Unfinished Gems

Iron Maiden - 10

Tony was appalled. He was starting to see why Jazz had left England, if this was the level of competence the average 'wizard' displayed.

They went from hailing her as the next coming of Merlin (who knew he was real), to being an evil villain like the terrorists who held him captive for three months.

And they fully expected her to act as some 'savior' when they treated her like a caged bird.

"Rhodey...why exactly did she go back?" asked Toyn disgusted.

"She was asked to put an end to the war once and for all. Once she gets rid of the worst of the lot, she'll come home and stay home."

"I want to see her."

"I have no idea where she is. But I have a general clue who to ask."

Tony was finally going to make that meeting with Agent Coulson.

~

Hermione stared when she saw who was in the base.

"Is that...Tony Stark?!"

Jazz was rather upset.

"Who told you where I was?"

"Agent Coulson. We need to talk," said Tony.

Jazz was not happy.

"Jazz...why is Tony Stark here?" asked Hermione slowly.

Jazz winced.

"It's complicated and I would be happy to explain it to you later. Much later."

Hermione wasn't happy about that, but Jazz at least kept her promises. Unlike Dumbledore, who kept them in the dark.

Jazz waited for her friends to leave the room, before she faced her father.

"So...you know."

"Rhodey explained it to me. And turned the couch into a hippo," said Tony.

Jazz winced.

"I wanted to tell you...but I didn't know how you would react."

Tony thought back to the newspaper articles he read, and winced.

"I get why you didn't tell me about magic, and why you came here. I just wanted you to know you can trust me with the important stuff, even if I do act like an idiot," said Tony.

"It's not that I don't trust you to keep silent...it's just that I've gotten sick and tired of adults abusing that trust over and over again for no other reason than because they thought they knew everything," said Jazz tiredly.

Tony knew she had trust issues. Hell, he had trust issues.

Which was why he brought a peace offering in the hopes she might open up to him a bit more.

"I brought a new suit. I heard about the nickname they gave you, so I gave it a bit of a visual upgrade. If you're going to be fighting a bunch of inbred hicks, then you should at least have the latest designs," said Tony.

He had changed the outward design to something a bit more along the lines of the old Norse legends about Valkyries. While it followed the same lines as his Iron Man armor, it was clearly made for a female body and the chest plating looked more like the older armors back during the Viking era.

"You didn't have to bring it personally."

"Yeah I did. You're my daughter, and while I still have no idea how to feel about this whole magic mumbo-jumbo I'm going to try and support you. I want to be included in your life, even if I can't help you with this sort of thing," said Tony.