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Tony tried to take in a deep breath as he came to a sudden stop. He hid behind a closed door, the sound of booted feet passed him. He leaned against the door and waited until they were gone. Tony gently rubbed his stomach as he tried to settle his nerves. He felt his baby kick, comforting him and reassuring Tony that he was not alone. Tony swallowed down the lump in his throat and instead focused on finding an escape route. He turned to face the empty apartment. There was nothing inside except an old couch the last tenants must have left behind. His hand never drifted from his stomach while he made his way further inside. Tony moved into the kitchen opening cupboards trying to find anything useful. Tony scoured almost every inch of the apartment but found nothing.
Tony felt a deep clenching pain in his pelvis causing him to gasp. The pain left after a moment, Tony breathing heavier. He moved to the end of the apartment where he saw a large window. Right outside was a fire escape. Again the sound of footsteps where loud in the empty room and Tony waddled to the window struggling to open it. He heard the sound of voices and then ramming against the door. Tony was grateful when the window finally popped opened. He wasted no time climbing on to the emergency staircase. He shut the window behind himself.
Tony looked down and saw the ladder was missing to reach the ground. He looked back up and knew that there was going to be no easy way out of this. Tony hoisted himself up as he tried to climb up the stairs as quickly as possible. He held onto the railing tightly, not wanting to fall. He heard the door shatter open inside the empty apartment which only made Tony hurry up the staircase. The nudging in his stomach motivated him further. Tony reached a window to someone’s apartment, he tried knocking on it but no one came. Again he walked up. He got to another window and it was just the same. Tony wanted to cry in desperation.
Tony’s heart beat loudly in his ears. His breathing was labored and he wanted, no he needed his Alphas with him. He reached another window and was ready to give up hope when an older man with graying hair opened the curtains. Tony could see the inaudible gasp of the woman beside him. They didn’t hesitate and opened the window for him. Tony thanked them as they helped inside. The woman helped him sit down, the man locked the window and closed the curtains.
The older man then moved to the door and proceeded to lock that as well. Tony took in deep breaths trying to calm himself. Again a pain shot up from his pelvis through his spine making Tony wince. The woman stared at him.
“Are you all right,” she asked, worry noticeable in her tone.
Tony took in a deep breath, “I will be.”
The woman and her husband shared a look.
“I’ll ask why you are being chased but there is something more important happening right now. I think you might be in labor.”
Tony shut his eyes tight. The pang in his chest spreading further through his body.
“It could be Braxton Hicks. I need to contact my Alphas. Let me use your phone,” Tony began standing up from the chair with the help of the woman.
She wanted to protest but her husband nodded in the direction to their bedroom, “Right this way.”
The woman removed the phone from its receiver and handed it to Tony. He knew it wasn’t safe, but he needed to make at a least some form of contact to let the others know where he was. Tony moved to sit down on the bed and received no complaint from the couple. Tony’s back and feet where killing him.
The woman sat on the bed beside him, her husband remained standing by the door. Tony dialed a phone number he forced himself to memorize just in case things went haywire. Tony waited for the other end of the line to pick up.
“Hello,” was the frantic response.
“I’m in Forest Hills, Queens. 67th Ave and 108th St. Apartment--,” just as he gave his current location the electricity to the apartment building went out.
Tony cursed his bad luck and set the phone down. He made a move to stand up but the woman eased him back down.
“You need to sit down. You are a heavily pregnant Omega that may be in labor. I am not going to let you out of this apartment until those bad men are far away from here,” she scolded in a voice that made Tony feel guilty for even thinking about leaving.
“You’re Tony Stark,” the man finally spoke.
“Yes I am,” Tony answered as he got his heart to settle, “Nice to meet you.”
“Why are those men chasing you,” the man asked.
The man received a heated look from his wife that made Tony give a small smile. Tony applied pressure to his back in order to relieve some of the pain.
“They’re AIM, and they’ve been chasing me since the moment I announced I was Iron Man. Now they are chasing me for another reason that must have my Alphas tearing them apart.”
“Because you’re pregnant,” the woman answered.
Tony remained quiet, ‘It’s alright baby. I’ll get you out of this.’
“I’m May Parker. This is my husband, Benjamin.”
Tony nodded to them and looked down. Loud footsteps where heard around. May placed a hand over her chest and looked at Ben. Tony held in a breath, he knew they may have heard and intercepted his call but it was a risk he was willing to make. By now the Avengers where on their way and they would make it in minutes. He may be on another island away from Manhattan but they would make it.
After a while Tony heard the shout of a man and boots dispersing. Tony let out a sigh of relief but knew that AIM knew he was in the building. They were still going to be around waiting for him as others would most likely go and prevent the Avengers from entering the building. He just hoped that they stayed outside and made no move to get him out.
Ben stepped out of the bedroom and May watched him go while she stayed with the omega, “I’m sorry those horrible men are chasing you. I know that my husband and I are old betas but we will protect you.”
Tony looked at her and was touched at her words, “Thank you Mrs. Parker. And thanks again for letting me in.”
“It’s what any decent person ought to do,” she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder and let go.
Tony winced again as he felt the familiar pain run through his body hitting his toes and fingers with a shock.
“Mr. Stark I think you may actually be in labor. This doesn’t look like Braxton Hicks.”
“I’m fine,” Tony dismissed her.
“Okay, they are gone. I saw them go down the alley,” Ben explained walking into the room.
“We need to get you to the hospital,” May continued.
Tony shook his head, “Too dangerous. They’re still around, they are most likely waiting to flush me out. I already made contact with people that can he--.”
Tony hunched in on himself trying to breath in when the sound of water dripping onto the floor met the betas ears. Tony looked at his wet lap and the growing stain around the bed and tried not to panic. This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen. He was supposed to give birth with his Alphas beside him. He was supposed to go to the hospital where Dr. Cho would deliver their baby boy and Pepper would be crying by his side as she finally saw her god son. Rhodey would also be there trying to hold back his tears.
‘Steve…Bucky,’ Tony thought as a contraction started again.
“Isn’t labor supposed to take hours,” Tony gasped as May helped him lay down on the bed even if he wanted to get up.
May shook her head, “It looks like you’ve been in labor for hours already.”
“How do you know,” Tony winced as his pelvis hurt.
“Lucky for you, Mr. Stark, I am a nurse,” she reassured him, “I’ve helped doctors deliver babies.”
Tony groaned at being moved. Steve and Bucky would come. And Tony would be able to have their baby in the hospital and not in this couples very bed. AIM would get their ass handed to them like always and Tony would not have this baby now. The baby was not going to be born without his fathers.
May called for her husband, “Ben, get the candles, towels and water,” then she turned to Tony, “All right Mr. Stark I’m going to need you to move up the bed.”
“Call me Tony, if you’re going to help me have this baby we may as well be on a first name basis.”
Tony moved up on the bed as May set the pillows on his back. He was still astounded that he was in fact in labor, or how it happened so fast.
As if reading his mind, May answered, “You’re in active labor Tony, that’s why it’s happening so quickly. Your current stress isn’t helping either, but after this part your labor will slow down.”
May adjusted the pillows behind Tony who bit his lip as a contraction moved through him stronger than before. Tony grasped his stomach his breath coming out short. He couldn’t remember the dumb breathing exercises he had learned with Bucky and Steve. He was in too much pain and distress. May grabbed his hand.
“Breath with me Tony, deep long breaths,” May guided him as Tony tried to mimic her breathing.
Tony let out a loud groan, as he panted through the contraction.
“Ben, bring me water and sugar,” May shouted to her husband.
Tony could care less that AIM was around the apartment. He was going to have a baby and these contractions where killing him. He wanted to scream in pain but the dumb classes reminded him screaming was bad because of the clenching of the muscles or something. So he just moaned loudly and tried to catch a breath as the contraction ended. Tony could feel the tears falling from his eyes, he wanted something for the pain. Why couldn’t he have this baby at a hospital?
The sound of heavy knocks made Tony panic. May remained by his side as another contraction started again. Ben deposited everything at the end of the bed, lit candles where by the bedside.
“Open up, we have reason to believe you are harboring a fugitive,” a booming voice rang into the apartment.
Tony cried and May shushed him trying to calm him as much as he could. May didn’t want there to be any danger to both him and the baby.
“Ben, stay with Tony, help him.”
“May, you can’t go—“
“Benjamin, let me.”
Tony wanted to protest, he didn’t know if AIM would shoot her, he couldn’t have this baby by himself. Tony panted as the older beta grabbed a hold of his hand and wiped his brow with a cool wet cloth.
May stepped out of the bedroom. Her heart was pounding loud in her ears and she could feel the adrenaline flowing through her veins. She needed to be strong. She couldn’t let Tony suffer, and May knew that no matter the gender; beta or alpha, it was against instinct to even harm a pregnant Omega.
She could do this.
May opened the doors, guns where immediately pointed at her. May thought there would be more, but their blinding lights showed that there may have just been at least three soldiers pointing their guns at her.
“He is having the baby now. I can help him give birth, don’t shoot,” May explained.
The guns remained trained on her and May blinked against the lights. She saw some movement as a higher ranking soldier pressed a button to his communicator.
“Stark is in labor, a lady here says she can assist with the birth. Orders?”
May Parker was sweating, she was nervous. They could be cold blooded killers and shoot her on the spot and take Tony away no matter the fact that he was in labor. It could go two ways and May was hoping it wouldn’t end that way.
“Take her and Stark. Shoot her if she is lying,” came the voice in through the static.
May felt a lump in her throat at what she heard, but she tried to remain cool and stoic. Hopefully whatever help Tony had called in would make it. Oh, how May hoped.