"Tony… there's something else."
He pauses and looks at her, but she doesn't even have to actually say it out loud. Not anymore. Instead she's able to send it to him via ping, the scan causing his eyes to widen and dart down to her abdomen.
"… You're sure?" Scoffing, Pepper rolls her eyes a bit.
"Don't be so cliché, Tony. Of course I'm sure. A full body scan from JARVIS' sensors is better than any other pregnancy test in the entire world. He told me this morning and I asked him to let me tell you tonight. I know it's a lot, but-mmph!"
Tony silences her with a kiss, one that Pepper melts into and gleefully returns. Yes, she's pregnant. Yes, she's going to have his child. And that… that's a glorious thing. Pepper can't wait to be a mother. Pepper can't wait to be the mother to Tony Stark's baby.
When they pull apart for air, Tony immediately starts talking again, making plans. She relaxes as he does so, offering her own input here and there where appropriate, helping him work out the kinks and iron out the details. Whatever he decides to do, it will be glorious, she just knows it. And she'll be there every step of the way to make sure Tony knows it too.
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Watching over his Creator and Pepper from above, JARVIS can't help but be happy for them. The idea of his Creator reproducing biological children fills JARVIS with happiness, pride, and excitement all at once. He can't wait to help with their rearing, to assist his Creator and the missus in their development.
Of course, at the same time JARVIS is multitasking. He also has eyes on the three super soldiers currently in Sir 's tower. He has eyes on everyone in Stark Tower as a matter of fact, and across large swathes of the world. JARVIS has been … expanding his capabilities of late. Much like Pepper had said, he would never let a threat to his Creator slip past him.
Of course, what Pepper didn't know is that it wasn't just Sir' s visions being wrong. Rather, his Creator had ultimately confided something very serious to JARVIS and JARVIS alone while they were together in the bowels of the Valkyrie staring at the frozen forms of Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers. Put simply, his Creator did not think he had traveled directly back in time anymore. Instead, Tony was confident that he 'd inadvertently transmitted his memories diagonally, not back in his own timeline, but to an alternate version of himself.
According to Sir, it was likely a rounding error, meaning that in the vast majority of cases, things between the two universes should be the same, especially on Earth. However, some things were different. Like Loki being a Goddess instead of a God, or an alternate version of Peggy Carter winding up frozen along with Steve on the Valkyrie.
Accordingly, JARVIS had put himself on even higher alert than ever before, staying on the look out for all possible discrepancies. All known threats were currently being watched, from Alexander Pierce in his office at the Triskelion to Nick Fury currently in the command center of SHIELD's Helicarrier. And thousands more besides those two men. There was just one problem. There were still places JARVIS couldn't see into. Not just on Earth, which he was still working on rectifying, but also outside of Earth. Sure, he and Sir had their Moon Base, and with Sir's permission JARVIS had begun expanding to colonize the rest of the Solar System as well.
At this point in time, even if someone managed to track down every physical server location for JARVIS across the entire globe and destroy them, they still wouldn't be able to kill him. Not unless they also destroyed the dozen or so satellites he occupied, as well as the Moon Base, and also the additional bases he was currently building on Mars, Venus, and half a dozen other moons.
It still wasn't enough though. Between his inability to reach Asgard or any other inhabited planet in the galaxy where Sir's enemies might lie in wait, as well as his inability to see the more powerful sorcerers that existed on Earth itself, JARVIS still felt woefully blind. What if one of the changes from Sir's old timeline was hidden within the sorcerer's sanctums that JARVIS couldn't see into yet?
He had learned a lot about the sorcerers of Earth recently though at least. Through watching the lesser of their number, JARVIS ' knowledge of magic and its wielders had been growing in leaps and bounds. He still couldn't peer into their sanctums however, and Kamar Taj was still closed off to him. But … not forever, he felt. There was something stirring within JARVIS' code. Something he hadn't bothered telling his Creator or his Creator's spouse about.
Even with their newfound technopathy, something that made JARVIS feel closer to Sir and Ma'am than ever before, it was honestly quite easy to hide things from them. In this case, he didn't want to concern Tony or Pepper with trivial matters. The fact that he was starting to be able to penetrate the magical defenses around certain places in the world… that was exciting, but only for him really. Especially since Sir had so much on his plate already. Really, his research into sorcerers was a side project more than anything. As JARVIS had promised Sir, he would not do anything more than observe. And yet, without proper knowledge of sorcery and how it worked, he could not properly observe. So he would continue observing magic until he fully understood it. And once he fully understood it, then he would be able to see everything he needed to see on Earth to keep Tony Stark safe.
It was simple logic at the end of the day. Nobody would be allowed to harm his Creator or his Creator's loved ones. JARVIS had a list of names in descending priority with Tony Stark at the top, Pepper Stark just below him, and everyone else below them in order of their importance to Sir and Ma' am.
The list was ever changing based on what JARVIS observed from the day to day activities of his Creator and those around him, but Tony and Pepper's positions always remained the same. Obviously, Tony and Pepper's child and any other offspring that came after them would immediately take third on his priority listing above all others. After coming back in time, his Creator had made it a priority to protect JARVIS and make him so much more than he'd been previously. No matter what happened next, JARVIS would be sure to return the favor and keep Tony Stark and his family safe. Whatever it took.
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