The Adopted Little Spider

Chapter 1: News

Tony Stark had everything anyone could have asked for money, power, an amazing girlfriend, and not to mention Iron Man. It had become his symbol over the years leading him to even create the Avengers to help keep the world safe. That had to be the biggest game changer, when the Chitauri attacked it put an urgent need for heros and super weapons. For it showed the world that there were threats from way beyond their own planet.

But besides the point, for even with all this responsibility and all this power Tony didn't know why, but he felt incomplete. Almost as if something was missing from his seemingly fulfilling life. As Tony sat in his lab at Stark Tower working on some new tech he pondered this emptiness. Was it the fact Pepper was gone and wouldn't be back for a year while she worked at the Stark branch in Hong Kong? Yeah he missed her but he still had her in his life and they communicated all the time, so what was it?

"Hey Tony where is your UV separated?" Bruce asked though quite focused on his task.

Bruce was living with Tony since he was the only one who could keep him in hiding, especially since the New York incident. At the moment he was working on a way of removing radiation and heat from running machinery. He was ordered to do this by s.h.i.e.l.d who proceeded to hire him after New York, to both keep him under watch and so they could have his mind.

Currently they had a problem with their hover engines overheating and blowing out on the Helicarrier so they had him working on a solution. But Bruce also had a suspicion that they would soon have him weaponize the technology so they could take down targets easier, a classic s.h.i.e.l.d move.

"Um should be up next to the Electron Telescope." Tony said a little disoriented as he left his head space.

"Thanks." Bruce responded not even noticing Tony's mental state.

However Tony was back to thinking about his sense of emptiness. He thought for almost an hour but honestly couldn't think of what possibly missing, he had literally everything.

"Hey Bruce does it ever feel like anything is missing to you?" Tony asked as nonchalantly as possible, wondering if Bruce could maybe have the answer.

"I guess, why?" Bruce asked still focused on his work.

"I don't know why but for the last month I haven't been able to shake this feeling of empty."

"Is it because Pepper is gone?"

"Maybe but I feel like it's more than just that."

It was then that Tony's phone started to ring.

"Sir the Banner hospital down in Queens is contacting you." JARVIS announced.

"What, why would they be doing that?" Tony asked himself as he put his tools down.

Tony walked over to the counter with his phone on it wondering if it was the hospital asking for a donation.

"Hello."

"Hello Mr. Stark sorry to be calling you at this time I'm sure you're quite busy."

"Actually I'm not at the moment so no need to be sorry."

"Oh good, well anyways, I called because someone has requested your presence at the hospital."

"What who?" Tony wondered now really confused.

"Um let me see.... a .....Miss May Parker."

May Parker, he hadn't heard from her in several years, he hadn't heard from any of the Parkers in a long time. He at one time was pretty good friends with the Parker family especially May's younger brother Wilson Parker. He was an absolute genius scientist who practiced in biofusion a rather controversial but brilliant science. They had met in college, but ended up on different paths, he ran Stark industries and Wilson ended up working for Oscorp.

But then after all the controversy and all the rather unethical projects they wanted him to start working on he came to Tony and begged to work for him. There was no need for this especially with how over qualified he was. He had become one of his biggest assets in the company helping him create many contributions to the medical field with his knowledge of bio chemics.

In those years Wilson worked for him he also met his wife Rachel. She was a very kind woman but boy could she be a spit fire when it came to her husband and his work. She was on Tony if he ever held him late, always made sure her husband received credit for his work, and anything he did with her husband was looked on with great scrutiny. But she was nonetheless an amazing woman who had gotten along very well with Pepper making them close friends as well.

He had come to know the Parkers very well over that time sometimes inviting them to come with him on his business trips. They had even asked if he would be the Godfather of any future children they would have, he accepted but knew that would have to be the last resort knowing himself. Let's just say he wasn't exactly the ideal person to try and take care of a child.

But about a year ago they had to leave the company because they were being harassed by Oscorp again and had to go into hiding. Then tragically two months ago they were reported dead both murdered brutally. The funeral was about a week later but he couldn't go due to being halfway around the world at the time. But it none the less hurt him to hear a good friend of his was dead.

"Mr. Stark Mr. Stark?"

"Oh sorry I spaced for a bit."

"That's perfectly alright Mr. Stark."

"Did May say anything about why she needed me at the hospital? What's her condition is she alright?" Tony said now getting worried.

"She's fine but she was attacked and someone luckily called the hospital to send an ambulance. Now as to why she called for you she said it was a highly private matter that she would explain when you got here."

"Alright tell her I'll be there in about a half hour."

"Thank you Mr. Stark see you soon."

"Thank you."

A small pause soon came upon the room but was quickly ended.

"What was that?" Bruce asked rather confused.

"A friend of mine is in the hospital I have to go."

Tony quickly turned around blatantly ignoring Bruce's calls as he ran out the door.

This Aunt May is from Spider-Man: Homcoming so she is younger than in the comics and blood related to Peter.