Chapter 6
10 Minutes Earlier. . .
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Penny double checked with Riri.
The two young girls are currently working on Riri's Nanotechnology IronHeart suit. Tony and Pepper had explicitly told them to stay in the main floor. Tony had also told them to wait for him until he came back to continue working. They didn't listen much.
"Yes! Why would it not be?" Riri asked back.
"You know Mr. Stark knows more about nanotechnology more than we do. We also don't know how to keep the Arc Reactor from extracting energy, causing a battery depletion." Penny reminded Riri.
"I built a functional Iron Man suit with minimal problems, at MIT, using parts from MIT, Penny. This is nothing."
"You said that last time, then I had to stop a 16 year old girl from falling out of a tower with a malfunctioning suit."
"The particle alignment would've been perfect and on the spot if you didn't distract me!" Riri countered.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know my hand was on the trigger!"
"Still!"
That ended their whining to each other. Riri then got an idea. What if she shifted the molecules to take different alignments while forming in order to contain the energy?
As she tested out this theory, sparkles became incipient as Riri finished her test. "What is that, what are you doing?" Penny said in panic.
Riri looked over. Turns out she got so into the work, she didn't realise she was working on the Repulser. She needed to extract it.
Whoops.
Now. . .
"Um. . . Hi?" Penny tried greeting.
"PENNY PHOENIX PARKER! RIRI WILLIAMS!" Pepper shrieked. Or at least it sounded like one. Penny winced a little. Enhance senses and all that. It sucks sometimes.
"I specifically told you two to wait once I get back. What do you two do?" Tony demanded.
"Not wait?" Riri answered in a questioning tone.
"Exactly." Tony spoke.
"Well, we were getting bored. Besides, it's technically a learning experience-." Riri spoke but was cut off.
"Yeah. A learning experience in a private lab, owned by a world renowned genius and Avenger, filled with dangerous chemicals and technology that could cause this exact result! What were you two thinking?" Pepper scolded.
"To be honest? We weren't.." Penny said.
"Look. You two are geniuses. That is no secret. But you still don't know everything. I know that, Pepper knows that and so do you two. You should've waited. Nanotechnology is a lot more complex than you think." Tony told Penny and Riri.
They, at least, had the decency to look guilty.
"But."
Penny and Riri looked up.
"You two were just trying to get something done. I don't blame you. With all this going on, I guess you needed some sort of escape."
Penny and Riri then gained a small smile.
"Don't think this will go unpunished though." Pepper spoke.
The girls then had shocked expressions.
"But-!" The two tried to speak.
"Nope. You blew up nearly half of my lab. And you disobeyed me. Do you understand?"
Penny and Riri shook their heads saying yes.
"Good."
"Um. Tony?" Steve spoke up.
The three geniuses and CEO then remembered that there were other people. Specifically the Avengers.
Awkward.
"Stark, you know these two?" Clint asked.
Everyone lowered their defenses once Tony and Pepper scolded the two girls.
"Uh. Yeah." Tony walked over and placed hands on Penny and Riri's shoulders.
"Everyone. These two are Penny and Riri." Tony informed those who didn't know the two.
They both gave a small awkward wave.
"Right.." Scott muttered, in awe.
"Well, my name is Steve Rogers. Nice to meet you two." Steve greeted.
Everyone started greeting the two.
Everyone had their own reactions to the two girls. If they were shocked, they did a good job hiding it.
The only ones who are already acquainted with the two was Scott and Vision. Scott had kept in contact with her daughter, Cassie Lang, while on the run. Maggie, his ex-wife, informed him of a babysitter. Her name was Penny Parker. As for Vision, he was at the tower sometimes when Penny and Riri came.
Everyone asked questions about them. How is school, their ages, etc. The usual questions you ask a teenager.
"Well. Today has been eventful. But it is getting late. Tomorrow we'll see what punishment we come up with, okay?" Tony spoke suddenly.
The two opened their mouths. "Okay." But was interrupted by Tony.
The two sighed, but nodded their heads in a understanding manner. "Alright, off to bed." Pepper told them.
Once Penny and Riri had gone to bed, the remaining Avengers had gathered up in the common room.
"So, are we going to ignore the fact that Tony has two daughters?" Clint had always been one to be blunt. This was one of those times.
Tony chocked on his drink he gotten, and Pepper had gained a pair widened eyes on her face. "What?" Tony incredulously questioned.
"Yeah, aren't they your daughters?" Scott asked.
"Scott and I would both know. Take it from two people who are fathers." Clint said.
"Look, they're not my daughters. It should be obvious," That got some considering nods. After all Riri is not white like Penny and Tony. Hopefully they didn't sound wrong. "They're my..." Tony struggled slightly for an answer. He didn't want to reveal Penny and Riri's secret identities. That should be up to them. "...Interns."
"Really." Natasha asked, but it was more like a statement. "Really." The engineer confirmed.
"I call bullshit." Clint said.
"They have rooms here." Sam pointed out.
"Just in case they needed somewhere to crash." Tony defended.
"You and Pepper went full parent-mode on those two." Wanda said.
"They blew up my lab, what I was supposed to do, congratulate them?" Tony snarks.
"And I don't need them causing more explosions than this one." Pepper pointed at Tony. She smirked at his indignant expression.
"That's another thing. They have access to your lab. Private lab." Clint continued.
"They work with me on projects. C'mon guys." Tony pleaded for this to end.
"Tony, why didn't you tell us?" Steve asked. That statement right there made his anger rising. Steve should be the last one to speak about secrets. Considering he kept the truth of his parents from him.
"It's true." Shuri cut in.
All eyes fell on her and T'Challa. It's the first time they spoke up ever since the explosion.
"Yes. When Shuri and I last visited, those two were working in the lab." T'Challa informed.
"Knew I could count on you, T'Challa."
"He also took me, Penny, and Riri out for ice cream." Shuri said. Everyone gained smiles at that reveal.
Tony groaned. Pepper just smiled at his pain. Smiled. This is going to be a long weekend. . .