I'm surprised Jarvis told them about Dani. This is one of the moments I'm kind of glad I can't see. I can practically feel the surprise in the room. It's deadly quiet. Morgan must understand that this is a harsh thing because most five year olds I know would've kept asking questions I hear Jarvis shift next to me and then I hear footsteps. He left.
"Did you know?" the voice I've learned belongs to a guy named Harley.
I nod, "They were my best friends growing up. I figured he hadn't told you the full truth. He doesn't like to talk about her or his mom."
"Why? Is it because they died?" Morgan asks.
I smile sadly, "Because it hurts him. I'm sure he'll tell you guys more when he's ready."
"Can you?" the other guy, Peter asks.
I shake my head, "It's not my place. Look, the fact that he even admitted that Dani was his sister to you and that she died is a big deal. He literally doesn't tell anyone. He must trust you guys. Besides, I don't even know how either one of them really died. I wouldn't be very helpful."
It was quiet again which I assume they were nodding. I internally roll my eyes. Hearing people never fully understand what blind means.
"I'm going to check on Jar. I'll be back," I say as I stand and Acero stands next to me. I grab his handle and begin to walk out of the room. I didn't want to run into anyone or the boxes that were probably scattered all over the room. Once I made it out, I let go of him and walk down the hall to the old guest bedroom Jarvis always stays in when he visits.
I open the door and say, "Jar?"
I get no answer but I feel a breeze coming from the window by the side of the house. I shuffle my way over there and feel around the windowsill. The window was definitely open enough for a person to climb out. As kids we used to climb on to the roof and star gaze and I'm pretty sure that's where I'm going to find Jar.
I put one foot out of the window and feel around for the gaps in the wood panels that we used to climb on. At least the distance to the ground isn't very far but I have no idea if stuff is laying there. If I get injured Jarvis owes me big time. I smirk when I realize everything was still the same.
I hear Acero bark, "Shush boy. I'm fine. I've done this millions of time. Well...when I had by sight and was significantly younger but it's the same concept."
I slowly climb out of the window and hold onto the wood. I reach up to feel around for the next piece and slowly begin pulling myself up. I repeat this process a few more times before my hand grabs the edge of the roof. I pull myself up onto the roof and collapse. It's exhausting climbing up to a roof blind.
"How'd you get up here?" I hear Jar saying from his perch on the roof.
"Same way as you. That was easier when we were kids."
"You weren't blind then Carmen."
"True," I say as I scoot closer to where I hear his voice. I eventually feel his arm and relax back against the roof.
It's silent for a few minutes before I say, "There's no stars out."
He chuckles, "I know but I needed some air. There's a lot of memories in that house."
"There are. They seemed concerned about you."
"Yeah. They're good people."
"Yeah and you trust them. You wouldn't have told the truth about Dani if you didn't. Or even brought them here."
I hear hesitate, "I guess I do. It's weird. I've known them for like a week. But they're...genuine. There's no ulterior motives. They just want to help me."
"Are you going to tell them about her? I am pretty sure they won't ask if you don't."
"I don't know. Not today but if this all pans out maybe some other time. We should go. You need to get to the bus station."
"Ok but you're going to have to help me down."
He laughs, "Yeah Ok."
We climb back into the house, slowly and then head back into my old room. I felt like the tension was about to choke me when Morgan asked, "How come your hair was blonde?"
I smirked, "It used to be blonder than that. Didn't it Jar?"
I could hear all three boys breathe a sigh of relief, even though I had a feeling they all still wanted to know about Dani. I could also feel Jarvis glaring at me for revealing that little secret.
"Yeah it used to be really blonde but as I got older it darkened up. Now it's black."
"Do you miss it?" Harley asks and I bet with a smirk on his face.
I can practically feel Jar's glare deepen and shift to Harley, "No. Can we go back to focusing on the plan?"
"Sure but this conversation will never be forgotten," Harley says with a laugh. I hear Peter snicker and Morgan giggle at Jar's groan.
Yeah, he better not screw up being with this family. I'll kill him myself.
After cleaning up some, I grab my bag, Acero, and the letter to go to the bus stop.
"Let's go over the plan one more time," Peter says as I stand by the door.
"I'm-" I begin to say but then there's a large boom sound, "What the-"
I hear lots of footsteps start entering the house.
"Run!" Harley shouts.
Jarvis grabs my arm and we start running with Acero, Peter, Harley, and Morgan following us. Well, Jarvis is leaning on me for support and is quickly climbing.
"This is never going to heal," I hear him mumble underneath his breath.
"Where are we going?!"
"No idea but remember the people I said were trying to kill us? Well I think they found us!"
"How?!" Harley and I shout at the same time.
"We don't have time to figure that out," Peter says, "We need a way out of here!"
"Jar, are we going towards 's house?"
"Yeah?!" he says out of breath and obviously in pain. His annoyed expression was probably on his face.
"Well his habit with his car hasn't changed," I say and hear Jarvis say, "oh," softly.
"Peter?"
"Yeah?"
"I need you to guide Carmen while I attempt to run ahead and steal a car."
Peter must of nodded because I feel Jarvis let go of my arm and a different hand, Peter apparently, taking its place. I also hear a string of curses fly out of Jarvis's mouth as he runs down the block.
BANG! I hear from behind us and it occurs to me that someone is really trying to kill these kids. I don't know why I didn't think they had guns earlier.
"Get down!" Harley shouts as we keep running.
"Get in!" I hear Jarvis shout meaning that we've reached the car that Mr. Riley always keeps unlocked.
Peter practically threw me in the back between him and Morgan and I hear all three doors of the car slam shut.
"Don't you have the keys?!" Peter practically shouts.
"No! N shut up so I can hot wire this car," Jarvis fires back and I can practically hear the eye roll.
"Wait, your thirteen! Why are you driving? Let me drive!" Harley say from his place in the front.
"Do you know how to hot wire a car? Can you do it while assassins try to kill us? No? Then shut up!" Jarvis says angrily as I hear the engine roar to life.
Suddenly I'm jerked backwards as Jarvis throws the car into reverse and then thrown forwards as he speeds off. Mom was right when she said that he was going to get me killed one of these days.
We've been driving in silence for about an hour. I think I've successfully thrown them off our tail but who knows how long that'll last. I need to talk to Harley and Peter about where we're going next but I'm not really in the mood to listen to them at the moment.
Good thing Carmen decides to do it for me, "Where are we going?"
I shrug, "I don't know. Can't go back to the house because it was blown up, we have no idea where Tony is, and we can't contact the other Avengers at the compound because as far as we know that's compromised."
Peter and Harley nod thoughtfully.
Carmen speaks up, "What if Tony's at the compound trying to fix his program? That's the only place where he would have the right equipment and power source. Plus even if he's not, couldn't you just write a program that overrides whatever the hackers did?"
"No. It's too complex," Peter says.
"You could write one that makes them see what they want to see. It wouldn't involve fixing anything that was broke and just a little overriding that they wouldn't see."
"Wow. You seem to know computers. That could work if it comes down to it," Harley says impressed.
"My dad was a programmer. He taught me some stuff," she said, shrugging her shoulders.
"So to the compound?" I ask.
Everyone nods except Morgan who had fallen asleep.
I begin driving and hope that Tony or someone's at the compound.
"So, Tony, did you find out anything?" Rhodey asks as he walks in with May, Pepper, and Happy. The rest of the team were searching other avenues while I had YINSEN run analysis on all of Friday's protocols and info banks to see if I had missed anything that had been opened. Thankfully, the compound was safe. At least for now.
"Yes, I think. The only think that was accessed was Morgan's medical files."
Pepper's brow creased in concern, "What could they want with her?"
"Honestly? I have no idea. I'm having YINSEN dig further but there's nothing yet."
Pepper nods as I walk over to wrap her into a hug.
"Did you find them, yet?" May asked concerned about her nephews well being.
Rhodey shakes his head, "We're trying but we have limited technology. Don't worry May. I'm sure there fine."
May nods even though the worry didn't leave her face. We all stare at the screen wondering what could they possibly want with a five year old?
