Second Chances

T W O

I can sense the energy around me, every noise. I can feel the sun laying down on me, keeping me heated. I feel the burning of every muscle in my body, telling me to never do anything again. My body saying to lay here forever and never move. I try to open my eyes but nothing happens. I can do this, I have people waiting on me. Tony is depending on me, I've heard everything he's said to me.

I slowly start to open my eyes, I see a large window closest to me. My head is pounding, and my body is weak. I wasn't suppose to be here, I stopped the portal. I look around, it seems like I'm in a bedroom. I slowly start to sit up, everything is sore. I throw the blankets off of me, I lean over to edge of the bed. My feet hit the cold floor, it feels nice. I lightly smile and try to get up, after a few moments. I walk over to the door and it opens, before I make it pass the threshold I hear a voice.

"Hello Princess."

"JARVIS."

"How are you feeling tonight."

"I'm alright, Where am I exactly."

"You're in Malibu, would you like me to get Mr. Stark for you."

"No, I'll be alright. Do you know where he's at."

"He's in the lab."

"Thank you"

I walk out of the room and through the hall. I don't know where the lab is but I'm guessing I'd be closer to the ground. As I'm walking down the stairs, I look around. It's a beautiful house, certainly Tony's mansion. I quietly laugh as I make it to the kitchen. There's a door closer to the back, I make my way down the stairs and I see a tony standing near a machine. He seems to be talking to it, I smile as the door opens for me. His back is facing me, I lean against the frame as he's talking to JARVIS and the other machines.

"Sir, may I remind you that you've been awake for nearly seventy-two hours."

I frown at the amount of sleep he's missed, he needs to sleep. He addresses the Iron Man suits that are in their glass cages.

"Focus up, ladies. Good evening, and welcome to the birthing suite. I'm pleased to announce the imminent arrival of your bouncing, bad-ass, baby brother."

He starts talking to Jarvis as he records Tony with a camera. I can't help but smile at him, even if he isn't human. The A.I. has a humor and sentimental feeling.

"Start tight and go wide, stamp in time. Mark 42 autonomous prehensile propulsion suit test. Initialize sequence."

Tony raises his hands and motions to activate the new suit. I slowly move off the frame and to a seat.

"Jarvis, drop my needle."

Loud music starts playing, Tony moves with the music then points his arm where he'd been injecting himself toward the dismantled Iron Man suit on the table opposite, nothing happens.

"Crap."

Tony bites his arm where he'd injected himself once and then hits it five times, he points his arm again and this time a part of the suit flies over to Tony and attaches itself to his hand and extends to his arm and shoulder, Tony then points his other arm toward the suit and the second part attaches itself to his hand and arm, Tony laughs.

"Alright, I think we got this. Send 'em all."

The leg part flies over and attaches itself to Tony's leg, then as another part flies over it crashes into one of the Iron Man suit glass cages, then another part hurls itself at Tony and Tony inflects it with his arm making it crash.

"Probably a little fast, slow it down. Slow it down just a..."

Suddenly another part of the suit shoots over and Tony ducks as it narrowly misses hitting him in the head.

"...little bit."

The other parts fly over and attach themselves with force to Tony's back and crotch area. I see his face lightly scrunch up.

"Cool it, will you, Jarvis?"

Then all the other parts shoot over and get attached to Tony, accept for the final face piece, which just hovers, facing Tony.

"Come on. I ain't scared of you."

The face piece flies over and Tony flips over to grab the piece and finally the Iron Man suit is fully attached to Tony.

"I'm the best."

At that moment, one of the stray pieces of the suit shoot over to Tony, knock hims down, which knocks the entire suit, except for the head piece, off Tony. I smile at him, sitting on the ground.

"As always, sir, a great pleasure watching you work."

"As am I, no matter how arrogant you act."

He quickly looks over to me as I move to help him up. He looks me up and down, I lightly smirk.

"If you're going to check me out, buy me dinner please."

He laughs as I look at him, I pull the helmet off of his head. I set it down on the table next to us.

"How are you doing Stark."

He doesn't say anything, he wraps his arms around my waist and buries his face into my neck. I smile and hug him, I feel like he needs this. He pulls away from me, I lightly touch the cut on his cheek.

"Why don't we go get you cleaned up, then you can go to bed."

"I'm fine"

"No excuses, I heard what JARVIS said. Seventy-Two hours is a lot, just....please."

I grab his hand and slowly pull him behind me. I don't know much about what's happen since I've been gone, only what's he's said during his visits. I make it up the stairs as he points to his room. I thank him before opening the door. I walk in and push him into the bathroom.

"Come on"