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Ivy waited as her dad came back into the tower after turning on the clean energy source. It had been two years since the fight with Ivan Vanko and they had finally settled into the Stark Tower. Ivy didn't think they needed a tower with their name on it since everyone knew it was their tower but her dad wanted it. Ivy was just content with it; it was home away from home.
It had been about a week into the summer holiday for her and she couldn't wait for her grades on her N.E.W.T.S. She did end up taking her O.W.L.S in the summer before her fifth year and she did pass Charms, Potions, Herbology, History, Transfiguration, Defense, and Healing. The only ones she didn't pass were Ancient Runes and Astronomy; even then she was only a few points off. Since she had failed two of her O.W.L.S the school couldn't let her pass the school year and she would have to take them again with her school mates. Ivy would be forever thankful to Nurse Jenny, after she learned of Ivy's scores in the O.W.L.S that she did pass, asked if Ivy would become her apprentice. That she would be able to continue in the higher grade of her classes and still take the classes she didn't pass. Ivy would work in the Healing ward and help Nurse Jenny with the small things including cleaning, labeling, stocking, help with lesson plans for other classes and being able to watch her treat her classmates.
Ivy agreed; she always wanted to be a Healer since she was little, though at that time it was doctor. She loved the idea of helping people when they needed it and that she didn't freak out when there was blood like the other girls when she was younger. Ivy made sure she did everything and anything when Nurse Jenny wanted it. Ivy made sure to keep up with all her classes and even the side projects Nurse Jenny had for her. Ivy was supposed to be at the school the same hours that Nurse Jenny was but since Ivy lived on the Western Seaboard she was able to come in later but Ivy always stayed later, till after dinner period was done. She was also expected to come in on Saturdays to help out with re-stocking and learning more from Nurse Jenny. All her free periods and, most of the time, lunches were taken up with helping Nurse Jenny.
The N.E.W.T.S that Ivy had taken at the end of this school year were just the ones she passed for her O.W.L.S. Ivy knew if she passed these ones she would basically become full-time apprentice for Nurse Jenny. She would be working in the Healing Ward helping to take care of any accidents that came in and still learn, she would even teach the first year class and substitute for the second and third year classes. She wouldn't have to go on to work under someone else at a hospital, before most healers worked on their own; they were apprentices under someone who worked at a school, hospital, or small practice. Ivy knew she would go far from having an apprenticeship under Nurse Jenny. The only time she wouldn't be in the Healing Ward was when she left to go to her Ancient Runes class and she wouldn't leave school on Mondays, instead of Wednesdays, to go to her Astronomy class at night. Ivy didn't even need to go to her muggle classes since she passed all of them, with all A's, last year. She was officially graduated in the muggle world. Other than those two classes, Ancient Runes and Astronomy, she would become Nurse Jenny's shadow.
One of the reasons Ivy and her dad were living in New York, that and they could see how well their tower would stay up. Ivy would be going to school about mid-August to help set up the Healing Ward, class rooms for Healing class, and fine tune lesson plans with Nurse Jenny.
Ivy smiled from her spot on the couch as her dad walked in and made a drink for himself. There was a board game in front of her with some brownies and two cups of milk. They were going to play some board games to celebrate the tower and relax.
"Blaise said he was going to come here after he got back from Europe. I'll be able to meet his newest step-father," Ivy told her dad as he sat across from her, dealing out the money they needed for the game. She tugged her Black Sabbath hoodie over her white tank and it fell about an inch or so below her blue jean shorts.
Ivy was still best friends with Blaise and Susan. Susan had apologized on how she acted about a week after the incident at the expo. While Ivy was happy that she and Susan were good, she was still grounded till school started so she couldn't hang out with her till then. Her dad had stayed true to his word, she had been technically grounded till school started again but she was able to go school shopping with her friends in August. Ivy learned that Blaise had been grounded also; Blaise's mum had thought that Ivy's dad knew that they were going that night and that's why she had allowed the two fourteen year olds to go across country and stay by themselves. Of course, Blaise hadn't been grounded as long as her, if only because his mum was about to go in between husbands. Ivy loved Blaise like a brother and always would and she would continue to think of Susan as a best friend but over the last year of Ivy going to higher grade levels Susan slowly started to hang out with them less and other year mates more. Ivy didn't totally understand but she made sure Susan felt accepted every time she came around even if Blaise didn't.
"That's good, what's his name? Did you want to be the dog or hat?" her dad asked as he put piece down, the car. Her dad always chooses the car. He frowned when he looked up, "I thought I told you to stop stealing my hoodies. I know you have perfectly good ones, I should know since I'm the one buying them!"
Ivy smirked at him while grabbing the dog piece, "I like this one, its extra soft. That takes years to get them like this."
Before her dad could respond Jarvis told them that Agent Coulson was on the line.
"Tell him were out," her dad said before turning back to her. "Maybe if you wore your hoodies more they would be conditioned to be 'extra soft'." He made his voice to go high pitched and girly.
"My voice does not sound like that!" she said indignantly. "I'll have you know that I like so much is because it smells-"
"My apologies Miss. Ivy, Sir, Agent Coulson is insisting on talking to you," Jarvis interrupted.
Ivy rolled her eyes when her dad did the fake answering machine but she smiled as Ivory claimed into her lap. Ivory was her beautiful Ragamuffin cat. She was mainly white with blue eyes, the only parts that weren't white was the tail, ears, in between the eyes, and her two right paws which were a mix of black and light brown. Her blue eyes stood even more because of the burst of color in between them. Ivy's dad had finally gotten her the cat she wanted; she had just gotten her results for her muggle classes, saying that she had passed and graduated, and after going to Blaise's to celebrate she had come home to find Ivory in a basket on her bed.
Her head snapped up when her dad yelled something of a breach in security and the elevator opened to reveal Agent Phil.
Ivy smiled as she stood up with her arms around Ivory who went limp. "Hello, Mr. Phil, it's been awhile, you look tense." She ignored her dad who made a smart comment about his name being Agent, not Phil.
Phil gave a slightly tense smile to her, "Hello Miss Ivy. You look a lot less tense since I saw you."
Ivy made a pleased sound. She only grew another inch, so she was 4'9" now and she was tan from being in the sun. She wasn't just bones anymore, she had more meat on her bones, she had muscles from doing a lot of lifting in the Healing Ward (moving boxes and moving the furniture when the floors needed cleaning, Nurse Jenny didn't want her to rely on magic in case she couldn't move a patient magically and had to use her strength). And since she wasn't just bones anymore she actually grew some hips and breasts; she had gotten curves. Blaise was amused with it since her dad freaked out when he saw her in a bathing suit last month and seemed to notice. Of course the last time she saw Mr. Phil was when she thought her dad was dying so she hoped she didn't look that tense.
Ivy petted Ivory as her dad ignored the computer pad Mr. Phil was trying to give him and what he was saying. She let Ivory down on the ground as she took the computer from Mr. Phil and put it together. She snorted slightly when her dad edged closer and took it from her when the first information came up and started to walk away towards his computer. She grinned when she realized that Mr. Phil was trying to edge away from Ivory, who was trying to brush up against him.
Mr. Phil let out a sigh of relief when Ivy grabbed her cat back up before saying, "The Director wanted me to say that he was re initiating Avengers Initiative."
Ivy froze, her hand still on Ivory's head as her dad turned sharply. "I didn't qualify for the Avengers. Something about being volatile, self-obsessed, and not playing well with others?"
Ivy laughed before stuffing her face into Ivory's fluff when her dad gave her a look and Mr. Phil replied, "We need the Avengers and as soon as possible. Just look it over tonight and I leave in the morning. Give me a call when you decide."
Ivy watched as her dad had the information go on the screens and Mr. Phil walk back through the elevator. She walked up to stand next to her dad just looking at all the screens.
"That's a lot of information to look over," she petted Ivory as she cradled her. "I'll put away the game and go to my room to watch something."
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It wasn't till about midnight when Ivy made her way into her room. It was designed the same way but it had some different things in it. Instead of having the windows uncovered she had sheer white curtains with a dark purple over top; they were wide open at the moment so Ivy could see New York twinkling back at her. Her bed was the same with the same nightstands but with more pictures. Instead of a chaise she had an over sized chair, it could hold two people but wasn't a love seat, it was placed in front of her flat screen T.V. Next to the T.V. stand that held movies and an Xbox console was a door leading to her walk in closet. The desk was the same but next to it was a small bookcase that held medical books, some school books, and some lesson plan books.
Ivy set Ivory at the foot of the bed as she collapsed head first on it. She had a bad feeling since Mr. Phil had come by and after looking at some of the files of the other men. Whatever S.H.E.I.L.D. wanted of her dad would not end well. Something big had to be coming or already there for them to call on people like her dad, Agent Romanoff, Dr. Bruce Banner who went large and green, and Steven Rogers a.k.a Captain America. Not to mention have data on a Norse God named Thor. It wasn't going to end well at all and she knew she didn't want her dad in the middle of it.
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Ivy woke up to her dad standing next to her looking slightly tired.
She rubbed her eyes as she sat up, "What's the matter?"
"I'm going to meet up with the Director and I wanted to know what you wanted to do?" her dad sat down facing her. He started to pet Ivory when she made her way next to him.
"Whatcha mean?" Ivy knew he was going to go.
"I wanted to know if you wanted to go with me or stay. You're old enough to stay home by yourself for a few days but I'm not sure how long this will take. So it's up to you," her dad looked out her window where they could see the sky changing from night to dawn. "If you come with me, you'll have to listen to exactly what I say and when I say, even if you don't like it, understand me?"
Ivy thought about her options, stay home alone (even if Jarvis was there she wouldn't have too much interaction with people) or go to some potentially dangerous situation. She knew her dad wouldn't allow harm to come to her and she would at least know what was happening.
"I think I'll come with you." It was odd to see her dad relax but see him tense up too. Her dad was probably happy that she was coming so he could keep a closer eye on her.
"OK then, you'll need to pack some clothes and try to find someone to watch Ivory," he said as he got up. "I'm going to go see if Agent Coulson left New York yet. If not then you're going with him."
"That's fine," Ivy got out of bed to stretch slightly.
She watched him walk out of her room already on his cell before she turned to go into her closet. She had a lot of her clothes hung up and the things that didn't get hung up where put into her built-in drawers. She made sure to pack clothes for a few days days in her over-night tote, thank Merlin it had charms on it to make it bottom-less and weight-less.
Ivy knew Ms. Pepper couldn't take Ivory since she was out on business for the Stark Inc. so Ivy tried Mr. Rhodey to take her. After some begging and promising to make him some pastry goodies (especially since she woke him up so early) he agreed to take Ivory till further notice. Ivy just had to floo back to their home in Malibu and drop off Ivory and Mr. Rhodey would pick her up during his lunch break and set her up in his home.
Ivy was just walking out of her father's lab, where the fireplace was located at, and into the living/kitchen area where her dad was sitting on the couch. When he saw her he jumped up and handed her the tote she packed.
"Agent Coulson is at the airport. He said that they would wait for you there. I have the car downstairs already waiting to take you there," he walked with her to the elevator and got in with her. "You'll get there first so try to stick to Agent Coulson if you can or with some you know you can trust."
"OK, Daddy," she curled her arm around his and leaned against him.
Since she was wearing her typical, by now, five inch wedges he didn't have to bend too much to plant a kiss on the top of her head. They walked out of the elevator and the building to see the black SUV. The driver was already holding her door open for her and he retrieved her tote to put in the back of the car.
Ivy gave her dad a hug and kiss before she hopped into the car, "I'll see you later today, Daddy. Have a safe flight, love you."
"Love you too, be safe." Ivy watched him through the tinted glasses till she couldn't anymore. She leaned her head back and closed her eyes till she felt the car come to a stop.
"Miss. Stark, we're here," her driver needlessly said.
Ivy rolled her eyes as the driver got out to open her door. She hated having drivers that she didn't know, Mr. Happy knew what she hated and having them announce that they were where they intended to go annoyed her. When she got of the car she noticed Mr. Phil waiting by a helicopter with another man with blonde hair standing next to him but his back was to her as he was talking to someone standing in the helicopter.
Ivy walked towards the back of the car to retrieve her tote from the driver before thanking him and watching him leave. She turned back to see Mr. Phil and the blonde man making the short distance to her.
"Hello, Mr. Phil. Nice to see you so soon," Ivy smiled at him before looking at the man next to him. Who was clearly Captain America a.k.a Steven Rogers. Who clearly had muscles under his clothes. Who had gorgeous blue eyes and blond hair.
She tripped. She put her hands out to stop her fall which helped somewhat considering she ended up scraping her hands and her right knee on the pavement but didn't face plant. She flushed as she heard Mr. Phil and Captain America give different cries and both of them helping her off the pavement.
"Are you alright, Ma'am?" Ivy flushed even more when she heard his voice.
"Miss. Ivy, are you OK?" Mr. Phil was asking as he tried to turn her hands over to check them.
"I'm alright, thank you for asking," Ivy tugged her hands out of Mr. Phil's before he could get a clear look at them. She immediately wiped them on her blue jeans, ignoring the sting of them and the rip in her right knee and tucked them up into her dad's hoodie, which she hadn't given back yet. She secured her tote on her shoulder once more before smiling at them. "How about we get out of here? I'm sure since you had to wait for me then you're most likely behind schedule."
Ivy tried to avoid looking at the Captain as she walked by him and into the helicopter but she didn't miss the searching look that Mr. Phil gave her before looking amused and nodding. She heard them climb in after her as she looked for a place to put her bag.
"Ma'am?" Ivy turned to look at the Captain as he stood next to her. "I can put that away for you, if you'd like?"
Ivy nodded as Mr. Phil had her sit down and watched him as he showed her how to strap herself into the seat. She pulled her iPod and headphones out and put them in as the helicopter started up. She slowly breathed in and out of her nose as she tried to calm her queasy stomach; she hated long car rides and having to be in the air, she always got motion sickness. Which was why she already had her iPod ready and she had some crystallized ginger in her tote. She noticed that Mr. Phil didn't look surprised at her actions while the Captain seemed a little confused. Before she hit play on her iPod she heard Mr. Phil say something about her having motion sickness. She closed her eyes and didn't open them back up till about an hour in the ride.
She noticed that there was nothing but clouds in the windows and that Mr. Phil and Captain were talking with their back to her. She pulled out one ear bud while listening to Mr. Phil say to him that they needed some 'old fashion' when Captain mentioned that his suit might be old fashioned.
Ivy pulled her right hand out of her pocket to rub her eye when she saw the peeling skin and some dried blood. "That's great."
She noticed Mr. Phil and Captain's heads flew around to look at her. She started to undo her harness without actually touching it with more than her finger tips as both hands were peeling and blood on them. It didn't work out but Mr. Phil had already motioned for her stay in her seat.
"Just stay sitting Miss. Ivy. I'll get the first aid and see what I can do till we get to the base." He walked over to a compartment as the Captain just stood there looking at her.
Ivy frowned up at him, why every man she met had to be so annoying tall she'll never know. Why couldn't some men be around her height? "Is something the matter?" she asked him when he kept staring at her. She could feel her cheeks warming.
He seemed to startle a little, "I'm sorry ma'am, no there isn't. My name is Steve Rogers." He stuck out his hand to her.
She looked at his hand then to her busted up hands and back to his, which he withdrew after apologizing. She shrugged at him, "I'm Ivy. You wouldn't happen to be related to Mr. Rogers?"
He looked at her slightly confused so she said, "You know Mister. Rogers's neighborhood."
"Miss. Ivy! I expect that from your father not you," Mr. Phil scolded her as he came back with the first aid.
Ivy ducked her head sheepishly before looking at Mr. Rogers, "I apologize. That was something my dad would say. That was rude of me, since I believe Mister. Rogers was after you, Captain Rogers."
He nodded, "You can call me Steve, ma'am."
Ivy smiled at him, "Well then Steve you can call me Ivy."
She turned her attention back to Mr. Phil who was digging through the first aid kit for rubbing alcohol pads and some gauze. She frowned at her hands; they were going to take a couple of days to heal. She couldn't wait till she turned seventeen, she would be able to do magic when she wanted.
"This will sting," Mr. Phil warned her when he opened a packet of the rubbing alcohol.
Ivy nodded to him; a little sting from the alcohol wasn't going to hurt her. She didn't wince when he pressed it on her hands or bound her palms in gauze. She did however shake her head as she got dizzy and she swayed slightly in her sitting position.
"Miss. Ivy? Are you feeling sick again?" Mr. Phil asked her as he checked her right knee.
Ivy nodded her head as she pulled her pant leg up and grabbed the alcohol pad from him to wipe her kneecap with it. "I have some ginger in my bag; it's in the front pocket."
She watched at Steve got her bag and pulled out her crystallized ginger that was in its sealed package. She thanked him when he opened the package for her and pulled one out to suck on it. She let Mr. Phil help her back into her harness and popped her ear buds back in before closing her eyes.
Ivy woke up an hour later with Mr. Phil shaking her shoulder. She pulled her ear buds out and shoved them with the iPod into her tote which he pulled down for her. She followed them both out and smiled at Agent Romanoff. She wasn't annoyed (unlike her dad) with Agent Romanoff for anything that happened two years ago. She was thankful to her since she was the one went under-cover to watch over her dying dad.
She greeted Agent Romanoff as the Steve and Dr. Banner greeted each other. "Hello, Agent Romanoff. How've you been?"
Agent Romanoff nodded to her, "I've been better, Miss. Stark. And how have you been?"
"I've been good. I'm sorry about Agent Barton."
"Thank you."
Ivy turned when she heard the two guys done talking and walked right up to Dr. Banner. She stuck out her right hand and smile, "Dr. Banner a pleasure to finally meet you. My name is Ivy and I know a lot about your work," she gave a wider grin when she noticed him hesitating. "Don't worry about my hand, just a scrap."
Dr. Banner gave a small smile at her before shaking her hand gently. "Nice to meet you, Ivy, you can call me Bruce. If you don't mind my asking but you seem a little young to be reading my works."
Ivy rocked back till she was standing on her heels of her wedges, "I don't mind you asking. I've read a couple of your older publishing but that's about it. Most of the time if goes over my mind but I know enough to understand, I would have to with my father. Who is the reason I know so much of works; he is a huge fan."
"Who is your father?"
Ivy smiled at him, "Everyone will meet him when he shows up. Trust me you'll notice him. I'm going to head in and try to catch some sleep."
Steve and Dr. Bruce nodded to her while Agent Romanoff caught another agent and had him show Ivy where she was staying.
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Ivy didn't wake up till later that evening and when she walked to the main deck she found out that her dad was returning shortly with Steve, Agent Romanoff, Thor, and the captive. Since they weren't to be back for another forty minutes Ivy decided to explore some. She found the food hall, more rooms for agents, a couple of different bathrooms with showers, a lot of locked doors and the lab that Dr. Bruce was working in.
Ivy walked into the lab just as Dr. Bruce looked up to stare at the window across from them. They both watched as armed guards were walking with a pale, dark-haired, green eyed man walked by. The man seemed to know they were staring but he looked right at Dr. Bruce while giving a mocking smile.
"Weird," Ivy whispered to Dr. Bruce who just nodded. "Main Deck?"
Another nod and they set off to the main deck but before they made it there Ivy broke off to go to the bathroom. She walked into the main deck, a few minutes later, and sat in seat by Dr. Bruce who was standing as everyone listened to Thor talk about the army his brother had named the Chitauri. She wasn't really paying attention to what was said after till Thor got annoyed with Dr. Bruce.
"Have a care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard and he is my brother," Thor snapped at Dr. Bruce.
"He killed eighty people in two days," Agent Romanoff deadpanned.
"…he's adopted," was the reply.
Ivy busted out laughing before slapping her hands to her mouth when everyone stared at her. She flushed.
If Ivy didn't want any more attention on herself she would have jumped up to hug him when Dr. Bruce took the attention on to him and she was even more joyful when her dad stepped in with Agent Coulson. She gave him a bright smile when his eyes looked her over the best he could give since she was sitting down. She made sure to keep her hands under the table and in her hoodie pocket. She didn't need her dad to freak out just yet.
Ivy watched her dad walk to the front and called for the monitors to be raised. She then proceeded to choke in shock when he pointed out an Agent who was playing Galaga.
She tried to stop from laughing as her dad continued, "How does Fury even see these?" He was covering his left eye and turned his body dramatically from side to side.
She shook her head at Agent Hill who opened her mouth, "He turns."
Ivy didn't know why no one listened to her when she tried stopping them, it didn't do any good to encourage her dad's antics. "Sounds exhausting." Case in point.
"The rest of the raw materials, Agent Barton can get his hands on pretty easily. Only major component he still needs is a power source. A high energy density, something to kick-start the cube." Ivy smirked at her dad when she saw him put what she knew was a chip to hack into all the S.H.I.E.L.D. files. He just gave her a wink making her smirk turn into a smile. Ivy noticed Dr. Bruce staring at them in confusion.
Agent Hill sounded half-annoyed and half-impressed, "When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?"
"Last night. The packet, Selvig's notes, the Extraction Theory papers. Am I the only one who did the reading?"
Ivy almost rolled her eyes at him as Steve cut him off with a question that was answered by Dr. Bruce. Ivy did roll her eyes and snorted when her dad said to the room at large, "Finally someone who speaks English."
She grinned when she heard Steve mutter, "Is that what just happened?"
"If you know what we're up against, I want you two to start tracking the cube," Director Fury ordered as he walked into the room.
"Let's start with that stick of his. It may be magical, but it works an awful lot like a Hydra weapon."
"I don't know about that, but it is powered by the cube," Fury said, while walking further into the room. "And I'd like to know how Loki used it to turn two of the sharpest men I know into his personal flying monkeys."
Ivy had to smother a laugh when Thor sounded and looked confused when he didn't understand what Director Fury said while Steve immediately exclaimed that he did. Ivy forced her head into her arms that she placed on the table.
Ivy could feel her dad rolling his eyes as he turned to Dr. Bruce, "Shall we go play, Dr. Banner?"
Ivy still had her head in her arms when the Director spoke again, "Stark take your brat with you. I don't need her trying every door on this carrier."
"Don't call my daughter a brat, Fury."
Ivy's head snapped up as several people exclaimed, "Daughter!"
"Hey I was just checking my boundaries. I know if I'm allowed somewhere and where I'm not," Ivy said indignantly as she stood up. She ignored the looks that the other people were giving her.
She grabbed her dad's hand as they walked out of the room with Dr. Bruce right behind them.
"Well you did tell me that I would know your dad when I met him," Dr. Bruce said to her once they got into the lab.
Ivy grinned at him as her dad pulled the gauze off to look at her hands.