Rosalind Stark
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel or any characters or variations of Marvel/Avengers. I only own my OCs.
AN: This is a short chapter. The next one should be longer.
Chapter Thirteen: Late Night
"You can't find Spider-Man," giggled Rozz now back in the living room with her mother.
"I almost couldn't find you," Rhodey muttered glancing around for the teenager.
"You didn't say not to hide in Daddy's lab," Rozz countered with a smirk.
"Well Tony usually locks it," he grumbled.
"I'm sure he did," Vivian smirked from her spot on the couch.
"God did Tony give her the code?" he asked looking worried.
"I doubt it," snickered Vivian.
"Then how'd she get in?" he asked turning to Rosalind who was still prancing around the living room.
"Daddy's lab is easy to get into," she giggled. He stared at her with wide eyes.
"You and Tony make scary genius children," he observed. Rozz gave him a wide smile at being called a genius.
Suddenly, Vivian and Rosalind were laughing to the point of tears. "What is so funny?" demanded Rhodey. Peter was current crawling on the ceiling behind Rhodey.
xxXXxx
"Your lair is how I imagined," Loki poked a tool that was left out.
"This way," Doom led the way turning his back to Loki. Loki pulled out her phone and hit dial.
xxXXxx
"Loki!" Tony shouted to the room before answering the phone.
"Put it on speaker Stark," ordered Fury.
"You should come over more often," they heard Doom's voice say.
"Now why would I do that?" Loki said playfully. They heard a soft rustle.
"Drink?" Doom offered.
"Tony where are they?" asked Steve watching the inventor work.
He had muted the phone on their end and was now trying to run a trace. "As long as Reindeer Games can keep the call going I can find them," Tony announced.
"Shield is tracing it as well," Coulson informed the room.
"My brother can handle himself if the need occurs," Thor reminded them that Loki was not unable to defend himself.
xxXXxx
"I'll pay you if you go to sleep right now!" bartered Rhodey with Rozz. He pulled a twenty from his pocket.
Rozz rolled her eyes in a way way too old for her age. "Who cares about money," she huffed walking off.
"What kid doesn't want money?" Rhodey asked turning toward Vivian.
"She prefers things to money. She understands how money works, but," Vivian trailed off. Rosalind understood money, but she also knew her parents would get her most things if she really wanted them. Rhodey snorted.
"Mr Rhodey, if you want I'll take a nap for you," offered Peter trying not be obvious as he eyed the twenty.
xxXXxx
"I've got Prancer's location!" shouted Tony. A little relieved it wasn't far away.
"Where are they at?" asked Steve picking up her shield.
"Short Hills, New Jersey," answered Tony already moving to get suited up.
"Are we just charging in? What about Hammer?" Natasha knowing they had already forgotten the second half of the pair.
"I'm surprised you're not out running Hammer's errands," came Loki's voice from the phone.
"What the hell is he doing? He's supposed to be a distraction!" declared Clint looking bothered that Loki was messing up the plan.
"Hammer is nothing but an investor," huffed Doom.
"Really? I suppose you hire assassins for your investors?" there was a flirty sound to Loki's statement.
"If they wish," answered Doom.
"Let's go! I don't want Doom getting fresh with Lokes," Tony took off.
"We better follow him before he does something stupid," Natasha commented heading for the jet.
xxXXxx
"It's nearly two am, name your price," Rhodey ordered the little girl. Rosalind was still wide awake, but she was no longer super hyper.
"I want to stay up till Daddy gets back," she stated firmly.
"Mr Stark might be gone all night," Peter pointed out.
"He's right," snickered Vivian. She was enjoying watching them attempt to handle her daughter.
"Why aren't you helping?" Rhodey asked the woman who had yet to help them.
Vivian shrugged. "I'll have to readjust her sleep schedule when we go back to Texas anyway," Viv's smile curved into a grin while Rosalind climbed up on to Peter's back.
Peter started carrying Rozz around the living room.
"Mommy can't we just live here?" Rozz asked from her perch on Peter's back.
"Mommy's job is back home," Vivian reminded her. Rozz puffed out her lip in a slight pout.
"You can always come visit," Peter chimed in.
"How about if we call Tony, would you go to sleep then?" Rhodey asked trying to think of something.
"Yeah! JARVIS call daddy please," Rosalind asked the AI becoming excited again.
"You're only saying goodnight," warned Vivian knowing if she did not say it before hand Rosalind would talk for the rest of the night, and Tony was likely to let her with his new attitude. Rosalind gave a slight huff from her spot on Peter's back.
xxXXxx
Iron Man busted through the cement wall of Doom's lair/home. Doom made no move to stop or even acknowledge him. "Where is he?" Tony demanded not seeing Loki anywhere.
"Who?" Doom replied still not giving him much attention.
"Cut the crap Doom. I don't like when people mess with my stuff," he raised his hand threatening to hit him with a repulsor.
"You really think Doom a fool enough to believe the trickster would suddenly be interested," Doom commented not taking Iron Man's threat seriously. He was the only one who knew where Loki was, so he was in no real danger.
The sound of the rest of the team arriving pulled Tony's attention away from Doom.
"Tony you should have waited," yelled the Captain joining Tony in Doom's home.
"Where's my brother?" shouted when he saw his brother was not with Tony.
"Somewhere that will contain the shape shifting tramp until she realizes to whom she belongs," Doom answered finally giving the Avengers his full attention.
"My brother is no one's property!" Thor began swinging his hammer at the Doctor.
"While Thunder Thighs has the tin man on the ropes, let's find Loki," Tony suggested already moving off to look for the god.
"Do we have to?" whined Hawkeye. Black Widow gave his head a slap before splitting off to look for Loki.
xxXXxx
"Loki!" Tony called looking for the god of mischief.
"Stark," Loki replied from down the hall. Before Tony make it through the doorway, a wave of Doombots attacked him. They were easy enough for Iron Man to go through, but they seemed to have no end.
"Sir you have an incoming call," JARVIS informed him inside the suit.
"Not a great time Jar," Tony snapped still trying to work through the wave the bots.
"It's Miss Stark, she is refusing to go to bed without saying goodnight," JARVIS elaborated.
"She's still up. Wow Rhodey sucks at babysitting. Put her through," Tony order blasting a doombot with a repulsor.
"Daddy?" Rozz called wondering if he had answered.
"Hi Rozz," Tony smiled slightly. It made him happy she missed him enough to call him.
"Daddy, JARVIS called so I could say good night," she explained.
"I see," Tony did his best to hold back a laugh.
"Good night Daddy, you will be home when I wake up right?" Rozz asked sounding a little nervous.
Tony dodged another bot not wanting her to know he was in a fight. "I will be," he promised.
"Will everyone else be here too?" she continued her questions.
"They should be. Now I think you should be going to bed. Good night Rozz," he told her trying his best to be reassuring while working to get her off the phone.
"Good night Daddy. Love you," she happily replied.
"Love you too. Bye bye," he hung up the phone not even realizing how easy it had become to tell Rosalind that he cared about her.
xxXXxx
"Bedtime now!" yelled Peter running Rozz toward her room.
"He's like the teenage nephew I never had," laughed Vivian watching Spider-Man run her daughter around.
"From what I hear, Tony's been hitting on his aunt," Rhodey chimed in.
"Sounds about right," Vivian laughed grabbing up a folder she had been looking through earlier in the night.
"What's that?" he asked moving to look over her shoulder.
"Test results," she answered simply.
"Are they good or bad?" he asked moving closer to play with her hair in a flirty way.
"Low sperm count," she announced causing him to jump back slightly releasing her hair.
"Tony?" he yelped.
"No, someone else. I didn't get permission to share, but I promise it's not Tony," she was amused at how quickly he stopped flirting at the mention of another man's sperm count.
xxXXxx
Once Tony get through the bots, he landed in a room that looked to be part of Doom's lab. A large orb was floating with Loki captured inside. Loki was back to his usual form.
"One sec Snowflake and I'll have you out," announced Tony looking for the controls.
"Don't bother Anthony," Loki disappeared and reappeared at Tony's side.
"So you weren't captured?" Tony was happy the suit was hiding his surprised expression.
"No, but I thought it best to allow Victor to believe I was… Come now Anthony do you really view me as the damsel in distress?" Loki gave a laugh.
xxXXxx
"Dr Ewart?" Peter looked uncomfortable.
"Yes?" Vivian looked up at the teenager still dressed as a superhero.
"I was wondering, if Michelle likes me, how do I tell her I like her?" Peter asked shuffling his feet.
"Ask her to do something, like to eat lunch together or catch a movie," she suggested lowing the folder to give him her full attention.
"We eat lunch together everyday," Peter informed her.
"Is Ned there?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah," he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"Viv's right three's a crowd when you're trying to work your way out of the friend zone." Rhodey added his opinion regardless of whether or not it was asked for.
xxXXxx
"Yo Legolas, I got Rock of Ages," Tony called through the com.
"Thor knocked out Doom and SHIELD is in route to pick him up," Captain American announce through their coms.
"That just leaves Hammer," grumbled Tony not really caring who heard.
"Stark, we both know he won't be difficult to take care of," Loki gave him an evil smirk before heading back out to the main area to retrieve his phone.
Please Review and Follow, it means a lot to me. No Negativity Please this is my first Avengers fic!
Thank you to FireSenshi2 for reviewing!