A/N~ PLA stands for People's Liberation Army. Which is basically the Special Forces Unit for the Chinese government. Chen achieved the illustrious title of Colonel of the Special Liberations Teams, equivalent to Delta Force or the Seal Teams. Go, Chen! This is basically te start of SHIELD getting their butts chewed by Gabriella, verbally this time. Happy New Year, hope everyone gets to spend time with their family and friends. ~fiery menace

Having a Crowd for Breakfast

Chen Wang had arrived Monday evening to an obviously exhausted family returning from a trip to New York although none of them were obviously injured they honestly looked as though they had been in a battle. Alex and Benjamin had taken him aside and explained what had happened, The former PLA Special Liberations Officer liked to think he was fairly unflappable.

However, as the pair recounted what had happened to the ambassador and her family, his eyebrows had nearly risen above his hairline and on his high forehead that was saying something. His previous employers never had that much excitement in their tenures as ambassadors, generals, and other governmental dignitaries. Let alone all in one day. Let alone handle it themselves with a small army of children and a few adults.

Although he had very little experience with children, the number in this household was by his experience, staggering. He was also quite sure that once they had recovered from the debacle of the New York trip, the group would be quite rowdy. Seeing his gaze focus on the children Alex then began to tell him how the children had been invaluable in not only keeping the ambassador safe but also the other people targeted in the tower and the civilians as well. Benjamin then told him that if he didn't already have a sense of humor that he should develop one rather quickly, as in instantly, he would need it.

His move into the Douglas-Wallace household went a little more smoothly than the two bodyguards. While he had also worked security, his main title had been butler or major domo. He had usually had a small apartment or suite of rooms in house or occasionally an apartment near his employers abode. So he had furniture and so forth that would be forthcoming,

Ms. Douglas had requested a list of anything he might need and had given him a basket of teas and various other goodies. When he had conferred with Alex and Benjamin the next morning while Alex was calling all of the children's schools to let them know they were taking a few personal days.

The two men had explained that the Douglas/Wallace family were indeed very generous and no don't show any overdone expressions of gratitude as the two ladies would be embarrassed. They then proceeded to explain the rules to him, casual dress except for formal occasions, which were very rare. Scheduled appointments were on the calendar he had been given, people were always to be announced. If people came by who didn't have an appointment, use charm first, coerce if they couldn't be charmed, call Alex and Benjamin if necessary, if all else failed; convince with extreme prejudice. Guns weren't allowed but he had always been good with more esoteric weapons anyway.

When the children trudged down the stairs to a late brunch that morning, the mother and aunt were cooking up a storm in the enormous kitchen with the patio doors open.

Chen Wang looked at the security feed and decided to inform Alex and Benjamin that it might be a good idea to put an electronic fence up if they were going to have regular visitors who carried weapons and security clearances. Having them come directly to the front door was no way to insure security for the Ambassador and her family.

As a former rather high ranking officer in the PLA he recognized the man walking toward the front door, Chen considered his options. He knew the man at the front door had an appointment at 9 am with the ambassador, he was also quite sure the ambassador and her family considered that appointment null and void after the attack in New York.

While he wasn't sure how he felt about the casual dress that the Ambassadors sister had insisted on, he had to admit it did offer more range of motion and options for concealed weapons than the usual 'monkey suit' he was required to wear. He would still try and follow the rules of charm first.

When he opened the front door, he said, "May I help you, Sir."

Director Fury was so accustomed to the sisters answering the door, and the noise level in the house being of the multi-decibel range. He at first thought he was in the wrong house. Until he saw an abnormally large tiger sitting in the foyer licking its paws as if cleaning them, like a common housecat.

"I have an appointment with Ms. Wallace." Chen Wang looked past the man at the others with him. Chen was not about to let all of these people in to see the family. The foyer was the first step for now into the house, and the only step he was going to let these people into without more information. He needed to know how the sisters wanted a situation like this handled. Chen quickly asked them, "Please have a seat, and do not leave the room."

Zula, the tiger in the foyer, would not let anyone out of the room. She had not been able to bond to a child, so the whole family was hers, just like any other animal that was not bonded to a child. As Chen was leaving to find the family, Barton said, "So they did get a Butler. Do you work for China?"

Chen slowly turned toward, Barton smiling coldly, "I'm Chinese, but I work for this family. If you are asking where my loyalty lies, it is with this family. Now if there is nothing else."

He took two steps, and then unable to contain his rage at the disrespect, he turns back towards all of them, and said, "How could you attack, civilians and children. And then get your butts handed back to you. Your first mistake was attacking something you have little to no knowledge of."

He turned to leave after petting Zula he did not know all the animals' names but he had been told about the animals before he arrived and that their control was amazingly calm except around the children. And that it could even be protective of a child that was not a family member.

Coulson walked around the room he noticed that in all the doorways there was a shadow falling to the floor about 6 inches thick, even where the sun shouldn't have caused a shadow to fall that way. He remembered seeing a sign on the lawn but he had not been able to read it. "Sir was there any Intel on the family or sisters, like what they did for a living. Why so many countries come or send bodyguards to protect them?"

"No, not much more than that at this time. But the first two guards are apparently from the Russians. The American is more administration than a guard. He does have training, ex-Special Forces, as far as we can tell, though most of his record with us has been redacted. The other is ex-Moussad but is still in touch with their director, and has been told never to leave Ms. Wallace alone, except when she is in residence. Then of course there is the bear, she travels with it and it is always with her, in and out of the house. He even rides in the car with her when she's driving herself. Although, I doubt there will be any of that happening, now. She is probably under the gun to return to Russia, after the fiasco in New York."

"Why, would she go to Russia? She only goes to Russia to see friends." Came a voice from up the stairs, no one could see any of the children. Yet the voice was not that of a child.

While the group from SHIELD had to wait, Wang was seeing to the sisters, Wang came walking out onto the patio to see if Ms. Wallace was ready to see Director Fury. He held back, he was going to make Director. Fury wait for what had happened to this family.

"Chen, what's wrong? You look upset." Gabriella asked with gentle concern.

He stepped up to the table with the family and leaned over to softly tell her of the guests that were in the house. "Well, let's go get them, we will show them onto the patio. Could you make some more coffee, please. I don't think we have enough."

Gabriella got up to go greet them at the door. Chen and Benjamin followed closely behind her. Benjamin knew it was pointless to try and stop her, but he hoped to deter the visitors from staying long. She walked through the patio doors and into the dining room/study area. Then through the living area into the foyer with the double staircases circling above.

Gabriella smiled at Director Fury and Natasha, with a warmth that never reached her eyes, "I'm glad to see that you have recovered from your nap with no ill effects. I also hope you will understand that my family's safety will be put above yours, unless you can prove to me that you mean us no harm. That being said hand over all your weapons, now. As you won't be able to take them with you past the foyer, they will be taken from you. You won't be able stop it. You are no longer in America. Welcome"

She walked over to the cabinet that was underneath the stairs and got 4 large baskets, handing one to each of the agents. Natasha stared at the basket that she was handed saying "And what am I supposed to do with this. If you think that I'm going to give you any of my weapons, you're crazy. You don't know how to handle weapons."

From up above them again a man's voice spoke, "She has her own weapons that will break all that is made on this planet. There is not a thing you can do to stop the taking of your weapons from you, Natasha Romanov, daughter of Russia."

Everyone was looking up, "Don't worry no one is up there." Chen said as he watched them with a little smirk on his face. He knew some of the legends behind her mysteries ways. Most he knew would go to the grave with him.

Gabriella just looked ahead of her with a smile on her face. "Chen could you put some of your black tea on as well as the coffee. I've made some chocolate syrup for the biscuits. Please, follow me everyone through the kitchen. Can I call you Nick, Director Fury because that is a mouthful. Plus you calling me Ambassador Wallace all the time is going to be a lot harder for you and of course the kids are going to be putting mom in there just to make you start all over again."

Nick Fury had this blank stare for her and Benjamin as they walked into the kitchen, to the point the ex-Moussad said under his breath, "Good heavens, I think she broke him."

Gabriella giggled as Chen brought up the rear after the agents put the weapons in the baskets, and he put them in the cabinet. Zula followed up slowly behind Chen. As Gabriella walked Benjamin kept his attention on her and kept them at a distance from the SHIELD personnel. As Director Fury crossed the threshold to the kitchen from the foyer his coat went flying up just a little as if a child went up under it. "Sorry, Director Fury you were warned to remove all weapons that included the unseen ones."

Coulson steps through to the kitchen without having any reaction. Natasha came walking in and swung around to look behind her at nothing. "Something is in here with us."

Barton came in after Natasha catching her fist before it made contact with his ribs. Gabriella turned back after getting the hot chocolate syrup off the stove. "I did warn you about bringing weapons past the foyer."

"I thought that was what the animals were for," Barton said.

Director Fury looked down checking his coat. "How did you do that? You were in front of us. Plus your own man is still carrying. And what do you mean Ambassador? To what country? No you may not call me, Nick." Gabriella and Benjamin kept walking through the study without answering the director, leading the group out back to the patio.

There were five patio tables, two kids to a table, at least 3 three animals sitting around at one table, and more in the yard. Where Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Dr. Bruce Banner, and Dr. Rick Allen was sitting around at different tables. Fury stopped dead in his tracks as he saw all of the people that aren't a part of the family. "What are they doing here? How are you going to conduct business with this many people distracting you."

The family started laughing, Gabriella said "With this large of a family, How do you think I conduct any of my business, Mr. Fury, without any problems. Gods you are such a bachelor. If you know how to work with children everyday and always moving along the way. So I have called all the animals out of their dens. But please do be aware their main duties are to the bonded person or child. They are not what would be called a pet. But we have digressed, in the wrong direction. Please, sit down and we'll have brunch and discuss the problem you think that you can solve. And I will tell you what I can do to help you, without me breaking my word to other countries not to interfere with the natural out come."

As they sit down Barton and Natasha sit down where Yodie and Irena are sitting with there animals Zef, Warg, and Katya the tigress who was pregnant. She came and sat between the two adults stopping them from talking to each other and forcing their attention on to the children, "Sorry, lady Spider. You were on the wrong side, but you heavy, lady. Katya, likes you birdbrain. Why you have silly nicknames?" Irena said after they sat down.

"You, little one, may be little, but you should not try the patience of an adult. Because I'm not afraid to punish you for your insolence."

Yodie looked at the Black Widow and said to her, "You are the one to forget you're a guest here. That animal right beside you may not have bonded to any of us, kids, but her main duties are to protect all kids. You won't be able to touch us before she takes off your head literally, If Warg doesn't tear your throat out first. And it won't matter what you do or say. The only one who could stop it is our Mom. And seeing as you have no weapons on you. I'd say the odds aren't in your favor, Katniss and Peta."

"Besides we know all the best hiding places in and out of the house." said Irena with a charming dimpled grin.

Pepper and Tony are sitting with Chris, Russ, Dangerous, and Darling as Tony is talking rapidly to Chris about his skills with computers and coming to work for STARK Enterprises.

Russ looked at the billionaire like he had taken leave of his senses, "What about school?"

"What about it?" Stark said blankly.

"Stark," Chris said slowly as if he were speaking to a small child, smaller even than Irena, "You do know, I'm fourteen. This is real," he said indicating his entire body, "not just really good plastic surgery."

Pepper burst out laughing as Tony looked a little frustrated.