015. a ballad of subpoenas and secret agents

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another plane, another train
another bottle in the brain
another girl, another fight
another drive all night

beastie boys ⸻ no sleep till brooklyn

beastie boys ⸻ no sleep till brooklyn

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Washington DC
May 25th, 2011

God this is boring, was the only thought reverberating through Bella's mind as she sat at the senate hearing. Senator Stern would question her father, then he would respond with some snappy remark. It would just go in circles and circles. Pepper sat beside her, looking equally annoyed.

"How much longer is this?" Bella leaned over and whispered to her, "We've been here nearly three hours already."

"I couldn't tell you." Pepper gave Bella a sympathetic look as she grumbled. Suddenly, Tony turned around a mouthed something to Pepper. But she couldn't tell what he was trying to say and instead motioned for him to turn back around.

"Mr. Stark, could we pick up now where we left off? Mr. Stark. Please." Senator Stern spoke, contempt and annoyance slipping into his tone.

Tony, who was still in the middle of mouthing something to Pepper, turned back to him. "Yes dear?"

"Can I have your attention?" The senator spoke down to him like a parent would to a misbehaving child.

"Absolutely." He grinned.

"Do you or do you not possess a specialized weapon?" Stern asked the same question for about the fiftieth time.

"I do not." Tony responded curtly.

"You do not?" Stern raised an eyebrow.

"I do not." Tony paused, "Well, it depends on how you define the word weapon." Bella internally groaned.

"The Iron Man weapon." Was all the Senator said in response.

Tony shook his head, "My device does not fit that description."

"Well, how would you describe it?" Stern leaned forward in his chair.

"I would describe it by defining it as what it is, Senator."

"As?" Stern could barely contain his eyeroll.

"It's a high-tech prosthesis." The crowd laughed. Bella admitted the description wasn't false. "That is... That is..." Tony stumbled for words, "that's actually the most apt description I can make of it."

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