A/N: Sorry for the hold up everyone, school just started and I had cheer camp during the summer and Drivers Ed. I apologize. So I hope everyone enjoyed the last chapter… probably because I stopped with a cliff hanger. Sorry 'bout that! Hopefully you all enjoy this chapter! Thank you all for the reviews and putting this story on their favorite's list!
Disclaimer: No I do not own Marvel… Oh the things that would ensue if I did…
~The Young Stark~
Kaycee continued to stare at the computer monitor in disbelief. Tony, her father, was dying. Dying from Palladium poisoning. Her heart felt as if it stopped and a tear rolled down her cheek. How long had he known about this condition? Why hadn't he told her?
She waited a minute to compose herself and stood up. She slowly took her time opening the door and descending up the stairs. When Kaycee finally made her way into the living room, she noticed Pepper and Natalie were sitting on the couch, discussing the whole Monaco incident and Tony's birthday celebration.
Pepper noticed Kaycee walking passed them and into the kitchen. "Oh good, Kaycee! You're awake. Did Jarvis wake you up?"
Kaycee shook her head as opened the refrigerator door and reached for the orange juice. "Nah, just woke up myself."
"Will you be making an appearance at your father's party tonight?" Natalie asked.
Sure, so I can celebrate my father's last year alive. "Um, yeah I guess so." Kaycee said while pouring the orange juice into a cup.
"Good, because Ms. Rushman took the curtsey of picking out for you a gorgeous dress for tonight!" Pepper chirped.
"Oh, thanks." Kaycee said. "Um what time does the party start?"
"Seven." Natalie replied.
"Alright I'll be sure to be ready by then." Kaycee replied heading towards her room with the glass of orange juice still in her hand.
As she was halfway up the stairs she heard Natalie call out "The dress should be lying on your bed!"
When Kaycee finally entered her room the first thing she noticed was the tiffany colored dress that was lying on the bed. She had to admit it was pretty, it was short but not too short and had a black tie around the tummy area where it led to the bow in the back.
Kaycee moved to place her glass on the night stand before hanging the dress near the bathroom for when she was ready to change. Afterwards she just stood there staring around the room. She could clearly remember her father showing her the room for the first time after he won custody over her.
~xXx~
"And this sweetheart is your new room." Tony said to a three year-old Kaycee who was sitting on his hip. The room was filled with stuffed animals and the color purple which Tony guessed was her favorite color. Pepper, who had decorated the room herself, was standing behind the two admiring her work.
"Good job on the room Peps." Tony smiled as he set Kaycee down and watched as she went to grab a stuffed Winnie the Pooh toy.
Pepper returned the smile. "I'm glad she likes it."
"Pooh bear!" Kaycee said as the two adults chuckled. Before he knew it, Kaycee came racing back to him and hugged his legs. He picked her up and hugged her closer. "I love you daddy."
"I love you too, Kaycee." He said while setting back on the floor. "Why don't you play in your new room while Pepper and I finish some paperwork?"
"Stay," Kaycee squeaked and held onto his pants leg. "Don't leave."
"Sweetheart I'm not leaving you, I'll just be downstairs with Pepper." Tony tried prying her off but gave up. "I promise I'll never leave you."
~xXx~
Kaycee found herself staring at the familiar Winnie the Pooh stuffed animal that was lying on a nearby bookshelf. Oh how she loved that bear. But now was not the time for crying over a forgotten memory. She had already decided to attend the party, not like she wanted to.
She entered the spacious bathroom and moved to collect a soft towel for after her shower. Before stripping down and entering the shower, she turned towards the music dock that sat on a small shelf near the sink. She turned the Ipod on and selected a Katy Perry song.
As she returned to the shower and turned the water on, she sighed in content as the warm water washed away half of the worries that were crossing her mind.
Twenty minutes later she was dressed in a pair of black sweat pants with a gray v-neck top while blow drying her hair. Just as Kaycee finished drying her hair she turned on the hair curler and just as a soft knock came from her door.
"Come in," she said. Just then, Natalie poked her head in and smiled.
"Hey, I was just wondering if you needed any help." Natalie smiled.
"Uh, sure." Kaycee replied. Natalie opened the door only to reveal her dress that she was wearing. It was a short leopard print dress with a pair of black pumps. "I was just going to finish my make-up and curl my hair."
"I can do your hair." Natalie smiled as she started to separate parts of Kaycee's long dark hair. "So are you ready for the party?"
"Yeah, I guess and thanks for the dress, it really is pretty."
"You're welcome. I just thought since a lot is going on that you might not have a lot of time to go shopping." Natalie had already curled half of Kaycee's hair.
"Yeah things are a little crazy right now." Kaycee admitted just as she finished her make-up.
~xXx~
Finally after Natalie finished with Kaycee's hair, she left her to change into her dress, which Kaycee had to admit was such a lovely dress.
Once she slipped on her black heels, Kaycee made her way to the door and took a deep breath before opening it. When she did, she was greeted with the familiar sound of loud music and people's voices. She made her way down the stairs and finally noticed all the people that were actually here. As she made her way through the crowd and searched for Pepper.
Just when she was ready to give up on searching for her mother- like figure, Kaycee bumped into someone. This caused Kaycee to fall on her bottom to the floor.
"Oh my god, Kaycee are you okay?" she heard Pepper's voice from behind. Two arms wrapped around Kaycee's waist from behind and helped lift her back to her feet. She turned around to see that it was Pepper.
"Yeah I'm fine, thanks." Kaycee said. "I was looking for you."
"Well I was looking for you too," Pepper said with a hint of worry in her voice. "The party just started thirty minutes ago and your father is already drunk."
"Are you kidding me?" Pepper shook her head. "Let me handle this. Uh, where is he?"
"By the DJ. I'm going to go get some air."
Kaycee headed towards the DJ and the crowd. There stood Tony in the Iron Man suit laughing and having a good time. It was practically his last birthday and he was going to spend it drunk? Kaycee had had about enough. She began to approach her father and it seemed like he didn't even notice her at first.
"You know, the question I get asked most often is, Tony how do you go bathroom in the suit?" He spoke into the microphone and took a few seconds of silence. "Just like that."
People began to cheer and laugh as Kaycee finally stepped in. She quickly grabbed the mic as he was bent over laughing.
"Does my dad know how to party or what?" she asked the crowd. Everyone cheered again and Tony bent down to the microphone.
"I love you." he slurred.
"Oh unbelievable! Thank you so much. Dad, we all thank you so much for such a wonderful night. And we're gonna say good night now, and thank you all for coming." she finished as people began to boo.
"No, no, no, we can't… Wait, wait, wait." Tony began. "We didn't have the cake. We didn't blow out the candles."
"Dad, please you're out of control, okay? Just trust me on this, okay?" Kaycee tried.
"You're out of control, young lady."
"It's time to go to bed. It's time, okay? Dad, you're drunk."
"Kaycee I swear to drunk I'm not god."
"You're not going to be happy about this. You just peed in the suit."
"I know. It has a filtration system." Tony said.
"It's not funny. Just send everyone home, alright? It's time to…"
"If you say so."
"Okay. I'll take this and you take that." Kaycee said as she took the champagne bottle from his hand and gave him the microphone.
"Kaycee Stark. She's right. The party's over. Then again, the party was over for me, like, an hour and a half ago. The after-party starts in fifteen minutes!"
Kaycee slapped her hand on her face and looked up to find Pepper standing in the crowd looking disappointed with Tony while Rhodey stood towards the back looking angry.
"And if anybody, Kaycee, doesn't like it, there's the door." Tony held up his hand and accidentally set off his pulser to blast the glass around the stairs. Kaycee had ducked just in time to not get hit by it, but yelped in surprise. As everyone cheered, Kaycee looked at her father, tears beginning to form.
"Enjoy your last birthday!" She shouted over the crowd. Tony looked over at her for a quick second. What had she just said? But before he could say anything, another champagne bottle flew up towards him and he blasted it with his pulser.
By the time Kaycee made it passed the crowd she was met by Pepper. Pepper didn't say anything, just brought her in for a hug. After a minute passed, Kaycee looked up at Pepper. "Where's Rhodey?"
"I don't know, he was just here." Pepper answered. But then a familiar pair of foot steps made their way to their ears.
"I'm only going to say this once." said Rhodey's voice. Everyone turned around to see Rhodey in one of the many Iron Man suits. "Get out."
Soon the whole crowd quickly made their way to the door, running and walking, hoping not to make Rhodey angry.
Kaycee and Pepper watched as Rhodey approached Tony. "You don't deserve to wear one of these. Shut it down!"
"Goldstein," Tony turned to the DJ that was hiding behind his equipment.
"Yes, Mr. Stark?"
"Give me a phat beat to beat my buddy's ass to." Tony laughed.
Just as the song began to play, Rhodey grabbed him from behind. "I told you to shut it down."
Tony just smiled before he flew back through the wall with Rhodey in tow.
Pepper just grabbed Kaycee's hand and led her upstairs where most of the party guests were standing outside watching to see if any was going on.
"Natalie!" Pepper let go of Kaycee's hand and headed towards the redhead.
"Miss Potts." Natalie replied.
"Don't you Miss Potts me! I'm on to you. You know what. Ever since you came here-." Pepper was cut off by Tony and Rhodey being blasted through the ceiling.
Kaycee yelped as slipped to the ground and debris fell all around her.
"Pepper! Kaycee!" The sound of Happy's voice was brought to Kaycee's ears when someone was helping her up and guiding her away from the disaster. She was surprised when she saw that it was Natalie who was guiding her towards the door. When she tried to ask where they were going, it only came out as a few coughs. Probably from the debris.
"This is Romanoff, I've got young Stark. Meet us out in front." Natalie said into a phone.
"What?" Kaycee managed to speak as she tore her arm out of Natalie's grasp. "Who are you?"
"I'll explain on the way." the red head grabbed Kaycee's arm and began to escort her outside. "Just get into the car."
The car was parked right at the end of the drive way near the front gate. "No, I want to know what's going on."
Natalie sighed. "It's for your protection."
Kaycee hesitated before opening the car door and sliding in. She was then greeted by a familiar face.
"Hello Miss Stark, nice seeing you again."
"Agent Coulson?"
~xXx~
A/N: Ooh! Wasn't expecting that were you? Haha Don't worry, I won't leave you hanging. I'll probably update again around the weekend. I just started school again and I'm trying to get use to being back in class. Also if you want, you can follow me on Tumblr, same name. I usually post some avengers stuff on there! If you want to follow me on instagram, just message me and I'll tell you my instagram name. So please review!
~KrazyForYourLuv~