Gage was going down to the lab to check on Quinn. He got to the door, his eyes widening, going in quickly. "Quinn! What the hel-on earth are you doing?" He had to censer himself. He went to her quickly. She was currently stuck to the ceiling by her metal boots she had been working on. She was struggling to move them. Her face red with blood flowing to her head. She looked. "The magnets in the boots were stronger then I thought." Gage couldn't help but chuckle, looking up at her. "No duh. Why thou were you making boots with magnets in them?" He had to get a nearby step-stool, now level with her waist, trying to figure out how to get her down. She sighed. "Because they could be useful. I wasn't trying to get stuck on the ceiling." Gage sighed. "Well you succeeded." She stuck her tongue out at him, he smiled, shaking his head. "Never a dull moment with you princess.." He grumbled. "Is there some kind of button to release you?" She smiled. "Oh yeah! On my ankles, the gold buttons." He saw them, pressing them, quickly catching her. "whoa, there we go." She giggled as he moved her so she rested against his chest. "Do you wanna see my repusler arm I made?" He rolled his eyes. "I save you from the ceiling and the first thing you ask is if I want to see more crazy inventions. I mean of corse I do but your a crazy one." She giggled as he let her down.
She went to her little desk, moving papers and various instruments of science to get her repulser arm, putting it on. Gage watched worriedly. "Is this safe princess?" She started pressing different buttons on the repulser arm that was now on her hand. "Nope." He face-palmed Good lord she was exactly like her father. She pointed it to what was obviously a testing area for it. She charged it, firing the blue light but the recoil made her go flying back as well, hitting her desk. It was too fast for Gage to catch her, he ran over quickly. She hissed in pain, sitting up, holding her eye and head. "ow.." She smiled up at Gage as she started to take the repusler arm off. "I'm ok. Stop worrying." He smiled weakly. "I am never gonna stop worrying about you. Com'on, lets go get you an ice pack for your battle injures." She smiled, standing with him, holding his hand as he lead her upstairs.
He sat her on one of the chairs, going to the freezer, getting out a bag of frozen peas, going over to her. She raised an eyebrow. "Peas?" He smirked, handing it to her. "Yes. A bag of peas." He gently placed it on her eye where it was already bruising. "Hold it there, ok?" She nodded, holding it. Tony was walking with Kim, he frowned, going to Quinn. Kim gasped. "What happened?" Quinn was trying to wiggle away from her dads worrying state and hands looking over the bruise. "I'm fine!" Gage sighed, going to Kim. "She was testing out her repusler arm-" Tony spoke. "Wait, she has a working repulser arm?" Gage nodded "Yeah. And Magnetic boots which she also got stuck to the ceiling." Tony Gave Quinn a look, somewhere between worried and proud. But he shook his head, looking to his daughter. "Ok, princess, unless I'M down there. No testing anything out, at least until your a little older." Quinn was about to protest. Tony spoke up. "No Buts! You got hurt and your lucky it's only a bruise. Repulsers pack a wallop." She pouted, holding the ice pack. Gage sighed. "Sorry sir. " Tony stood, facing him. "It's not your fault, your not experienced with repulser technology so you don't know how quick it is, I don't blame you for not catching her but next time she wants to test it out, come find me." Gage nodded. "Yes sir."
It was a few hours later, Quinn was doing her homework from the last few days. (she didn't want to go to school still looking like a chipmunk and Tony didn't blame her.) TJ was coming up the stairs from training. He saw Quinn in the kitchen, sitting at the table, he smiled before frowning, seeing her bruise. "What happened to your eye?" Quinn looked up at her brother. "Huh? Oh...I was testing out my repulser arm. It kinda made me go flying back into my desk." "Does it hurt?" Quinn looked curious before poking her bruise, wincing. "ow, yes.." TJ giggled. "Why would you do that?" Quinn smiled. "I wanted to see if it hurt." TJ smiled. "Did you want to go play?" At that moment Tony walked in. Quinn knelled on her chair, talking to him. "Daddy, can me and TJ go play?" Tony was starting the coffee machine. "Is your homework done?" "No." Tony smiled, ruffling her hair. "Then no. after you get your homework done then you can go play." She pouted, sitting in her seat. TJ frowned. "Sorry.." Quinn sighed. "It's ok. We can play later." Tony got his mug of coffee, kissing her head, ruffling TJs hair as he walked back down to the lab.
Quinn looked around for any other adult before grinning to TJ. "Lets go play." TJ smiled. "But you have homework." Quinn got down from her chair. "I can do that later. Com'on.." TJ grinned, following. His eyes shining with mischief. "Thats bad and your never bad. Thats my job." Quinn giggled as she got to the door, unable to reach the door knob. Reaching in vain on her tip-toes, whining slightly. TJ whispered. "Be quiet." "I am." She used her tip toes,still unable to reach. "I need help." TJ quickly got down on his hands and knees. Quinn smiled, standing on his back, able to easily open the door., unknown to them that Gage was watching carefully from the other side of the wall, hiding him. She got down carefully, opening the door more.
TJ was the first outside, holding his sisters hand, leading her. She smiled, looking up. "Wow." Outside was city and tall buildings. the buildings were bigger then she ever imagined. TJ gasped, looking around as well. "It's so big.." Quinn started to lead him, looking around, eyes bright with curiosity and adventure. Gage followed at a safe distance. Enough give them independence but close enough to jump in and help. They both walked and looked around in awe. They never thought the city was so big, only seeing it from inside there tower. Quinn smiled, leading him around cornors and across streets. She looked up at the sky, looking at the sky scrappers. "I want to be up there." TJ looked confused. "Whats up there?" Quinn pointed up at the sky. "The sky. I want to be up there. And be in my Iron Man suit, saving people!" She was very animated as she talked, using her hands like her father. "Id be all whoosh! Pew pew! and the bad guys would be all Argh!" TJ giggled. "com'on, lets keep going."
He started leading her thru crowds before she stopped him, looking in the local science store. "Oh my God! They have it!" TJ looked confused. "Have what?" Quinn pointed at the chemistry set. It was advanced, you had to be 18 and older to buy it and even then it was difficult given some of the chemicals it has. TJ chuckled. "Nerd." Quinn punched his arm. TJ stuck his tongue out. Quinn looked around, pouting . "Were really far away from the tower." TJ held her hand. "It's ok. I'll protect you." Quinn smiled, continuing there adventure.
Gage got his phone out as he continued to follow them, calling Tony. Tony was in the lab, working on some software for JARVIS, typing furiously. "Sir, incoming call." Tony sighed, stopping his typing. "On screen." He sipped his coffee as Gage spoke. "Sir? Do you know where your kids are?" Tony raised an eyebrow. "um..is this a trick question or are you suddenly a bad guy?" Gage chuckled. "No, not a bad guy. But your kids...there not in the tower." Tony tensed. "Where are they?" "There kinda exploring the city. I'm following them but they don't know it." Tony ran both his hands thru his hair. "Bring them home." Tony's mind was coming up with worst scenarios of his little children walking thru New york city nearly unattended. "Yes sir." Gage hung up and Tony took off to find Kim.
Gage walked quicker, catching up with them. He touched both there shoulders. "Hey." TJ got into a fighting stance but deflated once he saw it was Gage. Quinn frowned. "Were in trouble?" Gage nodded. "Yep. Now march back to the tower." He turned them, letting them walk to the tower in front of him. TJ was sniffling, knowing he was gonna be in trouble. Quinn held his hand. "It's ok brother.." TJ's lip trembled, not looking up. They got to the door, TJ and Quinn looked up. TJ spoke, voice wobbly. "We can't reach it." Gage looked down at them, arms crossed. "How did you get out then?" TJ whined, getting back down for Quinn, letting her stand on him, opening the door. Quinn got down carefully, leading TJ inside, looking up when she saw her parents standing there, not looking too happy. She felt her eyes water, looking down. TJ sniffled, wiping his tears with shaking hands. Tony sighed. "Thank you Gage for following them. Now you two, into the living room, now."
Quinn and TJ both drug themselves to sit on the couch. Tony stood in front of them while Kim sat on a recliner sitting and watching. Tony went to TJ first, seeing he was the most upset. Sitting next to him. "TJ.. look at me." TJ's lip trembled, a little whine escaping. "Y-yes sir?" Tony softened, hugging him. "Thank God your ok." TJ cried. "Your n-not mad?" Tony smiled, kissing his head, standing. "Oh no, I'm very mad but that dosnt mean I don't love you any less. TJ, your grounded from video games and TV for two days." TJ grumbled but sniffled, accepting it. Tony sighed. He hated himself for this punishment but he knows it's the only thing that would work. "Quinn...no lab" Quinns eyes bugged out. "What?!" "For two days." Kim frowned, she knew it was harsh but really was the only thing she really loved to do. She never watched TV to often, only played video games when TJ asked her. "I'm sorry princess but you know better then to go wondering around outside. Plus I told you to do your homework an then you could go play and you went against that." Quinn felt her lip tremble as she got off the couch in a huff, running up to her room. Tony tried not to flinch when he heard the echo of a door slamming.
TJ sputtered. "Dad, no, don't do that to her. It was my fault. I helped her get outside." Tony sighed. "I know son but she still knows better then that and she has to learn." TJ nodded. "May I go now?" Tony nodded. "Yeah. You can go." TJ got off the couch, going up to check on his sister. He hear crying from outside her door, he frowned, knocking. "Quinn?" "Go away!" TJ pouted. "Quinn let me in please!" He thought he heard a little mumbled "JARVIS.." Before the door opened. He saw his sister, sitting up against her bed, knees up to her head, curled in on herself. TjJ went to her, hugging her. "It's ok sis. It'll be ok."
AN: there first dose of getting into trouble. Reviews please. :)