Sorcery [p. parker] || DISCONTINUED

TWENTY-TWO - WAR MACHINE MAKES A VISIT

A loud, abrupt sound of glass shattering sounded through the complex, and the alarms Tony had put in instantly started going off, waking up everyone who has been asleep – which, by the way, was only a few people. Felicity, Silvia and Pepper. The first two had stayed over to comfort Eliza after he break down once Peter had to leave, and they had fallen asleep once the clock hit one in the morning. Pepper stayed up with Tony as long as she could once she notices that her boyfriend wasn't going to sleep anytime soon, but fell asleep around three. The three Starks were awake; Eliza, Killian and Tony, all too worried to get even a wink's sleep. Or too frightened. Or both. So, at the sound of glass shattering, the three were quick to jump up from wherever they were and search for the source.

"What was that?" Killian asked once he got beside his sister, only wearing Green Lantern boxer shorts and penguin socks, hair sticking in all sorts of directions from running his hands through as he played video games.

Eliza shrugged and decided to ignore her brother's choice of clothing. It was nighttime, anyway, so really it was appropriate for him. Besides, she wasn't dressed any better anyway with her old Disney pajama shorts and an over sized t-shirt she had bought from the men's section; fuzzy socks were on her feet and they made it hard for her to keep a steady stance and walk since the floor was so smooth. "No, idea," she whispered.

Another crash sounded and the twins hurried their pace, Killian keeping a hand on Eliza's elbow so she wouldn't slip and face-plant. She pulled her hair into a ponytail so it wouldn't be in her face while fighting. They soon paused, though, as they got closer to the kitchen. The light was on and the two could clearly hear mutters of voices over the alarms. They gave each other a look of confusion. If this was a burglar, they were being bold. Suddenly, before they could go and walk into the kitchen themselves, Tony flew by in the suit and then into the kitchen, ready to shoot whoever it was with one of the blasters on his hands. Killian and Eliza stood there and waited for their father to do something, to hear someone groan in pain, but rather they heard something else.

"Rhodey?!"

The twins gasped and instantly started racing to get into the kitchen. Eliza used her magic to keep her from slipping and pushed Killian farther down the hall. "Rhodes, hi!" She exclaimed happily despite the fact that she could probably break down again at any second.

"Why the hell do you have a security system on your fucking coffee pot?" James Rhodes asked, shocked but also not that surprised. It was Tony. The guy loved his coffee, and so did his kids, and none of them wanting anything to happen to their coffee. Or the coffee pot. Unfortunately, tonight something did happen – Rhodes had broken it. Accidentally, of course.

"Pepper made Dad put this tech-security thing that doesn't let us get coffee past two and before five on it. Guess it goes for you too, huh," Killian explained as he walked in, rubbing his forehead from running into a wall – curtesy of his sister, who he glared at after his little explanation.