A/N: Hello my lovelies! I'm back with another chapter. I hope you enjoy this one :) And thank you to those who took the time to review on last weeks chapter. It really meant a lot to me.

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, Disney, ABC, or the Avengers. Just Sera and the chaos that ensues with her at the helm.


I woke up in the middle of the night to a nightmare about my death. My child screaming in my arms as the roof of the White House was ripped off and an ugly monster grinning maniacally down on us, as Chitauri started firing upon us. Both of the guys were still passed out, so I quickly got control of my breathing and crawled out of the bed. I checked the alarm clock, noticing it was quarter after 3am. Going to the washroom quickly, I rinsed my face off of the thin sheen of sweat.

Staring at my reflection in the mirror, I knew I wasn't going to get anymore sleep tonight. Quickly emptying my bladder, and grabbing my robe from the closet, I picked up my phone from nightstand.

Padding out to the living room, I picked up my tablet from my desk and said, "ARSENAL, I need you to check on the kids for me. Connect to LUCY through their tablet."

"Yes Ma'am. I applaud your restraint in not telling Captain Rogers and Sergeant Barnes of their future children coming back to speak to you."

"Just keep it quiet A. Or I'll reboot you without a personality." I threatened teasingly.

"Connected."

"LUCY, please tell me if my children are sleeping."

"Yes Ma'am." LUCY's voice was similar to ARSENAL's, but softer. Almost airy.

"How are Callie's wounds?" I asked, concerned.

"I detect no complication from the surgery. She and Elijah are sleeping soundly. Heart rate is at 50bpm. Neither are showing signs of distress."

"I've asked this before, haven't I?" I smirked. LUCY was listing things off before I even asked for them.

"Every night before you would sleep yourself Ma'am." LUCY was exactly like I had hoped she'd be.

"Thank you LUCY. Keep ARSENAL updated through my tablet, should that change." I said quietly.

"Yes Ma'am." When I was sure neither my tablet, or phone would get a sudden alert, I made my way to the twins room. I watched them dream, the chests rising and falling with each breath. Sighing, I moved back to the living room, sitting down at my desk.

Putting my earbuds in, I started in on the plans ARSENAL downloaded from LUCY. If Thanos invaded May 25th, 2018, I had exactly 863 days to have ARSENAL Defense up and running.


Having ARSENAL bring up holograms of the designs helped me figure out the weak spots and where they would need to be placed along the globe. I brewed myself a cup of green tea to focus my mind, and by the time Steve and Bucky woke up, I had completed the adjustments to ARSENAL's long range sensors.

"Hey, what time did you wake up?" Bucky asked, kissing my bare shoulder, where my robe had slipped off.

"You don't want to know." I sighed.

"What's all this? Top secret?" Steve teased.

"This is ARSENAL." I said, expanding the hologram. The slow turning sphere of our world could be seen, beneath the shimmering blue shield surrounding the planet.

"She'd have four major points, surrounding Earth and the many satellites. This will still allow the sun's rays to reach the earth, but without allowing anything else through." I said, showing them by running a small simulation of a Chitauri ship attempting to breach the shield. It blew up the ship, while retaining its shape and power.

"What would you use a power source?"

"Each satellite will have a modified arc reactor. They generate their own power, and projects the energy out, covering the earth in a shield that will destroy anything it touches. ARSENAL controls the levels, and they can't shut it down from the access points, because the only way to take down the shield, is through ARSENAL's mainframe, which is at our base. Even if they took out 3 of the satellites, the shield will remain up. And I'm going to convert ARSENAL's main satellite to a long range space censor, so we know when something is coming."

"And then I thought, "How the hell are we going to get these up there?" And the answer came to me through song," I smiled as I played it. The sounds of Cherry Bomb by the Runaways played through my tablet and Steve and Bucky looked at each other saying, "No."

"Yes."

"He keeps hitting on you," Bucky growled.

"We are over that. He's got his own girl to ogle. If he ever works up the courage to ask her out."

"Then how come he still manages to sidle up to you when you're in the same room?" Steve pointed out bitterly.

"We had similar childhood traumas. He's a good guy, he just be an a-hole."

I stopped the conversation as the kids came out rubbing their eyes, "Can we have Fruit Loops?"

"Of course you can my darlings," I said, taking their hands and said to the guys, "I've already called them."

"If he so much as gives you the bedroom eyes," I heard Bucky mutter under his breath. I smiled to myself as I sat the kids down at the table.

"Mommy has to go into work today, for 9am. So your Daddies are gonna take you out for the day." I said as I grabbed bowls.

"I thought they started meetings at 10am?" Steve asked, grabbing his own bowl of some healthy crap cereal. I responded, "I've got to go into my office earlier to prepare for my presentation to my committee. And then, when they deem it acceptable, I bring it before the UN President."

"Makes sense," Steve said, sighing that they wouldn't see me much today.

"But I will be home by 2pm at the latest. I promise. And I will text you if I think I'll be later."

"We've got to leave tomorrow morning. Can't be gone too long or else someone might burn down the base."

"At least my father isn't living there full time. He's your only fire hazard." I chuckled.

When I claimed I had to leave 30 minutes earlier to beat traffic, Steve and Bucky let me go with little protest. The kids however were upset I couldn't be with them all day, like it was at base.

"Sorry I'm late. You two are clingy," I teased, bringing in fresh groceries from the local market.

Callie smiled, "I'm getting tiny flashes of memories I don't' remember. I think you are changing things already."

"I'm bring up this shield today, and not taking no for an answer." I smirked as Elijah took one of the bags from my hands.

"Orange juice?" He asked, searching the bag.

"I got three jugs in the car. Once your fathers and your younger selves leave, I'll be able to come over more often without raising suspicion. Or you can come back to the apartment."

"Really? You'd let us stay with you?"

"How else do you think I'll keep an eye on you two? In my apartment, unless I say otherwise." I teased, giving them my 'Mom' stare.

"Yes Ma'am." Elijah said, with a slight pout.

"Oooh," I said, pulling my beeping tablet out of my bag, "That's Peter."

"Peter?" Callie smiled brightly, clearly intrigued with my upcoming conversation.

"Yeah, I needed to set up a meeting with Nova Prime over their communications." I said, watching the light in her eyes pull away slowly.

"Oh, Peter Quill." She said, trying not to sound disappointed. I gave her a look as I pulled up the line, "Quill."

"Well, what does my favorite human need? Did you leave your husbands yet? Finally realized I was a better catch?"

"In your dreams Fart Lord," I joked, to which I heard Rocket's over the top laugh in the background, followed by Drax's.

"Thanks for keeping him in his place Sera," Gamora's voice joined the fray, responding, "How can we help?"

"I need you guys to come back to Earth. I just got a butt load of new information regarding Thanos's attack on our galaxy. It's sooner than expected." I sighed, as Elijah raced out to the car to grab the orange juice.

"Can be arranged. Anyhting we can do on our end out here?"

"Well, I'm going to need to set up a call with Nova Prime to discuss a intergalactic treaty between Earth, Asgard and Xandar. The Collecter was also hiding something from you all. He has one of the Infinity Stones in his possession. He wanted them all for his collection. He needs to be brought in."

"I'll call in the favor to Commander Dey. He will be able to access Nova Prime easily."

"I appreciate this you guys. If I wasn't out of commission right now and in the middle of figuring out a solid defense shield for earth, I'd say to call me anytime you need physical help."

"Out of commission, how?" Peter said, as I heard Rocket yelling in the background to Groot about not pushing a button.

"You'll see when you get here. When can I expect you?"

"In about a week? It will take us a few jumps to get over to your side."

"Well, let me know the minute you pass Mars. I have specific coordinates for you. Come in stealth mode, but remember to announce yourself to the Avengers base. I don't need another red alert on my hands right now."

"Agreed. See you soon beautiful!" I heard Peter say before, "Ow. Gamora, it's a compliment. I know she's marrie-"

The connection cut out, and I sighed in frustration. That man would die by my hands if he kept it up. I swear it on my mother's grave.

"Soo…" Callie said, "Don't you have to go to work?"

"Yes, and I will be by tomorrow morning to pick you two up. I know you will go through all of that by then," I smiled.

"It will be gone by tonight," Callie muttered as she watched Elijah chug a jug of orange juice as he walked by us.

"Use a glass!" I yelled, and seconds later, a soft "Sorry Mom," could be heard.

"You check in on us last night," Callie said as I picked up my bag.

"Well, LUCY did for me."

"It was nice to have something familiar. LUCY was always telling us you asked how we were sleeping, even when you were away on business," She explained.

"I need to know you are healthy and breathing. Always," I said, holding her cheek.


"Ambassador Stark, what you are proposing is preposterous."

"President Thomson, with all due respect, the UN is the most reliable body of government to which I can present my case. There is a war coming, and not to sound like a doomsday cult leader, but it may be the end. All I need is the floor and the Assembly's undivided attention."

"You will have 20 minutes to convince us."

"I'll only need 10, sir." I nodded, as he motioned for me to take the floor. Walking up to the podium in front of the wall of windows, I cleared my throat, linked my tablet up to the projector, and started.

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the United Nations. As you know, I am the newly appointed representative of the Avengers, SHIELD and the InHumans. I now broaden my status to representative of the galaxy, because after today, you may finally believe we are not alone."

"This is footage, brought to me, from two agents of our organization, whose identities will be kept confidential as they are undercover. One is a time travelling InHuman, and this is our future."

As footage played of Earth's destruction, many shocked faces, and gasps of realization were made.

"Can any of you say you saw the Chitauri attack on New York live? Raise your hand." I said softly. Slowly, the whole assembly raised their hands, translators included.

"Now, how many of you, if you had known it was going to happen, would have done everything in your power to stop it from happening at all?"

Again, the assembly raised their hands.

"The problem isn't that we know we aren't alone anymore in the universe. The problem is that there is a 'being' out there, who is hell bent on destroying our galaxy. He means to assemble armies, destroy whole planets with a single blast. This isn't Star Wars, this is our world. And I promise you, I will do everything in my power to save it."

"The point of this presentation wasn't to scare you. It was to present you with the one thing we don't have, and I can give it to you. A shield around the world. One that will stop enemies from accessing us, protecting the whole planet from destruction."

"Now, I may start to sound like a Bond villain, offering you a solution to the problem I just presented. But this is not a game. As a mother, don't you think I want to protect my children and future children, from any and all threats? If you agree to my proposal, I promise to do everything in my power to protect your families, your way of life, and future generations from this monster."

"This will be a world effort. It won't be cheap. No one is going to profit from this, except to live past the attempted destruction of our planet, and our way of life."

"I don't just need your approval. I need every world leader to be on board with this. This will be a team effort. I've called in a favor with a friend of mine to make an alliance with an alien planet called Xandar and their leader. Hopefully, she can bring more worlds and their leaders into the fray, because this being, Thanos, won't just destroy our world, but every world."

"What do you propose?" The UN President spoke up after a very pregnant pause. I paused for a second, before saying, "ARSENAL."

"At your service Ma'am," My cheeky AI spoke up, projecting her hologram before the UN. Some jumped back in shock as I walked around the model.

"SHIELD was named after my husband. He believed defending was noble, preferred over being the offending party. In this way, SHIELD was raised up, first as the continued efforts of the SSR, under the command of Peggy Carter."

"And so like SHIELD, ARSENAL, my personal AI, and to the Avengers, will run the largest defense network the world has ever seen. There will be four stations, one at the International Space Station, one at my father's STARK Industries Satellite, one at the Avengers Satellite, and another at the UN's choosing for neutrality. Each satellite will be run by a modified ARC Reactor, which will not only power the satellite, but shoot the energy over the exosphere, creating a protective barrier around Earth's atmosphere. While this is in place, I will create a satellite, capable of long range sensors, to link up to other planet's frequencies, throughout our galaxy."

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I am well aware of the Sokovian Accords that former US Secretary of State, Thaddeus Ross had in mind. The Avengers seemed like a threat, to each and every one of you. I'm here to show you why that isn't true. Some of you don't know me very well, so you can only take my words at face value. But I promise, with every breath in my body, I will show you why you can trust us. It's our world too. We wouldn't be fighting for you if it were easy. It's not, because every time we finished a mission, or put away a bad guy, the only thing that was focused on was the destruction, and not the billions of lives we saved. I can assure you that had Loki succeeded in New York, the world would be an awful place to live right now. Yes, we made mistakes, but we are making up for them. Let us."

And with that, I nodded back to President Thomson, and took my tablet back to my seat.


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