Everyday started the same for Tony Stark, went to bed at an ungodly hour, and woke up at an ungodly hour. He tinkered in the basement which is the coolest room if he says so himself (in his defense it is). 

"Tony, there is someone here to see you." Happy Hogan calls Tony, which may have disturbed his nap, which he wasn't happy about. Doesn't Happy know that Tony has to sleep for twelve hours, or he gets cranky.

Anyway, Tony gets up and sleepily walks up the stairs which was a mistake on his part, as he can barely walk in the first place. He of course got drunk last night for no reason in particular he just wanted to drink.

"Thank God, you're here she's been harassing me for the past hour." Happy informed Tony once he walked out of the elevator.

"Where is she?" Tony asked as Happy didn't say anything just pointed down, as Tony leaned forward, and he and the little girl made eye contact. The little girl just waved her hand.

"I don't want cookies, or any donating."

"That's not why she's here, Tony."

"Then why is a snooty nosed kid doing here."

"I'm not snooty nosed, you're the one who's snooty nosed, snooty nose." The girl piped up which made Tony and Happy stop their little disagreement, and the two men looked down to the little girl. 

Tony got down on one knee, to get down to his level as the girl crossed her arms over her chest, as she glared at him. "Hi, sweety. Who are you again?" Tony asked.

"Lindsey."

"Okay, Lindsey. How can I help you."

"This may sound crazy but you're my father." Lindsey says as she dug for something in her bag which was a folder containing information and to also verify that she's, his daughter.

"My what?"

"Daughter? You know child. The person you helped conceive with my mother. Duh." Lindsey remarked as Tony didn't need to look at the paperwork, he had his proof already.

She's sarcastic. Is enough for him to come to terms that he has a daughter. She's definitely his daughter of the two of them are sarcastic. 

Next thing that Lindsey knew was that she and Tony were on an elevator, going down, to the basement. "Whoa, what is this place?" Lindsey asked looking around.

"My - erm, our home." Tony says to the girl, as he had his hand on the bars as he looked up to the top of the elevator, wanting to take his nap.

"So, what do you like to do for fun?" Lindsey asked the newly parental figure of her life, as the elevator door opened and the two Stark's walk out, then the elevator door closed. Before they could get too far, there stood a woman in a work shirt and skirt with some heels. It was Tony's assistant, Pepper Potts.

"Wanna see what dropped off, not too long ago?" Tony says with a sickly snarky smile that made Pepper look at him weirdly, as this was definitely a smile she never seen before.

"Should I be concerned?" Pepper asked warily as Tony moved to the side, which revealed Lindsey. "Why is there a little girl here? Did you kidnap her or something?"

"Nope, I'm his daughter. It came as a shock to bozo here, but he's still standing so that's a good thing." Lindsey says as Tony turned to her and gave her a look which she just brushed off completely ignoring the look.

Pepper stared at the girl for a moment, before looking at Tony, then back at the girl. "Yeah, no kidding." 

"This is Pepper Potts, she's, my assistant." Tony says introducing Pepper to Lindsey. Pepper honestly forgot why she came down to the basement. So, she left without another word. 

After Pepper was out of earshot and up the stairs, Lindsey turned to Tony. "She seems...nice."

"Don't worry, she is. She probably doesn't like me, but it's fine."

"Where is my room?" Lindsey asked almost immediately after Tony had said that.

.....

one week later

Lindsey is pacing around her father's lab something that she does when she's nervous. She's been living in the mansion for a week, but a day or so after Lindsey practically showed up at Tony's doorstep, he's been busy with work. So, he is currently in Afghanistan presenting the weapons. He made a promise that he would be back for Lindsey. He slowly got her to trust him, and he doesn't want to break it.

"Is it better to be feared or respected? And I say, is it too much to ask for both? With that in mind, I humbly present the crown jewel of Stark Industries freedom line. It's the first missile system to incorporate our proprietary repulsed technology." Tony states as he stood in front of a bunch of soldiers.

"They say the best weapon is one you never have to fire. I respectively disagree. I prefer the weapon you only have to fire once. That's how Dad did it...that's how America does it...and it's worked out pretty well so far. Find an excuse to let on those off the chain, and I personally guarantee you the bag guys won't ever want to come out of their caves." Tony assures the soldiers.

Tony held up his hand and someone positioned the missiles Tony has set up. One flew into the air and when it reached maximum height, it split up into a bunch of little rockets hit the side of a mountain, and a big explosion occurred.

"Find your consideration the Jericho." Tony finishes. The blast from the explosion hit everyone while Tony stood there with a smirk. Everyone looked at Tony with wide eyes and Tony walked over to a bunch of cases.

He opened one and showed some more weapons that were inside. "We throw one of these in every purchase of 500 million or more." Tony says, as he held up a glass of alcohol and spoke. "To peace!"

Tony's phone went off and he answered a video chat of his longtime friend and colleague, Obidiah Stane. "Tony." Stane says as soon as his face appeared on the screen.

"Obie, what are you doing up?" Tony asked.

"I couldn't sleep until I found out how it went. How did it go?" Obidiah asked.

"Went great looks like it's going to be an early Christmas." Tony says.

"Hey, way to go, my boy." Obidiah says with a smile on his face.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Tony says as he looked at the phone then had a serious face. "Why aren't you wearing those pajamas I got you?" Tony asked.

"Goodnight, Tony." Obidiah says before ending the call. 

Tony put his phone in his pocket and then got in one of the Army trucks. "I feel like you're going to pull over and snuff me. What you're not allowed to talk? Hey, Forrest!"

"We can talk sir." The soldier says to Tony.

"Oh, I see. It's personal?" Tony says.

"No, you intimidate them." The female soldier says as she's the driver.

"Good God, you're a woman. I honestly...I couldn't have guessed that. I mean, I'd apologize, but isn't that what we're going for here? I thought of you as a soldier first." Tony says to the soldier as she nods her head.

"I'm an airman." The soldier says.

"Well, you have excellent bone structure there. I'm kind of having a hard time not looking at you now. Is that weird."

"Sir, I have question to ask." The soldier in front of Tony asked.

"Yes." Tony says as he took a sip from the alcohol glass that was in his hand.

"Is it true that you were 13 for 12 with last year's Maxim cover models?" A soldier in front of Tony asked as Tony nods his head in a response.

"That is an excellent question. Yes, and no. March and I had a scheduling conflict, but fortunately the Christmas cover was twins. Anything else?" Tony asked as he looks beside him as there is a soldier next to him raising his hand like he is in elementary school.

"Is it cool if I take a picture with you?" Jimmy asked the billionaire as he nods his head as Jimmy hands a camera to the soldier that's sitting in front of Tony.

"Yes, it's very cool. I don't want to see this on your MySpace page. Please no gang signs. No throw it up. I'm kidding, Yeah, peace. I love peace. I'd be out of a job with peace." Tony rambled.

Just then the car in front of them blew. The man dropped the camera while everyone grabbed a gun. The woman came to a stop and gun shots were heard from outside of the truck.

"What's going on?" Tony asked, but everyone ignored him.

The woman soldier opened her door and stepped out, only to be shot on sight. The man in the passenger seat groaned and got out of the car. "Jimmy, stay with Stark." The soldier demanded and he then went by the hood of the car and prepared to shoot, but he was shot and the windshield broke.

"Lie down." Jimmy tells Tony, as he did what was told, and then Jimmy got out of the car. "Wait, give me a gun!" Tony yells.

"Stay here." Jimmy demanded and he turned around only to be shot like the others. Tony's eyes widened and he quickly got out of the car. He grabbed his phone and started dialing Pepper's number.

It went to voicemail as Tony sighed. She is always around her phone but why can't she answer her phone when Tony really needs her.

A gunshot rang through the air and then a bomb landed next to him. He could read the side of the bomb: Stark Industries. Tony was then thrown to the ground, and he instantly groaned. Tony tried to reach for the phone, but he groaned again. His shirt was soaked in blood. Tony's eyes started to grow heavy, and he could see people walking towards him. His eyes then closed and all he could see was darkness.