Chapter 6! woo!
After Tony dropped Sarah off in the x-ray room, he slowly wondered his way back to the waiting room, trying to keep the thoughts from entering his head. He was a father? No way. he was not father material. Besides, wouldn't he have known if Pepper had been Pregnant when she left? But, she seemed serious when she said that.
"Stop it," he said to himself as he sat down in one of the chairs, farthest away from anyone else he could get, "She's not actually yours, shes lying because she hates you." he said firmly. "She just wants to see you fall even more. She's just screwing with your head. Yes, that's it. She's just screwing with you."
"You know sir, talking to yourself is the first sign of going crazy." said a young girl who was about 6 seats away from him. She couldn't have been any older then 11.
"You know, I actually knew that" he responded in a flat voice, He really didn't have time for this sort of nonsense.
"So does that mean that your crazy?" she asked. She seemed genuinely curious. Like seeing a crazy man would totally make all her dreams come true.
"Possibly." he responded and turned away from the girl, as his thoughts strayed back to Sarah. There was just absolutely no way, she was his daughter
Although, he couldn't deny that she looked a lot like Pepper, it could be a coincidence. There were a lot of pictures floating around the Internet of people claiming to be him, just because they had like the same basic face structure.
"Yeah. That must be it. Just a coincidence. She doesn't even look anything like you." Except the eyes. He thought. Gah, he needed to get his mind off of this.
"You really should stop talking to yourself" the girl said, he glared at her, but didn't respond. He then stood up and walked over to the Nurse's station.
"Nurse, do you have something I could fix?" he asked the nurse who brought Sarah the water. She seemed to be getting frazzled with all of the requests these two had made. Just because they were celebrities didn't mean she was their slave.
"Sorry Mr. Stark, everything is in perfect working order" She said, through a forced smile.
"Are you sure?" he asked, he really needed something to take his mind off the current issue at hand.
"I'm sure Mr Stark," she responded "But your welcome to sit in the waiting room and read a magazine" Tony made a face, but still walked over and picked up a magazine that had his face plastered across the front. The head line read "Stark Industries old news?" He scoffed at the magazine. It was almost 2 years old. This hospital really needed to update their Magazine selection. This would not take his mind off of the situation.
How had this even happened? Tony thought, They had always been so careful. He knew Pepper had been on the pill and he always was protected to avoid something like this. He would not make a good father. Not now. He had the Avengers to worry about now, he couldn't afford another distraction.
And if Tony was telling the truth, that's all Sarah was to him, a distraction. Even if she was his daughter, she was still nothing more then a distraction to him. He needed to find a way to scare her away. He needed to prove that he would be a terrible father and hopefully that would drive her back to her mother. Away from him.
But... He couldn't do that. He wasn't that heartless. Fury had said that she was in danger so he still had to be there for her. He needed to protect her, not because of his duty to her as her father, but because he was Iron Man. Because of that, he needed to be there for her now. He didn't know how to though. They should've made a manual. "What to do when the person you despise revels that their your child!" I'm sure it would've been a big seller, Tony thought. Maybe I'll write it after I figure out what to do. And he'll be sure to add in an "What to do if your also a Superhero" Chapter.
He needed to talk to Pepper, get her side of the story, but he wasn't exactly sure how to contact her. Obviously she changed her number and everything so that Tony wouldn't be able to find her. Well, he thought, let's see what this phone can do.
He pulled out the phone Sarah had handed him this morning and called the Stark Tower and put in his own personal extension, hoping someone would be around the phone. Preferably one of the team members.
"Hello, Tony Stark's office. Bruce Banner speaking, How can I help you?"
"Bruice!" Tony said, "What's up?"
"I'm sorry who is this?" Bruce said, although Tony could hear the smile in his voice. It was obvious that Bruce knew this was Tony.
"It's me" Tony responded
"I'm sorry sir, but I don't know a Me"
"Okay Mr. Funny guy, It's Tony"
"Oooh well! Why didn't you just say so?"
"Shut it, I need your help" Tony said.
"Yeah sure, What can I help you with?" Bruce said, Getting concerned, Tony didn't ask for help, In fact, he avoided it as much as possible.
"I need you to download JARVIS onto this phone" That sounded more like Tony, Just needed someone else to do the grunt work.
"Of course, your gonna need to tell me how to do it though"
"It's not hard, just tell JARVIS to transfer to this phone"
"Oh well, that's easy" Bruce said. Tony heard shuffling as Bruce put the phone down.
"JARVIS," He heard Bruce say, "Tony needs you to be downloaded onto the phone he is currently calling from"
"Of course Mr. Banner" JARVIS responded. Toby waited for a few moments until he heard "All files have been successfully transferred"
"Great!" Tony said "Thanks Bruce" and he hung up.
"Alright JARVIS, let's see what this phone can do. Locate any files that has the name "Virginia Sttop" on it." He decided to start with that name because Sarah used Sttop, so maybe, he though, Pepper has switched and used it too.
"Of course sir, I shall notify you if I find anything"
"Thanks." Tony said and then he realized he was stuck doing nothing again. Nothing but his thoughts to entertain him, and right now, his thoughts were betraying him. He needed to clear his mind.
What he really needed was to take a fly in his suit, it would help him clear his head. Help him to start thinking sensible thoughts. He did the math in his head. Normally x-rays would take about 10 minutes to be taken, then at least another 15 minutes, possibly longer, for the doctor to look over them and decide if anything was wrong. If the bone was broken, it would take about another 20 minutes to set the cast. but if it wasn't then it could take about 10 minutes for them to get the toes wrapped up and put into a steady place. He already wasted 10 minutes thinking and talking to Bruce, So, He figured, he could probably get at least a 15 minute flight in.
And if he does happen to take longer, then well, Sarah knows how to use a phone.
Really Short Chapter. I'm not really sure how much I like this chapter, but it needed to be written so TA-DA.
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