Where's the dull truth?
Only your face That is always in my heart
Eternal and unchangeable
You're the one I've been waiting for all my life
Though the sky Has separated us I'm always for you
"How about Pizza, Fri?" Tony asked, while his hands were busy programming the prototype of the prosthetic foot for the medical sector of his company.
"You can have your pizza in less than 30 minutes sir" Friday answered him.
"Okay, order two large pizzas," Tony said and while paying attention to the design on the screen.
"Your orders have been made, sir" Friday replied.
Tony wanted to answer before Friday interrupted him "and I've ordered a big chocolate milkshake for Peter."
Tony smiled "good job, girl. Make it quick. The kid will come soon"
That Sunday is Peter's second week of internship as Tony's personal assistant. And that child has helped him too much to develop Friday.
Now Friday is more adept at controlling all activities in his private penthouse and laboratory. Even ordering food like this was commonplace for her.
"Show your calculations Fri," Tony said.
A calculation of the prosthetic foot design appeared on another screen. Tony compared Friday's calculations, with the calculations made by Peter earlier. All the same, well perfect. God, that kid is a freaking genius.
"Peter has arrived at the gate, sir," Friday interrupted him.
"Okay tell him to come quickly. Don't let anyone hold him. We have something here" Tony said impatiently.
For the past two weeks, Tony is getting closer to the kid. Without realizing it, Tony even spends more time with Peter than with his son, Harry
The lab door opened automatically, Peter immediately ran towards Tony, when his eyes saw the prosthetic leg that was ready for use. Although this remains to be tested.
Tony could see that the boy's bag was shaking on his shoulder.
"Oh God Mr. Stark, have you printed this already?" Peter asked then put his bag on his desk.
"Yeah what do you think, kid?" Tony asked him. he can't hold his smile
"This is good, but we don't know if this device can pick up on the sensors from the brain," Peter said. "May I?" Peter asked, his hand took the special screwdriver in his hand.
"of course, kid," said Tony.
He looked at Peter who began to forget the world around him and focused on that prosthetic leg, Tony felt a sense of pride fill his chest. Tony returns to his workbench, he begins to develop Friday, while waiting for Peter to finish with his prosthetic leg.
"Mr. Stark, maybe you should see this," Peter called him.
Tony can see Peter changing the technology of his prototype, the sensor that he changes can generate commands from brain waves into motion according to the user's wishes.
"with that sensor, they don't have to pay for the surgery to implant the sensor into the muscle tissue, sir," Peter explained to him.
Tony looked at the prototype carefully.
"But I think we need to change the body material, sir, the material that you use there is too hard," Peter said without hesitation.
"Hey you know, I know someone with a prosthetic hand that I made, with this material, he can hit harder," Tony said proudly.
Peter rolled his eyes when he heard that. "Sir, with all due respect, you want to sell this at an affordable price, so it means many people can have it. And I can't imagine if it is used by bad people" Peter explained.
God, Tony really likes this kid. especially when they argue. Tony ruffled this kid's hair.
"Okay, you're right Mr. Parker" It's very rare for him to give compliments to someone.
Tony could see Peter's finger tapping on the table and looking at his watch.
"What's wrong, Peter? Something's bothering you" Tony asked.
"I'm just nervous for tonight," Peter said then looked down.
By the way, Tony almost forgot about it. Today Peter starts his competition at IMC.
Tony just listened to the kid
"We're playing the same Chopin, how can I make it more special?" Peter said quietly.
Tony could see Peter frowning, and starts fidgeting. "Hey hey, I'm not a pianist, but someone once told me that a great pianist is a pianist who can make the audience feel his emotions. And I'm sure you are a great pianist peter." Tony remembers talking to Darrel when he was a child.
Peter still bowed his head, then Tony asked him gently. "Peter, who are you playing for?"
"I don't know, maybe my parents, but they disappeared so .." Peter didn't continue his word.
"You can play for me, son" Tony said, and Tony could see Peter raising his gaze at him and smiling.
Okay, it worked, Tony thought.
"You can play for me and Pepper," Tony said softly "okay?" Said tony.
Peter nodded "thank you Mr. Stark" then tony patted his cheek lightly.
Then Tony walked away from Peter to pick up his ringing phone.
"Hello, steve? Okay, you can wait for me in my office, I'll be there now" said Tony then walked again to Peter.
"I think, I have to leave you here, I've something to finish." Tony said, "are you okay now, Parker?" Tony asked.
"Yes you can go, Mr. Stark," said Peter without looking up from the prototype he was starting to work on.
"All right, kid," Tony said and then ruffled Peter's hair again and walked out of the lab.
"Don't blow my Lab, Parker" Tony said loudly.
Then Peter's head immediately turns to Tony "Hey you were the one who blew up your own lab before" but Tony just chuckled at it.
"Don't let anyone come into this lab except me and Peter, Fri" Tony said before leaving his lab and Peter.
"Yes sir," Friday replied
After Peter was sure, that Mr. Stark had left and the door of the laboratory was locked, Peter went straight to Mr. Stark's desk and put on the sterile latex gloves he had prepared before.
"Fri, can you run the program from my server," Peter said to Friday after he made sure that his laptop was ready to be connected to the Friday system.
"Which program would you like to try, Peter?" Friday asked a sign that she had accessed the server and was ready to run Peter's program.
"Can you extract DNA from a surface, Fri?" Peter asked Friday again, trying to confirm the program that he made for these two weeks.
"I think I can do it Peter" Friday replied.
"Okay, do you have data of master stark's DNA?" Peter asked again.
"I have Mr. Stark's data in Dr. Banner's database," Friday replied.
Peter sighed softly. He doesn't need the glass used by Mr. Stark as a sample, Great. this process can be faster.
"Great. Access that data then compare it with the data on my server, please" Peter asked with his trembling voice. please make it works. Peter muttered.
Peter has already saved DNA data of himself that he has run previously.
"What test program do you want to run, Peter?" Friday asked him when every sample is ready to run.
Peter can feel his heart beating faster, okay I have to calm down. Peter sighed and said "Paternity Test," Peter answered emphatically.
"The program has been run, you will get the results in 30 minutes", Friday explained.
This is the longest 30 minutes of his life. Peter then tried to calm himself down on Mr. Stark's workbench.
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Tony clenched his fists tight, while Natasha and Steve sat opposite him sharing the same tension. This time, the plan had to succeed. He's gonna make sure Stane gets killed this time. In fact, he will destroy Stane's body, so he can't get up again.
"I've put guards around your house, and asked them to focused on Darrel," Steve said quietly.
"Great. Make sure he can't get close to my family again Steve" Tony said, his eyes staring straight at the photo of Obadiah Stane on the monitor screen.
Meanwhile, Steve glanced at Natasha. but That woman was just trying not to see Steve's gaze on her.
"Why didn't you say anything about Darrel's case?" Steve grabbed Natasha's hand before she got into his car.
"This is not the right time, Steve, our evidence is not strong yet," Nat whispered firmly to Steve. her eyes looked around, to convince herself that no one was overhearing her current conversation.
"But at least we already know, if Harry is not adopted from Queens, instead he is the son of Norman Osborn's brother" Steve felt almost dead because he wanted to scream.
"but neither of us can explain to him. why did his and harry's DNA test results match each other?" Natasha replied to Steve's words. "Besides it means, we haven't found Darrel, yet Steve!" Natasha said then got into Steve's car, with her lingering emotions to let the car door close hard
Steve ran into his car, sat at the wheel, next to Natasha.
"I have an idea, but we have to meet someone," Steve said quietly.
"I know who you mean, but you know he's hard to find," Natasha said with her cynical.
"at least, we try," Steve said and stepped on the gas pedal leaving Stark Tower.
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Peter paced anxiously around Tony's Laboratory, then he finally returns to his workbench.
And he decided to activate the AI, by pressing the button on his watch
"Karen?"
"Yes, Peter" the AI answered, Peter, grinning happily.
"Let's try again," Peter said, trying to busy his brain while waiting for Friday to finish running the test.
"I get a call signal from upstairs," Karen said.
Upstairs? Penthouse? Good, I just need to change a little, so that Karen can reach a wider range ... peter thought.
"Would you like to hear it? Right now someone is calling" Karen replied.
Peter thought for a moment, but that's not good because it's people's privacy. But Peter couldn't evaluate how clear it was for Karen could access the satellite.
"Yes Karen," said Peter quietly.
I'm sorry Mrs. Pepper, you must be just ordering a sandwich from Mr. Delmar again right, Peter muttered to himself. Before Karen just read the message that came from Mrs. Pepper's cellphone and it was enough to make him blush when he received his favorite sandwich from Mrs. Pepper.
"I don't want you to lose Stark Industry, Harry"
Peter gasps at that, this time it is not Mrs. Pepper's phone that Karen has managed to reach. But Harry. his room is far away from the laboratory.
Peter knew Harry well, from the time he became a student at his school. Peer still remembers how the people at his school were so excited talking about this kid. Harry Osborn Stark, this kid is very famous right now. Everyone said that this child is a symbol of the unifier of two leading technology companies, so who does not know Harry Osborn Stark.
But because Harry is only close to Flash and his friends, Peter chooses to stay away from him. he didn't want to get in trouble with him. Peter's hand moved toward the off button before he heard further. But his hand stopped when he heard Harry's words
"Relax dad, I just need to cry or be angry here, and they will give me all I want. Isn't that so pathetic? They really miss their child, and all you do is just giving them the fake DNA results. I became a king here" Harry said then laughed happily.
"Harry, I don't care if they treated you like a king, I'm asking you to be the sole heir of the stark family," his adoptive father said sternly.
"Calm down dad, the stark industry will be in your hands soon," Harry said then hung up the phone.
Peter heard it all, "Karen did you record it?" Peter asked in a trembling voice, he caught his breath which was getting heavy.
"I've recorded it and saved it on the server"
"Okay Karen Great, Thank you," said Peter with a trembling hand before pressing the off button.
"You're welcome Peter," Karen said softly.
Peter rubbed his face.
Oh my God, what should I do?
Should I tell this to Mr. Stark?
But what if Mr. Stark and Mrs. Pepper are in danger after he informs Mr. Stark about it?
"Peter, the test is over," said Friday, pulling Peter out of his mind.
"Show me the results Friday" Peter walked with trembling legs and walked toward the workbench.
"The two DNA tests had a 99% match," Friday said clearly.
It was clear enough for Peter to fall on the lab floor. Because his legs were stretched out, they could no longer support his body weight.
"Save this on my server, and delete all these programs from the main server, Fri, Please," Peter said in a trembling voice, begging with AI. Peter felt his lungs squeeze
Mr stark is his father, His biological Father.
Peter didn't know what to do at that time. He was happy that his search was finally over. But he was angry about why his biological parents didn't know him. Why do his parents love Harry as their children?
What should I do? Peter asked himself.
Peter starts to panic, what if his parents are in danger. Will they be in danger if they know the truth.
Peter's head was filled with so many questions that he didn't even notice that Tony had entered his laboratory. And run towards him.
Tony's eyes widen when he sees Peter sitting on the floor of his Laboratory and crying.
"Hey, kid are you okay," Tony asked as he tried to lift Peter's bowed head.
Tony cupped his cheeks gently, he could see Peter's hand holding his chest. This child's body was completely trembling. This kid, Shit he suffered a panic attack, so he could not breathe.
"Shit Peter, come on son breath for me," Tony said, holding Peter's hand on his chest.
"Mster mister stark" Peter called out softly and raised his gaze to look into Tony's eyes, he was choking, tears falling from his eyes.
Tony saw that and wiped the tears with his thumb gently. Tony looked at this child with love, protectiveness, and even fear when this kid cried like this. why seeing the kid he'd just met in two weeks' cry broke Tony's heart.
God, what happened, please peter I could die seeing you like this. Tony thought while his hand stroked peter's hair.
"Can I ... I can ... hug you?" Peter asked with his shaky voice.
Tony didn't have to wait for Peter to ask a second time. Tony pulled Peter in his arms. Let Peter's head leaned on his chest. While Tony kissed the hair of this kid's head.
Darrel, Tony whispered. when he gets Peter in his arms. Not this is Peter, my son in his room. Tony tried to reassure himself.
"It's okay Peter, I got you .. I'm here, buddy," Tony said reassuringly, Peter.
Peter closed his eyes, letting the tears fall on his father's chest. Peter remembers it, he remembers this hug. it was Mr. Stark who was always in his dreams.
At first, Peter thought he would be angry with his father, how could his famous genius father forgot about him. But after Peter melt in embraced the man in front of him, Peter was not feeling the anger. But he feels deep longing in his chest. Peter wanted to shed all his sadness and loneliness all this time. So he grabbed his father's shirt.
Tony let this kid hug him, all Tony can do is caress and whisper the words that Tony is here with Peter. they were in that position long ago. Until finally Peter began to calm down and stop crying.
"Is there anything you want to say, kid,?" Tony said quietly
Peter didn't answer, but Tony could feel Peter's shooked his head