"How did she know my name?" Madison repeated to herself for the hundredth time that night.

Tony and Peter had brought her home after they couldn't find Nemesis, and they could clearly see that Madison was shaken. The whole ride home had been silent, except for Madison mumbling questions to herself. The girl was rocking back and forth in the seat at first. She just couldn't seem to sit still. Eventually Peter pulled her into a hug, carefully making sure she wouldn't freak out at her touch. She accepted it and once they got home Peter even carried her inside.

Madison looked at Peter who was sitting on the couch next to her; he was staring with her with so much worry Madison would have thought she was the Tesseract. Pepper and Rhodey were across form her and Tony was on the other side of her, sharing the exact same look as Peter.

"Princess, what are you talking about?" Tony asked.

The girl started to fiddle with her hands, "She knew my name. My real name."

"Who? Nemesis?" her father questioned, and Madison nodded her head.

At the silent response Madison felt Tony stiffen. The girl looked at her father, "What is it?"

Tony took in a big breath as he grabbed Madison's hands, "I wasn't sure it was her."

"Sure it was who?" Madison questioned, not sure what her father was exactly talking about.

"You're mother," Tony replied, sighing as he did so.

Madison's face scrunched up in confusion, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"A few years back when we first met Wanda, I wasn't sure she had also survived the experiments," Tony explained, "I wasn't even sure it was even her, and when I tried to look into it no files popped up on her. Not even your birth."

"What are you saying? Nemesis is my birth mother?" Madison asked. She couldn't believe a word she was hearing.

Tony gave a small nod, "Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I know you're probably angry-"

"I'm not angry," Madison cut in, "I'm just confused. I... I need to think."

And with that Madison weakly stood up and began to walk to her room. She could feel everyone's stares as she left. Once she made it into her room she locked her door and sat on her bed. Even though Madison didn't want to cry, she couldn't help it.

All these years she had thought the best of her birth mom, content that she was never going to meet her and that it was for the best. But, yet, Madison had just met her real mother tonight, and the woman had tried to kill her. Or at least hurt her a lot.

So tears did start to fall as the girl thought about the words her mom had said. The fact that her mother admitted to wanting her dead. Madison wondered why she was such a problem for her mother, why she wanted her dead.

Madison understood getting an abortion, she understood giving her up because she didn't want her or couldn't take care of her. Madison understood that, but what she didn't understand is why Nemesis had started to cause terror, why she tried to go after Madison now. It didn't make sense. Madison couldn't wrap her head around what she had ever done to that woman. And it made her cry.

Tears fell down Madison's cheeks as she silently cried to herself. She didn't want anyone in the house to know that she was crying; the girl didn't want them to worry about her. However that didn't stop people from knocking on her door.

"Princess?" Tony called out.

Madison lifted her head off of her pillow and sat up, "I'm fine."

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Her father questioned, his voice filled with concern.

"I'm okay. I just want to think about it all," Madison answered, her voice cracking from trying to hold back her sobs.

She could hear Tony give a sigh from the other side of the door, "Madison, you know I hate leaving you alone when stuff like this happens. If you won't talk to me... will you at least talk to Peter?"

Madison looked down at her hands as tears started to drop onto her pants. She didn't really want to talk to anyone, but she knew that her dad was only insisting because he cared.

"Okay," Madison agreed after a long silence.

"Okay," Tony repeated, as he started to walk away from the door.

His voice sounded defeated, and that broke Madison's heart. She wasn't mad at her father in the slightest. She just didn't want to talk about it.

A knock then came from her door again, this time Madison knew it was Peter. She stood up and slowly made her way over to the door. When she opened it she saw Peter standing there with a first aid kit; a worried half smile on his face.

Peter then walked into the room and over to the bed. He sat down the medical supplies and pulled up the chair from her desk. Without speaking her patted the bed in front of him, signaling that Madison needed to sit. The girl then sat back down and let out a sigh.

Once she was sitting in front of him, Peter grabbed a towel and started to wipe Madison's face. They sat in silence as Peter took care of her. Madison watched his face as he worked on cleaning her up. She knew that there was still blood from earlier, and her head was throbbing like crazy. But it seemed to fade as Peter's hand came in contact with her face.

She watched as he eyes flickered around, looking for any sign of bruising. Madison loved his eyes, she loved how they were a dark brown. It reminded her of chocolate. And she loved how there were traces of gold in them if the sun hit them just right. She always seemed to get lost in his eyes. They were always filled with so much emotion.

Minutes went by and eventually Peter was satisfied with his medical work. He placed the now dirty towel down and gabbed Madison's hands. Holding them in both of his.

"I know you don't want to talk, and that's okay," Peter started, "But I just need to know if you're sure you're fine."

Madison bit her lip as more tears started to fall. She finally looked away from his eyes as she answered, "I'm alright. Just trying to wrap my head around it all."

"Okay, I understand that," Peter replied.

"Thank you," Madison spoke, her voice cracking once more.

Peter then put his hand under Madison's chin and gently made her look at him. He gave a small smile as he wiped away her tears with his thumb. He studied her face for what seemed like forever before he spoke again, "You're beautiful."

"I probably look like a zombie right now," Madison laughed weakly.

"No," Peter stated, "You look strong. Strong and beautiful."

Madison gave a smile as she pulled Peter into an embrace, "Thank you."

"For what?" Peter asked, hugging Madison back.

The girl clutched onto him as if she was afraid to lose him, "For just being you. I don't know what I would do without you. And I know we've only been together for four months, and you're life was turned crazy for a time because of my family."

Peter let out a small chuckle, "Maddi, we have almost known each other for a whole year now. And in that year my life has change so much. But I wouldn't change it back."

"You mean that?" Madison asked as she pulled back, looking into his eyes again.

"I will always mean it. You're this amazing person who has changed my life in way I never knew possible," Peter replied.

Peter's phone the buzzed. He pulled it out of his pocket and gave Madison a sad smile, "It's May. She needs me to come home."

"Okay," Madison replied, giving a smile in return, "Tell May I said 'hi'."

Peter stood up and gave Madison a kiss on the forehead, "I will. Try and get some sleep okay. Call me it you need anything."

"I will," Madison replied, "Be safe."

"Always," Peter stated as he walked out of her room. He gave her one last look before he closed the door.

Madison then fell back on her bed, wondering how in the world her life had so many ups and downs in one single night.