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"You said never, but here I still stand alone. Alone with a broken promise. My mother said that I would never be alone. Nevertheless, she never said that she would be with me. I would not be alone, but I did not know that she wasn't included in that promise. However I still feel so lonely. The ice queen fell as the knight rose."
Our dear Alexandra fell asleep on the sofa with her computer on her lap. The computer of her hade the tower whole network blasted up. Every single fill and code were on her homemade computer. An enthralling thing about the young girl was that even if she wasn't a gryffindor was she always up for a challenge. In addition of that, have our dear Alexandras loyalty does not yet lay with in the walls of the tower.
They do say that Puffs are particularly good at finding hidden things.
A gasped escaped Tony, that was for ones shocked. His daughter hade hacked into his serve, and apparently everything else hackable in the tower. Steve let out a warm chuckle at the shocked look at his fiances face. Of course, was his new daughter a genius, just as her father. It shouldn't be a surprise for them, if you think about it.
Tony careful toke her black slick computer from her grip, and gently put it down at the table beside them. Steve then scooped her up into his embrace. Her shirt that usually cover her collarbone slipped a bit. It revealed one of our dear Alexandras many battle scar. That one was created not in a battle but in a quit dramatic archery lesson when she was five years old. With gentle fingers Tony touched the faint scar. The words of the social worker echoed through his head.
"Remember to take it gentle with her. We have a feeling that she has been in abusive relationship of some sort."
"Steve." Even with only one syllable broke Tonys voice saying it.
"I know, Tony. We just need to get a doctor's opinion and a general health check. No need to panic yet." Steve tried to calm down the worried father. Even if Steve was also worried but our dear Alexandra. "Let her just take a quick nap, while we call Dr.cho. Everything will be alright."
"I'm going to the lab." Tony said while he already had started walking towards the elevator.
"TONY!" Steve desperately yelled. It was too late. Sighing toke Steve up his phone and dialled Dr.Cho's numbers.
"Hey doctor........
Our dear Alexandra woke up startled. She hoped out of the bed ready to fight for her life. Only to relax when she saw her father's brown eyes and his finances blue.
"Ello, mates. Knocking before walking into someone else's room is often a good idea." Our dear Alexandra said in her usually spite. In the most sarcastic posh tone possible, however with a micro smile.
"Opps." Tony said with a small smile.
"Sorry Alexandra, what Tony means is that we apologize for forgetting to knock." Steve said with an apologizing smile.
"Chap, it's fine. What's popping?" Our dear Alexandra was still a bit groggy. Tony smirked as his daughter called Steve "dude".
"Well, Alexandra. We have a doctor's appointment for you in 30 minutes. Dr.Cho will get here to the tower, so we don't need to travel anywhere." Steve said slowly while watching Alexandras eyes grow wide. Our dear Alexandra hade now a problem. She hade still some injuries that hade yet to heal. Injuries that toke time to heal, even with the best healing spells. It was extremely dangerous to put a glamour over them.
"Oh. I'm I just dressing as usual? It was quite a while ago sense I was at the hospital." Our dear Alexandra said softly, still trying to figure out something to do.
"I guess a dress is better. Do what you want squirrel." Tony said while looking sneakily at Steve for confirmation.
"See you then."
As they left was our dear Alexandra slapped with sadness and grief, yet again.
"See you then."
The last words Fred said to her as she waved good bye.
It felt like she was drowning. She swallowed more and more of the bitter salt water, until coughed and let out a sob field with agony. Everywhere she looked saw she nothing but a deep blue. Our dear Alexandra were back at black lake. Her eyes wide open even if the saltwater stung. Giving up she let herself plunge to the bottom of the nothingness. As she felt the harsh ground noticed our dear Alexandra in the most of panic that it was too warm to be the sea grounds. Slowly the water flooded out from the room. She slowly raised her shacking fingers to touch her face. As she touched herself, she felt a dripping wetness.
"Emotions should only be shown or even felt in a speech."
The voice echoed through our dear Alexandras head. She quickly and stiffly swiped away her tears. Her pulse drummed inside of her head.
With legs like Bambi she walked to her new closet and decided on a outfit.
Our dear Alexandra stood in front of the mirror as she with closed eyes slipped of her nightgown. Opening her eyes again was she meet with a heart-rending sight. Scars big and small decorated her naked body.
Like stars on a night sky.
The most eye turning one where a scar that went from her armpit to her hip in a straight blood red line. Every scar you bear is a story. Stories that have slowly build you up to the person you are today. This particular scar hade a cruel story. A story that our dear Alexandra wouldn't want me to tell you, just yet.
With a shack of her head she cleaned her thoughts and started to dress. Our dear Alexandras plan was simple, she just needs to take the step, and just show them. And if it all goes south will our dear Alexandra just disappear again.
In the kitchen stood Steve and Tony quietly talking, almost whispering. Our dear Alexandra tiptoed into the kitchen and to the coffee machine. She thought that even if machine looked like something you would find in a lab. The coffee was the most tasteless coffee she has ever tasted, some tea was even stronger than this.
"Hey, squirrel. Dr. Cho will be here in any moment now." Tony said casually while sipping on his coffee.
"That's pleasant. May I ask what this doctor appointment will include?" Our dear Alexandra said politely and smiled sugar sweet. She would have been a excellent actress. Just as her mother ones was.
"Just a physical, kiddo, making sure that everything is good. Nothing special."
"Please refrain from calling me 'kiddo'. I was able to build a nuke at the age of five just a month short from learning how to use the knife some hade already stabbed me with to kill them. A lesson I have actually used. I'm not your kiddo anymore, I have never been your kiddo." Our dear Alexandra didn't realize that she had just confessed to killing a person nor that she was in fact able to build a nuke. Her sugar sweet smile was still plastered on her face.
" I'm a interrupting something?" She flinched as Dr.Cho spoke up. Inhaling deeply she turned around to be meet with a woman dressed in a mint green dress, a white lab coat and her raven black hair in a tight bun.
"Of course not, Dr.Cho. Nice seeing you again. How are you?" Steve said politely while shaking her hand.
"I'm all fine. Nice to have a change of scenery." Dr.Cho smiled softly at Steve. She then changed her direction to look at our dear Alexandra. Who was desperately trying to calm herself, with a very faulty technique. She was picturing herself standing in front of death eaters. Death eaters always needed to think that she was calm and confident, not afraid and insecure. "And hello to you, My name is Dr.Cho . And I assume that you are Alexandra."
"Hello, Doctor. And please call me Alex." Our dear Alexandra hade all her focus on her doctor. The last bit of the sentence was a passive aggressive attack against her father. To show that Tony and she were more like strangers to each other, than an actual stranger was.
The doctor smiled and said that our dear Alexandra should follow her to the medical room, Stark apparently hade in his tower.
Tony and Steve stood frozen in the kitchen. Tony felt a dagger of sorrow and envy stab him. That his own daughter hade said to Cho to call her Alex, and not to her very own father.
It was in that moment he truly realized the damage he hade done. As well as the long journey in front of him. If he was to ever be able to truly call our dear Alexandra, his daughter. Right know was the only bond between them their similar earlobes.
Steve from the first moment knew that it would be a long journey, but it hurt more than he hade imagine. Even if he was only a stranger to her as she was to him.
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"Okay everything seems fine. However Mr.Stark have expressed concern over a quite red scar on your collarbone. Is it okay if I check it out?" Dr.Cho said, while trying to search after something in Alexandra facial expression.
"Yeah, sure." Our dear Alexandra hade and still have a problem of saying no to authorize or people with more power than her.
"Good, can you show me the scar?" Dr.Cho hade yet to ask her to take of her dress. Or more like our dear Alexandra's cover up of her harsh life.
Alexandra slowly moved her dress neckline to show her the flaming red scar. Apparently she moved the fabric just a tad too much. As a faint gasp escaped from the doctor. Our dear Alexandra looked down at her neckline. Oh, apparently, she hadn't moved it a tad much, it was just the flaming red scar that hade shocked the doctor.
Dr.Cho looked over the scar, and then applied some cold cream of some sort.
She then asked if our dear Alexandra hade some more scars. Dr.Cho was now more concerned about the health of our dear Alexandra than when she started the physical.
"Yeah, I have." Our dear Alexandra said in the faintest of whispers. She toke the hem of the soft cotton dress and dragged the dress over her body until she stood just in her underwear.
Her midsized body hade scars littered over it like the stars on a clear winter night sky. Some scars new and some old. Every scar telling her very own story.
"Is it okay if I tell your guardians about this?"
"Yeah."
Like our dear Alexandra hade a choice.
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Ironman and Captain America were in shell shock over the news.
Even if it hade been Alexandras mothers old school would Tony Stark do what ever in his power to sue them. And our sweet Steve was behind his back on the matter.
A new kind of guilt slowly creeped over Tony.
On the other side had we our dear Alexandra. Or well Alex. She hade gone back to her old personality in a matter of seconds. The personality that didn't give a damn. The girl that used to laugh of an injury.
"I mean, I find them quite cool. Like a free Halloween custom. Lucky me that I don't like tanning. It's surely is quite an eyesore, isn't it?" Our dear Alexandra said with a smirk, while Steve stood gasping and Tony frozen.
"If that's what you want to call it." Tony unfroze by our dear Alexandra's comment.
"Yeah, it's not really a good name to call them. It's quite a mouthful, I should come up with something else to call them." She said with a fake expression of thoughtfulness.
" I think that we need to have a talk squirrel." Tony said, both desperately and both like he hade a gun to his head
"A talk?"