-Chapter 2

Tony drove all the way to the Police Station where Harley was. When he arrived, he found a police officer waiting for him, probably the same that phoned him. The billionaire parked the car and then'? approached the policeman. He was going to enter the building, but the man stopped him.

"Mr. Stark, while you were driving here" said the man "we receive a call from the hospital where was brought Lesley, his sister. They said that she alright now, but they weren't able to save her arm."

"Did he know?"

"Yeah... we had to tell him" Tony nodded, understanding how stubborn his young friend could be.

"Do you know who did this?" he asked

"The boy doesn't remember." he nodded again and then turned to the entrance, but the police officer stopped him again "Harley believes you are going to adopt them, is that true?" Tony stopped, taken aback.

"A-adopt them?"

"They will go to an orphanage otherwise" Tony stayed silent for a minute, thinking about it.

"Is it possible to do it now?" he asked "to adopt them?" now was the policeman turn to be surprised.

"Of course,sir." he smiled "please follow me" he opened the door and led the billionaire to a desk where he took some papers "You have to fill the form and sign here and here" he told him, gesturing to the paper.

"Where is Harley?" Tony asked once he finished writing

"In the room over there" the man pointed to a door on the far right "He's free to go now"

"Thanks" he said and headed to the room. He knocked and opened the door. He found the boy sitting on a chair in the corner of the room, his head resting on the wall. Tony smiled, noticing the boy was sleeping. He quietly sat on the chair beside him and shook him gently. Harley gasped and looked around, then he noticed Tony and immediately flung his harm around his neck.

"Tony, you came!" he cried in his shoulder

"Of course I came, you're my pal" said the man hugging him back, hen he let him go and stood up "Come on, we are going home"

"Home? You mean with you?" when Tony nodded the boy smiled and hugged him again "Thank you, thank you so much!" he kept repeating in the embrace.

"Let's go, I want you to meet someone"

"Who is it?" Harley asked curious, breaking the embrace.

"Pepper, my girlfriend," seeing the boy shocked expression he continued "She's waiting for me at home, she'll be surprised seeing you"

"What if she doesn't like me?" he asked worried

"Don't worry, she'll love you" Tony said, placing a reassuring and on his shoulder. He led the boy outside the Police Station to his car.

"Wow!" gaped Harley seeing Tony's car

"Do you like it?" asked the billionaire gesturing to the car

"Like it? I love it!" exclaimed the boy "that's so cool!" Tony opened the car door for him and then took the driver seat.

"This one is an Audi R8 e-tron" he explained "later I'll show you my collection"

"Really?! How many cars do you have?" and they continued chatting until Harley felt asleep. Tony smiled at the sleeping child. He couldn't believe what he had done, he just adopted two children!

Tony parked the car in is garage and noticed Harley was still sleeping, he decided to not wake the boy. He carefully lifted the boy and carried him to the elevator and had some problems pressing the button seeing he was carrying a child. But he eventually he managed.

When he arrived at his floor, he noticed Pepper talking at the phone. As soon as she saw him she ended the call an was about to yell at him but then she noticed a boy in Tony's arms.

"I'll tell you later" he mouthed and walked up to the couch. He placed Harley gently on the couch, but the boy was clutching at his shirt and didn't let go of him. After some struggling he laid the sleeping eleven years old on the couch. He placed a blanket over him and moved some of his hair from his forehead smiling.

Meanwhile Pepper was watching the scene by the kitchen counter and smiled at her boyfriend.

"What happened?" she asked and Tony told her Harley's story, about their mother death and about Lesley (Pepper got teary eyed at this part)

"... and I adopted them." he concluded "I understand if you are mad..." he started, but she interrupted him.

"I'm not mad, Tony." Pepper said gently

"I can understand... wait,what?" he didn't expect that

"I'm not mad" she repeated "I'm proud of you." Pepper smiled and kissed his cheek. "I need to go now, I have to finish some work. I'll hopefully be back before he wakes up" she kissed his again and headed to the elevator.

Tony took a glass and a bottle from the bar, but he heard a noise and decided to check on Harley. He found the boy still sleeping, but then he noticed something. The boy was shaking and some tears were running down his cheeks. The man approached the couch and shook him gently.

"Harley? Harley wake up." but he didn't wake, so he tried again. "Come on, pal. Wake up!"

The boy's eyes shoot open and he started breathing quickly. Tony sat on the coach near him and placed him on his lap. Harley buried his face in the man's shoulder and cried while Tony tried to calm him.

"Hey, it's okay. It was a dream, only a dream" he said in a soothing voice.

"No, it wasn't a dream!" he sobbed "It wasn't!"

"Do you want to talk about it?" the billionaire asked "It will make you feel better" the boy nodded weakly.

"I saw my m-mom, on the floor, she was d-dead" Harley said in almost a whisper "And then I heard Lesley cry scream and I saw her, and she wasn't moving, and there was blood. And there was the guy..." then Tony began to slightly rock him and holding him.

"Do you know who he was?" he asked after the boy calmed down a little.

"Yeah, he was the same guy who attacked us" he answered "do you think he well come back?" he asked.

"If he comes back, I'll protect you" Tony said reassuringly "I'll protect you and Lesley, okay?" Harley nodded and smiled.

"Didn't you said you would show me your lab?" the boy asked smirking. The billionaire grinned back and led the boy to his lab.

-AUTHOR NOTES

I'll try to post a new chapter every week, but with school and everything will be difficult.

starchasr2737: Thank you, hope you like this one, too.

Cha: Thanks!

Mrs Capt Jack Sparrows: Thank you so much, your advice was really helpful!

-Mina