"Never Underestimate a Stark"
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A month had gone by since Tony had been missing and the government had declared him dead much to the frustration of Rhodey.
As for Davey, she was furious that the American government was proving to be completely useless and she started working even harder than she usually did trying to locate Tony.
She had even stopped going to school since she had taken the exams she needed to graduate early.
After all, with her intelligence, Davey could have easily graduated from high years earlier.
Her mother was unaware of what her daughter had done and Davey spent each week day going to her house in Manhattan, using the computer she had set up there to work with JARVIS on finding her father.
The girl was getting closer and closer at finding her father, hacking into every satellite and government agency she could to give herself a chance at learning all she could to track him and the kidnappers down.
During her searches, Davey had found quite a bit of information about people who hated her family and learned that her grandfather had made plenty of enemies by lying and manipulating others over the years to get to the top.
Apparently, Howard Stark didn't just become rich and famous from his hard work and intelligence.
The more Davey learned about her grandfather, the happier she was that she never met him.
One night, Davey had fallen asleep from working and she was paid a visit from a mysterious figure dressed in black.
Picking the lock on the back door, a chestnut haired man with a metal arm crept into the house, searching for the raspberry haired young woman.
He didn't know why, but he felt compelled to come visit her, worried that something may have happened to her during the last two months he had been away.
Silently walking up the stairs, the man poked his head into the study and found the girl asleep at her desk, her head lying on the keyboard.
In the corner of the room, Veemon was curled up on a bean bag chair and was sleeping soundly.
Walking inside the room, the man gently scooped the raspberry haired girl into his arms and he carried her into her bedroom, pulling the sheets back and set her down on the mattress.
Taking the girl's shoes off, the man then pulled the covers up over her body as Davey moaned, her eyes slowly opening.
"Jace?" She questioned when she saw the familiar metal hand.
Making a shushing noise, Jace brushed Davey's hair out of her eyes as she stared up at him.
"Go back to sleep, krolik (bunny)." He whispered to her.
He then got up to leave the room, but was stopped when he felt the girl grab his metal hand, trying to pull him back over to her.
"Stay with me, please." She begged.
Staring down into those wide innocent eyes, Jace was unable to deny the girl what she wanted.
He knew it would be best if he left, but she seemed distressed about something and needed companionship, so he would give her that.
Kicking off his boots and taking off his Kevlar vest that had his weapons attached to it, Jace climbed into the bed beside Davey and felt the girl cuddle up into his side.
His body felt warm and his heart pounded against his ribcage as he felt the girl nuzzle into his side, taking comfort from the man.
Looking down at the girl and seeing the dark circles under her eyes, Jace traced her face, confused about what could have bothered his dear krolik to make her lose sleep and stop taking care of herself.
"Why did you come here? Was your arm malfunctioning?" Davey asked as she rested her head against his chest.
"No. I felt like I needed to see you. I was... I felt like something was wrong." Jace explained.
"You're not wrong." Davey muttered as she buried her face into Jace's bare chest, taking comfort in the heat that radiated from his body.
"What is it? What's bothering you, krolik?" Jace asked feeling worried about her.
"My dad was abducted a month ago. Everyone seems to think he's dead. But I don't believe that. I'm not going to stop believing until I find a body." Davey declared.
Feeling the desire to comfort her, Jace placed his hand on her back and gently started rubbing circles.
"I'm sure you'll find him soon enough." Jace said.
Humming at that, Davey then nuzzled against his chest and closed her eyes, slowly beginning to fall asleep.
Staring down at the girl in his arms, Jace decided that he would stay for a bit longer before he returned to his handlers.
(The next morning...)
Waking up in her bed, Davey felt dazed and slightly confused.
She could have sworn she was paid a visit from Jace last night, but perhaps she had dreamed it.
Rolling onto her side, Davey was surprised to find a daffodil lying on her pillow.
Picking the flower up from off of the pillow, Davey inhaled the scent of the yellow plant and felt herself smiling, realizing that she hadn't dreamt up Jace visiting her.
Getting up out of bed, Davey placed the flower in the book about the Infinity Stones, wanting to keep it pressed, then rushed off to her bathroom to take a shower, eat breakfast and then get back to work.
Getting dressed into a pair of jeans and a white tube top, Davey found Veemon already downstairs, munching on some toast.
"Hey, there you are. Where were you sleeping last night?" Davey asked him.
"In the study. Nice to know you were able to walk your way to your room and fell asleep in your bed." Veemon commented.
At his partner's silence and noticing the sudden twitch of her lips, Veemon then realized something.
"Did you secret ninja boyfriend show up last night?" He asked.
"He's not my boyfriend. And yes, he did. He carried me to bed and tucked me in. He was just being a good friend." Davey shrugged.
"Good to know someone is." Veemon said.
He had never met the strange man who kept appearing at the house, but he had seen glimpses of him and caught his scent of frost, gunfire, musk and clover lingering on his partner.
Walking over to the coffee maker, Davey started brewing the dark liquid and also grabbed a bottle of Nesquik chocolate syrup to pour it into her drink.
She enjoyed drinking coffee with some chocolate mixed into it.
"Are you at least going to eat breakfast before you get back to work?" Veemon asked the girl.
"Yeah, I am. Also, I'm going to call Mom and tell her where I am." Davey informed.
"Good. Wouldn't want her to start freaking out." Veemon commented.
Cooking a BLT sandwich for breakfast, Davey then went back into her study to continue her work.
Sitting down at her computer, the raspberry haired girl turned it on and was met with the logo for Stark Industries.
"Good morning, Ms. Davia." JARVIS greeted.
"Morning, J. What do you have for me?" She asked.
"I have discovered that you aren't the only one still trying to locate sir's whereabouts." JARVIS revealed.
"Oh? Who else is trying to find him?" Davey asked raising an eyebrow in surprise.
"It's an organization called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division." JARVIS said.
"That is such a mouthful. They should just shorten it to SHIELD. Much easier to say. How you been able to learn anything about them?" Davey asked.
"I'm afraid not. They have quite a strong defense against my program. I can't hack into the system." JARVIS told her.
"Maybe the two of us can make some headway together. Let's see just who these people are and what they want with my father." Davey said as she wiggled her fingers to get them loose.
Typing away on her keyboard, Davey then brought up the website for SHIELD, learning that they had a small school for trainees which acted as a police academy.
Hacking further into the system, Davey was shocked when she found her grandfather and great-godmother's names pop up on the screen.
Diving further into the files she pulled up, Davey learned that it was Howard and Peggy who both founded SHIELD along with Chester Phillips and that the agency used to be known as the Strategic Scientific Reserve, the same organization that created Captain America.
Much to her further horror, Davey learned that SHIELD had a file all about her and had information on her past as a DigiDestined, showing her riding Raidramon with Willis Stuart and Terriermon, ExVeemon stopping Cherrymon from destroying the Christmas tree in Rockefeller and various other pictures.
Instead of her being labeled as Davey Stark, she was known as Davey Motomiya much to her relief, but the fact that SHIELD knew about her intelligence level and her ability as a hacker was quite troubling.
"I can't frigging believe this. Are these people... Do they actually think I'm a threat?" Davey exclaimed in shock.
"You do have skills that would make you seem like a threat if you ever worked against them. But, according to what I've read, I think that SHIELD wants you to join them." JARVIS concluded.
"Not sure how I feel about that. But maybe, the guy in charge and I can have a little talk." Davey decided.
"Are you sure that is wise, ma'am?" JARVIS asked sounding worried.
He had already lost Tony, he was not going to let his creator's daughter escape him and put herself in danger as well.
"I have to do this, J. These guys have resources to find my dad and I have them, too. If we worked together, then maybe we'd finally be able to find out where he is and bring him home. Then, we can also figure out who betrayed Dad in the first place." Davey explained.
"I don't agree with this. But if you think this is the best, then I will support you no matter what." JARVIS told her.
"Love you, J." Davey grinned.
"I know." JARVIS sounded smug when he said this.
Learning who was currently in charge of SHIELD and the agents, she started learning more and more about Director Nicholas Joseph Fury.
Hacking into his e-mail account, Davey sent him a message that she wanted to meet with him and gave him the information on where and when.
She waited all of 15 minutes before she got a reply and saw that Fury agreed to the meeting.
Satisfied, Davey decided to get ready and gathered up all of the information she had discovered over the last month, knowing she would need it if she and Fury were going to work together.
To be continued...