MCU ⚡
In which a 10-year-old shows up on Tony Stark's doorstep, claiming to be his daughter.
[pre iron man 2 - civil war]
{the first book in the "Little Light" series}
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Back on the road again, Nick had pulled the hood off and the hat and had to pull her hair out of the braid. The girl brushed her fingers through it after calling Harley and putting it on speaker, since Tony asked her to. Then as they spoke, she began pulling her hair into two braids, hoping that this would help in keeping strands from falling out easily.
"Harley, tell me what's happening. Give me a full report." Tony spoke once the phone got answered, and Harley answered with. "Yeah, I'm still eating that candy. Do you- Do you want me to keep eating it?"
"How much you had?" Nick decided to speak up, and Harley reached into the bowl in front of him, with the phone pressed to his ear. "Two or three bowls."
"Can you still see straight?" Tony asked, and Harley answered with. "Sort of."
"That means you're fine. Give me JARVIS." Tony then waited a second as Harley had to put the phone to the suit. "JARVIS, how are we?"
"It's totally fine, sir. I seem to do quite well for a stretch, and then at the end of the sentence I say the wrong cranberry."
Nick glanced at Tony, an amused look on the girl's face, while Tony just looked confused.
"And, sir, you were right. Once I factored in available AIM downlink facilities, I was able to pinpoint the Mandarin's broadcast signal."
"What are we talking? Far East, Europe, North Africa, Iran, Pakistan, Syria?" Tony guessed. "Where is it?"
"Actually, sir, it's in Miami."
"Okay, kid, I'm gonna have to walk you through rebooting JARVIS's speech drive, but not right now. Harley, where is he really?" Tony asked, and Nick spoke up, telling their new friend what to do. "Just look on the screen and tell us where it is."
After a moment, Harley places the phone back to his ear. "Um, it does say Miami, Florida."
Nick shared a look with Tony, the two obviously not have expecting that, but then the girl shrugged, because why not. At least it won't be freezing there. Tony then looked back at the road, talking to the boy. "Okay, first things first, I need the armor. Where are we at with it?"
"Uh, it's not charging."
Tony slams on the brakes, Nick squeezing her eyes shut as her stomach dropped, the seatbelt locking over her torso and shoulder so that she didn't hit the dashboard, as the car screeched to a stop on the side of the road. The girl opened her eyes again, looking over and about to yell at Tony for his awful driving, but then she saw his hands shaking while his breathing was heavy.
"Actually, sir, it is charging, but the power source is questionable." JARVIS tells them, "It may not succeed in revitalizing the Mark 42."
