Peter Parker had never been one for this 'thinking through problems' thing. He was more the 'inner panic attack and then deal with it' kinda guy. He had no idea what he was going to be walking in to.
A few hours before the incident, Peter was on the front steps of his school after the day had ended, waiting for Happy to pick him up. He was going over to the Avengers compound to work on a project he had going with Mr Stark.
"Whatcha doing?" A voice behind him made him jump.
Looking behind him, he saw Michelle.
"Oh, hey MJ." Peter said. "Just waiting for Happy to come pick me up."
"Cool. What are you and Mr Stark working on?" She asked.
"Oh, right now we're just kind of tinkering, mostly with car parts and stuff."
"Cool. Mind if I wait with you?"
Peter smiled at her and moved over. She took the hint and sat down, taking out a sketch pad. Peter looked over at the sketch pad, and watched her draw for a while. Soon, Happy pulled up.
"Hey, Peter," he yelled. "Are you bringing a friend over today?"
"Oh! Um.." Peter looked over at MJ, who shrugged. "Yeah! Is.. is that okay?"
"I don't see why not." Happy said, nodding the pair over.
MJ and Peter slip into the back seat of the car, and happy starts the drive to the avengers compound.
MJ and Peter walked to the private sector of the compound with Happy. "The other avengers are all out doing their own thing. Tony and you guys have this sector of the compound to yourselves." Happy explained.
"Thanks, Happy." Peter said, opening the door for MJ. She raised a curious eyebrow, but followed Peter into the private wing.
"Mr Stark?" Peter shouts.
"In the lab, kid!" Tony shouts back.
MJ followed Peter through the compound to the lab, where Tony was waiting.
"I uh, I brought a friend, this is MJ.. and um.. Mr Stark, what are you working on..?" Peter asked.
"Hi MJ." Tony said. MJ was looking at the genius as if he had three heads "Honestly kid, it's supposed to be a car engine. That latest battle with that stupid enchantress made me a bit loopy."
"No kidding." Michelle whispered.
Tony had the engine on a glass table, he was laying under said table inspecting it, and the engine didn't exactly look like an engine anymore.
"Are you feeling alright, Mr Stark? Maybe you should lie down.." Peter said, a hint of worry in his voice.
"Nah, I'm fine, kid, you wanna show your friend around?" He asked.
Just then, Friday spoke up. "Sir has been acting strangely ever since he came back from the mission. I recommend contacting one of the following avengers:"
A holographic screen popped up infront of Peter and MJ with the remaining avengers names on it.
Black Panther, T'challa
Black Widow, Natasha Ramonoff
The Vision
War Machine, James Rhodes
Tony got out from under the table and stood up, although his balance seemed a bit off.
"Don't listen to Friday, she's just.. just.."
Tony's eyes fluttered closed, and he fell to the ground.
"Mister Stark!" Peter yelled.
He ran over to his mentor who was starting to look a bit different. Peter backed up with Michelle behind him and they watched in shock as the Billionaire shifted into a much smaller version of himself. Tony's clothing lay on the floor with a small Tony barely visible inside. Michelle stepped closer to where Tony had been, reaching down for the pile of clothes. She felt around for a head and pulled back the clothing to beneath his shoulder. Wrapping him in the oversized shirt, Michelle picked up the now miniature Stark and turned to face Peter, who was white as ghost and spaced out.
"Peter." Michelle said.
After getting no response, she tried again.
"Peter," she said again, her tone somewhat warning.
"Peter!" She yelled, which seemed to get him to focus.
"Oh, Happy is gonna kill me." Peter said. "And what even.. how do we.."
"Peter, listen, you call one of the avengers. ...Preferably King T'challa. I'll watch Tony, and have the AI look at him, and get some food and stuff. Okay?" She asked.
Peter swallowed and nodded.
"Good." Michelle said.
"Thanks, MJ." Peter said.
Michelle looked away and nodded, taking Tony out of the lab. She wandered around the wing for a bit until she found what looked like a medical room. She placed Tony on one of the three beds and the two stared at eachother for a few moments.
"Alright.. how do you get your AI to turn on.." Michelle thought aloud. "Peter said it's name was.. Friday?"
"Yes, Miss Jones." Friday answered.
"Oh. Um, could you scan Mr. Stark? Maybe find out how old he is, tell me what to do with a kid, maybe find out what the hell is happening?" Asked MJ.
A blue light flickered over Tony momentarily in a grid pattern, and the AI spoke again.
"Mr. Stark seems to be between the age of 9 and 12 months. I suggest asking for the support of one of the avengers."
"Alright, cool. Can you, like, order some baby food and clothes or something?"
"Of course, Miss Jones." Friday replied.
Not sure what to do, Michelle gave a slow nod and picked up Tony.
"Glad it's the weekend." Michelle quipped.
Peter was pacing back and fourth trying to decide which avenger to call. Agent Romanoff seemed like a pour decision, she has some contacts, but she doesn't exactly excel in magic or whatever this was. Mr. Vision was technically an AI himself, but he seemed like he wasn't the best at keeping secrets..
Colonel Rhodes is Tony's best friend.. Peter tried to picture his reaction to the situation, and saw the soldier not taking it so well. That left..
"Who is this?" A voice said.
"Hello, ma'am, I'm uh, Peter Parker, most people call me Spider-man, uh, I fought with Black Panther, against the rouge avengers after the sacovia accords? I really need to talk with him." Peter said.
The woman on the holo transmitter raised an eyebrow, and eventually smiled.
"Brother!" She called. "There is a small boy who needs to speak with you! He says he is a human spider!" The girl said. T'challa came into view of the screen a few moments later. "Thank you, Shuri." He said.
T'challa looked over Peter quickly.
"Ah, Mister Parker. Tony Stark's apprentice, correct?" He asked.
"Uh, yes, that's right, your highness." Peter said.
T'challa smiled. "Now, what is the purpose of this call?" He asked.
"Well, you see, Mr Stark with fighting this enchantress, I think she was from Asgaurd or something, and uh, now he like a year old, and none of the other avengers are here and I really need some help? I was hoping Wakanda would have something to help? If not then, I'm kind of screwed." Peter told him.
T'challa stroked his chin. He appeared to be in thought when Shuri, apparently still listening popped in. I could run some experiments over there on him, come on, Brother, this boy clearly needs help." Shuri said.
T'challa dipped his head. "We will be there in a few hours." He said, ending the call.
Peter breathed a sigh of relief.
"Everything will be fine.. King T'challa and Princess Shuri will come, they'll fix everything." Peter thought aloud. He nodded to himself once. "I should stop talking to myself." He said. He stood there awkwardly for a few seconds and left the room to find MJ and Tony.
Once he found MJ and Tony, Michelle didn't look like she was having fun. Tony was pulling on her hair, and he seemed to rather enjoy the taste of her jacket.
"Want me to.." Peter started.
"Yes." Michelle replied, handing Tony to Peter. "Did you get an avenger to come?"
"Yeah, Princess Shuri and King T'challa are coming. Shuri says she may be able to sort this out." Peter said.
That seemed to brighten Michelle. "King T'challa is coming?" She asked. "If deageing Ironman is all I needed to do to meet King T'challa, I would have already done it." She said.
"So.. is Black Panther your favourite super hero?" Peter asked.
"Second favourite. Next to spider man." That made Peter smile. "But, I really like T'challa, have you seen the impact Wakanda has secretly had on the world?! And what he's doing to help the world, plus the technology of the place,"
MJ continued to speak about Wakanda as Peter's eyes drifted to Tony. Michelle seemed to notice the loss of interest and changed the subject. "Oh, and I got Friday to order baby food and stuff."
Peter breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't exactly sure what he was planning to feed to the deaged billionaire.
Just then, they heard a knock on the door.
"Hey, Parker? Some delivery guy just dropped off baby food, clothes and diapers?"
Peter jumped up and ran to the door, signalling for MJ to hide Tony.
"Oh, thanks Happy!" He said, quickly taking the bags.
"What are you guys working on in there?" He asked.
"Oh.. um, we were just making practice dummies and wanted to dress them up, and Mr Stark wanted to use the baby food for Mr Barton's new kid.. send it to him, I mean." Peter said.
Happy raised an eyebrow at the sheepishly smiling teenager as he closed the door. Once the door was closed, Peter breathed a sigh of relief.
"Practice dummies? Really?" MJ asked, bringing Tony back in to the common area.
"I'm no good at improvisation!" Peter protested.
MJ smirked. "Alright, I'll get him changed, you get the food, and if you're done fast, you mind texting my parents to tell them I'm at the avengers compound and will be here for a while?" She asked.
"No problem." Peter replied.
"Thanks." Michelle tossed her phone to Peter and picked up the bags with the clothes in them, and brought Tony to a different room. Peter slightly worried about how MJ would do with dressing a baby, but he had learned not to doubt her and got to work.
Michelle had taken care of kids before, against her will but she had done it. Hoping Tony Stark wouldn't remember any of this once he was back to normal, she put him in a diaper and onesie, internally thanking the AI for buying an Ironman one. Just as she was finishing up, she heard a "gah! Shit!"
She curiously walked back into the kitchen to see Peter covered in baby food. She smirked and sat Tony down beside Peter. Michelle expertly opened the baby food to a bewildered Peter and gave him the container. The following evening after they had put Tony to bed, they heard a knock at the door.
"Peter Parker?" A voice from the other side came.
Michelle and Peter came to open it to see the king and princess of Wakanda.
"You say you have some troubles with Mister Stark?" T'challa asked.
"Oh, yeah. We need some help, we weren't sure what to do.. I mean, he fought some kind of enchantress and now.."
"Show us?" A gleeful Shuri asked, receiving a tired look from her brother, who had clearly been dealing with her their the entire flight.
Peter nodded and lead them to the room where Tony was in, and Shuri got right to work.
"This should not be entirely easy." She said, looking over Tony.
"So.. that is Tony Stark." T'challa remarked.
Peter gave him a sheepish smile.
"Well, Your highness, you see, Mister Stark was fighting this enchantress from Asgaurd, and he got.. hit with something?" Peter said.
T'challa put a hand to his chin. "It seems Thor or Loki Odinson may be more equipped to deal with this matter then us." T'challa replied.
"Don't take this away from me, brother!" Shuri said.
MJ chuckled. "I like her."
Peter sighed. "We would like to, but we have no way of contacting Asgaurd and Thor. It's not like we can just say 'Friday, contact Thor!' And-"
"Contacting: Point Break." Friday said.
Peter turned cherry red. "So uh.. MJ is a big fan.."
T'challa gave him a smile. "No need to worry, Mister Parker. Both Shuri and myself needed to get away from Wakanda for a while. Besides, Mister Barnes will love the photos of this when he wakes up." T'challa said.
It took Peter a second to register that T'challa had made a joke, but he smiled.
"Man of Iron, are you there?" Thor came up on the holo screen infront of them.
"We need some help reversing Asgaurd magic, uh.. mister Odinson." Peter said.
"Just Thor is fine. I will bring Loki and we will correct this. What is it that has happened?" Thor asked.
"I.. don't think you'll believe me if I tell you.." Peter said.
"Very well, man of spiders. I will be there shortly."
A few moments later, they heard a sound on the roof, and seconds after, Thor knocked a hole in the room, landing with his brother who looked a tad confused.
"Where is the man of iron?" Asked Thor.
Michelle pointed to Tony laying on the bed.
"Ah, I see, Loki?"
Loki rolled his eyes, but snapped his fingers and Tony turned back to normal.
"Happy?" Loki asked.
Tony looked around at everyone in the room. "How much do I need to pay you to keep this quiet?"
Shuri smirked. "Perhaps you could show me the workings of your iron man suit." She remarked.
"Shuri.." T'challa said, though his tone was lighter and amused.
She shrugged. "Well, we are clearly not flying back to Wakanda tonight, I thought we were staying here."
"Sure, why not." Tony said. "Everyone can stay as long as we never talk about this again."
"So, King T'challa, while you're here, do you mind answering some questions on your perspective on Wakanda's impact on the world?" Asked MJ.
T'challa looked over at Peter with a confused look on his face.
"She's got an assignment." He shrugged.