Ten hours had gone by working in the Stark labs...! Great Athena! I couldn't even find the hubby in all of it. It was a labyrinth to be sure. It was like being in Hephaestus' workshop (although no one beat my forge god brother in that regard!). Still, Mister Stark had it going good down here.
I blew raspberries and hung up my lab coat on the hook. A truth god tired...? The words didn't go together. It was a good kind of tired though.
"Wonder woman?" I turned to face the speaker. It was Happy Hogan; Tony's security head. "Mister Hogan? What can I do for you?" "Do you have a moment?" "Of course." The concern was now revealed on his alert face. "We've just received credible intel that area communists mean to attack Mister Stark in the near future." I frowned at that. "That seems kind of stupid given who Mister Stark in fact is - and all of his superhuman allies around him." "You would think, but these are fanatics we are dealing with. You're the most powerful among us. I could really use your help." "Sure; anything I can do." He cleared his throat and pulled out a phone. "I'm of course heading the investigation and working with the government to stop it. I uh..." He brought up an image of an IM suit variant; it was patriotically themed. I liked it instantly... "It's called the Iron Patriot. I know you don't need anything conventional in the way of tech like this...but I'm a patriot - Stark Industries is a patriotic company and is a champion of capitalism..." I nodded, inferring where he was going with it. "You want me to wear the suit and fight these commies wearing it - both to protect Tony and to promote what he stands for as an American icon." He laughed. "Damn, that was easy." "You know I'm a patriot too?" "Yeah." "I'll do it." He was definitely relieved. "Thank you wonder woman-" "Diana." "Happy." "Well, let's get to it then. Let me go over whatever intel that you have and let's bag/tag these clowns before they do any real damage." "Roger that."
Happy left and Peter joined me. "What's up?" We shared a small kiss. I got him up to speed. "No kidding? You want me along?" I looked around the lab. "No; you stay here. I'm sure there's still much more Drs. Birch and Klein can teach you in my absence." "No one teaches like you." We parted for now.
A short time later I found the nano tech IP suit and set the power core to my chest; it had many configurations for donning and activation. Its bio scanners linked up with my brain waves; tech telepathy if you would. I touched the power core to activate the device to cover everything but my head.
"Diana?" "Pepper. What's going on?" She sighed folded her arms over her chest and walked over to me. "Happy told me what's going on." "I'm sorry Pepper; but I give you my word I'll get to the bottom of this." Though worried my words calmed her. "Thank you Diana; that means a lot. Tony can be so reckless sometimes. He literally thinks he's indestructible - whether he wears the suit or not." I gave her a lopsided grin. "We'll make this right Pepper; don't worry. We can't have him out of character now can we?" We shared a smile. She hugged me. "Thank you."
"I'll keep you updated." With that I mentally commanded the nano bots to put the helmet on and instinctively shot away from Stark tower with my hand/foot repulsors. The suit was formfitting...so it definitely gave off my amazonian figure. Having worked with the wonder plane in such ways countless times the IP suit wasn't hard at all to get the hang off. I was soon flying over New York like Tony; like a pro.
It was some bad ass hardware at my disposal. I would do us all proud. I'd already reviewed Happy's intel - both personally and via wonder plane. It was time to go hunting. I didn't need Friday for the wonder plane could do what she did, and even faster. With the first target locked onto my HUD screen I set the repulsors to high sent a sonic boom across the city skyline and headed for Queens...the alternate version of where my husband was from.
It was time to take names and kick ass; amazon style.
