The Field Trip... & Stuff

13. Don't Ever Talk to Me or My Son Again

To Peter's demise, it was Mr. Stark who strolled in.

He was in a typical Tom Ford suit, though different from the one he was wearing earlier, and wore green tinted shades. He was typing at a ridiculously fast speed, not looking up until he reached the other end of the lab.
The class was still silent, shell-shocked by either the quake that occurred moments before, or by the appearance of a certain billionaire.
Tony raised an eyebrow, setting his phone down on a desk. He leaned back on an empty desk and crossed his arms, "what?"
None of the students replied.
"Mr. Stark," Amber finally said, "glad you could make it. These are the students from Midtown"
Tony raised an eyebrow, "midtown huh. What're you kids working on, Brucie said something blew up"
"Flash made the robot explode!" A guy piped from the back, earning a glare from the other student.
"explode, you say?" Tony looked at the kid from over his glasses, "i had my fair of explosions through the course of... last week"
A few students chuckled at the joke.
Tony uncrossed his arms and began to pace the room, shoving a hand in his pocket, "God you kids are quiet. tell me something, anything. Do I need to fire anyone- how was the 'trip?"
"no no it was perfect, just perfect," Mr. Warren replied, standing up, "the kids have all been behaving"
Mr. Stark didn't even look up at the teacher as he flipped his phone and threw a hologram in the middle of the room, "yuh huh I'm gonna need a confirmation on that. Friday, babe. Give me a recap, yeah?"
"absolutely, boss," the AI replied, starting a compilation of footage taken during the trip.
The hologram started with the kids entering the tower and passing through the scanner. Luckily for Peter, it skipped the part where Flash had shoved him.
It continued with random footage from different angles for a few seconds, then Peter saw himself turn, revealing a "Kick Me :)" note scrawled in an unfamiliar writing.
Peter rapidly turned around, his face red, and he tried to see if he still had the offensive note.
"its gone," Ned assured him after taking a glance, "sorry man, I didn't know it was there in the first place"
The video then showed Clint and Nat walking down the halls. They were speaking too low to be heard, though Peter was able to make out "Wade" and "tower" along with his name.
The video cut to them walking past the class and they saw Natasha run a hand through the spider child's hair before discreetly pulling the note off in a swift move and crumbling it.
Peter sighed, a small smile on his lips, and he promised himself he'd thank her later.

The video continued, showing everything the kids did throughout the tour... including every time Flash called Peter names.
It made Peter wince every time, and he kept his gaze away from the billionaire, who was probably realizing how much of a loser he was.

"behaving... you said?" Tony muttered, his eyes on the hologram. The thought of this behavior being a regular thing made him fume.
"well they're kids," Mr. Warren explained nervously, "they like to make jokes- inappropriate jokes, but jokes nonetheless"
"calling a kid penis repeatedly is less of a joke and more of harassment, I would say," Tony retorted, his eyes on the young intern, who's gaze was glued to the door. (if he made a run for it, what was the probability they'd never find him?)

The class was dead silent as the video continued, skipping over the entirety of top 10 avenger moments and the attack in the training room.
"What's it to you?" The teacher quietly whispered, though it was drowned out by the sound of digital amber's voice.
"The last activity on our agenda..."

Peter felt his stomach drop and his heart began to pound loudly in his ears.
He opened his mouth to ask for a bathroom pass, but found himself unable to make a noise. Peter licked his lips and tried again, but couldn't muster anything louder than a squeak.

And before he could do anything, whether run out, or find a way to shut down the hologram: there he was on screen. Being chewed out for doing something he didn't know
"... this rumor Peter. The whole internship thing. It's getting out of control."
The video focused back on the kids inside the lab- but not before the class had heard exactly what Mr. Warren thought of the internship.
"Yeah okay that's it." Tony Stark exhaled through his nose, turning off the screen, "okay how many of you think this?"
No one moved.
"Come on guys. Raise your hands or I'll turn on FRIDAY's lie detector mode. How many of you thought the internship was fake."
One by one, the class began to raise their hands.
Tony looked at the students in disbelief. Only a select few still had their hands down, including Michelle and Ned. The girl wore a smug smirk and raised her eyebrows at her classmates (no doubt judging them) and Ned was looking at the very embarrassed Peter.
All of a sudden, he knew what to do.