Never Gonna Stop Me (Resilience Book 1) (Avengers Fan-fic) [COMPLETED]

Chapter 34

Tony’s POV

The next day, we were all well rested, and I was buzzing. I loved challenges; pushing my suit to the limit, pushing my own ability to analyse situations past it’s limit. I smirked to myself. Today was going to be Sams’ first official training day. And I got to be the one to train with her.

I couldn’t wait. I knew what she was capable of, I had seen the tapes of her training. It scared me what she could do, and how I had no idea how she did it. She scared me and I loved it. She was one of three people who scared me; the other two being Pepper and Nat. More-so with Pepper. I was, without a doubt, afraid of Pepper. She scared me to pieces, and I loved it.

I looked over at Sam as she poured herself a cup of coffee. She smiled up at me energetically, and I decided that there would be no better time than the present.

‘Hey Sam?’ I called to her. She raised her eyebrows expectantly and I smirked.

‘So you know how you’ve been training a lot?’ I offered. She frowned and nodded, raising an eyebrow.

‘How would you like to try training against a person, instead of JARVIS? You could show us all what you can do. Just you and me, in the suit, of course.’

She smirked at me, raising an eyebrow. ‘Wait, are you offering me a chance to kick your ass in front of the whole team? How can I pass up a chance like that?’

I smirked before running off to call the others.

Two and a half hours later, we walked into the training room. It was empty, as it had been every time I had walked into it. I brought her into the centre of the room, and she looked up at the two-way mirror which hid the observation area from view. She tugged nervously at the bottom of her tank-top and looked up at me like a lost puppy. I smiled and held a hand out to her.

‘Alright! Now stay there for a second.’ I told her, before running off, behind a screen and donning the suit. When I stepped back out, into the room, she stared at me in disbelief, before turning on her heel and walking towards the door.

‘Ooohhh no.’ she said as she turned, only to find that it was locked.

‘Nice job JARVIS.’ I complimented my AI, trying not to laugh at Sam as she put her hands on her hips.

‘I am not going to fight you in that!’ she said adamantly. I feigned hurt, putting my hand to my heart, before smirking at her and chuckling. I tapped the side of my helmet and the mask closed over my face. A second later my screen lit up with what the cameras at the eye-holes were seeing.

‘Too chicken?’ I offered as the floor began moving down, giving us more space. Sam scoffed and shook her arms out slightly, before grinning at me.

‘Bring it, C3PO!’ My mouth fell open in shock. No-one had ever come up with anything more creative than ‘rust bucket’, which was pretty lame, even for Pepper. The mask flew back, off my face, and I looked up towards the gallery. Up there, behind the two-way mirror, the others were observing; we all wanted to see what she had learned in her ‘secret training’.

‘This is a strange feeling. I think that’s the first time that someone has ever given me a nickname other that “obnoxious”.’ I could hear their laughter echoing through my headset. I looked back over at Sam and grinned.

‘Nice comeback.’ I said. She grinned back and bowed, giving me the perfect opportunity. I raised my hand and shot a repulsor beam right at her. She jumped out of the way, gasping in shock, and I chuckled.

‘I never said that I’d take it easy on you!’ I called out. Her grin only grew bigger.

‘Then don’t expect me to do the same!’ She frowned in concentration, and the air around her shimmered. Suddenly, she wasn’t there anymore. I pressed the release button and my mask flew off my face again, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. No! It can’t be! Invisibility doesn’t exist! Unless you’re Sue Storm, but still! I looked up at the gallery, in shock.