Now be a good superhero and suck it up." Tori told her, trying not to laugh. "You don't want to get sick."

"I'll be fine; I've never gotten sick before." Jade said, standing up. Tori rolled her eyes and put a hand on Jade's shoulder, pushing the goth girl back down.

"Angela told me where the chloroform is, and I will use it on you if you don't stay still and let me treat your wounds." She threatened.

"You wouldn't dare." Jade said, though, admittedly, she wasn't sure that Tori was bluffing.

"My scans do not show any increase in heart rate, or other tells associated with bluffing." Angela reported. "It is my opinion that she is completely willing to knock you out with chloroform."

"I really am." Tori confirmed, folding her arms.

"Chloroform might just end up hurting me." Jade reminded her. "We don't know how my biology will react to, well, a lot of things."

"Well then," Tori said, grabbing Jade's chin and turning her head so that she was looking her in the eye. "You better behave." She smiled and pressed the rag against another wound, making Jade wince, but this time she remained silent.

"That's better, isn't it?" Tori said when she finished, leaning back and smiling. Jade glared at her and stood up silently, walking away. Tori got up and hugged her, smiling. "Oh, come on Jade! I only did that because I love you."

"And the only reason I let you do that is because I love you." Jade told her. "That doesn't mean I'm not mad though."

"C'mon, let me make it up to you." Tori said. "I got you a new copy of the Tank Girl movie we can watch together." Jade thought for a moment.

"Fine. I forgive you…for now." Tori just laughed and dragged her into the lounge.

Two hours later

"You know Jade, I've never seen your dad around here. I'm starting to wonder if he really exists." Tori said teasingly when the movie was finished.

"Oh, he exists. We just have a simple rule. He doesn't enter my part of the house, and I don't bother him when he's working."

"He must work a lot." Tori said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah he does." Jade said, nodding. "West Industries is one of the biggest companies in the world. After Stark Industries left the weapons game, there was a bit of a power vacuum that West Industries and Hammer Industries fought to fill. Eventually, they reached a compromise. Hammer got the contract with the US military, and West Industries got everything else. In short, imagine if Tony Stark spent all his time managing his company, while they were still making weapons as well."

"Wow." Tori said, thinking this over. They were quiet for a while, just content to cuddle, when Tori spoke again. "I want to meet him." Jade stared at her for a moment.

"What?" She finally asked, shocked.

"I want to meet your dad. I don't care if it's in his office, or over dinner, I just want to meet him."

"I don't know…I mean, I never took Beck to meet him, I'm not sure what I'd say." Jade said hesitantly.

"Just tell him the truth." Tori said with a smile, reaching up to brush some hair out of Jade's face. "That you're dating someone, and they want to meet him."

"But…why?" Jade demanded. "Just…why? Why would you want to meet him? I'm his daughter and half the time I wish I didn't know him!" Tori shrugged.

"I don't know, I mean, you've met my parents. I get that he might not like me, but I just want to talk to him, meet him. Just once. It feels weird that I've never had a conversation with the father of the girl I'm dating." Jade sighed.

"Fine, I'll talk to him about it tomorrow, or the next time I see him anyway." Tori smiled and kissed her.

"That's all I want." She said when they pulled apart.

Twenty-two hours later

"Excuse me?" Jade's father asked.

"My girlfriend wants to meet you." Jade repeated. They were sitting in her father's office at the headquarters for Stark Industries, as her father had refused to meet her anywhere else. He was 'too busy'.

"Since when have you had a girlfriend?" Mr. West asked, frowning. Jade rolled her eyes.

"A little more than three months now." She told him. "You really should keep a better eye on the media, it was pretty big news when we first started dating."

"Why is she rich?" He asked, frowning,

"No, not really. But she's a girl, and anytime someone remotely famous comes out, the press make a big deal out of it." Jade said with a shrug. "Now then, will you agree to meet her?" Mr. West thought about it for a moment.

"No." He said, shaking his head. Jade stared at him.

"No?" She asked in disbelief.

"No." He repeated.

"Why not? Because she's a she?" Jade demanded. Mr. West gave his daughter a patronizing look.

"Of course not. Quite frankly Jade, I don't care if you date a boy or a girl. But I am simply too busy to talk to someone that you'll probably break up with in a year or two, if it lasts that long. If you two get engaged I'll talk to her, but otherwise, no." Jade stared at him for another moment as he returned to his work, dismissing her. In all honesty, this was pretty much how she'd expected the evening to go, though he'd been a bit nicer than she'd expected as well. She sighed, then got up and walked out, hoping Tori would understand that she'd done her best.

Mr. West looked up a minute later to make sure that Jade was gone, then pressed a button on his desk that closed his office blinds and locked the door before picking up the phone and making a call. "Everything's ready." He told the person on the other end of the phone. "Set the plan in motion, we make our move in two days." The other person asked him a question, and he glanced at his computer, watching a video of the Shadow fighting Ultron. "Yes, I'm sure she's ready."

Three hours later

"He said no?" Tori repeated, frowning. "Did he say why?" Jade let out a disgusted sigh.

"Yeah, he said that he was 'too busy to talk to someone you'll break up with in a year or two'." Tori raised an eyebrow. Whenever Jade imitated her, she used a stupid accent, but Tori could tell that there was a certain playfulness behind it, and that Jade was doing it mostly to watch Tori react. Here though, Tori only heard anger. Jade clearly did not like her dad.

"Well…I suppose that makes sense. You did say that he has a lot of responsibility after all." Tori said slowly, sitting down next to Jade.

"Don't make excuses for him, he's just being an ass." Jade growled. She'd had time to think about it, and it had just made her angrier.

"Excuse me Jade, but I've just found out that there's been a break in at a nearby Stark Industries lab." Angela said. Jade frowned, then looked at Tori. The brunette smiled and pushed Jade up.

"Go on, be a good superhero." She told Jade. "I'll be here when you get back." Jade nodded and headed for the lab and her costume. She was a bit apprehensive to respond to a crime being committed in a Stark Industries building, but her suit had been upgraded, and her skill with her powers had grown quite a bit, so she was fairly confident that she could handle Tony if this was another trap.

Author's Notes

The next chapter will feature the Marvel movie character I've been saying will show up. I'm warning you now though, he's only going to show up for this one chapter. Why? Because having Howard the Duck show up for more than one chapter felt excessive, especially considering the big song and dance number he and Jade have with zombie! Michael Jackson.

Just kidding! I wouldn't do that to you guys. But seriously, the character(who isn't Tony Stark)will only be here for the one chapter, though I will explain his departure.

Thanks for reading guys, and see you next time!