Later That Sunday Day
She didn't really do anything too fancy for the rest of the Afternoon. All she did was read the rest of her book that she finished then watched a flick or two, safe to say she had a pretty nice Sunday. She was wondering if Tony was going to call her and give her an update on how he and the other members were doing on their mission. She missed them and she felt a bit lonely without them, staying home was nice and relaxing but it was getting a bit boring lately.
It would be nice if she would just get a call from one of them even if it wouldn't last for hours. She would at least know that the team is okay on this mission and come back home safely hopefully.
She did get a few calls from Pepper as usual but luckily she didn't mention the whole Psystorm thing to her. Same old, same old check up calls from her as usual and each time, Carrie was fine. Pepper was always relieved when Carrie answers her calls, that way she knows nothing terrible has happened to her and if something did, she would straight up drop everything and put whatever she was doing on hold to be there by her side to make sure she wasn't hurt or in any danger.
It was a strong motherly instinct thing that some people might not understand, some would have probably claim that she was being too overprotective and "worried too much" but with some of the crazy things that happened over the past few years before she and Tony adopted Carrie, it was completely understandable.
Eventually, Carrie got bored of being in the house all day and decided to, well, let's just say she liked being in the suit for the first time and wanted to be in it for the second time, then went straight to the city to sit on top of the building just to check out the sunset. No, so far there was no crime today, there hasn't been all of sunday morning or afternoon and no she shouldn't be wearing the suit if there were no crimes happening but she was really bored and wanted to go and get some fresh air so it wasn't like she was wearing it irresponsibly.
Tony had a talk with her about the suit a while back, telling her that it isn't a toy for her to wear anytime that she wants unless she was saving people and things relating to that. He didn't want her to make the same mistake he did. For example, like that one time he wore the Iron Man suit at his own birthday party, used it irresponsibly and recklessly such using the repulsor blasts at a watermelon, and even got drunk in it and man, that was not one of his best moments. He cringes at the memory of it actually. Luckily, Carrie wasn't around in his life to see it because honestly, she would have hid in shame seeing him act that way. Now that he's a father, he wanted set a good example for her the best he can and honestly, she can tell because she sees it every single day.
Anyway, she from the building she was sitting on the edge from as the cars drove by and the birds flying past her. She had to be honest, it was a nice view from high up and no one even noticed that she was there, at least not yet but she doubted it since it was a good spot to sit on and nobody would even think to hang out or come around there.
She then felt her phone vibrate and ring in the pocket of her pink vest, she took and out to see who was calling her. A big smile spread across as she saw who was coming in contact with her. It was none other than her dear old father, Iron Man.
Thank God he was able to call her, which means he's okay so far. He was just in the Hellicarrier with the other members.
She immediately tapped on the answer icon. "Hello?"
"Hey Care bear! How's it going?"
"Hi Tony! I'm so happy you called! How's the mission going?"
"Yeeeah that's what I wanted to talk to you about, Care."
She began to frown, the feeling of joy turning into concern.
"Why? What happened? Please tell me you're all not seriously injured!"
"Oh! No, sweetheart we're not! It's just that….. well, it turns out that this mission is gonna be more longer than we thought it would be. The assholes changed their plans and somehow escaped to another country and now we have to track them down to god knows where they could be"
"WHAT? But how- I- How long are you guys going to be gone for then?"
"Unfortunetely we don't know yet but it's probably gonna take a long while for us to find them"
Carrie's heart dropped, she was so sure that the mission wasn't going to take that long but the fact she won't see Tony for a while just left her in a pool of disappointment and added more worry in her.
"I'm sorry Care bear, I know you were looking forward to me coming home but I'll tell you what, after this mission is done asap, I'll make it up to you"
"You promise?"
"I promise!"
Carrie smiled, "Okay, that's good"
"Sooo how were you these past couple of days?"
"Oh! They were fine, I had some pizza, me and Pepper had a girls night out, I finished my book and… went out yesterday on Saturday and did alot of fun things" Now that last part can be seen as her "lying" to him but technically she wasn't since she was actually out on Saturday.
"Hm, seems that you've been doing good by yourself but you didn't go out with any friends or anything like that?"
"No, they were busy, but I did hung out with one person for a little while" Again, not technically a lie since Spider-Man was the person she kinda somewhat hung out with, so she guesses that he counts as someone she hang around with.
Tony then started to snicker, "Let me guess, you hung out with Kuuurt?" he teased.
Carrie rolled her eyes and chuckled, shaking her head. "You're never going to let that go, are you?"
"Hey! Just kidding! I know you guys are just friends….. Or are you?"
"Aw Tony! Please no" Her face turned slightly cherry red, covering half her face with her one free hand.
"Sorry! Sorry!" He chuckled, "I'm sorry I can't help it because you guys are just adorable together"
"Riiiiight"
"BUT as friends! I totally understand that, Care"
"Well thank you for that" There was a bit of sarcasm in her tone.
"Sooooo what are you doing now?"
"Oh, I'm outside right now, I'm in the city and-"
All of a sudden there were screams in the background, Carrie looked down and saw that there was a bus zooming past the streets through traffic. She didn't know what was going on there but all she knows that she couldn't just stand there on top of one of the buildings and let this all happen.
"And what?" asked Tony, raising an eyebrow.
"Aaaaand I'll call you back because I really have to go do something important! Love you! Bye!"
"Bye?"
With that, Carrie had immediately hung up on him. He raised an eyebrow as he was confused on what could be the most important thing she had to do that she had to cut him off in the middle of a conversation, he knew she could handle herself but still, he couldn't help but become concerned and worried for her.
After hearing the conversation, Clint put his hand on Tony's shoulder in reassurance.
"Hey, you okay?" He asked.
"You know, this is the first time I'm actually separated from her for this long, more longer than just a couple days and I know Pepper is always keeping her company but she's not always going to be home and I know that Carrie has these powers and all I get but-"
"But you're worried about her still, I get it, that's totally normal for you to feel that way when you're not around to be there for your child"
Tony chuckled, then smirked, "Huh, three years of being a father and never in a million years would me of all people would have thought I would even think or feel like this"
"Trust me, Tony, It's part of the father instincts. But who knows, maybe she'll even call back to let you know she's alright after doing whatever she had to go finish doing"
"I hope so, hey thanks for having a word with me about this"
"No problem, I have two kids myself, so I know exactly what you're feeling."
Tony chuckled and smirked, "Glad someone here at least understands where I'm coming from. I just hope she's fine over there because it's just the way she just cut me off like that like there was something wrong, I can tell from the tone in her voice"
"Hey now, I get your concerns but I promise you that she'll be fine, Tony. Besides, what's the craziest thing she could be doing that she had to go so quickly?"
"I don't know, but right after this mission is over, I'll have to find out for myself and check up on here on the way back home"
