A/N: Here we go, part two of the Broken Girl series, I hope everyone will continue to read and follow my story as we continue through Bruce and Adriana's story. For those of you who have not read the first part, please feel free to read my previous story The Broken Girl. Enjoy! -Cat

Prologue

Anthony Stark sat behind his desk staring intently at his computer screen. "Come on, come on…. damn it!"

"I've got you this time Mr. Stark," The voice echoed hauntingly through Tony's speakers of his computer.

"No… No I just need more time."

"You could have all the time in the world and it wouldn't help you any." The voice chuckled.

"Damn you!" Tony smashed his fist down on his desk and looked back at the screen, "Alright you have me,"

"Ha! Check mate."

"I knew I never should have agreed to a chess game with a brilliant Chinese kid! Good game Ping,"

"My name is Dave and I am Korean, ass!" The game screen shut down as this so called 'Dave' logged off and Tony shook his head.

"Well that was three hours well spent," He licked his lips and considered what to do next, he supposed he could go over the Milwaukee contract but then… maybe not.

Tony leaned back in his arm chair and started to think to about what he wanted for lunch when the door of his office opened up. He looked up to see a flustered Pepper Potts walk in. He really should take her on vacation soon, poor thing worked too hard, maybe the French Riviera, they could all truthfully use some time away.

"Why, hello, light of my life, reason to breath, my muse of-"

"Tony, you have a call on line one," Pepper interrupted him. Tony furrowed his brow, she really did look flustered.

"Can't you take a message, I was thinking we could go for unagi for lunch," Tony raised his eyebrows.

"This is a call you want to take Tony." She shook his head.

Tony glared at her and then rolled his eyes, before reluctantly picking up the phone. "Tony Stark here,"

"Stark? This is Bruce Wayne." Tony felt his eyebrows shoot up into his hairline and he looked suddenly at Pepper. She pursed her lips and nodded before walking slowly from the room, "Are you still there?"

"Yes, yes I am here, I am just curious as too why you would be calling me." Tony leaned back again and listened intently.

"I am calling in regards to Adriana, I need to know if she is there, I … I need to speak to her, and getting in touch with her has proved ….difficult."

"Maybe she doesn't want to get in touch." Tony had to keep the snarl in his voice to a minimum.

There was silence on the other end of the phone and then a sigh. "I can understand that, when I was last with her, I… well, I am sure you can understand when I say that something was said that shouldn't have been."

"Hmm," Tony was certainly one who understood mistakes with women were easily made, but that by no means meant that applied to his little sister, "Well, I am sure we all make mistakes Brucie, doesn't mean they can be forgiven."

There was silence on the other line, "I would just like to know if Adriana is ok, and if I could please have her contact information." Hmm, grovelling. Men like Bruce Wayne didn't grovel, Tony would know, he was a man like him.

"I think if she wanted to get in touch, she would, clearly she has nothing to say." The voice on the other end of the phone went quiet, "Look, buddy, I like you, I respect you, I want to help you but I haven't seen Addy in about six months, she said she was going on some soul searching trek or something,"

Bruce sighed again, "If you talk to her could you please let her know I am trying to get in touch with her, that I need to speak with her. It is very important."

"Mmm, hmm will do." Tony's office door opened and a woman walked in. "Ok well it was nice chatting but I have to go. Evidently you know how to reach me, feel free to not keep in touch." With that Tony hung up the phone.

He looked on the other side of his desk to his sister who was gingerly lowering herself into a chair. "Hello gorgeous, what brings you too my office today?"

Adriana Stark looked over at her brother with a confused expression, "You called me here remember?"

Tony blinked a few times and then shook his head, "Oh right,"

"Distracting phone call?" She asked glancing at the handheld.

"Oh you know just another charity case."

Adriana stared at him with a hesitant expression, like she didn't fully believe what he was saying but was weighing the pro's and con's of asking about it. "Right," She said shaking her head. Her blonde hair fluttered around her.

Tony was glad she had gone back to her natural hair colour, when she had showed up at his door step seven months ago, with long black locks and a devastated, gaunt expression he had been deeply concerned about her. It had taken her ages to get back to even a resemblance of her old self.

He knew she talked to Pepper a lot about her time in Gotham but she kept him on a need to know basis. Tony wasn't sure if he could help her more or not, but she definitely needed more time away from Bruce Wayne.

Lying had been the right thing to do. It had been so long since he had seen Adriana, Tony didn't want to see her running off back to Gotham, only to come back a shell of a person again. Too much was on the line now.

"Right, I wanted to talk to you about trust funds Addy!" Tony leapt up from his chair, "I had the guys down in communications whip up this awesome little video clip to get my points across, it's brilliant, there is a cartoon cat!"

"Really Tony?" She looked at him sceptically.

"Really really," He smiled brightly down at his little sister who somehow always behaved more like the older sibling.

"As long as I don't have to stand up, I will be happy."

Tony chuckled, "Hey ya wanna get some unagi after this? I am starving."

"Ugh eel? I think I may be sick!"

"Soooo that's a no?"