So great feedback so far, I really enjoy reading your reviews so keep them coming! Continuing of the first chapter, how will Tony save his daughter?
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Tony came back from his house 45 minutes later with a vial of the greenish liquid. JARVIS had run analysis on every combination of herbs, meds, and elements and had found a combination with the only side affect being drowsiness if given in the right dosage. JARVIS had also given a set dosage for the age, weight, and health of his daughter.
He re entered the hospital with his hopes high. He was going to save his daughter.
He went to the observation room and waved for Alisha to come out. "Did you do what I suggested?" he asked.
She groaned at the question. "It took every ounce of my convincing ability to make them try, I even bet my job on it, but they did and you were right. We lowered the oxygen level slowly in the room, we started 20 minutes ago and her condition has been getting slowly better. Her heart is beating and she has even opened her eyes" Alisha said with obvious excitement. The Doctors in the room where giving the two very hard looks. One could tell that they did not like to be upstaged by a non professional.
Tony handed Alisha the serum, told her what was in it, and gave her the dosage. "And you are sure this will work" she asked looking at the green liquid, her face a mask of professional calm.
"JARVIS is never wrong about this. I am positive, but you will need to bring the oxygen levels back up" Tony said looking at his daughter. Her head was facing away from him so he could not see her eyes. "What color are her eyes?"
"Well all babies' eyes are blue when they first open, it takes a little for the pigments to adjust" Alisha said as she went back into the room. After obvious arguing, pointing, and glaring from the other doctors, they finally went to the vents and turned a dial. Within a few minutes his daughter began to show the signs from before. Right as her body began to go still, Alisha applied the serum. 5 minutes later, the little girl was acting like a normal, healthy baby. They brought her out, all wrapped up in a pink blanket and let Tony hold her.
"Hi there cutie, I'm your dad" He said as he rocked her slowly back and forth. The girl opened her eyes, they where a rich green color with a hint of blue. She blinked up at him. "I'm your father" he said with a smile. "I'm a father" he said more to himself out of shock. He couldn't really believe it. "Can we bring her to Pepper?" He asked Alisha.
"Yes but she will have to be in this" Alisha said as she brought an incubator out from inside the observation room. He very gently put her down in it and Fallowed Alisha to room 201. He walked in first.
Pepper was sitting on the bed, her face in her hands. Rhodey and Happy where on either side of her telling her that Tony would do whatever it took to save his little girl. He was also surprised to see the rest of the Avengers sitting with them. Steve, Natasha, Bruce, Clint, even Thor was there. Rhobey was talking about the time when Pepper was standing right next to a bomb when Tony interrupted them with a knock on the wall. "Tony, what happened, is she alright, is she alive?" Pepper bombarded him with questions. Tony placed his hands on her shoulders to steady her since she had stitches from the c-section.
"She is healthy, beautiful, and right here" he said bringing Pepper over to the door. Pepper walked over to the child and cried tears of joy.
"I thought I had lost you too. Oh Tony isn't she the cutest thing in the world" Pepper said, reaching her hand in to stroke her daughters face and feel her.
"Yes she is, and very stubborn. Is it ok if I name her?" Tony asked looking over at his two girls. He knew Pepper wanted to name the baby if it was a girl, but he had the perfect name.
"Sure Tony, just as long as I approve of it" she said placing her other hand in the incubator.
"I want to name her Alisha, after the two women who helped save her" He said looking to the head nurse.
Pepper smiled "I was thinking the same thing" she said kissing Tony's hand. "Thank you Alisha, for everything"
"It's what I do Mrs. Stark. Though I can't take all the credit, I was just here to help. Mr. Stark here saved her with this" Alisha said holding up the serum. "He fingered out what was wrong with her and made this to fix it. But I am afraid she will have to take it for the rest of her life. She is also going to need to stay here for observation. We will tell you if anything important happens." Alisha said as she wheeled the incubator over to the NICU department.
"Wow, you truly know as much as you say you know" Steve said in a grudging yet happy voice.
"Wait, did I just hear a train wreck somewhere, or did you just give me a complement" Tony said smugly, staring at Steve with a sarcastic smile.
"No Stark that was not a complement, you are just trying to boost your own ego like always" Steve said while rolling his eyes.
"Stop girls you are both pretty" Bruce said from the corner. "And congratulations Tony, she's a cutie" He said with a smile.
Congratulations went all around as it finally sunk in that the baby was going to be all right for the time being. He had saved his daughter. He had almost lost her without even knowing her, but he didn't. He was now a father. That's when reality hit him and his adrenalin wore off. "I need to sit down" He said as his body began to sway.
Thor led him over to a chair and sat him down. "Ha welcome to the club, I felt the same way when Halder came to be. I think we all did" Thor said in his booming voice, looking around at everyone. They all nodded. It almost felt like a family reunion. Everyone was laughing, telling stories, making jokes. Even Pepper seamed to look a little more like her old self, but he could tell she was still upset about the two they had lost.
Tony snuck out of the room and walked over to the NICU part of the building, almost like he was being pulled there by his baby girl. He felt like he needed to be near her, that she needed to be protected. He hadn't realized that he had fallen asleep until someone was shaking him. It was Steve.
"Thought you would be somewhere near Alisha. How you feeling Stark?"
"Like the weight of the world in on my shoulders" Tony answered truthfully.
Steve just laughed. "That's what happens when you realize that a child is depending on you to survive" Steve said, misinterpreting what Tony was thinking.
Tony placed his head between his knees. All of a sudden, he felt sick. "I was talking about how I had lost two children and almost a third. Now I feel like the universe is on my back" Tony whimpered as his head started to throb. "I don't know if I am going to be a good father, I mean I can only just take care of myself. How am I going to take care of a little baby who cant do anything for herself?" He sighed.
"You don't have to take care of her alone, that's why you have family. Pepper and the Avengers. And does anyone know what a good father is? We are all different, I didn't think I was going to be a good father either, but you learn. You do what is best for the child and you think about everything before doing anything. It's hard to raise new life but it's worth it." Steve said with pride.
Tony shook his head and began to laugh. "Wow the irony. I feel like a kid having to sit threw a lecture from an old man about what it was like in the old days. Not really that far off considering I'm not a kid. All the same, thanks" Tony said sarcastically. He understood what Steve was trying to say and he did appreciate it even though he would never admit it.
Steve got up, sounding exasperated. "I try and give some advice, and you turn it into an old man joke. How do you do it, I would think it would be hard to do all the time" Steve sighed.
"It is hard to do with normal people, but you make it so easy Cap" Tony said with his famous sly smile.
Steve rolled his eyes and headed back the other way. He was worried that Tony might make a big mistake trying to raise Alisha. Being to over protective can be worse than not being protective enough and Tony was already showing signs of over protectiveness. Only time would tell if his observation was accurate.
Steve walked back into room 201. "He's fine Pepper. He is just brooding over by the NICU section about everything that has happened today. You should get some sleep. Rest up because once you take her home, the real work begins" Steve said with a humorless laugh.
Ok short chapter I know, but it doesn't really make sense to time skip in the middle of a chapter. This chapter was just showing how Tony felt about the situation and that he has grown up at least a little since the Avengers first came together as a team. Reviews are encouraged; I would love to hear what you think of the story and what you would like to see!
