Chapter 3: Why Me?

Above is the song that Tony is listening to, if you play it right now... it lines up perfectly, that is if you read at the same speed as me but you have to pause it at 1:38.

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Tony's POV (YAY!)

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, there's not a cloud in sight, it's a perfect day to take my suit out for a joyride, and that's just what i'm doing.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y. play joyride music," I say to seemingly no one.

"Of course sir." Friday replies and a tune starts playing from the suit speakers, I step over to the edge of the roof with my mask still open, and look over the edge at the city below. I relax my body, take a deep breath, close my eyes, and let myself fall forward. I plummet toward the ground, the wind rushes past my face so that even when I open my eyes it's hard to see. The adrenalin is building as I near the street, then right before I hit the pavement I close my mask, turn, and thrust upward. I zoom around through the city, dodging and circling around buildings, doing tricks for people below and watching them stop to take pictures of me as I fly past. I blast up high enough that I'm above the forest of buildings, I never get tired of soaring high above the city, there's nothing like flying a hundred miles an hour through the endless open sky, watching the building and people below go by in a blur. Up here there's no traffic, no distractions, no stress, just me and F.R.I.D.A.Y. on a roller coaster of air. Up here it's like time doesn't exist. I have no idea how long i've been flying, it must have been a few hours, but it wasn't long enough. Soon, when i'm right in the middle of an epic corkscrew, my music stops.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y. what happened to the music?" I ask as I finish the corkscrew

"Sorry sir, but Mrs Stark is calling."

"Put her through." I request, and after a second I hear Pepper's voice.

"Tony?"

"Hey Pep, what's up?"

"Director Fury called, he wants you to meet him on the helicarrier, he says it's important."

"I'm on my, thanks." I hear a click and Pepper is gone, "Friday, where's the helicarrier."

"Directly above you sir." I increase my thrusters and blast straight up, when I see the helicarrier I swerve around it and land on the deck. My suit retracts from around me as I start walking toward the elevator. When I get inside I am met by an agent, who directs me toward the director's office. I fling the doors open with a flourish and see Nick sitting at his desk.

"This better be important Nick, I was in the middle of testing my suit." I announce, striding forward until I am standing in front of his desk.

"Sorry to interrupt your little joyride, but I have a mission for you."

"Great, where to boss?" I ask as I sit down in a chair and prop my seet up on the desk.

"Nowhere, you're staying in New York. and get your feet off my desk." Nick oeders with annoyance.

"Alright then, who am I gonna fight?" I reach into my pocket and pull out a bag of skittles, popping some in my mouth, without moving my feet from the desk.

"You won't be fighting anyone." He says while glaring at my skittles.

"Sorry, but you do know what a mission is right?"

"Yes I know what a mission is, now would you like me to tell you yours?" I gesture for him to continue, "Three days ago our system was hacked by a girl in a coffee shop..."

"And you want me to track her down and bring her in, I get it." I finish for him, then start to get up to go.

"Actually we already brought ber in." He informs me, I sir back down in my seat with confusion and ask,

"Well then why am I here?"

"If you would shut up and listen then maybe I could tell you!" I lean back in my chair and eat a few more skittles, waiting for him to continue, "For three days now we have has in out custody a fiffteen year girl who hacked our system..."

"A fifteen year old girl hacked into S.H.I.E.L.D.!?" I shout, Fury glares at me, I raise my hands in surrender and sit quietly again.

"Your mission is to take her to Avengers Tower to keep an eye on her until we figure out what what to do with her," He finishes.

"You want me to do what?" I demand, "You have plenty of prisons, why can't you keep her locked up?"

"She's a fifteen year old girl Stark, I cant keep her locked up with the world's most dangerous super villains."

"Well then why me? Can't somebody else watch her?" I ask, leaning forward in my seat.

"I'll tell you why. Rogers, Barnes, and Romanov are on mission, as you know, Thor is in Asgard, Barton has requested uninterrupted vacation time, and Banner, well teenagers can be frustrating. In short, you're the only one available, not to mention that your security system is the best suited to keep her contained, and the fact that most of the others live at the tower anyway." He finishes his explanation and stares at me waiting for an answer.

"I'm not a babysitter." I mutter, crossing my arms in attempt to free myself from this unpleasant task. Fury just continues to stare at me with an unchanging expression and says,

"You are now. Stop whining and follow me." He sands up and starts walking toward the door, I reluctantly follow him in defeat.

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