I open my eyes and I'm in a park. I see an old slide and swingset. The equipment definitely looked familiar. I know this place very well. I look towards the swingset and I see a girl swinging with her eyes clothes. Her hair is longer than I remembered and it had more natural blonde highlights too. She must've been spending time in the sun.

Part of me is glad to see her but then something occurs to me, "Am I dead?"

Dani sits up and looks at me. Her eyes are as blue and as lively as they were before, "Technically your heart stopped beating and they're trying to get you back."

I chuckle as I walk over to sit on the swing next to her, "You still haven't learned to sugar coat anything, have you?"

She smiles back with a twinkle in her eyes, "Nope. Never will."

I swallow as I watch her, "It's my choice isn't it?"

She nods.

I look at her, "Are you happy?"

She gives me a pitiful smile, "That's not the question you want to ask. You want to know if I'm okay without you."

I shake my head, "You still know me better than I know myself."

"What are twins for?"

The mood between us softens as she makes eye contact with me, "The answer to that question doesn't matter and shouldn't make you decide to stay or go."

I swallow, "I know."

It's silent and we both know what I decided to do but neither one of us want to say it out loud.

"What's she like?" Dani asks.

"What?"

"Morgan. What's she like?"

I can't help but smile, "She's a little spitfire. She's funny and sassy and really observant. She's smart and creative. Overall, she's just a great kid,"

Dani smiles, "Did you tell her about the Slacasars?"

I nod, "Part of the legend."

"She deserves to know the ending. Tell her I think I found it."

I look at Dani with tears burning at the back of my eyes. She turns to me where I can see tears in her eyes as well.
"Jar, you have nothing to feel guilty about. Take care of our little sister alright?"

I nod as I stand to hug her.

"I miss you," I whisper in her ear.

"You too. I don't want to see you again for a while. Okay?"

I nod, "Love you."

I feel her smirking as she says, "I know."


I watch AJ's heart rate monitor go up and down. It's been a week since the rescue and AJ's been in a medically induced coma. I've been here everyday waiting for him to wake up and having my feelings swirl around inside. He could be the second kid I have that died before I knew about them. I mean granted, I knew him but at the time I didn't know he was mine. Even when I'm with Morgan now I'm thinking about the daughter I never got to know. Morgan's starting to notice that I'm acting weird around her but I can't stop.

Knock. Knock.

I jump as I turn and see Carmen standing in the doorway with Acero.

I nod at her to come in.

She smirks, "I'm assuming you just did some kind of motion with your head and you forgot I'm blind. I'm going to ignore that and come in anyways."

I blush slightly, "Uh...sorry."

Acero leads her to the chair next to mine and she sits, "It's fine."

We sit in silence for about ten minutes before I ask, "So you came to visit AJ?"

"Um...duh Mr. Stark."

I chuckle, "Um...sorry. It's just you normally don't come here."

She shrugs, "I've spent too much time in hospital rooms for my liking."

"So why did you come down here?"

She smiles, "Pepper said I might be able to help with some of your issues regarding Dani since AJ and my mom are out."

"Oh…" I say dumbly.

"Yeah. Oh. We don't have to talk if you don't want to. I just figured I could help you since I can't help Jarvis."

I nod as we drift back into silence. On one hand, I want to know about her but on the other hand, I'm scared to find out.

"Dani was Jarvis's opposite," Carmen starts, having sensed my hesitation, "She was always the more extroverted between the two of them. She pushed him to his limits and always caused trouble."

I smile, and whisper, "What did she look like?"

"According to Jarvis, she looks like Morgan does now, except for a few things. Her hair was brown but as we got older it started getting natural blonde highlights. She only ever wore her hair down because she always told Tia Rosie that it stifled her style."

I chuckled at that as Carmen continues, "Her eyes were blue instead of brown. Her eyes were the brightest and prettiest blue. My Papa used to say that they were the reason you could always tell what she was thinking. Tia Rosie used to 'Tus grandes ojos azules y tu sonrisa rosada me recuerdan que he sido bendecida con una hermosa niña' which means 'Your big blue eyes and rosy smile remind be I am blessed with a beautiful child'."

"That's sweet."

She nods, "I always thought so. They got along well."

She hesitates, "I would tell you more stories and details about her but I am pretty sure this is something Jarvis should do."

I nod, "It is and I am grateful for your company but I have a few more questions."

She nods, "Shoot."

I swallow, "How old was she when she died?"

I watch her stiffen, since she wasn't expecting that question, "They were eleven. She survived the snap and died afterwards."

It's silent for a moment before I ask, "How did she die?"

"All I know is heart failure. The rest of the details...Jar is the only one who knows since he was there."

I nod.

She smiles softly at me, "That didn't make you feel any better did it?"

I sighed, "I missed an entire life. She was a person that came directly from my genes and she never knew her father! She died…," my voice cracked, " and I wasn't there. What kind of dad does that make me?"

I rarely get this emotional and I am definitely surprised it's with a thirteen year old I just met.

It's silent for a few moments before she speaks, "Tony...you didn't know. Judging by the way you reacted to finding out you had children you didn't know, you are a good dad. Plus, Morgan thinks the world of of you and so do Peter and Harley even though they aren't biologically yours. If you were around for Dani and Jar back then you would have been good. Don't feel guilty for things in the past you can't change but instead, focus on the stuff you can now, like building a relationship with Jarvis."

I swallow as I nod. This kid had a point that I'm pretty sure Pepper and Rhodey had been trying to nail into by skull the past week. For some odd reason I'm only getting it now.

"You are a wise kid."

She tosses her hair back, "Duh."

I laugh and she smiles. The silence between us this time is comfortable as we listen to AJ's heart rate monitor.

About ten minutes later Pepper appears at the doorway. I smile to her in greeting and Carmen nods to her after having heard her heels clicking on the ground.

She smiles at me, "Tony why don't you go get a shower and put Morgan to bed? I can sit with AJ for a while. Plus, I think you need to explain to her about AJ."

Part of me wants to protest but the other part knows that I need to see Morgan and shower.

I nod, "Ok. I'll be back in a couple of hours."

I stand to leave the room and Carmen stands also, "I should be heading to bed too. Good night Pepper."

She smiles at Carmen, "Good night Carmen. See you Tony."

I nod as Carmen and I walk out of the room. I glance towards her, "Mind if I walk you to your room?"

She shakes her head, "Knock yourself out."

We walk comfortably for a few moments before I say, "I know you have an old soul but how are you holding up with what's been going on and all?"

She's definitely surprised by the question and I can see her contemplating answering sarcastically but she goes with a genuine answer, "Honestly? It's weird. On one hand I'm mad at my parents for lying to me but on the other hand, it's really cool that my biological father a super secret spy."

I smile, "Fan of spy movies?"

"I've seen every single James Bond movie. I want to get to know him but I don't want to offend my mom, who could be going to jail."

I nod, "It's a tough decision. You should talk to them about it."

She shrugs, "Maybe."

I glance at her door, "Well you should."

"And maybe you should stop stalling."

I glared at her lightly, "I am not stalling."

She smirks, "Sure you're not. Good night Mr. Stark. Thanks for the advise"

"Good night and good luck," I say as I continue down the hallway to the elevator to go to the elevator. That girl was smart. Most people can't call me on my crap like that even after they've known me for awhile. She's known me for like a week and could read me like an open book. Huh, I guess some people are just good at reading people.

The elevator dinged as I arrived on my floor breaking me out of my thoughts. I walked into the living room area and smiled when I saw Morgan sitting at the coffee table. She had a cute little concentration face on and hadn't even noticed I was there.

I walk over, "Hey Morgan. Whatcha doing?"

She looked up and a huge smile spread across her face, "Daddy!"

She runs over and gave me a hug, "I missed you!"

"I missed you to princess."

I glance at her paper, "What are working on?"

"A drawing for AJ since he always gives me drawings. Petey suggested it."

I smile, "Of course he did. Well I'm sure he'll love it."

She smiles, "Can we take it to him?"

"He's still asleep."

"Oh, but you're here."

I wince at that, "Well I wanted to see you for a bit."

She nods and looks at me, "Ok. Can we read a story?"

I nod, "Let's go."

We go to her bedroom and she hops into bed. She smiles at me and it hits me that I missed all of this with Dani and AJ. I'll never get that time back…

"Daddy,'' Are you ok?" Morgan asks quietly.

I look back towards her and wipe my eyes, "Yep. I'm good."

She looks at me with a serious face, "You're lying. What's wrong?"

I sigh as I kneel next to her bed, "It's complicated Princess."

She shrugs, "Uncomplicate it."

I chuckled, "You are too much like me, you know that?"

She shrugs, "That's what everyone says. You didn't uncomplicate it."

Yep just like me, "Okay...you know how Peter and Harley are your brothers because Mommy and I love them and see them like our children even though they aren't biologically ours. Like our DNA didn't create them like it created you. Do you understand?"

She nods so she continues, "So biologically speaking, AJ is your brother."

Her eyes widen a little, "So AJ's your kid?"

I nod, a little scared of her reaction, "So that means he's staying forever right? He's so much better at tea parties and I love the drawings he gives me!"

I smile, "So you're okay you have another brother?"

She nods happily but then a small frown appeared on her face, "Yep!"

I smile at her while glancing at the clock, "Well on that note, why don't we get you to sleep?"

"Because you didn't finish explaining why you're sad. Aren't you happy that AJ's my brother?"

"I'm thrilled that AJ's your brother! I couldn't be happier. But…he….he...had a…." my voice cracks as I looked down. How do you tell a five year old about her dead sister?

"Sister," Morgan supplies and then I see the light bulb go off on her face, "Was she my sister too?"

I nod.

"Oh. AJ said she died. Is that what makes you sad?"

I nod.

She looks at me thoughtfully, "Don't be sad Daddy. Do you remember what you told me when Uncle Steve died?"

I smile, "That he went to a place where he could be happy all the time but he still missed us."

"Well that's where Dani is too, so you don't need to be sad. Okay?"

"Okay," I say as I tuck her into bed and kiss her forehead.

"Love you 3000," she whispers as she dozes off.

"Love you 3000," I say as I walk out of her room. Weirdly the conversations with a five year old and a thirteen year old helped me today.

I glance at where I used to keep my liquor, and shake my head as I walk towards my would've been a good day for a drink.