A/N: Hey so I know I said that the next chapter would be up over the last weekend but things kinda got crazy. So I'm so glad everyone liked the last chapter! I had a hard time choosing when to bring Coulson in but this was just the perfect time. So her goes the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel or any characters, except for Kaycee.
~xXx~
"Agent Coulson?" Kaycee was surprised to see the familiar agent sitting in the seat next to her holding a file in his hand. "What's going on?"
"Well from what I can tell, you already know about your father's condition." Phil replied flipping through the file.
"Is it that obvious that I know?" she asked staring down at her black heels.
"No, actually agent Romanoff sent me a text," Phil gestured to his phone. "telling me about the comment you said to your father minutes before the incident."
"Who?"
"Me." Just then Natalie slid into the passenger seat right before the car took off.
"Natalie? You heard me?" Kaycee said.
"Yes and it's Natasha, actually. Natasha Romanoff." Natasha replied.
"And you work with agent Coulson?"
"Yes at S.H.I.L.D."
Kaycee had so many questions she wanted to ask the two agents but didn't want to overwhelm them. But then again, they did sorta kidnap her so she had the right to question them, didn't she?
"Where are you taking me?" she asked.
Phil and Natasha shared a look before explaining.
"We're taking you to our nearest S.H.I.E.L.D facility and I have been given orders by our head director to keep an eye on you, same for agent Hill." Phil said to the confused looking teen.
Kaycee looked out the window. "Why? Why can't I just stay with Pepper or something?"
"Miss Potts isn't an option right now, she will notified of your presence with S.H.I.E.L.D tomorrow and your father will be notified soon. As of now, you are under the full protection of S.H.I.E.L.D." Natasha finished.
Protection… from what? Kaycee thought.
~xXx~
Damn It's bright out here. Tony thought as he slid on his black ray ban sunglasses. It was almost eleven in the morning and he was indulging himself in a few donuts that he bought from a nearby donut shop, Randy's donuts actually. He was also still wearing the iron man suit and was sitting at the top of the giant donut on the building. He had to admit though, the look on the employees' faces when he stepped in was hilarious!
After eating his third donut, Tony remembered what Kaycee had said right before Rhodey had scared off the guests. Enjoy your last birthday! Did she really know about the palladium poisoning? He felt so guilty, not telling her the truth. Where was she anyway? At home? With Pepper? Tony knew for sure that after he finished these donuts, he was going home to apologize to his daughter. He was even going to buy her a gift. What do kids like these days? Another credit card? A new mp3? A car-
"Sir," Tony looked down to find a tall dark skinned bald man wearing all black and an eye patch. "I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut!" he then entered the building.
"Oh great." Tony muttered standing up and finishing his last donut. "Well if it isn't Nick Fury, here to rain on my parade."
Once he lowered himself off the building, Tony entered the shop and noticed the place had emptied out, employees and everyone else were gone. He turned to the left and found Fury sitting in one of the booths with two coffees.
"Mr. Stark," he gestured to the empty seat across from him. "Please have a seat."
Tony slowly walked over to the booth and sat in the empty seat. He took a sip of the second coffee Fury had and sighed. He knew exactly why Fury was here.
"Look I told you before," Tony began. "I'm not joining your super secret boy band."
Fury chuckled. "No, no, no. See, I remember, you do everything yourself. How's that working out for you?"
"Its… it's…it's…" Tony hesitated before replying. "I'm sorry. I don't want to get off on the wrong foot. Do I look a the patch or the eye? Honestly I'm hung-over. I'm not sure if you're real or if I'm having…"
"I am very real." Fury said. "I'm the realest person you're ever gonna meet."
"Just my luck. Where's the staff here?"
"That's not looking so good." Fury pointed to Tony's strange looking markings on his neck.
Tony turned back to Fury and muttered "I've been worse."
"We've secured the perimeter, but I don't think we should hold it for too much longer." said a familiar voice. Tony turned to look and froze. It was Natalie.
"Huh," Tony came back to reality after noticing her in a tight black outfit. Fury grinned. "You're fired."That's not up to you." The redheaded agent sat next to Fury.
"Tony, I want you to meet agent Romanoff." Fury announced.
"Hi."
"I'm a S.H.I.E.L.D. shadow." Natasha explained. "Once we knew you were ill, I was tasked to you by Director Fury."
Tony took the sunglasses off. "I suggest you apologize."
"You've been very busy." Fury noted. "You made miss Potts your CEO, dealing with a shy but hormonal teenager-"
"You don't get to call her that." Tony pointed to the director, but was ignored.
"You're giving away all your stuff. You let your friend fly away with your suit. Now, if I didn't no better…"
"You don't know better. I didn't give it to him. He took it."
"Who, whoa, whoa. He took it? You're Iron man and he just took it? The little brother just walked in there, kicked your ass and took your suit? Is that possible?" Fury turned to Romanoff who replied.
"Well, according to Mr. Stark's database security guidelines, there are redundancies to prevent unauthorized usage." Romanoff said.
Tony was quiet for a second. "What do you want from me?"
"What do we want from you?" Fury questioned as Romanoff stood up. "NO. What do you want from me?"
"Here we go," Tony mumbled, taking a sip from his coffee.
"You have become a problem, a problem I have to deal with. Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe. I have bigger problems than you in the southwestern region to deal with." The Director snapped his fingers. "Hit him."
Suddenly, Tony was taken back by a force being pushed into his neck. "Aghhh!" he waited until he regained balance." Oh, God, are you gonna steal my kidney and sell it? Could you please not do anything awful for five seconds?"
He didn't noticed agent Romanoff examining both sides of his neck.
"What did she just do to me?" Tony asked, worried.
"What did we just do for you?" Fury asked. "That's lithium dioxide. It's gonna take the edge off. We're trying to get you back to work."
"Give me a couple boxes of that. I'll be right as rain." Tony remarked.
"It's not a cure, it just abates the symptoms." Romanoff replied.
"Doesn't look like an easy fix." Fury said eyeing the disappeared markings.
Tony sat up straight. "Trust me, I know. I'm good at this stuff. I've been looking for a suitable replacement for palladium. I've tried every combination, every permutation of every known element."
"Well, I'm here to tell you, you haven't tried them all." The Director answered.
The three were quiet until Tony broke the silence. "I still need to apologize to Kaycee,"
"Let me guess, for keeping such a deep secret?" Fury questioned. "From what agent Romanoff told me, Kaycee already knows."
Tony looked at the redheaded agent. "How long did she know? How did she know?"
Natasha shrugged. "Not sure exactly. Although she did tell me that she was able to hack into your computer deleted history."
"Oh God," Tony let his head fall into his hands. He stood up and tried to move out of the booth. "I need to get home."
Before Tony could leave, Fury had said "She won't be there."
"What?" Tony turned around. "Why? Where is she?"
"Relax, I have her at our S.H.I.E.L.D. facility. As we speak, agent Coulson and agent Hill will be keeping an eye on her."
"Why can't she just stay at the house?"
"Because, she will get in the way." Romanoff answered.
"In the way of what?"
"We'll explain on the way to your house."
~xXx~
"Miss Stark, welcome to our S.H.I.E.L.D. home base." Agent Coulson announced as he led the teenager into the big work area.
"Wow." Was all Kaycee could say. "This place is huge!"
Phil chuckled. "Yeah, it is. Well, I have a meeting with your father and Director Fury, who you will be meeting soon," he checked his watch. "I'll be escorting you to agent Hill's office."
Kaycee then followed Agent Coulson to a long hallway which was very quiet until she broke the silence.
"So am I allowed to at least call my dad?" She asked trying to keep up with Coulson's quick steps.
"I'm sorry but I was given strict orders not to allow any contact between you and your father." the Agent replied.
"Well, if you're going to see him soon, could you," Kaycee stopped where she was, Phil noticed and stopped too. "Could you tell him I'm sorry?"
The agent sighed. "I guess I could try, but no promises."
"Thanks," Kaycee said, Phil gave her a small smile. The two then continued to Agent Hill's office.
After three minutes of more silence, they finally got to a door that said Agent Maria Hill. Phil knocked on the door then opening it after hearing a quiet "Come in."
"Agent Hill," Phil motioned for Kaycee to follow him inside. "I want you to meet Kaycee Stark."
Once Kaycee was inside, she noticed a tall, pale skinned woman with her dark hair in a bun. She wore a navy blue suit with the S.H.I.E.L.D. symbol on the side of her upper sleeve, like what the other S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents and other employees were wearing. Kaycee noted that Agent Hill didn't seem to look as tough as Natasha had mentioned, she looked nicer.
"Hi," Kaycee said a bit nervous.
"Hello, miss Stark." Agent Hill some-what smiled at the teenager, turned back to the other Agent. "How long will she be with us?"
"Until her father fixes his problem." Phil replied, Hill nodded.
"Alright well, you should be on your way. I'll take over from here." Hill said.
"Okay," was all Phil said before opening the door to leave. He turned around to look at Hill. "Be careful, Maria. This one has a few tricks up her sleeves."
"Oh ha ha." Kaycee said dryly. "You better remember what you just said, because tomorrow I am going to have a witty and sarcastic comeback and you'll be devastated then!"
Phil rolled his eyes before leaving the two alone.
~xXx~
A/N: I'M SORRY FOR THE WAIT! My brother returned from Germany and he hasn't been home in a year so we were all having a week to the family. But I hope you liked this chapter. The next chapter will be mostly of Kaycee and a bit more of the villain! So please review, the more reviews, the faster I update!
~KrazyForYourLuv~