Chapter 4 – Face time with the Hawk and something is wrong
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The week passed without much incidents or panic attacks. Peter, Ned, and MJ became a group of unbreakable friends with Ceci. Flash constantly gave them a hard time but all were ignored.
Every morning, Happy gave her a ride to school. Every day after school, Ceci had some snacks with MJ, finished her homework at Steve's apartment and returned home with him.
Sometimes, Ceci would have training sessions with Natasha and Steve. She would hang out with her dad in the lab with Bruce and started her own project.
She designed countless trackers and suits for the Avengers because she always loses things, therefore she wishes to place trackers in everything. For example, an earring. The other reason was that the suits were not special, not protective enough.
It was finally the weekends, not to say that Ceci disliked going to school, she enjoyed hanging out with her friends, but the lectures were boring, to say the least.
Waking up at 10 that morning, Cecilia waltzed into the living room and made her way to the kitchen. She was preparing bacon and eggs when Natasha walked in, drying her hair from a morning workout.
"Morning sleepy head." She greeted.
"morning, Aunty Natasha. Want some bacon?" she asked.
"Nah, I'm fine. You enjoy your food."
"Agent Romanoff, an incoming call from Agent Clint." Said FRI
"Put him on screen please."
"Hi Clint, how's the vacation?" asked Nat. Clint was sitting in front of his house. Ceci was taking her bacon and eggs onto her plate.
"It's fine, the family is fine, everything is peaceful. How about your end, oh! Hey! Ceci. How was school?" asked Clint as Ceci came into the screen munching on her bacon.
"Hi Uncle Clint, schools great, how's Lila and Cooper?" Ceci asked with a mouth full of bacon.
"they're good, they are waiting for you to visit and hang out with them. Guys come over here, your sister is calling." Clint was seen gesturing at someone nearby.
"Hi Ceci, when are you coming over to visit? We miss you so much." The kids came into view, both looked taller than last, she'd seen them.
Natasha was looking lovingly at them but, "Hey what about me?" she pouted.
"Aunty Tasha! We miss you too." They cooed.
"Alright I miss you too, I forgive you." She said.
"School is fun, I met a lot of people. They are all so nice. I think I like school better than homeschool." After a moment of hesitation, "possibly. "
they laughed. It had been so long since they had talked to each other.
"What do you have planned today Ceci?" asked Barton.
"I think I'm going to start my learning Greek." Answered Ceci. "probably gonna practice my archery."
"Give up kiddo, you will never beat me." Said Clint smugly.
"You better be careful, because I've recently found my love of longbows."
"Oh, I'm so scared." He mocked.
Steam was coming out of her nose right now. "Dad, you are in so much trouble. I'm gonna go now, bye Ceci, bye Aunty Tasha. "the kids all ran away.
Ceci heatedly gazed at him. Heatedly, as in her pupils were the color of flames.
"Okay, okay, we'll see. See you." Said Clint. He then hurriedly ended the call.
Ceci blinked and giggled when her eyes returned to its brown color. Nat was grinning, "Nice job there girl-friend. Keep up the good work."
True to her own words, Ceci returned to her room and started reading a book on Greek. It took her until dinner to finish the beginner's book.
A knock was heard from outside her door, "Come in" she said.
"Hey Ceci, time for dinner." Said Steve.
"Steve, how was your day?"
"It was fine, I visited Sam's clinic. It was interesting, I watched Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."
"Wait, you didn't wait for me? What if you found something you didn't understand? Like Wingardium Leviosa." She joked.
"I have no idea what it was talking about."
"That's why you need me. Promise that you will only watch Harry Potter when you are with me?"
"Sure." Said Steve.
After dinner, a delicious meal of Steve's homemade stew, which was amazing. They settled down in the living room and watched 2 more Harry Potter movies.
Ceci was beginning to entrance Steve in the movie.
"What is happening with the time travel? It's so confusing." Said Steve tiringly.
"So, the movie is based on the theory, what has happened will always happen. So, whatever they try to change or the only thing they can change are things that have already happened when they were experiencing their time." She paused, "wow this is so much to say."
Steve thought hard about the concept, Ceci could have sworn that she heard Steve's brain moving. But it didn't take long for him to beam at her, "Ceci, this is brilliant. The concept is so hard but simply conveyed in the movie."
"Well, you'd have to read the book to come up with all that." She muttered under her breath.
Steve, with his enhanced hearing, heard that and nodded, "I should read the series too."
"Well, let's add that to the list of books Steve needs to read."
The elevator dinged and Pepper came out of it looking exhausted. "Hi mom, come have some of Steve's amazing stew."
"Oh, fantastic. Thank you, Steve, your stew is really something to look forward to. Whoever you will take will be so blessed." Pepper said, receiving a bowl from Ceci and kissed Steve and Ceci on the cheek as she passed them.
"You should both go to bed, don't want to mess your bedtime," said Pepper, "wouldn't you agree, Steve?"
"Surely, Miss Potts." Said Steve, "You should go to bed."
"OK, Mom, dad, and Bruce have not been out of the lab since 2. Good luck and good night."
She kissed her mom on the cheek and Steve. Steve patted her head.
Sunday morning came bright and early. Ceci woke up however, with a sickening feeling in her stomach, something bad was going to happen.
She rubbed her eyes, sat up, "FRI, what time is it?"
"Morning Miss Stark. It is now 7:10 a.m. and Mr. Rogers is up and about to go for his morning run."
"Thank you, FRI.,"
Ceci wore her running suit and joined Steve at the elevator.
"Morning Stevey"
"Morning, you're up early today. Running with me?" he asked, "something bothering you?"
"I just have a bad feeling today, I'm going to get breakfast today"
They ran all the way to the National Mall. (Not sure if the geography is correct)
"I'm going that way," she pointed to the other side, "I hear they have very nice burritos. How many do you want? I'm guessing a dozen?"
"Sure, don't go overboard. Stay alert and safe."
"bye-bye, Grandpa."
Steve sighed before starting his morning jog.
Ceci walked skipping towards the store, she was listening to Shawn Mendez, trying to shake the feeling of uneasy off of her.
Her phone rung as she ordered 30 burritos and was waiting for the order.
"Hey, sweetheart, where are you?" it was the tired voice of her father.
She looked at the time. "morning dad, I'm getting breakfast down at the national mall. Want anything special?" It was 8:30.
"Get me some coffee special, please.
"Get me some special sweet sauce please honey." Said Pepper.
"No problem, mom, dad. See you later."
"Be safe okay honey?"
"Yeah, bye."
When she was halfway walking back to where she left Steve, her phone rung, "hey Aunty Nat, morning."
"morning, where are you?" she said without missing a beat.
"I'm walking along. Why?"
"I'm coming over." And then she was cut off.
A 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C7 pulled up briefly after next to her.
"Get in," she said over Steve.
After settling in the car, Ceci said, "So…"
"So what?" answered Natasha coolly.
"why did you kidnap me off the street?"
"We have a mission today, we're leaving right now, I just have to make sure Steve has enough food to keep him moving," she said momentarily looking at Steve and glancing at her, "chop chop, give him his burritos and mine please."
"I feel like a vending machine." Ceci sighed.
"We're getting you back to the tour and we'll be off."
"thanks, by-the-way," Ceci said sarcastically.
She was left to walk into the tower with the remaining 15 burritos.
'Something will happen today during their mission. Maybe I'll go check on how they are doing later.' She thought.
Cecilia Evans Stark walked into the SHIELD department straight towards the Director's office. No one tried to stop the teenager except for one man in his early twenties. 'He probably had some talent, not everyone is allowed into SHIELD so early.' She thought.
"Little girl, you're not allowed here on the premises. Please leave or I will be forced to ask someone to escort you out." He said proudly.
Some people would say he was responsible, but others would say he was mad.
"Hello sir, I was kind of lost, could you please point me in the direction of Nick Fury?"
he looked annoyed now, "You will leave here unless you are authorized to stay."
Ceci dramatically looked for her clearance badge, the guy smirked at her.
But the smirk was soon wiped off of his face when Ceci showed her level 8 clearance badge to him.
Ceci smiled brightly at him before leaving him standing there.
She sat outside the office where Nick was arguing with General Ross and other leaders. She couldn't believe that with all the Avenger's had done, they still did not trust them. She started playing with the flames that were burning from her fingertips.
The sigh from the office was heard and so she entered the room, "Morning uncle Fury"
"Morning young Stark. What brings you here today?"
"I want to know what Nat and Steve are up to today."
She could visibly see his eyes darken. Something was wrong.
"Normal hostage rescue. How was school for you?"
he was avoiding the question, but she knew something was wrong, and he was telling her through his abnormal body gestures.
She blinked hard before saying, "I knew that school was hard, but the boys are so unbearable."
Fury blinked his eye, his eye showed pride and acknowledgment.
"You have time to come over tonight? I'm cooking?"
"I'm fine thank you. Be good and be safe young one." She felt the heavy sentiment in his voice.
She grinned at him innocently and placed an ice sculpture on his desk.
When she returned to her room, she pulled out all recent files opened by Fury's office, it was all on the history of Steve Rogers, much about Hydra…
That name, so distasteful, so terrifying, so much anger. Everything humanly possible, hate was associated with this association.
" You will be hydra's best experiment ever, young one. You will make us proud, cut off one head and 2 more will grow back." The awful voice of Roe Russo sounded. And then needles were piercing through her, dosage after dosage of liquid filled her bloodstream, pain searing through her body, "your body will become so much more perfect, accompanied with the power you are born with, you will be the best." Another needle, "you will be the best" another needle, "hail hydra", electricity coursed through her, "hail hydra" needles, hydra, best…
Without realizing it, tears fell from her cheeks and her chair was frozen, and her dad was hammering on her door and then it fell, she turned her head not seeing anything in that direction when her dad hugged her tight, Pepper closely following her, holding her hand on the other side. Warmth contacted her skin, she felt herself suck in a breath and came back to reality.
"It's alright sweetheart, you're with us, you're safe." Tony said while glancing at the computer, "FRI, turn off all files."
Pepper brushed away her hair and kissed her on her temple. "Mommy, I'm okay now."
"What happened?"
"I have a bad feeling about the mission uncle Fury sent Steve and Aunty Nat on." She said, "Uncle Fury gave me signals that something was wrong."
Tony shushed her and said, "You leave these to us, I'm sure they're fine. Now come eat something before going to bed for school tmr."
Tony and Pepper tucked her into bed. They too had bad feelings.
In his own study, with Bruce, he took out the files that his daughter had been examining. 'oh, how much he hated Hydra.'
Something was wrong.