Rosalind Stark
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Chapter Five: Day Three
Tony let a smile creep onto his face as Rozz hugged him goodnight. Loki and Natasha had just returned from taking her to say goodnight to her mother.
"Goodnight Daddy, Steve are you gonna tuck me in again?" she asked looking at the super soldier. Steve smiled and sat down the file he was reading to pick her up.
Tony felt a tiny bit jealous. Then he saw Rozz had left Lokitty on the table. He grabbed the stuffed animal and headed to her room.
"Goodnight Rosalind," Steve tucked her in to bed. Tony watched from the doorway. Steve seemed to be a natural at the whole dad thing while Tony felt like a disaster.
"Goodnight Steve," she hugged her green stuffie close to her chest then she seemed to panic. "I forgot Lokitty," she cried nearly jumping out of bed.
Steve tried to calm her down as Tony rushed into the room. "I saw this on the table," he offered her the black cat stuffed animal.
"Thank you Daddy," she calmed hugging both the stuffed animals tight to her chest.
Steve tucked her back in. Without a second thought Tony leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Night Rozz," Tony told her. Steve and Tony headed for the hall.
"Tony, just so you know I didn't tell the team," Steve put a hand on his shoulder.
"I know. Rudolph told me," Tony sighed heading off to his lab.
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Tony actually woke up at a decent hour. Happy had called the night before to tell him May and Peter would be coming over in the morning.
Rozz was sitting with a woman at the bar. The woman had long black curly hair and green eyes. Once he got closer, he could see Rozz was coloring in an Avengers coloring book.
She stopped when she saw Tony. "Daddy look! Loki did his hair to match mine," she exclaimed. Tony held back a laugh. Rozz didn't seem at all bothered by the god's change in gender.
"I see. You look good Snowflake," Tony commented holding back a slight snicker.
"Stark," Loki replied coolly.
"Peter and May are coming over in a few," he announced to the room.
Everyone stared at him confused except Rozz who seemed excited.
"Uh who are Peter and May?" asked Clint wrinkling his nose.
"Peter's my intern you met the other day, and May is his aunt," answered Tony remembering the team didn't know Peter very well. They had only met him once as Peter and only a handful of times as Spider-Man.
"Peter is nice," Rozz vouched for the teenager.
"Oh the babysitting intern," snickered Clint.
"Why are they coming over?" asked Steve.
"May's a nurse at the hospital and she wanted to check on Rozz and Viv," Tony explained not seeming to be bothered as he filled his coffee cup.
"JARVIS is Mommy still okay?" Rozz asked looking a little worried.
"Yes Miss Stark, Dr Ewart is still stable," JARVIS answered.
"Thank you JARVIS!" she was back to her smiling self.
"You're welcome Miss Stark. Sir, Mr Hogan has dropped the Parkers off in the lobby," announced the AI.
"Great, direct them up," Tony took another swig of his coffee.
"Of course sir," JARVIS replied.
The elevator dinged a few moments later. Peter and May entered the common space. Peter looked embarrassed while May went about her work.
"Hi Peter!" Rozz yelled running to the teenager. He scooped her up with ease.
"Hi Rosalind, are you having fun with the Avengers?" he asked a smile spreading across his face.
"Yeah! Thor and I watched Scooby Doo!" she exclaimed.
"Hi Rosalind, do you remember me?" asked May with a soft smile. Rosalind had been asleep for the majority of the time May had been around.
"You made Daddy sign a form to take me home," Rozz told May with a very sure of herself tone.
"Yes I did," May nodded stopping after a minute to turn back to Tony. "Have they figured out why Doom wanted those forms?" she asked.
"Not yet," answered Tony.
"You work for the hospital. Could you give us an idea of what was actually taken?" asked Bruce. He was sure SHIELD had the information, but Ms Parker's insight could be helpful.
"Well it was the patient clipboard, so it had a summary of injuries, medications, and treatments. Oh and the release form for Rosalind was on there as well. We try to keep documentation like that close to the parent," May explained.
"Darcy would you and Jane please take Rozz to play elsewhere," Loki interrupted before anyone else could speak. Darcy nodded quickly taking Rozz from Peter. Jane followed after them.
"You were saying," Loki looked back at May. May and Peter both stared at Loki who was still in his female form.
"You think Doom was after the release form? I mean, if he wanted to hurt Dr Ewart, he could have done it when he attacked the hospital," stated Peter.
"Son, I think it would be best if you went to play with Rosalind," Steve said sternly.
"Peter is who saw the attack," May chimed in. Peter deserved to be a part of this conversation.
"Yeah, the kid's who called me," Tony confirmed. Steve nodded.
"Tony what was on that form?" asked Natasha giving Tony a stern glare of warning not to lie.
"It just red tape stuff. May just told me where to sign," Tony shrugged trying to remember the form. He had honestly not read it.
"Ms Parker, what was on that form?" Steve asked in his Captain America voice.
"It had both Vivian, Tony, and Rosalind's names and their relations," May explained the basic information that went into the form.
"I didn't write a relation?" Tony gave a worried look.
"I wrote it in. Rosalind called you her father, and your last names matched," May admitted. Everyone was silent for a few moments. "I think I'll go head and check on Rosalind's mom. What floor is Ms Ewart on?" May asked starting to move back toward the elevator.
"Dr Ewart is in the medical unit three floors down," responded JARVIS.
"Okay," she awkwardly reentered the elevator.
Tony groaned after May had left the room. He didn't want there being record at some local hospital that he had a daughter in the first place. Now a super villain had the information.
"So Victor believes he has evidence Rozz is your daughter," Loki recapped.
"You're on a first name basis with Doom?" Clint made a face at Loki.
"Victor often tries to court me in my female form," Loki said off handedly.
Tony and Bruce stared at the still female god of mischief.
"You dated Doctor Doom!" yelled Clint.
"I've been on one date with the man," Loki rolled his eyes.
"Okay, I've gotta ask. Are you straight or gay cause Thor mentioned you had kids?" Clint asked continuing his off topic rant.
"I'm attracted to the person not their gender," Loki glared at the archer.
"What would Doom do with that information?" asked Natasha cutting Clint off from further questioning the god.
"I honestly don't know. This doesn't seem like Doom's style," Tony stroked his chin.
"Could he be working with someone," suggested Peter hoping they wouldn't kick him out when they realized he was still there.
"Possibly, but Victor wouldn't ally with someone unless he was benefiting from both sides," Loki commented.
"He said Mr Stark thinks he's untouchable," Peter repeated the threat.
"Tony did mock his bots during the last time we captured him," Bruce reminded everyone.
"So Doom wants to get back at me," Tony grumbled trying to think what Doom's plan truly was.
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After a bit, May returned to the floor. "Ms Ewart looks good. It's now just a waiting game as far as waiting her to wake up… I'd like to check on Rosalind too before I head off to work," May explained to everyone. They all still seemed to be discussing what Doom could really be up to.
"I'll get her Aunt May," Peter rushed off to find Rosalind.
"Your nephew is a good kid," Steve told May with a reassuring smile.
"He really is," May replied moving toward the hall Peter had headed down.
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Once May had left, Peter was getting ready to leave.
"Why do you have to go?" Rozz asked with a pout.
"I promised Ned we would work on his new Millennium Falcon Lego set," Peter explained.
"Will you come visit again?" Rozz asked still wearing her pout.
"Sure, I can even bring Ned if you want," Peter offered.
"Yay, Ned is silly," she latched on to Peter hugging him before he left.
After Peter was gone, Rozz went back to playing with Jane and Darcy. Thor joined them as well.
"His aunt was hot," commented Clint.
"Yep, Aunt Hottie," agreed Tony. Clint headed off as Loki approached.
"You found her attractive?" Loki asked. He was now back to his usual form.
"Yeah, why?" Tony asked eyeing the green wearing god.
"Oh nothing, I had believed my other forms were much more pleasing," Loki snipped.
"Are you jealous Reindeer Games?" Tony snickered. Loki started to walk away. "You are definitely a hottie too," Tony complimented him giving his butt a quick slap as he walked by.
Loki glared at the inventor but said nothing.
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"Victor I'm disappointed. I'll I asked you to do was grab one little girl," a man about Tony's age strolled around Victor's lair.
"Hammer, you failed to mention who the girl was," Doom glared at the recently released Justin Hammer.
"She's a genius from Texas. She's supposed to be the next Tony Stark, or at least that what the newspapers say," Hammer went on.
Doom chuckled, "You didn't know."
"Know what?" Hammer eyed the villain he had hired.
"The child is a Stark," Doom continued to laugh at the man who thought himself so smart.
"Why would you think she's a Stark?" Hammer stared at the doctor as if he had come unhinged.
"Her name is Rosalind Stark," Doom started heading toward a desk.
"Stark, isn't the only Stark in the world. And Tony doesn't have any family left. At best she might be the child of a bastard child of Howard's," Hammer countered.
"True, but this says otherwise," Doom handed Justin a hospital release form.
"Tony's her father, oh this is even better," a grin spread across his face. "I can ruin that arrogant jerk and get a new little genius to work for me," Hammer rambled.
"Doom has his own plans for the girl, now that she has value," Doom announced.
"I paid you to kidnap the girl. That was the deal," Justin reminded him.
"Yes, but the risk is much higher now. She resides in Stark's tower with the Avengers," Doom glared at the man who was quickly running out of use for.
"True, tell you what, let's make a new deal," offered Hammer. He was a businessman after all.
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"Rosalind, are you okay? You seem a little run down," Steve asked. The usual active little girl had slowed and seemed almost sleepy.
Bruce put a hand to her head, "She's warm."
Tony had wandered back in from his lab at that moment. "Uh what's up?" he asked joining the group.
"Rozz has a little fever. I'll grab her some medicine," Bruce explained.
"Is she going to be okay?" Tony asked nervously.
"Tony, kids get sick all the time. Bruce will give her medicine, and she'll be good as new," assured Steve.
Bruce returned with a bottle of children's aspirin. "Here take this," Bruce held out the medicine. Rozz shook her head. She tried to rush off only to be caught by Steve. She was now captured in the super soldier's arms. "Rozz please take this, it will make you feel better," Bruce again offered the medicine to the child.
"No I'm allergic," she stated firmly hiding her face in Steve's chest.
"Really you're allergic to all medicine?" Bruce raised an eyebrow at the child. She wouldn't look at them to answer. Bruce sighed. "Tony I know it's a long shot, but do you know if Rosalind is allergic to any medications?" Bruce asked turning toward Tony.
"Nope, not a clue… Viv was allergic to one kind. Ummm, I can't remember," Tony tried to remember thinking back.
"Dr Ewart is allergic to acetylsalicylic acid or aspirin as it is more commonly known," JARVIS interrupted.
"Are you allergic to aspirin like your mom?" asked Steve hoping Rozz would start talking again.
"I don't know, Mommy says never to take it just in case," Rozz answered Steve still unwilling to look at Bruce while he had the medicine.
"I'll see if we have any children's Tylenol," Bruce poured the medicine back into the bottle. Once Bruce had given her the new medicine, Steve let her go off to watch more Scooby Doo with Thor. She clutched Lokitty close to her chest as she watched.
"I could have killed her," grumbled Tony.
"It's not like she came with a list of allergies. You are doing fine. You remembered enough that we figured out what not to give her, but maybe we should try talking with her again," suggested Bruce.
"Again?" Tony eyed his two teammates.
"We tried to talk to her yesterday, but she got upset once," Steve explained.
"What'd she get upset about?" Tony asked interested in what could have upset her.
"We asked about school," answered Bruce. Tony waited for more of an explanation.
"Apparently the teachers are mean to her and Vivian," Steve elaborated. Tony nodded.
"Well, I'm heading back to my lab," Tony declared leaving the two slightly confused.
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"JARVIS how wrong would it be for me to hack into a school's database?" Tony asked the AI as he contemplated whether or not to check on her school situation.
"Sir, I believe the main issue here would be not knowing which school she attends," JARVIS pointed out.
"There can't be that many," Tony scoffed.
"Actually, Texas is the second largest state by population and size. So there are indeed that many… I suggest waiting for Dr Ewart to awake to ask her," JARVIS countered.
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"Small Lady Stark seems to be feeling much better," observed Thor watching Rosalind play with her Legos.
"Yes, the medicine helped. I think we should try talking to her again," Bruce suggested. They moved closer to Rosalind waiting for her to notice them. Loki looked up from his book giving them an almost glare.
"Rosalind," Steve tried to get her attention. She looked up at them.
"We were thinking we could get to know you better. Talk more like we did yesterday," Bruce started.
"About school?" her voice was upset. Loki lowered his book giving them a look that could kill.
"No, not about school… Something fun, do you have friends?" Steve asked quickly changing the subject as to not upset her or the protective god.
"Not a lot, but a few," she shrugged not seeming bothered by the new topic.
"My best friend growing up was James Buchanan Barns, but we all called him Bucky," Steve moved to sit beside Rosalind on the floor.
"My friends are named Hadley, Ember, and Sienna. They are on my soccer team," Rozz was now smiling at the group.
"You play soccer?" Clint perked up. "Maybe she's not Stark's kid," he mumbled under his breath, only to be smacked by Natasha.
"Yeah, and Mommy coaches our team," her smile was now a full grin.
"That's fun, are they your best friends?" asked Bruce hoping she would want to share about other activities she had friends in.
"No, Mommy is my best friend," Rozz shook her head. The team nodded trying to think of a new direction to take their questioning. "Sometimes I play with my cousins too, but they aren't the nicest," Rozz continued without any prompting.
"Family can be that way," Loki chimed in shooting his brother a look. Thor did not notice.
"What are your cousins names?" asked Steve. He was now helping her with her Legos.
"Collin, Gavin, and Aiden," she answered turning her attention back to what she was building. This conversation was not near as exciting as the one about soccer.
"A trio of boys," chuckled Thor.
"If you have cousins, your mother must have siblings," Natasha observed.
Rozz held up one finger. "Mommy has one sister, Aunt Vicky," she announced.
"I wonder if Stark knows about her?" Natasha commented quietly.
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Tony entered the kitchen. JARVIS informed him dinner would be arriving soon.
Rozz was playing guess who with Thor. Jane and Darcy were currently playing audience to the game. Everyone else was in the kitchen or proceeded to it when they saw Tony.
"Were you aware of Dr Ewart's sister?" asked Natasha making sure his exits were blocked incase he tried to run away like he did yesterday.
"Yeah, Vicky. Not a woman you wanna talk to," Tony shrugged.
"Why haven't you contacted her to come get Rosalind?" demanded the spy.
"Remember when I said Viv's an old friend?" he kept his tone calm.
"Yes, why?" her eyes narrowed at him.
"Well I know Viv, and she wouldn't have wanted me to call Vicky. She would have flown out here and stayed here, and she would have made me pay for it. Also last I heard, Viv didn't like Vicky being alone with Rozz. She's not good with kids," Tony explained. "Besides, it's not like I have the woman's number," Tony rolled his eyes.
Thor's yell of victory could be heard from the living room, which distracted everyone from Tony.
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"Daddy why didn't Mommy wake up today?" Rozz asked. She was dressed for bed but had wanted to tell everyone goodnight before she would let Steve put her to bed.
"I'm not sure," Tony answered honestly. He had been avoiding Vivian even if she was unconscious a few floors down.
"May and Peter said three days," she countered.
"I'm sure she'll be better soon," offered Steve moving to get ready to scoop her up to put her to bed.
"Daddy will you go check on her tomorrow?" asked Rozz watching Tony closely.
"I'm sure she'll be up soon," he offered not wanting to see Vivian. Rozz made a slight face. She wasn't dumb. She knew Tony had not gone down to see her mother yet. "I forgot to tell you. Peter and his friend Ned are coming over after school tomorrow," Tony offered hoping it would distract her.
A smile crept back on to her face. "Goodnight Daddy," she hugged his neck before letting Steve finally pick her up. Tony felt a similar pang of jealousy to what he felt the night before.
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Tony was in his lab working on more upgrades for his suit. It was getting late though it didn't phase him. He was a night owl.
"Sir, Dr Ewart is awake," announced JARVIS. Tony froze practically holding his breath. This was not going to be good.
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