"One Bad Day"

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Today was Jun Katrina Motomiya's birthday and she was being treated to an amazing dinner by her step-father Anthony "Tony" Edward Stark who had flown in from Malibu to celebrate with the family.

Dressing up, the family headed out to the best restaurant in New York and Tony reserved a table in the back for them to have some privacy.

The waiters then brought in a large birthday cake which had white frosting and tiny purple roses on the ends.

The cake also had 23 tiny white candles on them that were lit.

As the cake was carried in, the Stark-Motomiya family all started singing the happy birthday song making Jun laugh and try to hide her look of embarrassment on her face, hoping they didn't pull in too much attention.

As soon as the cake was set down on the table in front of Jun, the magenta haired woman blew out all of the candles in one breath, making her mother, step-father, sister and adopted brother cheer and clap.

"Happy birthday, angel!" Tony grinned.

"You didn't have to do all of this you know." Jun said.

"What are you talking about? Of course I did! I'd do anything for my three favorite girls." Tony claimed.

Rolling her eyes in amusement at her boyfriend, Tatiana "Tatia" Motomiya smiled as she then turned her attention over to her other two children.

Davia "Davey" Maria Katia Stark and Veemon were both holding the presents they had gotten Jun, waiting eagerly to hand them over to the older pinkette.

"What are you complaining about? You always said how your birthday is a day that's all about you. And we're giving you that attention." Davey claimed.

"Yep. Now, open my present first!" Veemon smiled brightly as he held out his wrapped gift.

Turning to look over at the Digimon, Jun couldn't deny him since she found he was adorable in the dress coat and bowtie he was wearing.

"All right, fine. Hand it over." Jun grinned as she took the gift.

Easily taking the paper off without ruining it, which confused Davey greatly, Jun cooed over what she found inside.

It was a framed picture of her, Davey and Veemon together at the beach in the Digital World and Jun was holding Penguinmon, who had been the Pichimon she first met years ago.

The frame was also decorated by the sea shells and stones that Veemon had gathered from the beach.

"This is great. Thanks, Veemon." Jun said.

"Glad you like it." Veemon smiled.

"Okay, me next. Open mine now." Davey insisted as she passed her present over to her older sister.

Feeling amused by the way her sister was acting, Jun took the gift and peeled off the paper, finding a ring inside that had an amethyst gemstone.

"Wow, where did you get this?" Jun asked as she looked it over, amazed with the designs that had been engraved into it.

"I didn't buy it. I made it." Davey claimed.

"Really?" Jun asked with a stunned expression.

"Honey, you should really consider being a jeweler. You are amazing with your hands." Tatia commented.

"I-I don't know." Davey shook her head.

Even though she had the brains and skills to do whatever she wished, Davey was unsure of what she wanted to do with her life.

She enjoyed drawing and building things, but she wasn't sure what she was going to use her talents for when she graduated from high school.

"Come on; let's not talk about that stuff now. This is Jun's birthday. We need to focus on her. Speaking of, my present is next." Tony insisted.

Before she could hand the gift over, his cell phone started ringing and he cursed under his breath, hoping it wasn't going to be his assistant Virginia "Pepper" Potts.

He told her he was going to New York to celebrate his step-daughter's birthday before he left, therefore, she shouldn't be yelling at him.

"Now who's trying to find you?" Tatia asked.

"I don't know. Just wait a sec." Tony said as he pulled his phone out from his pocket.

Staring down at the screen, he saw the image of James "Rhodey" Rhodes, his best friend and the godfather of his daughter.

"Hey, Rhodey, what's going on?" He greeted.

"What's going on? You blew me off is what's going on." Rhodey said sounding aggravated.

"Sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about." Tony said.

"The award. I was supposed to be presenting it to you." Rhodey reminded.

Eyes growing wide in shock, Tony mentally cursed as he remembered the award he was supposed to accept from Rhodey tonight at an event.

He supposed his father's friend Odadiah Stane, a man his mother and daughter both hated, must have stepped in and accepted it on his behalf.

"Oh, shoot, I forgot all about that." Tony groaned as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"Yeah, no kidding. You better have a damn good reason for it." Rhodey said.

"As a matter a fact, I do. Today is Jun's birthday. I decided to spend the day with my girlfriend and our children today." Tony informed.

Rhodey went silent on the other side of the line and groaned in annoyance.

He couldn't be upset with Tony for wanting to put his family above his work.

It was one of the admirable things about the man and Rhodey respected Tony for wanting to spend as much time as he posisbly could with his family.

"Oh, I see. At least tell me you didn't forget about tomorrow." Rhodey said.

"Um, no, of course I haven't. What am I doing tomorrow?" Tony asked making Rhodey roll his eyes heaven's ward, praying for the patience he needed to deal with his friend.

"We're supposed to be in Afghanistan tomorrow. For the presentation of the Jericho missile." Rhodey reminded.

The reminder of what he was supposed to do tomorrow made Tony whine in disbelief.

He had been hoping to spend some time with his daughter tomorrow, helping her with the creation of one of inventions.

"Right, okay. I will see you tomorrow. I promise I'll be there in time." Tony swore.

"You better. I'm not waiting on you, I'm warning you." Rhodey told him.

"Got it. I will be there." Tony said.

"Good. Tell Jun I said happy birthday." Rhodey said before hanging up.

Turning his phone off, Tony then turned his attention onto the three women and the dragon who were all staring at him, wondering what the phone call was about.

"So, that was Rhodey. He says happy birthday and that I need to be in Afghanistan for a presentation tomorrow." Tony announced.

"Afghanistan? Does it have to be there? I mean, it doesn't seem safe." Tatia said trying to hold back the fear she felt about her boyfriend heading off to that part of the world.

"I don't think it's really safe anywhere." Veemon commented.

"Sweetheart, I promise you, I'll be fine. I'm going to have plenty of soldiers with me the entire time. Don't worry about it. Tell you what. After I get back, the two of us will go out together and have a romantic date. What do you say?" Tony grinned.

Finding herself smiling at her boyfriend, Tatia agreed and Tony kissed her knuckles.

(The next day...)

Jun's birthday ended peacefully and the family went back home to get some sleep so that they could see Tony off, Davey having a hard time letting her father go since she had a bad feeling about him leaving for Afghanistan.

Trying to keep herself busy until her father returned, Davey went out around the city, heading off to Brooklyn, finding herself interested in visiting the part of Manhattan where her grandfather had helped to create the world's first super soldier.

Walking around Brooklyn, the raspberry haired girl passed by an alley and gasped in shock when she found herself being jumped by a man who dragged her into it.

He looked to be homeless since he was filthy and covered in old clothing.

"Shut up and you don't need to get hurt." She was threatened.

"Look, whoever you are, you don't need to do this." She tried to reason with him.

"Shut up! All I want is your money. Just hand it over and you can go." He said as he held up a knife.

Remembering the self-defense moves her godfather had taught her, Davey played possum and reached into her jeans' pocket for her wallet.

"That's it, come on. Hand it over." The man said as he held his free hand out expectantly.

She honestly couldn't believe that people in Brooklyn would actually try to mug someone in broad daylight.

Seeing the man left himself open and unprepared for an attack, Davey aimed a punch for his face, catching him off guard.

Acting quickly, Davey aimed a kick for the hand that held the knife and kicked it away, sending it falling onto the alley floor.

"You little bitch! You asked for it!" The man growled.

He then threw a punch, but Davey ducked and threw her fist into his stomach, then dropped low to the ground to throw her leg out, sweeping the man off of his feet.

When the man hit the ground, Davey was quick to stand up and made to grab for the knife before he tried to get it.

Managing to grab the knife, Davey then gasped when she felt the man latch onto her ankle, pulling her down onto the ground and he climbed on top of her.

They started a struggle for the knife, Davey trying her best to keep her grip on it when the man then moved one of his hands down to grasp her neck while his other own tried to pry her fingers off of the weapon.

When the man's hand touched her neck, it also touched the stone and it glowed.

The stone sent out a blast of orange light, stunning the two who starred in shock.

Feeling the power of the stone surge through him, the man screamed in pain as he then exploded into orange dust, making Davey cry out as she covered her head, blocking herself from the blast.

Chest heaving from the fight she had been in and the fright she had experienced, Davey lowered her arms and stared in horror as she then touched the stone around her neck, unable to comprehend what had happened.

Climbing to her feet, Davey then rushed out of the alley, wanting to escape before someone called the police to report the screaming and strange light they may have seen.

When she finally got to her car, Davey locked herself inside of it and broke down, crying over the fact that she had accidentally killed someone.

After getting all of her tears out, Davey started the car and drove back to New York, wanting to return home and get into contact with Gennai, hoping he would have any information on the mysterious stone.

She had found it in the Digital World; therefore, she concluded that Gennai would be able to tell her whatever she needed to know about it.

She needed to know everything she could about the stone, in case it did something like that again.

To be continued...