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A/N: So this is a short chapter and sorry but there isn't any Pietro in it but there is Norah and Tony father/daugther moments so enjoy it for that. Smooches darlings

A/N2: Reviews are appreciated!

Chapter Twenty

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It's been a day since Norah had woken up from her medically induced a coma, a day since Tony and Pepper both were able to give sigh's of relief at the fact that Norah was finally awake after a grueling eleven day wait and were finally able to speak to her and see her looking genuinely fine considering the circumstances and injuries she had acquired from the fight with Ultron. The moment Norah had finally woke up almost brought Tony to tears; he knows that the doctors had told him and Pepper that she was okay and would recover from her injuries with nothing but a few scars to show what had happened to her but it was hard to believe when the person you love and care for was laid up in a hospital bed and unable to talk to you and give confirmation that they really were okay. For most of yesterday Tony and Pepper had spent their time in Norah's room talking, watching Netflix on the TV that was in the medical room and eating greasy food since Norah was injured and everything – Pepper tried to protest but the moment Norah sent her big brown eyed pupped dog look to her Pepper had caved and reluctantly agreed, unable to say no since she had only just come out of a coma. Tony had asked Friday to keep the other's away, said that he and Pepper wanted to spend some one on one time with Norah and that in a day or two would be a better time for them to come visit her. Though, he knew without a doubt that Pietro and Wanda would more than likely come back and see Norah once he and Pepper had left, he scowled at that but knew that he really couldn't stop it from happening. The kid was fast after all.

At the moment Tony was pacing back and forth in his lab – the lab where he and Bruce had created Ultron – and was looking at a stack of papers that he had printed out three years ago when he had first met Norah, papers that contained the names, numbers and addresses of Norah's family in Minnesota. Her mother's, her father's and her sister's; Tony was uncertain of what to do at the moment and was wondering if he should call them and let them know what happened to Norah and tell them that she had been unconscious for eleven days but was now awake and on the road to recovery or if she should leave it alone and let Norah do it if she wanted to. But….but Tony thought about how he felt when he found out Norah had been shot and that they weren't sure if she would make it out of surgery, when Norah had been in surgery for those hours Tony had felt anger, hatred, he felt as if a piece of his heart had been ripped out of his chest, he felt true fear, he felt debilitating emotional distress and he didn't know what to do or what to say or which feeling to go with during those hours and so he had stayed quiet and just waited.

Tony knew everything there was to know about Norah's family, about what her mother had said to her when she found out about Norah's powers and how she had wanted to take her to a doctor to get 'fixed' from her powers, how she had hated Mutants because of what she saw in the Media, and he knew about Norah's absentee father and the alcoholism and drug dealing he did throughout her childhood and usually right in front of Norah and her sister. He also knew about Norah's sister Niki, about how much Norah loved her and missed her, how close Norah and her sister had been before shit him the fan and he also knew how much Norah missed having a sibling around to talk to and laugh with.

So with that thought in mind Tony decided to call Norah's sister, after all it had been Norah's mother that had reacted so badly to finding out that Norah was a Mutant rather than her sister and hoped that this sister of hers hadn't been brainwashed by their mother and would want to see and talk to Norah after being separated for almost eight years. If this sister of Norah's was willing to come out to New York to see her than he would fly her, her family and Norah's mother too if the mother was willing to come out and he would reluctantly agree to Norah's father coming too, he wouldn't like it but he would do it because it was what was right. At that thought Tony gave a sarcastic scoff, look at him acting like the Capsicle and doing what's right and everything, Steve would be so proud.

"Hello." A feminine voice said through the cell phone Tony was holding to his ear at the moment as he looked at the dark skyline of New York City.

"Uh, hi." Tony said a bit uncertain as to what he was supposed to say to his pseudo-daughter's sister who his daughter hasn't talked to in years. "Is this Niki? Niki Paaverud, sister to Norah?" he questioned.

Over the line Tony could hear a sharp intake of breath, obviously Niki, who he assumed answered the phone, was shocked at hearing about her sister after so many years. "Yes. Is she okay? Did something happen to her? She…she's not dead is she?" the woman asked frantically which confused Tony, why in the hell would she ask questions like that.

"What?" Tony asked, furrowing his brows at the phone. "Why would you ask something like that?" he asked her bluntly.

"Norah, she…she uh called me almost two weeks ago and said that she was going somewhere, that she was going to be doing something dangerous to save her friends and family, to….to save the world from someone or something really bad." Niki admitted over the line of the phone. "I didn't get to talk to her but she left the message on my answering machine, I….I thought she would have called back by now but I never got a phone call or anything. She…she said there was a chance she might die and well, I thought after nothing in almost a week that she had died." She said solemnly. "She's dead, isn't she."

Hearing Niki say that she had been left a message on her phone from Norah shocked Tony, he knew that his daughter had missed her sister and that there had been times in the last three years or so that she had wanted to call her sister but every time Tony had offered her the phone number to call her Norah had refused, a butter tone to her voice and usually either stomped or Blinked away. Tony decided that calling Niki was a good idea.

"No," Tony said, easing Niki's mind from the fear and sadness that she's probably been feeling for however many days that she's been thinking that Norah was dead. "No, Norah's alive." He said with feeling. "Norah is alive but she was badly injured during the battle we had been in, she'll heal though." He told her.

The moment Tony had said that he could hear a relieved breath of air through the line, "Thank god," Niki said to him and breathed in for a few moments. "If she's fine why didn't she call me or try and contact me in some sort of way. I've been going out of my mind; I mean after almost eight years of being away from her and after searching for her for almost six years with no results I finally get contact from her and then nothing. What the hell happened, why didn't she contact me? What happened to her? What sort of-"

"She was in a medically induced a coma for a while." Tony interrupted before the woman could fire off more questions at him. "She was shot five times, the most life threatening one had gone through her lung. The doctors decided to put her in a coma so that he body could heal up her lung a bit and make it easier for her to breath when she did wake up and knowing Norah she wouldn't be able to sit still for eleven days which is what would have had to happen to be sure she healed up." He said with a slight chuckle, a fond smile on his face.

"Who are you?" Niki asked over the line.

Now wasn't that a loaded question, Tony's first response to that question would have been Norah's father but this was Norah's sister and he couldn't exactly say that to her seeing as the two shared the same father and all, his second response would have been Tony Stark – billionaire, playboy, philanthropist and genius but decided that she would probably think that was a bit farfetched as well. So he decided to make it short and simple.

"I'm a friend." Tony said to her and shrugged his shoulders even though she couldn't see him doing it. "Look, I didn't tell Norah that I called you because I wanted to see what your reaction would be and well, I kinda thought she wouldn't have called you which I was obviously wrong about. Think you know a person and then wham, do the opposite of what you expect." He said over the phone and heard an annoyed sigh. "I was calling you to find out if you even wanted to see Norah but I'm going to go ahead and assume that that's a stupid question and that you want to see her." He said.

"Of course I do you idiot!" Niki basically yelled through the phone, her tone insinuating that she thought Tony was an idiot. "Where is she? Where are you guys? What hospital? Where do I need to fly in? Can I bring my family?" she fired off once again.

Closing his eyes Tony took a deep breath before answering, "We're in New York City." He answered her. "We're not at a hospital per se but at my Medical Facility but I have the best doctors who have been working with her since we flew her in from Sokovia." He told her.

"New York?" Niki questioned, a tight voice. "Okay, okay I'll get the soonest plane ticket I can, my husband and daughter and we'll figure a place out to stay and then-" she began to say, her thoughts going all over the place.

"Whoa, hold up." Tony said to her, breaking her thought process off. "Don't buy any plane tickets I'll cover it and you can stay at the tower with everyone else. If…if you want to tell yours and Norah's mother and father and have them come with you can. I'll cover all of the tickets. I just need to know how many to get."

"Okay." Niki said in a much calmer voice and paused a moment before saying anything else. "Can I have a day to talk with my husband and with my mom and dad before deciding how many we need."

"Yeah, yeah." Tony said to her. "Go for it."

There was a sigh of relief, "Thank you, thank you so much. I….I don't even know your name." she realized, a tone of curiosity and embarrassed over not asking him more than likely.

Tony chuckled, "Tony." He told her. "Now once you figure out how many plane tickets you need call or text me back at this number, okay?" he questioned her.

"Al l right." She said to him softly.

"Well, see ya." Tony said a bit awkwardly and not knowing what else to say to his daughter's sister and hung up before the woman was able to say anything else to him.

That wasn't weird or awkward at all, nope, not in the least.

Deciding that it was probably best to go and face the music Tony left his lab and headed towards the Medical Wing, to Norah's room so that he could tell her about the phone call that he had just made. A phone call that will either make Norah happy or piss her off.

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For the last fifteen minutes Tony and Norah had been sitting in uncomfortable silence, he knew getting Norah drunk and then telling her about what he did – inviting her sister and the rest of her immediate family to New York – would have been the better choice, she would have reacted better or at least would have said something by now rather than just pursing her lips together with a hard look on her face. He had hoped that she would have taken this news as a good thing but nope, that ship sailed apparently and instead he's left with a pissed off Norah.

"And why exactly did you do that Tony?" Norah asked finally breaking the uncomfortable silence that had settled between the two after Tony told her what he did, who he had invited back to the tower to see her. "Why? Why did you invite them here, all of them? I mean Niki I get; I called her before we left for Sokovia but my mother? My Father? Really. Do you really think that's a good idea, what if my Ma goes all anti-Mutant on me and hired some skilled as fuck ninja's to kidnap me and take me to a doctor to get 'fixed' like she wanted to do when I was fifteen. Huh? What then Tony?" she demanded of him, her arms crossed lightly under her chest so to not put any pressure on her wounds that would cause her pain.

When Tony heard the ninja part he couldn't help but give a snort at how unbelievable Norah was acting, "Ninja's Norah, really?" he asked her with a childish roll of his eyes. "What reality are you living in?"

At that Norah made a face at him, "Come on Tony, do you really think inviting them all is the best idea. I mean…..god, I ran away for a reason when I was fifteen Tony and I never really planned on going back or seeing them again. Well, other than Niki. I've always wanted to see her again but not my parents, definitely not my parents Tony." She said to him, her dark eyes flashing angrily at him before she closed them for a moment and then started picking at the blanket that was laid over her legs and hips. "I would get jealous of other people when I walked the streets or went to restaurants or anywhere really and saw a happy little family together, I got so jealous and angry and sometimes I would cry because I couldn't have that, because my family wasn't like that and because they never would be. I wanted what they had Tony, god I wanted it so desperately. But I knew I would never have that and after I ran away I knew I definitely wasn't going to be getting it. I love my mom, even with everything she said back then I love her and am angry at her and I love my sister but my dad….I don't really feel sad that he's not in my life, I felt sad back then because I wanted a father but I have you now Tony." She said and paused for a moment as she tried to gather her thoughts. "I just don't understand why you called them, why you invited them here and why you didn't talk to me about it first or ask if I wanted you to do that."

Tony looked at Norah, he now felt like absolute shit for doing this and he knew she was going to be angry but he never thought she would look this hurt and broken at the prospect of them coming to see her. Being a parent was hard and Tony decided that he was never going to have any kids other than Norah, she was handful enough for him even at the age of twenty-two, almost twenty-three years of age.

"Look Norah," Tony said as he ran his hands through his dark colored hair as he stretched his legs out in front of him from the chair he was sitting in. "I'm sorry. I know that I should have consulted you first, but you know me, act first then asked later." He said to her. "I just, well I just thought that they deserved to know. What I felt when I found out about you being injured and no one being certain that you'd live through the surgery, I felt terror Norah, I felt as if my world was coming apart at the seams and nothing would be able to fix it. I know you don't talk about your family much and you don't like talking about your dad but I think this is something that you need to do Norah."

At that Norah scoffed sarcastically, "I don't need to see them. Ma wanted me to go to the doctor and get fixed from my powers, powers that I loved and still love to this day and my father wasn't exactly father of the year and was a drunken alcoholic who didn't care about anyone but himself but was damn great at pretending to care." She said with an angry shake of her head. "The only ones I want to see are Niki and her family."

As much as Tony wanted to agree with Norah, hell if he was in her place he would full heartedly agree, he knew he couldn't. Norah has been keeping what she felt about her family locked up tight, sure he knew a bit about what she felt and what they had said to her before she had run away and the sort of man her father was – doing a background check on her father gave him a lot of information too – Tony knew it wasn't good to not think about them or at least address the whole 'family drama' issue that she has. Tony thought that if Norah saw her family again that she could have a sister relationship with her sister once again and that when she saw her mom and birthfather again that she could either say she never wanted to see them again or ream into them, letting her anger tell them exactly how she felt.

"Tony….I don't want to see him. I don't want to see Tom." Norah said softly, a heavy sigh in her voice knowing that it was already too late and that Tony was going to make this happen one way or another even if he wasn't all that fond of her father or mother at the moment. "Please, don't make me see that asshole."

Hearing the hopefulness, anger and dread at the thought of having to see her father again Tony looked at her softly before he stood up and scooted himself onto the bed beside Norah, his legs stretched out in front of him and an arm gently circling around Norah's shoulders. "Look, it's too late to tell him to leave and Pepper would tell me it's rude to take back an invitation once given." He said which earned a snort of amusement. "But I won't let him come near your room unless you say otherwise."

"Since when did you worry about being rude?" Norah asked with a playful smile on her lips as she looked up at the man who she thought of as a father, an actual father.

"Since Pepper threatened me with a hiatus of sex." He pointed out to her bluntly which she scrunched up her nose in disgust in response to. "Not something I want to experience, sounds horrible." He said and then bent down and pressed a kiss into her messy hair. "Okay?" he questioned.

Looking up at Tony in resignation, "Fine, but if they do something that either makes me feel unsafe or that makes me want to hit them and bury them in our nonexistent backyard then you better send them packing. No questions asked." She said sternly, waiting for him to refute that but he didn't

Instead Tony nodded in understanding, "Hey, they step out of line and I will personally drop them off at an airport or take them for a bit of flying lessons. That'll teach them to mess with my daughter." He said, a manic grin appearing on his face at the thought of doing so and wondered if that would work on Pietro but then shook that thought away, Pepper would kill him and the kid was way too fast for him to catch all that easily.

"I'm gonna hold you to that." Norah muttered to him as she yawned widely, who knew being asleep for eleven days was so tiring on the body.

Instead of kicking Tony out so she could sleep Norah leant against his arm and closed her eyes, enjoying the familial feeling she got whenever she and Tony had father/daughter moments with one and another. Something that she had been desperately lacking back in Minnesota.

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Hope you enjoyed the short chapter, sorry it's so short.