Chapter 1: 3 Months Later
Steve groaned as he listened to Tony plead with Nicole, begging her to let him buy things for the baby yet again. He had already furnished an entire nursery, complete with a virtual ceiling and walls to show different things to sooth and calm the baby. On top of that he had gotten many clothes and outfits, and even toys for the baby. Quite frankly, Nicole was tired of it.
"Mein Gott Tony! Nein! Not anymore!"
"But Nicole please~?"
The woman sighed, carrying Elizabeth -now affectionately called Lizzie by her father- over to Steve to hold. He chuckled and took the child, bouncing her in her hands. She squealed happily, oblivious to her "uncle" Tony getting threatened by her mother.
"Such a cutie! I know you're going to grow up to be a beauty!" Steve gave the girl an eskimo kiss, making her giggle. He smiled, bouncing her again as Nicole walked over. "She's being so spoiled."
"Vell she is our first." Nicole chuckled. "Und she is adorable."
"I bet she knows it too! Don't you Lizzie?" the girl squealed in delight. "Yup she does!"
Tony laughed, rubbing his bruised arm. "Of course she does! We spoil her too much for her to think otherwise!"
"Ve? Nein, jou spoil her zoo much! I vould prefer her zo have a more humble upbringing but nein~! Jou vant zo give her even zhe craziest zhings zhat she doesn't need!" Nicole glared at him. "Jou are going zo corrupt my daughter vith materialistic needs!"
"I'm not corrupting her!"
"Jou're not alvays going zo be around zo do zhese zhings for her! Vhat are jou going zo do vhen jou've corrupted her so much she turns out zo be a total brat? I'll never forgive jou!"
Steve rolled his eyes, carrying his daughter out of the room. Lizzie laughed happily, reaching up to grab his face.
"Daddy~!"
The man froze, looking down at his daughter in shock, which prompted her to repeat the word again. Nicole was just approaching when he darted toward the elevator, heading for Bruce's lab. His wife shouted in confusion as she followed, just barely missing the elevator doors. But she soon joined him in the box, startling their daughter when she slid in through the emergency hatch.
"Vhat zhe heil Steve?!"
He looked at her with a scared look on his face, leaving her to follow when the elevator stopped. He quickly carried his daughter to Bruce, surprising the man when he looked up and saw the terrified looking soldier standing there.
"Bruce I want you to check Lizzie!"
"What? Is something wrong?"
"She's talking Bruce. She called me 'daddy'! Twice!"
Nicole felt her stomach twist as she thought about that. Their daughter was only three months old, she shouldn't be talking yet! "Vhat?"
Bruce quickly took Lizzie from her father, carrying her over to a table. He gave her parents an apologetic look before getting a needle, and proceeded to take a blood sample from the girl. But they we all surprised when she merely whimpered, not crying as a typical baby would.
"Just let me run some tests on this. I'm sure I already know what's going on, but I want to be sure."
"Vhat do jou zhink it is?" Nicole walked over to pick up her daughter, gently wiping the blood away from where the needle had been inserted. Steve carefully put a band-aid on the spot, giving it a gentle kiss before looking at his friend.
"Bruce?"
The man sighed. "You've both been injected with the super soldier serum, or in Nicole's case the DNA of a super soldier. DNA being the key word here. Both of your DNA has mutated to perfection, and half of each parent's DNA is what is passed on. Either way she will had gotten a full Super Soldier gene, so her fast development may very well be a result of having inherited the genes from you two. This may be perfectly normal for her."
Steve frowned. "Man… So she's going to be like us?"
"More than likely, yes." Bruce shrugged. "I'll know more after I test her blood though, so for now you two should go look into schooling because I think she'll need it earlier than you expected."