Most of the Avengers were out on a mission to the Sahara, Hydra was being bad again... in fact the only one out of them still here at the Tower was Nat. Even Phil had gone out on this one, it was expected to be a quick in and out mission where Tony and Clint could both try out some of there new toys.

I already had a memo and speech prepared incase something went south with one of them, hopefully though it wouldn't be necessary and tomorrow night would find us all sitting in the main living room eating take out shawarma and passing Xavier and Ro from set of arms to set of arms. Laying aside my Starkpad I got up from the chair I had folded myself into and went to check on the twins, opening the door as silently as I could I snuck over to there cribs. It was always a wonder how they slept, you could put them in separate cribs but they would sob and cry until they were feverish and snotty...and back in one crib together.

Heads touching and arms reaching for the other, just like when they were still safe inside me. That's always a worry of for me, for most of my pregnancy I had usually had one of the Avengers around if Tony couldn't be there and a group of BAMF picked-by-hand-by-Coulson-and-Fury bodyguards. I was always safe and so were they, now there not inside me anymore and now there going to have to contend with all the things a normal baby would plus all the scary stuff that there parents are involved in.

Tony wants to take one of the nannies from the Towers daycare center and hire her full time, but all I can think of is what happens if something go's wrong while there with them or what if they end up being a baddy and again something happens to them? It terrifies me everything that can go wrong and at some point in time probably will, Tony's told me horror story's about when he was a kid and he would get yanked out of school or wherever he was because someone was trying to kidnap him.

I've helped plan enough missions that have to do with just that thing, politicians or royalty family members get kidnaped and S.H.I.E.L.D. go's into the rescue, at best 75% of them came back undamaged and alive. Fairly high odds yes but of the 25% that weren't so lucky...it's not worth thinking about. But that's just the thing I have to think about it, I'm there mom I can't help but think about it.

Grabbing there indoor stroller I and diaper bag I rounded up all the things we might need including extra bottles and aspirin. I had tried to breast feed directly when they were first born but it was so painful that after a few days of Tony almost begging me to stop I gave up and went to a breast pump, I missed the contact of though's first days with them but the freedom was admittedly nice.

Exiting our rooms with the stroller in tow I went to the elevator and pressed the button for Jane's lab's floor...well to be honest it wasn't just her floor but it might as well be she ruled it with an iron fist. Queen Jane of the Wackadoodle Scientists. Don't get me wrong I love the three I have and if the twins turned out anything like them I would be thrilled but there all Wackadoodles.

The doors dinged open and the quiet hubbub of the lab was instantly soothing. Having lived in Jane's lab in NM and then with Tony who's in his lab half the time and by extension Bruce lab, the sound of sciency equipment was a lulling sound that reminded me of falling asleep in the hay loft back home. It took me a while to get to Jane section of the floor, every time I turned around there was another person cooing over the twins. I couldn't even pretend to mind, they were beyond cute and looking less like potatoes every day. I noticed a group of female intern and waved to them, I actually really liked them. They were sweet and reminded me of a bunch of young Jane's, rushing over they gave me hugs and played peekaboo with the now awake Xavier.

Cecill broke away from the group and walked with me to my the lab I had been trying to get to for the last 15 minutes. Stopping outside the doors I turned to her "Were friends right?" She looked slightly startled "Of..of course Darcy?" "Are you asking or agreeing?" Drawing herself up to her full height she responded, "Telling." "Good he's fine as far as I know, how did your date go, if you don't mind me asking because we are friends...right?" with a small giggle she nodded. "Oh guilt trip nice, gives me a plausible excuse for telling you." "Oh please, he'll tell Tony who will come find me immediately and tell me most of what he said anyway." "Well they are science bros after all...really immediately?"

"I knew that Bruce kissed you 10 minutes after your last date finished. Don't worry though Pepper would never tell anyone and neither would I, plus I make sure through sexual favors that Tony's gossip only come's to the two of us." "Really that works?" "Seriously? I'm super bendy and he's a horn dog, how do you think we got these two bundles of unplanned joy?" She looked slightly shell shocked as she giggled again. "Nice." I gave her a hug and stepped away pushing the door open with one hand and pushing the stroller through with the other. "Seeyah girly, I'll call you when I know something."

"Thanks " With a wave she ran down the hallway towards the way her friends went. Spotting Jane sitting with her back towards me I pushed the stroller quietly until it bumped her, with a gasp she whirled. Her face went from slightly affronted to super happy in a breadth of a second, "Hi guys What are you doing down here?" "I need to leave the nest, I felt like S.H.I.E.L.D. paperwork was taking over my life again." "Yeah I know how you feel they always load me up with extras when Thor's gone to."

"Yeah I have like 3 times the crap paperwork for this mission as I did for the last one." sitting down I watched her lift Xavier out of his seat." "What have they got you doing?" Right before I came down here they had me doing stuff concerning the extra suitcase Thor brought." "It's not his fault One of his shit's takes up like a quarter of a regular suitcase " "I know that's what I put down as my answer." I spent the next few hours laughing with her and the twins and occasionally getting updates from Jarvis.