Jade Stark's Story *On Hiatus*

Taken Away

~TW~ Sexual Assault, Abuse mentions~

Tony was sitting at his desk looking over papers for Stark Industries.

"Mr Stark. Someone is here to see you" Pepper said opening the door

"Send them in" Tony said not looking up from his papers

Pepper nodded and left. Not long later a woman walked in. "Mr Stark. I am Lauren Gale. I'm with the New York Child Protection Services. I'm here to talk with you about your daughter Jade"

Tony put his papers down. "What about her?"

"Well someone who used to work for you -Who will remain anonymous- came to us and told us that you paid to have your daughter kidnapped and then paid to have your wife killed-"

~Tony's POV~

I shook my head. I would never pay someone to do any of that, I love my daughter and I loved my wife. How dare someone accuse that I had someone do this?

"I never did that and I never would. I love my family"

Ms Gale sighed "Mr. Stark, I would like to speak with Jade about what happened to her-"

I cut her off "No. 1. Jade doesn't like to be around or trust new people and 2. Jade doesn't like talking about what happened to her."

Ms Gale fixed her glasses "Well Mr. Stark, this case will most likely go to court and if you don't let me speak to her it could really hurt your case"

I glared at her. She was really starting to get on my nerves "When would you like to talk to her?"

"Tomorrow at 2:30. My office" She handed her card to me and walked out

~At Stark Tower~

I walked into the main room of Stark Tower. "Jarvis can you call the other Avengers to the main room"

"Yes Sir"

I sat on the couch and ran a hand through my hair. How do I explain this to Jadey? How does someone explain that they are going to go to court because people from child protection services thinks that they paid to have their daughter kidnapped and their wife killed

"What's up Tony?" Steve asked as him and the others walked in

"I had a visit from Child Protective Services today..."

The others looked at me to go on

"They said someone that used to work for me told them that I paid to have Jadey kidnapped and Ava killed..."

"What wait? Why would they think that?"

I shrugged. Nothing I have ever done or said could make them think that I would ever do this to my family

"Are they going to take me away?" A small voice asked

I turned around and saw Jadey leaning against the wall

"Jadey... I- I don't know..."

Jadey nodded.

"Wait wait wait" Natasha said getting everyone's attention "Jade's 16. It would be different if she was 6. They shouldn't take her away"

"Yes but she was held captive for almost her entire life. They think she doesn't know anything. So they'd treat her just like if she was 6" Banner said

I looked at Jadey who looked lost in thought. I can't let them take her away. She's making so much progress and if they take her away it would reset everything for her. She was just starting to finally trust the rest of the Avengers. If she gets taken away not only would she lose all of her trust in us, I would lose my daughter again. I'm not going to let that happen