A/N: Don't have any idea why it updated in code last time :? Thanks for letting me know Raven :D . Here you go hoope it works this time lol
The first three weeks at the Stark's mansion was a bit rocky but I was slowly getting used to Pepper. I know she hasn't done anything wrong but I keep thinking of my birth mother Louisa... I kept expecting her to act like her but even when it was just us alone in a room she was really nice... We even went on a spa day together while Tony helped out some guy named Nick Fury up in New York. I didn't want him to go but I wound up having more fun than I expected. One of the worst things about the last three weeks though was having to go to the dentist... Brrr! I don't want to go into that... But what I wasn't expecting the most was Pepper convincing me to let my natural hair grow out... She said Tony had found relatively recent pictures of me and she showed them to me. It seemed like another life... The girl staring back at me was beaming vibrantly as she held up an award next to her proud father who was holding a certificate of internship for Stark Industries... Now that I think about it... Tony was going to show up that day but he didn't make it because something came up...
I watched Pepper work on paperwork nearby Tony who had just taken a break from working on one of his suits. "Tony?"
He turned to me, "Yeah, kiddo?"
"Why didn't you show up at Mount Rose Middle School to give me the internship yourself?"
He breathed in heavily while looking up at the ceiling the gears working in his head, "Hmm... I don't remember... Pepper?"
She turned in her chair to smirk at him, "Oh that day? Well that is because you were under house arrest from Nick Fury after destroying our house, remember?"
He grimaced and rubbed his neck, "Yeah... Yeah... I forgot about that..."
"I'm sure you did."
"To be fair I was dying."
"That is true-."
"You were dying!? Why!?" I stepped closer.
"I'm fine now! It's all okay. I fixed it."
"How?"
He tapped his arc reactor, "I had been using palladium to power my electro magnet to keep the shrapnel out of my heart but the side effect was killing me. Leeching poison into my blood stream," he grinned "So I did what any genius would do. I recreated a new element."
"What! How!" I jumped excitedly, "What's it called!"
"Badassium!"
Pepper scoffed "You know very well that name was shot down."
"Right," he rolled his eyes, "Starkinite."
I don't know why but that made me laugh. "Well at least they named it after you," Pepper laughed.
"Badassium is cooler though," I said.
"See!" he pointed to me, "Finally someone who agrees with me!"
She shook her head, "You two are too much alike..." she started on her paperwork again when Tony jumped towards me.
"Hey! You wanna shoot some hoops?"
"Sure!"
He ran outside his shop like a little kid grabbing the basketball from the couch as he jumped over the coffee table and out onto the court. He tossed me the ball and we started playing... It reminded me of when I played basketball with my dad. He wasn't as good as Tony but we still had a lot of fun! We would shoot laugh, make jokes, he would hug me, and sometimes it would end up in a tickle fight. They were both a lot alike... I stopped for a minute suddenly getting dizzy. He caught me as I fell backwards, "Hey! Hey are you okay!?"
"... Yeah... Just got a little dizzy..." My stomach flipped. I remember this feeling...! I lurched forward out of his arms just in time as everything around me burst into flames. I screamed as it burned across my skin, bubbling through me as it burst every cell. I hope he got out of the way! Was the only thing I could think before the ground beneath me crumbled in a flash and I broke through to the garage below. I was suddenly shaking, everything was so cold! The transition sent me into shock before I blacked out.
"What happened!?" Pepper screeched as Tony tried to get things under control. She'd been screeching for the last few minutes demanding to know if Resa was okay.
"I don't know," he lost count of how many times he'd had to say that to her as he had to unbury her from the debris. His hands and arms were cut and bleeding and he was terrified of what he would find but still he kept going. He found her hand, his stomach twisted as he squeezed her hand and unburied the rest of her. He pulled her out and carried her to the couch before checking her.
"She's still alive sir."
"How!? How could this-!?" Pepper was having another melt down. He had seen her like this only two times before but right now he knew he couldn't comfort her, he had to see to Resa first.
He ran his hand across her skin, it was still smooth. He remembered the flames licking across her body and the screams that tore him apart inside. "She should at least have third degree burns..." He cursed; everything made sense now... "Resa's a mutant… Is she going to be okay?"
"Theresa received no damage from the fall." Jarvis confirmed.
"But what about the fire!" He shouted.
"There is an genetic anomaly which seems to have awakened."
"How!? Everything was fine! We were having fun! I thought only mutant abilities only came out through stress!"
"Well that is normally the case, there have been numerous reports of missing children all over the U.S. since 2006. The FBI's most recent report shows that they have encountered a several of the missing children recently with scientifically altered genes," Jarvis explained. "They have yet to discover the criminals behind these acts."
"She was experimented on!?" Tony winced. He'd forgotten Pepper had been listening.
"Come here, Pepper." She made her way over to him and let him hold her, "Everything's going to be okay. I promise I'll do everything I can to help her."The first three weeks at the Stark's mansion was a bit rocky but I was slowly getting used to Pepper. I know she hasn't done anything wrong but I keep thinking of my birth mother Louisa... I kept expecting her to act like her but even when it was just us alone in a room she was really nice... We even went on a spa day together while Tony helped out some guy named Nick Fury up in New York. I didn't want him to go but I wound up having more fun than I expected. One of the worst things about the last three weeks though was having to go to the dentist... Brrr! I don't want to go into that... But what I wasn't expecting the most was Pepper convincing me to let my natural hair grow out... She said Tony had found relatively recent pictures of me and she showed them to me. It seemed like another life... The girl staring back at me was beaming vibrantly as she held up an award next to her proud father who was holding a certificate of internship for Stark Industries... Now that I think about it... Tony was going to show up that day but he didn't make it because something came up...
I watched Pepper work on paperwork nearby Tony who had just taken a break from working on one of his suits. "Tony?"
He turned to me, "Yeah, kiddo?"
"Why didn't you show up at Mount Rose Middle School to give me the internship yourself?"
He breathed in heavily while looking up at the ceiling the gears working in his head, "Hmm... I don't remember... Pepper?"
She turned in her chair to smirk at him, "Oh that day? Well that is because you were under house arrest from Nick Fury after destroying our house, remember?"
He grimaced and rubbed his neck, "Yeah... Yeah... I forgot about that..."
"I'm sure you did."
"To be fair I was dying."
"That is true-."
"You were dying!? Why!?" I stepped closer.
"I'm fine now! It's all okay. I fixed it."
"How?"
He tapped his arc reactor, "I had been using palladium to power my electro magnet to keep the shrapnel out of my heart but the side effect was killing me. Leeching poison into my blood stream," he grinned "So I did what any genius would do. I recreated a new element."
"What! How!" I jumped excitedly, "What's it called!"
"Badassium!"
Pepper scoffed "You know very well that name was shot down."
"Right," he rolled his eyes, "Starkinite."
I don't know why but that made me laugh. "Well at least they named it after you," Pepper laughed.
"Badassium is cooler though," I said.
"See!" he pointed to me, "Finally someone who agrees with me!"
She shook her head, "You two are too much alike..." she started on her paperwork again when Tony jumped towards me.
"Hey! You wanna shoot some hoops?"
"Sure!"
He ran outside his shop like a little kid grabbing the basketball from the couch as he jumped over the coffee table and out onto the court. He tossed me the ball and we started playing... It reminded me of when I played basketball with my dad. He wasn't as good as Tony but we still had a lot of fun! We would shoot laugh, make jokes, he would hug me, and sometimes it would end up in a tickle fight. They were both a lot alike... I stopped for a minute suddenly getting dizzy. He caught me as I fell backwards, "Hey! Hey are you okay!?"
"... Yeah... Just got a little dizzy..." My stomach flipped. I remember this feeling...! I lurched forward out of his arms just in time as everything around me burst into flames. I screamed as it burned across my skin, bubbling through me as it burst every cell. I hope he got out of the way! Was the only thing I could think before the ground beneath me crumbled in a flash and I broke through to the garage below. I was suddenly shaking, everything was so cold! The transition sent me into shock before I blacked out.
"What happened!?" Pepper screeched as Tony tried to get things under control. She'd been screeching for the last few minutes demanding to know if Resa was okay.
"I don't know," he lost count of how many times he'd had to say that to her as he had to unbury her from the debris. His hands and arms were cut and bleeding and he was terrified of what he would find but still he kept going. He found her hand, his stomach twisted as he squeezed her hand and unburied the rest of her. He pulled her out and carried her to the couch before checking her.
"She's still alive sir."
"How!? How could this-!?" Pepper was having another melt down. He had seen her like this only two times before but right now he knew he couldn't comfort her, he had to see to Resa first.
He ran his hand across her skin, it was still smooth. He remembered the flames licking across her body and the screams that tore him apart inside. "She should at least have third degree burns..." He cursed; everything made sense now... "Resa's a mutant… Is she going to be okay?"
"Theresa received no damage from the fall." Jarvis confirmed.
"But what about the fire!" He shouted.
"There is an genetic anomaly which seems to have awakened."
"How!? Everything was fine! We were having fun! I thought only mutant abilities only came out through stress!"
"Well that is normally the case, there have been numerous reports of missing children all over the U.S. since 2006. The FBI's most recent report shows that they have encountered a several of the missing children recently with scientifically altered genes," Jarvis explained. "They have yet to discover the criminals behind these acts."
"She was experimented on!?" Tony winced. He'd forgotten Pepper had been listening.
"Come here, Pepper." She made her way over to him and let him hold her, "Everything's going to be okay. I promise I'll do everything I can to help her."