Chapter 25 Break 5
Peter's point of view
The argument between the others triggered a sensory overload in me that I hadn't been expecting. Ned saw it coming and handed me the mask from the original Spider-Man suit.
"OK we're going to take a break now, then we're going to watch the next movie which is Spider-man Homecoming"
"NO!"
"Before we do that though… I have something really important I need to take care of.
There was a knock on the door…
"Anthony Edward Stark, Virginia Anne Potts You have been subpoenaed to appear before the Child Protection Committee of New York and New Jersey tomorrow morning at 0900."
"WHAT? We don't have children yet."
"Apparently you do" said Jay reading over the summons.
"What?"
"Tony, you have…"
Jay handed the paper to me… I read it silently, and handed it to Pepper and the whole world went dark.
Pepper's point of view
"Serendipity what is going on?"
"While you and Tony were apart from when you left Hogwarts until you reunited, he had two relationships. One from 1989 until 1991 and the other from 1996 until 1999. The result of those two relationships was a boy and a girl. The boy was born in August 1996 and the girl was born in December 1999 - December 16th to be exact."
"He's waking up"
Tony's point of view
I woke up in a clinically white room within the room we were watching the movies in. Pepper brought me some hot chocolate and lay on the bed beside me. I put my arm around her and we linked the fingers of our outside hands.
"How do you feel?" she asked
"Like I've been trampled by a herd of rampaging alpacas." I replied
"You fainted, Serendipity has something very important that she needs to tell you."
"OK"
I pulled Pepper onto my lap
"Tony, when you and Pepper weren't together for several years - because you decided to take a break and make sure that you weren't settling… you had two relationships… one with Mary Fitzpatrick - who would later become Mary Parker and the other with Maya Hansen…"
"Right"
"The last night of both of those relationships had the same consequence"
"Meaning?"
"Meaning, you are the biological father of Peter Benjamin Parker."
"Oh"
"You also have a daughter. Maria-Rose Stark"
"So… she's Maya's daughter too right?"
"Yes"
"Well… what happened to Maya?"
"She died. When Maria was 4 years old. Maria is 9 now"
"Oh…"
"Peter is 15"
"Right"
"We have arranged for you to have custody of them"
"Where have they been living?"
"Peter has been living with his aunt and Maria has been living with Pepper's cousin, Shane."
"Serendipity does this mean I have to see Shane? I haven't seen him since I left the custody of his parents when I was 14."
"It probably will but in the time between the end of this mission and the start of the next you will have to meet both of them."
"OK"
"Maybe I can arrange it before the start of the next mission, but I'm not promising that I will be able to."
"There's actually nothing stopping you from meeting Peter and telling him the truth right now"
"I suppose not... in the next break then"
"OK"
