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Chapter Three

I opened my eyes groggily. I found myself in a soft bed and in an unfamiliar room. My clothes and even my tennis shoes from before were still on. Odd. I tried to move past the fog in my brain. What was I doing here? How did I get here?

"Good morning, Ms. Stark." A voice said out of nowhere. I nearly jumped out of my skin and looked around wildly.

"Who's there?" I asked.

"I'm JARVIS, Mr. Stark's A.I." The voice responded.

It was then that I remembered that the voice had called me Ms. Stark. And it was Tony's A.I. Tony Stark. Now everything seemed very clear. He had kidnapped me. I was instantly filled with anger.

"Where is Tony?" I asked through gritted teeth.

"He's sitting in the living room with Ms. Potts." JARVIS responded.

Not really caring who Ms. Potts was, I quickly got out of the bed and made my way out the door, only to be confronted with a maze of hallways.

"It's straight to your left." JARVIS said. I guess he knew I was already lost.

I stomped my way to the living room only to find Tony Stark and a red-head who I presumed was Ms. Potts sitting beside him on the couch.

"Mr. Stark!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. Tony jumped and looked behind him in surprise. The woman was equally as surprised.

"Oh uh...hi sis!" Stark said nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"I'm not your sister!" I retorted. Ms. Potts looked at him, her face turning into a glare.

"Tony, what did you do?" She asked.

"Well Pepper...I broke it to her gently...sort of." Tony said, scooting a few inches away from her.

"He drugged me and kidnapped me!" I said, pointing my finger at him accusingly.

"Tony!" Pepper yelled.

"She wouldn't have come along on her own." Tony said defensively.

"Take me back NOW." I demanded.

"No." Tony said plainly, crossing his arms like a child.

"Now or I'll call the cops." I threatened.

"With what?" Tony said, smiling. He knew I didn't have my phone, and he would probably stop any calls I would try to make.

"Just take me back. I'm not your sister!" I said, although I knew it was pretty useless. I was trapped here with this madman.

"Tony, maybe you should..." Tony cut Pepper off.

"No, Pepper. She's my sister. I know she is." Tony said.

"And how do you know that?" I demanded.

"JARVIS has been running the blood test since this morning and it just now came back positive." Tony said matter-of-factually.

"Wait, you took my blood too?!" This man was crazy!

"Just for any doubts at all." He responded innocently.

"Then show me." I said. I wanted to make sure he was absolutely crazy before I tried to get out of here.

He pulled out his phone and a document with a blood sample test on it. And there it was. A match DNA sequence similar to Tony's. Great...

"See, you're a Stark." Tony said.

"No, I'm not a Stark. I'm an orphan." I replied, both confused and scared. I turned and ran away, back to the room where I had woken up and slammed the door.

No, no, no. This cannot be happening. This CANNOT be happening. I'm an orphan. I'm alone. This is just a dream.

I curled up on the bed and closed my eyes and held them tight, praying it really was just a dream and I would wake up any second. There was no one there for me. Everyday for most of my life I had been alone. I had no family. And oddly, there was comfort in those familiar words. They made them impossible for Stark's words to be true.

What if it is real? What if I really did have parents? What if I really am a Stark?

No, no, no. It's impossible. I argued with these new thoughts. There was nothing true about them. They couldn't be, could they?

I continued to wrestle with these thoughts as I slowly drifted off to sleep.


Tony's P.O.V..

"Well, that went well." I said sarcastically, plopping back on the couch. Pepper sat back beside me, staring at me.

"Did you really think that kidnapping her was the best idea?" She asked.

"I tried to get all the right words to come out, but I didn't know how to say it. It all came out in a jumble." I explained. "She thought I was drunk or crazy or something. So...I may have used a tranquilizer." I said the word 'tranquilizer' subtly.

"A tranquilizer, Tony?!" Pepper smacked me on the shoulder.

"Ow." I said, rubbing my shoulder.

"Well, you kind of deserve it don't you think?" Pepper stated.

"I just wanted her back." I said. "I've spent half my life without her, and she's spent her whole life without a family. She's thinks she's still an orphan for crying out loud." I put my hands to my face and bent over. I was so confused. It was then that I felt Pepper put her hands on my back.

"She'll come around." She said gently.

I was grateful to have Pepper. She had been a big support through this whole mess. Every time I had come back disappointed when it wasn't the right person till now, she had been just what I needed to get through this. And although I may not have had the best method of bring Abbey back, it was better than not bringing her back at all. I think even Pepper believed that.

"Thanks Pepper." I said as I leaned back against the couch. There was a moment of silence. "What do we do now?"

"We wait for her to come out." Pepper replied.


The clock read about ten o' clock when I woke up. It was dark outside and as I looked out, I noticed what I hadn't seen before. I saw that my room was out looking to the ocean. I couldn't believe that the house was built on a cliff by the sea. It was pretty awesome. The moonlight reflected across the waters and I became mesmerized by its beauty. So serene...so peaceful...

My stomach growled and I became aware that I was practically starving. I hadn't eaten since I don't know when. Hopefully Stark had a fridge around in this place. Remembering the A.I., I spoke up.

"JARVIS?" It felt kind of weird talking out loud to no one.

"Yes, Ms. Stark?" Again, with the Stark thing. I might as well get used to it. I didn't expect to be called Rebecca anymore, especially around here.

"Where is the kitchen?" I asked.

"Right past the living room." JARVIS responded. "Is there anything you'd like?"

"Got any cereal?"

"Mr. Stark always keeps a stash of Lucky Charms in the cupboard." Perfect.

"Thanks." I said before quietly opening the door. The hallway was dark. Good. The last person I wanted to see was Tony. I quickly and quietly made my way down the hall, checking to make sure no one was in the living room, which there wasn't, and made my way into the kitchen. The kitchen was huge. There were quite a few cupboards, and I didn't know which one to go to first. Finally, I reached the last cupboard and there were the Lucky Charms. Ah ha! I took them and started to take off towards my room.

"Would you like some milk with that?" Again, everyone was sneaking up on me. But it wasn't Tony that was there, but Pepper. I relaxed a bit.

"Umm...sure." I said, looking around to see if Tony was around.

"He's asleep." Pepper said, pulling a bowl and spoon out of another cupboard and walking towards the fridge.

"Thanks." I said, pulling up a stool at the nearby counter and pouring in the Lucky Charms. As I started to chew, Pepper sat down a few stools away, politely giving me my personal space.

"So...are you Tony's..." I asked between mouthfuls.

"Wife." Pepper responded. "We just got married." I must have missed that in the papers or something. I had been kind of secluded from the media for the past several weeks with my science project and all.

"Oh." I said. My attempts at making small talk were not very effective.

"I hear you're a wonder at MIT." Pepper said, trying to be nice.

"I guess it runs in the family." I said. She gave a small smile.

"Yes, I suppose it does." She replied. I had to admit, she was not as straightforward as Tony, which made her easier to talk to.

"Is he always like that?" I asked in reference to Tony.

"Like what?"

"So...crazy?" She laughed.

"He's always been a little eccentric." Pepper admitted. "But I think he'd do just about anything to get his family back."

"Doesn't he have any other relatives?" Pepper shook her head.

"There's no one. He's been on his own since your parents died."

"But at least he had his parents part of his life." Again, she shook her head.

"Being a genius in the Stark family wasn't easy. He was shipped to boarding school at seven years old and he rarely got to see his parents until he graduated at MIT at seventeen."

Wow. Someone who had actually been as lonely as me. Maybe we did have something in common.

"But he told me about when you were born. He said you were the apple of your father's eye. And your mother never wanted to put you down."

A mother and father that loved me?

"He's been looking for you since the accident. I don't think he ever gave up." Pepper said. "When he finally found you, I think he'd do just about anything to get you back."

Yeah, no kidding.

But when I thought about it, what Tony had done had been awful, but maybe in light of everything that had happened, perhaps I could forgive him.


Tony's P.O.V.

I watched them sitting at the counter, the two of them. They seemed to be becoming good friends. And then Pepper started talking about Mom and Dad. The memories came flooding back. Being in that private hospital room and holding Abbey in their arms. She had been a surprise, but she was the joy of the family. When I had held her in my arms I was so happy to have a sister.

Then everything had been shattered by that car accident. Something that Abbey would have to know later on. I seethed at the memory, but I quickly pushed it to the back of my mind. I had to think of the present. Now I had my sister back, and I was going to do everything within my power to make sure she felt like family.


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