Fallout, Part I

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After Blood Force had fled away from the Imaginauts, the team returned to Pier 4. Jacob disappeared to put his rocky hide into hiding, smarting from being controlled and made to attack his teammate. Remi had picked something out of the sand after the villains left and took it with him back to base.

Tony Stark had noticed three pings of StarkTech suits in use in North Carolina. Two of the pings disappeared as they headed inland. The third suit made its way to New York City and Pier 4 in particular.

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[avengeriniron]

As he listened to her rant, Tony went from startled, to confused, to resigned. There had never been any question in his mind that he wasn't meant to be a father. He certainly had never had anything in the neighborhood of a role model for it. Not a good one, anyway. Still, he thought he'd been doing okay... making progress.

Apparently not.

When Alexa sat back down and stopped talking, he finally spoke up. "If you're finished blowing my small request entirely out of proportion?"

Without waiting for her to answer, he went on. "I didn't deserve that. All I asked was to be informed. I didn't say I didn't want you doing it. I said I was proud of you and your ability. I'm proud of the design you developed. I'm glad it protected you."

He stood up and stepped around the bag she'd laid at his feet. That wasn't what he'd been looking for at all. "You're my daughter and I care about you. God knows I'm nobody's idea of an ideal father... I'm a fuck up on all levels of being and I know that, but I've been trying and I'm sorry that one comment from me can apparently cause you to disregard everything else I've done or said."

"I'll see myself out."