Author Note:
I seriously can't believe the popularity of this story.
In less than a week it's becoming the most successful story I've ever written, in terms of popularity.
Honestly, I don't understand why so much attention for two short chapters.
Does Iron-man fandom really have to be?
Is my idea of Luz Noceda daughter of Iron-man a good marketing move?
Whatever the reason, I appreciate the comments and attention offered.
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Replies to comments:
Falsum Deum: I write my story in Italian then I translate it into English. Half the problem is caused by translation.
david arturo farfan soto 1998: i like your idea, maybe i could write an omake about how iron-man and the iron legion knock on doctor strange's door asking for his help.
drake wind: Amity the War Machine from Luz, might work though I was thinking of giving this role to Vee.
Amity could be Iron Heart, it would be romantic that Luz lit Amity's heart or something.
Vision was "killed" by Thanos, but being a "machine" he is slowly being repaired, so we avoid facing a certain Scarlet Witch.
You are right Vee can pretend to be normal Luz Noceda but this Luz Noceda-Stark is beyond her acting skills.
Personally, I've decided to take a very different approach with Vee, I want to give her a bigger role in this story.
In this universe, Manny does not exist. Speaking of a love interest for Camilla am I thinking Eda or Doctor Strange?
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Episode 1: A Lying Witch and an iron heroine (II)
Chapter 2: Let's get out of the plane !
Plot: Luz using the tools she hid in her luggage and with the help of her GENIE, manages to escape from the plane without setting off an alarm.
Once Luz arrives in Gravesfield, to see her mother and plan her move, something strange happens, she is robbed by a baby owl.
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POV Narrator
A private plane is flying over the Atlantic Ocean.
Hopefully, in 17 hours, the plane would land at an airport near the Wakanda border.
Too bad things are never easy when a Stark is around, especially if that Stark is a rebel genius in Power Armor.
Inside the private plane there are the pilot, the co-pilot, the flight staff and only one passenger, Luz Noceda-Stark.
'It's been ninety minutes since the plane took off, I've gotten far enough away from New York and the Stark Tower.' Luz thinks, with a mischievous smile, knowing it's her time to escape.
Luz finds herself seated in a comfortable chair, flanked by a beautiful flight attendant.
"Miss Stark, would you like a drink or a snack?" she asks the pretty flight attendant, dressed in a cute uniform and miniskirt.
"I don't need anything, sweetie." Luz replies, a small smile on her face, appreciating the sight of a beautiful woman in uniform.
Clearly, Luz inherited far more than Tony Stark's intellect, including a keen appreciation for beautiful women.
Luckily for everyone, especially Tony's fragile heart, Luz never got beyond flirting or a few kisses.
If Luz did the same crazy things young as her father, Camilla could risk suffering a heart attack, while Tony would go deaf due to Pepper's reproaches about bad role models.
"It's going to be a very long flight, I'm going to take a nap in my bedroom, I don't want to be disturbed." Luz said, in a serious tone, wanting to gain any advantage she could.
"As you wish, Miss Stark." The flight attendant answers, telling the rest of the crew not to disturb their only passenger.
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Shortly thereafter, Luz entered a luxurious bedroom built especially for long journeys.
Being Tony Stark's daughter comes with certain perks, like getting the best possible amenities while traveling.
Luz without wasting a second takes the black trolley and opens it, revealing the contents: simple clothes.
"A flaw of ... Tony, he focuses too much on external threats and prepares to face complex threats." Luz said, pulling out her clothes, placing them on the floor in an orderly fashion.
Once the black trolley is empty, Luz has pressed the corners of the bottom, revealing a secret compartment, which contains a small arsenal of gadgets and black overalls.
"Insider threats and simple tricks can fool the great Tony Stark." Luz said, with a mischievous smile, knowing how her father's brain works.
A man preparing to be attacked by murderous robots or conquering aliens, seems not to pay attention to the world's oldest tricks.
Luz starts taking off her clothes, leaving only black shorts and a sports bra.
Before putting on the suit, Luz took a quick look in a mirror, wanting to see what she looks like.
"I'm as beautiful as ever." Luz said, with a slight arrogant smile typical of the Starks.
'While I might wish for smaller biceps, some people aren't fans of muscle.' Think Luz, in a less confident tone.
During prodigy school, Luz met boys and girls who are intimidated by her strength, not mentioning the family last name.
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In less than a minute, Luz was dressed in her skintight black body suit, along with spy gear that can be summed up as a pair of high-tech bracelets and a Batman-style belt.
"I have everything I need to become a femme fatale, like Aunt Natasha." Luz said, as she inserts on the back of her gloves, a kind of metal plate with a luminous circle in the center of her.
Luz looked in the mirror again, this time her face was less narcissistic and more embarrassing.
"My parents will freak out if they see me walking down the street in this skintight overalls." Luz murmurs, with a certain blush on her cheeks, managing to understand that the suit suits him very much.
"But my dating success would skyrocket.
Too bad in that case, Iron-dad will bring out the Iron Legion to keep all the cute boys and hot girls away." Luz mutters, in a depressing tone, knowing her father is capable of something like that.
In early 2017, Luz was out late at a party and was trying to get the attention of a cute guy from the robotics club.
Too bad, that the party was interrupted by Iron-man and his repulsors ready to fire.
In short, the party was crashed, the boy was scared shitless, Luz was humiliated, and someone created a meme about Iron-dad, the overprotective parent.
Since that event, no one from the school has tried to go out on a date with Luz.
It would be easier for them to date the daughter of the police commissioner or the daughter of the president, instead of hitting on the daughter of Iron-man.
"Hypocritical father." Luz murmurs, as she puts on her futuristic goggles/visor and lifts the collar of her suit, covering her mouth, as if she were a ninja girl.
The smartest 16-year-old on the planet, at least when it comes to engineering and computer science, can't find a better word to describe an Ex-Playboy who keeps his daughter from going out on the town with a boy.
"First step, a distraction." Luz said, pulling out from her belt a kind of small rectangular shape despotic of purple color.
Once the gadget is placed on the bed it lights up and starts projecting a realistic hologram of a sleeping Luz.
Without saying anything else, Luz grabs her backpack and suitcase, then walks into the private bathroom.
Once inside, Luz leaves her luggage on the floor, pulls a small gadget similar to a Nintendo from her belt.
" Second step, prevent anyone from noticing my moves." Luz said, starting to hack into the plane's computer systems.
Now, Luz can do whatever she wants, without setting off the plane's alarms.
"Third step, don't let my actions hurt anyone." Luz said, putting away the mini-computer and pulling out some kind of futuristic pen.
At the press of a button, the pen begins firing a small, high-heat laser.
Luz has begun welding the bathroom door, to prevent disasters in her next move.
" Fourth step, activate my inventions for emergencies. Merlín, el juego commented !" Luz said, in a confident tone, raising her hand with the rectangular plate.
The circular surface of the glove glows for a second and then a rather unique creature appears from it.
The special AIs that Luz has created are called GENIEs, floating energy beings that are capable of powering Luz's inventions and controlling most technology.
Guess what Luz used to watch on TV as a child, Pokémon or Digimon?
Merlin, the first AI/GENIE created by Luz, resembles a space snake or an electric eel, with red eyes and a thin, light purple body covered in some bright white tattoos.
Questions Merlin, as he floats in mid-air, having no idea of the plans of Iron-man's daughter.
The digital/energetic life form, took a quick look at Luz's clothing and luggage on the floor.
"Are you about to do something crazy that could stop your father's heart?" Merlin asks, knowing that any time Luz is dressed as a spy/ninja or Batgirl it means trouble.
"What they don't know, can't hurt them." Luz replies, with a smirk under her mask.
"I couldn't be created by a nice and quiet lady from Japan." Merlin murmurs, dreaming of a life that doesn't force him to do crazy things every week.
"Instead of complaining, you should get ready for a flight, we're leaving in less than five minutes." Luz said as she grabbed the black and dark blue suitcase.
Iron-man's daughter opens the suitcase, gripping the handles with both hands.
The handles cover his palms, then Luz spreads her hands, proceeding to operate this portable armor.
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The armor that transforms into a suitcase and vice versa was one of Tony Stark's first ideas of how to create portable armor.
Over the years, Iron-man has devised dozens of methods to make it easier to put on and take off his armors, no longer needing the armor in his suitcase, considering it obsolete.
But Luz doesn't share her father's views.
The genius girl liked the idea of the armor in a suitcase, probably because she watched too many Transformers movies and cartoons.
Luz has developed a passion for mechanisms capable of transforming and combining in every possible way.
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The armor in the suitcase is essentially one hundred tiles in four blocks, all connected by fine threads that ran the length of Luz's arms, hand to hand through the handles.
A black and gray armor folds over Luz's body, component by component releases, expanding over her chest and legs, forming a high-tech armor.
The last components of the armor to join were the helmet, but the model is different from the typical Iron-man armor.
The helmet pieces combined with the futuristic visor, creating a helmet that vaguely resembles the head of a Power Ranger.
Without a doubt, Luz Noceda-Stark is a first class nerdy girl.
It quickly becomes clear that this armor was not built to be worn by a grown man.
The smaller size and curvier proportions hint that this suit of armor is designed for a girl.
"We are really bad months using this obsolete version of your father's armor, it can't even fly and lacks style." Merlin declares, unimpressed by what he sees.
Luz's suitcase armor may be decades ahead of the rest of the world, but when compared to Iron-man's latest armor, there is a world of difference.
"I was grounded and locked up in my room. I could only use the materials and tools I've hidden over the years." Luz explains why he's using this outdated armor... by Stark family standards.
"With these circumstances and limitations, then I congratulate you. But how are you going to get out of this plane if you can't fly?" Merlin said, curious what Luz wants to do.
"Merlin, get inside the backpack and let's go away." Luz said, pointing to the purple-black backpack lying on the floor.
"What does a missile or drill turn into?" Merlin question, looking at the backpack as if it were a dangerous weapon.
"There is only one way to find out." Luz said, starting to stamp her foot on the floor, wanting to leave as fast as possible.
'Please don't let it explode.' Merlin thinks, slightly anxious, before entering the backpack, activating his real functions.
The backpack has begun to move and expose numerous mechanical parts that begin to assemble, forming a jet-pack based on anti-gravity technology.
The jetpack installed itself on the armor's back, granting the ability to fly at the speed of sound.
" Last step, be fantastic !" Luz exclaims, as she takes aim with her repulsors, preparing to fire a minimum-power blast at the Porcelain Throne.
MINI-BOOM!
Luz destroyed the vater, creating an exit hole from the plane.
Without the slightest hesitation, Luz leapt through the exit, breaking free into the vast blue sky.
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Once she got some distance from the plane, Luz started doing different aerobatics, savoring the moment of freedom.
"I love to fly!" Luz shouts aloud, loving the feeling of disobeying the laws of gravity and moving as fast as a rocket.
Inside the helmet, Luz sees on the HUD (Head-up display), a geographical map, the flight plan and everything else related to the functioning of the armor.
A small box showing Merlin has appeared on the HUD.
" Agree with you, Luz, flying is great !" Merlin exclaims, loving flying with all his heart.
" We are free to go anywhere in the world, do you have a specific place in mind, if not, we could go to Hawaii or Monaco!" Merlin said, wanting to visit one of those places.
"Maybe next time, we're going to Gravesfield today!" Luz said, stopping doing stunts and driving straight towards the city where her mother lives.
" Gravesfield !? I expected something crazier or more dangerous." Merlin comments, blinking, surprised that Luz wants to go to such a quiet place.
" It will be nice to see Camilla again, surely it will be good for you to spend time with your mother, lately your father has been acting too oppressive." Merlin said, approving of Luz's idea of being with her mother.
Clearly, Camilla Noceda is Luz's more stable and lovable parental figure, even if Pepper Potts is close to Camilla's position.
"Actually, besides seeing Mum. I have another reason to go to Gravesfield, let's say my Batcave is in that area." Luz confesses, that she's smart enough to have braced herself for the possibility of being cut off from Stark Industries resources.
Of course, these preparations were in case the company was stolen or Iron-man was compromised or other dire situations.
"Luz, you read too many Batman comics." Merlin comments, behaving like an older brother judging his younger sister's habits.
"The same goes for cartoons and videogames, but thanks to them I have created a good part of my inventions." Luz said, admitting that she draws inspiration from pop culture, especially Japanese shows.
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After nearly an hour of flight time, Luz arrived in Gravesfield airspace.
'It's been months since I set foot here.' Luz thinks, feeling nostalgic for her mother's house.
As amazing as it is to travel the world with Tony Stark and live in Stark Tower.
Luz had just as many happy moments in this small town.
When did he learn to ride a bike; when she built her first robot or when she burned down a tree with home made fireworks…
"Merlin, let's get ready for landing." Luz said, starting to slow down and lose altitude.
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The house of Noceda is a two-story house with white walls and a gray roof, and many windows along the front.
There is a driveway on the left side of the house and a walkway that leads up to the front door.
Behind the house is a dense forest where the old house is located.
In front of the house, Luz landed, causing a small crater on the sidewalk.
"Every time you go back to the city, you have to create damage to public property." Merlin murmurs, knowing the long list of damage Luz has done over the years with her inventions or visits from Iron-dad.
"In my flight simulations, my landings are perfect." Luz said, slightly embarrassed for damaging the sidewalk.
Upon exiting the crater, Luz entered a code into the jetpack's computer system, to restore it to its previous form.
Not far from Luz, one of the neighbors is mowing the lawn, unfortunately he saw the landing of Iron-man's daughter.
This person is an older man with white hair, a mustache and wearing sunglasses.
"Hi, Tony, you've come to see Camilla, sorry to say, but she's at work at the moment." The older man said, confusing Luz with Tony Stark, an understandable misunderstanding.
"Hi, Stan, but I'm not Iron-man, I'm Luz." The 16-year-old girl replies, spreading her arms, dropping the backpack, proceeding to introduce the security codes of the armor.
Within seconds, the armor goes through the reverse assembly process which returns it to the shape of a suitcase.
"Finally, have you decided to replace your father? Are you going to call yourself Iron-Woman?" She asks the older man, mildly surprised at what he's seen.
Living near Luz Noceda-Stark allows you to see a lot of unusual stuff, once all the members of the Avengers were there for a birthday party.
"At the moment, I'm trying to restart a solo career, but I haven't chosen a precise name yet." Luz responds smoothly, treating the elderly man like an old family friend.
" If the super-hero life doesn't work out, we could continue drawing lessons.
A young girl like you could make a great female cartoonist or writer." The old man suggests, in a gentle tone, handing Luz an alternative option.
"Thanks, Mr. Lee, but becoming an artist is my plan C. Right now, I have future heroine things to do." Luz said, raising her high-tech glasses, taking her backpack and suitcase.
"Good luck, little iron witch." Said the old man, waving goodbye to Luz who is walking away towards the house.
'What can I do before mommy gets home?'Thinks Luz, pulling out the Nintendo-shaped gadget.
This device contains a private copy of all data, including your scientific projects and many other private data.
Before Luz could turn on her miniaturized computer and start developing a new gadget or reading Fanfiction, something strange happened.
"Bubo bubo!" A bird call broke Luz's attention.
A baby owl has come down from the branches of a tree and grabs Luz's gadget and snatches it from her hand.
"Little thief, give me back my miniaturized computer, I'll end up at a vet!" shouts Luz, swinging her suitcase like some kind of weapon, trying to hit the owl and get the gadget back.
Unfortunately, the owl flew off into the forest, setting in motion a whole crazy chain of events.
Not wanting to give up her most precious treasure, Luz decided to follow the owl.
"Merlin, don't stand still and watch, help me!" shouts Luz, mimicking throwing a baseball.
Instead of throwing an invisible sphere, Merlin was launched in the direction of the little thief.
"And the day had started so well !" Merlin said, complaining about what he's forced to do, chase an owl that steals high-tech gadgets.
"Don't be lazy, you can fly, I'm the girl who has to run through the branches and bushes." Luz said, surely that she was the one at a disadvantage in this chase.
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In a couple of minutes, Luz and Merlin arrived in front of an old abandoned shack.
The building is not rundown, but it's not pristine either. It shows signs of wear due to weather and time.
This place is considered a haunted or cursed house, becoming the source of numerous urban legends.
Many of these rumors involve a mysterious old woman with golden eyes, who causes trouble for anyone unfortunate enough to catch her eye.
The little thieving owl entered the shack through a mystical-looking door, decorated with a huge golden eye.
" Luz, maybe we should back off?
I don't know why, but a bad feeling and the fairy tale Alice in Wonderland comes to mind." Merlin said, getting a strange feeling from this hut.
" I never give up." Luz replies, not thinking twice about entering a building considered by many to be haunted or ready to collapse.
Stark stubbornness is one of the gray traits Luz inherited from her ancestors.
"Stop running away, I just want my book, I promise I won't hurt you - Huh?" Luz said, unknowingly stepping through a magical portal that will take her to a completely different world.
Once the door was opened and through, Luz Noceda-Stark's life path changed forever.
Continues ...
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Author Note:
Someone told me about Camilla is about who should get together.
In my mind there are two options:
A) Eda Clawthorne, Mrs. Owl.
The classic couple of Owl House fans that allows Luz to officially get Eda as a mother.
One of my favorite ships.
B) Stephen Strange, Doctor Strange.
If Camilla went to med school with Tony Stark, why couldn't she have been Stephen Strange's classmate too?
Perhaps Camilla and Stephen Strange may have been classmates and later work colleagues?
I find it very amusing to see some feud/rivalry between Doctor Strange (the stepfather) and Iron-man (the biological father).
This ship would be a great experiment to write.