Notes: Arly, I'm with you! I love seeing Clint in all his big-brother glory, even if it's so sad that we weren't able to see that side of him really come out until the girls went through such awful. But the Hawk-siblings are a thing, and I love them for it.

CC, I agree. But then, I'm of the mind that the Summerses should have, like, a FLOCK of kids at all times. So...

Chapter 4: Fairy Godfather in Bright Red Spandex

While the girls were settling in and trying to get used to their new surroundings — and all of the people in it, who were a lot kinder and more affectionate than either of the girls was used to seeing — Matt Murdock had been busy.

It wasn't hard to track down the girls' background. The name "Bishop" and the girls' first names were way more information than he really needed, and it took him no time at all to figure out that the girls belonged to the Bishop Publishing family.

It was a pretty obvious target for Fisk. The company had been growing over the past decade, crossing the billion mark two years ago. Not to mention Bishop had been trying his hand as an amateur real estate developer. He was just starting out in the business, so it wasn't as lucrative as his company, but still… all told, those girls were set to inherit a fortune.

He shook his head to himself when he heard it. First things first: he had to make sure that no one in Fisk's organization tried to get their hands on any of that money. Then, he needed to let Logan — or whoever it was in Westchester that was taking responsibility for those girls — know that he needed to set up a trust fund for both of the girls. No reason for any of the lowlifes that had kidnapped them and killed their dad to profit from it.

Problem was, the girls didn't have any family left, and Matt didn't know which of the adults in Westchester needed to be named guardian. So, he packed up the necessary paperwork and headed to Westchester.

When he got there, it wasn't hard to find the girls. Or one of them, anyway. The youngest, Katie, was outside playing with Clint and Lucky and generally having a blast, giggling and and laughing the whole time. Logan was there too — if only because Katie was still unsure about the new place and really did not like being apart from him. So once classes were over, she was stuck like glue once again.

"Kinda out of your usual path, isn't it, Murdock?" Logan asked before Matt could get all the way to them.

"Had to check on you and see how things were going," Matt said with a smirk as Katie's ears pricked up. She could sort of place his voice, but she didn't recognize him without the costume. "Did a little digging."

"What'd you find?" Logan asked. "Good news, I hope."

Matt tipped his head to the side and then motioned for Logan to join him — away from little ears. He took a second to make sure the kids were still distracted before he told Logan, "Those girls don't have any family left. Their dad was the last one."

"Well, that's not what I was hopin' to hear," Logan admitted, since in any case, he had already felt responsible for Derek Bishop's death. Now … that was just that much worse.

"It gets more interesting," Matt said.

"Oh great."

"Yeah. They're worth about a billion between them. So you can imagine what that's going to do when word gets around."

"Explains why Fisk had his panties twisted up so damn tight."

Matt nodded. "I'm already working on the legal side of things to set aside anything that wasn't already redlined and sent to Fisk

Logan nodded at that. "You're already talkin' over my head, Murdock. What do you need?"

Matt smirked. "I just need to know who in this school is guardian and executor. Those girls are worth a lot to someone looking to steal a fortune."

"Oh," Logan said, glancing over to Katie. "I dunno. Anyone you pick'll have a target on them. Not that it'd deter anyone here."

"I'm not here to pick someone. I've known them for, what, a few minutes?" Matt shook his head. "You're the ones watching out for them. Whoever wants to make that leap, I'll arrange guardianship, adoption, whatever, but they need to know what's coming after those girls."

"You tell anyone at the house?" Logan asked.

"Heard you first."

"From who?"

Matt laughed. "No, I literally heard you first. Coming up the drive. It wasn't rocket science."

"Well, I doubt I'm an authority on this one," Logan said. "But if we go by how things went with the boys, they oughta pick for themselves."

"Sounds fair to me," Matt said with a shrug, then paused and smirked. "So long as they don't pick me. That would be a disaster."

"I dunno," Logan said. "You look like you could use a couple little girls runnin' a racket on you."

Matt laughed and held up his hands. "No, no. Find someone else."

"Hey, it's up to them, Murdock. Can't turn down a kid like this. I'd be sure Cage heard about it, and you'd never live it down."

"You're enjoying that whole idea way too much."

"Damn right I am."

Matt shook his head. "Alright. Well. Where's Susie? Might as well ask both of them."

Logan turned his head and raised his voice. "Hey Katie, where's your sister?"

"Buggin' Dr. Blue!" Katie sang back happily.

"You wanna go get 'er?"

"Okay!" Katie grabbed Clint by the hand. "Is your friend a 'Venger too? Is he comin' to meet Susie like Cap'n Marvel wantsta?"

"He wantsta meet Carol too," Logan said. "We'll meet you up in the living room."

"Okay!" Katie sang out again, already pulling Clint along with her, which had Matt chuckling.

"Already running your kids into the ground for you, huh?"

"They like it," Logan said. "Let's 'em sleep better."

Matt smirked. "What's that?"

"No idea," Logan laughed as he took his time walking up with Matt.

By the time the two men got there, Katie had managed to wrangle Susie up the stairs, though while the girls were talking, Clint rushed over to Logan, wide-eyed. "What's going on?" he asked. "Are they going away?"

"No," Logan said, shaking his head. "They're not goin' anywhere. We're just tryin' to figure out who they want to keep an eye on 'em."

"Oh." Clint looked over at the girls. "Well… okay. Katie's kinda small, though. She doesn't even know all the names yet. So it would be kinda hard for her to pick."

"We're not going to rush them into anything permanent," Matt promised. "Just a guardian. That's all right now."

Clint seemed to relax a little. "Oh, good." He spun to face Logan, looking like he was working on his puppy dog eyes, even though he was grinning too much to pull it off properly. "Then they can stay with us, right Dad?"

"Up to them," Logan said. "I'm not gonna make anyone be where they don't wanna."

Clint nodded at that and rushed back over to the girls, who were now watching the others carefully. "D'youwannastaywithus?" he blurted out.

Susie wrinkled her nose at him. "What're you saying?"

Clint took a breath and tried to calm down enough to talk to them properly — even if he was way excited about having even more people in his family. "They wanna know who you guys wanna stay with."

"Like a nanny?" Susie asked, which had Matt snickering.

Clint giggled too. "No, like… like a foster mom or dad. Someone who does the mom and dad stuff."

"I don' wanna new mom an' dad," Katie cut in, her arms crossed over her chest. "Don' wanna."

"Well you're not old enough to drive and get a job, so you gotta pick someone," Logan told her.

"But I wanna stay wit' Logan-Wolf-na-dine!"

"But I wanna stay with Dr. Blue!" Susie said. "I don't wanna stay with Wolverine!"

"Seeing as both of them live here, I think that's still doable," Matt said. "You can spend your time together anyhow." He turned to Logan. "And if Hank's alright with that, I can work up a clause that names someone else, too — just in case."

"Works for me," Logan said. "K won't mind. She was already givin' me a hard time about it."

"So… so we both get to pick?" Susie asked, looking between the two men like she wasn't entirely sure.

"If that's what you want, yeah," Logan said. "No one's gonna force either of you. The boys got to pick too."

Katie looked over at Clint, who was nodding seriously. "Uh-huh. Barney picked the circus, but he let Mom and Dad adopt 'im so we could stick together even if he still leaves."

"O...kay," Susie said, though Katie was a lot more enthusiastic as she ran over to Logan and held her hands up to be picked up.

"Yay Wolferdeed!"

"You know, kiddo, 'Logan' works just fine."

"Oooh, right. Logan Wolferdeed!"

"Close enough," Logan said, shaking his head.

"Hey, she saw you in the cowl first," Matt said, smirking hard and not even bothering to hide how entertained he was

"Most people do," Logan countered. "And I'm not the only one."

"Don't think they've made that connection."

"Not yet," Logan said, though it was clear he wasn't going to bust him out.

"So we should make sure Katie gets her own bed an' stuff," Clint cut in. "Cuz she's a girl."

"Oh yeah," Logan agreed. "With room for Susie to sleep over when she wants."

"Bunk beds!" Clint said, nodding and bouncing in place.

Susie scrunched up her nose. "But… I … I said Dr. Blue?"

"And you can have him," Logan told her. "But I'm not gonna keep you from your sister."

"I'm… not so sure about this," Susie said, looking between Logan and Matt.

"You wanna talk to K about it?" Logan asked. "I know you like how she explains things better."

Susie nodded quietly. "Uh-huh."

Logan gestured toward the door. "She's in the barn. You know she'll talk to you any time."

Susie looked toward the door and then pointed a finger Logan's way. "Okay, but ... but no goin' nowhere or taking Katie!"

"Don't worry. I'll be here," Logan promised.

Susie glared at him for a moment longer and then nodded to herself before she rushed out to the barn, wide-eyed and worried until she did find K and then attached to K's side, trying to catch her breath.

"Did something bad happen?" K asked, putting an arm around Susie. "Do I need to beat someone up?"

Susie shook her head, still trying to catch her breath. "I… me and Katie… we're s'posed to pick," she said urgently.

"What are you picking?"

"People for taking care!" Susie said.

"Oh, well that should be easy enough," K said. "Just pick the ones you like tucking you in at night."

"Well, I said Dr. Blue and Katie said Logan," Susie said, again with that tone of urgency.

K smirked at that. "That shouldn't be bad, though," K said. "They both live here, and we're not moving away."

"Yeah, but… but … no one's mad?" Susie looked completely lost.

"Why would they be mad?" K asked before she crouched down next to her, leaving Susie a little taller. "Everyone here wants you both to be happy and to grow up strong and smart."

"Nuh-uh." Susie shook her head. "Nuh-uh. Daddy always gotted mad when Mom tooked us places!"

"Well that's just silly," K said. "Do you think that Captain Marvel didn't get to do things and be strong and proud and smart when she was little?"

"Well… no…."

"Then why would anyone in a house full of heroes be mad about you being smart and strong and brave like you are?"

"Well… I dunno." Susie scuffed one foot against the other. "Sometimes grownups're mad."

"I can't think of a good reason for a grown up to get mad at a kid for being amazing."

"Okay." Susie looked up at K. "So… so is it okay that I wanna stay with Dr. Blue?"

"Of course it is," K replied. "Why? Did Logan get mad?"

'"No," Susie admitted. "He just… kinda… said to find you."

"He knows you don't like him all that much," K said. "And he's not mad about that either."

"He's really scary," Susie whispered. "I saw him fighting people, and there was blood and stuff."

"Yeah. He does that sometimes. But only when the bad guys are really bad." She let her voice drop to a whisper. "He's not the only one either. I do that too, you know."

"Nuh-uh!" Susie stared, wide-eyed, at K. "You're too nice!"

"Only to sweet little kids," K replied. "I have all the same powers Logan does. You can ask Barney or Clint. They'll tell you: it's all about keeping people safe."

"Oh. Okay." Susie bit her lip. "Dr. Blue ... Dr. Blue says he's on a team that helps people too."

"Yeah, he's on the X-Men and the Avengers," K said.

"He helps people with owies."

"And he helps fight bad guys, too."

Susie smiled. "Everybody here does. Barney says his little brother is gonna do that too."

"He plans to join both teams when he's older," K said.

"I bet he could," Susie said. "Barney says he's really, really good." Susie giggled. "I like Barney. He's nice."

K rested her hand on Susie's head. "He is. So … do you want to go talk to Dr. Cookie Monster and see what he's got to say?"

"Uh-huh. Will you come?"

"Sure will," K said, then when she stood upright, she took just a moment to finish up a few little chores and then offered Susie her hand. "Lead the way."

Susie smiled and then took K's hand, heading down to where Hank was just curled up with a good book and relaxing, though he smiled when the two of them came in — even if Susie turned suddenly nervous and then hid behind K's leg.

"So," K said, when she saw how anxious Susie was. "Matt Murdock is upstairs." She tapped the side of her nose and gave him a little smile. "And Susie tells me she and Katie are picking new guardians. Right, Susie?"

"Uh-huh," Susie said shyly.

Hank smiled at that. "It sounds wonderful. Have you made up your mind, then?"

Susie nodded quietly. "I… I wanna stay with you."

"And Katie's picked Logan," K added. "Susie is a little stressed out worrying that something bad might happen if you both keep them."

Hank shook his head and set his book aside before he came to crouch in front of Susie. "There's nothing to be stressed about. I'd be absolutely honored to take you in."

"Even if Katie doesn't come?"

"Even if Katie doesn't come," Hank agreed, which prompted Susie to rush over and hug Hank tightly, sniffling and clutching his fur tightly.

Hank smiled and then picked Susie up and looked to K. "Well then. You said Matt Murdock was here?"

"When we slipped around them, it sounded like he and Logan were taking the mickey out of each other."

"Ah, so nothing new to report," Hank chuckled.

"No, not at all," K agreed, leading the way and holding the doors open for Hank and Susie — who were in a serious snuggle. When they got upstairs, Matt and hank were shoulder to shoulder watching and listening respectively as Katie and Clint tried to replicate a circus move that Barney was trying to coach them through. Even though they had the balancing part of it down, Katie's wide-eyed expression and maniacal laughter was doing her in.

"Whatcha doing?" Susie asked, barely picking her head up from Hank.

"Learnin' to be circus monkeys," Logan said.

"They're pretty good," Barney laughed.

"Didja talk to Dr. Blue and get it all figured out?" Clint asked, looking up at Susie after Katie had collapsed on him again in another fit of giggles.

"Uh-huh," Susie said, snuggling into Hank a little more.

"All ready for you, Matthew," K said as she passed him by and squeezed his arm.

Matt smiled and nodded at that. "If everyone's in agreement, I just need you three to fill out a few things."

"You can forge my name," Logan teased.

Matt chuckled. "Come on, Wolverneed."

"Can you boys play with Katie and Susie for a few minutes while we go deal with some grown up stuff?" K asked Clint and Barney. "Ten bucks if you can not spill the beans to the Summerseseseses."

"That's a loooot of 'es's, Mom," Clint giggled. "And Jean might cheat! That's not fair!"

"Tell Jean if she cheats, I'll teach her baby to swear."

Clint giggled. "In Swedish?"

"Nope. English," K said. "And it won't be a little one either."

"Swedish is more fun."

"I dunno Swedish," Susie said. "I only know English and Korean."

"Logan does Japanese and a whole freakin' laundry list as long as your arm," K said. "But if you want to learn some Swedish, I'll teach you."

"Okay," Susie said before she and Katie skipped off with the boys, while the grownups got things arranged for them.