Angela and Jarvis

Inside the newly named "Avengers Tower", Tony and Steve were still in a deep sleep, but Angela was just waking up. As she slowly opens her eyes, she sees that the world was slightly tilted. Then, she felt that her head had rested on something to her left. She lifts her head to see what that something was, but instead she sees that it wasn't a something, but rather a someone. Steve had also fallen asleep on the couch.

My head must have slip off the back of the couch and onto his shoulder during the night.

Sitting up straight and leaning forward on the couch, she looks past Steve, staring out of one of the huge glass windows. It was still dark, but some light was streaking across the skyline of the city.

The sun's coming up. Why can I never sleep after the sun comes up except when I've been injured?

Sensing a presence on her right, she turns her head to see Tony with his feet propped up and his chair leaning back so that he was sleeping on his back. Deciding to get up from the couch, Angela walks quietly over to the glass windows and decides to watch the sun rise from the city's skyline. Angela knew that cities tended to be busy. However, when Angela looked at the streets and the sidewalks that were lit up with lights, she noticed that there were a lot fewer people out and about.

Not wanting to wake up Tony or Steve, Angela decides to ask someone else. "Jarvis, are you here?"

The Artificial Intelligence switches from stand by to completely on, at the sound of his name being called. Using his technology that Stark had programmed into him, he reads that Tony and Steve are still asleep on the pieces of furniture. Knowing this, he replies back to Angela with his voice at low volume, yet loud enough for Angela to hear.

"Yes, Angela. I am always here. Is there something you need?"

"No, I don't need anything. I just...have a question that I would like answered."

"What may be your question?"

Still looking out the window at the city, Angela asks her question. "Where are all the people? I, mean, there are some people walking about on the streets, but it's not as crowded as the daytime was."

Jarvis, having a super fast processor, answers Angela's question immediately. "On this planet, most people work during the day and sleep during the night. Also, most people usually have the weekend off and decide to sleep in during the day and then stay up late at night."

"Sounds like a few of the planets back home."

"Yes, it does. I have accessed several official sources of your galaxy, since you confirmed everything in the movies you saw earlier actually happened in your galaxy's past."

Angela, still looking out the window, replies back to the A.I. in a low, audible voice so as not to wake up Tony or Steve. "You know about my galaxy that you haven't been to, yet I know so little about this planet that I have crashed on."

"Yes, that seems highly unfair. However, I can help aid you in learning about this planet. Anything you want to know?"

Angela continues looking at the sun rise above the horizon. Even though she wanted to learn more about Earth, Angela also wanted to know about the people she had already met.

"Yeah, Jarvis. There is something I would like to know. It's about Tony and Steve. When Tony introduced himself and Steve, he said that he was also known as Iron Man and that Steve was known as Captain America. Why do they have nicknames like that? What's the story behind Iron Man and Captain America?"

"Turn around."

Angela looks away from the window and turns around. When she does this, she notices that the floor was moving apart in the middle of the room. Slowly, but quietly, a clear-glass table appears from the secret hold in the room, along with six thin, glass panes, that were held up by black painted stands on the sides of the glass.

Angela moves away from the window and goes to the rising objects. Halfway across to the panes of glass, the clear glass table top has images appearing on the top. Moving past the circle of glass panes, she takes a seat on the stool that had risen with the table and glass panes.

"On the table top in front of you are two digital files: one of Iron Man and one of Captain America. Touch one of the stacks to open a file."

Angela does what Jarvis instructs her to do and touches the digital files on the left side of the table. The files open and seem to fly off the table top to the two screens that were a couple of feet in front of the table. Angela looks back and forth at the two glass screens by just shifting her eyes left to right.

Jarvis, knowing Angela picked the Iron Man file, narrates through the file to help Angela out; but, he keeps his automated voice at a low level to not wake up Tony or Steve, but keeps it loud enough for Angela to hear.

"Iron Man." On the left screen, an image of Mark I appears, slowly turning right to left. "The image on the left screen is Tony Stark's first Iron Man suit named Mark I. Tony Stark built this while he was held against his will in a cave in The Middle East by a group of terrorist, called The Ten Rings. Using this suit, Stark was able to get away from his captors and was eventually found by James Rhodes.

After Jarvis explains the events after Stark was rescued, Jarvis picks one of the images on the right screen and makes it go to full screen. Before Jarvis plays the video, he, again, explains everything to Angela.

"This video shows Tony Stark revealing that it wasn't one of his bodyguards that was operating the Mark III suit, but instead, it was him all along." Jarvis plays the video, at the same volume as he spoke so as not to disturb the two sleeping heroes on the couch and sofa.

Angela watches as Tony is about to read from the small, white paper card he was holding in his right hand.

"The truth is..." He stares at the card with his deep amber colored eyes. He thinks about if he should or shouldn't say what he was told to say. Tony looks up at the crowd of news reporters in front of him. His right hand lowers the paper from his face. His choice was final.

"I am Iron Man."

Just after Tony said this, everybody in the crowd in front of him, rose immediately out of their seats. The video was filled with questions and comments that couldn't be distinguished from one another. Jarvis stops the video.

Angela thinks about what she just saw, trying to comprehend what Tony had said earlier. Knowing the signs of deep thought, Jarvis talks to Angela, wanting to help the clueless Jedi as much as possible.

"I can read from your facial expressions that you're in deep thought. If you will tell me what you are thinking about, I will be more than glad to assist you."

"Tony told me yesterday that if I was to go outside the building, that I should leave my lightsabers in here, and not use my abilities out in public; yet, he basically just told every living being on this planet that he is Iron Man."

Jarvis deducts the most logical answer. "He, more than likely, is trying to protect you."

"Protecting me from what?"

"People on this planet. He is shielding you from the public until he knows you are ready for it."

"Are people really that dangerous here? I thought that since a lot of people have seen these Star Wars movies you have made, they would realize that Jedi protect the innocent and fight to keep peace and justice."

"Yes, a lot of the world's population have seen the Star Wars movies. However, when the people of this planet realize that you are an actual Jedi and that you are really on this planet with them, some will not believe you are a Jedi, some will fear you, and others will try to kill because of fear."

"Are you saying that no one would accept who I am?"

"No, what I am saying is that Tony wants to make sure that the world is ready for you, and that you are ready for the world."

Angela repeats what Jarvis had said a couple of times through her head. Once she is ready, she presses her right index finger on the file on the left side of the table, which closes the open files on the glass panes in front of her while opening the file she had just selected.

"Captain America." Once again, pictures appear on the left pane, while videos appear on the right pane. Angela starts learning about Steve by looking at the black and white photos on the left pane. Angela notes that he wasn't wearing the type of clothes that she had seen him in, but rather, he was wearing an outfit of some kind.

Jarvis, once again, narrates out the file for the Jedi. "Before he went into war zones for active duty in World War Two, Captain America started supporting the military by generating revenue for the United States Army by performing in public, and also selling war bonds to the public. However, before he became who he currently is, Captain America started out as Steve Rogers. Even though he went to enlist in the military several times, he was deemed unfit for combat because of his physical health."

"Wait a minute, Jarvis. Are you saying that the man that has a well-built body, excellent combat skills, superb thought process, who is still sleeping on the sofa, wasn't fit for combat?!"

"Steve Rogers does not look like what he was before he became Captain America." The left glass screen has a enlarged picture of Steve when he was short and very skinny. Angela's blue eyes widen at the sight of the picture.

"Whoa! That...wow. Uh...that's him. His face sure has not changed. Jarvis?"

"Yes, Angela?"

I have two questions for you. First question. How did he become Captain America? How did he get so...built?"

"In order for him to become Captain America, Steve Rogers was chosen to be the test subject for a program, nicknamed the Super Soldier Project. The project was to create the perfect soldier for combat psychologically, mentally, and physically. Under the leadership of Howard Stark, Steve Roger's injections of the Super Solider serum was a success, thus he became Captain America."

"Wait...Howard...Stark? Is that..."

"Howard Stark is Tony Stark's biological father."

Angela's eyes shift back and forth. She was slowly, but surely, figuring out the details of Stark and Rogers. Letting the information sink in, she continues her talk with Jarvis, while looking at the pictures on the left glass pane.

"One last question, Jarvis. How long ago was this 'World War Two'?"

"World War Two started in the year 1939, or in terms of years, the war happened almost seventy-four years ago."

Angela, who had been slanting back slightly on her seat, almost fell out of her chair at Jarvis's reply. Quickly regain a straight composure on the seat, Angela replies back to the A.I. with shock.

"Se...seven...ty...sev..."

"Seventy-four years ago..."

"I heard you the first time, Jarvis." Angela begins to rubs her head with her fingers on her right hand, while keeping her left arm on the glass table. "Seventy-four...years. He doesn't look a day over twenty-five!"

"The reason for that is because during World War Two, Captain America had to manually crash land an airship that had several highly destructive bombs, that could wipe out entire cities. He crash landed the ship near the Arctic Circle, which is below freezing all year round. Captain America was frozen in ice, but he was frozen in the perfect state that slows down the aging of a body to practically nothing, yet it does not hurt the person in anyway."

Angela completely understands the situation. "So, it's like carbonite back in my galaxy. It keeps anything that is trapped into it from aging."

"Yes, that's exactly correct."

The Jedi nods her head, understanding the situation.

Wow. That is tough. One day, he is awake and is talking to people he cares about. The next day he is awake, he knows nobody around him, very few know of him, and the world around him has advanced without him, leaving him to figure out what has happened and what the world is now.

"I'm done with this, Jarvis. Thanks for sharing information with me. It makes me feel more comfortable about this planet."

Jarvis puts away the glass panes, glass table and the stool once Angela stands up from it. The items lower back into the floor and the floor slides back over them, putting the techonology out of sight once more.

Looking back out the glass windows, Angela sees that the sun had managed to break away from the earth, and was making his way to the middle of the sky. She turns her head back to the right to still see the two men, sleeping away like content infants.

A smirk makes its way onto Angela's face, but it quickly fades away when Angela senses a new presence. It was close. In fact, this presence was in the elevator that was climbing up to the same floor Angela , Tony, and Steve were on.

"Jarvis, who is coming to this floor on the elevator?"

The A.I. answers immediately. "That would be Ms. Pepper Potts. She is Tony Stark's assistant for Stark Industries and she is also his girlfriend."

The elevator doors, on the other side of the room, slide open and Pepper walks into the room. In her left hand, she holds, what appears to be, two plastic swords, each having the characteristics of a lightsaber design for the hilts.

After Pepper walks off the elevator, her eyes lock onto an unknown figure, that was standing in the middle of the room, looking back at her.

Angela decides to break the silence by walking up to Pepper and introducing herself.

"Hello Ms. Potts." Angela extends her hand out. Pepper involuntary extends her right hand out as well, grips the strangers open hand, and shakes it slowly. Even though she did not have clue who this could be, she decides to be informal to the blonde-haired woman.

"Please, call me Pepper."

I know I said there would be a "lightsaber" duel this chapter, but I felt that the way I wrote this chapter is better than I had originally planned. Hopefully, you guys like it! Also, I hope you guys are patient between each chapter that is uploaded, since my senior year, work and college classes have started. Please, if you have time or when you find time, leave a review. Not only does it help others on fanfiction to find this story, but it also tells me you enjoy the story the way I'm telling it or whether you think it can be written a different way.

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