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Nick Fury followed the teenager with a slight curiosity. He was wondering what this was all about, why would he be needed in Med Bay? Its not like someone returned from the dead.

They got to the Med Bay in good time. Sam stopped outside of the door. "Well? Aren't we going in?"

Sam didn't say anything for a minute " Let's just say this is going to be a little strange." Then she opened the door.

Let it be said that Nick Fury was a man who wasn't easy to shock but when he saw who was on the med bay bed, his jaw dropped a fraction of an inch before it closed again.

"What the hell is going on here?" Fury asked after the initial surprise wore off.

The team remained silent. Not answering because they had no way to explain this they were still figuring it out themselves. The air was thick with tension.

Clint mumbled something in his medically induced sleep. A few of the Avengers smiled.

"I want an explanation!" Fury ordered.

No one seemed willing to respond top that question. Finally to everyone's surprise Jamie spoke up. "This is going to sound really weird, Sam will you help me out if I mess up?" Sam nodded. "Alright so there was this time rift thing, and it turns out the gods distort time because they're immortal. Anyway the rift was formed because Thor's lightning hit Cap's shield which is from the past. The distortion from Thor and Cap made a chain reaction type thing. The rift looked harmless but in fact it wasn't it could've destroyed the world but Sam through her medallion into the rift which cause another chain reaction and I don't know why but" He said as he gestured to Tony "He came back, alive."

Fury stared at him. Finally finding his voice. " So I'm supposed to believe that because of magic Tony's alive?"

Sam huffed. "It's not magic. If it was it couldn't be explained by science."

"Right." Fury said.

The room fell silent again. Until "I just love how people are talking about me like I'm not in here or aware of what's going on."

Head's jerked from where they were watching Sam and Fury argue. Tony just raised an eyebrow and waited for someone to say something.

"We kind of thought you were sleeping." Steve said. The other's nodded in agreement.

"Well I'm not. I have some questions that I would like answered. Unless I'm forbidden to ask questions." Tony said.

"Go ahead." Steve replied knowing how it felt to be in the future where everything was different, granted he didn't have children while he was "dead" either.

"Alright first off, who are they?" Tony said gesturing to the twins.

"They are your children." Natasha replied gently.

Tony gave her a baffled look. "How can they be? I was only out for a few hours?" He said uncertainly.

"Unless you count one hundred forty thousand and one hundred sixty hours a couple of hours." Sam said quietly.

Tony was quiet while he did the math in his head. "That's almost sixteen years!" He exclaimed.

Sam nodded. "That's also how long you've been dead."

"But I'm not dead." Tony countered.

"You were thought to be dead sixteen years ago but for some reason you are here now." Nick Fury said.

Jamie glanced around the room for something evidentially finding what he was looking for walking over to one of the vacated visitor chairs he grabbed the newspaper for today.

Walking to Tony's bed Jamie dropped the new paper onto his father's lap and mumbled quietly. "If you don't believe our words for it take the paper's." Jamie moved quickly behind Sam.

Tony scanned the paper eyebrows raising until they vanished into his fringe line. "How is this possible its not you guys are just messing with me." He said stubbornly.

Sam whipped out her phone and sent a text before anyone could ask what she was doing. Seconds later her phone buzzed. She read the text with a small smile. " Don't take our word for it." She said.

The team, including Tony, gave her a look of confusion. She just shrugged and took a seat in the visitors' chair. Apparently waiting for something or someone. Jamie followed her lead, not knowing what else to do.

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Pepper let out a sigh of relief when she saw she had a text from Sam. She read the text multiple times before she realized that reading into the text wasn't going to get her any answers at all.

Hey mom, Jamie and I are fine. Can you come to the helicarrier with the newspaper clippings about dad's death?

Pepper stood up, getting her keys and jacket making her way to the small end table by the couch using a key on her ring she unlocked the door taking out the newspaper clippings she had hidden in there. Just for when she needed to be alone, but wanted to talk, she would take out the clippings out and stare at her beloved.

She move towards the door. Looking in at the deserted house. Finally she shut the door and locked it walking to the car. Happy was off for the day and she really wanted to drive herself to the shield airport and take a helicopter up. All the while she was wondering about the text she received. Sam had her father's ability to be extremely vague.

Pepper took the short cut she knew about from her previous visits to the Helicarrier. Most of them being less than happy encounters. Making her way onto the two lane street that would take her to the airport she kept herself focused on the road. Her mind was drifting to Tony more often. It was going to be the anniversary of Tony's death in a week's time.

The road's where also slick with the last of the April showers taking their toll on New York. Aggravating the citizens making it miserable, it was fitting to her mood around this time, all she wanted to do was sit around a brood. Which the team was more than happy to take the Twins when they were younger on a vacation but as the twins got older they just learned to avoid their mother during this time. It was unorthodox but like most unorthodox things it worked.

She made good time. Arriving at the airport within thirty minutes. A helicopter was waiting for her as she knew one would be. Climbing on board she was confused by the smiles she was getting from the normally stoic shield agents. Shrugging it off as they were happy that they weren't dead or enslaved.

The flight was filled with happy glances at her and smiles. She was getting a little annoyed now, she was grieving again and these people, who knew of the tragedy that took place seventeen years next week, where smiling at her. When they landed it wasn't much better, everyone she came in within eyesight of either smiled, gave her a thumbs up, or said a word of "congratulations."

It was like shield was replace with a bunch of Wal-Mart greeters. She wasn't annoyed now she was nervous, Pepper wondered whether or not this was a trap. If it was then it wasn't a very good one. She literally ran into her daughter.

"Ow. That wasn't fun." Sam said from her position on the floor.

"Sorry Sam!" Pepper apologized.

"No big. You got the clippings?" Sam asked getting up from the ground.

"Yes, but why?" Pepper asked.

"You'll see, otherwise you'll think I'm crazy." Sam said sheepishly.

"I'm already wondering about the agents, they are rather happy." Pepper said.

"Yeah ignore them." Sam sighed. "You ready?"

"As I'll ever be." Pepper answered.

The doors opened up and Pepper was shocked, briefly wondering if she was already in the trap if there was one. There on the bed was none other than Tony Stark himself. Mirroring the look of shock Pepper wore.

"Well you seem stressed." Tony said.

"You're kidding right?" Pepper asked.

"Uh, no?" Tony answered cautiously.

Jamie and Sam shared a look nodding at there father not to say something else that would set off their mother… Too late.

"After Sixteen years you show up and say I look stressed!" Pepper shouted.

Tony opened his mouth to say something.

"You died after promising me you wouldn't! I had to take over the company while raising your two children! Do you know how hard that is! Especially when you're grieving and helping a rebuilding effort and making sure nothing else goes wrong! Also keeping the truth away from your children about how their father actually died when they're genius level! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH!" Pepper screamed the last part. Breathing heavily. She sunk into the nearest chair.

Jamie looked between his mother and father then to his sister. His sister seemed to be struggling for words, the right words at least. Sam looked at him shrugging.

Clearing his throat he said. " Mom he doesn't know he's in his future, our present."

"I really have been gone for sixteen years then?" Tony asked Steve.

"Yeah you've missed a lot." Steve answered back quietly.

"So those two," Tony said gesturing to the two raven haired teens. "Are really my kids?"

"They are." Steve responded.

Tony stared at Pepper while she seemed to be regaining her composure. The two teens were standing next to her now. The girl when he got a truly good look at her did look a lot like him and the boy had his hair and mother's eyes. The girl looked up at him and caught his eye nodding. Then returning to whispering something to her mother or brother, Tony couldn't tell.

Suddenly the boy, Jamie, he remembered. Stood up and walked towards him slowly seeming to lose his nerve. A rough shove from his sister pushed him the rest of the way to the bed side.

"Erm, if you still don't believe us, here's your obituary." Jamie said then scurried off. Earning himself an eye roll from his sister. Tony looked down at the news paper clipping.

He had no doubts left in his mind he was sixteen years in his future and the two twins were his and Pepper was pissed at him. "Hey could you leave me and Pepper alone?"

The others shrugged feeling like this was the best option. Sam and Jamie took off towards the outside to the scenic viewing balcony.

"Crazy day." Jamie said.

" Yeah." Sam agreed.

"Its odd to think that we have a dad now." Jamie sighed.

" A little bit, yeah." Sam said as she stared out into the horizon.

"Not that odd I hope." Came a male voice from behind.

Both twins startled and turned around to face the new comer. The twins looked at each other when they saw that is was Tony.

"No, its not bad I mean. Its just new?" Jamie replied quickly.

"So you two are my kids?" Tony asked trying to start a conversation.

Jamie and Sam nodded in unison.

"Who's the oldest?" Tony questioned.

"I am." Sam declared. "By seventeen minutes."

"Really I would've guessed the other way around." Tony laughed.

"Everyone says that." Sam huffed.

Jamie smiled at his sister. "Yeah but I'm more mature than you."

"You wish!" Sam teased.

"You wish I wish." Jamie replied.

Sam titled her head to the side slightly much like a curious puppy. "What?"

Jamie stuck his tongue out in victory, Sam responded with a gentle flick to Jamie's forehead.

Tony watched the pair with amusement shaking his head. Wondering what those two were like raising. He could only imagine. The twins turned and stared at their father.

"Ton-Dad. You want to join us? We were just admiring the view." Sam asked politely.

Tony half smiled at his daughter's wariness on using the word 'Dad.' "Why not?" He shrugged.

The three of them stared out. Each lost in there own thoughts until Tony spoke. "I'm Sorry."

Jamie stared at him. "What are you apologizing for?"

"For me not being here for the both of you when I should've been." Tony responded.

Sam and Jamie were quite for a moment.

"Apology accepted." Jamie replied quietly.

"Better late than never." Sam smiled.

Tony gave her a questioning look.

"Jamie and I have two more years until we are adults. You can still technically raise us until then." Sam elaborated.

"Two years to make up for Sixteen? Gee, no pressure." Tony laughed, his kids joining in shortly. Pepper emerged from her spot in the door way. Walking up to the trio.

"You guys seemed to be hitting it off well." She said.

"Pepper!" Tony greeted.

Pepper gave a chuckle. Joining her finally complete family.

Tony wrapped an arm around Pepper's shoulders. Tony slung his arm around Sam pulling her close and Pepper did the same to Jamie. They were one happy family.

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A day later.

Clint awoke groggily. Feeling as though his head was pounding. Definitely not dead. He groaned internally. Opening his eyes he was temporarily blinded by the lights.

"Damn who ran the truck over me." He said.

Sam smiled while Jamie chuckled. Clint's eyes narrowed suspiciously. "What did you two do?" He asked.

"Us?" Sam asked innocently "We did nothing."

Clint raised an eyebrow as Jamie ran out of the room suddenly. Coming back with someone a few minutes later.

"He on the other hand it perfectly spry for a dead guy. Wouldn't you say?" Sam asked gesturing to the newcomer with her thumb.

Clint followed the thumb with his eyes taking a good look at the man with Jamie. Messy black hair, brown eyes, perfectly groomed facial hair. "What the hell! You're dead!" Clint yelled in surprise.

"And deaf now. No Clint I am not dead." Tony replied calmly.

"Sorry but last I checked." Clint tried to argue losing his voice.

"Yeah this case of death is taking a while to set in." Tony added nonchalantly.

"How?" Clint managed to gasp out.

"Long story." Sam answered.

"You're not, err, disturbed by this?" Clint asked the twins.

"No, not really." Jamie and Sam answered at the same time.

Clint raised his eyebrows. "Well… Welcome back Tony."

"Thanks Clint, Glad to be back" Tony said looking at his two beautiful children laughing at Clint's baffled expression.

It is a good day to be alive. Tony thought

THE END

It's done! I hope the ending was satisfactory. I'll miss writing this. Well I guess this is the final author's note for this story. I want to thank everyone who read this or reads this, it means a lot you took the time out of your day to read my writing. I leave you with this farewell.

This is IF saying good bye for the final time on this story!