Everything was running smoothly in S.H.I.E.L.D's base. They were doing testing on the tesseract, a powerful energy source that had been found by Howard Stark. Suddenly the tesseract started glowing in a different way and the power just cut off.
The power then went back on but this time there were more people in the room than before. There were two men who wore strange clothing and had the hydra symbol on a banner that was strapped to their arms, they held guns that looked more advanced and alien like.
Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D saw them instantly when the lights turned on and grabbed his comm and spoke into it. "All Agents to the main lab now" The two Hydra Agents glared at him. "Ahh Nick Fury... haven't seen you since.. the accident." One spoke, his accent being a thick british one, not very accustomed for a hydra agent. Nick looked at him with a confused and shocked expression on his face, something that doesn't usually happen. "Accident?" He asked the two, his hand on his hip, ready to pull the gun out of his holster any second. "Well it hasn't happened yet of course, has it?!" He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. One S.H.I.E.L.D Agent who only just arrived, slowly walked behind the two men and tried to attack, seeing the hydra banner and knowing what group they were apart of. The Hydra Agent with the British accent turned around instantly and shot the man, disintegrating him. "Who are you?" Nick asked as he took a step closer. The man turned around and put the gun against Nick Furys forehead. "What do you want?" He asked the two. "Well WE want Hydra to take over the world but our Boss, he wants to know where one of your workers live, Ben Parker, Ben and his wife May." Fury eyebrows smushed together in a confused manner, "What would you want with one of our security guards?" He asked them. "Just tell us where the bloody hell he lives before I blast you into dust!" The man demanded. Before Fury could answer by 'politely' saying no another high-ranking agent answered for him. "They live in an apartment block in Queens! Here's the fully detailed address." The Agent said and hesitantly handed them a piece of paper he pulled out of a file just a few moments before. "Hmm... i like you." The Hydra Agent laughed and shot the S.H.I.E.L.D Agent that had only passed him a paper that would change two peoples lives that day, straight in the head. Suddenly the two men disappeared into thin air, shocking everyone that stood in that room.
Fury showed some remorse for the man who partially just saved his life, but was quite angry at him for giving away the safety of a simple family that lived in Queens. Fury guessed that they must be quite important for two Hydra Agents to break into S.H.I.E.L.D just to find out where they lived. He spoke into his comms again, "Get me Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton STAT"
S.H.I.E.L.D were tracing the Hydra Agents through some sort of Radiation they were leaving behind them. Fury then knew for sure that they were going after the Parkers once they landed in Queens. He again spoke through the comms, "Romanoff, take the streets and start running after them before they get to the Parkers. Barton, I want you on the roof right across the Parkers complex." Fury spoke and then went on to investigating the sudden appearance of the two Hydra Agents after he received an 'Affirmative sir' from both of his Top Agents through the walkie talkie(A/N:lol now he just sounds like a child uwu)
Natasha had just arrived to the apartment, as she kicked down the door, all she heard were the screams of a women. As she walked in she saw one of the HYDRA Agents stab someone, who she assumed was Mrs. Parker. Natasha ran up and flipped the man over and began to punch him till he passed out, after he was out cold she went to check whether the women had any pulse and suddenly she grabbed Natasha but calmed down when she realised it wasn't one of the men who attacked her and her husband. "Mrs Parker..?" Natasha asked her. The women nodded, so Natasha continued to speak, "Mrs Parker, do you know why those men came to attack you?" She questioned, suddenly the women groaned and held onto her wound, Natashas eyes widened at the injury, "I need an ambulance at the Parkers flat, ASAP!" She spoke into the comms then held onto the wound to support it. "P-p..peter" Mrs Parker whispered, "Peter? Who is Peter Mrs Parker? Is that your husband?" Natasha said and looked at the dead man that lied nearby. "N-no.. they're after Peter.. my son.." She whispered even quieter, "L-look.. l-look a-after my son.." Mrs Parker then said, to which Natasha nodded to, hesitantly. "Y-you're a pretty lady... Peters gonna need such a nice, caring, pretty lady to look after him... can you do that for me?" She asked Natasha, who nodded more confidently, even tears were falling down Natashas cheeks as her heart warmed at everything Mrs Parker was saying to her. "Promise?" She asked, "I-i.. I promise.." Natasha stuttered back, not really knowing how to take the situation. Mrs Parker flashed her a smile, her last smile, "Thankyou..." She mumbled then closed her eyes slowly, her soul finally leaving her body. "Fu-fuck.. no! Mrs Parker! Mrs Parker c'mon stay with me ma'am.." Natasha kept repeating then looked again for a pulse but found none. Natasha stumbled back from the body and held onto herself in shame for not doing enough to keep the women she had only met a minute ago, alive.
Natasha stood up when she heard crying from the other room and then realised she had forgotten about the child. "Peter!" She yelled and then ran to the other room, only to find the other Hydra Agent at the crib and had a knife out ready to kill the baby. "That was quite a heartwarming talk you had with that useless women back there, Ms Romanoff, but I'm afraid you won't be able to keep your promise after all." The man spat and laughed evilly as he held the knife up to Peter. "Now Clint!" She yelled and suddenly an arrow shot through from the window and right into the Hydra Agent, who suddenly fell to the ground. Peters crying increased and Natasha suddenly ran to the crib and picked him up. "Natasha? What's going on in there? I hear crying from all the way over here." Bartons voice came through the comms. "It was a boy, Clint. They were after the Parkers son.. they almost killed him." Her distressed voice said. "A boy? Bring him out, the other S.H.I.E.L.D Agents are coming up to bring the two guys back to base, they're still there right?" Clint asked. "Yeah I-.." She became silent when she saw the guy who got shot with the arrow suddenly disappear into thin air and she quickly ran into the other room but noticed the guy she knocked out was still there, out cold. "Natasha?" Clint questioned.
Natasha shook her head and sighed, "The one you shot just disappeared.. but luckily for us, he left his little friend here." Natasha muttered then walked over him towards the door, giving one last glance towards Peters dead parents. Then she thought, what was she going to do with him? Give him to S.H.I.E.L.D? Child Services? An orphanage? Perhaps other family members? Or would she.. keep him like his mother had asked her to? She walked out the door and motioned for the other Agents to walk in and grab the guy. She was walking down the stairs with Peter in her arms as she kept thinking. 'Even if I did keep Peter? How would I be able to protect him?? Would I even be a good mother?' She was brought out of her thoughts when Clint put a hand on her shoulder. "So Fury says that child services are on their way for the kid and they'll either go to his Uncle and Aunt or will be put under protection at some place blah blah blah-.. hey are you okay?" He asked her, she looked at him with a concerned look on her face. "Peters mother... she talked to me before she died. S-she.. she uhm asked me to look after Peter... she made me promise to look after Peter." Natasha told him as she looked at the child. "You.. you're not seriously thinking of adopting him? Right?" Clint asked the elite assassin. Natasha sighed, "It was Peters mothers last wish before she died that I was to take care of him.. It's not only that I want to honour her by doing so but its also that.. I.. Clint you know I can't have kids and maybe.. maybe this is the one chance I have to have my own and the child is in need of protection anyways, do you really think his random Uncle and Aunt could protect him more than I could? Care for him? Love him?" She told him. Clint looked like he was about to rebuttal but the look on his face made it obvious that he knew.. that he knew she was right, so he decided not to argue. "I'll get Fury to pull some strings..." Clint told her and Natasha smiled brightly off him, "I'll make sure he stays off of S.H.I.E.L.D files too for his safety." He asked her, "Okay.. and thankyou, Clint" She told him, making him smile back as he started to walk away.
Natasha turned her attention back to the now sleeping 3 year old in her arms, "Alright buddy... I guess I'm now your new guardian... mom? I don't know... you can call me whatever you want I guess." She cooed, making the boy just hum in response. Perhaps this whole parenting thing won't be too hard as she originally thought it would.
A/N: hiya kids(alright now i sound like a pedophile) so yes peter is 3 in this and i literally spent ages tryna figure out whether is made sense for him to be 3 in this because im putting this 4 years before natasha goes to investigate tony in the second iron man movie.
Aight bye now...UwU