Do better, Mr. Stark.

13 - Missing kid

Ned:
Hello?

Tony:
Yes? Who is this?

Ned:
Omg hi, you answered!
It's Peter's friend!

Tony:
Ted? How the hell do you kids always
manage to hack my number?!

Ned:
TONY STARK ALMOST KNOWS MY
NAME, THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER

wait no

okay calm down Ned

This is serious.

Tony:
Kinda busy right now, what is it kid?

Ned:
Peter's missing

Tony:
AND YOU DIDN'T LEAD WITH THAT?

What do you mean missing?

You sure he's not just on patrol?

Ned:
I'm sure Mr. Stark sir

He went on patrol after school and neither I
nor MJ have heard from him ever since

He would've texted us by now

Tony:
Alright, thanks for alerting me kid.
I'll find him.

Ned:
Thank you Mr. Stark!!!

Tony:
Call me Tony. You're Pete's friend after all.

Ned:
Hi, this is MJ. Ned passed out,
I think you broke him.

If you don't find Peter I WILL find
YOU. And it won't be pretty.

***

The second Tony read that Peter was missing, he jumped up from his current project and started tracking Peter's suit. If something happened on patrol, chances are he's still wearing it. Hopefully.

Not a minute later, FRIDAY's voice interrupted his panicked thoughts. "UNDEROOS located, sir. He appears to be in a warehouse near the edge of the city. Address is forwarded to you now."

Okay, this is good. At least he's not lost. That's good. Right? Tony didn't even get his breathing in order before running up the stairs to the common room. He could've taken the elevator, but who has time for that? He sure as hell didn't.

To his luck, everyone was gathered already. Sam, Bucky and Clint were playing Mario Cart - as always -, Natasha was watching (and judging) them and Steve and Bruce were in some kind of conversation that didn't interest Tony at all right now. Even Pepper was there.

She was the first to notice her fiancé's panicked expression. While it surprised her that he was in the living area instead of his lab at all, she immediately worried. "Tony, what is it?".

Everyone's heads went into his direction. Even Clint's, who usually never seems to take his eyes off the screen. Tony didn't even panic like that when Loki attacked, this had to be serious.

"The kid is in danger. We have to move.". Sam was the first to answer. "You mean Peter?". "Of course I mean Peter, why the hell would I care about any other child. Now move.". There simply wasn't time for pleasantries, this was urgent.

"Tony, you have to give us a bit more than that. Why is he in danger? What happened?" Bruce asked. Natasha, who was already in fighting gear and ready to attack, didn't want to waste any time either. "For the love of god, just tell them Tony.".

And so he did. Tony didn't even have time to question how the redhead knew about Peter's identity, but he didn't care right now anyways. In a very broken down version, he tried to sum up everything the team needed to know about Peter, hoping that they didn't bother him with any more questions.

The reactions were as expected. "You brought a fifteen year old CHILD to an Avenger level fight? Are you out of your mind?".

And there came the questions Tony hoped to avoid. There was no time. "We can fight later. His scary girlfriend might murder me if we don't get to work right now.".

Steve looked at Tony, still baffled about the fact that he attacked a child back in Germany. But he also remembered what a great kid Peter is and how important he is to his friend. Tony was right, now was not the time. "Let's get your kid, Tony."

This seemed to grab everyone's attention. In less than five minutes, ever single Avenger was dressed to fight and followed Tony's instructions. They also noticed that Tony didn't seem to deny the "your kid" part.