THE MISSING STARK

THE TRUTH

MINERVA'S P.O.V 

After taking off my anger in the gym with Steve, we came back to the compound. We acted like if nothing happened. The kiss  and our feelings were  going to be our secret. I needed to tell Tony first, and I knew for a fact that he was not going to be happy. I had dated before and he get jelous at the beginnig but then he gets used to it and lets me be. But there was something with Steve that made things complicated. Maybe it was the fact that he was much older than us or maybe the fact that Howard wouldn't stop talking about him. Tony once told me that his dad, well, our dad, never stoped talking about Steve. He thought that he cared more about Steve than he did about him. 

I never knew Howard Stark, but Tony said that he was not a happy person. He never showed affection to him and sometimes felt like he was never proud of Tony. "You are lucky you never got to know him" he once told me. I always believe that after his death, I was stolen and given to my adoptive parents. My adoptive dad told me that they found me on the doorsteps of their home, when they lived in New York and loved me the moment they saw me. That is why they kept the secret that I was adopted. They were afraid that I was going to hate them and go look for my real family. But my life before my adoptive parents was a mistery to my father and to me. 

I once asked Tony, why I wasn't part of his family? Did he knew about me when I was a baby? Or was I just a secret child that he found fifteen years later? Tony would never answer that question. He would just hug me and tell me "The past doesn't matter princess, you are here with me now. Remember how much I love you" . So when I was kidnap and taken by those man. That man would tell me that Tony didn't care about me. He didn't want me. But how can a person that will love me and protect me as much as Tony would not want me as a child? That didn't make sense, but there was something on the back of my mind that told me I need to investigate. Were those man telling the truth? Did Tony didn't want me to be part of his family?

After Steve and I got to the compound, Steve went and trained with Wanda and Sam. I went to Tony'sworkshop. I wanted to work on something. I had ages that I didn't do any mechanic stuff. I blasted some music and asked F.R.I.D.A.Y. where was some tools. She told me that they're were on some tool box. I went and looked for it and then I found a black box, I thought it was the tool box but it was something else. 

When I opened the box, I was confuse for a second.  I saw a picture of a baby girl with a pink dress and a princess tiara. The girl looked a lot like me. Then I saw another picture of a man that looked like an older version of Tony. He was carrying a pink blanket and he looked happy. So he did love me, but why wasn't I part of the Stark family? Then I saw my birth certificate. My birth mom's name is Isabella. Where was she now? I looked at her picture and saw that I looked like her but I had Tony's dark curls and Howard's eyes. Then something caught my attention. It was a crumbled letter. I read the letter: 

"My dear Howard,

Since you already know I'm dying. I'm afraid I won't make it to christmas. I have noone in this world, only you and Antonella. Please come for her. She is just a baby and she needs you. I know you told me that you were going to tell your family about her after christmas, but I can't hold any longer. Please! The doctors says that I have a week or less. The treatment didn't work because of the birth of the baby, but I don't regret it since she is my beautiful special little girl. I would give my life again for her. I know that when you receive this letter, I probably would be death. She will be waiting for you in the nunnery in New York. Please go for her.

Love you always,

Isabella."

I froze in my place. I felt weak from my knees. He knew about me, Tony knew about me!  He didn't want me as a baby. He prefer some stranger to raise his little sister than him. He didn't want me as a child. Why now? He left me alone without a mom, alone as a baby! How cruel and selfish. I was mad and mostly sad, he didn't want me . Why does he want  me now?

I had tears on my eyes and grab the letter and  put it on my jeans. I needed to be alone, I went to my room. I passed the common room and saw Natasha and Clint. When they looked at me, I saw how they had a worried look in their face. 

"Something wrong?" Clint asked. I faked a smile and looked down. 

"I'm fine.. thanks for asking"I said and went to my room. Five minutes passed and I heard a knock on my door. "Who is it?" I asked. 

"It's me, Natasha" I heard the assassin said. 

"Come in" I said and she opened the doorr. 

"Hey! What is wrong?" She asked as she came and sat on my bed. I was sitting with my legs indian style. I just gave her the letter and she read it. Then she just looked at me. 

"So.. this is what that man was talking about in the video?" She said and then sat across me like I was. "How are you feeling?" She asked. 

"Unwanted" I said. She frowned her mouth and sat next to me. She gave me a soft hug and then I started crying. "He didn't want me Nat." I said and looked at her with my red eyes. 

"Look, I know Tony. I know he is a selfish, egocentric son of a bitch. I know he is reckless and does things without thinking on the consequences. I know that Tony is not afraid of anything, just to loose you and Pepper. He loves you with all his heart. I know that he would do anything to keep you safe. Trust me, I've seen him get all crazy. When you were missing, he didn't sleep or eat. So maybe there is a good explanation for this. " She said. 

"Maybe you are right... when he comes back from Paris, I'll ask him and talk about this. "I said and then hugged her back. "Thanks Nat" I said. 

Then there was a knock on the door. It was Steve. He opened the door and was a bit surprise to see Natasha here. Then he looked at me and saw my red eyes. 

"Hey... are you okay?" He asked as he sat on the bed. 

"Yeah.. just some girl problems" I said and gave him a fake smile. Natasha said she was going to leave us alone and then gave Steve some weird look. I laughed and asked Steve, what was that about? 

"It's just Natasha being annoying" He said and then he looked at the door and made sure noone was at the door and kissed me. I laughed and kissed him back. 

"I came here to ask you on a date. Maybe some dinner and a movie?" He asked. 

"I'll like that" I said and then he kissed me again. 

"See you in two hours?" He asked. 

"See you then"I said and he left the room. I laughed and went to my closet, I decided to wear a nice dress and curled my hair. I got in the shower, got dressed and then there was a knock on the door. When I opened the door, I saw Steve wearing some dress pants and a white shirt. He looked so cute. 

"You look really handsome" I said and then he looked at me. 

"And you look beautiful" He said. I smiled and then we went out of the door. I had a great night with Steve. I forgot all about my family issues. Then like a gentleman, he walked me to my room and then he went to his. Gosh! He is so wonderful!

AUTHOR NOTE: SORRY! ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE! SORRY IF THERE ARE SOME MISTAKES