Hello, my lovies,This is the first chapter to the sequel of Leaving The Nest.

First thing is first: One somethings are modified to fit the story.

~Now, a brief explanation~

This story takes place shortly after the blip in The Infinity War.

The blip was different from what happened in the movie. In this story, the vanished only disappear, being transferred into a different realm.

While everyone is off fighting before the blip, Marie was stateside, working as a freelance I.T. technician. Having retired to stay with the kids.

But now that the danger is near, she decides she needs to come out of retirement.

Now, Clint, Steve, and the others are searching for her. Will they be able to find her? Or will her decision to disappear hurt them all.

Enjoy.

Marie's POV:

For once everything was perfect. It finally seemed like we were going to be able to have a happily ever after, but I was wrong.

It was this was only the calm before the storm. Something that lulled us into a false sense of peace just before everything was brutally ripped away from us.

I had just gotten home from helping a private detective agency with a networking problem when I heard the startled scream of Sulema, our babysitter.

I rushed into the house, in search of all of them only to find the den, and the living room completely empty. I rushed up to the second floor, only to gasp as I reached the second floor, not one of them was there. It was as if they had disappeared into thin air.

I tried contacting my brother, Steve, and the others, only to receive a busy signal or a voicemail. Even Tony wasn't answering. Which was a first. Hell, even Nick Fury wasn't answering. Something was definitely wrong here.

I could feel them, but I couldn't quite reach them.

Something in the pit of my stomach told me this was something bad. Real bad.

Hours later as I finally got a hold of Tony, I felt as if my chest had been ripped apart. My world had been turned upside down. My children, friends, and family were gone. They had disappearing into thin air...

How could this have happened?

Was it me? Could I have prevented this? Oh no. I can't feel Vision, or Wanda… or Bucky… Were they all gone? Our kids too? What happened to them? Were they in danger?

Only Pietro seemed to have survived whatever had happened. Because he eventually was able to call me, and even he felt as if he had been hit in the head, and was in complete disbelief on what was happening.

Jacob Black managed to get ahold of me, it seemed half of the tribe disappeared along with half of the population of Forks Washington, and the surrounding tribes as well. Something big must have happened.

I could feel it in my heart. Something big had happened, not just here, but everywhere. No one escaped whatever this was.

My kids were gone, Sulema was gone, a lot of people were gone. So, what had happened? Who had done this? Why had they done this?

As I pondered all of this I decided to go for a walk, somehow, shortly after walking for a while I slowly made my way over to the small gazebo that sat by the lake, before sitting down and closing my eyes.

I tried to focus and concentrate on looking for everyone. Hoping to find their locations. My kids, friends, family, along with a lot of those that were missing, only to receive the fear, shock, and pain from response. They weren't only missing, they were sent off into some sort of dimension not far from here.

I felt my brow furrow as I concentrated on looking for those who had survived this occurrence. From the looks of it, Steve, my brother Clint, Natasha, Tony, Bruce, Pepper, and a few others had survived. But only just.

However, most of our kids were gone. Only Morgan, Charlie, Tommy, and Andrii were the only survivors to survive this catastrophe, and from the looks of it, they were all feeling as terrified as I was.

Closing my eyes tighter than before, I managed to find their location, but getting there would take some time.

Once I focused harder I could feel and hear the outcry of everyone who had disappeared.

Immense pain from someone else, the pain was so deep that I could feel myself begin to buckle under the immensity of it.

The more I searched the harder it became to understand what was happening. My head began to hurt from how hard I was concentrating. I needed answers.Immediately.

Steve had been gone too long, and I was left alone with the kids, sometimes having to travel by myself for work. Hence Sulema watching over them today.

Never in my life did I imagine that this morning before I left would be the last day I would get to see them. I just couldn't wrap my mind around it. I didn't want to believe the reality of this situation.

I was startled out of whatever state I was in as I heard a voice I thought I wouldn't get to hear ever again.

"Mom?! Mom? Where are you?" I heard as I heard a pair of footsteps rushing in my direction.

I sat there dazed as I tried to slowly get to my feet. I stumbled clumsily as I tried to follow the voice before I felt the body of my oldest son, Jamie, collide with my own as he clung to me, shaking as he began to cry.

Our knees gave way, as we both cried in relief, clinging to one another.

"Oh baby… where in God's name have you been?" I asked as I tried to calm him down.

"I—I was in the bathroom, showering. When I got out, the house was all alone. I started searching for you after I found your car parked in front of the house. I'm so glad that I found you." He whispered as he hugged me tighter.

"Why didn't I feel you when I was looking in the house?" I asked, my brow furrowed, in concern.

"I — I hid myself. I was so scared something bad had happened and that whoever did this would come back for me." He explained.

I sighed in relief at realizing at least one of my kids was safe. "We need to go into town. We need to check on everyone. Besides, I am not sure if this place is safe. Come on, we need to pack up and leave." I urged as we rushed back towards the house.

We rushed in, packed two large bags, and I grabbed a few pictures of our family to take along with me before we threw the bags into the car and left.

"Mom, is dad alright?" He asked me, as I backed the car up and began driving towards town.

I sharply turned to him in surprise before sighing, and moving some of his blonde hair away from his face. He looked so much like his father.

"I don't know, yet, honey," I replied honestly.

He had been gone for so long. It had been months since we were able to spend time together as a family.

"Do you think he is?" He asked me, anxiously.

"Yes, baby, your father will always be alright," I replied, hoping he was.

My only hope was that my family and loved ones were alright. Everything else could wait. Whatever else, they just needed to be ok.

They just had to be.