Iron Heart [1]

Chapter 14

"Okay, okay, um...favorite song?" Jackson asked.

The couple was on a date in the cove, one of the few times they had been there in a while. Both sat on their boards in the water.

"Um...Take a Bow by Rihanna," Ada answered. "But I also really like Coldplay."

"Really?" Jackson laughed.

"Yes, really," Ada chuckled. "Now what about you?"

"Um, well, let's see," Jackson pondered. "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room by John Mayer. He's my favorite singer."

Ada giggled.

"You have a serious problem with John Mayer," Ada joked.

"Hey! He's a great musician!" Jackson defended.

"Mhm, sure."

She paddled closer to him and brought him in for a kiss.

"And you're also a great musician," Ada pulled away.

"What?" he raised a brow with a smile.

"The key to have a great musical; have Jackson Akins in it," Ada smacked his chest.

"Well, at least I know it's a great musical," Jackson wiggled his brows.

"Don't get a big head," Ada belittled.

"No, I'm taking that compliment and running with it," Jackson shook his head.

"You're also a great actor," Ada wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Thanks," Jackson responded and then pressed his lips to hers.

When they pulled away, they let their foreheads touch. Ada studied his features, as he did hers. Ada smirked and then pushed both of them off of the board.

When the two surfaced, Jackson pointed at her.

"Oh, you're going to pay for that!" he smiled and started chasing her.

Ada swam quickly away. He grabbed her from behind and dunked her under water. She gasped when she came back up and splashed him with the salty sea water. He did the same back to her, and they continued on and on with a water war.

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Ada drove into the lab to find Pepper and Tony standing there. She parked her car and walked over.

"Hey. You two busy?" Tony asked.

The two shook their heads.

"You two mind if I send you on an errand?"

They both shook their heads again.

"I need you to go to my office. You're going to hack into the mainframe and you're going to retrieve all the recent shipping manifests. This is a lock chip," Tony instructed as he handed Pepper a chip. "This'll get you in. It's probably under Executive Files. If not, they put it on a ghost drive, in which case you need to look for the lowest numeric heading."

"And what do you plan to do with this information if I bring it back here?" Pepper raised a brow.

"Same drill. They've been dealing under the table, and I'm going to stop them. I'm going to find my weapons and destroy them," Tony informed.

"Tony, you know that I would help you with anything, but I cannot help you if you're going to start all of this again," Pepper stated. "Even yet, you don't need to drag Ada into this, she might get hurt."

"There is nothing except this. There's no art opening. There is no benefit. There is nothing to sign. There is the next mission and nothing else. Ada will be fine. She's though. She's trained in martial arts and boxing, so she can handle herself," Tony retaliated.