OMG, MY BROTHER IS GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW! IT JUST HIT ME AND I WAS WRITING THIS CHAPTER! Wow this has been one hell of a week. I am trying to slow down with my writing to get everything down correctly. I do do my best work under pressure but I slowed down a bit so I could look over my work. This is it. I hope everyone is having an awesome August. Don't forget that this month we are as close to the asteroid belt as we can be so there are going to be lots of shooting stars! Enjoy! XD
I do not own the Avengers team they belong to Marvel and Stan Lee (god bless him)
The ride to Jane's observatory in the Swiss Alps was long. Tony had been driving but had somehow fallen asleep at the wheel. Pepper helped him back to a bench, letting Alisha drive since she had passed all the tests Clint had given her. Pepper soon fell asleep with him. They where somewhere over the Eastern Atlantic and Alisha was thinking about what her mother had told her.
She had stated that Tony was so tired because he had spent the past 3 days making the Iron Maiden suit for her. Making sure everything was perfect for her safety. He had also been very worried the first 3 days when she didn't pick up her phone. Alisha had felt bad about giving her father a bad time, but she would never admit it.
"Your father loves you very much Alisha. I know it's hard to see it, what with his way of doing things himself and making decisions without consulting anyone or making mountains out of mole hills, but he really dose love you" Pepper said in a sleepy voice, sitting down in the copilots chair. Both her mom and dad had been sleeping for 3 hours.
"Was it that obvious I was thinking about dad?" Alisha smiled. She was still mad at her father for taking her relationship with Lance the way he did.
"To anyone els, not at all. But I am your mother, I know you."
"I know he loves me mom. He just pisses me off sometimes."
"Welcome to my world" Pepper said under her breath, enough for Alisha not to hear.
"It's almost like he doesn't trust my judgment. Like I have to consult with him first before I do anything."
"It's not that he doesn't trust you Alisha. He just doesn't trust anyone els. He knows we raised you right. The boys you date, on the other hand, he didn't raise them so he feels he can't trust them."
"Ya I kinda got that" Alisha said, shaking her head. "How do you deal with his shenanigans? I can BARELY stand him sometimes." she said, putting extreme emphasis on the stand part.
"The reason you can't stand him is because you two are too much alike in personality. I can deal with him because I learned how. I had to learn because I worked for him on a daily basis"
"You still work with him on a daily basis" Alisha commented under her breath. "If you worked for him, then how did you two even get together? How did he manage to convince you to be his girl?"
"The only way Tony Stark knows how."
"Rescuing you from something he helped cause because of his inability to plan ahead, then insult you in a way that makes it look like he is the one in distress." Alisha said sarcastically with a laugh.
"Yup"
Alisha stared at her mother in disbelief.
"He nearly killed me while tinkering with his Arc Reactor then kept saying I was the one who was taking things way out of proportion. I tried to drive off without him, but he jumped into the car."
"And you fell for him with flirting and wooing like that?!" Alisha guffawed.
Pepper contemplated that statement for a minute. "Well, when you put it like that. What was I thinking?!"
"You where thinking I was the sexiest man you had ever seen, and very persistent." came the voice of the devil himself from behind them.
"Once again, debatable."
"Well then, maybe I need to remind you." Tony huskily said as he moved next to Pepper, kissing her neck.
"Ok, daughter, right here, driving the vehicle, getting seriously grossed out!" Alisha stated in a panic. She averted her eyes as much as she could though she could still see them out of the corner of her eye.
"To bad." Tony said into Peppers neck. "I need to remind your mother of something."
Alisha jerked the wheel a little, making the hovercraft jerk. The action sent her father to one side of the craft with a thud. "Seat belts, there is a little bit of turbulence." She stated.
"That was very dangerous Ali!" Tony said, placing a hand on the back of his neck.
"Sorry, I was distracted by my mom and dad canoodling right next to me."
"You know Tony, she has a point. She is driving." came the calm voice of Pepper.
"Sure, take her side."
"I am just saying." She said, putting her hands up defensively "Whatever you are going to remind me of, I think it can wait till we get back to the United States."
"Hmmmmm, there's a thought." Tony said with a sly half smile.
"Dad remember, mistakes for which the consequences could be sever for not just you but others as well!" she reminded him in a sing song voice.
"Don't worry, we use protection." Tony smiled proudly.
Alisha took her hands off the wheel and placed her face in them. "Thanks dad. I will never look at a condom the same way again." she monad to herself.
"Tony, really! You are scarring our child." Pepper said, placing Alisha's hands back onto the wheel.
Alisha looked ahead of them and smiled. "LAND FINNALY! I was getting sick of seeing water. Dad, your turn to drive." She said unbuckling herself and getting up. She moved to the back to sit down, admiring the Iron Maiden suit.
2 hours later, and a radio call to the Swiss flight control for permission to enter neutral territory, and they where landing next to a domed building on the top of a mountain. They were all dressed in their warmest cloths when they finally exited the craft to see Jane waiting for them.
"Welcome to Switzerland Stark family." She said with a big smile. She had a few other people there to help with carrying the bags so no one had to make another trip outside. Tony, and half the guys, took the suit into the building. "He came here last week and fixed up a part of the hanger so that you can suit up there like he dose." Jane explained as her and the rest of the group helped with the bags.
"Thanks for having me Jane. I really appreciate it."
"Not a problem. I was thinking you could help out with the formulas for the worm hole theory I have."
"I would love to help you." Alisha said as she took off her coat, finally inside where it was warmer. You still needed a good turtle neck and warm shoes, but it was a heck of a lot better than outside.
Alisha took a deep breath and smiled. It was nice to breathe normally, though she was feeling weird. She would need to do a scan on her oxygen levels before she went to bed.
"This is where you will be staying." Jane said, pointing to a door at the end of the hall to the right. "My room is across from yours so if you need anything just come knocking." Alisha smiled, opened the door, and dropped her bags.
The room was as big as the living room and kitchen back at the Malibu house. It had a panoramic view of the alps so on a clear day like this you could see for miles. There was also a soft green bench, dangling from the ceiling looking out the room. There was a kitchen on the right, and living room and dining aria connecting to it and a door at the far left. She opened the door and smiled. Turns out her father had brought all her furniture with him, her soft mattress with metal frame to hang stuff off, her soft thick green blankets and fluffy pillows, as well as her 3 favorite stuffed animals. A Saint Bernard, a Wolf, and a Charmander that she had won at a fair. He had also brought her desk and book shelf. The windows extended to her bedroom as well. The only room without a window view was the bathroom/restroom. She had a shower and a bathtub, and a large mirror with lights to do her makeup and normal routine in the morning. The walls where a soft green with black lining.
"I love it, it kinda reminds me of home."
"You can thank your father for that. He made it for you."
"Ug, another thing I have to thank my father for" Alisha said in a falsely dramatic fashion. "I think he is going a little overboard don't you think mom?"
"Yes, he definitely is. I think he is having a harder time letting you go then you are." Pepper said, looking around.
"So, you like you room?" Tony said, peeking his head in.
"it's too much dad. You are spoiling me too much."
"But you do like it"
"yes but that's beside the point."
"As long as you like it, dose it really matter?"
Alisha gave up. Shaking her head, she went over to unpack.
"Thank you Jane, for taking her while she is growing." Tony said, coming over and shaking Jane's hand.
"It really is my pleasure. She said she would help with the formulas. Maybe with her help we can finally discover how to travel to different worlds without the tessorac."
"Alisha, if you need anything, call us ok?" Pepper said, taking her daughters hands, tears forming in her eyes.
"Don't you start crying mom. If you cry I will cry and I don't need that right now." Alisha said, tears forming in her eyes as well before she embraced her mother in a hug. Tony came over and it became a family hug.
After they finished hugging everyone helped her unpack and in no time at all Alisha was watching the hovercraft taking off with her family in it. That's when it hit her that she was not going home for a long time. "I don't feel well right now." Alisha groaned.
"Feeling home sick already? It's expected, no offence but you are spoiled." Jane said, leading her to a chair.
"I know I am, and I hate it. I don't like having things handed to me on a silver platter. I like to earn things with ether hard work or time." Alisha said, taking a drink one of the guys had offered her.
"Well at least you have the right attitude. I think you will feel better in a few moments." Jane said looking behind the red head.
Alisha turned around and practically squealed. There, at the other end of the hallway was Tiana and Teralin, grinning from ear to ear.
"Hay leader, how you been the past year?" Tia, the eldest, asked.
"Missing my girls!" Alisha said, running over to them and hugging them both. They hugged back and laughed. Alisha hadn't seen them in a very long time, not since she had to stop training and they had been recruited by SHEILD.
"Well we are here for a little to help you get use to being here." Tera stated, letting go. "So, show us your new crib girl. We saw your dad working on it earlier this week and have been dying to see what he did to it."
"Well, he did a lot actually." Alisha said, leading them to her room. The twins where very impressed with her father's work. They complemented how the colors where very much complimenting each other, and they loved the layout of the room.
"He also made me my own suit. The Iron Maiden" Alisha said, smiling.
"WHAT?! REALLY? WE WANA SEE IT!" the twins yelled simultaneously.
"Not until tomorrow, when I take it out for a spin because I will be in danger of boredom." Alisha said wickedly.
"You are good my friend"
"After all, what's the worst he is going to do? Take away the suit?"
"Yes he can do that, but he made it for my safety so he won't" Alisha said with a smile. "So what is new with you?"
"Eh nothing we can talk about unfortunately. Fury has a strict silence code of conduct." Tia said.
"Let's have a girl's night." Tera stated, taking out a bag of nail polish, makeup, and chick flicks.
"That sounds wonderful. We haven't been able to do the whole 'teenage girls night' ever. We want to do it with you since you are our best friend." Tia smiled.
"Awwww girls. I am so lucky and honored to have friends like you." Alisha said with a big smile.
They sat down, popped in an old romantic comedy called 'Only You' staring a guy named Robert Downey Jr., and began to pig out on snack food and paint each other's nails. They were all commenting on this Robert Downey Jr.'s acting.
"Not bad for an older movie. He's cute to. We may need to see what hes up to now" Tia stated, finishing the last layer of paint on Alisha's toe nails.
"So now that we are relaxed, tell us about what it was like at Lance's" Tera asked, looking at Alisha intently.
"Well, it was very nice. He is such a gentlemen, and a sweet heart. We went hunting and where caught in a blizzard for three days. He kinda confessed that he really liked me and now we are going out." Alisha said, blushing.
"Really? A long distance relationship is kinda hard to maintain, especially around our age." Tia stated, doing a little crescent moon on Alisha's blue painted big toe.
"Ya well, I am going to try, after all there is Skype."
"You do your best" Tera said in a small voice.
Alisha studied her friend, watching the reaction she had to learning that her and Lance where going out. She smiled, her intuition telling her something about her friend. "You like Lance don't you Tera."
"No" she said to fast, her voice cracking a little.
"Yes you do." Tia said, still focusing on Alisha's toe nails.
Over the years Alisha had observed that, even though they where twins and the same in many ways, she could tell a difference in them. Tiana was more like her mother. Calculating in both a good and bad way, had a strong intuition, very reflexive and flexible, very tricky, and calls people on their shit. While Teralin was more like her father. A bit more outgoing, very observant to the point of annoying, loyal to a fault, and had a knack for aim. They both use to have red hair but it had slowly changed over the years to a more brown copper color.
She was enjoying the company of her two best friends so much, she fail to knottiest the meteor shower until Jane opened the door and pointed to the window. "Girls, this is a very rare sight, a meteor shower at this time of the year almost never happens."
"Ya, it never dose. We are so far away from the asteroid belt. Are we in danger?" Alisha asked mesmerized by the spectacle.
"No, we are ok, it's just a cluster of stray meteors from another section of the universe." Jane stated calmly before closing the door and going across the hall to her room.
The three of them watched the night sky as it lit up with shooting stars. Large and small. With lasting tails and little streaks. Everything you could imagine. They watched, and talked, and laughed into the wee hours of the morning until they finally fell asleep on the soft, pillow covered floor. The chick flicks, Robert Downey Jr., and her oxygen level scan all but forgotten.
Hehehe, 'Only You' was my fave movie when I was a kid, I had to put something with RDJ in it in here. I was thinking of Sherlock Holmes and having Alisha comment how she would love to see Sherlock and her dad in a trolling battle (who wouldn't right?). But I had to pay my respects to a classic that was cute and still is. If you haven't seen it, go check it out! Reviews are appreciated. LOVE TO ALL XD!