A/N: Real life sucks but so do uncooperative muses. I have opened this story no less than 20 times from my last update and only gotten about 6 paragraphs written… I am so sorry that this has taken as long as it has (2 years is a really long time). On the positive I have become a full adult while I was gone. I HAVE BOUGHT A HOUSE! Yay!

Also, for the people that commented in the last update that Hermione should have been able to call from Hogwarts. This story might be farther in the future than the original, but it is not present day. That being said face time and other internet-based calling wasn't a thing quite yet. The dish that Hermione brought with her to Hogwarts was for internet not phone signal, so although LAIL might be able to get her messages/texts, direct calling is still not quite able to happen yet.

H.G.

Hermione cried into her master's neck until she fell asleep. A few hours later Hermione woke up on a cot in her master's office. The truth of what had happened hitting her hard, before LAIL pinged again. The sound apparently being the cause for Hermione waking in the first place.

"My lady, we have downloaded a message delivered from Jarvis's servers. Would you like me to play it?"

Hermione, wiping the new tears from her eyes said yes.
It started with a shivered huff before someone started talking.

"My mini-Mia, I am sooo sorry. I know that I did some rash things and I hope you can forgive me. I am not very good at this dad thing, am I?"
Tony continued with a small laugh "I just wanted to let you know that I am alive and safe. I made it out of the house. I can't come home yet, not until it is safe. Safe for you and for Pep. I am leaving her a message as well. Just know that I am safe, and I will make sure it's safe for you before you come here for the summer. I know I am going to miss Christmas, but I will make it up. I promise! I Miss you Mini-Mia and I hope to see you soon."

Tony hung up the phone, ending the message with a click.

Now knowing that her dad was safe, or at least claiming that he was safe Hermione got off the cot in her master's office and walked through the empty classroom into his sitting room.

"Sev, my father, he made it. He left me a message that he is ok and made it out of the house."
Hermione said as soon as she saw her master sitting on the couch. Mia walked farther into the rooms to sit next to her master.

Sev knowing that his apprentice was still emotionally drained just opened his arms and let her crash in to them. Even knowing Mia for as short as he had he knew she would want to help her father but there was little she could do from all the way in Scotland. That itself had to be wearing on her mentally but knowing her she would find a way. Little did Sev know just how right his thoughts were.

After taking a few hours to just sit and let her brain be mush Mia stopped snuggling into her master's side and went back to her lab.

"LAIL, how close are we to finishing the last piece for your legs?"

The partially finished drone body came around the corner so as to have a visual representation present.

"My lady, the pelvis and legs themselves are ready for installation we are just waiting for the mill to finish on the joints to connect the legs in a way that makes them useable. Running estimate on completion time is 1 hour."

Mia sat there for a moment before replying.
"Good, while we are at it take a full scan of the body and start mocking up some armor plates and automating the process of making a few more bodies… I have what looks to be the beginning of a plan."

T.S. A little earlier

Tony woke up disorientated to the sound of an alarm.

"Sir we are running low on power we must make a emergency landing."

Tony barely got his bearings before understanding want J.A.R.V.I.S. said.

"J, what do you mean an emergency landing, where are we?"

"Sir we are at 5% power please prepare for a crash landing."

Before Tony could say something back the suit started plummeting toward the ground. Upon crashing and leaving a Tony shaped crater in the ground the suit started powering down until only the basic functions were working.

"J, open up. Open the suit!"

Tony's suit opened right down the middle for him.

"Ok J now where the HELL are we because unless the apocalypse happened Miami doesn't get snow like this."

"We are 5 miles north of Rosehill Tennessee Sir."

"WHY?! JARVIS, THIS IS NOT MY IDEA! What are we doing here! We are thousands of miles away. I need to get back… I need to get Pepper."

"Sir I prepared a flight plan; this was the location. Without you awake I am programmed to default to the flight plan."

"Who asked you?!"

"Sir, I believe I am mal…func…tioning …..sir"

Looking around Tony didn't hear the last bit and instead noticing that he was starting to get very cold.

"I think I am going to cozy up back in the…"

"I think I need to sleep now s..i..r…."

The suit powered down.

"Jarvis. Jarvis? Don't leave me buddy."

Tony ended up looking around and found some rope and tied it around his suit and started pulling it with him looking for the town. When it made it the first building, he came to had a payphone and for some reason a wooden Indian wearing a poncho. Tony grabbed the poncho from the Indian before going to make his phone calls. He owed it to his girls to let them know he was safe and that he was sorry.

A/N:

I know it's not much but hey it's something right. The muse is still a pain in the ass, but she gave me something to work with. But in all honesty, I am happy to be writing again and although this story's muse is a witch wit have a bunch of ideas that may be coming as stories if I can flush out how I want them to work.