This is not how I saw my life going. I mean stuff like this only happens in movies! One minute I'm this orphan kid who just helped a little girl get home and the next I'm the son of a billionaire superhero! Granted, kidnapped and imprisoned son of a billionaire superhero, but his nonetheless. It's a lot to process. I mean I was genetically modified to be Tony Stark's undoing and she's not even going to use me. Morgan!

I hope off my bed remembering what she said to...well I guess my sister? I'll figure that out later.

I walk towards the door and notice that the electronic lock was still in place but there was no security cameras anywhere else around me. I need to short circuit the lock but there's no liquid around me. Unless...I hate today.

After short circuiting the lock, I zip my fly back up and slowly open the door. I peer around the corner and the hallway is still empty. I guess it's a good thing they really don't care about me.

I slowly walk down the hallway. I need to think of an actual plan. So first things first, I need to find Morgan but I have no idea how this building is laid out.

I keep walking down what feels like a never ending hallway before I come to a door that has a window on it. I slowly creep over to the window and peer inside it.

I feel something snap inside me as I watch Morgan scream and cry as the person attempts to strap her to a metal bed. The bed is surrounded by machines that they look like they're about to hook her up to. I reach for my pocket, which held a spring from the toilet paper roll holder. I quickly straighten one end and pick the lock.

Thirty seconds later I hear my all time favorite sound. I test the handle and the door and I'm happy to find the door is unlocked. I slowly open it and slip into the room. I pull the door behind me so it closes softly. Below me are a bunch of scientists working to do genetically Morgan. It looks like I'm in an observation area. There are at least a dozen guards down below as well. Whatever I do, I better do it quickly and smartly. Everyone can get to Morgan easier than me.


I need a plan. I'm halfway to the base and I don't have a plan. To be fair, I normally don't have a plan but normally my children aren't involved. I can't afford to screw this up.

"Rhodey, you guys here?"

"We're about a mile behind you Tony. You got a plan?"

"Was hoping you had one but we can go with just hurt anyone who's not Morgan or AJ."

Rhodey's silent for a moment before he says, "If you kill Abigail make it hurt."

A small smirk crosses my face, "Roger that."

I focus back on flying and I spot the building. I crash through the roof and immediately put up my hands.

"FRIDAY scan for life forms."

She scans, "There are no life forms here boss."

"What? Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Rhodey, are you getting this?"

"Yeah we are. We had Wanda do a scan for any minds and there are none. She played us."

"That I did," I heard Abigail say as a screen flicks on behind me.

My helmet rescends, "Where. Are. My. Kids." I growl out.

Rhodey and the rest of the Avengers land around me as she smiles wickedly.

"Did you really think I would let Nick Fury figure out where my secret operation was? No, I'm too smart for that. Putting a tracker in your daughters arm was smart. It was a valiant effort. Is that right Morgan?"

The camera shifts to a lab where my daughter is strapped to a med. She can't move and there is a cloth in her mouth. Tears are streaming down her face as she tries to get free. I can't breathe. It feels like there is a knife being driven into heart and that if keeps being pushed deeper and deeper in. I don't know where the blade keeps finding new places to make me hurt.

Abigail smiles, "Let's see how this one takes to genetic modification."

My eyes go wide, and I shout out, "NO!"


I need to get them away from her.

Suddenly I see the evil lady walk in and she gestures toward one of the guys and a giant screen comes down. A camera flicks on and I see an angry Tony and the rest of the Avengers.

"Where. Are. My. Kids." Tony says lividly. Note to self, don't mess with Tony Stark.

"Did you really think I would let Nick Fury figure out where my secret operation was? No, I'm too smart for that. Putting a tracker in your daughter's arm was smart. It was a valiant effort. Is that right Morgan?"

I see Morgan crying and I know I need to do something. Tony can't possibly get here in time. I glance around the room where I see a control panel that looks like it has electrical stuff. I walk over and pry it open. If I pull out all the wires, that'll only shut down the power downstairs. But, if I short circuit a wire I could make an electrical explosion that could catch fire to something, but it might not be big enough. Unless I make multiple short circuits to cause a huge explosion which could kill me.

I see the sly expression on the lady's face and the look of fear in Morgan's eyes.

"Let's see how this one takes to genetic modification," the lady says.

Tony shouts, "NO!", just as the lady gives a signal to one of the scientists.

I mess up the placement between the second step in the power face and the other wires quickly as he reaches for the level.

I turn around and run towards the door. It feels like everything is in slow motion. I glance back downstairs.

"Now!" the lady says and I feel a force through me across the room towards the back wall. Everything goes black.


"Now!" Abigail shouts and my heart stops. Suddenly there's a loud boom and I see Abigail look surprise before the screen goes black.

"Fri, pinpoint that explosion!"

"It's ten miles from here. I have sent the location to the quinjet as well."

"Let's go!" I say as I take off. I know the other Avengers are behind me but all I can think about is getting to Morgan and AJ.

As we near the supposed base, all I can see is smoke and people escaping the building.

"Guys round up the scientists escaping the base."

"You got it, Stark," Sam responds from the quinjet.

Without even check in, I know Rhodey's going to follow me into the building.

"Friday scan for Morgan."

She highlights a path to find my daughter and I quickly fly into the building. It's burning down and Rhodey and I are clearing rubble out of the way, in order just to get to the room.

We finally get to the center of the blast, which is where Friday said Morgan's vital last were, and everything goes silent around me except for my own heart beat. The room and its surrounding observation deck was pitch black.

"Tones…"

I climb in the room and retract my helmet because I can't breathe. I scan everywhere for her until I spot the charred metal table she was strapped too. I clamor over to it and pull the table away. Behind it was my daughter. Her eyes were closed.

I retract the glove and gently shake her, "Morgan ...Morgan…..come on baby. It's time to wake up," my voice cracks near the end.

It's an eternity later when I see her eyelids flutter open.

"Daddy?" she croaks out.

I sigh a sigh of relief, "Yeah baby it's me."

"Fri, scan Morgan for injuries."

"Broken arm, smoke inhalation, and a few burns but she will be fine. Yeah can pick her up, Boss. I should also tell you that the fire in the observation deck is getting worse and will collapse the building in about ten minutes you should leave."

I nod as I pick Morgan up.

I glance back at Rhodey and he's holding Abigail, who is unconscious. I glare and he shoots me a look, "She's a horrible human being but we can't let her die."

"Fine," I growl.

Morgan turns her head, "Daddy, what's that banging?"


I wake up feeling hot. I glance around me and everything is in smoke. The fire is getting bad and I have to get out of here. I try to stand but I can't move. I look towards my lower half and realize a piece of rubble and fallen on my leg.

I try to push it off but nothing happens. Oh my goodness, I could die in here. I start praying harder than I have in my entire life, and the tears start to fall down my face. Suddenly I catch a glance of a piece of metal to right my right. I start banging on it praying someone would hear me to save me.

After I'm about to give up I hear someone spraying parts of the fire down and then footsteps. I look up in time to see Tony's ironman mask sliding off his face. Prayer really works because I should be dead.

"Tony!" I say raspily.

He gives me a small smile, "Hey kid, what do you say we get out of here?"

"That's a good idea," I say with a cough.

"Fri, show me what we got," he says and then I see a frown appears on his face.

"Kid can you feel your leg?"

I swallow, "Yes. It's like it's asleep."

He nods, "Ok I'm going to lift this off of you and then pull you out. Ok?"

I nod.


I lift the rock off the kid's leg and pull him out just as the flames erupts around us. I cover him.

When I look back, I ask, "You okay?"


I want to say yes but then I feel a sharp pain in my leg. The pain is blinding. I also feel equally as light. I want to sleep. It's like someone's pulling a quilt over my body, especially my chest.


"Boss, AJ is going into hypovolemic shock from the crush syndrome and blood loss he acquired. He needs a hospital as soon as possible.

I pick him up and fly out of the room. Rhodey had taken Morgan and Demon Lady while I was grabbing AJ, so I don't have to worry about them.

We get outside and I fly him right over to the paramedics. I tell them what Friday said and they push me out of the way. For the first time, I look at him and realize how much he looks like my dad did as I kids. There are only a few pictures of Howard as a kid and Pep and I found them right before we had Morgan. I can't believe I didn't see it earlier.

Suddenly I hear, "He's in vfib."

Rhodeys pulling me back, "Tony let them do their jobs. Go see Morgan."

I walk over to Morgan and pick her up. I hold her as she buries her head in my neck to finally go to sleep. The doctors will give her a cast at the hospital. I watch as they charge the defibrillator to shock AJ. His heart stopped.

I look at Rhodey, "I have two dead children that I didn't even know."

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