Rosalind Stark
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Chapter Three: Rough Night
"Daddy, Loki and Mr Happy took me shopping!" she yelled excitedly hugging Tony.
"She should be more than set," grumbled Happy heading off to the guest room.
"Rozz and I decided on pizza for dinner," explained Loki.
"Rozz?" Tony glanced down at the little girl.
"Yeah, Mommy and my friends call me Rozz. You can too Daddy," she announced with a bright smile.
"Okay then, Rozz what kind of pizza do you like?" Tony asked still remaining very awkward in his interaction with the child.
"Cheese!" she announced with a bounce.
"Okay, JAVIS order our usual pizza order and add an extra cheese pizza," Tony told the AI.
"She so cute!" grinned Darcy looking at the little girl.
"Hi!" Rosalind smiled at her knowing the comment was about her.
"I'm Darcy," she introduced herself.
"I'm Rosalind Stark," she gave an adorable little wave.
"Can I call you Rozz?" Darcy asked looking as though she wanted to hug the girl.
"Do you wanna be my friend?" asked Rosalind narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Sure, we can be friends," Darcy didn't notice the change.
"Then yes, you can call me Rozz," Rosalind answered her expression relaxing. "You're Thor," she grinned as though it was an answer to a question.
"Yes, and this is Lady Jane," Thor introduced Jane.
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"Hi Aunt May," Peter waved to his aunt from his place by the nurses station.
"She'll be done in a few minutes," the nurse at the desk told him.
"Okay, I'm going to check on someone," Peter went off to check on the girl's mother, Dr Ewart.
There was a hallow boom as a wall started to crumble. Peter ran into an empty room and pulled on his suit then headed back to the hall. The wall now had a large hole in it. Doctor Doom walked into the hospital and straight for Dr Ewart's room.
"Doom I didn't think you were that kind of doctor," Peter yelled to get his attention.
Doom glared at Spider-Man. "This doesn't concern you," growled Doctor Doom not taking the young hero seriously.
"What do you want with Dr Ewart?" demanded Spider-Man shooting a web and dragging the metal man back a few feet.
"Stark believes he is untouchable," Doom laughed tossing Spider-Man into a wall by his web.
Before Spider-Man could get to his feet, Doom pulled the chart from the bed. "Doom has what he came for," he announced disappearing back out the hole. Spider-Man got up groaning slightly going back into the hallway. May came running.
"Peter," she tackled him into a hug.
"I'm okay," he assured her despite the bit of pain he was in. He didn't want to worry her.
"What did he want?" May asked while Peter changed back into his normal clothes.
"He took the clipboard from the end of the bed," Peter replied pulling his sweater back over his head.
"The other nurses called the police, so you can tell them what you saw," May told him.
"But I need to call Mr Stark," he stammered.
"Go ahead, but you're talking to the police too," Aunt May gave him a don't argue look. He nodded.
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"Anyone want to tell me why I am just now hearing about you having a kid Stark," snapped Director Fury. He had barged into the tower while everyone ate pizza.
"Like I said I'm not a father," Tony grumble. Rosalind cocked her head to the side at his statement.
"Well Stark is the only name on this program worth kidnapping," Fury waved a pamphlet in his hand.
"You used a pamphlet to check the kids out. I thought you would have used a computer," Darcy commented.
"Doom wiped all the computers and destroyed the files. The programs were the only documentation left," spat Fury he was obviously annoyed.
"That sounds intentional," commented Tony casting a worried glance at Rozz.
"We believe it was," Fury seemed calmer. Tony's phone rang. "Stark were not done talking," Fury glared at the man.
Tony held up one finger, and answered his phone. "Yellow," he smirked at the angry director as he walked out of the room. "Hey kid, what's up?"
"Doom attacked the hospital," Peter croaked out.
"Are you and May okay?" asked Tony.
"Yeah, he blew a hole in the wall and stole the records for Rosalind's mom," Peter explained.
"Why would he do that?" Doom was making less sense with each attack.
"He said you think you're untouchable," Peter recapped Doom's vague threat.
"Kid, stay at the hospital till either a SHIELD agent or an Avenger gets there okay," Tony's mind was racing at the possibilities.
"I will," Peter assured him before hanging up.
Tony headed back to the team to find Fury finishing a phone call as well.
"Doom struck again. This time at a hospital," Fury watched Tony. "But you already knew that huh?"
"Yeah, one of my interns' aunt works there, so he saw the whole thing and called me," Tony answered keeping a straight face.
"Interesting, did he mention Spider-Man?" Fury eyed the inventor for a tell.
"Yes, and that I was threaten and a file was stolen," Tony retorted.
"We can station an agent on her room at all times," Fury offered.
"I want her brought here," Tony countered.
"Fine, Agent Hill will coordinate and ride along once the hospital agrees to release her," Fury turned to leave. "And Stark, this conversation isn't over," with that Fury left the building.
Rozz yawned looking sleepy at the table.
"Tony, I think you should put her to bed," suggested Clint.
"How do I do that? Do I just tell her or what do I do?" Tony was panicking again.
"I've got it Tony," Steve walked over to Rozz scooping her up into his arms.
"You need to breathe," Bruce was trying to make sure Tony did not have another full scale panic attack.
"I'm just going to go down to my lab for a while," Tony stood leaving everyone else to finish the pizza.
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It was the middle of the night when Tony heard a noise. He was in his lab drinking, not excessively, just enough to take the edge off. He turned toward the noise expecting it to be a member of the team or maybe even Doom, but the lab was locked as always.
Instead of a teammate or a villain, Tony saw Rozz staring at him with tears in her eyes.
"Rozz what are you doing up?" he asked not really knowing what else to say.
"I can't sleep," she whined hugging his dirty jeans.
"Why can't you sleep? Are you worried about your mom?" Tony picked her up as he had seen Peter and Steve do. She hugged his neck tight.
"No, Steve said she'd be here tomorrow," Steve must have told her when he was putting her to bed.
"Then why can't you sleep?" Tony asked again.
"I don't have my stuffies," she whimpered.
"Your stuffies?" Tony had no idea what a stuffie was.
"Stuffed Animals," she smiled a silly smile at Tony's confusion.
"Did Happy not buy you one?" Tony didn't know much about kids, but he would have assumed a stuffed animal of some sort would have been on the list.
"Yes, but they aren't my stuffies," she told him firmly.
"What are your stuffies?" Tony asked still holding her.
"Mr Booregard and Lokitty," Tony raised an eyebrow at the names.
"Okay where could I purchase a Mr Booregard or a Lokitty?" Tony asked assuming she would not sleep without these odd sounding toys.
"You can't buy them," Rozz told him with a yawn.
"I'm pretty rich," Tony told her with a smirk.
"Mommy made them," she explained. Tony's eyes widened. He hadn't expected that. His parents never were the type for handmade toys. They were probably in the hotel room that Coulson was supposed to be tracking down.
"I'll make sure you have them tomorrow night," Tony promised hugging the little girl.
"Thank you Daddy," she snuggled into his chest. Her cheek was pressed against the arc reactor.
Tony sat down in one of the chairs not wanting to move her. She was almost asleep. Once he was sure she was sleep, he asked JARVIS, "How did she get in?"
"She opened the panel sir, there is still a chair in the doorway. I recommend exiting with caution," warned the AI. She accessed the panel; he wondered whether JARVIS meant she messed with the coding or the wiring. Oh well he would look in the morning drifting off to sleep himself.
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"Rozz isn't in her bed!" yelled Darcy. Everyone started checking every room in the tower.
"Is Tony still in the lab?" asked Steve, hoping maybe the girl was with him.
"Yeah, what, you want to go tell him we lost his maybe kid," groaned Clint looking around and under the furniture.
"The lab is the only place we haven't checked," Bruce chimed in heading for the elevator.
The team headed down to the lab, expecting to find Tony locked in and passed out. Instead they were shocked to find the entrance panel dismantled and Tony asleep with Rozz snuggled to his chest.
xxXXxx
Steve made breakfast for everyone, but Tony did not attend. Rozz sat between Thor and Loki eating her breakfast happily.
"Agent Hill should be here this morning with your mother" Steve told her hoping to keep the small child happy. She nodded.
"Once you're done eating, we shall get you cleaned and dressed," Loki informed her running his fingers through her mop of brown curls.
True to his word, Loki picked her up as soon as she was finished eating and left the room.
The rest of the team still sat around the kitchen lazily starting their days when Tony entered to grab a cup of coffee.
"Tony, are you ready to talk today?" Bruce asked his friend.
"No," Tony answered quickly.
"We let you off the hook yesterday Tony. You owe us an explanation," Natasha made her way to block Tony's path.
"I can't okay, I just can't" Tony looked panicked and anxiety ridden moving to exit the common space as quickly as possible.
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Rozz was sitting at the coffee table putting together a puzzle with Loki and Bruce.
"Who knew Loki was so good with kids," laughed Steve.
"My brother has had many children, but they are all grown now," Thor mentioned. Everyone stared at him wide eyed.
Before anyone could comment, Agent Hill arrived. "Tell Stark, Dr Ewart is on his medical floor. She still hasn't regained consciousness," she explained glancing at Rosalind. "That her?" she asked.
"Yep, I asked around, but what have you heard?" Clint asked wondering what the agent knew.
"I asked, but there seems to be nothing. When Tony Stark became Iron Man, SHIELD did an in-depth search of his past. But they never found anything like this," replied Hill.
"That's basically, what I have. You think she's his?" Clint asked trying not to voice his own opinion yet.
Hill smirked, "Go take a look at her mother."
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