His Little Pet

Tampering In The Lab

He gave a chuckle.

"That's not how this works kiddo, you're meant to just explore."

My smile doubled in size as I got straight to taking apart the metal thing.

Tony pov

The sky is a dull gray, the crisp colors of autumn contrast's brightly against it. The wind gently sways through the trees, aiding the leaves to their graves made of gravel and dead grass. The blades of wilting grass are hardly able to catch the raindrops that fall from the weeping overcast. 

The tides of soft breathing move in and out in the middle of the darkroom, cast over by the soft cool light that quietly filtered through the dark curtains over the window. Movement could be seen underneath the thick blankets of the bed, followed by a soft groan.

"Jarvis, what's with the rude wake-up."

My AI had just forced me awake early in the morning, sleep still clawing at my eyes.

"I apologies Sir but it would appear young Shadow is in your lab messing with your invention."

My sleepiness was gone in an instant. I jumped from my bed pulling on a shirt before running to my lab. What was she doing there, how did she even get in?! I knew she was bad, they were up to something. I got to the lab and saw that the door was never even opened, that didn't matter right now. 

I entered the code and grabbed one of my repulsor gloves before making my way to the girl. She had not noticed me and after calling to her a few time I finally yelled to her, that got her attention. She spun around and the look of pure terror in her eyes made my stomach churn. As she looked at me I saw her eyes settle on my repulser and at that moment she dropped to the ground with a loud screech and started to shake.

"What the fuck are you doing in here, how did you even get in here."

I could see her crying hard.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

She just kept repeating that, that's when I remembered that look from before. She must think I'm gonna kill her. I disengage my repulsor glove and put it on the table, getting down to her eye level, trying to soften my eyes before calling to her.

"Hey, your ok, I'm not gonna hurt you. I just want to know what you are doing here."

She slowly uncurled just enough to see me and began to speak in a hoarse voice.

"I was looking for my tray and found this room. I am fascinated by human technology so I looked around. When I found the unfinished thing and its problem I went to work trying to fix it. And I did."

I stood up noticing her flinch before going to my Spybot and turned it on, watching as it moved and crawled, the entire time it never wobbled or overheated. I couldn't help but be astonished that this otherworldly girl had managed a take what I've been trying to do for months and get it in a few hours, at least I think that's how long she's been in here.

"Well you have some talent missy, here, why don't we experiment some more."

I saw her eyes light up as she scrambled up, accidentally flashing me, grabbed a screwdriver, and watched as I put one of my old suits on a table.

"Just tell me what to Mister Tony!"

Her excitement was overwhelming and her need to please was almost endearing, I couldn't help but laugh a bit.

"That's not how this works kiddo, you're meant to just explore."

Her smile grew as she pretty much pounced on the suit. I watched her take apart the suit in a frantic chaotic way, and yet at the same time, it was very calculated and almost surgical. She was like an embodiment of chaos, but at the same time, she was soft and gentle. 

I thought for a moment then decided I would call her the little god of chaos, only in my mind though. Ya, I can tell that this girl was in no way evil. No mad man can be hunted by that strong  a fear of punishment yet have such childlike curiosity, is just too innocent to be faked.