We pull up to the Stark building and I climb out of his car with the strawberries. He made me put them on the hood of his car so he could pick them up. He's very strange. I follow him in and he start to argue with the secretary and I just lean against the wall watching them. When he FINALLY got pass her and closed the door I just roll my eyes and looked down the hall. I spot her and flinch. Natasha is walking my way with a tall, big, guy I don't know.
"Mia, what are you doing here?" She asked like a worried mother I know she is.
"Tony kinda brought me here." I said and flinch when her face changed from her semi act to a serious one then back to the act.
"Natalie, who is this?" The big man asked looking to doesn't seem threatening or anything like that. He seems more like a giant teddy bear.
"My daughter, Amelia who is suppose to be with her uncle." She said giving me alook.
"Yeah, Uncle Phil dropped me off at Mr Stark's house thinking you were there. He was kind enough to bring me here." I said with a slight smile.
"My daughter, Micky, is suppose to be dropped over there by my ex-wife, so if you like I can drop her back over there and then swing by later to pick up her and Micky for the expo."
"I would like that, Happy." She told the bigger man. She then turn to the door entering it with Happy and I in the doorway. "Ms Potts?" She made herself be known then went in to the room. "Wheels up in 25 minutes." She walk behind the desk. Finally I get to see the famous Pepper Potts and she is a red head woman behind the desk I am assuming. She's really pretty.
"Thank you." The new woman said smiling though forced at Nat.
"Anything else boss?" Asked Happy stepping in to the room.
"I'm good, Hap." Tony said at the same time as Potts tried answer.
"No, I'll be just..." she stop glaring at Tony then aggravate finished her sentience. "another minute."
"I lost both the kids in the divorce." Tony laugh just ignored him and Happy shook his head with a serious face. "No." He stopped himself. He clear his throat then speaking really proper he turn to Natasha."Are you blending in well here, Natalie? Here at Stark Enterprises?" She is giving him the you are in trouble look."Your name is Natalie, isn't it?" He then motion between Potts and Natasha saying. "I thought you two didn't get along."
"No. That's not so." They both denied not getting along.
"It's just me you don't care for." He added annoyed. "No? Nothing?"
"Actually," Potts said getting up looking to Nat. "while you're here, maybe you and Natalie could discuss the matter of the personal belongings." She start to walk away.
"Absolutely." Nat told her with a smile. One the door was closed after Happy and Potts gone Natasha start to chew Tony out. "I'm surprised you can keep your mouth shut." She started.
Tony cut her off turning around fast in the chair to face her. "Boy, you're good. You are mind-blowingly duplicitous. How do you do it? You just tear things...you're a triple impostor." Is he complementing her or offending her? Pretty sure she doesn't know either. "I've never seen anything like you. Is there anything real about you?" Okay offending the super spy bad idea."Do you even speak Latin?" She got tired of it starting to walk away speaking the dead language as she did. "Which means? Wait. What? What did you just say?" He turn to face her.
She grab my arm pulling me along with her. She turn around piss."It means you can either drive yourself home or I can have you collected."
He screamed after us as she pull me out of the office."You're good."
"Did he suspect anything?" She ask me and I hand her a flash drive with a smile. "That's my girl." She said with pride.
We walked out and I end up playing on her phone till Happy came back. Handing Natasha back her phone I got in the back seat of the car. "What type of music do you like?" Happy tried to make small talk or something.
"I listen to anything really. I'm not picky." I answer truthfully as I took out a small hand held data planner looking thing. I put in Natasha's code then after the data was done transferring I put in that the technology base can be accessed.
"What are you playing with?" I look up to Happy as he look back at me through the rear view mirror.
"I'm playing hangman on mom's digital planner." I shrugged his shoulder having no reason to doubt me.
Once we pull up to the house of Tony Stark, or should I call it the wreckage of Tony Stark, I start to head up the steps. A girl with strange brown hair was waiting 's a good bit shorter than I with eyes that remind me of an anime character. "Daddy!" she yelled running pass me and hugging Happy.
"Micky?" I asked he nod his head. "Hello, I'm Amelia." I greeted her with a warm smile.
"If you are not going to smile for real, baka, don't smile at all." She said and I'm shock. No one ever can tell that's smile is fake. Well my parents and uncle can but no one else.
We walked inside and Micky I can tell is half American and Japanese. She speaks Japanese fluently from what I can tell. Nice enough, for a gilly.
I sat down at a chair and took out my ever present MP3 Player and start to play music with headphones in. I saw Micky give me a look. I took one ear out and raise my eyebrow. "What are you listening to?" she asked curiously.
"G. Soundtrack." I answer her with a shrug. She looks more confuse. "It's an Elvis Presley movie." I deadpan slightly. She said oh and left me be. I grab my notebook and start to doodle in it as I wait for Phil to return. Once he did he took out my headphones and gave me a serious look. "He tricked me." I said flat out. It's only a half lie. He motion me to follow him and I did. "So where you been?" I ask as I skip after him.
"I was doing some stuff." He answer me cryptically. Meaning he was doing S.H.I.E.L.D. stuff that I am not suppose to know about and I will learn about when I hack in to his tablet later. We went down the stairs and I stop for amoment watching him.
I walk down after Phil and he put in his code to enter the tech room."I heard you broke the perimeter."
"Yeah." Tony didn't even stop what he was doing. "That was, like, three years ago. Where you been?" Tony ask curiously.
His answer is same as it was for me too. "I was doing some stuff." He walked around the arm things that are moving and doing things on their own.
"Yeah, well, me, too, and it worked." He then went back to what he was doing while Phil looked around. "Hey, I'm playing for the home team, Coulson, you and all your Fabulous Furry Freaks Brothers. Now, are you gonna let me work or break my balls?" He turn around grabbing something and I'm not quiet paying attention anymore.
"What is this doing here?" Phil ask holding up something that made me smile. It's a replica of the Captain America Shield, Phil been wanting the original one for a while now. Now thinking about it that might be it, wasn't it Howard Stark that created the Shield for Captain America?
Tony turn around slowly not sure if he wants to see what Phil talking about then he dropped the object he's holding."That's it." Phil is just giving him a what the hell face."Bring that to me."
"You know what this is?" He doesn't sound convince.
Phil is handing it over to Tony carefully and Tony is happy as can be as he move it over to his hands. "It's exactly what I need to make this work." He said and I think I deadpan at that. "Lift the coil." He told Phil and Phil looks questionably at me and I shrugged."Go, go. Put your knees in to it." Tony told Phil and I wanted to laugh so badly. "There you go. And..." He slip the replica under the coil with a slight victory type attitude. "Drop it. Drop it." Phil let it go and Tony turn around grabbing something to check the balance of the coil. I smirk cause I knew he couldn't know what that was. No way. "Perfectly level. I'm busy. What do you want?" He turn to Phil again. That's rude.
Phil shaking his head though he's aggravated and I know he is about the replica being treated like it's nothing but trash. Plus he being rude doesn't help."Nothing. Goodbye.I've been reassigned." I stood up straight shock about he's reassigned and I have to stay here then where will I go? "Amelia is going to stay with you till Natasha takes her back to New York." He add glancing back to me then to the man in front of us.
"I'm not a babysitter."
"She's not a baby." He pointed out and Tony shot him a look."Director Fury wants me in New Mexico." I softly gasp and walk over to them.
"Fantastic. Land of Enchantment." Tony said sarcastically.
"So I'm told." Phil doesn't seem to really care.
"You can't leave me here." I told him in a matter-of-fact voice.
"You will be fine, Amelia." He said patting my head slightly.
"Secret stuff?" Tony interrupted my and Phil's argument.
"Something like that." Phil admitted. "Good luck." They shook hands.
"Bye." and then pull away."Thanks."
Phil then surprise even me. "We need you."
Tony didn't look surprise. "Yeah, more than you know." Tony said with a smug.
"Not that much." Phil and I said at the same time.
I followed Phil back upstairs. "Why are you leaving me?" I ask in aserious voice.
"You can't come with me this time." He told me just as serious.
"Phil, you brought me here." I pointed out and he stop turning to face me. By now we are already upstairs and the girl, Micky, can probably hear us.
"Here you are safe, somewhat." He told me.
I frown and cross my arms with a raise eyebrow."Since when have I ever been really safe?" I ask him and he just gave me a look. This look I know oh so well, Clint does it scarier. I will back off when Clint or Natasha does it, not when Phil does it because I am one of Phil's few weaknesses.
"No." He said flat out and I want to cry in truth. He's leaving me which totally figures! Stupid Fury! Ugh! I hate him.
"Fine." I growl out and storm away as he left to go to his next mission, I am sorry assignment.
A few hours later I am feeling bad about not telling Phil goodbye but hey, that's our normal goodbyes. I know one of these times he won't be coming back to me. I know that's the case with all of them. I always hug Clint and Natasha before a big assignment but with Phil we argue. We always get along with everything but that. "You know it's normal for teen to rebel against their parents right?" I heard a female voice said. I look to the half Japanese half American girl as she walk over to me. "This is where you been hiding huh?" She ask as she look around the roof. I climb up here to get away from everyone and thing. It's dark out already and really pretty.
"Not everyone has a family like mine." I told her simply.
"No one has a family like ours. Look at me for example. I have a super rich uncle who likes to try to spoil me. I have an awesome aunt who I've known all my life. My mother I love to death along with my step brothers. I hate my step father. I can do no wrong with my father. I live in an one bedroom apartment with my eldest step-brother and his cat that's named, C-Foo."
"Sea Food?" I asked and she laugh shaking her head.
"No. C as in the letter C and the word Foo like the band."
"Micky, Amelia!" We both look down to see Happy and Natasha standing there looking at us. I let Micky get down first and then I got walk over to our parents and then left. Natasha and I are staying at a hotel for now.