It's been nearly four years since Loki's attempt of world domination, and many things have happened in the Avenger's lives since that time.
During a Fourth of July party that Tony Stark was throwing, two months after the nick named 'Loki incident' , Steve Rogers met a reporter named Sawyer, she was there from a local New York news station, she was there to document the 'summer's hottest get together. In December of the same year, and after much 'deep thinking' about life and his current position in this world, Tony and Pepper we're married. The wedding was held in Stark Towers with 100's of people in attendance, including Steve's new girlfriend Sawyer.
The next year, 2013, was fairly quiet for the most part, Bruce ran into his old longtime girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth Ross, in a small New Jersey café, where talked for hours, and he convinced her to go to New York to meet the other Avengers. Three months after this, in June, Thor and Jane had a traditional Midgardain wedding in New Mexico where they first met, with only The Avengers, Fury, Sawyer, Darcy, and Betty. A few weeks after this everyone in the small group, excluding Fury, who attended the first wedding traveled to Asgard to attend the 'official' wedding, which included lots of dancing, eating, and mead drinking. Two months after this, and with lots of convincing , by Betty, she married Bruce in a mostly quite and fairly calm wedding in the newly christened Avengers Tower. In November, Thor decided that he had been putting off his duties as King of Asgard for too long, and that it was time for him and Jane to return to his home realm, so they could rule as King and Queen of Asgard, the Avengers were sadden by this news, but knew it was best.
On July 4, 2012, the 'Avenger's Tower' held it second wedding. The very old fashioned wedding of Captain Steve Rogers and Sawyer Golding. Thor was not in attendance for this occasion, as his adoptive brother Loki had broken out of his holding cell, and had taken a female Asgargian guard with him.
Flash forward to January 1, 2015, the Avengers announced that with nearly a year of undisturbed peace, that they are going into partial retirement, but will return if needed. A considerable amount of time later, December 1, Clint and Natasha, started to plan for their secret wedding in Budapest , that was going to be held exactly one week from that day, until Tony found out. Then the wedding became much larger and out of hand then either of them could have imagined, but they were still happy when the day came. This leads us to January 1, 2016.
January 1, 2016
"Something is wrong." Tony Stark yelled as he paced around the hospital waiting room, running his fingers through his black hair.
"Well if you hadn't gotten yourself kicked out of the delivery room…" Captain Steve Rogers countered without looking up from the magazine that he and his wife Sawyer were reading quietly.
"They weren't doing anything right!" Tony continued to yell desperately.
"The nurse was giving her some water, and besides it's only been a little over four hours." Bruce said calmly with his arm resting comfortably around his wife's shoulders.
Tony sank defeatedily into the tacky blue waiting room chair in front of the Rogers, and Banners, to the left of the newly wed Bartons.
"Stop being such a drama queen." Natasha rolled her eyes. Clint smirked.
Tony quickly jumped out of his chair, knocking it backwards, shoving his finger in Natasha's face and began to defend his actions when the nurse walked in the waiting room.
"Mr. Stark?" She said meekly
"WHAT!?" he shouted as he turned around, not knowing who had walked through the door.
"It's time, Mrs. Stark wants you to be there for the actual delivery."
"Oh," Tony said confused, "Oh, OH!" He cried, realizing what the woman was saying. She motioned him down the hall as he pursued after her.
"Tony he's beautiful." Pepper wept happily as she cuddled the tiny bundle wrapped in blue.
"Pep, he is a Stark, of course Rocket Launcher is perfect." Tony said partially joking.
"Tony!" Pepper yelled quietly, "His name is not Rocket Launcher, or Hot Rod, or Tank Missile. His name is Jarred Howard Stark, and he's amazing."
Tony leaned in and kissed Pepper as she hands him the baby, and soon after Pepper falls asleep. Tony walks over to the large window on the far side of the room as he points at thing outside.
"See that building way over there, the one with the 'A' on it? That building is your home, it's called Avengers Tower, it used to be called Stark Towers, but then your uncles and aunt moved in after a crazy man tried to take over the world, and we stopped him. I have lots of news footage over it we can watch, but then you uncles Steve and Bruce, met the girls they fell in love with and moved out, and you Uncle Thor is a had to go back home, and your Aunt Natasha and Uncle Clint finally got married last month officially left the nest." Tony rambled on to his now sleeping son, but was stopped by a small thumping at the door.
"Hey, we're getting ready to leave its pretty late, we wanted to see the baby before left, actually we all wanted to see the baby." Steve said the last part a bit sheepishly, as all the Avengers and Avengers significant others shuffled into the spacious room.
"Oh, Tony he looks so much like you!" Sawyer exclaimed, as Tony held up a finger to his mouth, then signaling to the sleeping Jarred and Pepper.
"The littlest Avenger" Clint Barton commented quietly to himself.
"What did you say?" Natasha asked him, even though she heard him perfectly.
Everyone perked up to hear what had been said, "The littlest Avenger."
Betty smiled fondly and stroked the baby's cheek, "How fitting."
"He won't be the littlest Avenger for long." Sawyer said, mostly to herself and husband.
"Well he'll eventually grow up, but it will be a while before he will even be able to walk," Tony rambled on obliviously, before he was interpreted by Pepper who had woken up when the Avengers were ogling at her new babe.
"Sawyer, Steve do you mean that?" Pepper asked shocked.
The Rogers looked at each other, broke into smiles, and nodded.
"Guys that's great." Bruce said with as much happiness as he could muster, as he returned a sad smile that Betty gave him.
"How much longer?" Natasha questioned
"The beginning of June." The Captain said proudly.
The small lot of people heard, something crashing to the ground from outside the door, which caused the sleeping Jarred to wail. Tony went and sat next to Pepper on her hospital bed, as the rocked the baby, trying to calm him. All the Avengers looked at each other and smiled as they quietly, and snuck out of the room, leaving littlest Avenger and the new happy parents alone.
March 23, 2016
White noises, all he heard were white noises. Thor stopped paying attention to the meeting long ago, this morning his beloved wife Jane began her labor pains early this morning, therefore he was a bit distracted.
"King Odinson! You have yet to acknowledge my questions, are we prepared for another Loki attack? He has broken out of the most secure holding cell known to all, for all…" Thor zoned out again. He still considered Loki his brother, Jane and Mother said he always would. He used to visit Loki, when he was allowed to, but after Loki broke out two years ago, and took a female Asgardian guard who aided in his escape with him, Loki practically disappeared.
Thor also began thinking about Earth, he missed his Avenger family. He had not seen them since he and Jane left Midgard to rule Asgard. Thor often wondered if any of his brethren had offspring of their own. Thor's thoughts returned back to his Jane, would he miss the birth of his child? Would it be a boy or a girl, there were many ways to find this answer on Asgard, but Jane wanted it to be a surprise. Who would the babe most resemble? Would it posse the powers of Thor or Jane's beauty and mind?
Thor was pulled out of his thought quickly, when a young handmaiden burst through the huge doors. "IT'S TIME!" She yelled, before she even registered exactly where she was, and what she had interrupted. "King Odinson, 'tis time." She said more quietly this time.
Thor stood up and practically skipped out of the room, leaving the meeting, and not planning to return anytime soon. "Good afternoon gentleman!" He called out behind him.
"Jane, my darling, I have arrived!" Thor said bursting through the doors of the medical ward.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" The usually mind-mannered Jane screamed in pain.
"My dearest mother, has Jane not been given the medinece for the pain of the birth?" Thor questioned sweetly.
"At first she refused, but they are on their way now." Queen Frigga replied as a servant rushed through the doors and proceeded to give Jane a shot in her upper arm, calming her immediately.
Jane sighed contently, as she looked at Thor, "I'm not as mad but I'm still mad."
"Understandable my Queen!" Thor's laughter boomed throughout the corridors, he is still giddy for the birth of his baby.
A flash of panic and pain jumped across Jane's face, Thor mimicked her emotions, "It's time." Queen Frigga announced coolly.
After several hours of pain, waiting, and lots of yelling directed to Thor, Jane gave birth to a impressive baby boy, with chubby cheeks, curly blonde hair, and bright blue eyes. Odin held the baby proudly and repeatedly told everyone how the baby, Theo, looked the same as his father at that age.
Later, once everyone had left the new parents to spend time alone with their future. Thor was walking around the room, carrying the hefty babe, as the spoke Theo and Jane. "I swear to lay down my life for you and my son, dearest Jane."
Jane smiled at Thor, "Thor, I do not think that will be-" Jane was interrupted by Lady Sif and the Warriors Three bursting though the doors, then quickly fell down to one knee.
"Rise, do not kneel." Thor commanded.
"We wish you our best, Queen Jane and Prince Theo." Lady Sif said as they rose.
"Thank you Lady Sif." Jane said with pride.
"Thor someone tried to break into the palace, we think it was an attempt to hurt Lady Jane or Prince Theo, it may have been a kidnapping attempt directed to the new prince."
"Where is this fiend!" Thor demanded deafeningly, startling Theo who was resting contently in his father's arms who then began to cry, Thor quickly walked over to Jane and handed over the crying child, then turned his attention over to the visitors.
"The alarm was triggered, and we found three guards, two were dead by the time we got there, one dead before he could get medical attention." Fandral said solmlely.
"How did Heimdall not foresee of this?" Thor attempted to ask calmly
Lady Sif and The Warriors Three exchanged nervous glances, "We have reasons to believe it was… Loki."
April 13, 2016
Loki wasn't sure exactly where they were anymore, but he was fairly sure that he wasn't in the nine realms, if that was possible. He heard a baby in the background crying, so he walked to the noise. He found his son Lann, who was a mere few hours, laying in a crib that Loki had made appear from Asgard. Loki picked him up and held him close, ' it's hard to believe just 24 hours ago we were perfectly fine.' Loki thought as he walked over to the grave where Lann's mother was now forever resting.
After a few minutes Loki sat down on the cold, hard ground setting his son in his lap. "You, my son, are destined to be a king. You are meant to be the King of Asgard, and the ruler of Midgard. I will do everything in my power to see that you do that." Loki told the now calmed Lann.
"Tony Stark , protector of Midgard, has already given life to a son, who will someday take his place as 'Iron man," Loki sarcastically. "And mere weeks ago my 'brother," he added hatefully, "has given life to another son, one who will go on to rule Asgard, unless we stop him, destroy him." Out of thin air Loki made a beautiful, long sword appear, with a shiny midnight black hilt, intricate designs on the blade and a shinnying green emerald in the pommel. "With this sword, you can be invisible, you can cut through most armors and metals, and only you can see it, until you wish for someone else to." Loki then laid the sword to his left, and then picked his son up off his lap. "I believe we will start your training in sorcery once you have reached your fifth year, I'm lead to wonder if you will inherit any of my abilities" Loki mused, as Lann fell back to sleep in his father's arms.
June 7, 2016
Captain America had been called to S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters, for something trivial, signing papers. He didn't even know why he still had to do this. Steve walked around the base aimlessly for a while, prolonging his trip home. He loved his wife, Sawyer, very much, she was his girl, but a little over half way through her pregnancy, she got really mean, and cried… a lot. Tony said this was completely normal, Bruce said Betty was just having odd cravings, but she would sometimes still get sick. Betty was seven months into her pregnancy, but she and Bruce were taking things extremely slow, mainly due to Betty's two previous miscarriages. Right now Sawyer was laying at home, with a little over a month and a half, Sawyer and Steve were taking it easy also, Sawyer taking time off from her reporting job.
"Captain!" The familiar face of Phil Coulson breathed heavily, he looked as if he had ran from one side of the base to the other and back again. "Captain Rogers, Sawyer just went into labor." Agent Coulson panted out.
"But it's early!" Steve cried, as he grabbed Phil's arm and ran down the hall, out the door, to the hospital 5 blocks down, with Agent Coulson in-tow behind the Captain the whole way there.
Once they arrived to the hospital, Steve rushed to the counter to find out where Sawyer was located; Coulson limped over to a waiting room chair in an attempt to catch his breath. "Come on!" Steve shouted as he hikes the stairs to the third floor.
"You go on; I'll meet up with you later!" Coulson wheezed.
As soon as Steve rounded the corner to the third floor, he was stopped by two Doctors. "I'm sorry Mr. Rogers, you can't go back there." The larger Doctor told him.
"No you don't understand, my wife is in there. She's giving birth!" Steve cried as the larger Doctor slowly started pushing him to the elevator.
"I'm sorry Mr. Rogers, we do understand. There has been complications, we need you to go sit in the waiting room." The smaller Doctor said, as he pressed the down button on the elevator, Steve's shoulder slumped in defeat as the doors shut, and brought him back down to Coulson.
"What's wrong Captain?" Coulson stood up, empty water bottle in hand.
"The Doctors said there were complications, and I can't go in." Steve said melancholy, as he sat in a chair next to the one Coulson was sitting in moments earlier.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, then Phil's phone began to beep as the screen lit up and read 'Agent Hill' , Phil looked at the distraught Captain, then pressed the ignore button.
"Steve, I have to go back to base. Do you want me to call the rest of the team?" Coulson asked as comforting as possible, and Steve gave a small nod.
Within ten minutes the rest of the Avengers family were crowding the waiting room. Steve explained what had happened, that he had to wait, and that the doctors wouldn't tell him anything. Six painstakingly long hours later, all the Avengers had fallen asleep in various positions around the waiting room, then an older looking nurse walked in and shook Captain Rogers awake, "Please follow me." She told him, and then she turned on her heel and proceeded to walk away.
She took him back to the delivery floor, then to his wife's room; Steve was confronted by a sleeping Sawyer, but no baby. "Where is my baby?" Steve said, with anger hinting in his voice.
"She is with the other babies that were born today, when your daughter was born, her lungs were oddly underdeveloped for being in the womb as long as she was, on top of that she also had a weak heart, but within a few hours, her heart and lungs sounded like a baby who had been in the womb for the entire 9 month cycle, it was miraculous, and nothing I had ever seen before." She turned to leave the room, but stopped and faced the awestruck Steve Rogers, "Would you like to see her?"
Steve broke out in a smile, nodded and shouted 'Yes!', which brought his wife back into conciseness.
"Sawyer, it's a girl!" Steve said in a loud whisper.
"I know, I was there, dear." Sawyer yawned.
There was a light knocking at the door, and the nurse entered with a small pink mass in her arms, handing it over to Steve she turned around and left the room. A few moments after she left, there was a light tapping at the door, Steve tensed.
"I'm sure if you ask for a little more time, the nurse will give you a few more minutes with her." Sawyer said, enjoying the bonding between her husband and their daughter.
Instead of the nurse, the entire Avengers family flooded the room. "Give me the baby." Tony demanded to the shocked Steve, as he handed Jarred over to the pregnant Betty Banner, and took the tiny baby out of Steve's hands. The group crowded around him, "Steve, she looks just like you!" Pepper said, as she gently touched the baby's face.
"What's her name?" Clint asks as Tony hands off the baby to take back the ever curious Jarred.
Steve gave Sawyer a sideways glance, and she slightly nodded, "Olivia Liberty Rogers." He said excitedly.
Tony rolled his eyes at Olivia's middle name, and began to saw something, but was cut off by Natasha. "Why wouldn't they let you in?"
Steve immediately jumped into the story. A little later Phil came back to see how the Rogers Family was doing, and got a revised version of what happened by Bruce.
It was around nine when the families and Phil filed out of the room and to their homes, leaving the Rogers family to stay at the hospital.
Down in the lobby, after Phil made sure everyone was safely in their cars on their ways home, he pulled out his phone and rapidly dialed a well memorized number. "Hill? This is Coulson, I'm going to need 24 hour surveillance on Captain's room; I felt like someone was watching me in there…"
August 28, 2016
Betty Banner quietly sat at her kitchen table with her husband sipping her coffee as he scribbled vigouisly in a notebook like a mad man. It's weird to think that 6 years ago she would be here, sitting with here married, happily, to her only love, pregnant on top of that. She sat her cup down, and sat a hand gently on her stomach; she prayed everything would go well today. Having lost two babies previously due to stressed miscarriages, she and Bruce decided it was best if they had a C-section, hoping it would result in less stress put on the baby, because they didn't know if he had an 'Other guy' also.
He, Betty smiled to herself, in less than 12 hours she would be holding her little boy, Will David Banner. Lost in her day dreams, Bruce snapped out of his and looked at the clock, he shut his notebook, stood up out of the breakfast booth, and took his and Betty's coffee mugs to the sink, as the clock chimed seven.
Betty yawned and very slowly stood up as she looked to Bruce, "It's time." They shared a smile, and headed off to their van.
In less than 12 hours, just as Betty predicted she was holding a rather impressive bundle, with Bruce beaming over her shoulder, and her newfound Avengers family crowding around the bed.
December 20, 2016
Clint studied the text once more before bolting out the door; Natasha was in the parking lot of the grocery store, putting the groceries in the car when her water broke, a woman saw this happen, panicked, then preceded to call an ambulance, much to Natasha's threats not to.
Once Clint was on the freeway, he thought back the events that led to Natasha going to the store. They had a small 'conversation' about how soon they were going to be parents, and that if they were going to be actual parents, they we're going to have to act like it, and they would have to do the whole parent thing: soccer, homework, grocery shopping. That's how Natasha ended up at the store, five days before Christmas. Clint quickly parked the truck, and snuck into the hospital.
Running down the hallways of the hospital trying to find Natasha, when he heard her yelling for/at him, he ran into the room she was in.
Two hours later, there was a new little boy in the Barton's lives, who Natasha named Mark.
"You know, he is nowhere near as big as the Doctors said he would be." Clint commented as he held the small baby.
"Doctor, what is going on?" Natasha asked as an odd discomfort spread throughout her.
"Explain the pain." He told her, after a few minutes the Doctor called the delivery crew back into the room. "Everybody get ready," he said putting on new pair of latex gloves. "We're going to have another baby."
Another hour later, the Barton's had expanded their family again, this time with a little girl, who, much to Natasha's dismay, Clint named Natalie. "Well, now what?" Natasha said holding Mark close to her.
"We call the team." Clint said simply, as he was mesmerized by his little daughter.
Natasha slowly rocked Mark to sleep, when a small whisper of a voice caught her off guard, "Interesting", said the man's voice.
Yay, nay? It might be a little lame, but I LOVE LAME!
Anyway, read and review pretty please!
I hope to have the next chapter up soon, but my schools and schdeules are crazy, so I don't get much time to write but I love this story
It could be days to weeks before I update again, but if you review, it will make me want to update sooooooooner!
One last thing, read The Young Avengers Initiative by Theatergirl6, I love that story.
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