Chapter 17: First steps to the Small World.
A/N: (Insert TPindell starter catchphrase) BACK WITH ANOTHA VIDEO BABY! Or in this case chapter. Anyways thank you so much for the reviews on my previous chapter. Let's try to bring the number into the hundreds and keep spreading the word of this story.
To Jarjaxle: Thank you for reviewing. And yes, I am fully aware that Thanos is more than capable of doing what he does without the gauntlet. I simply said that out of rage. Still though, in the end, he'll get what he deserves. Because that's how it goes. Villain wins the first two rounds, loses miserably on the third. I can already picture the image of all Avengers uniting in the final fight and kicking his Ass to the point where he feels true fear once again and begs for mercy. You know what they say about power, if you abuse it you lose it.
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The darkness that was the night had consumed the entire East Coast of the United States. Driving onto the interstate that was I-95 was but a mere breeze for Maria Hill this time after dark. The woman was more than used to moving up and about at this hour, and along with her, Natasha. Despite being almost Two in the morning the trio had already found themselves close to approaching the City of Savannah in Georgia. Orlando International Airport was only seven hours away.
Normally on the hellish part of vacations that was road trips would be riddled with constant yapping, discussing, the feeling of eternal waiting, growing uncomfortable in one's seat, and losing one's sanity. But those aspects did not apply to what was currently happening with the still awake women.
Since they left Washington hours ago the former agents have come to the decision that they would be heading to the one and Only Walt Disney World Resort. The perfect Reserve for their getaway, and with it their planning. It was a big relief that Kara had been sleeping to this very minute, that meant they could plan without having to worry about explaining to her. Mostly since they wanted to find the right moment to show her their new destination of-course. That being said, the long none stop, except for the multiple necessary Gas fills, ride to Florida had gone by fast. Maria avoiding the traffic through several freeways had helped in crossing over the many states south of Capitol Hill. During the first half of their fourteen-hour long drive Natasha had taken up the task to research and study every possible video guide to the trio's never before journey to Disney World. Maria, being a master of multitasking also watched and listened to her Girlfriend's phone as it rested on the holder with the charger cord plugged in. It did surprise them both when they found out that there was more to Disney World then entering and having fun. They didn't even know the entire resort was made up of multiple Parks, Hotels, and attractions. The whole area was the size of two Manhattan Islands! Kara was in for a huge surprise!
Natasha blinked her swollen red eyes that had been eyeing the little screen the whole day.
"We're doing this." she was on Reserve . "We're actually doing this."
"This is our life." Maria pointed out. "For once we'll enjoy the relaxing side of it."
"We are going to Disney World." the redhead stated the obvious but it was just to bring spirit to the mood.
"On such a short notice too, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
Natasha perked her lips into a smile.
The executive turned her eyes to the dark road again. "So, Fill me in."
Natasha cleared her throat. "Three five-day admission Park Hopper tickets, I've applied us for Contemporary Resort Guests, all the rooms are pretty much booked, so I got a Presidential Suite facing the Magic Kingdom." She stopped to stare at Maria, waiting for her approval, a head nod was all she needed to continue. "I also applied us for the Disney Magical Express Service down at the Airport, that way we'll head straight to the hotel."
The redhead doubled checked everything until she came to the payment information.
"Okay, now here's where things take a turn."
Maria gripped the steering wheel a tad bit.
"Pepper told you that you were under the alias of Avril Beckett, I've put in your new email and card number along with the address of Stark Industries in Malibu. But now it's asking us if we wish to apply for Magic…."
"Nat?"
"Oh my God." The Russian steadied her chuckle, but face palmed in front of her Girlfriend.
"What's wrong?"
Natasha brought her phone to her face and read what was on the screen. "Keep in mind due to processing your information, Stark Industries Executives along with their chosen guests are to be granted an exclusive SI Magic Band with the edition of a genuine Unlimited FastPass+ Badge courtesy of our Park operations associates."
This also took Maria by surprise. "Since when did Stark started working with Disney?"
"The fact that he is the Owner." The thick British voice that suddenly came from the phone speakers prompted Maria to grip the wheel even tighter and Natasha to squeeze the phone.
No one said anything for a moment, that was until the AI from the advanced phone spoke again.
"I am at your service Ms. Hill, Ms. Romanoff."
Natasha went first. "J.A.R.V.I.S…..Is this you?"
"Indeed Mam."
"What….what are you doing on her phone?" asked the brunette. Of-course this wasn't the first time she had spoken to Tony's AI, but the thought of him coming out of nowhere onto the servers of Natasha's phone really heated the ache in her chest.
"Providing assistance Of-course."
The two eyed each other before back to the device.
"How long have you been listening?" the feminine baritone voice of Natasha asked without stutter.
"Do not be alarmed Mam. I arrived just in the nick of time to establish my presence, I noticed that one of Mr. Stark's Executives was trying to book a trip to Disney World. And let me assure you that it is my duty to verify they get their Magic Bands along with letting them know of who the property rightfully belongs to."
Maria blinked twice. "So, the land and attractions are his?"
"Mr. Stark bought the entire Resort in 2010 from the Walt Disney Company, he has asserting rights the Parks and makes it his business to renovate the perimeter and assure public safety."
The silence in the car only gave J.A.R.V.I.S. the cue to proceed.
"Now then, keep in mind that once you have finished your order payment I will be sending another Iron Legion Drone to personally deliver your Magic bands. I must say I'm impressed to see that Ms. Romanoff has decided to join you Ms. Hill."
Maria swallowed the lump in her throat, her esophagus visibly bobbing. Natasha after all was using her own phone with "Avril Beckett's" information. "J.A.R.V.I.S., you won't tell anyone will you, especially Mr. Stark?"
"As I have stated before I'm only here to inform you about your exclusive Magic Bands that will be delivered upon purchase. For the record you do not need to fear Ms. Beckett." He asserted using Maria's new identity. "I am the one who personally keeps track of your expenses, unless of course he chooses to pull up your records himself. Which I can assure you Mam, his schedule does not give him the time of day or night to do so."
The shudder that had been gripping their spines despite their calm postures vanished and the two leaned in to peck their lips. The A.I. continued when they quickly parted.
"I noticed that you have purchased another ticket besides for yourselves. May I ask who's it for?"
Natasha was quick to answer. "No J.A.R.V.I.S. you may not."
"As you wish Mam." His voice was as calm and collective as ever. "A final reminder Ms. Beckett, please check your license, passport, and registered cards to examine your identity. I shall be taking my leave now. Once you are done the drone will arrive within an hour of your location with your Magic Bands. Enjoy your stay at the Walt Disney World Resort."
A chime from the speakers blared loudly, indicating that the A.I. was gone from the servers.
Examine her identity? What did he mean by that?
With a free hand, Maria took it off the wheel and geared it to her handbag. All while looking at the seemingly never-ending road.
"Here, allow me." Natasha nudged Maria's hand away to unzip the bag and grabbed what was needed out of the big leather wallet, Maria's Gold/Platinum Cards, her license, and Passport. "Huh, would you look at that."
Maria's stare left the interstate to see just in the nick of time her license and Passport fizzing out into many pixelated dots before focusing again. Instead of her old serious picture with her hair tied back it was now replaced with one of Maria's hair down with her features now showing nothing but strict professionalism. The name now reading "Avril Beckett."
"Guess that explains why Pepper asked for them when my informational belongings were being transported to Avengers Tower."
"I told you she would handle things, Look." The redhead raised the cards to Maria and her name on the expiration dates changed as well. "Come to think of it, Avril Beckett suits you."
"Now all we need is a name for you and Kara." the brunette spotted the sleeping girl in the rearview mirror.
Natasha quickly put her woman's stuff back in the bag. "Not a bad idea." She tapped her phone before it could go into sleep mode. "Back to what I was saying before J.A.R.V.I.S. stopped by. Its mandatory to provide names to help identify each Magic Band. I already put yours in."
"What about you?"
Natasha quickly found a name within the dozens that swarmed her brain. "Kristin." The Russian's fake identity went under Avril's.
The fast thinking mood suddenly ceased and the two stared at each other for a moment, until Maria had to focus on her driving.
"What will Kara be called?"
This time the Black Widow tapped her knee while giving her phone several touches to stay lit. This was just one of the things that internally bothered them. Kara would need more than just a name. She would need a new look. Defiantly different clothing. Leave it to Natasha to cross that bridge when they got to it. But what exactly, were they going to call Kara? The strategy took a different turn when the redhead put a finger to her chin. She was recalling everything that had described the young girl she had come to care for so much. Kara was brave yet lacked the proper courage to work on her own. The obvious reason was because she didn't know anything about this world. Limited knowledge of her surroundings. She even had made it clear that she came back because she wanted to. She needed Natasha in her life that was no longer loneliness and isolation.
With Natasha by her side, Kara would no longer be hollow.
A little hollow.
The Avenger turned her torso to smile at the sleeping girl. Perfect! Reverting in her seat, Natasha clicked away at the keyboard to write the rare but perfect unisex name for her Kara. She raised the phone to her Girlfriend.
Maria cocked a brow. "Logan?"
"Logan." Natasha confirmed.
"I'll admit Nat, that's the last name I'd ever expected you to give her."
"She should have a name that used to represent her. Like it or not our past will always be a part of us. No matter how hard we try to push it behind it will always be there. Yes, it's important to overcome our demons but that doesn't mean we have to pretend like our tragedies never happened."
"Because even though they did."
"What doesn't kill us."
Maria grinned at the cliché turning moment. "Makes us stronger."
They finished with another tender kiss.
Natasha confirmed all three names and sealed the Expensive deal on their Trip to Orlando. Miles and miles away the promised Drone had geared up and flew out of the big "A" of the tower in New York City.
Now that all that was settled, Natasha finished with the final description below the "Thank You". "You have received an email containing your My Disney Experience code that is used to link your Park Admission tickets, Magical Express Admission, and Key to your stay at The Disney Resorts. Keep in mind that you must create an account on the My Disney Experience website or Download our App. If you are staying at a Resort you may use your code to link a credit card to make store or restaurant purchases."
Maria thanked her for the reminder. Cramming a lot of information into their heads in so little time was their specialty but its human to forget a few things. Especially when planning a big vacation. "Download it. It's necessary after all."
"Already on it."
Now that Maria had her own profile, Natasha linked the code into the ticket ID number box for all three. "All that's left is to sync the Magic Bands to the App once we get them."
"You've done enough Nat." the brunette patted her woman's thigh. "Now get some rest."
"Not until you've settled for the morning as well. Or do you plan to drive us all they way to the airport?"
"We can't just go to the park with you having no luggage whatsoever and Kara in her uniform."
Natasha blinked awkwardly. "Good Point, but where will you stop?"
"Now that we're in the city, we will stop at the Savannah Mall. We'll get a few things for you and Kara, maybe some food as well, then we head for the airport."
"Sounds good. It can be the perfect time to get Kara a proper disguise too."
"I'll get us there as soon as possible, let's hope we get the Magic Bands in the nick of time as well."
Natasha had spent the next half hour helping Maria with the GPS on her phone to guide them to the Savannah Mall, they even had to get off the Interstate at one point to go deeper into the City. The trees did make everything look a little creepy, but the buildings had a nice atmospheric tone at night. The natural feeling of exhaustion began to take its toll on the former Commander, she pushed through it as she's done so before, but her Girlfriend caught her tiresome look.
"We're almost there. Just hold on."
Maria blinked rapidly and chewed on her pinky to stay awake. To her relief she made it into the empty large parking lot connected to the closed mall. They found a spot not too far but also not too close. These days it wasn't considered okay to park a car on mall property after hours, but the lampposts helped a lot since they did little to illuminate the silent night.
The car, with half the tank full was turned off at the flick of Maria's wrist and she relaxed in her seat, not that there was much space, but she managed to roll her shoulders and pop her neck. Natasha set her phone on the holder and was about to take off her boots when a small echoing boom was heard in the night sky.
Maria gave a tired smile. "Guess time flies."
The Drone had arrived.
Maria rolled the window down and spotted the metallic sentient slowly descend with its jets growing quiet by the second. The clank of the boots could not be ceased, and it marched right up to them. Natasha paying close attention to the Drone's head, hoping it didn't gear it to the back seats.
This one didn't look any different compared to the one that gave Maria her cards with the exception, of the large "04" on the right pectoral. They both gave a wave to assure all attention was on them. Instead of opening its forearm, the MK4's stomach cavity opened, revealing a long titanium rectangular prism box. Its color was bright red. With its hands, the Drone gently grabbed the box to give it to Maria who already had her hand out for it. She immediately cupped it with both when she realized it was firmly heavy. The MK4 gave its own two finger salute before gently taking off into the sky again, the rockets now flaring into full gear the moment it went past the clouds.
The women ogled the box as if it was a valuable treasure, being delivered from Stark Industries why wouldn't it be? As they observed before, the box was an elegant red. It was made of metal rather than the fancy laminated carboard but when it was turned to face forward, something was off. It looked nothing like the pictures they had seen in the guides.
One thing that was correct on the top part was Mickey's hand revealing his Magic band in a side ways fashion, the difference was the band itself. Its appearance was bulky and wide compared to the usual slim designs. It wasn't like the ordinary basic color ones nor did it have pictures of a character from the Renaissance Era. It was all jet black with Tony's company name written on the sides and in the center, was the Arc Reactor. Another odd image was instead of the silhouette Mickey next to the gloved hand surrounded in a circle, there was Iron Man's helmet facing forward with Mickey Mouse ears on the sides of its head. This made Natasha and Maria stiffen their grins. "SI Magic Band" was written at the bottom of the head. On the side front instead of "Pass Holder", there was the "A" that was recognizable anywhere. It was a shiny giant button.
"This is what Stark's workers get when they go to Disney World?" Natasha rhetorically asked.
Maria answered by pressing the button on the gadget. A beautiful chime was heard, and the box opened in a similar fashion as any part of the Iron Man armor, the inside looked like the complicated functions of the suit as well. A hologram now shined its majestic light blue color, revealing the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom. Iron Man flying over the tallest tower in unison. The bottom part of the box almost made them dropped their jaws to their laps, realistically that didn't happen. Three Magic Bands of the same design Mickey wore popped up on a little display platform. Their fake names now appearing right below them.
Avril, Kristin, and Logan.
The brunette reached to touch one of them, but her Girlfriend stopped her palm gently by the wrist. "You are tired and its evident. C'mon, we'll look at these tomorrow but right now you need to sleep."
The redhead pressed the button and the capsule lowered the Magic Bands to seal them back up. Maria barely made any effort to argue and raised the window of her car door before stripping out of her leather jacket. Natasha took it and wrapped the box with it before setting it down on the car floor near her booted feet.
Maria sighed. It felt so good to be out of the jacket. Not that it was hot since the weather was now starting to change in the east coast for Winter, but it was still relieving. She threw her seat back, all while watching to make sure she didn't squish Kara's legs. The Executive almost kicked off her sports shoes when Natasha undid her belt and effortlessly crawled into Maria's tiny space, thus positioning herself on top of her. It was not an exaggeration when there really wasn't any space for them to move but Natasha slithered her flexible body just the right way for her Girlfriend to hold her, the Avenger now cooing her face into Maria's neck.
Tiny kisses could be heard as Natasha planted them all over the brunette's flesh. Maria's grip tightened, not wanting to destroy the now seemingly one-person bed they made of the driver's seat. None of them bothering to take off their footwear now.
It had been a long day and night for them, but it had paid off. The little family's vacation was only going to get better for the days to come.
She wriggled and twisted in the mass that was her cape, her hair was in all directions including her face. The Kryptonian's eyes fluttered beautifully before they opened all the way. It didn't last, and the girl brought her palms to her eyes to rub them, she had been asleep for a very long time. A yawn escaped her lips and Kara maneuvered her torso to rise from where she was sleeping. In just a few seconds everything that had happened just before she drifted in Natasha's arms came back to her and the young woman yelped when she realized she was in a transporter. Where was she? Where was Natasha? Where was Maria?
Kara looked down and her tensed shoulders relaxed upon seeing the sleeping women in the seat that had been extended backwards. Maria was holding Natasha as their heavy breathing entered her hearing canals. The blonde used this moment to tussle her hair out of her face and brush several strands plastered from force off her cape. Where were they? She looked past the glass to see that wherever they were, the morning foreign Sun was shining bright. Other transporters of different sizes and colors were starting to show up as well, thus prompting Kara to duck down a little. Where were they? That was not important. What was important, was that she was with the two inhabitants. There was still a slight essence of guilt that clawed at Kara's conscience for leaving Natasha in such a way but the way her friend including Maria accepted her apology was good enough to have a clear state of mind. They were not upset with her anymore, were they?
There was only one way to find out.
The Kryptonian built up her courage and rose to lean a little, overlooking Natasha and Maria. Their synchronized breathing didn't seem as if it was going to stop as they slept. Perhaps it wasn't a good idea to wake them up. then again, how long would they keep sleeping? Kara debated on whether she should nuzzle them out of their slumbering state the same way Natasha had done to her before but her thinking ceased as Natural courses took place and the lovers slowly stiffened in their embrace, still not opening their eyes. When nothing happened after a mere minute Kara could only watch as the redhead issued closer to plant her lips on Maria's faint dimpled chin, eyes still closed. Maria swayed her chin gentle away and lowered to kiss her woman good morning, their eyes fluttering open for the first time of the day. They smiled into the intimacy and Kara brought her fingers to her lips and looked away.
Natasha's morning hoarse voice spoke quietly. "Morning."
Her only answer was another kiss followed by some much needed advice. "You need a mint."
"I could say the same thing."
Without looking Natasha reached into the brunette's purse to fish out a round peppermint. By one end she brought it to Maria's mouth and the woman gracefully bit it by the half. With a flick of the Russian's wrist the wrapper came undone and Maria took her half into her mouth, Natasha doing the same with hers. For the moment it was as if they weren't paying attention to Kara. That visual rumor was scrapped as once again without looking, Natasha reached for the girl's forearm and tugged her through the tight middle. Kara quickly recognizing the intentions and levitated her smaller body in fetal position to bring herself in the already occupied driver's seat. Maria impossibly pressing her form to the edge of the door and Natasha made room for Kara's legs, so they could go under the stirring wheel with hers and Maria's.
Kara giggled as she laid in the middle, the red sea that was her cape showered all three and steering wheel.
"Natasha….Maria." she whispered while snuggling further. This earned her a barrage of pecks to her cheeks. She loved the gestures being bestowed upon her. She even gave a few of her own to Natasha's temple and Maria's chin.
The Russian finished nuzzling her face with her Malysh's. "Looks like someone got a good afternoon and night sleep." She booped Kara's nose prompting the girl to grin a little.
"After all she went through after HYDRA, she needed it." Maria retorted. Natasha purposely gentle squeezed Kara tighter resulting in the girl to cuddle further on Maria's side. The Kryptonian didn't mind and she buried her face in the former Commander's collar.
"Look at that, she feels safe with you."
Calm shivers went down the Executive's spine when the Supergirl inhaled the scent of her warm skin and breathed back out. "And I will keep it that way."
The determination in her Girlfriend's voice was already making Natasha's day, and they still had a long way to go. Speaking of which, Natasha for the third time reached back without looking to grab the pamphlet in the other seat. Maria patted Kara's head to bring her out of her neck.
Kara blinked, and something was being shown in front of her face, held by Natasha. It was another piece of thin material, images riddled it from top to bottom. She waited for permission and took it in her hand when her friend nudged it forward. There was writing, despite the big foreign letters she couldn't read it. The images however, gave better understanding. Groups of unknown inhabitants were seen smiling and children were running around with exotic head gear without a care in the world. What was this? Realizing that the thin slab had folded sections Kara opened it with her hands to reveal much more that made her eyebrows rise in anticipation. There was just too much for her advanced eyes to take in but what truly caught her attention was the Marvelous big structure resembling…..A Palace of some sort, along with a Massive Tree, an Enormous Sphere, and a colorful crimson pointed edged Building. If that wasn't enough, there was also strange creatures that appeared to be hugging the children as well. One in particular-was an obsidian skinned Bipedal dressed in Crimson leggings and to Kara's guess, this planet's representation of elegant clothing. Its face didn't match the rest of its skin. Its eyes were enormous along with the head….were those rounded objects ears? Massive hands concealed by white gloves were just another part of the body that remained un-proportional. Despite all this, the creature was not horrific or terrifying. It had to be friendly since it was even hugging adults. Such strange displays indeed.
Another image that caught her orbs were inhabitants screaming while at the same time smiling as they were seated in transporter pods lined at the longitude of a serpent. The pods were connected to what appeared to be metallic railings. They all appeared to be enjoying themselves. Kara once again eyed the ivory and cerulean colored Palace, the only structure that looked more Majestic than the other wonders.
"That's the Magic Kingdom." Natasha told her while pointing the surroundings of the castle.
"That's our next destination after here." Maria pointed to the Disney Contemporary Resort out of all the Hotels.
Kara ogled Natasha and Maria back and forth. What was this place? It seemed so, thriving. So welcoming.
Natasha used a hand to give tiny strokes to Kara's chin. "Everyone has to go to Disney World at some point in their lives. That includes us." she booped Kara's nose again earning another giggle.
To make her statement clear, Natasha pointed to the castle and then patted the steering wheel with her raised booted foot. It took a few seconds for Kara to process what Natasha did but to be certain, she pointed at the castle again and gave the redhead a look that she automatically understood when the youngest one's face brightened.
Natasha shook her head "Yes."
Another layer of joy was added onto Kara's face. This was their next destination! Now she was sure that they were not running away again. She had personally ended the Tyranny that had been chasing them this whole time since she met her comrades. All the thoughts of having to be on the alert for Kara Zor-El had vanished. Replaced by wonder and curiosity about visiting this exotic place.
Maria chuckled and pecked Kara's brow. "I guess we're all looking forward to this trip now."
"You said it best." Natasha took the pamphlet and tossed it back into the other front seat. The Russian eyed the time on the stereo. "Uh oh."
It wasn't a shocked "Uh oh." More on the lines of "Knowing that something had been screwed up, and there's nothing you can do to change it and you're saying it because it fits the moment uh oh."
"What do you mean by Uh oh?" Maria rose a little to see the time as well. "Shit." She fell back to lay chin on Kara's head.
The time was 10:30 am, they had slept through most of the morning. The Mall was open.
Natasha maintained her posture and cuddled again with her family. "It's okay, yesterday wasn't exactly a walk in the park was it?"
"Getting her back, driving across four states, and planning a short notice vacation is definitely not a walk in the park."
"But we made it due." Natasha nibbled Kara's ear lobe before locking lips with her Girlfriend. "But the Express Bus is on schedule, which means we are on schedule."
By saying that the former Spy thought that would get a rise out of Maria, surprisingly the brunette stayed where she was.
"We got shopping to do." With what little was showing, Natasha spanked Maria. "Rise and shine Deputy."
"I thought we only did stuff like that in bed." Maria teased all while Kara blushed into her cape for having to be literally in the middle of witnessing such things. Instead of answering, the redhead reached to open the car door and the brunette fell out but not before grabbing the handle bar and letting go of Kara, her sports shoes touching ground for the first time in hours.
"I'm up Romanoff."
"Close the door, someone might see her."
After doing just that. Maria did a basic leg stretch to stimulate her secretly sore legs. She went around the car and Natasha's window rolled down with the Russian handing her Girlfriend the purse, shades and jacket.
"I won't be long, I'll get you and her a change of clothes and then we'll all head inside."
"Be safe, always blend in."
It wasn't long before Maria slipped on the last part of her disguise that was her jacket and made her way out of the growing parking lot into the open mall that already had people accumulating the stores. All while Kara watched her disappear into the massive building. Natasha caught this and grabbed one of the girl's hands.
"Its okay Kara, she'll be back. Maybe this time you'll actually get to see a Mall without fighting off people or making a scene." The Supergirl could only smile at her friend's soothing presence.
The blonde just couldn't get enough, and she didn't want to have enough. She floated out of the driver's seat and into the Assassin's arms. "Natasha."
"You Missy are gonna love Disney World, I'm not one to talk since I've never been there or anywhere where I'm not fighting to Kill or survive. But this little experience will be great. Nobody is going to ruin it for us period."
Kara held her ear over Natasha's heart. The constant beat was radiant, she was alive. Kara didn't understand Natasha, that much was certain and already known, but the older woman's soothing feminine baritone voice was a sound that Kara could here for the rest of her time on this unknown world. It was a blessing to have met Natasha. Her friend, her inhabitant, her Natasha.
The Avenger didn't know what pondered in Kara's brain as of now but if Maria was going to take a while, she might as well coddle her Malysh. Her precious little, big hearted, powerful Malysh. Anyone else had anything to say about her motives, let them say it straight to her face.
Then an idea popped in her head. Clearing her throat multiple times, Natasha braced herself for what she was about to do. Something that she hadn't done since she had put little Lila to bed oh so long ago when she was a toddler.
Recalling that one song she remembered from that one Disney film, Natasha Romanoff, The Black Widow, started to sing.
"Come stop your crying, It will be alright, just take make hand, hold it tight."
The Russian squeezed the hand protectively, the one that could liquify her bones with a flick. All while Kara's gasped at hearing the beautiful voice of Natasha. she was…..singing!
"I will protect you from all around you, I will be here Don't you Cry."
Natasha's voice was as beautiful as herself.
"For one so Small, you seem so Strong, My arms will hold You keep You safe and warm."
"This Bond between us, Can't be Broken, I will be here Don't you Cry."
Kara's lip was starting to tremble at the power behind the words that she could not comprehend. The ache in her chest was growing strong.
"Cause you'll be in My Heart, Yes you'll be in My Heart."
"From this Day on, Now and forever More."
Kara clenched her eyes tight as the tears quickly found their way out, her lip never once stopping.
"You'll be in My Heart, No matter what They Say."
"You'll be here in my Heart, Always."
Never did Kara Zor-El think that such a foreign song could be so powerful just by listening to the first few phrases. She let out several sniffles and Natasha cupped her face to wear they now saw eye to eye in the seat.
"Why can't They understand the Way we Feel? They just Don't trust, What They can't Explain."
"I know We're different but, Deep inside Us, We're Not that different at All."
Natasha's face softened at the sight of her Kara's tear ridden face. She cupped the side of it, dabbing them away and placed a palm over her now symbolic crest.
"And You'll be in My Heart, Yes You'll be in My Heart."
"From this Day on, Now and forever More."
There it was again. The words that helped Kara release the choking sob bottled in her throat. Natasha was starting to feel the exact ache but pushed forward. Having the Kryptonian's attention to the fullest.
"Don't listen to Them, Cause what do They Know?"
The Black Widow referred to the ones that called her Asgardian, something that she wasn't and will never be. Referring to the now dead Alexander Pierce who was burning in Hell. Natasha silently reminding herself to pay him a visit when she woke up in that realm after her death.
"We need Each Other, To Have To Hold."
"They'll see in Time I Know."
In time when Rogers would Assemble them, they would all see the power of Supergirl. Natasha cupped both sides of the blonde's face and brought them closer to where their noggins touched. The tears started to fall from The Black Widow.
"When Destiny Calls You, You Must be Strong."
The memories of being shot and almost killed by Bucky Barnes flashed before her eyes and then being saved by her Malysh.
"I May not be with You, But You've got to Hold On."
"They'll see in Time I Know."
We'll Show Them Together."
Alura In-Ze laid in eternal rest with her husband, Zor-El. She was gone, never to return. Now Kara Zor-El, the Universe's Last Kryptonian had a new source of Love and comfort. She had Natasha, and she had Maria. This song was far from over and Natasha sang with pride to her Kara.
"Cause You'll be in My Heart, Believe me You'll Be in My Heart."
"I'll be There from This Day On, Now and Forever More."
The girl broke down from joy in her new Mother's arms.
"Ohhh You'll be in My Heart."
"No matter what They Say."
"You'll be here in My Heart."
"Always…."
"Always…."
"I'll be with You."
"I'll be there for You Always."
"Always and always."
Kara pulled back to eye the beautiful bright haired soldier. "This is beautiful Natasha, oh so beautiful. Thank you, I thank you for accepting me in your life. I love you…..I love you." she spoke with horrendous throat clicks.
The Supergirl sealed her lips with the Black Widow, showing her nothing but thankfulness and affection for what Natasha had done for her. The Spy felt the emotions high and rising. Emotions that she would never let the world know she had. They parted followed by another infamous snuggle.
"Just look over your Shoulder."
"Just look over your Shoulder."
"Just look over your Shoulder."
"Just look over your Shoulder."
"I'll be there….Always."
She soothed her Malysh, that was all she could do now for the moment. She shushed and soothed her innocent sobbing. Her Kara, her Baby Girl.
Anyone else had anything to say about her motives, let them say it straight to her face.
Maria was glad she was able to get out of their quick, that was if you called thirty minutes being quick. Who was she kidding? Speed walking between three different stores in that timing was quick. She wouldn't let anyone tell her different. That being said. In one hand she held her handbag along with two huge bags from Dillard's. In her other, she was dragging two Samsonite luggage carriers, both shining a dark grey in all their metallic glory. Difficult but not impossible. Everything had cost her a pretty penny considering nothing she bought was cheap, but Maria Hill decided to reap her benefits none the less. It was good to be rich. She made it to her Equinox and waited for several people passing by to open the back door, she quickly tossed the empty clean luggage inside and shut the door to make it to the left front side. She playfully tapped the glass for Natasha to slide the window down.
"Fresh clothes and shoes await my two beautiful girls."
"Well aren't you a Gentleman." Natasha remarked.
"Maria." Kara stated as the brunette reached in to rub her chin.
"Has she been crying?"
The redhead nodded. "Nothing serious, I was having a moment with her."
"I think we're about to have another Nat. She has to change if we're going back inside."
Again, the Russian nodded. "Help me with the seats."
Maria did as she was requested, folding the seats forwards to create more room in the car, Kara watching with interest as she was nudged and pushed through the middle again when Natasha lifted her off.
"Keep an eye out for people passing by." Natasha was already working on fiddling with the bags. "I'll get her into something different."
"Got it." the brunette slid her shades back on and went around the car to casually lean on the back door.
Kara sat completely bare upon being visually instructed to strip of her uniform in the transporter. Along side her was Natasha who had also stripped of her garments leaving her in her breast bindings and a strange garment covering her outer labia.
"I know, I know its not comfortable but there's no other way. Let's see what Maria brought us." Kara watched her caretaker pull a box out of the big thin container. "These are for you."
The alien eyed the encased box. With a foreign word written across.
"These are Converse Kara, this is pretty much what everyone wears." The Russian never would've expected the designed shoes that laid inside. She thought beneath the paper there would be Chuck Taylors, or one-star design shoes. Instead both Human and Kryptonian were welcomed by the site of beautifully undirtied knee length black Converse Boots with polished buckles riddled across the legs for a good look. No wonder the box was big. Kara leaned in a little more. This was unlike any footwear she had ever seen. She knew the inhabitants on this planet wore familiarized boots and heels. But who could've made such a pair? Natasha kept urging the exotic boots towards her. Her final guess was they were for her to put on. But first she needed to cover herself before she could try them. Natasha must have been thinking the same thing considering she was digging again inside the container.
"Let's hope these are your size and measurements."
Natasha helped her Baby Girl into the fancy purple Bra, but they ran into a wall when it came to the panties. For some reason Kara wasn't complying.
"Kara hold still." The older woman tried again to slide the fabric onto the blonde's sitting waist. "You can't wear pants without these."
"What type of clothed accessory is this?" the Alien said mostly to herself as she finally gave in and helped bring the fabric over her own Vulva and bottom. Being grateful that only Natasha was seeing her in such a state. Normally she would not be hesitant when Natasha coaxed her into doing things but who could blame her?
"I forgot you don't even know what socks are." The redhead's statement was confirmed when she pulled out a casket containing one size fits all white socks and Kara ogled them. No doubt recalling the time Natasha had stripped them off her own feet the night they first met.
The blonde stopped gripping the waists of her own panties when the door to the side opened, causing her to yelp but was quickly relieved when it was Maria who had stuck her head in.
"Is everything okay?"
"We're almost done."
Maria nodded and shut the door.
"C'mon Missy, put the socks on, I'll get your shirt and jeans." She pointed to the pair that she handed to Kara shortly after. The girl felt the soft material in her fingers and brought her kneels to her chest to slide them over her small feet. Strange, but comfortable. Next came the leggings that matched the same obsidian color ones she wore when she slept in the underground base with her comrades. Again, the material was different. Rather tight to be specific. It mattered not, she slid them on only to come across a buckle embedded into the leggings. Where was the simple basic seal? Natasha helped by zipping up the zipper and fastening the button. "You're looking good in skinny jeans."
The girl fiddled with the button, making it come undone and learned to fastened it herself with a proud smile. A sea of white showered her body when Natasha brought a white long-sleeved tight shirt over her head, the blonde working her noggin through and adjusting her hair. Another shirt came over her head without warning, this time the color matching the pants. It was a normal short sleeved black shirt with the Avengers logo on it.
"Now you can try your shoes." The woman past one from the box to the girl. She was impressed when Kara slid the boots on with the pant leg going into the hole as well.
Now that she had both styled boots on, Natasha helped her by tying a long double knot on one shin. Kara mimicking the process on the other one perfectly. Apparently, some footwear required string tying to stay put. Pathetically simple yet bizarre. Kara was happy that she still had her necklace despite the major changes she had undergone. She wasn't a fan of obsidian colored clothing, but for this case. It was perfect.
"Wait." The Russian almost forgot. She fished out a hair brush and brought Kara into her lap to gently comb the majestic locks, remembering well what happened to the other comb the first time she brushed Kara's thick mane. The petite girl enjoyed the treatment smiling to herself. She eyed her long sleeves that covered half of her palms before brushing the digits across the symbol that laid on her chest. An acute angle of some sort inside a circle. What could it mean?
Her learning was interrupted when she felt her hair being griped and moved behind her back. When she felt fingers moving it in different directions it could only mean one thing. Natasha was braiding her hair. She couldn't even remember the last time her hair was braided. Mostly since she always kept it short before the demise of her people. She shook her head to get rid of the ache that threatened to linger within. Natasha took this for discomfort.
"It's okay." Natasha wrapped her arms around her Malysh and kissed her neck. "I'm almost done."
The now almost unrecognizable Supergirl let her friend finish her work and the result was a massive long single loose braid, considering Kara had the hair type for it. It was held together by two tight purple scrunchies that Natasha had pulled out from the bag. The thickness of the design along with several strands on the sides of her head that fell in their straight manner only made Kara look more gorgeous than she already was.
Natasha was pleased with her work. "Time for the finishing two touches."
Kara tilted her head to see what else Natasha would use on her, sure enough there were two things in her hands. Obsidian head gear with grey colored stripes along with very thin eyewear.
"This goes over." Natasha slipped the loose Beanie onto Kara's head. "And this goes on." She placed the fake glasses on the bridge of her Baby Girl's button nose.
The transformation had been complete. All traces of Supergirl had vanished.
Maria nodded to another couple that had passed by for the umpteenth time, lucky for her all they did was nod or mutter a good morning to her. Never once bothering to eye the shadows moving inside the car. She was just about to check on her pupil and Girlfriend when the doors opened on both sides. Sure enough, Kara came around first and waved to Maria, giving her a small pose and spinning around on her heal, letting her braid twirl in the calm wind.
The former Deputy couldn't hide her shock.
"Kara, you are Gorgeous!" the girl giggled with her palm to her mouth and accepted the hug Maria was offering. The Executive took the girl's hands to eye her body, taking in the major changes up close. "Nat really outdid herself with you."
"What about me?" Natasha called out with fake jealousy. They both turned to face the other end of the car and there stood an extravagant Goddess sporting knee length charcoal grey Venus women's boots with elegant buckles riddled across the ankles. Black skinny jeans identical to Kara's brought out the more hour glass figure in her thighs. Not much could be said from the waist up other than a warm Zebra print loose baggy sweater and matching Loose Beanie. Torrents of Natasha's straight red hair was brushed back past her shoulders. Her face was pampered with eyeliner and luscious lips had a shiny trace of cherry lip gloss. Just like Kara, she wore fake black rimmed glasses to help conceal her identity. Even with this new look. The Black Widow was just as beautiful as she was in her tight Avengers/S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform.
Maria bit her lip in anticipation and walked towards her. "I knew you'd look sexy in the clothes I got you."
"Oh."
"Don't let anyone tell you different."
"There is no one I need other than you and her."
Maria just didn't have the words to speak anymore, nor did she want to speak in the first place. Instead she brought her Baby's hips closer and the Assassin wrapped her arms around her lean neck.
"You know what I think would work better Romanoff?"
"Do tell Deputy Mam."
The perfected lip gloss on Natasha was smeared harshly when Maria kissed her. The redhead didn't seem to mind and the two prolonged their make out for several seconds before separating. Kara shyly coming towards them. They opened enough space to allow her to join in the group hug. Neither caring that the fact that several people started eyeing them as they walked by. It didn't matter. To the public they were no longer Maria Hill, Natasha Romanoff, and Supergirl. They were Avril, Kristin, and Logan.
The Becketts.
And they were on a mission, for a family vacation. Of-course Kristin and Logan needed more than just the new clothes on their backs and the open Mall dead ahead would provide just what they needed before they headed for Orlando.
In potentially the next seven hours if they hurry, they would arrive at the Resort connected to the kingdom full of endless Dreams.
A/N: This Chapter is dedicated to Baby Logan. My Niece who was born last week from this update. That's why I decided to upload even though I wasn't exactly finished with this chapter. Stay tuned and if you are a horror fan, go see the new Halloween!
Malysh-Baby
Music: You'll be in my Heart-Phil Collins