War in Love

I was searching, every fiber
If you're out there, leave a light on
'Cause the distance is getting wider
And I know I've gotta find ya.
The Truth

Tony takes Harry back to their house. They didn't speak a word on their way home. His hand gripped the steering wheel firmly.
He remembering how bad Peter's conditions in the school.
Tony feels his heart broke when he saw the kid lower his head, trying to hold his pain and his tears. Tony knows very well it's not Peter's fault.
shit even that kid is the victim here. Tony is very disappointed with his own son.

"Go back to your room Harry, I can't deal with you right now," Tony said to Harry firmly.

Harry ran to his room and slammed the door of his room.

"What's wrong, Tony?" Pepper asked in a panic when she looked at bruises on Harry's face.

"I want you to call Peter, Peter's condition is worse than Harry's. I have to see Steve now," said Tony to Pepper.
Pepper could hear Tony's voice shaking. Pepper just nodded.

Tony went into his office room. And he gasped in surprise when he saw his best friend, Bruce Banner, in the room.
A friend who has been disappeared for several years. Bruce got up from his chair and walked over to Tony.
And hugged his best friend. Tony just stared at him in confusion.

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Peter walked weakly towards the door of his apartment, his chest was so hurt.
He began to have difficulty breathing. but it hurts more when he remembers his father didn't protect him.

On his way back to his apartment, Peter tried to reassure himself that his father didn't know anything about him. He didn't know the truth.
So that Peter has no right to be disappointed and angry with him.

Peter took the key to his apartment door, then he saw his cell phone ringing, Mrs. Pepper called him. His mother called him.
Peter just stares at his phone screen for a long time, he doubts whether he should pick up Mrs. Pepper's call or not.

Peter decides to pick up Mrs. Pepper's call. Before suddenly, Peter felt a hard blow on the nape of his neck which caused him fell on his face and he saw a pair of legs walking towards him, but Peter could not see who it was, his vision was blurry until he finally closed his heavy eyes.

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Tony's face paled as he heard all the reports from these two detectives. And also after he heard the reason Bruce disappeared and was only able to contact him by phone for all these years.

"I've checked it, the DNA that the Center of Genetics Laboratory is comparing before is just your DNA, Tony. There's no Harry's DNA there. These two samples are your DNA samples." Bruce explained while pointing at the table listed on the monitor screen.

“And as a result of my investigation, Harry is the biological son of Norman Osborn's younger brother. He hasn't been put into an orphanage since his parents Tony died, "Steve explained quietly. The facts he discovered were different from the clues they got from Christian previously.

Tony clenched his fist when he looked at the screen, little Harry was seen smiling at the camera, with blue eyes. Osborn, I will make sure you will pay the consequences after fooling me all this time. Tony muttered to himself. He vowed to destroy Osborn.

And Harry, God he loved that kid before.

Then Tony's hand banged his table hardly, remembering he had asked them to stop the investigating on Darrel case.
"Then that means Darrel hasn't been found yet?" Tony almost shouted
"you guys stopped the Darrel case because of my request," Tony said. He felt very stupid.

He couldn't accept that he didn't find his child yet. His child is still missing.

"We never stopped the Darrel case, Tony," Natasha said quietly.

Tony sighed with relief at that, he knew he could count on these two detectives who had turned into friends.

Bruce and Steve glanced at Natasha. Natasha came to the front of the monitor screen and explained the data she displayed on the monitor screen

"I found the first orphanage where Darrel was. Wanda, the owner of the orphanage just informed me that the orphanage received an accident victim boy from the hospital ten years ago. The child is three years old, and this child doesn't remember anything "Natasha showed a photo of a three-year-old boy playing the piano and the other kids watched him happily.

Tony could recognize the kid, his brown curls, it belonged to his son Darrel. Tony's eyes soften at the photo.

"Based on the data owned by the orphanage, this child was adopted by Richard and Marry Parker," Natasha explained.

Tony's head lifted quickly and stared at Natasha, then gasped at the last name of the person who adopted Darrel.
His breath was breathless. Tony wanted to get up from his chair, but his legs became weak.

"They named him, Peter Benjamin Parker, he was under the Parkers' care for 3 years before finally custody had to go to Richard Parker's younger brother because Richard and Marry died in a plane crash." Tony's head jerked, he couldn't blink his eyes. His eyes widened at the monitor screen displaying articles and photographs of Richard and Mary Parker.

Bruce could see that his best friend was really shaking. But he wanted to keep hearing the facts Natasha had discovered.

"But 6 months ago, Ben Parker and his wife died in a traffic accident" Natasha continued her explanation.

Bruce also paled to hear that, Bruce loved Darrel as his nephew. And his nephew has been through a lot, alone.

"Peter or Darrel had to go back to the orphanage. His second orphanage is located in Brooklyn. When I visited his second orphanage, the orphanage was permanently closed and the orphanage manager and all of its staff were detained in prison for cases of violence in the orphanage" Natasha showed a photo and some news articles about the orphanage.

Tony covered his mouth with his palm.

What happened to you all this time, son? I am so sorry. I'm sorry Darrel.

"Sorry Tony, we can't find where Darrel or Peter is right now because ..."

"I've found my son." Tony interrupted Natasha's words, his voice trembling. And his gaze is blank

Oh God, what have I done to my own son?  Tony thought. All his memories with Peter filled his brain. Tony's face grew paler as he remembered the incident at school this morning. Tony felt his chest fill with anger

"What do you mean Tony?" Bruce asked quietly.

Tony's finger is moving on his Starkpad screen, and the big screen shows a photo of Peter and Tony.
Peter holds the Stark Industry internship certificate in the photo. Natasha, Steve, and Bruce gasped at that. Until they get up from their chairs.

What have I done, why don't I recognize you, son

You've been near me all this time

Tony was in deep thought, he grabbed his hair tight in frustration. Then Tony's eyes widened, he got up and hurried over to the penthouse floor.
Natasha, Bruce, and Steve ran after Tony. Tony walked angrily toward Harry's room and he immediately kicked the door when he arrived at Harry's door.
But the room was empty, Tony could see a soft lens case with the brown soft lens in it placed on the table beside Harry's bed

Tony couldn't take it anymore, he slammed the lamp on the table.

"Friday, where's Harry?" Tony asked His AI.

"Harry left the tower 10 minutes after he arrived at his room, sir," Friday answered while, Natasha, Steve, and Bruce search for the source of the sound on the ceiling.

Tony picks up the call from Happy "hello Hap, this is not a good time. I ..."

"Tony, Peter disappeared. Pepper and I found his bag, keys, and phone on his doorstep" Happy interrupted Tony's words and said it firmly

Tony will completely lose his heartbeat at this point. Peter disappeared, his biological son disappeared again.

"Take Pepper back to Stark Tower, Hap," said Tony in a trembling voice.

"Rogers, I want your team to find Peter now. Now, I don't want to wait another 10 years." Tony said firmly looking into Steve's eyes. Steve nodded at him.

Tony's head immediately turned to Natasha. "Romanoff I want you to report to the police about Osborn's crime against Bruce now"

Bruce interrupted him. "Tony, why don't you report him what he did to Darrel?" Bruce couldn't understand him, Darrel is more important now.

“I signed and approved the DNA test results at that time, and Duncan is not here now. So I can't report the case, ” Tony explained.

Natasha and Bruce nodded. then they immediately did what Tony asked.

"I want Osborn arrested today," Tony growled. He must avenge every Osborn's crime, Osborn's humiliation of him, and crimes he committed to his best friend.

I'll find you, son, this time you won't have to wait for me for 10 years.

Romanoff and Bruce return to his office, while Tony and Steve rush to Tony's car to go to Peter's apartment and collect all the evidence they find there,
so they can find Peter quickly.

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Ned got off the bus and ran towards the tower gates of Stark's tower. and the several guards of the Stark Tower tried to stop him.

"Please sir, I have to see Mr. Stark," Ned said pleadingly.

Ned knew something was wrong with Peter. And Mr. Stark had to save his best friend. Whatever will be.

"Have you made an appointment before?" The guards asked.

Ned rolled his eyes. an Appointment? Oh, Come on, Peter can't wait anymore. Ned's heart beating faster, Ned ran away from the guards, and finally made it to the Stark Tower Lobby, until Ned fell and the guards quickly held Ned.

"Let me go. I have to see Mr. Stark." Ned growled. 
"Mr. Stark," Ned continued shouting.

Tony Stark saw the commotion and his head snapped when he heard someone shout his name. Tony Stark walked towards Ned,
"hey let him go," Tony shouted at his bodyguard.

The guards let go of Ned who immediately ran towards Mr. Stark.

"Mister Stark, I ... I'm Ned," Ned spoke with a gasp. Of course, he knows Ned, they met while watching Peter at the IMC competition.
The only friend his son has.

"You have to help Peter, Peter is in danger"

Mr. Stark brought Ned to his Laboratory quickly. When Ned starts babbling about the AI on Peter's smartwatch.
Ned followed him. in Ned's heart,  Ned swore that if this wasn't a precarious condition, then Ned would spend an hour just admiring this Laboratory.

"Peter makes AI, named Karen," Ned told Tony as he arrived at Tony's lab.
Tony didn't dare to interrupt this child's conversation. Because every detail must affect his son's life at this time.

“Because Peter is always being bullied by Flash, I forced Peter to install the 'find my friend application' on his cellphone, but Peter never did. Instead, Peter created an AI that didn't just let me find out where he was. When he is in trouble but also notifies the nearest police station. "Ned kept on babbling as he caught his breath.

"And even though Peter almost died because Flash pushed him into the lake, Peter never used this feature," says Ned lightly.

He didn't know that words made Tony Stark's face turn white, it must have been when Pepper finally met him at the hospital. Tony clenched his fists tight. He recorded the name Flash in his brain as the one that made his son suffer.

Ned then took out his cell phone. Tony could see the red light notification continued to appear on Ned's cell phone, "Peter sent this signal, but I can't access it on the school computer, so I think your system can translate it" Ned explained again.

Tony immediately walked to his main desk. "Friday, access Ted's cell phone," said Tony firmly.

"My name is Ned," Ned muttered.

Tony, Steve, and Ned could see clearly. Those are the coordinates, Karen sends the coordinates to Peter's location. Steve immediately contacted the nearest police station from that location just to double-check. and the police have already headed to that location. The coordinates have been saved on Steve's cellphone after he searched for the location via google maps.

"Friday, can you access Karen?" Tony asks to make sure he knows that his genius son is not just sending the coordinates only.

"My system has already connected to Karen, sir, but now Karen is not active," Friday replied.

"You can access it now," Tony said quietly.

Tony, Steve, and Ned fell silent when Friday managed to connect with Karen. They can hear the voice recording. No, this is not a sound recording but current events. Live voice recording.

Tony knew his son was a genius, but he couldn't understand that Peter could be this genius. How could this thirteen-year-old kid make a system this complicated?

Tony's chest was crushed, his son was always alone, he was very much depressed to protect himself. And protect the people closest to him. One of them is Ned.

I'm sorry Peter, I'm so sorry, baby, dad wasn't there to save you before. Tony muttered to himself. His hand wiped the tears that rolled down his cheeks.

Tony gasped, Tony could clearly hear his son groaning in pain, and the sound of beatings could be heard. Then Tony heard his son's voice

"He's not your father, Harry but he's my real father"

Tony fell after hearing his son's voice, he fell right where he found Peter falling in his Laboratory earlier, while Ned gasped and covered his mouth.

Tony couldn't breathe. His body trembled completely. His son knew this long before Tony knew it.