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Bruce held the girl until he felt her breath even out and deepen indicating that she had fallen back to sleep. Tony had said something about her having been sedated. Whatever was given to her must have been serious. Meaning she would likely feel awful when she woke up. He sighed and looked up and around the room. He paused at the window that would have to be replaced. With the storm raging outside Lydia could not stay in this room tonight. The room suddenly flooded with light. When Bruce looked to the door way he saw Cap dressed in sweats and shield at the ready. Natasha was not far behind. Tony rounded the corner huffing for breath, he must have run from where he had been.

"Everything okay big guy?" he asked as Nat and Cap scoped out the room for danger.

"Yeah, we got a bit startled by the storm is all." Bruce sounded much calmer than he felt.

"So you broke the window, then?" Natasha asked.

"Yeah. Sorry about that." Bruce said.

"I'll get someone to fix that tonight. In the mean time I can find her another room." Tony said as he walked into the room and inspected the window. He knelt down and picked up Lydia's file before the water from the rain could mess it up.

"Not necessary. She'll stay with me tonight." Bruce stated as he repositioned Lydia so that her head was resting on his shoulder and he arms around her back and under her knees.

Tony nodded and motioned for Bruce to follow him as Steve and Natasha bid the two scientist farewell and headed to their own rooms. A little way down the hall Tony opened a door that lead to a large room. Once Bruce entered the room Tony bid him good night as well and left father and daughter for the night.

Bruce looked around the room. It was much larger than the one they had just left. He placed Lydia on the large bed, and gently covered her with the blankets. He kissed her forehead, and paused having no clue were that move had come from. With his own past and his life with the hulk, Bruce was not generally an affectionate person. This girl was bringing out all kinds of new reactions from him.

Bruce stood and walked over to the couch that was close to the window. He had momentarily thought of going to the adjoining office, but could not bring himself to be that far from Lydia. He flipped through the pages of Lydia's file, and pulled out he pictures of his daughter. He was looking for notable changes in his daughter's appearance, mainly he was looking for the moment when her brown eyes had changed to the gamma green he had briefly seen when she had woken earlier.

Bruce found that most of the pictures of his daughter held that brown defiant gaze. Weather she was on an experimentation table, training or having blood samples taken. Ages were marked on each page. From birth to age nineteen his daughter had brown eyes. Then the pictures stopped. Bruce was confused. They had carefully documented everything up until age nineteen, why would they suddenly have stopped. He flipped to the last page and read the notes.

Project: Alpha Gamma

Experiment: CSGI E-1

Time Lapse: Undetermined

"What does that mean?" He whispered.

There was a light knock at his door, and then Tony entered the room.

"You been up all night, big guy?" He asked as he sat what he had in his arms on the end of the bed.

Bruce rubbed the bridge of his nose and nodded in the affirmative. He held the file and sighed.

"You weren't kidding when you said you didn't have much on her."

Tony saw the pictures laid out on the couch. They had a record of how she looked until she was nineteen and then nothing. He figured Bruce was looking into the situation with her eyes. Tony had been surprised to find they were brown, but he had seen Bruce's face when he saw her gamma green eyes, they were not what he was expecting.

"Yeah, well I brought her a change of clothes, toiletries and some towels for the two of you. And Cap said to let you know breakfast was in half an hour."

Bruce nodded and Tony left the room, quietly. It had been a silent agreement between Bruce and everyone at the compound that the Bruce and his daughter needed some time to get to know each other.

Bruce walked over to the bed with the intention of waking up Lydia, but found that she was already awake. And pale, she was sweating, and there was a light tremble in her hands, which she had balled in fists.

"Lydia, are you feeling sick." He got a quick nod as she started to take a deep breath clearly trying to fight back nausea.

Bruce could tell right away it was a fight she was going to lose. He stepped back toward the couch and retrieved the small waste basket that was there, and got it to her just as she sat up and lost the battle. Bruce rubbed her back in soothing circles as she purged the last remnants of the drug from her system.

"I hate being drugged." She groaned.

"I know the feeling." Bruce replied.

Lydia turned to study the man who was her farther. She seemed curious, but cautious. Unlike the night before she made no moves to touch him, and in turn Bruce sat that there unsure of how to handle the situation now that she was awake. They sat in silence, until Bruce cleared his throat.

"Tony brought you a change of clothes and uh…stuff if you wish to, you know um…freshen up?" Bruce sounded unsure. Lydia nodded and gave her father an amused smile as she took the stuff he had motioned to with her to the adjoined bathroom.

"Great job Bruce. Good first conversation with your daughter." He moaned into his hands as soon as he heard the shower start.

Now, what was he supposed to do? He looked down at himself he was still grimy from his time at the beach. He could use a shower himself. He got up and went to the closet. He figured Tony would have put the clothes he had left at the tower in there. He was not disappointed. He stood staring at the sweater and pants in his hands. Should he wait for her to get finished and then get in the shower himself? No that would be too weird. There had to be another bathroom in this compound, in fact he remembered seeing one in Lydia's room the night before. Bruce Grabbed the towels left on the bed and made his way to the bathroom to get cleaned up.

Thunder rumbled in the distance as Bruce stepped out of the shower. He was fairly certain that he had just taken the quickest shower ever. After he dressed he stepped out the door to see men coming in to fix the window and mop up the water that was on the floor. Tony had the insight to realize that carpet and superhero activities did not mesh well together. He would let Lydia know she could go back to her room when he got back to his.

Bruce stepped through the door as Lydia stepped out of the bathroom. She was in a pair of the most basic and boring sweats he had ever seen. Well. He supposed that with where she had come from she would not have had anything of her own. He knew from personal experience that it would be something that Tony would be sure to remedy.

"Your room is getting fixed as we speak, so you'll be able to go back tonight." He told her when she looked at him.

"This is not where I've been this whole time?" He shook his head.

"What happened to cause my room to need to be fixed?" She looked a little worried as she put the brush she had been running through her hair down.

"I may have shattered a window." He mumbled

"Why would you do that?"

"Well you were having a nightmare and I got in a hurry to get to you. The chair…" Bruce was interrupted by arms around his neck.

"That was real? You really…" she did not seem to know how to continue.

"You were scared. It's not like I could let you suffer, who could just sit there and do nothing?"

"You would be surprised." She said quietly.

"Well I'm not that type of person." He pulled her away and looked at her eyes, while they were defiantly strange they were, in a way, very beautiful.

"Are…are you okay with this? I would understand if you were not." She looked sincere, but even so Bruce could see the fear of rejection in her eyes.

"I think, I am very okay with getting you, the situation as a whole, not so much." She smiled and Bruce looked at his watch.

"Come on we should get down to breakfast before Cap comes after us."

The two walked down the hall that lead them to the commons area. As they walked Bruce watched his daughter, he discovered another trait they had in common. She shied away from people if they got to close and at one point someone had brushed against her and when she shied away from the agent she bumped into Bruce. She looked startled and latched onto Bruce's shirt. When she realized what she had done he watched her cheeks go red with embarrassment, but before she could pull away or apologize he threw an arm around her and pulled her closer to her side and continued down the hall without a word. He worried he had done something wrong for a moment, but when he glanced down and saw the smile on her face he knew he had done the right thing. Warmth bloomed in his chest as he thought he could get used to this.

AN: Chapter Five done! I like the way this chapter turned out. Next chapter will have more bonding and such, after that the next few chapters will go into Lydia's past. So, if you have any questions you want answered about Lydia now is the time to ask! Reviews are always welcome, I love to get feedback.

See you next chapter!

Light's Lady