The genius trio arrived at Stark Industries in a relatively short amount of time. Neither Peter nor Maki were surprised at the luxury that Tony worked in, since they've both seen it before. Tony parked his car in the driveway. Everyone got out and went to the door as Tony unlocked it.
"Well, here we are guys," he said spreading his arms, "try not to break anything." Peter and Maki looked around for a bit, and then looked back at each other.
"Pretty nice, huh?" Maki asked Parker. Peter was mostly interested in the lab.
"Hey Mr. Stark? C-"
"Oh yeah kid. We're going to the lab. Nobody wants to see this boring house!" Tony was right though. None of them wanted a tour of the house. Tony led the trio to a button. "Just press this button right here." He said, gesturing to the button. Maki decided to let Peter press it. He seemed to really idolize Tony. Peter quickly pressed the button and the floor gave way under them. They didn't fall too far, but it caught the teens off guard. "Here we are kids!" Tony said, proudly. This was where Peter and Maki couldn't say anything.
They were breathless. Peter eyed what seemed to be either the entire Iron Legion or old Iron Man suits. They were all different mixes of red, yellow, and white, so Peter guessed that it was the latter. Maki was so astounded by everything, but she wondered what these weird blueprints were on the walls. She honestly didn't notice them at first. The entire lab was blue.
"What's that?" Maki asked, pointing to the blueprints. Peter quickly answered.
"That's an Arc Reactor. Like the one Mr. Stark has on his chest."
"Arc Reactor?" Maki inquired.
"Keeps me alive. Powers all of my suits. I built 'em into my later suits. Cool, huh?" Tony said, walking over to the two.
"Impressive.." Maki marveled. She had never studied the Arc Reactor in that much detail. She grazed over it being a power source for the suit and thought that was all she needed to know. She walked over to an old model. "Could I try one on?" Maki said. Peter ran over.
"Oh dang! This is model 951024! W-with the Uni Beam, and the Smart Bombs!" Peter was fanboying all over. He loved this suit despite it being a big pain when up against it in Marvel Super Heroes.
"Yep. This one got me through some tough battles. You honestly could have it, because I don't need it. I'd have to get it fitted for you though." Tony replied, rubbing his chin. Maki was so in.
In about an hour Maki had Tony's old suit fitted for her body, while Peter was watching a news article about something. It was a bit bulky, but if fit snugly. It was everything Maki had imagined it would be.
"Looks good, kid!" Stark marveled. Peter looked over and gave a thumbs up.
Maki smiled back, and then asked "Yo. Watchu doin' over there?"
"This girl has powers just like mine! Its crazy!" Peter replied, showing them the footage. Onscreen was a young girl with red hair taking down baddies in a similar mannar to a certain webhead.
"Oh hey!" Maki said "That's Ruby Kurosawa! I know her." Tony then had an idea. "Oh I'm a genius" he said as he took the laptop from Peter.
"Hey! M-Mr. Stark!" "I'll give it back." Tony replied as he sent out a message.
"You two want to be heroes, right?" Tony said pressing a button to reveal the Spider-Man suit.
"I am a hero!"
"No but the suit makes me feel powerful so now its a total yes."
"Good." Tony said, throwing Peter his Spider-Man suit. "Take that and put it on under your clothes." Peter was confused.
"Wait Mr. Stark! What's going on!"
"Superhero training!" He called out. "Now c'mon you two." Maki was excited. She not only got to experience being inside an Iron Man suit, she was going to become an Iron Man.
"Well." Peter sighed. "Guess your an Iron Man now."
Maki chuckled. "Iron Man doesn't fit me. I like the Iron Tomato better." Peter leaned on the suit. "Yeah. That does suit you. Mr. Stark you sure did bring a bunch to that party." "OK get me out of the suit now." "Just go out in it!" Stark called. And so Maki's journey begins. Not really yet but still.
