Ch 21

Hello all! Now Alyssa is back in LA, but it's not going to last. next chapter is the last chapter of Part 2 and sets up Part 3. I'll give you more information on that next chapter.

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Oh LA, how your predictable heat, stink and ads for plastic surgery welcome me home. I had just gotten back to my apartment after leaving the bus. Fitzsimmons were the saddest to see me leave and so am to leave them I but I can always check on them if I needed.

I text Pepper that I am in town again, and I do the same with Jimmy. They both instantly text me back welcomes. Jimmy insists that he's on his way to see me now.

Not even twenty minutes later Jimmy is at my door.

"What's with the dog?" he asks as he walks in and sees Bandit.

"This is Bandit and he is a robot dog I built. Acts like completely like a dog. I made sure of that."

"You. Built… a robotic… dog? Why?"

"Because I can."

"Someone had time on their hands."

"No kidding. I was stuck on a plane with nothing else to do."

"Why were you on a plane?"

"Not important. So what have you been up too?" I change the subject.

"Well, I'm not working right now if that's what you were asking."

"I wasn't… but that's an acceptable answer. Why not? Military don't need you anymore?"

"Not really."

"You know, they are almost always hiring at Stark Industries. I could ask Pepper if there was anything. And I could look to see if there was anything you could do for SHIELD." I offer.

"What's SHIELD?" Jimmy asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No."

"Oh come on!"

"Starks only."

"But Tony!"

"Stop it Bird Brain! Your not getting anywhere near the booster carts!"

"An Iron Man suit?"

"Tony only!"

"But…"

"Stop it Barton! Don't you have someone else to piss off?"

"Not until noon."

"You people are strange…" I butt in. Pepper and me were both standing in the doorway watching Clint and my dad's conversation.

"Hey Pep and Alyssa!" Tony greeted happily. "What brings you two down here?"

"I came to check on your madness." Pepper answered.

"I came to join the madness." I continued.

"Grab a seat." Tony looked to me then turned to Pepper. They went into their own conversation and Clint came up to me.

"How'd your meeting with the big boss go?" Clint asked.

"You mean Eyepatch? Fine. I'm not going to the east coast for a while. They want me here."

"Why?"

"Babysit you."

"Lies."

"How would you know?" I raise an eyebrow.

"I'm level seven. I could figure out why you're here."

"And yet there are things that are level seven that are still kept from you."

"How would you know that?"

"I know things. Things I can't tell you that I wish I could."

"Fury making you hide secrets?"

"You make it sound surprising. His secrets have secrets." I repeat the line most often said about the scary man.

"Point taken. But I know you are one to break the rules. You could tell me."

"I really couldn't. The point is that until further notice I'm staying in California."

"Good." I hear Tony yell from behind me. "You staying here is very good."

"To you it would be. You really don't like me leaving too far from home."

"Because when you're far we hardly see you. We kind of like you."

"Thanks dad. I kind of like Pepper and you too."

"Do you guys like me?" Clint asked sounding like a left out child.

"As much as anyone likes a freeloader that pops up every so often." Tony answers.

"Thanks Tony, that means a lot to me." Clint rolls his eyes and turns to look at things. Which turns into him touching things. And that turns into him getting electrocuted.

"YEOUCH! What the heck happened to me?" Clint screamed.

Tony and me both looked towards the archer, with a pained and worried look on his face.

"Am I gonna die!?" Clint yells. He looks ridiculous as he's hunched over and holding his hand in pain. Not to mention his hair is sticking up all over the place from the electrical current.

Tony and me both look at each other and try to hold in laughs. Well, I try. Tony just bursts out in hysterics.

"You should be okay." I nod.

"Yeah, your feathered butt just got a little cooked." Tony laughed. "That's what you get when you peck your beak where it doesn't belong, you turned into a burnt hawk!"

"That was a terrible bird insult, even for you Tony." Clint remarked as he tried to put his hair back to normal.

"Its not all a lie thought. You shouldn't have touched something when you didn't know what it does." I shrug still laughing at his appearance.

"Shuddup."

I walked into Pepper's office when I saw her hitting her computer screen with her hand and very frustrated. She wanted to talk with me today for who knows what reason.

"Is this a bad time?" I ask as I walk into the room.

"Oh! Alyssa! Not its not a bad time at all! Come in." she smiled.

"You sure? Cause you seemed to be very busy hitting a computer monitor. May I ask why?"

"this computer system is not working. And the IT department does not have a handle on fixing it."

"And hitting the monitor is fixing it? I'm no genius with technology… okay I am a genius with technology. Actually I'm a genius in general… but I am pretty sure hitting the monitor doesn't help. If anything it makes the image glitch."

"I know, its just frustrating!" Pepper said as she gave the screen yet another violent whack.

"Won't dad fix it?"

"He probably could. But he won't touch the system, says it's not his job."

"I have a friend that could do it. He is great with computer systems. That's his thing. Been building computers from scratch since he was five. He would be willing to help."

"You want to leave me his number? I could use all the help I could get."

"Alyssa?" I hear Jimmy say on the other end of the phone later that day.

"What?"

"Did you give Pepper Potts my number for a job?"

"Maybe. Maybe she just heard of your incredible work."

"You're the best Alyssa."

"I already knew that Jimmy. That's not new."

It had been a long week. But it's Friday and all of my goals had been completed and I could happily relax. But first I had to deliver a very exciting surprise that I had accomplished this week. So off to the mansion.

"Welcome back Miss Williams." JARVIS greeted me as I entered.

"JARVIS I swear I am going to reprogram you to call me Alyssa if you don't start doing it on your own."

"My apologies. There is no need to go to such extreme measures."

"It will be encrypted in your next update. You won't even know. Anyway… my dad downstairs?"

"Mr. Stark is downstairs as usual."

"Thanks JARVIS." I reply as I head down to see daddy dearest.

"WHOLY FUCK!" I heard, as I am about to enter. I see Dummy with a fire extinguisher and the bot pointing it to my dad who is flat on his back on the floor who is covered in black sludge and is smoking along with all the metal parts he was surrounded by.

"Uh, is it safe to enter?" I ask.

"Hey Alyssa. What brings you here?"

"What were you doing?" I inquire. This will be good.

"Nothing…"

"Suit stuff?"

"…Yes…"

"Pepper's gonna kill you."

"I know." Tony groans.

"Then why do you do it? Please tell me. Do you have a twisted death wish? She ripped your head off the first time."

"Its just precaution. Incase the Avengers need to reassemble or something." Tony shrugged.

"You believe that? You will all need to reassemble again?"

"You never know. No one thought aliens would attack and look at what happened."

"I am sure there were some people that saw that coming. People do create movies about aliens. ET, War of the Worlds, and Alien for example."

"ET was friendly."

"The point still stands."

"Alright, you win. What are you here for?"

"I can't just come and say hi to my dad while I'm in town? I am hurt." I fake hurt. "But your right I'm here for a reason."

"What's the reason?" he looks at me curiously.

I pass Tony the open envelope and he looks at where it came from.

"Did you get arrested or something?"

"Just open it."

Tony does and just skims it over. I know he got the point when he looks up to me.

"You did that?" he is trying to look neutral. He is doing terrible.

"I did."

"Why?"

"Because. I'm a Stark." I shrug.

Tony goes up to hug me. "Yes. Yes you are."

I look down at the letter in his hands and smile about what it says.

Finally I know who I am. Now everyone else can know who I am too. With the good and bad that comes with being a Stark kid, I am one. And I feel pretty damn proud of that. I am legally and officially Alyssa Maria Williams-Stark.