Kapitel 2139: 7
Chapter 7: Congratulations, That's OneNotes:
Thank you again for all the comments! I'm still writing this fic. But I'm to chapter 18 and I think I see vaguely the end...god this thing is going to be a long one.
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Daisy dribbled the basketball around a kid and then passed to a teen wearing a yellow bandana marking her as on the same team. "Pass!"
The girl caught the pass and then jumped shooting for the freshly duct taped hoop.
She cheered, high fiving the girl while jogging after the kid in the blue bandana that had secured the ball.
Sipping from a bottle of water, feet kicking out off the side of the skyscraper she was sitting on, Daisy pondered what to do. Being a civilian vigilante was surprisingly...boring? But that was definitely something flying towards her. Boring afternoon canceled hopefully. She raised a brow as she saw who was flying to her. She waited till he was floating just in front of her. "What brings the great Tony Stark to Queens?"
"What? I can't just fly down to say hi? Mingle with the people? Social media says you're hip with the streets." His suit landed, he stepped out of it with all the drama of a man who not only was used to it, but expected to be the center of attention at all times.
Daisy raised a brow at him. "Wow, you're just an old fuddy duddy aren't you?"
"You did not just call me a fuddy duddy." He looked at her in horror.
She leaned back. "I did, and you are. I mean those teeth? Have you considered veneers?"
"Veneers? Now that's just slander." His eyes were bright and amused. "And I came down here on my best behavior."
Daisy laughed softly under her breath. "So what are you doing down here, really?"
"Job offer. Your little tech support friend is starting next week. And your hacking skills are wasted just funneling illegal slush funds into charities." He shrugged before sitting down on the ledge next to her. "If you can hack SI, you can protect it too."
She considered that. Having a job besides stopping muggers might be nice. "Fine, I've been kinda bored since I got here anyways. But I want to be part time. And no health test. We both know I'd pass with flying colors, and SI isn't going to be storing my Inhuman DNA anywhere on it's flimsy servers."
"I'd be insulted by that if you weren't 'skyenet'. Deal though, no take backsies." He held out his hand, seemingly cringing slightly as he did it.
She rolled her eyes and held up a fist. Daisy's lips twitched at the relief on his face as they bumped knuckles. "You are a neurotic ass, did you know that?"
"So I've been told, it's part of my charm." He wagged a finger in her face. "No crushing on the boss. I'm a one woman guy these days."
Daisy gave him a piting look. "I've got daddy issues, but they're not that bad."
He pressed a hand to his chest. "I'm wounded, really. I'll have you know I'm quite the catch, very crush worthy."
"Hmm.. sure you are." She just grinned at his affront. "Now Scarlet Witch on the other hand, very cute. Also I'm only human, Thor and Steve are hunks and I have eyes."
Tony's eyes lit up. "You play for both teams? Interesting. But how is Steve on your list of hottest Avengers and I don't rank? I'm your boss. This is insubordination."
"Don't you read the papers? I'm in a passionate romance with Spiderman. He's redeemed my broken soul with his kindness and manliness." Daisy had come round on the fact it was hilarious by day two. It helped Peter turned a shade of red she hadn't know he could, anytime it was mentioned within his hearing. It was precious.
Her biological father, not that he knew that, scoffed. "Ah yes, your great romance. You know I'm almost insulted you two 'lovebirds' got all the credit for the wasp incident."
Daisy snickered. "Not going to lecture me about hacking you then?"
"Eh, you were annoyingly right about the Accords. That doesn't happen often." He gave her a pointed look. "Don't go getting any big ideas. Some sort of accountability has to happen."
She held her hands up in surrender. "I'm just the brawn and the hacking. If you want ethical or legal advice you should talk to Darcy." Daisy considered how to put it to ensure that Tony didn't put the connection between the three of them together. It was painfully obvious Peter and her were related based on how he reacted anytime their 'romance' was brought up. "She's our Pepper really. Only hotter."
"Ethical advice?" Tony scoffed. "Please, my lawyers don't even let me sleep without telling them now, thanks to you."
Daisy set her hands down on the edge of the ledge, bracing herself. "Their job is to protect your shiny ass. Team Spiderquake is indifferent to your financial wellbeing. And Darcy's already on team Thor. Think about it. Toodles." She pushed off, sending herself plummeting down, only to catch herself with her vibrations.
"So, I talked to Tony today." Daisy snagged an apple out of the fruit bowl. "I apparently am now a hacker for SI during the day."
May looked up over the rims of her reading glasses. "Really? I would have expected you to punt him honestly."
"Darcy starts working with him tomorrow." Daisy bit into her apple. "Do you think if we shot him with paintballs I'd get to keep my 'too cool for school' rep?"
May went back to her paperwork. "I'm sure you'll manage. And we're going out for dinner, the casserole started smoking."
"I love you feeding me, but have you considered cooking classes for fun? I'd pay, you could meet people your own age, a little slice of normal?" Daisy critically checked that May was in good health, and she was. But she worried.
May typed at what was likely an email. "I probably should. And don't go get any ideas of making dinner to surprise me. Darcy's the only Stark allowed in my kitchen if we don't all want food poisoning. Again."
"I still don't know how I messed up that bad." Daisy winced at the reminder of all four of them fighting over the bathroom. It'd been an unfortunate night.
"It was very sweet of you." May gave her a fond smile before focusing back on her work. "I do think it's good you're getting a job though. You've been antsy."
Daisy pouted slightly, but shrugged in acceptance. "Yeah the neighborhood basketball teams will miss my presence, not that I'm ditching them permanently. But you know how it is."
"You're an adrenaline junky living the domestic life. You've been bored dear." May suddenly looked up over her screen. "Actually if you have some time could you go grocery shopping for me? We're out of bread."
"Totes." Daisy tossed her apple core into the trash. "Anything else you need?"
"List is on the fridge. And no energy drinks. You and Peter are still banned from consuming them." May was never going to let that go, break two lamps and then crash one time.
Daisy laughed while snagging the list. "I'll pick up Peter on my way back. We can take the evening off from hero work. It's pretty slow today and Ironman was seen in the neighborhood. It should stay that way."
"Do you think mexican sounds good for dinner?" May asked, she looked rather conflicted. "I know we're not celebrating Darcy's graduation till tomorrow, but it could be festive?"
Daisy lit up. "We'll make sure they stick a sombrero on her head."
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Darcy jittered with nerves as she stepped into Stark Industries. Today was her first day and there was no going back after this. But Janey! Thor she had missed Jane. Skype wasn't exactly a safe method of explaining her bio dad was Tony Stark, or that she had two siblings because Tony Stark was a manwhore...manslut? And that she was now tech guru to two super heroes because she was a softy and made poor decisions while stressed. She needed Jane and margaritas.
She wished she had the cool striding with purpose thing Daisy did. Or even Peter's teen bobbing motion. Instead she was left to walk like a normal person to the front desk. "Hello, Darcy Lewis. First day, I need the whole first day shebang stuff."
The woman in a perfectly ironed suit, not a hair out of place, in fact she looked like one of those freaky alien characters from a movie. One of the ones so perfectly put together you know they weren't human. Her name tag said her name was 'Joy'. She did not seem joyful as a customer service smile from hell graced her face, showing off the whitest teeth Darcy had ever seen. "Welcome to SI Ms Lewis. If you would follow me please."
"Cool." Darcy trotted behind the woman, which damn was she an amazonian or something? Was that a thing now?
They made their way to a small conference room with several doors opening up to offices. Joy grabbed a neatly labeled stack of papers and set them on the table. She then turned and looked at her, the woman's eyes were dead inside. "Please fill these out. Mr Freeman from security will assist with the rest of your intake process. Have a nice day and welcome to the SI family."
Joy's plastic smile stretched unnaturally, and then the woman turned and left.
Darcy's shoulders slumped. "Damn." She looked at the paperwork. Oh her morning was going to be so fun….just...so fun.
"Aaaaa." Darcy stuck her tongue out while the doctor on staff swabbed the inside of her cheek.
Dr.Gonzalez chuckled while dropping the swab into a plastic tube. "You are a remarkably healthy young woman. Up your vitamin D and iron intake though. And don't forget the mandatory yearly physicals. If you need any other medical aid it's covered by your new health insurance. If anything of concern comes back from your tests we'll call you. But everything looks good. Do you have any questions for me?"
"Nope, I'm good dude. So I get my badge now?" She hopped off the exam table.
He handed her a sheet of paper. "Go ahead and give that to Mr Freeman and he'll escort you to your new job."
"Coolio." She patted the man's shoulder. "Thanks for the health check."
Dr Gonzalaz laughed, opening the door for her. "Have a good day."
"You too bud." Darcy would have warned him about the fact he was probably going to be set upon by lawyers as soon as that saliva swab's dna pinged as being half Stark dna. Sadly she was likely to not get her shiny new badge if she mentioned such a thing. Instead she stepped back out into the new hire conference room, six other individuals desperately scribbling away at paperwork and accepted her new employee badge.
"JANEY!" Darcy lunged half tackling her bestie.
Jane laughed bright and happy as she hugged her back just as tightly. "Darcy! I've missed you! And I'm so proud!" Jeame pulled back a delighted expression on her face. "And your doctorate!"
Darcy slapped her hands down on Jane's shoulders. "I'm so sorry for judging you by the poptarts, mess, and general crazy. I've turned into you Janey. It's horrifying. How do we survive?!"
"Interns." Jane gave a solemn nod, but her eyes were crinkled around the sides. "Come see the new lab!"
She hooked their arms together. "We are doing margaritas and sharing as soon as five o'clock rolls around because girl do I have news!"
"But...fine. But only because it's been ages since I've seen you." Jane agreed with a pout. But then she didn't let herself get dragged out of the lab that early, ever. So big win.
Darcy beamed. "You'll have to meet everyone. This super awesome lady, May Parker just got this cutest little house. We're moving her over this weekend. But I'm gonna be renting a room from her."
"But you have a room here in the tower?" Jane's brow furrowed. "It's in my contract you have to have a space with me."
Darcy leaned over and smacked a kiss on Jane's cheek. "Janey my love, I do not wish to hear the mating habits of my sister from another mister and an Asgardian god. Sides, this way I'll get actual sunlight and leave the tower."
"That's." Jane whacked her stomach. "Fine. But you'll always have a place with me."
Darcy smiled. "I know, and you're gonna understand why the 'sister from another mister' is hilarious later. But for now show me the frankenbots so I can make sure they're being held together by something other than duct tape and spit."
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Tony burst into Pepper's office because...well he burst into Pepper's office. "PEPPER!"
She looked up at his pale gaping face. "I see Darcy's DNA finished processing then?"
"You knew!?" His voice was strangled in panic.
Pepper stood up and poured him a glass of scotch...the world was officially ending for her to provide him with alcohol this early in the day. She handed it to him. "She looks like you, and we spent three very interesting hours together. Also Spiderman almost called me her step-mom. Not to mention I saw her apartment, it wasn't difficult to put together."
"But...I can't be a dad? I mean...a kid?" He squawked.
Pepper's mouth twitched slightly. "Well Tony I thought you knew this, but when a woman and a man love each other very much-"
"Pepper!" He blanched and then downed the tumblr of scotch. "Oh god and this is why Quake was laughing at me. Quake...Pepper! My daughter cannot be spending time with a dangerous vigilante who kills people like Quake! Unacceptable."
Pepper raised a single brow. "Tony, no."
"Quake's dangerous! Sure I hired her for cyber security, but you didn't see what she did to those AIM agents before she turned up to take care of the wasps. And the havoc she caused chasing down the Watchdogs! It's not safe!" Oh god his daughter...daughter jeezus, was mixed up with terrorists.
Pepper stepped between him and the door. "Tony, breathe." She waited till he'd stilled long enough to take a whole breath. "Now Quake is a good person, you like her. It's why you hired her. I believe the words were 'future Avenger once she's trained up that kid of her's."
"But-"
"No buts Tony." Pepper stepped over and straightened his collar. "You are going to go down to Dr Foster's lab and introduce yourself to your daughter. Yes, she already knows and is probably expecting you. You will not turn into a hypocritical caveman. Show her some robots or something. Understood?"
He swallowed nodding. "I can do that. I can do that." He set his face and marched out of the office and straight for the elevator. Tony was practically vibrating out of his skin by the time the doors opened.
How was he supposed to talk to a kid? This wasn't supposed to happen! Tony was sweating as he burst into Dr Foster's lab. He felt manic as he spotted the girl.
Darcy was elbow deep in the guts of one of Foster's franken creations. "Jane! You didn't insulate anything in this! How has it not exploded?"
"It works perfectly fine." Foster waved off from where she was running something.
Darcy snorted. "It really, really doesn't."
And...oh she was his kid wasn't she? A mini-Stark. He cleared his throat. "So I hear somebody has been keeping secrets from her new boss?"
"Sup!" Darcy grinned as she spotted him. "So should I call you Tony, Stark, or Sperm Donor?"
Tony choked on a laugh as he approached her. God, she looked so much like his mother. How had he not noticed when he'd been picking Pepper up? "You can call me Tony."
"Cool, then you can call me Darcy." She extracted herself from the frankencreature she'd been working on and straightened up. "So you need processing time or you up for oozing lasagna from the tower cafeteria?"
He snorted. "You're a Stark, we have food that won't give you heartburn in the penthouse."
"What?" Foster looked between them. "I repeat what is happening?"
Darcy patted Foster on the shoulder, leaving a greasy smudge on the doctor's shirt. "Janey, this is my bio-dad. Ya know how Brad is my step dad right? Well turns out during mom's party years she hooked up with Stark. Which, I am never letting her judge me for bad choices when she slept with Mr STD over there."
"Hey now, I'm an incredibly desirable catch." Tony protested. He wasn't used to not quite keeping up with banter and it was discombobulating.
Darcy waved him off with casual confidence. "I'm sure your awards from Witch Weekly for Most Charming Smile were very nice. But anyways, the mechanical know-how is genetic. Who knew."
Tony beamed, she was perfect. And probably going to be keeping him on his toes. "So lunch in the penthouse ladies? I might even show you muggles my framed Smile awards."
"Wouldn't miss it." Darcy grinned.
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Peter sat down on his bed, holding a framed photo of himself and Uncle Ben. It didn't hurt like it had at first. But it still hurt.
"Peter are you-" May's voice cut off. And then she moved besides him and sat down. "I haven't seen that one in a while."
He couldn't bring himself to look away from the picture. It'd been from a habitat for humanity build. They'd both been tired, covered in sawdust and so happy as they laughed. Ben's hand resting on his shoulder. "I miss him."
"I do too." May laid her hand on his back. "He was terrible at talking to women. Very principled but when he first met he looked like he was in pain. Bit of a square really." She huffed amusement. "Did I ever tell you about how we met?"
Peter looked up at her. "Not in a while."
"Well we'll have to fix that." May smiled softly, a certain sorrow to her but genuine joy there as well. "Well Mary was this obnoxious tween I had to watch after school. And the cool place to hang out was the ice cream parlor. So Mary is working on her homework, and I'm talking to Sarah and Katherine. And Ben comes tripping over my backpack, knocks Sarah's milkshake everywhere."
He felt a warm rush as he heard about his uncle's flailings over dumping ice-cream across four girls. It involved a lot of stuttering, blushing and stiffly walking Mary and May home and generally being super awkward. It was funny to hear about Ben back before the man had been confident in everything. "Do you think..what do you think he'd think about well...everything?"
"I think he'd march down to Stark Tower and try to punch Stark in the face for mistreating women. He'd be very self righteous about it. He'd follow you and Daisy around in that old truck of his with a baseball bat to make sure you stayed safe. But he'd be so, so proud of you." May cupped his cheek. "I'm proud of you."
Peter's cheeks heated as he pulled away. He felt like squirming out of the affection and embarrassing feelings. "I uh...yeah."
"Looking forward to missing school tomorrow?" She leaned back, giving him more space.
He grinned. "Yeah, already have everything packed. We're going to have our own house!"
"I'm still going to miss this place." She bumped his shoulder with hers. "And we're going to have to get extra fire extinguishers if Daisy is going to keep insisting on helping in the kitchen."
Peter huffed at that. "You catch the kitchen on fire at least once a month."
"I didn't hear that." She pushed his shoulder gently. "And that's not even getting into the chaos Darcy brings with her."
He laughed, Darcy's inventions tended to explode in ways that were unpredictable. "I made a new web type. Do you wanna see?"
"Sure, what's this one do?" May looked at him curiously, smile on her face.
Peter lunged and grabbed his web shooters. He and Darcy had been working on them so they were way cooler now. "So instead of just shooting strands of webbing I have this cartridge I can swap in that lets me shoot whole webs!" He aimed it at the door and clicked the button.
A web launched across the door. It was beautiful, all nicely laid webbing. "It'll keep people tied up for the police, or catch giant mutating insects or whatever. Isn't it sweet?"
"That's very sweet." May congratulated only to pause. "Did you just lock us in this room though?"
"Ah….fuck." Peter's shoulders slumped.
May cuffed his shoulder. "No swearing in the house."
"I learned it from you!" He grinned bouncing off the bed.
Her eyes narrowed playfully. "Just for that I'm showing your sisters the bathtub photos."
"No!" He squawked.
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