[IC] Marvel's New Age

[Kitty]

MEANWHILE.....

Rai weaved in and out of the traffic of the great New York as she headed towards the Stark tower, files for the one and only Tony Stark in her bag stuffed in the seat compartment. After a bit Rai finally reached the tower and parked on the side of the street like all the other cars and climbed off the motorcycle and pulling the helmet off. She switched out the helmet for her bag and slung it over her shoulder. Rai flattened out her black skirt and long sleeved yellow top before heading into the building. 'Great idea Rai. Wear a skirt on the day you have to take the motorcycle into the city.' Rai thought as she fixed her flowing black skirt as she stepped onto the elevator. She looked up and smiled. "Hey Jar Jar. Can you let the one and only Mr. Stark know I'm on the way up. Also can you take me to the level I'm meeting him at please." Rai said smiling at the camera that JARVIS was seeing her from. "Will do Ms. Rai." He pauses for a moment. "Mr. Stark has been informed. You will be taken to the level now." JARVIS informed Rai.

When the elevator reached the level she was needed at Rai exited and smiled at the receptionist before sitting down on a couch and pulling out the files for Tony along with files for the next mission she'd be going on. While she waited for Tony she began to read her own file to familiarize herself with the target and form a plan of action in her mind.

[Demon Shinobi]

It wasn't long before Tony would come to greet Rai. "Hi Rai." He said a bit quick. His mind was on other things. Some complications had just arisen. He was actually making a few new leads on an old case. Only those close really knew about it. "What was it we were meeting about again today?" Normally he would be on the ball and in complete control. But right now it was obvious his mind was on other things.

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In another place, Alexander was waking up, just now. He had decided to skip school, sneaking back in when Rhodey and his wife had both left. "See?!" A female voice called out as his room door opened. "He skipped again!" It was Roberta. Rhodey's eldest daughter, the same age as Alex.

"Why are you such a snitch Roberta?" Alex rolled onto his side to avoid the light.

"Because she cares." Rhodey walked in and pulled the blanket off of Alex. "You have got to stop skipping before you flunk out." He said calmly.

"Why? I get all the work done. Besides, my future is pretty much set in stone even if I don't want it." Alexander replied as he sat up. He was referring to taking over for Tony in business. And possibly other things.

"I know you don't like things right now, but your father has been tirelessly searching for your mother all this time. And there is a lot more going on than you can understand. I know it's upsetting, but relax a little. You'll..."

"I'll understand when I'm older. I know... You've been saying that for years. And I still don't get it. I just... Oh forget it!" Alex said as he got to his feet and stormed out of the room.

Rhodey and his daughter sighed. "Well, we should get started on dinner. Mom's coming home later again tonight." He said to his daughter as he put his arm around her.

"Alright. But tonight, I'm cooking. You need a break too." Roberta said with a smile.

"Sorry sweetie. I'm not really up for eating burnt chicken again." Rhodey teased her with a small chuckle causing her to hit him in the arm with small laugh as they went off to the kitchen while Alex closed himself in the bathroom.

[Kitty]

"We were just meeting up really quick so I could drop off these files you requested from SHIELD." Rai said standing up and holding the files out to him while slipping her files back into her bag. "Is everything alright Mr. Stark? Is there anything I can assist you on?" Rai asked looking at him a bit concerned seeing as how he was acting.