"You little s***!" Nick screamed from the second floor.
Everyone in the kitchen looked up just in time to see Nick and Jake go over the railing. They landed with a thud hitting the carpet of the first floor. Jake was being straddled by Nick as she punched him square in the chest.
"I didn't mean too!" Jake yelled as he over powered Nick, flipping them both over so he was on top shoving Nick's face to the left half into the carpet.
"The one time I let you barrow my car you scratch the bumper." Nick yelled half muffled by the floor and his hand.
"I said I was sorry." Jake whined.
"Sorry ain't gonna cut it!" Nick yelled as she pulled her legs up, locking her ankles together in front of Jake's neck and pulling him down causing him to slam his head into the ground.
Jake groaned as Nick rolled up bending Jake's legs at the waist and locking her ankles behind his neck. Parker caught her fist before she could bring it down on Jake. Zoey, Courtney and Dominic went back to their morning routine of eating breakfast then watching Saturday cartoons and reading the newspaper. Ryan was still sleeping. They acted as if it was normal and went on with their lives as the captain and Tony Stark stared in shock and at the girl still sitting on a man almost twice her size.
"Nick, just calm down. Joe can fix it at his shop." Parker said quietly as he helped Nick up then checking on Jake.
Nick blew a piece of hair out of her face as she walked back up the stairs to her room as she mumbled, "He's paying for it though."
"I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say that's normal?" Tony Stark said turning back to the three hanging around the kitchen eating.
"Did anyone else see that?" Steve said with an openly surprised face.
"Not the first time and definitely won't be the last." Dominic said picking up the newspaper and walking into the living room.
"Ouch." Jake said getting up and rubbing his chest.
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"What? Why can't Jamie do it? Or that Rachel girl who by the way is the one Parker was eying last week. Alright, I'll do it but there better be an extra fifty bucks. And which shoot is it?" Nick said on the phone as she came down the stairs and made herself a glass of orange juice, "Really, the neon one?'
"Well looks like Sean needs me again. I have to go do the Neon shoot for Jenny. I want you two out of this house by the time I get back. Got it?" Nick said after hanging up the phone, grabbing her glass and pointing her finger at the two avengers.
"Deal." Stark said flipping through the channels lazily.
"Shoot?" Steve said turning to look at Nick.
"Photo shoot. As in modeling." Nick said at the top of the stairs.
"Oh, you model?" the captain asked.
"I'm a substitute. Ryan! Get up!" Nick said banging on Jake's door where Ryan was sleeping on the floor.
"Why!?" Ryan's whine was muffled by the door.
"I have to go do a shoot and you need to be home by noon remember?" Nick said before walking off to her room.
"Fine." Ryan huffed opening the door and shuffling out, rubbing his eyes while yawning.
"It's about time." Zoey said glancing at the clock on the microwave. It was 9:53 A.M.
"What? I guy can't sleep?" Ryan said pulling himself up to sit on the counter and yawning again.
"A guy can sleep but not when he has things to do." Courtney replied walking out of the kitchen to sit at the dining room table.
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"Ok. Alright. I'm getting in the car now. Don't worry about it. Yes. Ok. Bye." Nick said quickly before cutting off the person on the other line.
"They couldn't have picked a better outfit, not that you don't look great but a tie? Really?" Parker said looking up from his iPhone and looking at Nick's outfit for the shoot.
Nick was in a black form fit dress shirt tucked into grey skinny jeans with a neon green skinny tie, and black combat boots with her hair pulled into a high ponytail. She set down her phone on the counter before fussing with the untied tie.
"I didn't pick this out. The magazine people did. So it's not my fault." Nick said dropping her hands down as Courtney came over to tie the fabric for her.
"Alright." Parker said sinking down further in his chair.
"How long you gonna be?" Ryan asked trying to scoop up the last of his cereal.
"I don't know, maybe for a few hours or so. I'll text you the address and we can have lunch." Nick said addressing Parker while Courtney finished tying the neon tie.
"You two again?" Courtney said sitting down on the bar stool closest to her.
"Oh, what are we having?" the older genius said standing and rubbing his hands together.
"For us I think sushi and for you, dirt, as in the dirt in my front yard that you're gonna eat if you aren't gone by the time I get back. Get it?" Nick said putting her phone in her back pocket and heading down stairs to the garage.
"Got it." Stark huffed looking back at the captian.
"Good." Nick said half way down the stairs.
"Well that was harsh don't ya think?" Parker said following Nick down the stairs.
"I think it was fine." Nick said turning to him when she reached the door.
Parker pulled her close by her waist and Nick rested her hands on his upper arms.
"I think you and I should have dinner tonight. What do you think?" Parker whispered as he leaned closer to get a kiss.
"I think that you should go brush your teeth and we're already having lunch." Nick said making a face and pulling away before he could steal a kiss.
"Sorry." Parker said blushing a bit with embarrassment pulling back.
"It's fine. See ya." Nick said grabbing her keys before giving him a quick peck on the cheek and sliding out the door shutting it behind her.
"Damn she's hot." Parker mumbled to himself as he got to the top of the stairs.
"Girly issues? It's ok, Cap here just had his first period." the billionaire said looking at Parker with amusement knowing all to well what the look on the kid's face meant while the Captain's face turned a dark shade of red.
"TMI." Zoey said sitting on the couch.
"Agreed." Ryan said putting his bowl in the sink.
"So what do you guys do for fun?" Stark said picking through the cabinets.
"Ryan and I go for a swim every morning when we stay the night. I think Jake might have spare swim trucks for you guys." Zoey said stealing the remote off the coffee table before Ryan could snatch it.
"I'll go 'em." Jake said taking two steps at a time up the stairs.
"He reminds me of someone." Steve said looking at Tony who instantly got the message.
"Yeah he does doesn't he." the billionaire said finding the locked liquor cabinet.
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Nick hummed to herself as she got out of the car and walked up to the cafe where she was supposed to meet a friend. She didn't really get a call from Sean even though that she did have a shoot with him later that day.
"Hey, how are you?" the red headed woman said after giving Nick a hug.
"Good. You?" Nick asked as they sat at a table for two.
"You know the usual scramble with Fury." Natasha said motioning for the waiter to come over.
"What about this time?" Nick asked glancing at the young man with bright blue green eyes and jet black hair taking the spy's order.
"Your helmet." Natasha said before pulling out a magazine from her bag.
"Is that the plans?" Nick asked in wonder after the boy walked away to retrieve their drinks.
"No sadly. I wanted to see it too. It's the next assignment he wants us to work on." Natasha said handing the magazine over to Nick who lifted it out of Natasha's hands gingerly.
"Ah, the old magazine file. Clever as always." Nick said reading the fake magazine cover.
"Yep, I already read it. My next date is the owner of this cafe." Natasha said watching everything using her peripheral vision noticing the boy walking back to their table with their drinks.
"So, how is your son?" Nick said using code. It meant 'why this guy?'
"He's playing soccer now and the coach is a huge jerk." 'He's a drug dealer and he's raped a few girls' Natasha said taking her drink from the kid.
"Oh, that sounds exciting. What about your husband?" 'I'm gonna kick this guy's ass. What about the employees?' Nick said also taking her drink from the kid.
"He went on his annual business trip." 'Take them out, they work for him.' Natasha said blinking twice at Nick meaning that the drinks were poisoned.
"Oh that's unfortunate and so close to Christmas." 'Damn I wanted coffee. Let's get this over with.' Nick said setting down her drink and leaning forward resting her chin on her fist.
"Oops."Nick said swiping her leg out knocking the boy off his feet.
"Good one." Natasha said standing pulling her guns out that was tucked under her jacket in the back of her pants before leveling them at the other employees behind the counter causing the other customers to flee in fear.
"This is just what I need after yesterday." Nick said pulling the boy up by his collar.
"Have mercy on me." said 'Travis' as it read on his name tag.
Nick didn't reply but just stood him in front of herself as she materialized a 22 colt hand gun in her right hand still holding the boy with her left. She nodded once to Natasha giving her the signal to proceed.
The assassin stalked forward but stopped when the other 'employees' drew their weapons. She gave them a smirk while setting her guns to ground.
"Now." Nick said once all the civilians were out of the small cafe.
Natasha ran forward sliding on the floor when the drug dealers goons started shooting. Nick had made a blue tinted shield in front of her and Travis. Natasha knew Nick's style during a mission, she thought it was ridiculous but respected it just like Nick respected her choices but that didn't stop her from giving her opinion.
Nick walked forward shoving the boy in front of her saying, "You're making this a little to easy."
Natasha had already taken out two of the workers and was working on her third.
"Leave some for me." Nick said shooting a man coming at her.
"I'm going after the boss." Natasha said sliding over the counter running to the back of the cafe.
Nick took at the las two before following Natasha, still pulling the boy with her.
"Why are you doing this?" The boy questioned trying to look back at Nick.
"Why do you work for this scumbag?" Nick questioned back jutting out her chin at the fat man Natasha had pinned in an office chair.
"I don't." said Travis.
"It's a bomb!" Natasha screamed as the man flipped the switch under his desk, Natasha hadn't caught where his hand was traveling to as she questioned him.
The explosion felt like Nick was standing in an oven inside of another oven. She knew she wold survived for she knew she wasn't human. There was no chance of survival for the other three. Her job was to take out the boss which she guessed was already done but she didn't plan on losing Natasha and the boy had told her that he didn't work for the drug lord right before the blast.
"Natasha?" Nick questioned as she shoved the rumble off of her. She didn't see the boy or Natasha.
"Help." Nick heard a male voice off to the used to be front right corner of the room.
"Travis?" Nick questioned remembering the boy's name.
Coughing was the only response she got as she scrambled over the concrete rumble. She reached the source of the noise and began digging through the broken building.
"Natasha!" Nick grunted as she lifted a large piece of rock out of the way.
"I have her." Travis said as he moved to the side from laying curled over the assassin.
"My gods. How did you do that?" Nick asked breathlessly as she pulled the black widow up into her lap brushing the dust out of her hair.
"I, ahh." Travis said putting a hand on his now broken knee.
"Oh, here let me help you." Nick said standing and laying Natasha down gingerly.
"No need." Travis said laying both hands over his clothed knee. A silver glow came from his hands traveling over and around the knee slowly healing it.
"H-how?" Nick muttered sliding back towards her partner.
"I, umm have something to tell you, ah Nick." the boy said standing on his newly repaired joint.
Nick pulled the woman's upper body into her lap looking her over, "Katelyn?" came Natasha's soft whisper.
"I'm here. I'm here." Nick soothed her while rocking back and forth slightly.
"Mom?" Nick looked up as the teenager shifted in a shine of silver into a boy about the the age size of a sixth grader. He was probably 11 almost 12.
"Athan?"
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Dun Dun Duuuuuuuunnn. How's that for a cliff? *evil smirk*