Interlude
“What the hell do you mean you met my boss?” Maria asked her brother.
Brother and sister were in Tony’s lab as Tony was building a new suit to replace the one destroyed in the fight with Stane.
“Well, I walked into my house and there was a pirate standing in my living room and he was trying to get me to join his boy band.” Tony told her as he worked on the new helmet.
Maria rolled her eyes. “I’m pretty sure that he did not call it that. I need to know what he said.”
Tony put down his tools and looked at his sister. “He called it the Avenger Initiative.” At the sight of his sister's suddenly wide eyes he got curious. “I’m guessing that you’ve heard of it.”
Maria nodded. “Everyone at Shield has. It’s been a project of Fury’s for about 15 years. I even asked Aunt Peggy about it.”
“And.” Tony prodded.
“He was told to drop it but I guess now that he's the director, he’s revived it.” She filled him in.
Tony just gave her an unimpressed look. “You know more than that.”
“Maybe I do, maybe I don't.” Maria told her brother with a smile.
“What do you want?” Tony asked, knowing where she was going with this.
She nodded her head to the suit. “You let me take that out for a spin.”
Tony laughed at her. “Why would I let you into that when I don’t even want you driving my cars?”
Maria shrugged and got up to leave. “Fine. No story.”
“I’ll buy you a car. I’ll buy you a house. What about a plane? A boat?” Tony called after her, desperate for the story.
“Nope. You know what I want.” She called over her shoulder as she left the lab.