Natasha smiled and held the twins in her arms, loving the maternal feel she had inside her. She never thought that she'd be a mother, and never thought she'd be married again. Her life was perfect for her. The twins had been speaking, well… babbling and using baby jargon. She hummed the lullaby she had sang to them before they were born to calm them to sleep. "Mama," Matt said quietly. Natasha looked down at the children in her arms and smiled. "Mama, pwetty song," he continued. She looked around for Loki and found him walking past the room. "Loki," She said quietly and urgently.

He quickly came into the room and had a slight panic on his features. "What is it?" he asked worriedly. "Is something wrong?"

"No," She said with a bright smile. "Listen." She looked down at Matt and smiled. "Hello Matthew."

"Mama sing pwetty," He said looking at Loki. Loki blinked at the child talking.

"Dada and Mama," Rowena said rubbing her eyes. "Sleepy," she continued. Their children were talking. Their beautiful children were talking. They had their parent's intellect and intelligence so they were talking earlier than some children would. At ten months, the twins were not just babbling and saying "Mama" and "Dada". They had more in their vocabulary now and were using it. The parents were proud of their children and hoped they could begin teaching their children to talk a bit more.

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The twins were eighteen months old and they were starting to get a bit of their father's magic. Matthew and Rowena would get a distant stare occasionally when they were together and holding hands. None of the adults knew what it meant, but they let the children do as they pleased. The twin's parents were currently coming back from a mission and Maria and Phil were watching the twins. "Maria... they've got the look again," Phil stated, looking over at his wife and then back at the toddlers.

Maria frowned softy, getting off the couch and kneeling next to the twins. "I really do wonder what is going on in their minds sometimes" she said, shaking her head softly as she looked between the two.

Phil shrugged and looked at them. "They're really intelligent, given their parents and all. And their father is a god with abilities... not to mention they're technically demi-gods since Natasha was human when she had them. Maybe it's an ability they have because they're so special?"

"Still," Maria mused, looking back at her husband. "I wonder what said ability is..." she looked back at the twins, seeing Rowena blink, beginning to sniffle.

"I have no clue," Phil stated looking at the mini-replicas of their parents, a frown creasing his brow seeing Rowena sniffle and Matthew frown.

Rowena rubbed her eyes, freeing the tears that were threatening to fall. Quickly she crawled over to Maria and hugged her. Matt crawled over with his sister and into Maria's lap, hugging her tightly. Maria frowned, looking up at Phil, clearly confused. Phil blinked and shrugged having no clue whatsoever of their motives.

"No...go..." Rowena muttered, shaking her head "Aunt...Ria...Unca Pheel"

Matt shook his head. "Uh-uh... No go. No buh-bye. Nuh-uh."

Maria wrapped her arms around the twins, brows furrowing as she looked at Phil "You know we always come back..." she whispered, trying to sooth them "Why don't you want us to leave?"

Phil shrugged not knowing exactly why the children were asking this of them. "I have no clue at all," He said looking to the door hearing it open. He saw the two immortals walk through the door and nodded. "Nice to see you back," He stated. Natasha smiled and nodded. "Thank you so much for this," She said quietly.

Loki nodded towards Phil saying, "Yes, thank you for keeping an eye on the both of them. I hope they did not cause too much trouble." He looked to see Maria sitting on the floor with the twins clinging to her. "Is everything alright?" he asked, only to be answered by Row. "Aunt Ria and Unca Pheel no go!"

"No buh-bye!" Matt chimed in. "Nuh-uh! No go!" Natasha blinked and looked from the twins, to Maria and Phil, then to Loki, confusion plastered on her face. "This... I don't know what that means," She said blankly. "We've been wondering the same thing," Phil stated.

Loki moved towards his children, taking a seat on the floor across from Maria "Row, Matt...you have never acted like this before...what is wrong?" he asked softly. "Sumefing happen if go...pwees no go," Rowena begged. Maria looked up at Loki, then to Phil, then to Natasha, wanting to know what was wrong with the two.

"Sumting bad... no go... pwees?" Matt asked through a sniffle. Natasha and Phil blinked and looked at the twins. The assassin looked at her husband hoping he might have an answer mouthing 'Do you know?'

Loki shook his head at the remark and looked at the twins with Maria. Something was going on, and they had no idea of what it was, or when it would happen. The immortals looked from one another to their children and sighed, letting them stay with Maria for a while longer. Phil just sat and watched as Maria held and comforted the children. She knew it would be a while before she could leave because the twins wouldn't go to bed until they were forced to. But everyone managed and worked on trying to keep the twins calm for the time being.

Loki and Natasha went about filling out their paperwork about the mission they had returned from while Phil and Maria kept the twins distracted. They played games and tried to wear the twins out, finally succeeding after many rounds of tag, hide and seek, and other games to get them to run around and chase something. When everything was done, Natasha took the twins up to bed, placing them in their room and tucking them in after getting them dressed.

Walking downstairs she looked at Loki, Phil, and Maria tilting her head slightly. "What was that about?" She asked looking at the trio.

"I have no idea," Phil said with a sigh. "But something is up. And it seems to be focused around Maria."

"Are you saying… the twins might have seen the future?" Natasha asked, sitting on the arm of the couch near Loki, placing her hand on his shoulder.

"It could be possible my love," Loki stated, putting his hand over hers. "They do have my ability for magic, perhaps this is just the first signs of it in them."

"They've done this before, maybe that's the distant stare they get," Maria chimed in. "Maybe they're seeing the event that will happen. This might be their way of trying to stop it."

"But seeing as they can't do much, they're not in all sure they can," Phil continued. "After all… they are smart enough to know that they aren't completely understood by us, but they're working as best they can with that knowledge. They're incredibly smart, just like their parents."

"Very true," Natasha conceded. "But I'm still worried. If our children have the gift of foresight… they could be useful in many things. We can't let SHIELD or anyone else know how special they are."

"No one but us knows about them right now," Phil stated strongly. "They would have done something by now if they did know."

"And they haven't," Maria concluded. "But we should be going. We'll come by to let them know we're alright."

"Thank you Maria," Loki said with a nod. "Our children don't need to be taxed with worry about their aunt and uncle. And they will be very worried seeing you not here if they believe something will happen to you."

"Alright," Phil replied. "We should be going. Thank you for letting us babysit. They're adorable."

"We should be saying thank you to you both. You all help so much," Natasha commented with a small smile.

"Anyway, we'll see you tomorrow," Maria said before walking to the door. "Take care." With nothing more the two other agents were gone. Natasha looked down at Loki and frowned. "I'm worried about them."

"As am I my love," Loki said before kissing her knuckles. "As am I."