MCU ⚡
In which a 10-year-old shows up on Tony Stark's doorstep, claiming to be his daughter.
[pre iron man 2 - civil war]
{the first book in the "Little Light" series}
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A startled and terrified scream left Nick's throat as Pepper yelled.
Pepper landed on a broken piece of something that might have been a walk - but where Pepper had landed almost upside down on it, and roughly, it still made it so she was able to keep her grip on Nick, who had missed the land and went over the edge. Pepper groaned in pain as she gripped Nick's hand tighter, the girl swinging slightly as her other hand went up, gripping Pepper's wrist, the young girl let out a noise that was between being scared and in pain.
Nick felt her heart begin racing as her breaths became shorter, her entire body dangling over a fatal drop and she tried to force herself to not look down. "Nick, hang on!" Pepper yelled at the girl, trying to move enough so that she could pull her up, but then some suit that was fighting a soldier, cut a wire that then started an alarm, which went off as the platform Pepper had landed on began moving.
Tony, who got out of the ruined suit, quickly began running out to where he could see them. Pepper was trying to keep up Nick, but when they began passing another broken catwalk, Pepper quickly warned Nick and began swinging her.
Nick knew she had to let go, so she let go of the hand that had been gripping Pepper's arm, and reached over as much as she could, trying to grip the broken railing... but she slipped. Nick felt her hand slip a bit in Pepper's grip, causing another startled noise to leave her lips as she quickly tried again when she swung towards the railing again.
But once she gripped it, there was a large explosion below them that shook both things and made Nick slip again, before quickly reaching back up and grip Pepper's arm, while Pepper grabbed her with both hands as well.
With the thing still moving, and the explosion below them, Pepper was trying to look for any way to get Nick and herself out of this situation.
When the thing they were on finally stopped turning, the two looked over as Tony had finally got to them - after much difficulty with all the fighting going on around them. He was on the top of a controls platform that controlled some other crane.
"Nick, come on!" Tony quickly moved to the edge, reaching an arm out, and Nick did the same but Pepper had to swing the girl a bit so they were able to grab ahold of each other. Then Pepper let go and Nick practically fell against Tony, who had quickly pulled her into a tight hug, her face pressed against his chest with her eyes squeezed shut. "I told you to stay put."
"I tried." She breathed out, out of breath as they quickly pulled apart, and Tony then reached for Pepper while Nick moved over to the railing, gripping it tightly as another wave of dizziness hit her. "Pep, I got you! Relax, I got you!"
He tried to climb a bit on the railing since Pepper was higher in the air than Nick had been, and the woman was clearly terrified, so Tony quickly tried. "Just look at me!"
