Prologue: The Beginning of it all
Updated 12/03/13
The battle between the Avengers and Loki was officially over, and life was turning peaceful again. Once Loki was defeated Odin had banished him from Asgard to Earth to be held prisoner be S.H.I.E.L.D. He is now being made to stay in the Avengers tower with the team, one of the most secure places in New York.
In the tower, each member has their own floor, Clint loved to be up high, so him and Natasha got the top floor. Hawkeye and Black Widow had already been married in secret even before the Avengers were formed. It was only a matter of time before Tony found out and told the entire tower.
Thor and his wife Jane had got the floor beneath them on the 13th floor and Loki being held on the 12th floor, so Thor could keep an eye on him.
Tony and Pepper were below Loki's floor, no surprise to anyone, the two had gotten married right after the battle was won and had started construction on the tower.
The 10th floor belongs to Steve with Bruce on the 9th floor.
Nick Fury, the higher ups not trusting the Avengers to be left on their own, was made to live on the 8th floor.
While the last seven floors were built like Condos with not only a master bedroom, but guest rooms just in case the occupants had someone over along with a bathroom for each bedroom. Down the hall was a living room and kitchen. Even with all that, most everyone mostly goes down to the shared living room and kitchen when they want to hang out or eat. Below that floor was an assortment of gaming rooms, with all the latest Stark Tech, Library's, a Gym with a combined pool and spa and a Lobby at ground level. A garage and Tony and Bruce's Lab occupied the basement levels.
Up until now their lives had been relatively normal, or as normal as the lives of superheroes could be. There was always something going on, with new situations everyday. Today was the start of something that will change the lives of the Avengers from this day forward.
It started the day Natasha was sitting on the bathroom floor, staring at the small, white, plastic test in her pale hands. The test had two intersecting pink lines, making a plus sign, visible from the glass screen. Showing the Black Widow what her instincts had been telling her from the beginning. It was one of the few times in her life that she didn't want to listen to the gut feelings that had kept her and her partner alive on many missions and hundreds of battles. She knew it was wrong to ignore them, ever since she decided to cast the first sign from her mind, she had just been digging a deeper hole for herself as the weeks went by.
Natasha scowled down at the burden in her hands, tightening her grip on it, shaking slightly, she was suddenly overcome with disgust towards herself. She was not acting like the infamous assassin, Black Widow, that she was trained to become since her childhood. No, for the past few weeks she had been acting like a frightened child, going into denial over what was happening in the present.
Was the Black Widow fit to be a mother? 'No,' Natasha thought, despite her codename she had no experience when it came to children, other than saving their lives when the occasion arose.
While she had gotten better since meeting Clint and becoming a Avenger, Natasha was not shown compassion throughout her life, therefore she did not have the compassion it took to raise a child right, let alone her own. Her adolescent years were spent in a cold laboratory with only colder scientist for company.
With both parents being Avengers and part of S.H.I.E.L.D, the child would more than likely grow up to be, if not an agent then a superhero.
Natasha knew she would not only have Clint, but all The Avengers to help, but could they do this, they all had blood on their hands, even Captain America.
The red head put a hand on her lower abdomen, looking at the test, she tried to think what she would do now that it was confirmed she was pregnant.