"Pep, I can't move it at all"
The beeping of the heart monitor, although less so than moments before, is uncomfortably frequent.
Pepper places a hand on Tony's cheek and turns to look at the doctor again.
"Do I need to remind you to inform Miss Maximoff and Miss Udaku that their patient is awake, or did you at least manage that on your own?"
The doctor mumbles something, turning a shade of pink and dashes, stumbling out of the room.
Pepper glares after him for a moment, and returns her gaze to Tony.
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" That is cheating Parker"
"No, I think its pretty fair. And Morgan really wants ice cream. Don't you?"
He looks up at her, and she nods enthusiastically. Harley adjusts his grip on her legs. He sighs.
"Fine you win. But wipe that shit eating grin off your face, no need to rub it in"
"Shit!"
"Morgan! No!"
"Shit!"
She giggles.
"Pepper's gonna have my head"
"Two scoops of ice cream?"
"You know, Tony warned me about this before ... You're a regular extortionist aren't you?"
"Daddy likes that word.. And ice pops"
Harley sighs again and Peter laughs.
"You two suck."
He lifts Morgan off his shoulder and holds her out to Peter.
"Here, take your traitor and begone from my presence"
Peter laughs again and takes Morgan, setting her on the ground, and grabs her hand to stop her from disappearing.
-ooooo-
"Tony, you're awake"
Wanda looks like she could cry.
"Not looking too bad yourself"
"Hello colonisers."
Shuri walks in and nods at them in greeting. She glances around the room.
"Where are my charts, and scans?? Why is there nothing in here?"
"I'll pretend that didn't hurt".
She rolls her eyes at Tony and turns to Pepper and Wanda.
"I've been put of the country for the week" Pepper looks ready physically fight the doctor.
"I was not informed of anything., and in all honesty I don't know what a regular hospital room should look like" Wanda looks at the floor.
"The checks I could do did indicate that his body was repairing. And I helped it along a bit, with... uh.. well " She lets some red wisps dance around the room.
"White people! I'm using my tech on this... None of their stuff"
Shuri taps a bead on her bracelet.
Almost instantly a man steps into the room holding a sleek black case. Shuri takes it from him and he leaves.
-ooooo-
"Huh"
"What??"
Peter and Morgan look expectantly at Harley, who is staring at his phone screen.
"Nothing" Harley frowns at his phone and sends off a message.
"That doesn't seem like nothing"
"Maybe he has a girlfriend" Morgan smiles up at Harley, who tips her cap down over her face.
"Hey!"
Harley laughs. They're almost at the front of the line so he turns to his companions.
"So what do y'all want?"
-ooooo-
"So, Mr. Stark, can you feel anything on your right side?"
Shuri lifts his arm and lightly pokes it. Tony tries to move it, obviously annoyed at being manhandled. Shuri pokes his leg.
"Ouch ?? I can feel stuff... I just can really move my arm, or my leg properly" he grimaces, hating that he can't do anything about his condition.
"Okay, that's good."
"Good?"
"It's less damage than we", Shuri gestures to herself and Wanda, "initially thought."
"It also means that we should be able to completely reverse the damage done. Your body was not designed to hold excessive amounts of energy."
"You could barely survive as a conductor for it"
Pepper grips his left hand tighter. Tony gently squeezes it in response.
"I'm here Pep, it's gonna take a lot more than a few shiny stones to take me out"
Pepper looks at him. Tony is rendered speechless seeing the tears in her eyes.
"That's the thing Tony, you almost did die."
-ooooo-
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