"Mom!" Nick heard AJ scream from upstairs.
"Athan!" Nick yelled leaving the food half made on the counter and running up the stairs to her room.
"Danny." Nick said with gritted teeth coming through the doorway to her room.
"You never told me you had a kid." Danny said holding Athan by an arm wrapped around his torso.
"There's a lot you don't know about me." Nick said through gritted teeth, she looked at Natasha who was knocked out behind Danny.
"Yes, I think there is a lot you've lied to me about." Danny said looking at her accusingly.
"Lied to you? Danny, I never even told where I work, why would I tell you about my son?" Nick said with a confused look.
"You know all to well that's not my real name." Danny smiled criminally.
"Then tell me, what is your real name?" Nick said lifting her head slightly and stepping further into the room.
"Try me." Danny laughed using his magic to slam the door shut in the faces of the two other avengers.
Nick stayed calm keeping her eye on her child and the man holding him hostage. She stepped off to the left a bit still watching the tall dark man.
"I know you from somewhere." Nick said confused.
"Well I have been purposely running into you." Danny said matter-of-factly.
"No, no. Somewhere else. Where do I know you from?" Nick said standing a little straighter.
"Mom." Athan whimpered scared.
"I'm the father of your child." Danny said with a smirk and disappearing with Athan.
"What?" Nick whispered letting her jaw go slack.
"Nick!?" Parker asked after Steve kicked the door open.
"Yeah." Nick said looking down at the carpet where the two had stood.
"Are you OK? What is wrong? What happened?" Parker asked coming to stand in front of her resting his hands on her upper arms and bending back to look at her face.
"I'm fine." Nick said pushing past him going over to Natasha who shifted with a groan.
"I have a splitting headache." Natasha groaned in Russian.
"I know, Hun. We have get Athan back." Nick said in Russian helping Natasha sit up.
"Natasha?" Steve questioned coming over to help her stand.
"Steve." Black Widow said leaning against him on wobbly legs, clutching her head.
"I need to have a word with the director." Nick hissed, grabbing her sneakers.
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"Fury, if you don't do something about this I will take matters into my own hands." Nick raised her voice threateningly.
All of the avengers and a few others were assembled on the bridge watching Fury and Nick go at it. Fury had told Nick that they couldn't track Loki's magic and Nick was not happy at all.
"What are you going to do about it?" Fury said calmly.
"Remember last month?" Nick snarled raising an eyebrow and looking at him darkly.
"Nope." Nick Fury said walking off to the tesseract lab.
"Dammit Fury." Nick said slamming her fist into the glass tabletop leaving a spider-webbing crack where her fist connected with the table. A long crack spread from it towards Thor who was pleased to see her but was frightened of the state she was in.
"Agent Wood, you know we're not going after him for a boy much less his son." Fury said opening the lab door.
"He's my son." Nick snarled following him.
"And Loki's." Fury said walking over to one of the scientist monitoring the cube.
"Urggh." Nick growled stomping her foot and crossing her arms.
"And you're paying for the table." Fury said looking back at her.
"Lady Ashwood, do not fret. If this boy is truly of Loki's blood than he is in no harm." Thor said laying a massive paw on her shoulder.
"Don't care." Nick said shrugging off Thor's hand while giving Fury a look that could kill.
"Um, sir." another scientist said gesturing to the cube.
It was sparking and giving off waves off energy. Thor backed towards the door. Scientists were scrambling to pull it under control. Nick turned towards the cube to see what was happening and froze. She was memorized by it.
"It's...beautiful." Nick whispered reaching out her hand and walking towards the spasming cube.
"Agent Ashwood, don't." Fury said taking a step towards her.
Nick kept going keeping her eyes locked on the blue cube.
"Agent, I order you to stand down." the director ordered pulling his gun out.
"Sir, the tesseract seems to be reacting to her presences." a scientist said reading the charts on the screen.
"Nick, don't touch it." Fury said watching Nick step within a few feet of it.
"Lady Ashwood, I think Fury is wise in his commands." Thor said holding his hammer tight and taking a step towards the blond girl.
"Katelyn, stop." Fury yelled.
Nick's fingertips brushed the surface of the cube and it glowed brighter. It dissolved and seeped through her skin. It glowed blue as it traveled under her skin up her arm. The tesseract covered her body in an eerie glow. Nick sucked in a sharp breath and fell to her knees. Her eyes glowed the same blue of the now liquid cube.
"It's me. I remember." Katelyn said watching the glow die from her body.
"Oh my god." Katelyn said running through the wall up to the bridge.
"Katelyn." Tony said standing in unison with the captain.
"Tony, I remember." Katelyn said running and hugging him tightly.
"How could you forget?" Tony said arrogantly.
"Shut up." Katelyn said still hugging him.
"Lady Ashwood?" Thor questioned coming into the room.
"And Cap." Katelyn squealed detaching from the billionaire and latching onto the other superhero.
"Um, are you, ah, fixed now?" Clint asked standing, glancing over to Natasha.
"You make it sound like am an animal who was supposed to be neutered." Katelyn said with a grin hugging the archer.
"Yep. She's back." Natasha said looking cheery.
"Nurtured?" Thor asked quizzically.
"Hey Nick, that Ryan kid and the science-y one are messing around in the lab." Spiderman said walking onto the bridge.
"Hey Web-head. I'll go get them." Katelyn said patting his shoulder and walking off.
She trudged down the hall to the lab and slid open the door. Katelyn was met with an interesting sight. Parker was covered in black soot from something and Ryan was playing videos games using three of the screens hanging from the ceiling.
"Parker, get cleaned up and where is everyone else?" Katelyn said handing the boy a rag off the counter.
"I thought you would have come earlier." Parker said wiping off his face.
"The girls are in the training room and Dominic is in the restroom." Ryan said still tapping away at the controller.
"Hey, Courtney. Yeah, Fury needs you all off the helicarrier because technically you're not supposed to know about this place. I'll text you the grocery list so you can take the boys somewhere and no candy again. We'll meet you in the gym." Katelyn said on the phone.
"What about Jake?" Katelyn said shoving her phone into her pocket.
"He's with Galaga guy." Ryan said before slamming down the controller, "Dammit." Ryan shouted ripping off the headset. Parker looked back at the controller laying on the ground in pieces.
"Cool, go find the girls and Dominic. I'll get Jake." Katelyn said poking at something that looked like blubber on the counter.
"Why do you get to go get Jake?" Parker asked wiping off his hands on his jeans and walking backwards to the door.
"Because you two will get distracted. Go. I have to make a call and hand me back the lab equipment." Katelyn said holding out her hand motioning for him to hand over whatever he was hiding. Parker huffed and handed her the heat laser pen. Nick laid it down before leaning against the counter and pulling out her phone.
"See you there." Parker said bummed he couldn't keep the pen before grabbing Ryan and pulling him out the door.
"Hey Sean. I don't think I'll be able to make it to the shoot. Somethin's come up." Katelyn said running a hand over her hair.
"Okay. When will you be available?" Sean asked.
"Don't know. I'll call you when I get the chance. Love ya." Katelyn said heading for the door.
"Love ya too, girly." Sean said before hanging up.
Katelyn walked nonchalantly down the hall in search of 'the Galaga guy' as Ryan had called him. She shoved her hands in the pockets of her sweatpants and whistled. She wished she had grabbed a PBJ off the counter before coming here. It was short trip but just sitting on a quinjet with five other people sucked the energy out of you believe it or not.
"Just whistle while you work." Katelyn sang as she looked down some halls.
"Katelyn." she heard someone whisper.
She spun around and came face to face with the well-known Electro. He grabbed her by the neck and lifted her till the toes of her converse scrapped at the floor. Electro smiled wickedly. His blue skin made of pure energy burned at her throat.
"So you're the tesseract. This makes my job easier." Electro began, "You're so full of energy. Your power could feed me for millenniums." Katelyn could feel the energy being drained from her slowly.
Katelyn tried to hit him it the chest but it didn't effect him. Electro chuckled.
"Interesting uniform you have. I would have though it would have been a little more formal. Sweatpants and a tank top. Fury's slacking off. Not that I'm complaining." Electro smiled at her, looking her up and down hungrily.
Katelyn gasped and clawed at his hand wrapped firmly around her throat. Her vision started to fad and dancing color blots filled her vision. She saw Stark coming down the hall, or at least she hoped it was him. The last thing she saw was a blast of light coming from Tony.
"Please." Katelyn struggled to say before she pasted out.
"You can't be serious, Mr. Stark. I can easily absorb your energy blast with this new found power thanks to your little friend here." Electro said still holding the now limp girl in his grasp.
"Try this." Stark said calling his suit. He blasted Electro with his chest piece. Electro let it go through him hitting Katelyn and burning a good size hole on the bottom of her top.
Electro dropped her to focus on getting rid of Iron Man. Katelyn hit the ground harshly gasping for air and pulled herself to her knees.
"I think I could get used to you on your knees." Electro smirked before absorbing another blast from Iron Man.
"Shut up you pervert." Katelyn said hoarsely, rubbing at the burns on her throat.
"I know you wouldn't mind it." Electro smirked.
"I told you to shut your trap!" Katelyn yelled standing.
"And I'm not." Electro answered pulling her to him and using her as a shield against Stark.
Electro smiled wickedly tapping into her full power and using it to make them both disappear into thin air.
"Well shit." Stark said, "JARVIS, call the team and tell them to meet me in the lab." "Will do sir." JARVIS answered right away.
Stark trudged off to his lab with not a speck of cockiness. He had lost her again and this time nothing was going to stop him. He had already started to plan his revenge.
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Katelyn woke with a splitting headache and numbness in her bones. As her eyes adjusted to the light, she realized she was upside down. That explained the headache. She looked around to see a dark figure in baggy clothes sitting in a chair in front of her, almost face to face.
"Athan." Katelyn winced from the sharp pain in her wrists.
"M-mom." Athan answered, his bottom lip trembling.
"Honey, I'm so sorry." Katelyn asked focusing on her son sitting nearly inches from her face.
"M-mom, he's my dad. That man is my dad. He proved it. He's my dad. H-he's Loki." Athan whimpered.
Katelyn pulled herself up a little to kiss Athan's forehead. He stared to cry harder and pushed his forehead against hers. Katelyn kissed him again softly on his forehead then tried to pull herself up to get a better look of where they were.
"Aw, how touching." Electro's cold voice said walking out from the shadows. He pulled Athan back from her by the chair.
"No." Katelyn said before a shock of electricity ran through her causing her to yell.
"My dear, you should have gotten out of this little trap by now according to the father of your child. But that's only if you had your full strength." Electro said mockingly sympathetic, pulling a rope causing her to raise higher to come face to face with him.
"You really are quite a beautiful creature." Electro said touching the side of her face gently. Katelyn spat in his face and he wiped it off with distaste.
"That's not very lady like." Electro said mockingly.
"Keep your hands off her, you eel." another voice said from behind Katelyn. She pulled to the side and twisted up trying to get a glimpse of the man.
"It was all in good fun." Electro answered back looking at the man slouched down in a chair.
"Loki?" Katelyn questioned looking at him.
"Yes, my dear." Loki answered standing.
Katelyn pulled against the tight ropes around her wrists then she had an idea. She spread her wings and used them to bat Electro off to the side before flapping them trying to get up right. Her feathers hit the rope and sliced right through it. She fell on her back with a heavy thud knocking the wind out of her. She groaned rolling over on her side.
"MOM!" Athan shouted trying to get up before Electro clamped a hand over his mouth pulling him back into the chair.
"Don't touch my son." Loki said, voice dripping with venom.
"What are you going to do about it?" Electro said before sending a wave of electricity pulsing through the child, "I can burn him from the inside out. I have unbelievable power now." Electro chuckled darkly, "I have the power of the tesserect."
"Yeah? Well, I am the tesserect and I control that power." Katelyn said burning the ropes and standing.
"What?" Loki questioned, looking at her in confusion.
"You missed quite a bit, love." Katelyn said raising her hand making Electro lift off the ground.
"You stole my power, hurt my child, and disrespected my family. Let me give you a lesson in the power you now posse." Katelyn said stalking towards him, "I own the power. I control it. I am it. I can control myself and you have me in you, what do you think that means?" Katelyn said bringing him down to her level.
"Please, I'll give it back. Just let me go." Electro plead looking at himself in horror as his glow started to die.
"Not a chance." Katelyn said dropping him and stepping on his neck.
"I'm sorry!" Electro screamed as Katelyn took her power back bit by bit burning him from the inside out as he had threaten to do to her son.
"I bid you no luck in hell. Tell dear Hela hello for me, darling." Katelyn said with a sweet smile.
"No!" was the last word Electro screamed before crumbling into ash.
"Lady Ashwood." Thor said landing from the hole in the roof of the warehouse.
Katelyn glanced over at Thor but still stood looking at the ashes in silence. Loki walked up beside her putting an arm around her shoulders and hugging her closely. She turned into his chest and breathed deeply trying to forget the sight of dying villain.
"Let's go, Hun." Loki mumbled to the top of her head before kissing it.
"Mom." Athan said running to hug her.
"Athan." Katelyn said kneeling to hug him.
"Athan." Loki said ruffling the boy's hair, "I like that name." He smiled down at his son before picking him up.
Thor cleared his throat to get their attention. He gestured to the big doors at the end of warehouse.
"I made a mistake. I should have known he was going to turn on me. I don't know how I even worked with him. I'm sorry." Loki said going for Katelyn's hand to hold it but she pulled it away.
She looked at him with hurt and sympathy in her eyes. She turned going over to Thor. He looked down over at her with curiosity. Loki looked after her with pain.
Katelyn stopped and said over her shoulder, "I can't."
"Can't what?" Loki said setting Athan down.
"Come on, Athan. Go with Uncle Thor." Katelyn said motioning for him to come to her, "Take him back to the helicarrier. Give him to Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne. You'll find them in Lab 5." Katelyn said handing Athan over to Thor and kissing Athan on the head, "I'll see you soon."
Thor took off with Athan back to the helicarrier. She watched them go before turning back to Loki.