Tony Stark had been in labour for two days straight and his waters still hadn't broken, quite frankly, it was killing him. He was stretched out on his sofa in his living room, trying to keep himself calm as the already painful contractions got worse.

"C'mon Kiddo you're killing me here…!" Tony rested a hand on his swollen stomach and then gasped as another contraction ripped through him. "Just come out already!"

"The child will make its appearance when the time is right, my friend. I am afraid that no one can speed up the process of nature, not even a God like I. You just need to keep calm and stay patient, Tony…" Thor sat down next to the labouring man and placed a hand on his baby bump. Feeling the baby kick, Thor smiled.

"I've been patient for the past two days, Thor! Can't you just induce my labour or something to make this whole scenario go faster?!"

"Well you can go for a stroll in the garden if you wish, that usually helps the child to move into the right position for delivery. However, I will not allow you to go alone. I shall be accompanying you just so that if your waters do break, I will be there to help you." Tony sighed and nodded.

"Alright we'll go for walk but personally, I don't it'll do any good. This kid is so stubborn; you can tell that it's Steve's." Thor stood up and then turned to help Tony to stand. He put one hand on Tony's back to support him and then slowly lifted the heavily pregnant man to his feet.

"On the contrary Tony, you are quite the stubborn type also." Thor then led Tony out into the garden.

Outside, the garden was in full bloom. The sky was a perfect ocean of blue with no clouds in sight, the grass was a lush carpet of green moisture and the flowers formed a rainbow on the ground. The two men ventured out into the sun and met up with Jan who was busy catching rays in her two piece swimsuit. She was lying on a sun bed just by the patio that led inside. As Tony and Thor approached her, Jan sat up and removed her heart-shaped sunglasses, revealing a pair of bright blue eyes.

"Hey Guys! How're you feeling Tony, contractions still getting worse?" Jan asked with worry in her eyes and a frown on her face.

"No kidding, this baby needs to come out Jan, it's really-ah!" Tony clutched onto Thor and Thor placed one hand on Tony's bump while rubbing his back with the other. "Ah shit!"

"Oh my God! Thor is it time?!" Jan asked jumping to her feet. Thor sighed with relief and shook his head.

"Nay Jan. Tony is merely experiencing his next contraction." Suddenly a gush of water was heard. "Correction; Tony was merely experiencing the contraction that has led to the breaking of his waters!" Tony then fell to his knees, his breathing gone laboured.

"TH-THE BABY…IT'S ACTUALLY COMING! AH!" Making sure to be extremely careful, Thor scooped Tony up into his arms.

"Jan, contact the other Avengers. A new legacy is about to be birthed!"