Hello Lovely People! before we get into the next chapter I have to shout out my reviewers/ The last chapter I meant to name you guys but I forgot and had already published the chapter, so I will do so now!

I want to send Love to RhizOneill, The Yoshinator, Chuuulip, Sweets 1111, Belsouza, moonlightkiss1515, and scarletwitch0!

You guys rock and I LOVE reading your reviews!

To RhizOneill:

I cried while writing it, It was an emotional one for me and took some deep-rooted feels inside to get this one to come out right, and Loki was angry with me for letting that evil elf get his hands on him in battle. :)

To scarletwitch0:

You have great attention to detail:) Yea, Darcy's eyes are blue in reality but for the purpose I needed them to be brown for two reasons. The first being showing a more dramatic change between her eye colors when they change from brown to grey. The second reason is to be revealed at a later date. And I DO believe you will like the reason. Thanks for noticing!

Also Love to all 67 followers, and those who have favorited this story!

And now that my rambling is done. I wish to leave you with this chapter and the knowledge that Iam trying to stay ahead of myself, sometimes I get so excited about what I've written that I post and then I get so busy I don't have time to write so then stuff gets messed up.

Anywho,enough talking onward with the story! xoxoxo

Chapter 13: A Burden with Glorious Purpose

*Two days later*

To say Darcy was catatonic was a bit of an overstatement. She breathed, and took a shower on her own, even drunk some water, but she hadn't been paying attention to who was bringing to water to her. Something in Darcy said that she couldn't wallow forever, and the sadness of her room was crushing. She needed to see sunlight, moon light something. She pulled her robe over her road runner Pj's and walked into her living room, to find to her surprise Tony Stark laid on her couch, in his hot rod pajama bottoms and black tank top, with a bowl of Trix, watching Saturday morning cartoons. Judging by the state of her living room (being an empty tumbler of whiskey and another full one next to it, take out box and some soda cans scattered,)she figured he had been the one to stay, only leaving to take a shower and in that case Pepper stayed behind to watch her. She idly wondered if she was on suicide watch...

"I'm sure there's a reason my living room looks like it got hit by a hurricane."

Tony who hadn't realized she walked in the room jumped a little, then sat his almost finished bowl of cereal down on her coffee table.

"Yep, you are the only one in this whole building besides myself who keeps Trix in their cabinet and I haven't sent out my shopping list yet."

Tony joked, looking a bit relived when he saw her face crack into a very small smile.

"Well then by all means help yourself."

She said going along with his joke, although it was lacking the Darcy charisma, he knew she was still in there. It gave him a bit more relief. He watched her move to her kitchen and pour herself some water and yank the pizza box from the pizza he ordered from last night, out of her fridge and open it, taking two slices and warming them up in the microwave before sitting across from him on (ironically enough) the loveseat.

He was happy he hadn't had to force feed her, it meant she still has some interest in living. He waited until she got a whole slice down before speaking.

"This may not be the brightest question, but how are you feeling Darcy?"

Tears welled up in her eyes and while a few managed to escape she wouldn't let them over take her.

"It hurts like hell. To watch someone you love... Just... Die. Dissipate like he never existed. It sounds stupid to have fallen in love with someone that quickly but I did. Stupid Stupid Darcy!"

"It's not stupid to fall for someone Darcy. For a long time I was afraid to tell Pepper how I felt, I was afraid to love her, because in my family it was "frowned upon" to show affection. It's not stupid Darcy, no matter what anybody ever tells you"

Tony and Darcy stared at each other, Darcy kept crying and as much as Tony had a fear of the girl feels, he would brave it for Darcy and for Pepper but he would never tell anyone that. He moved next to her and let her cry on his shoulder. After 15 minutes she sat up straight, and wiped her face. She knew she couldn't stay in here crying, she had to get out.

"Tony, I can't stay in here anymore. This room is crushing me, I will go insane if I stay here any longer"

Tony looked at her, his eyes perked up. He had the perfect idea. He knew what could cheer her up and get her out of the tower.

"Alright, I've got the perfect idea. You take a shower, get dressed meet me at the penthouse in a half an hour. I have to round-up the gang"

She nodded and took her other slice of pizza to her room...

*An Hour Later*

Everyone was piled into some cars and pulled up to park in some parking spaces with a bunch of other cars. The drive had been about 30 minutes away, and Darcy had no clue where they were going, nor did she care. The wind on her face was enough to remind her that she was alive. It seemed everyone else knew exactly where they were going and had dressed down, in jeans and whatever they felt comfortable in. Darcy made sure she was not in the same car as Jane and Thor not because she didn't want to be around Thor, but because she'd strangle Jane if she got too close. She'd chosen to ride in the car with Tony, Pepper, and Happy. She could hear happiness and for some reason she wanted to shut in on herself a bit. She certainly knew she'd never feel truly happy again.

"You are going to love this Kiddo. Come on!"

Tony helped his women out the car and once everyone was grouped together he led them around the corner and into a carnival. Darcy smiled, she loved Carnivals as a kid, the smell of fried dough and French fries stirred something within her, calling back all the memories. Thor looked confused as shit, he was not sure what a carnival was and why they were going to one, but Tony had said it was for Lady Darcy and he knew she was mostly effected by the loss of his brother. Jane had explained her reasoning to why she and Darcy were not speaking but it didn't make sense about why Darcy would be mad at someone who was trying to help her. He could only guess it was in her grief she behaved like this.

"A Carnival Tony?"

Darcy spoke, while Tony grinned and led the way to the ticket booth. He spoke to the kid running the thing.

"I need all day wrist band for the next 50 people who come in the carnival today. Starting with these thugs behind me."

Tony joked, while the teenage choked at seeing the name on the credit card. He begged him for an autograph and once granted he attached the wristbands to everyone's wrist obviously missing the point of all the Avengers being in front of him. They entered, and Tony turned to face the group, and smiled at the two additions of Steve and Bruce's girlfriends who met them at the gate.

"Alright we've got all day here, so have fun, play some games, each some food. Most of these booths take credit cards, so have fun on SHIELD, and if you need money I think there is a ATM over there."

Everybody laughed, Tony must have wired their cards to SHIELD'S direct pay line. Darcy didn't complain, but her heart did break a little at the sight of everyone coupled off, it reminded her of the retreat time, and how she had come to love him. Tony could tell the everyone leaving in pairs had effected her, so he grabbed Peppers waist and tossed his arm around Darcy's slumped shoulders.

"Alright my lovely ladies get to decide what ride we go on first, then me and Happy choose one."

Darcy smiled and she and Pepper ran to the merry-go-round...

*Later that night*

Darcy clutched her bear that Thor had won for her at the milk bottle toss, (although he broke the game), it was large and it felt like another person which she was grateful for as she ate her cotton candy and got in a cart by herself on the Ferris wheel. Tony had tipped the man to keep it for the Avengers for a while, so each couple had a cart to themselves, even Happy had chatted up some woman with long blonde hair and a pretty smile. Darcy didn't mind being alone for the moment, she had kinda felt like a third wheel all day despite Tony and Pepper's attempts to make her feel otherwise. Once at the top she gazed off into the nighttime sky, and let her tears fall a little, remembering when she and Jane had gazed on those stars looking for Thor to return and he hadn't, much like Loki hasn't this time. Only it was permanent this time around. Then something started happening to Darcy, her view became not of New York's view but one of somewhere else. She blinked trying to clear her vision but as the views flickered back and forth her blinking only served to make the new view clearer...

She found herself in a dark, desolate place. No sign of life until she heard chuckling coming from behind her, she panicked and turned to see Malekith and some very large purple dude were standing over some gray slab of rocks, clearly leaning over the body of someone, she just couldn't see who. They began to talk, and turned around. She sighed with relief when she realized she couldn't be seen.

"He is almost complete."

Said the purple dude.

"I mean no disrespect, but your army is willing to follow him into folly again?"

Said Malekith, weaving magics unto the figure in front of him.

"Yes, they follow my command. If I say to kill themselves, they will without question. He will lead them again, and this time he will succeed only to fall at my hands! He will be my greatest servant! And he will be my greatest victory!"

Said the purple one. Then just as he was moving back so that she could see who it was they would have to defeat, her vision changed and she found herself moving down toward to ground in her little cart.

What in the hell was that? That couldn't have been real,that had to be some figment of her wild and delusional imagination. She did her best not to look panicked in front of the team, because for some reason, her gut was telling her not to say anything, in fact she knew that only one person would know she wasn't crazy and that was Tony.

He came and stole a piece of her pink sugar, causing Darcy to laugh and yank it away before he stole more.

"Hey! That's mine! Get your own Richie rich!"

"But cotton candy always tastes better when you steal it from someone else."

"Yea, remember that when I'm taking food off your plate."

Darcy then walked beside Tony, Pepper who smiled at the pair. Darcy whispered to Tony.

"I need to talk to you in private"

"Now?"

"Are we in private Tony? Of course not now, but later. It's important"

"Okay, how about you me and some shawarma?"

"Bet!"

Darcy said offering Tony some more candy. Out the corner of her eye she could see Jane and Thor being all lovey dovey, it was disgusting, yet it made her sad. It wasn't an intentional slap in the face, but it was. She rolled her eyes and looked away.

"And maybe while we are out you can explain to me, why you and Jane aren't speaking and you look like you wanna smack her."

Darcy grinned a sad grin.

"Fine. And I don't wanna Slap her. I want to strangle her, but it's ok"

"Yea sure I can see that, let me ask Pepper if its ok"

"Yes Please go check, I'd hate for Pepper to be mad at me for taking you out."

Tony laughed and fell back to Pepper. She understood that she needed to talk to him. Pepper wasn't the one to push, so when Tony came back with the Avengers and decided he wouldn't leave Darcy alone, and said that he'd be the one staying... She knew Tony like the back of her hand, so she knew that for whatever reason Tony liked this girl, and no she didn't mean like in a sexual manner, (he had proved this last night) no she knew that he had found himself wanting to look after her. Pepper hoped this was a large sign of maturity. She made sure everybody got to where they wanted to go while Tony and Darcy broke away, with Pepper smiling at their retreating forms pushing each other...

*Dinner*

Darcy let Tony order their meals from the little menu, and she ordered herself a soda. They sat in the way back and waiting for their food.

"So why did you want to talk to me of all people, my penchant for narcissism usually does not call people to have unnecessary conversations with me"

Tony said smirking at her.

"For one thing I know you have stayed with me when I was out of it for a bit and I needed to thank you."

"It was nothing. If I cried like that, I'd want somebody around. Well I'd want somebody of the opposite sex around"

Darcy started laughing.

"Even in a serious situation like this one, you manage to make me laugh."

"Okay okay, tell me the deal. Why aren't you and Jane talking?"

"Right after you guys left..."

Darcy launched into explaining what exactly happened, and Tony had a sadden expression on his face.

"Not to get into all that Girly shit, but how could she act like that. That's cold, Darcy it's okay to mourn, it's not like he's been gone 2 years, it's been two days. I'd be worried if you weren't mourning."

Darcy nodded.

"Yea, I just don't understand her, I mean it's not like I was running off to commit evil deeds with him or anything. We were just dating."

"Maybe she just couldn't accept that little Dar Dar is growing up"

Tony said reaching up to try and pinch her cheeks. Darcy yanked her face and pushed his hand away laughing.

"Don't touch my face, and for the love of God do not ever call me little Dar Dar"

"Fine fine. Here comes our food anyway"

The owner dropped off our food at the table, happy to serve food to Tony Stark his food...

They ate, well Tony ate and Darcy picked knowing that after she talked to Tony despite that she considered him a friend, he still might think her crazy in her time of grief, and ignore what she had to say. Her friends as of late hadn't been proving themselves to be the best choices well... One hadn't. She waited until he got about half done with his food, but he beat her to it.

"So you got something going on in your head... Spill it."

Darcy watched Tony wipe his face with a paper napkin and sit back waiting for her to start.

"Don't you want to finish first?"

"I'm fine, you on the other look like your about to toss some major cookies. Go ahead and get it off your chest."

"Okay"

Darcy took a deep breath and continued.

"When we were at the fair and I was up on the Ferris wheel..."

Darcy began to spill on everything she saw in her vision. Tony's eyes got wide, and he leaned back thinking.

"I believe you"

"You do?"

Darcy said in a surprised manner.

"Yea, look the day Loki died you were arguing with Jane and during which your eyes flashed"

"Huh, what do you mean my eyes flashed?"

"They changed from brown to gray for a split second. I don't think anybody else noticed, but I did. Then when you went in your rooms, the door closed, but you didn't touch it. So yes I believe you about the vision thing"

Darcy sat back, was she going crazy, what was wrong with her?

"What's wrong with me?"

Darcy had some tears in her eyes.

"I don't think there is anything wrong with you Darcy. I think something is going on inside of you."

"Yea I guess so"

Tony looked her over.

"Hey, so just so I'm clear Mischief man didn't..."

He stopped mid sentence, kinda nervous to ask.

"He didn't what?"

"Eh... He didn't like leave you with a little mischief-maker of your own did he?"

He asked afraid of her response. It took a minute for her to get what he was talking about, and then when it hit her she gasped.

"Oh good lord Tony! No No NO! Loki did not leave me with a little Loki thank you... At least I don't think he did..."

She said to just to mess with him. Tony's started coughing on the drink he picked up.

"You don't think..."

One look at Tony's face and she busted out laughing at him.

"Tony, Tony, breathe! I'm not preggo okay"

He let out a sigh of relief.

"Good, for a second there I thought I was going to have to send you away."

"Send me away? Tony why would you have sent me away? Why? Would I be a disgrace to the mighty Avengers team?!"

Darcy was angry! How could he say that to her? Would they really hide her away if she carried Loki's child?

Her eyes flashed again, freaking Tony out. He reached over a grabbed her hand.

"Wait Wait! Calm down techie! Nobody would make you disappear because you wouldn't be a disgrace. I would have gotten you out of here safe, because you know as well as I do that if you were carrying Loki's baby that Fury would do everything in his power to get his hands on it and use the baby for whatever he sees fit."

Darcy settled down. Tony kept talking.

"Darcy you do realize that if Shield figures out something odd like glowing eyes and visions is going on with you, he will do everything he can to try and keep you under their control. Fury will never just let you walk away."

Darcy looked at him slightly frightened and she knew he was right. Director Fury would never let her just be, no matter how much she begged or he told her otherwise. If he found out about her freaky-ness he'd try and collect her...and she couldn't allow herself to be collected...

Iron Man is one of my favorite Avengers and I can't help but think he would be the best in the situation, unexpectedly!:)

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