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Ada can't remember where she is. That's the first thing she thinks when she wakes. She doesn't remember going to sleep or where she had been. What day is it? She's uncomfortable, she can feel that much. But when she tries to move, pain shoots through her neck, head, and down her entire body.

Groaning, Ada fails to take a deep breath and chokes on the panic rising inside of her. She hasn't opened her eyes. When the teenager realizes this, she struggles to peel her eyelids back. Shadows move around her. The colored lights seeping into her sightline blur around the edges.

What's happening?

She can hear voices. Distant and distorted, some louder than others. More pain pulses inside of her. Her chest feels tight, breathing isn't as easy as it should be. Her brain hurts...and...where is she?

Opening her mouth takes effort but Ada succeeds, trying to call. Only a pained whimper escapes.

A loud noise pierces through her ears and Ada winces at the pain it sends through her skull. Sirens, something in her mind connects as more lights come into her vision. Blurred and blinking. She closes her eyes in an attempt to block them out.

A new feeling, a type of pressure on her throat makes Ada open her eyes again, letting out a mumbles sound.

"Got a live one over here." The words don't compute in Ada's brain and the girl only blinks before the voice sounds again. Closer this time but quieter. "Hey there, kid. Can you tell me your name?"

It takes a minute for the words to unscramble and Ada realizes what the voice had said. She opens her mouth, moving her jaw best she can. "A-Ada."

"Alright, good," The voice says, sounding relieved the teenager thinks. "Ada, I'm Cole. Can you tell me your last name?"

"Tinnez." She answers faster this time, eyes still blinking lazily.

"That's great. And how old are you?"

"Fifteen," Ada says almost immediately but tries to shake her head when a thought appears. "No," She can only mumbles before a spasm has her gasping for breath.

The voice says something else. Ada can't hear clearly until she sucks in a sharp breath. "No what? You're not fifteen?" The voice clears and Ada wonders why it's so important. Why does it want to know her name and age? Why does her body hurt?

"It's-it's my..." She trails off to pull as much air into her lungs as she can. "Birthday."

"Sweet sixteen then?" The voice says, sounding cheery but also strained. Was the voice upset about something? "Okay, Ada, do you know where you are?"

"I don't..." Ada tries to shake her head but stops when it's too much effort. "I don't...know." It was her birthday, she knew that. Ned has been making a big deal about it, Peter too. MJ was her normal passive self but Ada thinks she was excited. But she wasn't with them, she had been with..."Dad?"

"Is that who you're with?" So she was with her father. Where was he then? She couldn't hear him. "Okay," Cole says when Ada hums in response to his question. His presence seems to move from her side but only for a moment. "My partner is with you dad, okay? So, don't worry. We're gonna focus on you right now."

"Okay," The voice soothes before more mumbles noise reaches her ears and Ada closes her eyes. Her head hurts, she'd like to sleep now. "Hey, Ada, I need you to open your eyes for me now." Mr. Voice says and Ada obeys. She doesn't want to upset him more than he already sounds. "Good, okay. I'm going to place something over your face now, it should help you breathe a little better."

That sounds good, Ada thinks but doesn't say. Something is lifted over her head, resting over her nose and mouth and Ada thinks for a moment that the voice lied. It's not really easier to breathe but it feels like she's getting more air. But it still hurts.

"Alright, you're doing great, Ada," Mr. Voice continues. The teenager makes no attempt to respond. He hadn't asked a question, after all. "Now comes a little harder part. I need to stabilize your neck and I'm going to do that by securing it with this neck brace. Just keep holding still for me."

Stabilize? For some reason, that's the words that Ada zeros in on. Her brows furrow of their own accord and pain spike through her face. She doesn't understand.

"Here we go," The voice says before Ada feels something going around her neck just like he had said. "Ada, can you tell me where you are?"

Didn't he already ask her that? Did he forget her answer? Maybe, that's okay, she forgets things too sometimes. "Car," The word surprises her. It was just suddenly there. She remembers being in the car.

"Yes, you're in a car." The voice says and Ada imagines the owner of it nodding. "You were in an accident but we're working on getting you out."

"Cole?" That was the voice's name, right? He'd introduced himself.

"Yes?"

"Hurts." Maybe he could help. She just needed to lie down, then she'd feel better.

"I know, sweetie, we're going to get you help soon." More muffled voices joined. Cole was one of them but he was no longer talking to her, Ada could tell that much. Maybe she could sleep now. Yeah, just for a minute. "Eye open, Ada."

"Oh, sorry," Ada blinks again. She didn't mean to break the rules.

"That's okay, we just can't have you going to sleep just yet." Cole says and Ada is happy that he doesn't sound mad. "I have to step away for a second. Your door is stuck so my friends have to pry it open and we'll get you out."

"Leaving?" Her voice is still muffled by the mask but Ada knows the voice hears her when it speaks again.

"I'm not leaving, I'll just be a few feet away but only for a few moments then I'll be back." Cole assures her and Ada feels glad. She likes Cole, he's nice. "I'll even introduce you to my friend, she's going to help me get you out of there."

"Okay," Ada whispers. She knows the voice said to keep her eyes open but when a loud sound yells right beside her, she can't help it. Her head hurts, the noise doesn't help. But just as fast as it comes, the noise stops. Or maybe she had dozed off.

"Hey, Ada, this is my friend Amelia," Cole returns and Ada opens her eyes before he can see she'd closed them again.

"Hi," It was only polite.

"Hi, Ada, it's nice to meet you." A new voice says. Ms. Voice this time. "You're doing great but I bet you're ready to get out of there." Ada hums when she can't find her voice. "Alright, we're going to get you out now. You don't need to do anything, just hang tight."

"Blake, we need you over there." Mr. Voice says and Ada registers the fact that he isn't talking to her anymore. "Moore, help hold the board, we're just going to sl-..." Cole's voice suddenly cuts off and Ada realizes she's closed her eyes but she can't bring herself to open them again.

It doesn't hurt that much anymore. If she can just sleep, she'll feel better.

Sleep was overcoming her. Ada knows Cole said to stay awake but she was just so tired. A small nap couldn't hurt, right? The peaceful darkness pulling her under is suddenly ripped away when pain sears through her chest.

She thinks she makes a noise but the explosion happening inside her makes her ears go all fuzzy.

Breathing had been hard before but now it just feels impossible.

Ada tries to move, to lift her arms to claw at her chest but she can't. She's vaguely aware of something rising in her throat when the darkness finally comes.

Tony Stark has had many heart-stopping moments in his life. There's a list. Not a material one but one that lives not so far in the back of his mind. It haunts him sometimes. Mainly his dreams, turning them into the worst nightmares.

He's sure it'll be a heart attack that takes him one day.

And that day might just be today.

It had started out so normal, just like they always do. Now he's forcing himself into the breathing exercises Pepper made him learn as he marches through some hospital's doors.

The lady behind the ER waiting rooms desk looks up when he approaches, his loud footsteps reaching her ears. If she recognizes him, she doesn't show it.

"I got a call," Tony starts before the woman can get in a single word. "Ada Tinnez was brought it. Car accident."

"Yes, one moment please." Tony sighs impatiently as the woman types away at her computer before finally looking back up at him. "Says here she's in surgery, I don't have much else. Are you family?"

"Yes, no," Clenching his jaw shit, Tony closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. He needed Pepper here. He'd informed her on his way over but she's all the way in Newark. "Can you just tell me if she's okay?"

"Hey, CC, I got this," A man appears, tapping the desk with his hand as the woman behind it nods. Tony notices his uniform. A paramedic. "Mr. Stark, you're here for Ada?" When Tony gives a brisk nod, the man continues. "My name is Cole, I was one of the paramedics on scene. We found Ada's phone, you were the only emergency contact listen besides her father."

"Nathan," Tony mumbles, only now thinking of the man. Ada had been with him.

"I'm afraid he didn't make it." The statement has Tony's head snapping up to look into the young paramedic's eyes. He hadn't liked Nathan but he didn't want him dead. Ada has been so happy lately, things were good. Too good. He should've known something was going to happen. "He was DOA. Died immediately on impact, there was nothing we could do."

"And Ada?" Tony nearly chokes out, bracing his hand on the wall beside him. If Cole notices, he doesn't comment.

"Ada was conscious when I arrived, responsive for the most part, but confused, which isn't uncommon. By the time we got her out of the car..." Cole breaks off with a small sigh. He didn't need to go into detail, didn't think he should. Dealing with people's families wasn't usually a part of his job. "We were still trying to stabilize her when we arrived and she was moved to surgery. I haven't heard anything else."

Tony forces himself to take another deep breath. She was alive, he could work with that.

"Mr. Tinnez's phone was destroyed and we haven't been able to contact anyone else. Do you know if they have more family?"

"I don't, I don't think so. Ada's mother died a few years ago, she's never talked about anyone else." Nathan's gone. He was Ada's last parent. So, now what? She's never mentioned any close family before but that didn't mean she didn't have any. His head hurt too much to think.

"Alright, It'll be sorted soon." Coles nods and rubs the back of his neck. "The proper authorities will be called to figure everything out."

"Right," Tony mumbles and closes his eyes once again.

"There should be updates every so often on her condition until they're finished, you're welcome to wait."

Blinking, Tony looks behind him at the very uncomfortable looking chairs before back to the young man before him. "Thank you."

"Yeah," Cole nods while slowly backing away. "I really hope she's okay."

Tony doesn't respond, only turns to the closest chair, falls into it and places his head in his hands.

I have zero medical knowledge so...yeah. Just pretend everything makes since? The hospital stuff is based off my own experiences.

If I could draw anything more than stick figures, I'd give you guys art of this story. But sadly, I'm not the one who inherited the artistic talents in the family.

I have a problem and that's refreshing the page every five seconds to see if you guys have left a review. I love knowing what you guys think and your guesses for upcoming chapters.

This was short, maybe I'll post again today if you guys want me to. But I might wait for tomorrow. I'm starting to catch up with myself and I don't want to get behind on my writing.

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