Jade wasn't a genius - but she wasn't stupid either. She knew Obadiah was up to something. So she wasn't really surprised when her brother had come to her and told her to be ready to buy Obadiah out of the company. Living with a genius really helped their own mental capabilities. By the time they were twelve, the two had found a way to meld magic and technology without it blowing up or shorting out. Now Gringotts had access to the internet and had all of their client's accounts on file in a computer. It would be quite easy to wire a large sum of money from one of their vaults into Obadiah's account. They had inherited quite a bit of gold from their parents - they were the richest family in Europe. Buying out the old man wouldn't even put a dent in their fortune. However, Jade wasn't worried about buying Obadiah Stane's share of Stark Industries. That was only too easy. No, now she was hacking into JARVIS' main frame and into her father's private files. She was in the lab with his music up loud, looking for anything that would help her find her father. She had been doing this for months. She growled in frustration when she entered Obadiah's files instead of her father's. She was about to back out when something caught her eye. Obadiah had been paying large amounts of cash to two accounts for the past three months. One for the military and one foreign. She was just about to hack into the foreign account when a hand dropped down on her shoulder. Nearly jumping out of her skin, she spun around to find Harry and Pepper grinning at her. Turning down the music, she raised an inquiring brow.

"Is there a reason you two loons felt the need to give me a heart attack?" she asked drolly. Pepper looked sheepish, but Harry just grinned wider.

"They found him. He's on his way home now. He's alive."

Jade felt her eyes grow round with surprise. Then she jumped her brother. They had found their father alive and he was coming home. A sob escaped her. Harry put his arms around her and rubbed soothing circles in her back, grinning at a startled, but relieved Pepper. Other than her outburst at the last board of directors meeting, this was the first sign of emotions she had shown since Tony had disappeared. They had gotten Tony back, now they had Jade back.

Tony stood up from his wheel chair and, with Rhodey guiding him off the plane, looked for his children. He was disappointed when he didn't see them. He turned to Rhodey.

"Where are Jade and Harry?"

Rhodey grimaced.

"We he had to sedate Jade. She hasn't slept since you were kidnapped. Harry's staying with her."

Tony frowned. He had been going to call a press conference, but it sounded like his daughter needed him more. He looked back out and saw the ambulance. He shook his head. It was the conference or the hospital. He wouldn't get to see Jade either way.

"Are you kidding me with this? Get rid of them." He grinned at Pepper as he walked down the ramp. "Your eyes are red. A few tears for your long-lost boss?"

Pepper smiled.

"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting."

"Yeah, vacation's over."

He, Pepper and Happy got in the car.

"Where to, sir?"

Pepper spoke before Tony could open his mouth.

"Take us to the hospital, please, Happy."

"No."

Pepper gave him a startled look.

"No? Tony, you have to go to the hospital."

"No is a complete answer."

"The doctor has to look at you."

"I don't have to do anything. I've been in captivity for three months. There are three things I want to do. I want an American cheese burger, I want to see my children and the third -"

"That's enough of that."

" - is not what you think. I want you to call for a press conference now."

"Call for a press conference?" Pepper was incredulous.

"Yeah."

"What on earth for?"

Tony ignored her.

"Hogan, drive. Cheeseburger first."

While his sister slept, Harry turned on the TV and flipped to the news. What he saw made him cringe. His dad was sitting in front of a group of reporters, his arm in a sling, eating a cheeseburger. Jade was going to murder him. He sighed and sat back to watch the show. His eyes grew wide when he heard his father say,

"… effective immediately, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division until such a time as I can decide what the future of the company will be. What direction it should take, one that I'm comfortable with and is consistent with the highest good for this country, as well."

The TV went black. Harry turned around to see his sister standing behind him, a calm expression on her face with the remote in her hand. He winced. His father was in so much trouble.

"Well, Dad's been busy." she said delicately as she sat down beside him. Harry winced again. He hated that tone. It meant that she was hurt and trying to hide it. Yeah, his dad was in trouble. And Harry would be the first one ripping into him. Sighing, he took his sister in his arms and coaxed her back to sleep.

When Tony got home, he was greeted by a punch in the face and furious green eyes. Obviously, Harry had seen the press conference. Pepper rushed forward while Tony held his most likely broken nose, intending to scold the teen. She stopped short, however, when Harry hissed,

"What were you thinking? If you weren't going to go hospital then you should have come straight home! She's been beating herself up for three months because the last thing she said to you was a dismissive comment about O.W.L.s! And the first thing you do when you get here is get a cheeseburger and talk to the press?! She saw it too, you know. Three months, she's barely slept - and when she finally does she wakes up to that?! Are you out of your bloody mind? You bloody well had better have a damn good excuse, because you have a hell of a lot of explaining to do Stark!"

Wincing, both at the pain and the use of his surname, Tony replied.

"Well, if you'd give me a minute, I would. Go wake your sister."

Grudgingly, Harry did as he was told. The second Jade saw their father, she launched herself at him.

"Dad!" she buried her face in his chest. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry…" she muttered. Tony's heart clenched and he wound his good arm around his daughter, guiding her back over to the couch and into his lap. She curled up there and snuggled into him. He ran his fingers through her auburn hair.

"Shh, princess. You've got nothing to be sorry for. It's me who should be apologizing. I'm sorry I didn't say good-bye and I'm sorry I didn't come straight home. And I'm so sorry you've been losing sleep over me."

She burrowed further into his embrace and Harry asked.

"So, why did you feel it more important to talk to reporters than come home to your distraught daughter?"

Tony fixed his son with a stern look. He let Harry get away with a lot of things, but breaking his nose and blatantly disrespecting him were not one of them.

"Harry." he reprimanded sharply. Reluctantly, he bowed his head in submission.

"Sorry." He took out his wand and pointed it at Tony's nose. "Episkey." He felt his nose pop back in place and automatically fix itself.

He nodded his head in thanks.

"They had my weapons. Our weapons. They wanted me to build them a Jericho missile. That's what kept me alive, them thinking I was building a missile. I actually built a metal suit that helped me escape. A man named Yinsen kept me alive by putting this in my chest," he unbuttoned his shirt and showed them the device, "to stop shrapnel from an explosion from getting to my heart. You know the old arc reactor we built a few years ago?"

Both teens nodded.

"Well, I'm going to replace this with a smaller one of those, then I'm going to expand on arc technology."

The teens looked thoughtful. Finally, Jade said,

"Just be careful. Something's going on here and I don't like the smell of it."

Tony smiled.

"I will, princess. Now why don't you catch up on some sleep?"

She nodded. And then promptly fell asleep in his lap. Harry laughed quietly before growing sober.

"She's been having nightmares. It's why she wouldn't sleep. You're going to have to sleep with her until the shock of the whole situation wears off and it finally sinks in that you're alive and safe."

Tony nodded and smiled at his son.

"I was going to anyway. I missed you two while I was gone."

Grinning, Harry hugged his father. Then helped him get his sister to bed without waking her. The three fell asleep curled up together.