So before we get to the good stuff I have to start from the very beginning.

I was born November 8th 1992. Almost one year after the car accident that caused the death of my grandparents and That of Edwin Jarvis one of the few people that acknowledged dad growing up. Dad did not cope well and decided to drown his sorrows with pretty much anything he could find.

During one of his drunken stupors he met a girl, and one thing led to an almost year long relationship which resulted in my conception or as my dad calls it one of the many nights he got lucky.

Tony's POV

I was downstairs in the lab dealing with another sleepless night and another one of Dummy's messes.

"Why do I bother to keep you around? It wasn't even a big fire just a minor short circuit. I should just donate you to a Junior College or sell you for..."

All of a sudden I hear a scream. Ellie! Somethings wrong with the baby!

I ran to our room and I see the future mother of my daughter curled on the ground. As I get closer I see something on the floor, BLOOD!

This can't be happening I can't lose them. They're all I have left.

I get to Ellie and pick her up and carry her to the car. I don't know how but we end up in the hospital.

As we enter the ER I shout to get a doctor to help. I don't know how but Ellie is barely conscious after all the blood she lost. She looks at me and says "Tony please, don't leave me, I don't want to go, I don't want to leave you and Nora please..."

Everything gets blurry after that's when I realize I started crying. I tell her, " Baby I'm not going anywhere, you're going to be okay, you're both going to be fine." I don't know who I'm trying to calm down her of myself.

"Tony promise me, no matter what happens you'll look after her, after Nora ple..." Ellie passed out

"I promise Ells, I promise."

A doctor comes in and takes her. They tell me they have to do a C section to try and save the baby. I tell them to do whatever they have to to save them. He tells me that they'll do what they can but there's no guarantee they'll make it.

They lead me to the waiting room and I call Rhodey.

He answers on the third ring

"hello?..." He sounds groggy, that's when I remember it's only 3 am.

"Hey it's me." I manage to breathe out in between sobs.

"Tony, what's going on? Is everything Okay?" He immediately sounds more awake and alert.

"It's Ellie she's in surgery, it's not good Rhodey. There was so much blood and the baby.." I try to breathe but I can't. This can't be happening.

"Tony breathe I'm on my way."

He hangs up. I have no idea how much time has passed. Everything moves in slow motion when suddenly the doctor comes up to me. He looks mournful. No this can't be happening.

" Mr. Stark, we did everything we could but your wife did not make it. She bled out on the table after we delivered your daughter. She suffered from a placental detachment and started hemmoraging. I'm sorry for your loss."

"What about the baby? What about Nora?"

" Your daughter is completely healthy. We're keeping her in observation just to make sure everything is fine but you can come and see her if you like."

"Yes thank you." I follow him down the hallway through some doors until we enter a room there are rows and rows of medical equipment. We stop in front of an incubator. One of the nurses comes and gently takes the pink bundle out of the incubator and places her in my arms. I look at the tiny thing. She has a little round face with a full set of brown hair. She has Ellie's nose and lips. She starts to fuss and opens her eyes and she has the most beautiful green eyes just like my mom did.

"Hi princess. I'm your daddy. You look just like your mommy. I'm so sorry she isn't here but I promise I will make sure you are always safe and loved. No matter what you will always have me cuz you're all I have and I'm all you have. It's us against the world kid."

She looks at me with those big green eyes and it all starts to sink in. I'm a dad. I'm a CEO of a major company. She's going to grow up in the spotlight like I did she's going to have a target on her back just because of her name. She deserves better.

The nurse comes in with Rhodey and he just looks at us with the saddest look I've seen.

"Tony, I'm sorry man."

"So am I."

"Is there anything I can do?" He asks me while looking at Nora.

"Can you get her doctor, I need to know when she's being released. I need to make sure no one knows she's alive not even Obie."

"Tony wha.."

" She deserves better than a life in the spotlight. She deserves a chance to be a kid. If Obie finds out he'll use her for publicity and I can't let that happen."

"Then what are you going to do? You can't abandon your daughter!"

"I'm not abandoning her, I need her just like she needs me. Just go find him please."

One week later

After I bribed half the hospital. I faked Nora's death and made a call to Anna Jarvis one of the few people I knew could help. After the accident she retired to Texas in a ranch I bought so she could live peacefully. I called her and asked her to take Nora. Rhodey, Nora, and I flew down in my private jet. The world thought I left to mourn privately but I was making arrangements to keep my daughter safe.

We landed in the middle of the night to avoid being seen. The ranch was isolated. 20 acres of forest and fields with a mansion right in the middle. It was perfect.

Anna was ecstatic to meet my daughter. Wow daughter, it still feels weird to say that. I told her what I was planning. Nora would live here with her and I would visit when I could. If anyone asked she was Anna's great niece that she took in after her mother passed away. No one but the three of us would know the truth. It broke my heart but it had to be done.

I took my daughter in my arms for the last time in a while and said goodbye. I kissed her little cheek and gave her back to Anna. Rhodey and I left and I returned to my life of drinking and partying to keep up the facade and keep my daughter safe.