YAY a long chapter finally! I was cursed with every writers worst dream, WRITERS BLOCK *looks in shock and runs away*. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed, it truly fuels my creativity. I must tell you, depending on how much people like this story I am thinking of writing a story for each of the kids. Let me know your thoughts on that and enjoy the chapter ^^. Once again, reviews are greatly appreciated!
I do not own the avengers team they belong to Marvel and Stan Lee god bless him)
It had been nearly eleven years since Tony had become a father. During that time he had learned, successfully after many times ending in Pepper laughing hysterically at him, to change a diaper; Learned to compensate for having to wake up at night, very grudgingly; Also to bath, dress, and chase after a growing baby girl. It had left him trying to pull out his hair, passing out during the meetings at the tower, and caused one or two arguments between him and his wife. But if you asked him if he would do it all again, he would say without hesitation…yes. He loved being a father, making both his girls smile with just one silly look, teaching Alisha what he knew when she was not goofing off on dummy, his robotic arm, and just being with someone he could act like a kid with and no one would care.
"Sir, all the renovations have been completed. I believe Little Alisha will like her new summer house" said JARVIS in his cool tone. It was the morning of Alisha's 11th birthday and Tony had remodeled his Malibu house into a fun house for Alisha's birthday present, somewhere Alisha could be a kid when he was away.
"No she's not going to like it, she's going to love it JARVIS" Tony said firmly while sitting on the sofa, admiring his work.
"Of course Sir, what was I thinking" JARVIS mocked back.
"I can't believe it's already been 11 years. It feels like she only met the rest of the group yesterday" he thought aloud, remembering that eventful yet trying day.
Alisha had turned 5 years old the month before and it had been a small party since the rest of the Avengers where busy doing other things. They had all decided to meet somewhere and have the kids get to know one another in a group. This would be the first time and Tony was a little nervous.
"Tony, calm down. You are making me nervous" Pepper whispered as they watched Alisha run to the big-toy in the middle of the park. They all had decided on this park because it was less known to the general public and they all wanted a little privacy since it was the kids first time meeting all together.
"I'm sorry Pep, but I am just worried that she will hurt herself or push herself to much"
"She will be fine; she knows her limits better than we do hun. After all it's her that has to deal with this not us" Pepper said in her superiorly wise voice.
Tony smiled and kissed her forehead. She was right, as always. He looked up to find Steve and Jane where there waiting for them, no sign of Bruce, Clint, or Natasha yet. Thor had returned to Ausguard for a short time, he occasionally visited for leisure but most of the time he came to help save the world. "Wow for once we aren't the last ones" Tony said proudly.
"Because I told you we had to be here an hour before it was scheduled hun." Pepper said patting him on the shoulder and walking over to Jane.
Alisha was over on the swings when he saw Tyler and Halder walk over to her.
"Hey Alisha, what are you doing?" Ty asked, leaning on the pole.
"Swinging what does it look like I am doing?" Alisha said without making eye contact. She didn't really like Hal or Ty because they treated her like she was inferior to them. It rubbed her the wrong way.
"Hmmmm, mind if we swing?" Hal asked smiling. There were only two swings and she was using one.
"Sure but it's going to be kinda hard for both of you to fit in that little seat" Alisha said with a bright smile and jumped off before they could react.
She ran over to where the bridge was just as Lance and the twins where getting on the other side. "Run the monsters are after me" Alisha yelled smiling as she ran over the bridge.
"Alisha, we just got here and you are already in trouble. What are we going to do with you" The twins said simultaneously and ran after her while Lance just sat at the top of the slide and played with his toy cars.
They ran around for a while before Alisha had to stop to catch her breath. She stopped right at the monkey bars, letting her feet hang over the little kid side while the twins swung from one bar to the next with ease as she caught her breath.
"Come on guys, let's go over to the swings" Alisha said sliding off the platform and walking over to the swings. Just as she approached the seats, Ty and Halder pushed her out of the way and sat in them. "Oops, sorry Alisha, didn't see you there" Ty said with a hateful smile.
"Guess you really are too small to see huh" Halder snickered and he swung higher and higher.
"Hey, that was mean"
"Ya you could have hurt her badly" The twins complained. The boys jumped off and menacingly walked over to them
"You have a problem with us, we were just heading to the swings and we didn't see her right Hal?"
"Right Ty, I mean she is so small and tiny. She could be taken as an ant even" they were both being very mean, but where quiet enough to not be heard by anyone but Natasha, who was pretty much the referee during this.
"Guys, you know she's right. She could have fallen down and broke her wrist" Said a small voice from above them. Lance was leaning his head out of a gap between the bars.
"Really, and what are you going to do about it, big guy. Come to her rescue?" Ty teased. Lance blushed, gave Alisha an apologetic look and went back to what he was doing. Alisha liked that he was standing up for her. She liked Lance because he was a kind person all around.
"You know Ty; you are really being a ding bat right now, a stupid boy. I don't like to be teased so if you could please stop teasing me and at least just leave me alone I would greatly appreciate that. You can at least do that can't you?" she asked in the sweetest voice she could muster.
Ty looked at her and glared. He slowly walked over to stand right in front of her, looking down on her. "What makes you think I will do what you asked?" he asked.
"Because if you don't I may want to start fighting back" She said smiling, she was not going to let him intimidate her.
"Just go ahead and try"
"Challenge accepted" Alisha said then punched him in the groin. As Ty fell to the ground in pain, Tiana and Teralin bounced to her sides, ready for a fight.
"What's going on over here?" Came Steve's booming voice. "Why did you just punch Tyler in the stomach Alisha?"
"Because he was being a bully, I asked him to leave me alone but he would not, so I did what I thought would make him stop. I showed him that I am not afraid of him. And it's wasn't his stomach I punched Mr. Rogers" Alisha said in a matter of fact voice.
"It's true; I saw and heard the entire thing Steve. Tyler and Halder have been teasing Alisha this whole time. I don't mean to parent another parent's child but he did deserve it" Natasha said as she walked up behind them.
"Alisha, violence is never the definitive answer, only when there is no other choice. You should have come to one of use for help. Now apologize to Tyler" Steve said firmly.
"Sorry Tyler, let me help you up" Alisha said sincerely offering Ty her hand. She didn't like hitting people but she had been backed into a corner.
Ty glared up at Alisha, took her hand, and squeezed it hard making Alisha yell in pain. Immediately, Tina hit him in the back. "You did that on purpose, I saw it. She just apologized to you and you hurt her!" Tiana yelled.
"That's enough everyone" Steve said picking his son up and placing him on his feet. "I think that is enough for the day" And with that everyone began to dissipate, saying good-bye to each other before they left.
Alisha was sitting on Tony's shoulders, thinking. "I'm sorry daddy, I ruined our first group meeting" Alisha said, sniffling as she cried. She had let him down and made herself look like a bully.
Tony picked her up off his shoulders and hugged her, her cheek resting on his reactor. "Don't ever apologize for self defense Alisha. Yes the better way would have been to come to one of us but what's done is done and you learn from it"
"We are just glad you can stand up for yourself Alisha" Pepper said taking her daughter in her arms and kissing her forehead. "We love you, no matter what"
He still could not believe how much Alisha was like him but with the refinedness and kindness of Pepper. He really didn't like the way Thor and Steve's boys picked on her, but as Captain America Steve had said a while ago 'if they are going to be a team they need to settle their own differences over time'. He hated it but understood where Steve was coming from. Him and the rest of the Avengers where not going to be around forever, apart from Thor, and the world would need new members to take their place once they were gone.
"Sir, you have an incoming transmission" JARVIS said, bringing him out of his thoughts
"Put it up on the screen" Tony said. There was a moment of static and then his daughters face came onto the screen with the headphones and speaker that pilots wore. "Hay, there's my beautiful birthday girl" Tone said getting up and opening his arms to the screen.
"Hi Daddy" Alisha said with a big smile, though her eyes where focused somewhere ahead of her. "We are about 30 miles from the house and will be getting there soon. Guess what I am doing" She said enthusiastically.
"Hmmmmmm, you can't be drinking because you're too young for that. Hmmmmmmmmm I give up, what are you doing Ali girl"
"I am flying the hovercraft! I have been flying it for about 2 hours!" she said smiling again but staying focused.
"And doing a very good job, better them most pilots on their fifth run" Clint said beside her, flipping a switch.
Tony glared at the screen as it also showed Clint. "You let my daughter fly without training?"
"No, I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday yesterday and she said she wanted to fly the hovercraft to Malibu. I told her if she read the manual and flight protocol and passed a test I gave her then she could. She did and she passed with flying colors. She really is your daughter Stark, too smart for her own good" Clint said with a shrug.
"Oh god we're going to die! Please someone save us!"
"We barfed to many times because of turbulence"
Alisha rolled her eyes at Tyler and Halder's bitching. She gave her father a quick 'did they really need to come' while he gave her the 'I am sorry hunny but I had to' look back at her. "But Mr. Clint is going to land. We will be there soon Daddy, love you much." Alisha said smiling at him
"Love you too, you are going to love your birthday present" he said with a sly smile and then turned the connection off.
"Sir, if she truly is like you I fear for the world" JARVIS said sarcastically.
"Don't make me reprogram your ass JARVIS"
"But Sir I do not have an ass"
"…Fine just don't make me reprogram you"
"I can't make you do anything Sir, that would require me to have a body or a type of telepathy which I have nether to my knowledge"
Tony sighed "I am not even going to grace that with a comment" Tony said collapsing back onto the couch with a glass of scotch in his hand. It had been fun making the house for the past 3 weeks but he had missed his girls the entire time. "I just can wait to have both my girls in my arms again"
"Well Sir you don't have that much longer to wait. My scanners are indicating that they are within sight of the house coming up the coast"
Tony shot off the couch and over to the window, looking for the hover craft. After about a minute of searching he spotted a black spec against the light blue sky, and it was getting bigger. Within 3 minutes the hover craft was flying over the top of the house to land in the front driveway. He walked over to the front door and opened it just as everyone was coming out. Everyone was invited; he even invited Nick Fury but the spy had respectfully declined but sent her a birthday gift none the less. Since the party was going to be held here, everyone had sent their gifts the weeks prior, which were waiting in the living room down the hall. The last two to come out of the hovercraft was Pepper and Alisha. Tony couldn't help himself, he ran over to them picking Alisha up and swinging her around as she laughed. "Happy birthday my little Ali" He said giving her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you Dad, I missed you" Alisha said hugging him back. "So why where you gone for so long. Mom wouldn't tell me so spill" she said putting her hands on her hips after Tony had set her down.
"I was busy making your present, now go inside and get something to eat. You already had you serum this morning right?" he asked her as she was running inside.
"Yes Dad I did" she yelled in annoyance while running up the steps.
"So what have you done to the place? I don't see anything that's different" Pepper said as she walked over to wrap her arms around him.
Tony just smiled as he felt her in his arms, her breath on his neck. He had missed both of them very much, missed their warmth and their smiles. "You will just have to stick around and find out Mrs. Stark" He said winking and then kissing her on the cheek as they walked up into the house already noisy with kids screaming.
"Oh now whose acting like children Ty, Hal" Alisha said, hands on her hips staring at the boys who were jumping up and down on the couch.
"Who cares, this is supposed to be a party right? What's a party without crazy! Besides, I want to have fun with my right hand man before he goes off to training" Ty yelled and he collided with Hal, their heads knocking together with a loud thud before and they both fell to the ground.
"Hmmmm, that sounded like it hurt" Alisha commented before going over to the fridge to get something to drink for everyone.
"What would you like to do first Alisha?" Everyone asked her.
"I would like to know what my dad got for me" She said looking expectantly at her father.
"I didn't get you anything" Tony said evenly, he watched Alisha's eyes as they went down to look at the floor in disappointment. "I thought that wasn't enough so I built you something. I built you this" He said gesturing around the house. "JARVIS, pull up the renovations and the map of the house"
Jarvis did just that, showing that Tony indeed had redone practically everything in the house. Outside there where trampolines disguised as rocks so they could jump around and into the ocean with, that there where secret rooms for each of the kids if they wanted to be left alone that only they could access, there where slides connected from one room to another and from rooms and hallways to the pool and the ocean, better speakers all over the house, a room where you could only get to it from under the pool and only with Alisha's handprint, and everything else a kid could ask for in a summer house.
While everyone was looking at the blueprints and layout of the house Ty and Hal where in the next room, getting their present ready for Alisha. "I know she is afraid of spiders so this is perfect" Ty said, showing Hal the big fake spider and placing it on the wire.
The thing was rigged to shoot out at her once she opened the box and jump out. It was going to be their last time together for a long time since Halder was leaving with his father the next day to start his training and they wanted to have a last laugh together. They weren't counting on someone walking in to see them placing the fake spider into the box.
"Ok that's enough. I have had it with the way you treat Alisha. She never does anything to you unless you do something to her first. It's our last time together, please let's just try and have fun ok?" Lance scolded sternly, he was beginning to feel very angry and he didn't really know why. It was almost like this anger was not his own. Even though he was the youngest out of the guys, he had started to go through puberty first so he had grown taller than both of them.
"Ok, ok we won't try anything this time. Your right Lance. Sorry we even thought about this" Ty said, ashamed as he looked down.
Lance was taken-back by this. Of all the things he was expecting, this wasn't even on the list. "Good, now put that away and get back in here, she is about to blow out the candles" Lance said in a confused voice as he walked out the room.
"Please tell me you where kidding about that Ty. It took me weeks to get this right" Hal complained looking at his best friend.
"Of course I was, not help me wrap this and get it to the living room." Ty said taking out wrapping paper and some tape.
The day went by smoothly, everyone enjoying each other's company, laughing and dancing together. Alisha and the rest of the kids had gone around and discovered all the secret passageways between the rooms and floors. Alisha discovered that the only place that had not totally been remolded was her dads work room. It still had all his tinkering equipment and everything he messed with. He had said that it was hers now to do with what she wanted. She wanted to keep it this way with a few added music stuff like her alto clarinet and recording studio. Even Hal and Ty where behaving themselves which seamed fishy but she didn't comment. She had a going away present for Halder because she knew he would miss his friends and family.
At about 6pm it was time to open her presents. Clint had given her free flying whenever she wanted as long as he was there with her, Natasha had said she was going to teach her how to fight in hand to hand combat like she was teaching her daughters. The three of them squealed because they could spar with each other.
Jane had given her a book on the stars and space which she loved because she was very into what went on in the galaxy, while Thor had made her a necklace of silver with a green emerald from Asguard saying that every fair maiden should have a bit of shine to her. Alisha appreciated it very much because he had made it himself.
Steve and Susan had their own horse ranch and every time she had come to visit she had to borrow one of the family horses, leaving that member out of trail riding. They had decided to get her a horse of her own that she would need to take care of whenever she came to visit. She was going to name it Holmes, after her favorite novel character.
Nick Fury had gotten her own Shield communicator with a note in Latin that translate to 'hoping to see you on the team some time, if anything happens contact us and stay safe'. So he wasn't a grumpy man with a stick up his ass. She put the wrist guard on and smiled, displaying it to everyone.
Finally it was her mother's turn. She took out a small little box from her pocket and handed it to her daughter. Inside was an old fashion silver ring with a Amber on it. "This was my Grandmother's, your great Grandmother's ring. It was her favorite stone even though it's not as valuable as most of the others. This stone is a symbol in our family that even though you may not the most beautiful person in the world, you have something better hidden inside you" Pepper said placing the ring on Alisha's right pointer finger. Alisha gave her mother a big hug and kissed her on the cheek.
"Thank you Mom, I love it" She smiled and admired the ring. It was still a little big for her finger so she put it on the necklace that Thor had given her.
"Hey what about that one" She said pointing to a box that was off to the side.
"Hmmmm, I don't know. Who sent this one?" Tony asked the group. No one answered it. "JARVIS, run a scan on it to see of anything harmful is in its"
"Scanning complete. Nothing lethal or harmful is in the box, Sir" JARVIS proclaimed.
"Ok then lets open it" Tony said, handing the box to Alisha.
She enthusiastically ripped the paper off, laying it on the ground. Hal and Ty where waiting with bated breath, ready to laugh at the reaction from Alisha. She opened the box and found that something had jumped onto her face. She jumped and yelled in surprise, the force of her backing up caused her to topple backwards and hitting her head hard on the floor. The last thing she remembered was the sound of laughing and then a feral growling and yelling before she blacked out.
The chapter is over! Hmmmmmmmm, wonder what happened after she passed out. *looks innocent* guess you will have to wait till the next chapter MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!