I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING THIS IN SO LONG. I watched iron man 3 last night though, and felt like I needed to put up a new chapter, words cannot describe how amazing the movie was! I thought it was the best one yet... but I won't spoil it for you all. I read the first chapter that I did for this and could not stop cringing, so if I have time, I might rewrite it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed and favourited etc, and I hope you enjoy this chapter :) x
By the time Emma and Tony had finished fixing up the Iron man suit, it was almost 1am and the fatigue was clearly showing on Emma. She had been up for over 72 hours, unable to sleep with worry, but knowing her dad was back home and safe, she decided to call it night.
"Right, I'm done, knowing Fury he'll be round at the crack of dawn so I'm gonna go sleep" Emma yawned, standing up from the work station and putting down the screwdriver she had been using for the past hour.
"Already? What time is it?" Tony asked, flicking up his welding visor so he could see Emma
She quickly checked her watch, and raised her eyebrows at the time "1am, god that went fast"
"I'll be done in a couple hours, just need to calibrate the tracking system, if Pepper's still awake tell her not to wait up" Tony spun back round on his chair and got back to work.
Emma rolled her eyes, and called over her shoulder "Will do, Night dad, love you"
"love you too hon" He called back.
She left the workshop and made her way upstairs telling JARVIS to dim all the lights as she did so. Once she got to the top floor, she crept to her dads room, not wanting to wake Pepper if she was asleep. "Pepper" She whispered, no answer. "Pepper are you awake?"
"Miss Potts, it appears Miss Stark is trying to get your attention" JARVIS' voice boomed through the room. Emma winced at the noise as she fumbled to turn down the volume
"JARVIS! Shut up!" She hissed just as Pepper walked out of the bedroom
"Shit Pepper I'm so sorry if I woke you" Emma apologized
"Oh no, I was awake don't worry" Pepper smiled, "Is everything ok?"
"Yeah yeah, but dad told me to tell you not to wait up for him, he's still working on his suit" Emma sighed, knowing pepper probably had to go to sleep without him almost every night.
"What a surprise" Pepper laughed slightly, "Well, I'll see you in the morning Em, good night" She smiled,
"Night Pep" Emma replied, walking off to her bedroom.
She walked down the corridor and through the big doors into her room, which was illuminated by the moon light pouring in through her window-wall.
"JARVIS can you tint the window a bit please?" Emma asked, making her way into her bathroom, the light in the room reduced as JARVIS performed her request "Thanks"
After she had brushed her teeth and cleaned her face, she put on her pyjamas and climbed into bed, unable to keep her eyes open any longer.
Tony had finished calibrating his suit when he suddenly remembered the ghost programme Emma had created earlier. His curiosity getting the better of him, he quickly made his way over to a screen and brought up the programme. Noticing a highlighted file, he expanded it and scanned over it.
Encrypted file found : Stark, Emma Jade
-Observations
-Reports
-Analysis
-Training programme
CLASSIFIED
"What the hell" He muttered, waving his hand over the glass surface on his desk, bringing the keyboard to life. His anger grew with every word he read
"You've crossed the line now Fury"
Morning came all too soon for Emma as she was woken by JARVIS' voice, "Good morning Miss Stark, it is 7 am, the weather for Malibu today is 29 degrees with slight winds of 2mph and relatively clear skies, you have 2 text messages on your phone from Miss Daniels and Mr Fury will be here in approximately hours"
Emma rolled over and groaned, kicking her covers off of her "Morning, turn the shower on please"
She climbed out of bed and squinted at the bright light, she grabbed her phone from her bedside tabled and read her messages, both from her best friend; Grace Daniels.
They were both drunk texts and Emma smiled, wishing for a moment that she wasn't the daughter of 'iron man' and joint CEO of Stark Industries, so she could go out with friends, and not be followed by the paparazzi everywhere she went.
Typing out a quick reply, she put her phone back and went for a shower after realising last night that she hadn't had one for almost 3 days.
An hour later she had showered, dried her hair, got dressed and had applied her makeup. She ran down the stairs and grabbed a croissant for breakfast that she presumed Pepper had picked up earlier, and made some tea aswell.
Just as she was about to sit down on the sofa and turn on the news, she was distracted by an annoyed sounding conversation, coming from downstairs. Contemplating for a few seconds whether or not to go and investigate, she shrugged and decided it wouldn't do any harm.
"JARVIS for the love of god, don't announce that I'm spying on them ok?"
"Of course, Miss Stark"
Emma nodded and crept down the stairs as silently as possible making sure she stayed out of view of her dad and Pepper.
"Tony! You can't just jump to conclusions like that, especially when they're that extreme" She heard Pepper scold, making her curiosity grow stronger.
"Then what am I supposed to do? Go along with it?" Tony replied, she could hear the exasperation in his voice.
"Just wait until Fury explains OK? You can't just tell him you hacked into SHIELD, just please, wait Tony" Pepper pleaded, she heard her dad sigh in response
"Fine, I swear if he does what I think he's going to do to MY daughter, I'll… castrate him" they both laughed quietly, and Emma ran back up the stairs, more confused than she'd ever been.
What the hell were they talking about?
"JARVIS!" Emma called, walking over to the nearest control pad, "Bring me up any files my programme found last night"
"One encrypted file was found Miss Stark, sending to control panel now"
After 15 minutes of flicking through the file she closed it and sat back, dragging her fingers through her hair., "I don't understand" she muttered, "why me?"
