justastarkgenius:
The look Tony gave Lori could have been described as ‘incredulous’ at best. Aliens fell through a portal in the sky. Genetically altered superhumans were an every day reality. Yet for some reason, Lori couldn’t fathom that a weapon with the ability to destabilize matter existed? There was magic - real, actual magic - out in the world and in use but this was apparently too much for her to comprehend. “… No, Lori. These guns don’t have safeties and they don’t need to be reloaded. They’re energy weapons. Think a portable particle beam. They have a power source and use plasma as the delivery system. Look, I asked S.H.I.E.L.D. for a field agent to give me a hand. They sent you. What would you do to stop a weapon that reaches several thousand degrees Celsius internally?” he asked, throwing his hands up. He was tired and he was frustrated and he just needed a drink - “Wait a minute. Ice bomb. How tall are you?”
Lori rolled her eyes at the fast-talking man, starting to feel argumentative at his constant condescension. She understood that this whole situation was above her head, but she didn’t need to be reminded of it at every turn. Right now, she needed to figure out what her place was in all of this and being treated like a elementary school student wasn’t helping. What would she do to stop a weapon that reaches several thousand degrees celsius internally? “I’m 5′6″, how is that relevant?” Lori inquired, her mind already back to the earlier question. “If the gun has truly reached that high of a temperature, you’re not going to cool it down fast enough with an ice bomb. Wouldn’t you be better off figuring out a way to use that movement to your advantage? If the molecules are moving fast enough to reach that high of a temperature, it should be easy to destabilize it by interrupting that movement with another molecule. It would self destruct, right? Either that or you would have to fire back with something cold enough to slow those atoms down. If you have that capability. Bio major with a chem minor. ”
















