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Child of Silence
By Angelwings Sorrow
Chapter 23 "A Robot Adventure"
"Bambi, Sweetie, what are you doing?" Tony asked as the loud noises coming from the lab had woken him up.
"Packing some things for Haraldr. I realized last night that we have been neglecting him and his health since he has begun school. We need correct that immediately."
"Brother where do you want me to put the fruit?" Thor said as carried in two large crates.
"Oh Sparkles when did you get here?" Tony asked as he took a cup of coffee from U.
"Greeting Friend Tony, I came in this morning on the Bi-Frost. Loki sent word to Mother at Haraldr needed better fruit, so here I am. I have brought ten crates." Thor smiled.
"Thor, bring those over here. I am preparing the box now." Loki said as he stood before what looked like a Metal shipping create.
"Honey, how is the vulture supposed to carry that to Harry's school?" the genius questioned as he stared at the box.
"Magic Stark, Nátt is an Owl not a Vulture I keep telling you. Now please go get the clothes we bought him yesterday. Thor put the fruit in the box." Loki ordered.
"Yes brother. Shall I bring the others down here as well?"
"No I want you to leave them up there to rot." Loki rolled his eyes. His brother could be the stereo-typical blond. "Yes Thor, bring the crates here! Haraldr is underweight and needs the nutrition."
"What to you mean he's underweight? Bruce said that Harry's weight was fine he's Ninety pounds." Tony was confused by The God's concern.
"Ninety pounds maybe fine for earth children but not for an Asgardian child." Thor supplied.
"Especially one of Jotun blood." Loki added quietly. Tony sighed as much progress as they had made Loki was still ashamed of his Frost Giant heritage. "Haraldr should be at least a hundred and fifty pounds at age eleven."
"And you brother should be at two hundred and seventy five pounds. Dr. Banner told me that you are a hundred pounds underweight." Thor glared at his slender brother.
"And how would the good doctor know my weight."
"Oh I can answer that." Tony jumped in. "The last time you were in the lab we were testing out the floor scale trying to make sure it was calibrated for when the Hulk comes out we wanted to take his measurements for later re-enforcements. Well I tried it out and Bruce tried it, and seemed to be working. We wanted a few more test just to make sure it wasn't a fluke so we asked you to bring down lunch. Then we asked Thor to come down and he weighed in at three hundred and fifty pounds we thought the calibration got screwed up. Thor asked what we were doing on after a brief explanation he informed us that Asgardians were heavier than humans because of their physiology."
"Aye, and they told me your weight when they tested the machine on you. I know you have always been of a lithe frame but seriously brother you are not healthy." The blond said sternly.
"I am fine Thor you have no need to worry." Loki waved off his brother's concern trying to hide his blush.
"Bambi, I think you should listen to your big bro here. I know most of the time you stop eating shortly after I do. I didn't think anything of it until Thor said something." Tony said taking his fiancé's hands in his. "I want you to starting eating more."
"Is that why you have been serving me more food at meals? I thought that you needed glasses like Haraldr. Anthony I am fine, we need to focus on Haraldr he's a growing boy." The prince dropped his lover's hands walked off to where the pile of stuff he was going to send Harry.
"Honey, if you want Harry to eat more and grow up to be a healthy god than you have to set a good example. You need to eat more before you develop bad eating habits or worst an eating disorder. Those are very dangerous and can be life threatening Loki. You promised me centuries together and I am going to hold you to that." Tony was really worried about his lover. He wrapped his arms around the god from behind and could feel the cool skin beneath the soft green T-shirt. He could also feel how thin his lover was becoming.
"I will try but I don't know if I can as I have always eaten small portions. I never liked eating in the Warriors' Hall growing up as I was ridiculed and looked down for being different and using magic instead of my strength. When I moved to Midgard with James the humans would stare at me if I ate more than a normal human could stomach. So I became accustomed to eating smaller meals."
"I am sorry Brother. That was my fault for not protecting you from their words and censure." Thor felt the shame for once again not seeing how people treated his little brother and allowing them to practically starve the young prince.
"It was not your fault Thor. There was little you could do as they distracted you with praise and showered you with affections. There nothing more to be done because I would have been called a coward if I had taken my meals in my rooms or with Mother. I learned to survive on smaller meals. Only once was I able to enjoy a meal in the Warriors' Hall." Loki let a small smirk grace his features.
"I remember Hela had returned from battle in Svartalfeim and was hungry from travel. She came in the hall and took the All Father's seat at the head table." Thor smiled remembering the day well
"Yes, and while the warriors greeted her they were weary of her moods because she kills first and asks questions later. I was seated a few chairs down from her next to Svadilfari. He was one of the worst of my tormentors. He didn't think Hela could see or hear him when he dumped my plate on my lap calling me a filthy monster."
"I remember though I could not hear what he had said but I saw what he had done. I was about to do something when Hela moved first. She sent her sword at him, which he barely dodged, falling backwards in his seat. She was angered by what he had done and said."
"Hela made her point when she lifted him in the air by his neck saying if he dare insult her baby brother a Prince of Asgard and of the Royal Family he would find himself in Niffleheim sooner then the fates had planned. He soiled his trousers before she threw him out of the Hall than she cleaned me up with magic before reseating me next to her and filling my plate high." Loki laughed at the memory. Hela really was over protective of him but it was how she showed she cared.
"After that day Svadilfari was banned from the hall and relocated to the builder's guild. He had been disgraced and stripped of his warrior status." Thor agreed.
"It was because of him I got that ridiculous story of me bearing his horse's foal. When what I really did was borrowed mother's mare Serenity and used my magic to put her in heat. My magic is what gave the colt eight legs because I was still not in full control of my powers then." Loki rolled his eyes as he felt his lover snickering into his back at the story.
"Well it's good to know that Harry doesn't have a horse for a brother, but we've gotten off topic. Bambi I want you to eat more. It doesn't have to be giant meals at dinner or lunch but how about a lot of little meals through out the day. That will allow you to get use to eating more and your weight will even out more naturally." Tony offered turning the god in his arms so he could see that gorgeous face.
"That sounds acceptable Anthony. I promised centuries and I want to keep my promise to you." Loki smiled and sealed the promise with a kiss. Their kiss was cut short by his brother coughing loudly to get their attention. "What is it Thor?"
"You say you promised centuries I thought humans have a shorter life span."
"Yes they do but Anthony has asked me to Marry him and I have accepted. I will ask the All Father for one of Idunn's apples for Anthony." The Chaos God's expression softened as he stared in his beloved's warm brown eyes. They were so lost in each other's eyes that did see the Thunder God's approach until they were both lifted into a crushing hug.
"This is joyous news. We must tell Mother and Father! They will want to hold a feast for your betrothal. Have you told Haraldr?" Thor asked once he let the couple breath again.
"Yeah, Sparkles. Jarvis sent Friday a video of us and Harry sent a video back saying that he was happy for us. Speaking of Harry we need to finish packing up his care package. I suggest we only send half of the fruit from Asgard because Lokes needs some of the fruit as well. Butterfingers! Can you finish packing this stuff in the crate?" Tony called out to his youngest AI robot. Butterfingers was a lot smaller then his brothers to make him more maneuverable and faster he also had an extra arm attachment that was removable depending on what Tony needed him for. Butterfingers whistled his acceptance and gave a salute before complying with the orders.
"I am constantly amazed by your creations, Anthony." Loki smiled watching Butterfingers worked on his assigned task. "I wish Haraldr had such help while he's at that school. I know he has Friday but he needs someone there to help with keeping his things in order or with his school work."
"I'm sure Harry is fine but if you really want him to have a robot I'll see what I can come up with. It has to be something made compatible with the magic." The genius gave his lover a bright winning smile ideas already running through his head. "Let's go up stairs because I know for a fact you haven't had breakfast and neither have I. Hey Point Break I got a fresh shipment of Pop-Tarts care to stick around for a bite to eat?"
"Of course I would love to break fast with my brothers. We can talk of going to Asgard to tell mother and Father of your pending marriage." Thor grinned following the two out of the lab.
Once the Avengers were gone and had closed the door, Butterfingers thought that he would be perfect to help the little master at school. The Robot finished his chore and then began to move around the workshop. Gathering his extra arm and other things he might need to help Master Harry then placing them in his built-in drawer.
"Butterfinger what are you doing?" Jarvis asked his younger brother. Butterfinger just whistled in response. "I don't think that is a good idea. You are forgetting about the magic that surrounds the castle. You will short out without the proper protections."
Butterfingers whistled again and went over to the touch screen computer. Jarvis reluctantly complied with the little robot's request at pulled up the runes information on magic blocking. "How do you intend to put those on your base?"
Butterfingers whirled around whistling before heading to the wielding station.
"Are you sure that wise?" Jarvis question as he took to his 3D holographic form to stand beside the robot. "These are the runes used when designing Friday's mobile unit. They have not been tested with larger more complex units."
Butterfingers whistle and poked his arm at the hologram and then pointed at the wielding station.
"Why not wait for Master Tony and Prince Loki inscribe these runes?" Jarvis asked as he programmed the runes into the wielding machine. Butterfingers continued to whistle is argument. "Master is not going to replace you. You are very useful here in the workshop. Very well but when he discoveries you missing I will not lie for you."
Butterfingers whistled and whirled again. "I advise you to reconsider this. You do not know I these will work on you." Jarvis tried to reason with the Robot one more time only to be yelled out by said robot. "Very well, enter the station and I shall activate the program."
The AI Robot wheeled forward and Jarvis turned on the wielder. He recorded the whole process just incase something went wrong they would have a starting point to work from. Once the runes were on the outer base Butterfingers whistled happily before wheeling into the container and hiding for the trip to his little Master.
"I hope you know what you are doing."
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The dorms were busy for the past couple of weeks as it turns out there were many projects going on for different years in different subjects and everyone was cramming in their last minute studying and practice before the deadline which was in two days. Harry was grateful for the care package his father had sent. He was able to work late into the night with the large supply of Asgardian fruit to stave off the hunger. It was a great display of spell work from his father. It had been a Muggle shipping crate shrunk down to the size of a toy car. It get something from the crate all he had to do was think about what you wanted and it would come out full size. He would ask his father to show him how to do that spell and the properties behind it.
"Students gather around I want to go over the schedules for the next couple of days. Now Classes have been canceled for the Projects that you have been working on this quarter. Now tomorrow years Seventh, Sixth and Fifth will be presenting their projects out in the Great Hall. On Friday it will be Third and Second years presenting in the Hall ending with the First years out near the lake for the Charms Competition."
"Professor! Help!" Michael Corner came running down the stairs. "There's this weird thing in the dorms and its give off sparks and going crazy Terry's trapped!"
"Oh dear, Oh Dear!" the tiny professor ran up the stairs with Harry jumping over him and through the door.
Without thinking twice he summoned his spell circles and used them to push Terry out of the way. He had to jump over all the crates of fruit, clothes and other things his father had sent him to get to the out of control Robot. He quickly shut the AI down but the magic had done some real damage. He had to get it to a lab and try and if wanted to save the memory or lose his artificial brother forever. 'Butterfingers what are you doing here?'
"Mr. Lokison what is going on?"
"I'm sorry Professor, this is my stepfather's invention. He stole away in the care package my father sent. I have no idea how he got out or why my stuff is all over the dorm." Harry tapped out of Friday.
"It was Boot." Eric Moon glared. "I saw him take something from Lokison's bag and started shaking it making things fall out. Then that thing appeared and went wild."
"Mr. Boot you have detention for a month and 40 points from Ravenclaw for theft and student endangerment." Flitwick shouted at the guilty party.
"Professor I have to take him to my stepfather's lab right now or he will be beyond repair. Please sir I can't lose my brother. Harry switched to sign language so he could keep his sorcery a secret.
"I see. Though it is against school policy I will allow you to leave for your safety and the safety of your dorm mates. Try to return before three o'clock on Friday afternoon." Flit wick agreed he couldn't deny the child the chance to save what he considered a sibling. He understood that it was Muggle technology but like the magic world some things carried the spark of life. Then he turned to the gathered crowd. "Everyone out let us allow Mr. Lokison to clear this mess and Mr. Corner please take Mr. Boot to the Hospital wing. He received a bump to the head."
"Yes Professor." Michael obeyed lifting his daze friend up from the floor. Once everyone had exited the room Harry shifted from his lounge clothes to sturdy Jeans and work boots with a red Tee-shirt. He closed his eyes focusing on the Manor's lab before using the Sling Ring to send Butterfingers and all his stuff over. He jumped through the portal quickly collapsing it then started running through the lab grabbing tools and slamming his hand on the Emergency alert panel.
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"Alert! Alert!" Jarvis blared loudly the whole house was filled with sirens and flashing lights waking Tony up with a jolt causing him to fall of the couch. He had been taking a mid morning nap when all hell broke loose.
"Jarvis what is it? Are we under attack?"
"Stark what the hell is going on!" Loki shouted as he came in from outside where had been practicing magic.
"Jarvis turn the alarms off and tell us what the hell has happened!" the genius shouted over the sirens.
"The Emergency Alerts was activated at the Manor Lab in Scotland. Master Harry is there and requires assistance." The AI informed the couple. This had both Avengers on their feet and running downstairs to the workshop.
"Jarvis bring up the Scotland Workshop on screen." Suddenly the screen was filled with Harry desperately working on Butterfingers with DUM-E assisting as much as possible. "Harry, what's going on? Why are you at the manor and what happened to Butterfingers?"
Harry was to busy to tell them so he signaled Jarvis to explain. "Butterfingers stowed away in the care package and when he was exposed to magic he went out of control. Master Harry had no choice but to shut him down and bring him back to the Scotland lab. He has been working on trying to save Butterfingers memory from the fried circuitry."
"Damn! Why the hell did Butterfingers do that when he wasn't properly protected from the magic? I got to get to Scotland."
"Sir, he wanted to be useful to Master Harry. He felt that you were going to replace him. I helped him write the runes on his base for protection but it was ineffective."
"After this we are going to have a long talk on how you as their big brother you are supposed to stop this behavior. Loki can you teleport me to the manor?" Tony asked as he grabbed the tool bag off the bench and began filling it with tools he would need that he didn't have at the other work shop.
"No, I can not it is too far for my Magic to reach." The Chaos god felt useless when his family needed him most.
"Tony?! You here no one was up stairs I need you to sign some more papers!" called a voice coming down the stairs.
"Pepper! Thank god! Do you have the Magic ring Harry gave you?" Tony wasted no time grabbing the CEO and pulling her down the rest of the stairs, causing her to drop the papers she was carrying, over to the screen where the live stream was playing.
"Is that Harry? What's going on?"
"Long story short Butterfingers ran away to Harry but the magic fried him now Harry is trying to save him and needs my help. Do you have the Magic ring?" Tony summarized.
"Uh, yeah, I carry it always." Pepper took the ring from her pocket and slipped it on concentrating on the lab on the screen. It took a minute or two because she was not use to opening travel size portals but she got it stable enough for Tony to run through before it collapsed.
"I made safe and sound. Pepper I'll sign everything later I promise. Lokes see you when you get here take the jet and bring everything we planned for Spring break." The genius smiled before cutting the feed.
"I swear that man will be the death of me." Loki sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
"You and me both." The CEO agreed looking at the sea of paper scattered on the floor.
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"Hey hare-Bear scoot over and let the old man take a shot." Harry had been so focused on the AI that he didn't hear Tony arrive. Harry was overjoyed to have his stepfather there he hugged the man tightly and let out a little sob in relief. "It's okay Mini-me I got you."
Tony held the boy kissed the crown of shaggy black hair. Oh how had missed his son. With all the craziness going on it was good to feel that his boy was whole and safe. "Okay buddy we got an idiot AI to save."
"Okay, Dad." Harry opened his locket and smiled. He didn't see the tear escape the Billionaires eyes at being called 'Dad' as he jumped back to work on Butterfingers.
"So Butterfingers, decided to run away. I asked Jarvis and he said your little brother here thought he was going to be replaced. He also thought he could handle the magic because of some runes on his base."
"That would explain the wielding marks I found on the outside casing but they are not in proper order and they are missing some symbols. Also to be truly effective they should cover all sides of the base." Harry pointed out showing his stepfather the panel with the wielding marks.
"Jarvis you get that? Next time any of your bothers get ideas to run away to the magical world warn them it's a bad idea without all the protections needed."
"Beep Beep."
"That's the memory up load!" Harry jumped up and ran to the computer station and unplugged the robot. Then he typed in a greeting waiting for a reply which came out in beeps and whistles from the speakers. "Dad it Work Butterfingers is in this unit!"
"That's my little genius!" Tony cheered and hugged the dancing wizard. "Butterfingers are you okay?"
Beeps and whistles came out of the speakers but words appeared on the screen. : I am okay Master Tony. :
"What were you thinking? If Harry hadn't brought you here as fast as he did you could have died!"
: I wanted to help Master Harry. Master Loki says he needs help. I am good at helping and I am the smallest. You don't need to replace me. :
"Butterfingers I would never replace you but you are still a large unit you won't be able to maneuver the castle with moving stairs and narrow passages. You would end up either hurting yourself or Harry."
"Don't be too hard on him, Dad, he really just wanted to be helpful. You have to admit he doesn't get to do much work since we are mostly in New York or Scotland. You rarely go to California and he's lonely since Dum-E is here and U is in New York." Harry reasoned.
"Okay Butterfinger here's the deal. Harry and I will get a new magic safe body ready for you and you can go back to school. But at the first sign you are causing trouble, Harry is going to send you home and you will be grounded back in your old body." Tony caved under his son's pleading green eyes and Dum-E nudging against his shoulder. He was just too soft. This is why he left the disciplining to Loki. His lover had the Villain act down pat.
: Thank You Master Tony! I promise to be good and helpful. :
"Alright then. Harry when do you have to get back to school?"
"Friday, before three in the afternoon."
"That's not a lot of time, but hey we're Starks! We live on caffeine and pizza to bring our genius to life. Jarvis putt in a large order for pizza and put on a tank of coffee for me. Winky!"
"Yes, Master Tony?" Winky popped up before them.
"Winky, fill up the Fridge with Pepsi for Harry we're going to be working through the night."
"Yes Master Tony." Winky bowed and popped back out.
"Okay, let's get to work. Now we should repair this body first since we have the schematics for it already uploaded it should go fairly quickly. Then you can design his new smaller more portal body." Tony smiled at the shocked face of his son.
"Me? You want me to design Butterfingers new body?"
"You're ready for this Hare-Bear. He's going to be at school with you and helping you, so you need to be the one to design it to fit what you will need at that school. Working on the old unit will give you time to think over what his new design should be. You okay with that?"
"Yes! I won't let you down Dad."
"Harry, you could never let me down. I am so lucky to have you for a son." Tony hugged the boy close. He had to make sure that Harry knew that he was loved no matter what, something that Howard had never done for him.
"Love you too Dad." Harry's thoughts whispered hugging the man back a bit tighter. Tony was sure he was going to have bruises in the morning from the little god but he wasn't complaining.
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"Butterfingers, hurry we're going to be late!" Harry typed out on the wristband that connected to Butterfingers as he began running down the stairs. The AI changed forms to a flying hover boards and Harry was now surfing quickly down the stairs flipping to the next set when the stairs began to move. Once they reached the ground floor surprised students shrieked as the dove out of the way. Friday shouted a apology and warning. "Sorry Coming Through!"
Just then the main doors opened and Harry had to do a pipeline roll to exit the castle and avoid hitting any students. He had less than five minutes to make it to the lake or he would have points docked. As they got closer to the gather crowd Harry began to worry about their high speeds. "Butterfingers slow it down we're going to crash into people." Harry tapped out on his wrist band remote.
In his excitement to comply the Butterfingers hover board came to a dead stop sending the young Asgardian Flying forward tumbling until he came to a stop at a familiar Hufflepuff's feet.
"You made it Haraldr with a minute to spare." Susan giggled as she helped the Ravenclaw up.
"Thanks, Bones." Harry tapped out on Friday before switching back to the wrist band to scold the Bot. "I said 'slow down' not 'full stop'. Now return to land mode."
"So that is the muggle thing that I heard about it's much smaller than I though it would be." Susan observed.
"This is Butterfingers he's an Artificial Intelligent Robot. Well sometimes, he's still learning. My Stepfather and I upgraded him after what happened at the dorms. I guess the whole school knows about that by now."
"Are you kidding Terry was ranting about the unfairness of you getting to leave school while he has a month worth detention. Eric Moon from your house set the record straight. I wrote Mrs. Boot yesterday about his behavior lately and he received a howler this morning."
"I wish I had a pensive it was hilarious." A voice spoke up from the other side of the Hufflepuff. "Didn't think you were going to make it in time, Lokison."
"As if I would let you beat me so easily, Malfoy," Harry snorted through Friday. Butterfingers beeped and whistled softly as he rolled up next to Harry, his land form resembled that of his old form but smaller and compacted. "Have you guys seen Neville?"
"He's over by Weasley. But it looks that is not by choice. Ronald seems to have a firm grip on Longbottom's shoulder." The blond pointed to the boy across the crowed.
"He thinks if he can keep Neville there I will be forced to move to their side thus keeping me from the dark evil Slytherin and controlling Hufflepuff. Well I have a solution to that." Harry snickered putting Friday away. He had been in such a rush he hadn't taken off his sling ring yet. With little effort and everyone distracted by Flitwick's speech Harry opened a portal underneath Neville dropping him from Ron's hold and having the lion land in a heap next to him.
"Hey Neville have a nice trip?" Susan giggled as Harry helped the boy up.
"I guess so. I thought Ron was going to hold on to my robes for the whole competition." The Gryffindor complained. "I asked why he was holding on to me like that and he said it was to keep me from dark influences and to make sure Harry was guided to the light side."
"Weasley is too dense to realize he is the one acting Dark." Malfoy muttered. The others nodded their heads in agreement as the watched the first pair start their performances.
Some students put on a good show others flopped badly. Boot and Weasley was one of them it was obvious that the two did not practice together and the charms were out of sync and unbalanced. Others did really well like Hermione and Justin. They did levitation charms combine with summoning charms creating a juggling act tossed objects between the two.
"Granger and Finch-Fletchley seemed to hold it together but they weren't in complete sync." The Slytherin pointed out.
"That wasn't Hermione fault it was Justin he was showing off and trying to push her out of the picture." Susan defended their friend.
"Well if he succeeded then the charms would have come apart and all those things would have landed on his head." Harry agreed.
"Mr. Malfoy and Miss Bones please come forward." Flitwick called out.
"Wish us luck." Susan smiled as she and Malfoy left for their place in front of the lake.
"Halitus ignis!" Flames burst from Malfoy's wand like the breath of a dragon.
"Deorum Ventilat!" a soft breeze blew from Susan's wand and the two charms blended together and the fire grew and danced above their heads take various shapes until it became a dragon that roared before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
"Well done, well done indeed. That will be tough to beat. Last we have Mr. Longbottom and Mr. Lokison."
"It's not too late to forfeit." Neville offered but Harry just rolled his eyes and pushed the lion onwards.
"Aquae vitae!" Neville shouted clearly and water danced out of his wand and around the two boys. Harry smiled as the water took the many shapes of different plants.
Once The Gryffindor had six perfectly held shapes Harry waved his wand and thought his spell. "In Glaciem Frigore!"
The water froze sealing the shapes in place with very fine detail. Harry then threw one more incantation at the frozen sculptures. "Sitque duplici exemplari."
"It's snowing Frost Flowers!" Squealed Hermione. All of the girls were cooing over the flowers that were raining down on the group.
"Wonderful, Wonderful gentlemen! I believe you have scored the most points this afternoon with Miss Bones and Mr. Malfoy following at a close second." Flitwick ran up to Harry and Neville with the results from the grading teachers.
"We won Harry I can't believe it!" Neville exclaimed and gave the prince a hug. "I have to write my Gran! I couldn't have done this without you."
"Well Lokison Looks like you won again." Malfoy pouted then jumps when he pushed out of the way by Butterfingers.
"Hey Buddy." Harry patted the claw hand, once he was released from the Gryfindor's hold and the AI whirled in happiness. The prince yawned tapping on his wrist band. "Let's go back to the dorms Two days no sleep I need to crash."
"Beep, Beep!" The bot changed shape again this time into a segway-ninebot scooter.
"See you at the castle." Harry tapped out before mounting the bot and riding off. The three Pureblood watched their tired friend zoom away wondering what he was going to do with his Muggle invention now that he has it at school.
A/N: the Plot Bunnies have struck again. I love Tony's Robots and I think that they don't get enough love especially Butterfinger his youngest bot. So here was Butterfingers adventure based chapter. Thanks for Reading and Keep Reviewing. Plot bunnies need food.