Casa de Stark

"Whoa... Now this place is swanky!"

Walt shrugged looking around Tony's ultramodern place. *It's yours now,* he mentally reminded himself. "It's a bit much for my tastes. I prefer... Well, home."

And as if on cue not one but two voices activated simultaneously.

(("Welcome home, Sir.")) (("Welcome home, Boss."))

"What the...?" Linda said.

Walt sighed. "Friday, let your big, little brother play host. It's his place. Play nice."

(("He's still in recovery, Boss, and I-"))

(("Too the contrary. I'm perfectly fine," said the male voice. "And perfectly capable of handling the houses automated functions and systems, thank you very much."))

" That's not J.A.R.V.I.S., is it?" Pepper asked hesitantly.

Walt shook his head. AI Jarvis and Pepper had a bit of not so nice history. "No. I have his backups but I wouldn't do that to you, Pep. It's H.O.M.E.R."

(("I was severely damaged in the AI aggressors attack but managed to follow orders Tony had left to retreat, protecting myself and the core Stark computer systems before severing ourselves from the net system completely. Unfortunately I had taken a lot of damage which has taken sometime to repair. I'm fully and completely-"))

(("Useless,")) Friday interjected.

(("Recovered, ")) Homer said. ((" And ready to begin work at Stark Unlimited once again, Miss Potts."))

Pepper smiled and even Walt chuckled at the bickering "siblings" antics. "That's good to hear, Homer," Pepper said. "We could certainly use you." She sighed looking around though. "Are we staying here tonight?"

Walt blinked. "I was thinking about it but not if there's a problem. It should be big enough and everyone can get home in the morning. There's a bunch of bedrooms if my memory serves."

Pepper nodded. "Yes, Walter there are but Tony may have updated them with those big, round rotating beds and other "entertainment enhancements" and features."

Walt facepalmed groaning. "Tony turned this place into his shag pad? Oh, that's just great."

"Ugh," Linda said. "I don't want to know."

"Dibs on the couch," Shocket said. "It probably isn't completely soiled."

(("Actually the place has been completely sanitized top to bottom on a regular basis."))

"Thank god for not so small miracles," Jen said. "Well we might as well make the best of it. Who's up for the jaccuzi?"

"Me!" MJ said as her friends tried to keep her steady on her feet. "I wanna Jackwoozy... Juicyloosey... I wanna hot tub!"

"Easy there, babe," Glory said. "It's not like we brought swim suits-"

(("There might be some articles to choose from available inside. ")) Homer said helpfully.

(("Actually there's quite a plethora of them. Apparently many different guests never quite made their return to their home domiciles in the same state they left them in.")) Friday added.

Pepper sighed rolling her eyes. " And by "many" she means "most". I might have a few things stashed away in a closet corner for emergencies between that and the "lost and found" there might be a few things that work."

Neo pointed at the ship and Pyrrha nodded. "That's right. We did go shopping for stuff. Much of it should still be in the limo's trunk."

Walt gulped pointing at the Iron Shadow suit as Friday piloted it walking their direction. "Actually... I might have sent that stuff on to Home so I could put the armored suit in there... Sorry..."

Jen shrugged and started walking towards the house unzipping her hero unitard. "Eh, we'll make it work. Worse case scenario some of us go nude. With the exception of Walt it's just us ladies and quite a few of us are sleeping with him anyway!"

Neo elbowed Mystique who rolled her eyes but nodded. "Some of us don't need proper clothes."

"And some of us won't need them for long anyway," Jubilee said grinning throwing a wink. Jen nodded smiling and so did Gwen. They had worked out a rough plan earlier. The venue may have changed... But that was beginning to look like it had certain advantages too. "Hey Walt?" She asked grabbing his arm

"Yeah, what's up, Jubes?" He asked as she pressed her sexy little body to him. He could tell they were up to something and raised his eyebrow, chuckling to let the girls know he was willing to play along.

Sure enough he became the focus of quite a few smiles and meaningful looks. "We can keep the party going, right? Maybe order out for food and stuff?"

Walt rubbed his chin for a moment pretending to consider it before smiling and nodding. "Absolutely, if that's what you all want! We're celebrating your official X-status, Jens rejoining the Avengers and Fury looking into probably getting her name cleared and The Mary Jane's official contract deal and concert and joining us along with Pepper... Oh, and beating Orchis and saving the mutants and the world too, I guess." He chuckled. "If all that don't call for more partying then I don't know what does!" He nodded. "Whatever you all want. Friday will authorize it. Sky's the limits."

Jubilee grinned kissing his cheek. "Great!" She said before letting go of her grip on his arm as Jen grabbed him and threw him over her shoulder, patting his ass. "You heard him, ladies! Order a ton of extra food, okay! We're working up an appetite!"

Walt chuckled as she carried him towards the door and Jubilee running ahead to get the door. "Well," he chuckled as he was carried away. "I'm in trouble!"

Pepper and Emma laughed before grabbing the smirking Mystique and Elyia to go order food and raid Tony's bar. Gwen waved watching them go. The Mary Jane's looked at her.

"Are you...okay with that?" Betty asked Concerned.

"You can go after them," Glory pointed out. "That's pretty hot. Totally understand if you want to tag in."

Gwen shook her head her arm around and supporting MJ. "Believe me, I'm right where I want to be for now... And I'll totally get mine later!"

"Ye~ah!" MJ tipsily agreed. "Jack-" *HIC* "-Pot! You go, Gwen!"

Merida sighed. "Ah'd like tae stay but I have bear watch in th' Morn."

Shocket and Linda nodded. "We can fly ya up to the station and back to get you home. No problem!"

Pyrrha nodded. "I'll go too. Don't want to skip morning practice since we skipped it today. Nora?"

Nora thought hard. "They just went to order food! Ooooo... but there's bound to be tons of leftovers at home too!" She nodded her deliberations over quickly. "Kali and Senko's home cooking, please!" The others laughed.

Mission nodded. "You guys have a great night and we'll see you tomorrow, right?"

Gwen nodded and winked, hugging her friends. "Don't worry. I'll definitely bring them home!"

Manami nodded patting her laptop looking at Neo who gave her a thumbs-up. "Us too. We want to get cracking on cutting and editing!" The girls blinked and she said. "The Mary Jane's need their first music video, right? We got a ton of really great footage to work wi- Whoa!"

They found themselves instantly surrounded and hugged by the foursome. "You two rock! Thank you so much!"

Manami laughed smiling happily. Prime, Walter and the others had been so good to her... she'd never had so many friends before and now she was making them for herself! She felt that sad, lonely past becoming more and more a distant memory everyday! She saw Neo smiling at her and she smiled back. They were both growing stronger. They all were.

[Walter Stark Penny Polendina F.R.I.D.A.Y Neopolitan Pyrrha Nikos Nora Valkyrie Yang Xiao Long Blake Belladonna Kali Belladonna Sienna Khan Willow Schnee Glynda Goodwitch Zwei Ahnassi Lifts-Her-Tail Senko Sayoko Shinozaki Roberta Cisneros Haruna Sasha Blouse Ilulu Rachel "Raven" Roth Manami "La Brava" Aiba Tsuyu "Froppy" Asui Haruhime Sanjouno Anastasia "The Baroness" Cisarovna/DeCobray Demona Mystique Pirotess Lydia Aela the Huntress Serana Mission Vao Curie Ada PAM KL-E-O Merida Gwen "Gwenom" Stacy Jubilation "Jubilee" Lee Jennifer "She-Hulk" Walters Linda T Duck Shocket Raccoon Lady Loki Elizabeth "Betty" Brant Gloria "Glory" Grant Mary Jane "MJ" Watson Emma Frost and Virginia "Pepper" Potts

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