Penny was ready to either kill someone else or herself. More likely herself. It had only been a week since the incident but every minute she felt worse. Everyone cared so much about Morgan to make sure she was okay, and it hurt. And then she felt guilty for being jealous of her. Because it wasn't right to compare with a traumatized six-year-old.

But she had been a traumatized six-year-old once and no one had been this nice to her.

Fuck, she really couldn't stop herself.

In the end the only result of her jealousy was tension in everyone. They were all getting pissed off with her. Great job, Penny, push them away anymore and they'll kick you out anyways.

Pepper had been forced to go on a business trip a few days after the kidnapping. She had hated it, but Morgan assured her she was okay, and she would have her daddy and sister and Pepper had begrudgingly left. She was going to be gone for two more weeks, and it was hell without her there to diffuse the tension.

On more than one occasion, Tony and she found themselves in shouting matches. The latest was the time Tony had insisted Morgan needed someone with her until she fell asleep every night. He had suggested Penny do it for more days since Morgan seemed more comfortable with women.

Penny had rolled her eyes and told him that Morgan wasn't a baby. She had been through something traumatic, but she didn't need to be coddled. When had anyone treated her that nicely all those nights, she spent yelling at invisible forced to 'leave her alone' or 'stop touching her'. Before either one of them knew it was happening, they were yelling until Penny got so frustrated, she ran to her room and slammed the door. Once she was gone, Tony sat down in frustration. He didn't get why she was suddenly so angry all the time. Sure, it had been tense for the past few months, but it was suddenly so much worse.

"Daddy!" Morgan ran to sit next to him on the couch.

Tony forced himself to calm down for her sake and smiled at her. "Hi Morguna."

"Why do you keep yelling at Penny?" She asked curiously, her sad eyes staring up at him as if he was the one who had aggravated her.

"She's just very upset right now, Morguna, and I'm trying to figure out why." Tony muttered to the child.

"She's angry because the scary man hurt her too." Morgan stated as if it was obvious. She had taken to simply calling Skip, the scary man, since she was too scared to say his real name. The girl quickly frowned and looked guilty as if she realized something.

"What do you mean, baby?" He asked curiously.

"I'm not s'pposed to say anything." She said quickly, eyes filling with tears. "I'm sorry." "it's okay, sweetheart, you can tell me. What are you not supposed to say?"

"Penny told me she would be sent away if you found out." Morgan said fearfully and Tony frowned. He and Pepper had been working to get Penny to trust them fully, and he had thought

they'd made a lot of progress.

"I promise, no matter what I won't send Penny away. Okay? I just want to help her like I'm helping you. But I can't do that if I don't know."

Morgan was fully crying now, and Tony wondered if it was all too much for her to think about, but she started talking before he could worry too much. "W-When the bad man showed me those scary videos, he also showed me some of him doing that stuff with Penny." Morgan admitted quietly. Tony froze. It never even occurred to him that Skip might've raped Penny too, without her telling them. Shit. No wonder she got so upset if one of them chided her for not being sensitive to helping Morgan. If what Morgan is saying is true, then Skip went all the way with her. She was probably having far worse nightmares herself. "I asked her about it, and she made me promise not to tell anyone. She told me if you knew, she would be sent away, and you wouldn't want her anymore. You still want her, right daddy?"

"Of course, baby, I could never stop loving her anymore than I could stop loving you." "She said it was different because you're not her real dad."

"She hasn't had parents in a long time, Morgan. She doesn't know how much mommy and I care for her yet."

"Are you going to help her not feel so sad?" Morgan asked, glad she hadn't made Penny have to go away.

"Yes, baby, I'm going to make sure she feels better." Tony said determinedly. But first, he had to have a little 'chat' with Skip.

--()--

Tony stood, fists clenched, as he waiting outside his holding facility. He had decided to keep Skip here instead of an actual prison since the man knew Penny's secret identity.

When they first got to Morgan and Penny, it had taken a lot of convincing from Pepper to keep him from beating the crap out of Skip. He had only punched the man once before restraining himself. But now? Skip had hurt both of his daughters in awful ways and he would make sure the man would pay.

He walked through the doors and stared at Skip. The man didn't look surprised to see him, "Stark! I wondered how long it would be before you came here." Tony growled and punched the man without warning. Skip wiped away the blood on his mouth with a smirk. "Who was that for, Morgan or Penny?" He taunted as Tony punched him again.

"You don't get to say their names." He said with another punch.

"Did she tell you what a good slut she was for me? How she begged for me to take her?"

"Shut the fuck up. You fucking raped her." Tony yelled, punching harder. Skip fell to the ground, bruised and bloody.

"Did she tell you how much fun we used to have?" Skip asked, wanting to aggravate Tony further. Tony stepped back for a moment. He had assumed it was only once. At his confusions, Skip grinned, "She was so good every time. I was her babysitter, you know, when she was a kid. We had fun every time."

"The hell you talking about?" Tony demanded angrily, placing his foot Skip's chest.

The man coughed and said, "I started babysitting her back when she was around Morgan's age. That's when we started." Tony pushed down harder. The man wheezed but kept talking, "We had fun for years before her aunt and uncle died, causing her to move away. It was such a nice surprise when I found her living with you when I first arrived at your house." Tony wanted to kill the man. All of Penny's actions from the last few days made sense now. The poor girl had watched Morgan get so much love and care when she had gone years facing it and worse without anyone ever caring. "The bitch thought she could beat me up when she got her spider powers. I've been planning on making her pay for years, but I was finally presented with that opportunity when I saw your daughter."

Tony felt sick. He decided he was done listening to Skip, and starting beating the man up again. It didn't seem to bother Skip enough. "Was she the one who told you about Penny? I bet she was. I trained my Einstein to stay silent. She tried telling her aunt about us back then, but she saw Penny for the slut she was and told her she had wanted it. I always knew that was true too. When I kidnapped her last week, she begged for me to take her again."

Tony growled, positive there was more to the story than that, all things considered.

"You know, If I were in your position, I'd choose the fun way. You already know what a good, silent whore Penny is. You could have so much fun with her and no one would ever know." Tony let go of the man in horror of the idea. Skip simply smiled, "I too videos so we could sit together and watch them later. They were all of on the phone she took. She's probably watching the videos now. The way she would cum so hard for me whenever I wanted. And beg me until I was so turned on. She was a fucking amazing little whore for me. I bet she misses me." Tony slammed the man's head against the wall and let him fall limply to the ground, unconscious. Calling his suit, he flew straight home to his garage/workshop. If he stuck around any longer, he was sure he would kill the man.

He had thrown Skip's phone in his away a few days ago, when Penny handed it to him, not wanting to keep it around for long, but now he needed to know if Skip was telling the truth. He connected it to FRIDAY and allowed her to download all the videos.

"It would seem like majority of his videos are indeed of him and Penny engaging in sexual activity." FRIDAY confirmed, and if an AI could sound disgusted, she definitely was. Tony sat back in his chair. He had wanted so badly for that monster to have been lying about it all. "They seem to be dated years ago, as Penny is quite young in these."

Tony shut off the screen and left the workshop. He needed to talk to Penny. He needed her to know that she could tell him this stuff and he wouldn't judge her, or send her away, like she had told Morgan.

He entered the house to see Morgan watching tv. She didn't notice him, so he quietly walked to Penny's room.

Penny opened the door for him. She looked like she had been crying, and there was a bag in the corner with all her stuff. She thought you were sending her away. God, now he felt even worse for his shitty behavior. "Hey, can we talk?"

Penny nodded, but spoke before he could say anymore. "I'm sorry for yelling earlier. You were right, I'll be there for Morgan more, I promise I'll do better. Just don't- Please give me another chance."

"Penny. You're allowed to have an attitude sometimes. I might get upset in the moment but I'm never going to send you away." Tony said carefully. "You're my daughter and nothing is going to change that.

She didn't look like she fully believed him, but was a little less tense anyways. "Then what did you want to talk about?" she asked curiously.

"I- Morgan told me about Skip. How he... hurt you too." He said and she once again tensed. "What are you talking about?" She questioned, trying to play it off.

"And then I confronted him, and he told me what he did."

Penny was going to cry. After all her effort to stay in this family, she was going to get kicked out in the end anyways. "Look, I swear it isn't what he said. He was lying, none of its true. Please, I promise. Don't make me leave."

Tony's heart broke as he saw her panic grow so he quickly calmed her down, "Hey it's okay. Deep breaths, come on follow my breathing." He took some exaggerated breaths and was relieved to see her try and copy them.

She calmed down a few minute later, but looked more resigned to her fate. "I didn't want it." She said softly, trying to convince both him and herself.

Tony reached out tentatively, and when she didn't react, he hugged her. "I know, baby." He said soothingly, "None of it was your fault."

She looked at him in surprise. "You don't blame me?"

"Of course not. Why would you ever think I would?" Tony asked curiously and sadly. Though he remembered what Morgan said Penny told her. She thought we would kick her out if we found out. Had that happened to her before?

"It's happened before." She said simply, "I didn't want to lose you or Pepper or Morgan." She said honestly. All her masks seemed to slip away for the moment, and it terrified her, to be this vulnerable with someone, but she was too tired to care. For once she just wanted to receive some care without shutting anyone out. Tony knew now, and he still wanted her around. "I told myself not to, but I'm attached to you guys now," she admitted, and Tony grinned at that. She was finally opening up to the idea of them being her family.

Penny melted into his embrace and let herself stay snuggled next to him for a while. Maybe she would regret everything that just happened one day, but it was nice for now, and that was all she chose to focus on. The Starks had stuck around her far longer than anyone else had in years and she was going to choose to trust them.

"I promise to never let anyone hurt you again." Tony said softly, running his hand through her hair. It still hurt him so much as he thought about how much she had been through in her life.

Penny smirked slightly, "I'm Spider-girl, remember? Getting hurt comes with the job description."