One morning Heidi wobbles to the kitchen. She opens the fridge and grabs the milk. As she shuts the door, something at the corner of her eye caught her attention. Her fingers flex for a knife and flung it at the ceiling. Someone jumps away in time and hops down next to her with his arms stretched out. She pulls another one out and points it at him. "Woah, woah!" He's just a kid! "Who the hell are you?!" Heidi roars. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. Mr. Stark-" the kid started but was interrupted when Steve and Vision came rushing into the kitchen. Steve sighs with relief but he looked annoyed. "It's okay Heidi. He's with us," he remarks. "I'll let Mr. Stark know he's here," Vision says and disappears. Heidi reluctantly puts the knife back in her hidden compartment under her dress. Her heart was pounding hard in her chest. She thought she was starting to contract. Instinctively she pulls her hand up to her chest and leans over the countertop.
"Are you okay?" the boy asks. "What were you doing in the ceiling kid?" she questions and takes a deep breath. "I noticed one of the lightbulbs were out so I'd thought I would replace it. I'm sorry Mrs. Barnes. I didn't mean to scare you…" He looks at her nervously. "Are you having contractions now?" She gives him a cross look. "Not for the moment." She turns to Steve. "What's he doing here?" Steve glances at the boy and gives him a nod. "What's up Queens?" The boy smiles and shakes his hand with him. "Hey…" He turns back to Heidi and gives her his hand.
"I'm Peter Parker."
She pulls herself up and shakes it with a wary face. "Heidi, but apparently you already know me."
"That was fast! What did you tell your Aunt May?" Tony remarks as he waltz in.
"Mr. Stark! Good to see you!" Peter says enthusiastically. The kid was just star struck. "I told her exactly what you told me. That I was doing a summer internship at Stark Industries." "Good kid. Thanks for coming in." Tony gives him a slap on the shoulder. "What's going on here?" Heidi asks in a grumpy tone. "The kid here is going to help us out," Tony says simply, like it was obvious. "Wait, what?" "We've asked a few friends to come over to help us watch out for Hydra. We don't know what Hydra will be up to so we figured we would be prepared than not," Steve explains. "No." The guys turned to the pregnant woman. "There is no reason for some kid to get involved in our crap with Hydra! No! You're going home," Heidi starts to push the boy out of the kitchen but Steve intervened. "He wanted to come and help. He's a good fighter, believe it or not." "Steve. I'm not going to ask a stranger to fight my fight when it doesn't concern them." "You're not but we are," Tony adds in. Heidi scoffs and shakes her head.
Her golden eyes stare down at the skinny teenager. Just a boy…that's all she sees. This is someone's son! "Why do you want to help out Peter?" she asks. "Because it's the right thing to do," he said immediately. She shakes her head. "This doesn't have anything to do with you. These people are nasty. They have no problems with putting a bullet to your head if you get in their way. Do you understand Peter?" The boy nods. "I know. But…" he shifts his weight awkwardly with all eyes on him. "You would do the same in reverse…not me being pregnant because I can't," he babbles. Tony rolls his eyes. "Get to the point kiddo." "Sorry. But…yeah, you would do the same. It's my chance to return the favor." His brown eyes showed her that he was sincere. "Plus I feel like I owe Mr. Barnes. Last time I saw him, I kinda threw a sign at him." Heidi smiles. "Oh that I have to see for myself," she jokes. "So it's settled then. Come on kid. Lemme show you your room for the time being." Tony steers the teenager out of the kitchen as Vision comes back to let the team know there is another visitor. "Another recruit?" Heidi asks Steve suspiciously. "Let's go check it out."
Sam and Bucky were talking to another guy when Steve and Heidi joined them. "Mr. Lang, thanks for coming so quickly," Steve says as the two men shook hands. "Hey, when America asks for help, you can't say no," Scott responds. "Heidi, this is Scott Lang. Like Peter, he's helped us before," Steve says to her. She shook hands with him. "Thank you for coming," she says politely. "Wow, it is a pleasure to meet you Duchess! Do I…bow or…" "That's not necessary. Call me Heidi." "Wow…you're even more beautiful in person," Scott says and looks at her stomach, "You're ready to go aren't you!" Heidi automatically touches her belly. "You have no idea." "You'll be great. My ex wife was only in labor for like six hours with Peanut and she said it was nothing," he adds in. She gave him a funny look.
"Peanut?" Scott reaches for his wallet and pulls out a picture of his daughter. "Cassie is a big fan, as a matter of fact. She named one of her dolls after you." Seeing the photo of the little girl's smiling face, made her tear up. Damn these hormones! She gives him the picture back. "I'm sorry Mr. Lang but I cannot ask you to do this," she argues, "Go home to your little girl." "I can't do that ma'am," Scott comments. "Cassie told me to…she said 'Daddy you have to help her. The bad people will take her away. She needs you'." He shrugs his shoulders. "Orders are orders," He remarks and looks at the guys as if to say 'am I right'. They nod in agreement. Tears stream down Heidi's face. "But…" "But nothing. You're stuck with me," Scott interrupts.
Bucky wraps his arm around her lovingly. "We've got this," he says reassuringly. Her sad eyes look up at him. "I don't want to see anyone get hurt…or worse." "It's going to be okay. I promise." He pecks her on the lips. "Come on tic-tac we've got a place for your stuff," Sam comments and the group parted ways. A few days later after Peter and Scott came, Thor brought some of his friends from Asgard, Lady Sif and the Warriors Three. Seeing these people come to help her and Bucky made Heidi weepy. She couldn't believe that they were willing to fight for them and the baby. She felt much more confident with the baby's safety from Hydra now.