[1] Taeyong Lee-Stark and the League of Heroes

06 - Let take this baby for a test drive!

PREVIOUSLY ON: League of Superheroes

Tony is slowly trying to get Obadiah on his side in changing the company to fit his own ideals; moving towards arc reactor energy. Whilst he's doing this, he's also trying to re-build a better version of the Iron-Man suit he made the last time he was in that cave. Taeyong catches on very quickly to his father's work and must promise not to tell anyone.

However, it seems like Mark and Johnny are never too far from Taeyong anyway.

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Taeyong sat down on his father's work bench again, his interest lying on Tony Stark. His father was standing in the middle of the garage, working on the suit, going for a big test run. It was to see if he could fly or not, Taeyong had a camera in his hands and was in charge of filming the process. "Ready for the big moment you two?" Tony questioned, looking over at Taeyong.

"Ready!" the younger boy shouted.

"All sensors ready, sir," Jarvis responded.

Taeyong giggled as he watched his father breath in deeply, "We'll start off easy. Ten percent." Tony activated the hand-controlled joysticks in his suit. Shooting up so suddenly, Taeyong had trouble trying to make his camera follow along. Taeyong watched him flip out of the camera's frame and crash into his car. The younger boy quickly scrambled off the desk and ran with the camera diligently in his grasp. He watched as one of his father's machines quickly sprayed him down and then waited until it was clear to come close.

"You alright?" Taeyong asked, filming right in Tony's face. The billionaire looked up at Taeyong and the camera and groaned, before lying back down again.

"The flight yielded excellent data, Sir," Jarvis announced. Taeyong snickered.

"Great. I, uhh, think I know what this needs."

Taeyong looked back down at his dad and cut the camera.

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Rhodey had been Tony's friend since his college days. With Rhodey doting on the younger because of Tony's rather reckless escapades. Tony had the car, the apartment, the grades and the girls. Rhodey had the car keys, the apartment keys, the study sessions and a friendly relationship with all his lecturers. Without Rhodey, Tony probably wouldn't have survived his MIT experience.

Taeyong had taken quite the likeness toward Rhodey, loving him like a cool uncle. The young boy was always excited whenever Rhodey came to visit because he always had a piece of chocolate to give to the younger. Now though, Tony and Taeyong were both making a quick stop over to the older's workplace. Taeyong was convinced that if he were there, he would be able to catch his cooler uncle without chocolate.

When they reached the army compound, it turned out that Rhodey was in the middle of trying to teach a class. "Manned or unmanned," Rhodey called over the army cadets lining in a form to listen to their superior. "Which is the future of air combat? For my money, no drone, no computer will ever trump a pilot's instincts. His reflexes, his judgement—"

"What's he saying?" Taeyong whispered, looking up at his dad, holding on the older man's sleeve.

"I don't know," Tony shrugged. Taeyong grinned and watched as his father interrupted Rhodey's speech, "Why not take it a step further?" his voice boomed in the giant compound. Taeyong watched as the cadets all looked back at them.

"Uncle Rhodey!" Taeyong shouted in glee, running quickly to the man and jumped into his arms, laughing. The other cadets gave the younger a smile. "I know you don't have chocolate now, because you didn't even know I was—" Taeyong was shut up quickly, when Rhodey pulled out a spare eclair from his pocket. "H-how?"