I am sorry it has been longer then I expected to get this chapter up but work was being a real bitch to me this weekend. Working 11 hour days on split shifts, I felt like I practically lived at my job all weekend. But anyway, this is always fun to do. I always enjoy description more then talking, much to my friends disappointment. And now we have Tony's reaction to this little hook up ;D
I do not own the Avengers team they belong to marvel and Stan Lee (God bless him)
The rest of the week went by too fast for Alisha. She learned that the Twins and been recruited by Fury alongside their Mom and Dad. Well recruited as more of watch and learn until they where 18 years old. Jane had been contacted about Halder and Thor. Hal's training was going well considering that he had done something stupid to break his leg. Alisha had smiled at this bit of info; maybe that will teach him to think before he acts. She had also learned that Tyler was now a big brother. His little sister was almost 3 years old and she had her father's blond hair, unlike Ty who had more of the dirty blond hair. Her name was Mira, and from what the pictures told, she was a cutie-pie.
Alisha had really take to the colder weather faster and easier then she had imagined. Her Father had called her 57 times since their "discussion". Alisha had picked up 5 times. She was reduced to turning off her phone because the sound was bothering both Bruce and Lance. They brushed it off but she could tell that it annoyed them.
The last night of her stay, Bruce decided to do an in house movie night. They had all gone down to little town at the bottom of the mountain and rented as many movies as they could. Alisha was excited about a new comedy about a guy who turned himself into a physic ward. "We are watching this first!" she exclaimed while jumping up and down.
The movies included all genres. Comedy, Action, Fantasy, and even a Horror that Alisha was scared shitless of. She kept grabbing onto Lances arm and burying her face into his chest. By the time it was half way over, Alisha had moved into the kitchen, with all the lights on, and with her back to the TV screen. Bruce and Lance had been trying to coax her out, back into the living room until she pulled the knife she was using to cut some veggies and threatened to cut off their balls if they tried any more. Wisely, they backed down and watched the rest of the movie in silence.
After that Alisha picked a romantic comedy and Bruce was out like a light, leaving Lance and Alisha to snuggle together more. They didn't know when they fall asleep but when she woke up, Alisha was lying on top of Lance, her face against his chest, while he had one arm wrapped around her waist. Someone called at some point but she just heard the phone ringing while she slept.
Alisha yawned and looked out the window; the sun was just a few inches above the horizon so it was around 8am. "Morning Iron Girl, time to pack" came the calm voice of Bruce from the kitchen.
"Oh, morning" Alisha said as she slowly got off of Lance, placing a pillow on him to wrapped his arm around. "What's with the Iron Girl?" She asked looking at him with confusion on her face.
"Eh, your Dad's Iron Man so that would make you Iron Girl right?" Bruce said as he handed her a glass of OJ and her serum. "I was about to wake you anyway. You forgot your serum alarm in your room and it was going off like mad"
"Thanks, and sorry about that. I was kinda distracted last night"
"Yah, hiding in the kitchen where all the weapons are for the zombie apocalypse" Bruce teased.
"Oh shut up, it's not funny. I hate Horror movies" Alisha pouted. "I always get nightmares whenever I see them. That's why I spent the rest of the time doing something else." She said, putting the needle into her arm. The higher altitude was very good for her. The pains from before where gone, the viles of her serum that use to be for each day where lasting for 3 days, and she could breath and feel the air in her lungs unlike before.
"Yah well, to each their own." Bruce shrugged and offered her some toast with home-made jam.
"Um, think I could have some of this?" she asked, pointing at the jam "I really like it. It's sweet but mild at the same time"
"It's boysen berry jam. They are very mild here so it balances the taste in the jam. Jam that is too sweet is too much" Bruce said, getting a few frozen jars and putting them into a bag for her. "A going away present"
"Thanks Bruce. How is Hulk taking his rest?"
Bruce half heartedly smiled. "Not very well. He nearly came out the day you came back from the 'hunting trip'. I was so worried about the both of you that I nearly lost control. An hour or so longer and he would have come barging into your cave" Bruce said as he took a gulp of his milk.
"Huugn…I don't…mmmoogn" Lance mumbled while holding the pillow closer to his smiling face.
"He's so cute when he talks in his sleep"
"Yah, just wait till he has a very good dream. He tends to sleep 'walk', amongst other things. Your Dad should be here on time, for once. Seems like he is only on time when you, Pepper, drinking, and clubbing are concerned"
"So basically, only stuff he cares about?"
"You know him well" Bruce said, clearing the table.
Alisha took a shower before packing her bathroom equipment and going into her room. Most of her cloths where already packed, not having taken them out of her bags since she had gotten here. She packed everything before 10am and was back in the living room, waiting.
"Bruce, I just want to warn you. My Dad is going to find out about me and Lance today before we leave so, yah. Be ready to stop him"
Bruce groaned. "Couldn't you have told him over the phone?"
"If I did he would have come here right away to 'interrogate' Lance. Besides, I don't like to tell anyone anything."
"Like you haven't told the rest of the group about your condition" Bruce said as he watched her intently. He saw her face harden, the way it did when anyone asked about her serum. A mask of neutrality. "You know Lance would understand, and Ty and Hal would more than likely take it a little easier on you"
"And that is why I don't want to tell anyone. I don't want them to treat my any different than they would normally. Besides, I want them to find out for themselves" She said stubbornly.
Bruce rolled his eyes. There was the part of Tony within her that was the worst of him. His stubbornness and lone wolf act. She was like Tony in the aspect that she had to deal with her problems on her own, without help from her friends or family.
Lance chose that time to wake up. He looked down at the pillow with a big smile, then confusion. "Ok, I am kinda creped out. What happened?"
"I woke up 2 hours ago and needed to pack. You looked so cute that I didn't want to wake you" Alisha said, kissing his forehead.
He pulled her down to him and kissed her properly. "That was sweet of you, but I want to spend the rest of the day with you before you leave. I made something for you" Lance said, reaching into his pocket. It was a charm bracelet with everyone's logos on it. The charms where made of glass and shined in the light. "Thought it would help you when you felt lonely. It took me a while to make the charms but I finally got it right" Lance said proudly.
"Since when did you take up glass sculpting?"
"Since I was 14, so 2 years ago. It took a long time but I learned it."
"It's so sweet Lance" She said as she putting the bracelet on. "Now I have a little bit of everyone with me at all times"
They spent the next 2 hours walking around, hand in hand, in the snow. Watching as the sun reflected off the fresh powder, making it glitter like diamonds. When the sun was high in the sky, they spotted a hovercraft just coming over the mountain.
"Well, guess it's time to head back" Lance said in a disappointed voice.
"Or" She said, bringing his head down to hers so she could kiss him.
Lost in the moment, Lance forgot that her Father was watching. He trailed his hands down her back, up her neck, down to her ass, memorizing as much of her as she could. Then he heard the hovercraft fly dangerously low and groaned into her kiss, anticipation what was to come.
"Alisha" he said after he broke the kiss, the hovercraft landing near the cabin. "That was not fair; your Dad is going to have a stroke."
"No, I think he is just going to get really red in the face" She said taking his hand and leading him back to the cabin.
Before they where even out of the forest they could hear an argument being made. The sound of Tony screaming his lungs out and the calm voice of Bruce.
"How in the hell could you let this happen Bruce! He had her hands ALL OVER HER!"
"What they do together is their business. I know I raised Lance right in how to properly treat a woman, if she said she felt uncomfortable with him doing that he would have stopped" Bruce said calmly.
"But still, they where alone in the woods Bruce! You weren't watching so how would you know if he had done something to her!"
"Are you saying that I don't know my own son Stark" Tony had hit a nerve with Bruce. "Are you telling me you don't trust my judgment? Are you telling me that my SON was not raised right?!"
"And we are back" Alisha announced as she stepped between Bruce and her Father, seeing that Bruce was getting more annoyed with her father with each word the billionaire said. "Nothing happened Dad, yes we are going out, no we haven't done anything you did back in the day, and I am happy with Lance. That should be enough for you" She said firmly.
"But how do you know!" Tony stressed.
"Because he cares for me, he treats me with respect, AND he trusts me unlike you!" She glared.
"Tony, stop. She is 14 years old. At least we know Lance unlike the other boys. He's a good kid. He's kind, smart, fair, and he dose treat her well. After all he is right next to her, ready to help her if she needs it" Pepper said, observing how Lance was holding Alisha's hand, how he was right next to her, how is attention was more on Alisha's reactions than anything else. Pepper could also see that Alisha was leaning into Lances side, how her thumb stroked his, how she was relaxed around him. "Now tell us the real reason you don't want them to be together Tony, Hm?" Pepper looked expectantly at her overly dramatic husband.
"Well…he…I…they just…I don't trust people I haven't…I just don't trust anyone with my little Ali" He stammered and sputtered and burst out.
"You and Mom raised me right, Dad. You should trust my judgment" Alisha said with a smile, letting go of Lance and embracing her father. "After all, I did learn from mom"
"And look what a perfect choice she made" Tony said, picking Alisha up.
"That's debatable" Bruce and Pepper both said simultaneously.
Tony chose to ignore that last comment from his wife and friend. "I have something for you. I made it this week. I have wanted to make it for you for a while but I never really knew when the best time was." He said brining her over to the hovercraft. He pressed a button and a large platform descended from the side. At first glance you could only see the red and gold of his Iron man suit but as it turned a new suit became visible, much smaller and petit but still just as tricked out as the other except it was green and gold and had more of a female shape to it.
Alisha's eyes went wide in shock and adoration. She slowly walked over to the green and gold suit after it fully descended. She poked it to see if it was real. Her finger met with cold, smooth mettle as the Arc Reactor in the chest plate lit up. "Is this for me?" she asked in a soft voice, unable to believe her father would make this for her.
"Yes, I wanted to make sure you would be safe and this was the best way to do this. Every time you put on the suit, I will be notified and will be by your side as soon as I can. It has flairs, blasters, and a few missals for emergency use only. I also installed some whips that can cut threw anything into the arms. An idea I got from somewhere" Tony said looking over to Pepper who remembered Whiplash very well. "It is also touch and voice activated to make the suit up a bit more personal."
"Thanks Dad I feel safer already. So can I try it on?" She asked as she looked the suit up and down.
"No, and you can only put the suit on when you are in danger or when I give you permission" Tony said sternly.
Alisha finished her look around and placed her gaze on Bruce. "So this was what the Iron Girl comment was about this morning."
"Yup, thought I would give you a good idea for a code name" Bruce said, shrugging.
"Na I have another name, the Iron Maiden. Sounds better and I won't be a girl forever"
"Very true" Bruce said, nodding his head.
Lance had walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. Much to Tony's disappointment and anger, Alisha leaned into him and kissed him on the cheek. "I think this will look good on you. Definitely your colors. Blue is also your color but that would look weird with gold, and the blue and red is pretty much already taken."
"Yah, well I better get going. Jane will be there soon right?" She asked, looking over to her father.
"Yes let's get going" he said, heading into the cabin.
They all helped bring in her luggage and within 5 minutes everyone was saying their good buys and their thanks. Alisha was hugging Lance, letting him rock her from side to side. "I'll miss you Lance"
"I will miss you to Alisha" Lance said, giving her one last kiss, and letting her get on the craft. Once the hovercraft was out of sight he looked over to his Father. "I don't want to know anything that happens in the next few hours" He said as he could feel the change coming.
"Let's just hope they won't go too far away from the cabin. It's been hard trying to reason with the big guy the past 2 days and I really don't want to walk too far in the cold without a shirt" Bruce said as he stripped his shirt off. Lance followed suit and within 30 seconds Lance and Bruce had been replaced by Hulk and Tank. Hulk lead the way, running to the edge of the forest. Tank looked expectantly to where the hovercraft had disappeared before he followed, screaming his freedom.
Having a lot of fun writing the bantering scenes. I know the colors are Loki's but she looks good in green and gold. Besides, it's the suit that counts. Awwwww look at father Tony, he is so uncomfortable with having his little girl dating. Gata love Pepper's ability to look beneath the surface of everything. Reviews are greatly appreciated! LOVE TO ALL!