I sat on the couch eating ice cream while dad was out in his suit. Pepper was watching the screens, I heard dads voice over the speakers
"You're good to go on this end. The rest is up to you." he said
"You disconnected the transition lines? Are we off the grid?" Pepper asked
"Stark Towers is about to become a beacon of of self sustaining clean energy." Said dad
"Wow, so maybe our reactor takes over and it actually works?"
"I assume. Light her up."
I got up and walked over to Pepper to join her watching the screens
"How does it look?" I asked
" Like Christmas, but with more...me." he replied making me giggle
"You mean us" I said. I could almost feel him rolling his eyes
"Gotta go wider on the public awareness campaign. You need to do some press. I can do some more tomorrow, I'm working on the zoning for the next billboards." said Pepper
"Pepper, you're killing me. Remember? Enjoy the moment."
Dad landed outside and was in the process of taking off his Iron Man suit
"Sir, Agent Coulson of SHIELD is on the line." said JARVIS
"I'm not in. I'm actually out." said dad
"Sir, I'm afraid he's insisting." JARVIS
"Close the line Jarvis." said dad
He came in and pecked my forehead
"Levels are holding steady...I think." said Pepper. I walked over to the champagne a poured me some as dad and Pepper some too.
"Of course they are, I was directly involved. Which brings me to my next question. How does it feel to be a genius?" said dad
"Well, ha, I really wouldn't know now, would I?"
"What do you mean? All this, came from you."
"No. All this, came from that." I pointed to the energy in his chest plate
"Give yourself some credit, please. Stark Tower is your baby. Give yourself... twelve percent of the credit." I giggled when dad said this
"Twelve percent?" I asked, Pepper raised an eyebrow
"An argument can be made for fifteen." dad said wrapping an arm around me
"Twelve percent for my baby?" Pepper asked
"Well, I did do all the heavy lifting. Literally, I lifted the heavy things. And sorry, but the security snafu? That was on you."
"Oooooh!" I said
"My private elevator."
"You mean our elevator?" I asked
"It was teeming with sweaty workmen. I'm going to pay for that comment about percentages in some subtle way later on, aren't I?"
"Not gonna be that subtle." Pepper said
"I'll tell you what. Next building is gonna say 'Potts' on the tower." I said trying to make her happy. Daddy glared at me playfully
"On the lease." she replied
"Call your mom, can you bunk over?" asked dad
"Sir, the telephone. I'm afraid my protocol's are being overwritten."
"Stark, we need to talk." a male voice said
Dad picked up his phone
"You have reached the life model decoy of Tony Stark, please leave a message." I giggled loudly making dad glare at me for giving it away
"This is urgent." the man said
"Then leave it urgently." I said making dad smirk
The doors to the elevator opened and a man stepped out
"Security breach."said dad, he turned to Pepper
"That's on you." he said
"Mr. Stark" the man said
"Phil! Come in." said Pepper enthusiastically.
"Phil?" asked dad making a face
"I can't stay." Phil said
"Uh...his first name is Agent." said dad making me laugh. Dad winked at me before stealing some of my ice cream.
"Come on in, we're celebrating." said Pepper
"Which is why he can't stay." said dad plastering on a fake smile
"We need you and your daughter to look this over." said Coulson
He holds out a file towards dad
"Soon as possible." he finished
"I don't like being handed things." said dad
"That's alright, cause I love to be handed things. So, let's trade." said Pepper
She passes her glass of champagne to Coulson and takes the file from him, then takes her champagne glass back from Coulson and passes the file over to dad
"Thank you." said Coulson
"Official consulting hours are between eight and five every other Thursday." said dad
"This isn't a consultation." said Coulson
"Is this about The Avengers? Which I...I know nothing about." said Pepper. I cocked my head 'Avengers?'
"The Avengers Initiative was scrapped, I thought. And I didn't even qualify." said dad looking at the files
"I didn't know that either." Pepper
"Yeah, apparently I'm volatile, self obsessed, don't play well with others." daddy said
"That I did know." Pepper and i said
"This isn't about personality profiles anymore." Coulson said
"Whatever. Miss Potts, got a minute?" dad asked and beaconed her over to have a private talk. I grinned nervously at Coulson
"Why do you need me?" I asked
"We know about your powers Ms. Stark" he said making me tense "we need your help"
"My dad wont let me"
" then don't tell him. We will call you in." he said
"What is all this?" asked Pepper making me look over
"This is uh..." started dad
With a flick of his hand he spreads all the profiles of the other Avengers on to the different computer screens
"This." he said
Pepper and I looked at all their profiles in awe
"I'm going to take the jet to D.C. Tonight." said Pepper
"Tomorrow." said dad
"You have homework. You have a lot of homework." she said
"Well, what if I didn't?" asked dad
"If you didn't?"
"Yeah."
"You mean if you finished?"
Dad nodded his head
"Well, um...then"
She whispered something in his ear and Coulson looks away in embarrassment while I shook my head. They acted like a couple of horny teens.
"Square deal, fly safe"
Pepper kissed him
"Work hard." she said before she and Coulson left. Dad turned to me
"Lets get busy" he said