Author's Note: I don't own Avengers or its characters. I only own Riley Stark and other OCs that appear in the story.

Take on the World

Chapter 4: A Visit From Agent Coulson

Riley slowly hummed the song 'Girls Wanna Have Fun' by Miley Cyrus (though the one who orginally sang it was originally Cyndi Lauper) that she was listening to on her dark pink headphones as she wrote down on her diary.

The big windows of her bedroom showed outside it was now night time and the busy road streets of New York City.

Despite the traffic and a hint of sirens heard outside, Riley was completely lost in the song that she listening to and quietly started singing it's lyrics.

I come home in the morning light

My mother says when you gonna live your life right

Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones

And girls they want to have fun

Oh girls just want to have fun

Riley stood up and placed away her diary as she twirled around a bit.

The phone rings in the middle of the night

My father yells what you gonna do with your life

Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one

And girls they wanna have fun

Oh girls just wanna have

Riley notice her phone ringing out an alarm causing her to remove her headphones and pause the song she was singing on.

"And that's end of using technology for the day."Riley complemented.

The brunette then placed her boots back on before heading out of her bedroom and saw Pepper working on one of the digital screens in the room.

"Hey, Pepper."Riley greeted and notice her father wasn't around."Dad is coming?"

"On his way."Pepper said with a smile."How was your day outside?"

"Same old. Same old."Riley declared brightly with a shrug."I hanged out with Gwen again in the Big Apple."

Pepper smirked at Riley's respond.

"Of course you did."Pepper replied.

Then Tony's voice filled the air.

"Stark Tower is about to become a beacon of self-sustaining clean energy."Tony announced.

"Well, assuming our reactor takes over and it actually works?"Pepper asked.

Riley immediately ran over to the screen and frowned at the sight of her father's face coming from a built in camera in his suit.

"You aren't even here!"Riley reminded in a bitter tone.

Tony winced at the snapping tone of his daughter and smiled nervously.

"Hey, Rye-Rye."Tony greeted."How was your day?"

Riley frowned at her father's question.

"How come I had to come home when you aren't even here?"Riley asked.

Tony chuckled softly at his daughter's respond.

"Sorry, kid. I'm on my way home right now."Tony assured."Pepper, light her up."

Pepper glanced over at Riley before gesturing towards a button.

"Care to do the honours?"Pepper questioned.

Riley grinned at that and eagerly reached forward and pressed the button.

She then sprinted over to the window and looked down and watched as the tower turned on fully.

Her warm brown eyes then caught sight of the Iron Man suit a little ways away and she knew her father was able to see the whole tower.

"How does it look?"Riley questioned.

"Like Christmas, but with more me."Tony stated with a small laugh.

This caused Riley to become offended.

"Hey!"Riley shouted."I'm a Stark too!"

"Sorry."Tony apologised sheepishly."More us."

"You gotta go wider on the public awareness campaign."Pepper explained."You need to do some press. I go to DC tomorrow. I'm working on the zoning for the next billboards."

This caused both of the Starks to make a face.

"Pepper, you're killing me."Tony commented."Remember? Enjoy the moment."

"Then get in here and I will."Pepper encouraged slyly.

Riley pretended to gag causing Pepper to sent a playful glare in her direction, making the brunette then giggle at her.

"Levels are holding steady...I think."Pepper reported.

Tony then arrived into the room.

"Of course they are, I was directly involved."Tony admitted.

"Welcome home, dad."Riley praised.

Riley immediately turned her head to Tony's direction and grinned before running over to her father.

Tony smiled at his daughter and hugged her.

"Hey, kiddo."Tony greeted."How was your day?"

"It was good."Riley answered.

"What is it you were doing again?"Tony asked.

"Oh, I was just working on some revision at a cafe down the street with Gwen."Riley replied."Then I read a few books before practicing my singing a bit."

"Did it include you saying 'Oh magic book, can you make me a candy castle? Sweet candies, delicious chocolates and also marshmallow bunnies!'"Tony replied, waving his hands about like he was casting a spell.

Riley blushed furiously as the awkward memory of her as a eight year old dressed up as a witch while Pepper simply chuckled at her boyfriend's reply.

"No."Riley responded sternly and frowned deeply."And please don't ever mention this outside. This is a family thing."

"Sure thing, Rye-Rye."Tony answered smugly.

Riley then laughed lightly as Tony suddenly picked her up, which he had not done for such a long time, not since he had started pointing out to her she was much too old to be carried and he placed her onto the sofa.

The billionaire then went over to Pepper while Riley mentally sighed in relief as she sat on the sofa.

Riley wasn't sure how her father would react about learning her and Gwen hanging out with Steve, so she and her best friend promised each other to keep it a secret for the time being.

"Which brings me to my next question, how does it feel to be a genius?"Tony asked as he looked at Riley and then glanced over at Pepper."Both of you."

"Well, I really wouldn't know now, would I?"Pepper asked.

"What do you mean?"Tony asked."All this came from you."

"No."Pepper said as she pointed at the arc reactor in Tony's chest."All this came from that."

"Give yourself some credit, please."Tony sneered."Stark Tower is your baby. Give yourself…twelve percent of the credit. And Riley gets like three percent at least."

Riley immediately made her knees go on the sofa and raised an eyebrow at her father's respond.

"Three percent?!"Riley exclaimed, acting outraged."Who was the one that came up with the whole idea about using the arc reactor to power the building? Oh yeah, me!"

Tony looked down at the brunette in amusement and chuckled.

"Fine."Tony replied."You can have five percent of the credit."

Riley glared at Tony as he then chuckled and held his hands up.

"I was kidding! You can have forty-four percent of the credit, okay?"Tony requested."That means each of us would get the same amount of credit and Pepper would get twelve percent."

Riley thought for a bit before nodding in approval.

"That will do."Riley chuckled.

Tony then ruffled Riley's hair, making it look a bit more wild while Pepper gave them a look of disbelief.

"12%?"Pepper questioned.

"Come on. Not you too."Tony joked."An argument can be made for 15."

"12%?"Pepper said in a teasing tone."My baby?"

"Well, I did do all the heavy lifting. Literally, I lifted the heavy things."Tony admitted smugly."And, sorry, but the security snafu? That was on you."

Pepper gave Tony a look as she walked over to the bar in the room.

"Oooh."Pepper murmured as she poured some champagne on a glass.

"My private elevator."Tony admitted.

"You mean our elevator?"Pepper corrected.

"It was teeming with sweaty workmen."Tony complemented and notice Pepper's annoyed look."I'm going to pay for that comment about percentages in some subtle way later, aren't I?"

Tony then brought out a fizzy apple soda can from the fridge before tossing it to Riley, who caught it before landing back on the sofa.

"It's not going to be that subtle."Tony answered.

Riley opened her soda can and started drinking it.

" I'll tell you what."Tony responded, looking at Pepper."The next building is gonna say "Potts" on the tower."

Riley smirked at Tony and Pepper.

"I don't know."Riley answered smugly."I kind of like the idea of a tower with the big bold words with a neon light glow that say 'Riley' on it."

Both Tony and Pepper smirked back at Riley as J.A.R.V.I.S spoke up.

"Sir, the telephone."J.A.R.V.I.S informed."I'm afraid my protocols are being overridden."

Then Agent Coulson's voice filled the room causing Riley to become excited.

"Mr Stark, we need to talk."Agent Coulson declared.

Tony sighed as he went to pick up his phone.

"You have reached the life model decoy of Tony Stark."Tony declared."Please leave a message."

"This is urgent."Agent Coulson informed.

"Then leave it urgently."Tony replied.

Riley covered her mouth to mute her giggle at her father's actions.

However, at that moment the elevator door opened and it revealed Agent Coulson inside.

"Security breach!"Tony and Riley replied in unison.

The two Starks looked at each other with playful glares.

Tony then looked at Pepper.

"It's on you."Tony admitted.

Agent Coulson then stepped out of the elevator.

"Mr Stark."Agent Coulson declared and gave Riley a smile."Riley."

"Hi, Uncle Phil. I've missed you."Riley responded brightly."Did Natasha send you to get me for agent training?"

"Agent Romanoff is out right now."Agent Coulson declared."I actually came here to talk to your father."

"Nice."Riley responded simply.

Tony simply frowned at Riley's desire on becoming an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

It made him feel deep inside that his daughter was willing to grow so quickly than enjoy still being a kid.

"Phil!"Pepper said as she stood up and walked over to the agent from S.H.I.E.L.D."Come in!"

"Phil?"Tony questioned."His first name is Agent."

"Or Uncle."Riley sneered.

"Only for you it is."Tony murmured.

"Come on in."Pepper insisted."We're celebrating."

"Which is why he can't stay."Tony retorted.

Riley rolled her eyes while Agent Coulson ignored Tony and held out a file towards him.

"We need you to look this over as soon as possible."Agent Coulson declared.

"I don't like being handed things."Tony admitted with a frown.

"That's fine because I love to be handed things."Pepper said as she handed her glass to champagne to Phil before taking the file from him."So, let's trade."

Pepper then handed the file to Tony before taking his glass of champagne.

Riley, feeling left out, held her fizzy apple soda can, out to Pepper and held her other hand out for the champagne beverage.

"Nice try."Tony muttered.

Riley giggled as Tony simply pushed her back.

"Was worth a shot."Riley said with a shrug.

Tony looked at Agent Coulson.

"Official consulting hours are between eight and five every other Thursday."Tony stated.

"This isn't a consultation."Agent Coulson replied.

"Is this about the Avengers?"Riley asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Can't be."Tony responded before looking at Agent Coulson."The Avengers Initiative was scrapped, I thought. And I didn't even qualify."

"Doesn't mean I can't."Riley admitted.

Tony looked at his daughter in amusement.

"And why would you be more qualified than me?"Tony asked.

"Cause I'm amazing, that's why."Riley chuckled.

Pepper rolled her eyes at the two, but couldn't help but smile.

She lightly whacked Tony, who sent another playful glare at his daughter.

"Yeah."Tony admitted."Apparently I'm volatile, self-obsessed and don't play well with others.

Tony walked off and over to his desk.

"That I did know."Pepper muttered.

"This isn't about personality profiles anymore."Agent Coulson informed.

"Whatever."Tony commented before looking at his girlfriend and daughter."Miss Potts, Rye-Rye, got a minute?"

Both Riley and Pepper walked over to Tony, who was putting the files into his own database.

"You know, I thought we were having a little family moment."Tony commented.

"I was having twelve percent of a moment."Pepper responded.

This caused Riley to laugh lightly at Pepper's respond.

"This seems serious."Pepper said as Riley's laugh lowered down in the background."Phil's pretty shaken."

"How did you notice?"Tony asked."Why is he Phil?"

"What is all of this?"Pepper questioned as she looked down at the file.

"This is, uh."Tony started as he held out his arms and Riley watched as a bunch of different holographic profiles appeared in the air."This."

Riley's eyes flickered over all of the people in holographic profiles in awe.

There was Thor with his hammer fighting the Destroyer.

The next guy was the Hulk and the brunette couldn't help, but smile at that one.

However, the screen that showed Steve on it had her pausing to look at it.

The brunette watched as a video appeared that had him fighting using his shield.

"I'm going to take the jet to D.C. tonight."Pepper muttered as she looked at all of the profiles in amazement.

"Tomorrow?"Tony guessed.

Pepper shook her head.

"You've got homework."Pepper muttered."You've got a lot of homework."

"Well, what if I didn't?"Tony asked.

Both Riley and Pepper looked over at Tony.

"If you didn't?"Pepper asked.

"Yeah."Tony responded.

"You mean if you finished?"Pepper questioned and Tony nodded his head."Well, um…then…"

Pepper leaned forward and began whispering in Tony's ear.

Riley looked down as a big blush crept on her face while Agent Coulson looked down in embarrassment.

"Ew, you guys!"Riley exclaimed in disgust while the two adults pulled way with a small laugh."I'm still here you know!"

Tony looked over at Pepper.

"Square deal."Tony answered."It's the last date."

Pepper smiled and leaned forward to kiss Tony on the lips.

"Word hard."Pepper insisted before she pulled away and looked over at Riley."You coming with me?"

Riley looked at the stuff in front of her and then at her father before looking at Pepper.

"Actually Pepper, I'd like to stay with my dad."Riley remarked as she took a step closer to Tony and grabbed ahold of his arm."If that's okay."

Tony smiled down at Riley before he wrapped his arm around her and gave her a small squeeze.

Pepper smiled at her daughter figure.

"Of course."Pepper replied kindly."I'll see you both later then."

Riley nodded and hugged Pepper goodbye before she walked out with Agent Coulson.

The brunette turned back to the profiles in front of them and her eyes fell upon a glowing blue cube.

Tony noticed the cube as well before he reached out and held it in his hand.

"What is that, daddy?"Riley questioned.

Tony's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he looked at the cube.

"I'm not sure, Rye-Rye."Tony muttered.

If only the two Starks knew how important that blue cube was.

Then maybe both of them would've been able to realise just how dangerous it was.