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Chapter 6
The Gift
Two weeks later Steve and Natasha have returned. To the Avengers compound and not long after they got back. They found out that Bruce left. To go figure things out with the Hulk. And Rhodey comes and goes. So the once living at the compound is Steve, Natasha, Jeremie, Yumi, and sometimes Rhodey. Now it's time to decide who is going to lead what is left of the Avengers. And keep in touch with what is going on Earth and the galaxy. Natasha looked to be the one that is most qualified. Steve shook his head and said "I'm not worthy to lead the Avengers Nat." He looked his wife who looked surprised at his suggestion.
"I have an idea. Why don't you give leading the Avengers a try." Steve suggested
"Me why me?" asked Natasha
"I can't think of anyone better. You tried to keep the team together. During the whole Civil War thing." admitted Steve
"I'll give it my best shot." said Natasha kissing Steve on the cheek
Three weeks later Yumi and Natasha are at the store. They are getting groceries for the compound. After getting the food and other supplies they need. Natasha headed to the health and beauty department. She can't believe that she's about to look at pregnancy tests. The blonde-red head is running late for her period. Yumi's eyes went wide when she saw Natasha looking at pregnancy tests.
"Sestra do you think that you're pregnant?" asked Yumi
Natasha nodded "Steve and I did have unprotected sex. While we were on our honeymoon. And my period is late." The red-blonde head found one of the best pregnancy test and put it in the cart. The two women checked out. They put the groceries in the trunk of Natasha's car. Once back at the compound they took care of everything. Then Natasha and Yumi wet up to Steve's and Natasha's floor. Natasha went into the bathroom. While Yumi waited for her friend.
"Should I text Steve to see if he's on his way home?" asked Yumi
Natasha came out of the bathroom. "Let's see what happens first. I could be late because of stress." advised Natasha. The two woman sat next to each other and waited. Soon they heard the timer on Natasha's phone go off. At first Natasha was hesitant to look at the pregnancy test. Just then she felt Yumi's hand on her shoulder. With her left hand Natasha reached up to Yumi's hand. Using her right hand Natasha flipped over the pregnancy test. The two women gasped when they both. Saw that test read pregnant. Yumi pulled Natasha into a big hug.
"Congrats Natasha." Yumi beamed
"Thank you Yumi that means coming from you." said Natasha
Just then the elevator door opened and Steve walked out. He smiled when he saw Yumi and Natasha sitting by each other. The solider knew that the two women are very close. But he stopped dead in his track. When he saw a pregnancy test in Natasha's right hand. Then he remembered that evening on their honeymoon. And has noticed that Natasha hasn't shown any signs of being on her period.
"Nat are you pregnant?" asked Steve
"Yes I and Steve we are going to have a baby." Natasha declared
Steve rushed forward, wrapped Natasha in his arms, then picked her up. Yumi decided to leave the couple alone. She walked over to the elevator and pressed the down button. The door opened and Yumi went inside. She pressed the button for the common floor. While the elevator went down. Yumi couldn't help feel a bit jealous. If it weren't for Thanos Yumi would still have Ulrich. And she and and him would be married. And would be thinking about kids. Jeremie saw Yumi walk into the common room. He saw that Yumi looked to be deep in thought. Then he saw her expression change.
"Are you ok Yumi?" asked Jeremie
Yumi snapped out of her thought and saw Jeremie.
"Did you say something Jeremie?" asked Yumi
"Yes I asked if you are ok?"answered Jeremie
"Yes and no Jeremie. I was with Natasha while she was taking a pregnancy test. Which turned out to be positive. I'm happy for Steve and Natasha. But then again I'm sad because I miss Ulrich." Yumi informed Jeremie
"I know what you mean Yumi. I miss Aelita there is no doubt in my mind. That we would have had a baby by now." admitted Jeremie
Yumi and Jeremie wrapped each other in a hug. They tried not to cry but one by one. Jeremie and Yumi stared crying. Meanwhile up on Steve and Natasha's floor. Steve has sat Natasha back on the bed. Then he sat down next to her. He wrapped his wife in a one armed hug. Steve took a deep breath and let it out and sighed happily. Then he remembered that he suggested. That Natasha should lead the Avengers.
" I know that I suggested that you should. Lead the Avengers but I will help you. So you won't be under to much stress." informed Steve
"I'll be ok Steve." argued Natasha
"I don't know about you. But this is a gift. And I'd rather be safe than sorry." Steve admitted
Natasha snuggled up to Steve and sighed happily also.
"Ok you win you're right. This is a gift and I'd rather be safe than sorry also." agreed Natasha
Three months later and it's Halloween. Between Steve, Natasha, Rhodey, Jeremie, and Yumi. Have turned the main floor of the compound into a haunted house. In a few hours they will open the gates and let people come into the compound. Natasha is in the bathroom on her and Steve's floor getting into her costume. As she was getting into her costume. The blonde-red head noticed that her costume is a bit tight. She looked in the mirror that she is standing next to. She smiled when she saw that she is starting to show a bit of a baby bump. Natasha finished getting into her costume. Then she went to find Steve. Once she found Steve she grabbed his hand. She put his hand on her little baby bump.
"Feel." Natasha insisted
Steve felt Natasha's slightly rounded abdomen. He turned around and knelt down. The soldier smiled "You're starting to show this is so wonderful." He stood back and gave his wife a hug.
"Now let's go scare the crap out of people." Steve beamed
Through out the night people would leave the compound screaming. It is now January 15th 2020 and Steve and Natasha are at. A obgyn clinic for a ultra sound to check on the baby. They are in a room waiting for the doctor. Natasha is now showing a nice size baby bump. Just then the doctor came in and smiled.
"Hi how are you doing? How are things going?" asked the doctor
"I'm doing great and everything is going well. I think I have an active baby. I've been feeling a lot of movement." informed Natasha
"Well lean back and uncover your belly and I'll take a look." said the doctor
Natasha leaned back and uncovered her belly just as the doctor asked. The doctor put some gel on Natasha's belly. Then put the probe on the gel and started moving the probe around Natasha's belly. Steve and Natasha have been looking foward to this appointment. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years were very low key. And everyone celebrated in their own way. Soon Steve, Natasha, and the doctor could see the baby on the ultrasound screen. The couple watched as the doctor. Move the probe around to take a good look at the baby.
"Everything looks great the baby looks great very healthy." assured the doctor
The doctor moved the probe around a little more then she looked at Steve and Natasha.
"Would you like to know the gender?" she asked
Steve and Natasha looked at each other.
"What do you think Nat?" asked Steve
"I kinda want to be surprised." admitted Natasha
"Or we can be prepared. When it comes to clothes and names." said Steve
"We have been picking out boy and girl names." Natasha smiled
Steve took quarter out his pocket and held it up.
"How about this I flip this coin. If it's heads we find out the gender. But if it's tails we'll be surprised." proposed Steve
"I can agreed to that." Natasha agreed
Steve tossed the quarter and caught it in his hand. He opened his hand that the quarter is heads up.
"Heads it is." said Steve
The doctor moved the probe around. Then she smiled and said "It's a girl." Steve leaned down and kissed Natasha on the forehead.
"And I bet she's going to be beautiful. Just like her mother." said Steve
"You're such a sap Steve." Natasha smiled
The doctor gave them pictures of the ultrasound. Steve and Natasha left the clinic and got into Steve's Truck. While he drove to the compound. Steve thought about the named that he and Natasha picked out. Their is a name that he would love to give their daughter. A name that pays tribute to two of the three women. That have meant the most to him in his life. And those three women are his mother Sarah, Peggy Carter, and of course Natasha.
"Can I suggest a name Natasha?" asked Steve
"Sure you can Steve you don't have to ask?" assured Natasha
"I was thinking about Sarah Elizabeth Rogers." suggested Steve
"I love it Steve and it's sweet of you. To honor your mother and Peggy." smiled Natasha
Once back at the compound Steve and Natasha went into common room. Natasha smiled when she saw Yumi and Carol.
"I'll leave you ladies be I'm going up. To our floor to work on a few things with Rhodey and Jeremie." said Steve
Yumi and Carol sat down with Natasha. She showed them the ultrasound pictures. And told them the name that Steve had suggested. Then Yumi and Carol each gave Natasha a gift. Yumi knitted a blanket and Carol got some cute oneness. Meanwhile up on Steve and Natasha's floor. Steve, Rhodey, and Jeremie are working in an extra room. They are finishing turning it into a nursery. The walls are already painted and there is a rocking chair, dresser, and a changing table. Steve and Rhodey are putting together a crib. And Jeremie is making sure that the changing table has plenty of diapers and wipes. Two hours later crib put together.
It is 5 am on a stormy April 10th 2020. Natasha is nine months pregnant. She is due any day now. Right now everyone is fast asleep. Suddenly Natasha woke up feeling a contraction. Thinking it might be another false alarm. She got out of bed and walked over to the elevator. The red-blonde head wants to walk around without disturbing Steve. So she got into the elevator and pressed the button for the gym. As the elevator went down Natasha rubbed her belly. And moved from one foot to the other. Soon the door opened and Natasha walked into the gym. She turned on the lights and started walking around. Ten minutes later Natasha is still walking around the gym. The contractions haven't stopped.
Actually the contractions keep coming. And they are becoming more intense. Natasha walked back over to the elevator and pressed the up button. She has decided to go back to her and Steve's floor to wake Steve up. Once back on her and Steve's floor. Natasha went over to the bed and shook Steve. The soldier woke and looked up at Natasha.
"Is something wrong Nat?" asked Steve rubbing his eyes
"Steve I'm in labor." said Natasha
With that said Steve got out of bed. He quickly got dressed ,grabbed, Natasha's bag, and got his keys. He and Natasha were about to go to the elevator. When lightning streaked across the sky. Steve went over to the window and looked outside. He turned on the outside lights and saw that it's raining hard outside and very windy. The blonde man knows that the nearest hospital is 15 miles away. And by the looks of it it's not safe enough to drive that far. So he put down his keys and Natasha's bag.
"I think we better stay here. The weather is nasty and I don't want to take any chances." Steve suggested
"It's a goo thing we are prepared." admitted Natasha
Steve took the elevator down to the medic bay and got everything he would need. Then he went back up to his and Natasha's sat what he got down then went into their bathroom and got towels. Now the super solider is now prepared. It is now noon and Natasha has been in labor for seven hours. Her contractions are now 12 minutes apart. Yumi has come up to see she can help and lend some support. Natasha is glad that she has people that she loves and trusts. With her while she is in labor with her and Steve's first child. Unfortunately the weather hasn't let up much. But it's to late anyway. Suddenly Natasha stopped walking and screamed in pain. Steve ran up to Natasha.
"Are you ok Nat?" asked Steve
"My water just broke !" yelled Natasha
Steve helped Natasha walk over to the bed. While Yumi used a couple of towels to clean up the puddle of fluid. Once Natasha laid down she said "I want to push."
"Not yet Nat just wait a while longer. I don't think you're dilated enough yet." advised Steve
After waiting two more hours Natasha couldn't wait no more.
"I'm pushing I can't wait any longer." barked Natasha
"Go ahead honey." said Steve
Natasha held her breath and pushed. She kept going until she took a break.
"You're doing great honey the baby's head is out." Steve cheered
The super soldier cleared out the baby's nose and mouth. Just as he finished Natasha started pushing again. She pushed until she took another break.
"Just one more push and our baby will be out." declared Steve
Natasha nodded took one more breath and pushed. Just then the room was filled with the cries of a newborn baby. Steve placed the baby on Natasha's stomach. Natasha started crying and wrapped her arms gently around her baby. Steve cut the cord and grabbed a towel and handed it to Natasha. Natasha took the towel and started cleaning off her newborn. Yumi watched and couldn't help but smile.
"Oh my god look she has read hair!" Natasha announced
Steve and Yumi looked and saw that the baby has red hair. Yumi gave Natasha a light blue blanket. Natasha took it and wrapped the baby in it. Steve just got done making sure that Natasha didn't tear and isn't hemorrhaging. Walked around the bed to get a better look.
"She's beautiful just like you Nat." Steve admitted
"Welcome to the world Sarah Elizabeth Rogers." said Natasha softly
Yumi went to get up and leave but was stopped by Natasha.
"Yumi wait you don't have to leave. Please stay plus I want to ask you something." assured Natasha
Yumi sat back down next to Natasha. "I know you will be like and Aunt to Sarah. But I would also love it. If you were Sarah's godmother?" asked Natasha
"Sestra I would be honored to be Sarah's Aunt and godmother." confessed Yumi
An hour later the weather finally let up. Steve took Natasha and Sarah to the hospital. To make sure that the both of them are ok. While they were gone Yumi took the sheets off of Steve and Natasha's bed. She took them down to laundry room. The black haired woman put the sheets in the washer to wash. That way Steve had less to way about when he, Natasha, and Sarah got back. Jeremie found Yumi and went up to her.
"What was is like to be with Natasha while she was in labor and giving birth?" asked Jeremie
"I felt honored to have been with Natasha. While she was in labor and giving birth. And I know she would have done the same thing if it was me." answered Yumi
Jeremie nodded and left the laundry room, Yumi left the laundry room as well. She went to the kitchen and made something to eat. No thanks to the red room serum Yumi and Natasha eat more often than other people. A couple of hours later Steve and Natasha returned with Sarah. Natasha sat down on the couch with Sarah in her arms. And Steve went into the kitchen. Yumi who was also sitting on the couch watching TV. Moved down by Natasha and looked at Sarah.
"What did the doctor have to say?" asked Yumi
" Sarah and I are perfectly fine." smiled Natasha
Natasha gave Yumi the birth certificate to look at. It read Sarah Elizabeth Rogers date of birth April 10th 2020. Time 2:40pm, length 22 inches, weight 8 pounds 5 ounces. Then she saw Steve and Natasha's signatures on the certificate. Yumi sat the certificate on the table. Then went back to looking at Sarah.
Natasha looked at Yumi then asked "Would you like to hold her?" Yumi smiled and said " I would love to." Natasha gently passed Sarah over to Yumi. The black haired woman smiled as she held Sarah. Steve came into the room and sat down he had enough sandwiches for him and Natasha.
"Here you go Nat you should eat too." advised Steve
Natasha took a sandwich and started eating. Steve looked at Yumi who is holding Sarah.
"You look like a natural there Auntie Yumi." admitted Steve
"Thank you Steve. Hi Sarah I'm your Auntie Yumi." cooed Yumi
Just then she saw Steve's face changed from happy to sad.
"What's wrong Steve why do you look so sad ?" asked Yumi
Natasha reached over and rubbed Steve's shoulder. Steve sighed then said " Bucky would have loved to an Uncle. And would love Sarah as much as we do." Natasha finished her sandwich and gave her husband a hug.