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"Come to New York, he said. It will be fun, he said. You can stay with us, he said!" shouted Vanessa as she walked through the streets of a half destroyed Manhattan.

"Are you okay, miss?" Asked an EMT.

"Just fucking peachy. Now point me to Stark Tower," she said. "Or what's left of it."

The EMT did a quick assessment of her while she talked. He then pointed her through another mass of rubble to what was left of Stark Tower.

"When I find Tony he's going to get a piece of my mind!" She said as she walked through the streets.

4 Days Earlier

"Vanessa!" smiled Pepper as she stepped off the elevator. "How was your flight?"

"Long," smiled the brunette setting down her bag. "Where is Tony?"

"He's on his way in now," said Pepper. "He will be here in a few moments."

"What is he doing?" asked Vanessa.

"Flying," said Pepper casually.

"Uh-huh. So where am I staying?" Asked Vanessa.

"The spare room at the end of the hall," said Pepper. "Tony will be in when you get back."

Vanessa nodded as she grabbed her bag and made her way down the hall. She liked visiting Tony. She almost never had to pay for anything or rent a hotel room. Yes, he can be obnoxious most of the time, but she was the only family he had left.

"Hello, Miss Vanessa," said JARVIS.

"Hello JARVIS," said Vanessa as she unpacked her bag.

"Mr. Stark is in now," said JARVIS.

"Thank you," said Vanessa heading back to the living room/lobby.

"Grow a spine JARVIS, I got a date," said Tony as he walked into the building.

"Levels are holding steady, I think," said Pepper as Tony walked over to her.

"Of course they are. I was directly involved in it," said Tony. "Which brings me to my next question. What's it feel like to be a genius?"

"Well, I wouldn't really know, now would I," said Pepper leaning on the desk top.

"All of this, came from you," said Tony.

"No. All of this came from that," said Pepper tapping the arc under his shirt.

"Giver\ yourself some credit," said Tony. "Stark Tower is your baby. Give yourself 12%."

"12%..." Said Pepper.

"An argument can be made for 15%," said Tony.

"Wow, Tony," said Vanessa walking into the room. "That's harsh."

"Vanessa?" said Tony looking between her and Pepper. "What a surprise."

"You forgot I was coming, didn't you," said Vanessa walking over to give him a hug.

"I…uh…no," said Tony. "I didn't forget," he said looking over at Pepper.

Pepper rolled her eyes as she grabbed another champagne flute.

"You forgot," said Vanessa pulling away. "It's okay. You must be busy flying about as Iron Man all the time," she said with a chuckle. "So what are we celebrating?" asked Vanessa.

"Stark Tower is now self-sustaining," said Tony with a smile.

"Nice," said Vanessa accepting her flute from Pepper.

"Sir, the telephone. I'm afraid my protocols are being overridden," said JARVIS.

"Stark, we need to talk," said Agent Coulson on the phone.

Tony reached over and grabbed his phone, "You have reached the life model decoy of Tony Stark. Please leave a message."

"This is urgent," said Coulson.

"Then leave it urgently," said Tony.

Just then the elevator doors opened.

"Security breach," said Tony. "It was on you," said Tony.

"Phil!" said Pepper. "Come in!"

"I can't stay," said Agent Coulson.

"Phil?" said Tony standing up. "Uh, his first name is Agent."

"Come on in. We're celebrating," said Pepper.

"Which is why you can't stay," said Tony.

"We need you to look this over as soon as possible," said Coulson holding out a file.

"I don't like being handed things," said Tony looking at the file.

"Liar," said Vanessa.

"That's okay, because I love to be handed things, so let's trade," said Pepper handing Agent Coulson her champagne glass and taking the file.

Vanessa smiled as Pepper handed the file off to Tony and took his glass.

"Official consulting hours are between 8 and 5 every other Thursday," said Tony.

"This isn't consultations," said Coulson.

"Is this about the Avenger's?" Asked Pepper. "Which I know nothing about."

"What are the Avengers?" Asked Vanessa.

"Nothing," said Pepper and Tony.

Vanessa stuck her tongue out at Tony as he walked across the room with the file.

"The Avenger's Initiative was scraped, I thought" said Tony. "And I didn't even qualify."

"I didn't know that either," said Pepper.

"Hmm, I wonder why," said Vanessa walking over to Tony's desk.

"Yeah, apparently I'm volatile, self-obsessed, don't play well with others," said Tony.

"That I did know," said Pepper.

"Oh boy is that right," said Vanessa.

"This isn't about personality profiles anymore," said Agent Coulson.

"Whatever. Ms. Potts, got a second?" said Tony looking at the file.

Pepper smiled at Agent Coulson before she walked over to Tony and Vanessa.

"You know, I thought we were having a moment," said Tony.

"I was having 12% of a moment," said Pepper. "This seems serious. Phil's pretty shaken."

"How would you know if it's…Why is he "Phil"?" Asked Tony.

Vanessa rolled her eyes as she peered over his shoulder.

"What is all this?" asked Pepper.

"This is…this," said Tony shifting everything to holoscreens.

"Holy shit," said Vanessa.

"I'm going to take the jet to DC tonight," said Pepper staring at the different screens.

"Tomorrow," said Tony.

"You have homework. You have a lot of homework," said Pepper.

"Well, what if I didn't?" asked Tony.

"If you didn't?" Asked Pepper.

"Yeah."

"You mean, when you've finished? Well, then…" Pepper leaned forward and whispered something in Tony's ear.

"Square deal. Fly safe," said Tony.

"Gross," said Vanessa downing the last of her champagne.

Pepper collected her things and turned to face Vanessa.

"Sorry about all this," said Pepper. "We will have to catch up when he's not busy."

"It's okay," said Vanessa. "Be safe."

The two women hugged before Pepper stepped onto the elevator with Agent Coulson.

"So, what is all this?" Asked Vanessa turning to her cousin.

"I'm not actually sure just yet," he said.

"Is that Dr. Banner?" Asked Vanessa pointing to one of the screens.

"Uh, yeah," said Tony. "How'd you know that?"

"When a big green monster destroys part of Harlem it usually makes the national news," she said. "I'm going to leave you to your fun. Good night.

"Yeah, night," said Tony staring at the screens.

Present Day

"Tony! Tony! Where are you?!" shouted Vanessa as she walked into Tony's apartment.

"Vanessa? Are you okay?!" asked Tony walking around the corner.

"Yeah," she said. "What about you!? Fucking aliens?!"

Tony just shrugged his shoulders

"That's it!? That's all you got is a shoulder shrug?!" shouted Vanessa. "I was almost smushed by a fucking building and that's all you got!?"

"You're okay, aren't you?" Said Tony.

"Physically, yes," said Vanessa. "Mentally, I'm not quite sure yet."

"Okay, take a breath and relax," said Tony. "Grab a drink and calm down."

"I think I'm going to go back home," said Vanessa.

"What? No, you just got here," said Tony.

"Yes, under the guise of a relatively safe New York," said Vanessa. "Not an impending alien attack."

"We didn't know it was going to happen until after you showed up," said Pepper. "Now, you can a help me with color schemes for the reconstruction."

Vanessa sat for a moment and thought on it. "Fine, but y'all are so making this up to me."

Pepper laughed as she grabbed the swatches and sat down on the couch.

6 Months Later

"You're here!" smiled Pepper as Vanessa stepped off the elevator.

"Yeah, reluctantly," said Vanessa.

"What do you mean?" asked Pepper.

"Tony threatened to fly out, a la Iron Man, and bring me back," said Vanessa.

"Ah, that's what he was muttering about the other day then," smiled Pepper.

"The place looks good," said Vanessa. "Turned our well."

"Yeah, I think so, too," said Pepper. "We've redone a few of the floors for the team to stay in."

"Team?" asked Vanessa.

"Uh, Tony didn't tell you?" asked Pepper.

"Tell me what?" asked Vanessa.

"It is no longer Stark Tower," said Pepper. "It's Avengers Tower."

"Ah, so the team is going to be here," said Vanessa. "I think I will find a hotel to stay in."

"Nonsense," said Tony walking into the room. "You're going to stay here. There is more than enough room. Made sure of that myself," he said with a cocky smile.

"Lovely," said Vanessa rolling her eyes. "So where is my room?"

"Down the hall there is another elevator. You are on floor five, on the right," said Pepper.

"I have half a floor to myself? Damn, you sure did make sure there was room," laughed Vanessa as she made her way down the hall.