Road trip
Tony’s POV
"How about a parachute?" Teddy asked as he finished programming the fabricator for the upper part of the armour
"No... Well, at least not right now. Let's focus on making it good as new for now, all right?"
"All right, boss" the teen mock saluted and continued his work
"Now, this doesn't make sense..."
"What doesn't?" Hermione asked from the driver's seat
"These files. There’s literally nothin-"
"Tony?"
"Oh my god... Here, what do you read, top right corner?"
"MIA... Missing in action, Davis was a soldier, right?"
“Yes. Bet when you flip the page, what's that on the top left corner?"
"Bloody hell!" Teddy exclaimed
"A.I.M.'s page presentation... Tony..."
"Hang on, I got to call Rhodey"
"E.L.F., can you make the call?" Hermione turned to the console
"Right away, Mistress, Calling Master Rhodey as we speak" the AI answered
"Hello?"
"You ever have a chick straddling you, and you look, and suddenly she's glowing from the inside out? Kind of a bright orange?"
"Yeah, I've had that." the man chuckled "Who's this?"
"It's us, uncle Rhodey!" Teddy answered
"Ted? Is everything alright, buddy? I'm kinda in the middle of something"
"I'm here too, pal." Tony added "Now, last time I went missing, if I remember correctly, you came looking for me. Granted, it was Harry that ended up finding me, but the effort was there. This time, he sent me his wife and son since he couldn't. How are you planning to make up for this?"
"I don't know, I'm pretty far from the U. S., so I'm not sure I would be of much use from here,"
"What are you doing so far away," Hermione asked
"Hello to you too, Hermione, Good to know Tony didn't simply kidnap your son"
"Wow..." Tony rolled his eyes
"As for what I'm doing, I'm just... huh... doing a little knock-and-talk. Making friends in Pakistan. What are you lot doing?"
"Preventing him from getting killed" Hermione deep panned
"So you're doing your husband's job. And where's that slacker?"
"Too long to explain."
"Hey, honey bear, please help a brother out," Tony said,
"What do you want?"
"Your redesign, your big rebrand, that was A.I.M, right?"
"Yeah?"
"Thank goodness for the comm-sat of this truck! I'm going to need your login"
"It's the same as it's always been: ‘WarMachine68' "
"And password, please"
"Well, look, I got to change it every time you hack in, Tony"
"That's so old!" Teddy exclaimed "This isn't the '80s, nobody says 'hack' anymore"
"Who are you calling old, young man?" Hermione narrowed her eyes
"Well, if the shoe fit..."
"Ignoring the comment from the 8 years old that hasn't a single facial hair-"
"Hey!"
"-I'll need your password" Tony interrupted
On the other end of the line, Rhodey sighed " ‘WARMACHINEROX' with an 'X', all caps"
A second went by with absolute silence in the car, then another, before all three occupants snorted and laughed
"Yeah, okay..."
"That is so much better than 'Iron Patriot'" Tony said, sobering up quickly "Thanks buddy, stay safe out there"
"You lot too," the colonel said before hanging up
"Now, let's see what A.I.M. is really hiding" Tony smiled, pulling out a small shelve with a military-grade computer out of the dashboard
"You and your gadgets..." Hermione fondly shook her head
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Hermione's POV
"Okay, enough," I said, reaching over to close Tony's computer as the guy on the screen was about to explode
"Hey!" both the billionaire and my son protested
"Teddy, the last time you listened to a horror movie, you had nightmares for weeks"
"I was eleven!"
"And you haven't watched one ever since."
"I... argh..."
"And you, Anthony Edward Stark!
"Uh-oh, full name" Teddy's face turned scared
"You should know better than to watch that with a child looking over your shoulder
"I'm fifteen"
"Exactly" I sent a quick glare at my son before turning toward Tony
"I didn't know he would explode"
"It became quite clear when Killian ordered everyone out of the room"
"Alright, I'm sorry"
"You better be!”
"But it did tell us something. A bomb isn't a bomb when it misfires... The stuff doesn't always work."
"It's faulty, but he still found a buyer, didn't he?" I sigh
"He sold it to the Mandarin!" Teddy realizes, eyes wide
"Exactly." Tony nods. "Now, if only we knew where he was..."
"Excuse me, Master Tony, but l believe I could be of assistance" E.L.F. spoke up "I'm no Jarvis, but I could still process a great deal of A.I.M.'s data and help you narrow down the possibilities"
"That would be great, pal"
"Very well, Master Tony"
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Tony's POV
"Master Tony? I believe we have succeeded in locating the download link"
"That great E.L.F., where-wait, did you say we?"
"Hello, sir" another English-accentuated voice answered
"Jarvis? Oh my god, buddy. You don't know how glad I am to hear your voice"
"Hello, Jarvis"
"Hello to you too, Miss Hermione, Mister Edward"
"Good thing that you're back Jarvis, I've done everything I can for the suit but it was about to need someone else to get on it"
"Of course, Mister Edward"
"Great. Now, if no one has any protest, I'll be here, taking a nap"
"Goodnight, little wolf"
"Hate that name..." the kid said before falling asleep