It was late at night and we were able to get a car so Pepper can drive Maya home. But I only wondered where me and Pepper would go since our house was destroyed. Maybe we can stay with a friend, although I didn't have many friends. I need to convince my dad to let me go to regular school. I hate homeschooling. I liked it before but now it's boring because the only person I talk to is the teacher.

"Why were you at the house tonight? What was so important that you had to speak to Tony?" Pepper asked Maya which took me out my daydreaming from the backseat.

There was a pause before Maya answered, "I think that my boss is working for the Mandarin. So if you still want to talk about it, I suggest that we get ourselves someplace safe."

Was she serious? Okay, now I don't like this girl. I don't trust her.

"Your boss works for the Mandarin, you think? But Tony says you're a botanist, so..." Pepper started.

"That figures. What I actually am is a biological DNA coder running a team of forty out of a privately-funded think tank, but sure you can call me a botanist." Maya explained.

"So, was my mom that too or...?" I questioned making Maya look at me. "No, your mom was more a scientist than a botanist." Maya replied and I hummed. So like dad is. Interesting. No wonder they loved each other so much.

"This boss of yours, does he have a name?" Pepper questioned.

"Yeah, Aldrich Killian." Maya replied making Pepper look at her in shock. Oh that, stupid bitch who was showing her his brain and made my dad slightly jealous. Slightly. It's hard to tell with him sometimes.

But if this guy was really working for The Mandarin.....then Pepper and I were screwed. Not only because he knew Pepper but because we were close to my dad and that always meant we were targets. Oh, lord. Dad where the hell are you?!

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Pepper, Maya, and I sat in a bedroom talking. It was a hotel room because no one would know where we are. I hope.

Pepper sat on the bed next to me and Maya stood up.

"What happened? Fun fact. Before he built rockets for the Nazis, the idealistic Wernher von Braun dreamed of space travel. He stargazed. Do you know what he said when the first V-2 hit London? "The rocket performed perfectly. It just landed on the wrong planet." See, we all begin wide-eyed. Pure science. And then the ego steps in, the obsession. And you look up, you're a long way from shore." Maya explained and I tilted my head.

"You can't be too hard on yourself, Maya. I mean, you gave your research to a think tank." Pepper told her and I nodded.

"Yeah, but Killian built that think tank on military contracts." She replied and I sighed. Of course he did.

"That's exactly what we used to do. So, don't judge yourself." Pepper told her. That's true.

"Thank you, Pepper. I really appreciate that." Maya smiled before someone knocked on the door. Pepper looked over and got up to open the door.

Room service pushed in a tray of food until their neck was snapped from behind. Killian. Pepper gasped and I put my hands over my mouth in shock.

"Maya, run!" Pepper shouted before Killian grabbed Pepper by the arm and spun her around slamming her against the wall, holding her by the neck.

"Hi Pepper." He said and I glared. "Kelsey Stark." He nodded towards me. He turned to Maya, "So, you want to tell me why you were at Stark's mansion last night?" He asked her.

"I'm trying to fix this thing. I didn't know you and the master were gonna blow the place up." Maya told him and I looked in confusion but kept that glare.

"Oh, I see. So, you were trying to save Stark when he threatened us?" Killian asked her.

"I've told you Killian, we can use him." Maya said. Use him? For what? They're not doing anything to my dad.

Pepper struggled under Killian's hold. "Pepper. Pepper. Pepper."

"Look, if we want to launch product next year, I need Stark. He just lacked a decent incentive. Now, he has one." Maya told him and I glared at her. I definitely don't trust her now.

"Let go of Pepper." I spoke making the two look at me.

"Oh, Kelsey. You're just like your father. Threatening and never shutting up." Killian said and I glared at him.

"Let. Her. Go." I glared not noticing something happened with my eyes.

Killian tilted his head curiously before letting go of Pepper. "They're something about you and it's perfect for my experiments." He said before hitting me on the side of the head. I fell down as it went pitch black.

"Kelsey!!!" Was the last thing I heard from Pepper.

They always aim for the head.

Poor Kelsey is always getting hit in the head or hurt in some way. Also what happened with Kelsey's eyes?? That will be reveal soon.

Sorry for the lack of writing, I had summer school and I'm starting college soon so I've been busy. I'll try to update as much as I can but can't promise every week.

We are almost done with Iron Man 3!! There is four chapters left and then a post credits scene and then we move onto the second book!! I'm super excited to write Age of Ultron and so on because I have so many good ideas for Kelsey!!

Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter and more is coming soon!!

Have a good day/night!! Love you all!!

-Mary💗