The smell of breakfast wafting through the compound up to Rocket's room made Shocket awaken with a jolt, remembering that she'd fallen asleep on her dad's bed in the middle of the night hopimg that Linda was still there, ju,pimg off the bed despite Lylla still sleeping in it scampering out on all-fours reaching the stairs getting a mischievous idea, making sure the adults weren't lookimg, sliding down the banister gigglimg, landing on her furry feet, going to the kitchen relieved seeing Linda sitting at the table.
"You're still here, that's good, you didn't leave!" she said hugging her making the female ducklimg giggle at her best friend hugging her, which Rocket thought sweet as Howard was coming over later, deciding to tell Shocket later, so that she wouldn't freak out like he did sometimes, plus she had her cousin, Casey to hang out with once she got used to her and others seeimg her hug his furry leg, which made him chuckle.
"Good morning sweetie, I guess you had a rough first night, eh?" he said seeing her nod in reply.
"Yeah I fell asleep on your bed, sorry, what's for breakfast?" Shocket asked him.
"That's okay, and I made waffles, using the waffle-maker." he replied, seeing her sitting down beside Linda, impressed by the waffles including maple shrup and chocolate syrup, making both youngsters curious, squirting all over the plate, despite some of it getting on Shocket's furry fingers licking them smirking along with Linda making Rocket chuckle because it was cute, them acting like kids their age, seeing them playing with the whipped-cream shooting it into their mouths stunning Lylla.
"They're just being kids, which is a good thing, you know?" he replied to her, drinkimg coffee hearing his phone go off, as it was Howard saying he was coming over soon, makimg Shocket frown at that, because she knew Linda wanted to be with her dad, only they'd been best-friends since being in the Collector's warehouse, makimg Linda understand, remembering what Rocket had told her best pal before bed last-night, getting an idea.
"Don't be sad, Shocket, maybe you can make something, that allows us, to talk to each other, when we're not together." Linda said.
Shocket's eyes lit up at her words, running from the table, makimg Rocket wonder, what had gotten into his little one, guessing it was to do with Howard coming over to get Linda making Lylla grin, knowing that he was good with techlogy and inventimg, knowing Shocket was the same, making Rocket curious, seeing Shocket in the tech-lab working on something, using tools impressing him, peeking over her furry little shoulder without her noticing or being in her fur noticing she was making walkie-talkies guessing it was so she and Linda could talk, when she wasn't here.
He left her be, seeing Howard here, askimg if Linda was alright, seeing Rocket nod, saying the duckling was with Shocket, as she'd made something so the both of them could talk, when Linda was not here, or when Shocket missed her, makimg Howard impressed, saying that Shocket was like Rocket seeing both youngsters together, testing out what Shocket had made.
"Sweet, it works, now we can use them, to talk lomg-distance!" Shocket said seeing Linda agreeing, making Rocket agree, getting an idea on how to bond with Shocket seeing her and Linda turning their attention to him, seeimg Linda staring at Hosard, running to him, huggimg him, stunning Howard makimg Rocket notice that Shocket was quiet, watching her best friend and sister, bondimg with her dad squeezing her paw gently, noticing the sad expression on her furry face, like him when he was sad.
"Don't worry, she'll come back, plus you both have the walkie-talkies you invented, plus Linda looks happy, being with her dad." he whispered to her seeimg her nodding, seeing Linda hugging her, before she was leaving with her dad, promising Shocket she would call her later after huggimg her, besides Rocket saying, that Howard was his best friend, which relieved Shocket seeing them leaving the compound.
"You okay sweetie, as that was hard letting Linda go sith her dad?" Rocket said to her.
"Y-Yeah Linda loves me as we're best friends and sisters, plus I might need an nap, okay?" Shocket replied yawning.
Rocket understood, as he hugged her, seeimg her go take an nap, makimg him go make himself coffee, seeing Lylla joinimg him, askimg if Shocket was alright after Howard had picked Linda up, seeing him nod, sayimg she was taking an nap, hearing the mission-alerts going off suiting up into his team kissing her before leaving, with the others makimg her understand, saying she'd make sure that Shocket was okay, until he was back.
"Thanks, but be gentle with her, alright?" Rocket said rushing off.
After waking up from her nap, Shocket was unaware that her dad and the others had went on a mission, that her dad had asked Lylla to keep an eye on her, feelimg her stomach rumblimg, leaving her dad's room, goimg downstairs like earlier gigglimg softly going to the kitchen, getting soda out of the fridge, finding cookies sittimg at the table, missing Linda and hadn't called her pal usng her communicator, so she could bond with her dad wondering where her dad was after havimg her snack, looking which made her anxious thinking the Collector had hI'm, .
"Shocket, sweetie, you okay, what's wrong?" Lylla asked her softly.
"I'm just worried about my daddy, I can't find him!" Shocket said.
Lylla understood the female kit's worry, realising she hadn't heard the alarms or Rocket had not told her, that he and the others went on missions since she just got here yesterday guessimg she was overwhelmed, explainimg that Rocket was with the others savimg people which impressed her, that her fatner was a super-hero makimg Lylla smile at that
"That's awesome, my daddy's a super-hero, he did rescue me and Linda from the Collector's warehouse, where the Collector was mean to us, but now Linda and I have dads, that care about us." Shocket explained, makimg Lylla understand, stroking the female kits's mohawk noticing it wasn't purple anymore, like when she'd came here yesterday with her friend and Rocket, makimg Shocket get i.
"My daddy likes it like this, and said I could re-dye it when I'm older, are you his girlfriend?" she said making Lylla chuckle, because she soundedlike Rocket which was sweet, hopimg he was alright, seeimg them back, makimg Shocket relieved, seeimg her dad back hugging him along with Lylla, seeing Shocket happy he was back, makimg him chuckle, assuring them he was alright.
"That's good you're okay daddy, as I thought something bad had happened to you, until Ms Lylla helped me feel better." Shocket told him seeimg him choked up at her callimg him daddy, makimg Lylla understand.
"She was freaked out after she woke up from her nap, thinkimg the Collector had kidnapped you, so I told her that you and the others went on a mission, so we were talking until you got back." Lylla told him, makimg him smirk, gettimg a cold one from the fridge, guessing that Shocket hadn't called Linda on her communicator, guessing she was letting things be, seeing Thor join him asking him where his little rabbit was, makimg Rocket smile at that nickname, needing to tell Shocket about that, before she freaked out.
"She's probably exploring, or callimg Linda on her communicator, which she invented this morning, just go easy on calling her a little rabbit, alright?" he answered hearing Shocket screaming, makimg him go see, if she was okay seeing his little girl in a furry ball asking her, if she was alright, seeing Casey appear from out of nowhere, making him face-Palm.
"It's alright, it's not a ghost, your cousin, Casey was just using her powers." he said, seeimg Shocket takimg off on all-fours making Casey feel bad for scaring her new cousin, feeling her uncle hug her, explaining that Shocket was needing to get used to thimgs making her nod, hopimg Shocket would feel better.
He found her in the room that she and Linda had been sleeping in last-night, seeimg her hanging up on her communicator, guessing she'd been talkimg to Linda which was a good thimg, sitting on the bed with her, explaining about Casey relieving her a little hugging him, makimg Rocket happy about this, hearing Thor say they were ordering pizza, makimg Shocket surprised.
"I'll talk to Casey, alright?" Rocket said to her as they were going downstairs, putting the TV on for her, until the food came which she was watching shows for her age which was making her giggle, makimg him smile, leaving her alone goimg to hang out with the others, hearing Hulk ask, how Shocket was.
"She's watching TV in the living area, just be gentle, as she gets sppoked easily." Rocket told him, making him understand as Shocket was cute, and she was part of their family now so was understanding seeing Casey running in using her super-speed power followed by Monica and Thrud, askimg if Shocket was okay, after accidentally scaring her, making Rocket sighat sigh at her telling her to leave her cousin alone, makimg her frown.
