Secrets of Iron

questions and answers (the birth of a new hero...)

The whole flight back to the compound Emma didn't deactivated her suit. She just sat on the floor of the Quinjet next to Peter who was showing her his and Ned's list of name ideas for her. After they landed safely Tony was already waiting for them. As Emma got out of the jet he immediately rushed forward to pull her into a hug. Peter walked by but Tony pulled him into the hug aswell.

“You kids are crazy...”

All of them walked back to the Avengers floor. Nat, Clint, Sam and Peter dissapeared into their rooms while Emma fell onto the couch next to her dad.
They talked for a bit about the gang and how they must've tracked the avengers to find Emma.

“At least they're now in jail...”

“Yeah...I'll go take a quick shower. The cooler was great but fire's still hot....”

Emma did as she said. Still in her suit she took the elevator up and went to her room. They all had been too concentrated on the fight or on everyone's wellbeing even Emma herself. But now out of her suit she saw the full extend of the whole fight. While she had escaped from the car she had had to cut her hair. The man's grip had been to tight and she had run out of time any moment.

At least her hair tie had been a perfect line to cut along. Not a single strand of her hair seemed to be too long or too short. Being honest she had needed a hair cut anyway. Just not from rapunzel to a bit longer than chin length. She turned on the shower for the second time today.

Out of the shower she grabbed some sweat pants and one fo her dad's old hoodies she had snatched from him. On her way back down to the others she put on her hood. It's not that she was scared of their reactions but she had told no one how she had gotten out of that car in the first place. Everyone was already sitting on the couch when she stepped into the room.

“Good you're here. We were just talking about the press conference tomorrow. Y'know about that whole fight on the highway...”

Emma sat down between Nat and Peter.

“Everyone of us' gonna be there. But you and Peter don't have to say anything if you don't want to.”

They kept discussing who'll say what and how they'll convince the people that Emma and Peter are not part of the Avengers team. Even during dinner they stayed there and kept on preparing the press conference.

Emma and Peter felt rather bored so they talked via text together with Ned. Again about a hero-name for her only that Ned had no idea the name was for Emma. They had a lot of ideas but still Emma couldn't find one she could identify herself with. It was much more difficult than they had had thought it would be.

While texting Emma had blended out her surroundings. She was reminded of them as Nat tapped her on her shoulder. “What?”

“You got an alias?”

“Working on it. Do Peter and I really have to sit here while you guys prepare everything? It's not like we're gonna say anything tomorrow anyway...”

Tony knew exactly that Emma hated to just sit around while others were talking around her or even about her as if she wasn't sitting right next to them.

“You're right, hoodie thief. You can go up to the penthouse if you want...”

Peter and Emma jumped up from the couch and walked over to the elevator.