I was sitting in her lab with Amelia glaring at me from across the lab table and trying her best not to interfere while I tinkered with her toy. This is what I was good at solving problems and working with my hands.

"I hate to be a bother Tony-"

"No you wouldn't, but go ahead." I said while taking a wire and reconnecting it to another.

"But when did you become the expert in my field?" She said with disdain. I looked up at her from the headband and smirked. I could see the smallest twitch from her mouth when I looked at her.

"Three days ago when the expert was lying in a hospital bed. Someone had to step up!" Her face dropped and she clenched her jaw, oh she did a lot of that with me in the room. I just chuckled and went back to work. She got up from the table making a loud noise as her chair slid across the floor. I hadn't even noticed that she left the room until she slammed the door open hours later.

O"O"O"O"O

Haley walked with me once she saw me storming my way through the hallway.

"Ma'am?" She asked.

"He makes me so frustrated and I just want to kill him half the time!"

"And the other half?" She bated.

"The other half wants to leave him in a pit of scorpions. Haley, get me some scorpions." I said before marching off. I took to the elevator quicker than Haley and pressed the button to go to the café. I had an appointment at 4 o'clock and needed to simmer down before that. At the café there was a new girl behind the counter that I had never seen before. Odd because I get a photo resume of every employee that applies here. I went to order my normal tea but instead of waiting at the counter for the next customer, she went back to serve my drink as well. I shrugged it off as newbie jitters and trying to make a good impression on the boss. I took my tea and walked back to a table and slid the backs of my shoes off before Mia, without permission turned into humanoid mode to join me. I laughed a bit at her outfit of choice. She chose to dress like me again, but her hair was looking way better.

"It must be nice not having to do your own hair." I said before taking a sip. She smiled back at me.

"I thank my creator for giving me free-will to choose how I dress."

"And yet you still dress like me."

"You're an inspiration ma'am." She smirked and shifted in her seat. I could tell she was holding back something.

"You've been quiet today Mia, what's going on."

"I didn't want to disturb you and Mr. Stark while you were working." I gave her a look and she sighed. "Well, you're blood levels and heart rate have been quite interesting today working with Mr. Stark."

"Rising blood pressure? Great." I said rolling my eyes. Not only was Tony a HR hazard but a health hazard to me.

"No! It's one of the features you programed me with ma'am. I am able to detect when a man is aroused so to protect my partner from potential attacks correct?" I narrowed my eyes not seeing what she was getting at.

"Yes, so?"

"So the body's physical reaction to being aroused and in love is not that much different. I believe you may have a crush on-"

"Mia, I think you should just join the interns for a bit. They need looking after." I said getting up and forgetting my tea on the table. I didn't want to burst out at Mia like that, but I didn't like that little asshole at all! Maybe a little, but for god's sake I was a professional and I needed to focus on the security of my workplace and my future before worrying about something so trivial as boyfriends. I stopped in my tracks, I had to apologize to Mia, she was practically my daughter and she didn't deserve me yelling at her like that. 'I turned around and only just turned around the corner before I saw her looking sad and holding out my tea.

"You forgot this, ma'am." She bowed her head expecting me to yell again. I took the tea cup from her and hugged her. Well as best as one can hug a humanoid figure like Mia

"I'm sorry Mia, let's go home for a bit." I said letting her go and walking beside her in silence to the elevator. The ride soothed us both a little, listening to Clair De Lune and being alone. When it hit our floor we got out and I opened the door to our home.

"Shall I prepare the office for our 4 o'clock?" Mia asked.

"No call Haley, have her do it. You take a break. I'll take a break. We've earned one." I said taking off my jacket and setting it on the back of a chair in the dining area. I walked over to the computer and logged on typing my password but before the screen logged on I felt tired and fell asleep at the keyboard.

O"O"O"O"O

Waking up I felt groggy and slowly got up. I moved laggardly to the table where my glasses were and put them on. I waited for them to turn on but nothing happened. I groaned I wasn't in the mood for this. I already lost time to work on my other projects thanks to my unexpected nap. Maybe Mia put herself on hibernation.

"Mia." I said. Nothing. "Mia!" I said a bit louder. I furrowed my brow getting worried. Maybe she was tied up doing something. But even then, she would have sent a voice interface and the glasses should have turned on. I furrowed my brow and looked at the clock on the wall seeing I only had twenty minutes before my appointment. "Damn." I mumbled. I grabbed my jacket and walked out the door. Grabbing the knob it shocked me a bit and I instantly pulled my hand back to baby it. "What in hell?" I said aloud. I grabbed it again and this time it was without the shock. I left and walked down the hall and into my office, it was 3:50. The tea was on boil and the cakes were covered with plastic. I checked my e-mail quickly. Haley informed me that my appointment with Reltih had been waiting in the lobby since 3. I groaned and told her to send him up. After pressing send I unwrapped the cakes and before I could sit back down the man was leaning in my doorway. A very handsome man too none the less. He was intimidating but at the same time I had the urge to let him in my room to discuss this instead of my office.

"Reltih?" I asked. Glancing down to notice my suit skirt was a bit too tight now that I thought about it.

"Yes. And you are the lovely Miss. Amelia Helsworth. Or should I just call you doctor?"

"Call me whatever you like." I said without thinking. "I mean, yes. Please sit down." I said motioning towards the chair across from me.

"So, Doctor, I've read about your work with the glasses and I was very impressed. I know some ladies that are very glad they invested in them. Even saved their lives. But I'm very interested in your latest neuroscience plan. A device that will increase the brains working capacity by what, five times?" He said impressed. I blushed a bit.

"Well, that's the plan." Folding my hands I couldn't help but think of Stark down in the lab working on said project. Then my blush grew a bit.

"I was hoping I could fund that little project and have the first prototype."

"Well, you should know, I don't sell prototypes. I sell finished projects and though the funding would be appreciated, I have the supplies I need already." I said smiling. He was trying to hold back his displeasure. Which made me feel so very bad, I wanted to make him happy, that look demanded to be pleased. I swallowed the thought with the lump in my throat and waited for his response.

"You don't understand, I would really like the prototype. I have a daughter, her name is Mina. She's been struck with a brain disease and I believe this can help her. I'm willing to pay any price." Oh great, he's a father. I bit my lip looking down at my folded hands quickly.

"Well, I apologize for her sake, but my company stands by its policies. I cannot make exceptions to the rules. I will hold one of the finished designs back for you, but that's all I can do." He nodded sternly and rose from his chair.

"Well, until then Amelia." He walked around the desk and turned my swivel chair to face him. He got in my face and took my glasses off my face. Where was Mia? I needed her. "I expect to have that finished within the week, Mina means a lot to her mother, and I don't think she wants to see her daughter get hurt, or die." His eyes were glaring into mine and I tried to stay as far back as possible. "You see Mina is my favorite little project of ours, I should think you wouldn't want her to die because you just sat on your tight little ass and did nothing." He shoved my chair back and I crashed into the wall. He walked away and stopped in the doorway. "And I will let everyone know that it was your fault, I will ruin you if I have to." He said before leaving. I slouched in my chair after he left and logged onto the buildings security features and watched him through every camera as he left the building. When I saw him leave in his car I ran down to my lab and found Tony still working. I didn't know why I ran to him but I did. He looked up and was about to say something but I wrapped my arms around him and cried on him.

"I don't like crying women. What shook you up? Naughty dreams about me?" I pulled away from him and slapped him. He rubbed the side of his face and looked at me. "Well at least that stopped you from crying." I grabbed him again and he slowly wrapped his arms around me. "What happened?" He asked. So I explained the client and Tony just nodded while I talked. At the end he smiled. "Seems like we need better security around here. I have a guy, Happy, he could-"

"No! And I don't know what's going on with Mia, she's been gone all afternoon. "

"Mia and Mina, looks like the daughters cause all the problems. Shoulda made Mia a Michel." I snapped away from him.

"What did you say?" I asked.

"Make Mia a guy?"

"No, Mia and Mina, the names are so similar."

"Yeah weird that with seven billion people on the planet, one man has a daughter named Mina. Wait no, that's not weird." He said not getting my urgent point.

"No, Mia answers me when I call her, even in hibernation. You don't think…"

"How could that dimwit steal Mia? She's a computer program, he would have to hack into the whole of the company to get rid of her. Hand me your glasses, I'll bring her back. Her hibernation is probably screwed up because of your hormones."

"TONY! You don't get it! We're linked! She is inside my head! She could answer me no matter what! If the guy took her, he has access to my brain as well TONY! He could kill me in an instant!"

"I think you're just freaking out too much!" He said placing his hands on my shoulders. I swatted him away.

"I think my freak out is at the appropriate level!" I screamed. "MIA! EMERGENCY PROTOTCAL 324!" I yelled. I waited and waited. This was the one guarantee that she would answer me. Regardless of no power, being thousands of miles away, or any other extreme circumstance, she would appear in my glasses long enough to state her current status or call the police. Tony looked concerned and I stared at the space in front of me waiting for her to return. The only thing I got was a red HELP on my screen for three seconds and then it vanished. "Tony, she's gone. He took her. Help me get her back." I said with all hope lost. I feel to my knees and looked at the floor. "I'll help SHIELD, I'll give them the tools they want, just get her back to me. She's all I have." Tony kneeled down in front of me and gently cupped my face.

"Then we gotta get cracking on modifications to this headband. And I need an experts help." He said gently.