Hope Found

Hijacked

We stayed like that for a while before we composed ourselves. Once we had Tony informed Steve that there was more. So Steve called a meeting which leads us to now. I'm sitting between Bucky and Tony staring at the curious faces. I feel curious as well. What else is there? Maybe it's about my mother. Tony hasn't mentioned her yet but Bucky insists that she has to exist.

"So everyone, I have a bit of news," Tony begins, "Hope is biologically my daughter." Everyone looks shocked and multiple questions are shot out but Tony just holds up his hand and soon everyone has quieted down. "We just ran her DNA and found out. I only saw her mother once and was never informed of the pregnancy. I found an article detailing her car accident. Both her and her child were presumed dead but obviously Hydra somehow took Hope instead." He glances at me as he talks. My heart hurts for the mother I'll never know but I've still got Tony which is one more parent than I woke up with.

"There is something else though, that I found in her DNA," he continues turning to me. "You have DNA present from every single one of the avengers." I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion. What does that mean?

"What does that mean?" asks Bucky who I mentally thank.

"It means, at some point, probably when she was very little, Hydra injected her with all of our DNA. I don't know how they got it. But her body adapted to it. She probably shares traits with all of us, although most of her DNA is from her parents," explains Bruce.

"So pretty much you hijacked my kid," Tony adds. So many questions fly through my head so I end up blurting out the first thing that comes to mind.

"Does that make you all my parents?" I blurt out. I thought you were only supposed to have two parents. Everyone seems to share looks but finally Steve answers.

"I guess so, in a way, but the twins are pretty young to be parents," he says turning to Wanda and Pietro.

"How about you think of us as siblings instead? They share DNA as well," suggests Wanda. I nod enthusiastically. They both smile at me warmly. Everyone starts talking and chatting about what's happened but I block it out. I snuggle into Tony's side feeling his arm wrap around my shoulders. Suddenly the room goes quiet. I open my eyes only to find everyone looking at me. I notice the warmth and caring in their eyes before the start their conversations back up. I look at Tony questioningly.

"They thought you had fallen asleep and didn't want to wake you up," he explains. My heart warms at the thought of their consideration.

"This feels different than friends."

"That's because it is," he says looking down at me. "This is what family feels like." I look around at the room and realize this is my family. I have a family. I have sibling and parents and they all care about me. I close my eyes again slowly feeling sleep overtake me as I thank whoever is listening for giving me a family.