The World We Live In
Chapter 11
Tony woke up and went to the kitchen for his morning coffee. He was surprised to see a short girl with black and blonde bob, leaning against the counter a newspaper in one hand in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
She looked up and noticed him. The first words out of her mouth were, "I'm not Matilda."
He hadn't even thought of that. "Then who are you?" he asked.
"Samantha Knight."
"JARVIS, who is this?"
"This is Ms. Samantha Lynn Knight. She is Ms. Matilda Knight's daughter."
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Daughter? Where's Incubus now?"
"Right behind you sir."
Tony turned around and faced Matilda. "Sam, this is Tony. Tony meet Samantha Lynn."
"Since when do you have a kid?"
"Since January 1st 1969."
"And why haven't we heard of her until now."
"Because I have been trying to keep S.H.I.E.L.D. away from her, but now I'm desperate, so she's here."
"Thanks mom," Sam muttered sarcastically.
"You know what I meant."
"Yeah. Yeah."
"So I'm gonna assume, by the way that she looks that she ages like you?"
"Nope. If that was true, she'd be eight. She aged really fast then stopped. She was eighteen, when she was nine."
"Oh great now I have to deal with two of you," Tony said, "So when am I gonna call the other up here so we can figure out your whole Loki situation. Plus we have to figure out a way to keep Mother Fury, from ripping our heads off, for Sammy here."
"Don't call me Sammy."
"Or what you're gonna have Mommy here hurt me."
"I wouldn't piss her off, if I were you," Matilda warned.
It was too late. Sam eyed Tony up and down. She sensed every injury Tony had ever had. In a second, Tony began to groan in pain. It was just like when he was testing out the flight tech for the suit and slammed into the ceiling.
"Yeah, Sam is special like me. She has the ability to heal, but she can also do the reverse and make a person's previous injuries return. Oh and she really really hates being called Sammy, been that way all her life."
Matilda looked at Sam. "Wanna go with me to get the others?"
"Sure." Sam walked off with Matilda.
"JARVIS," Tony called.
"Yes, Sir."
"Will you tell Pepper to come here?"
"Will do sir."
Matilda and Sam were in the elevator, when Matilda's phone rang. She answered it, not bothering to look at the number. She already knew who it was and what they wanted.
"What?" she answered.
"Did you pick up and un authorized –"
"She's my daughter. Loki might be after me, and the Widow isn't here. Am I missing anything? No. Alright. Good-b-"
"I have the council on my as-"
"I'll call you back, when I give a shit about the council. From what I here they almost nuked Manhattan, so I really don't think listening to them should be high up on your list of things to do."
"You know just as well as I do that it doesn't work that way."
"Yeah, I do, but I also know that it's not my problem. Just let us handle it. While you're at it bring back the widow. I may not be her biggest fan, but we might need her."
"You better know what you're doing," Fury growled.
"Don't worry we're having a meeting as soon as I get everyone up and in the Avengers tech center. You can yell at us then." Matilda hung up and let out a sigh.
They were in front of Cap's room. Before knocking on the door Matilda realized he was probably in the training room. They moved to Thor's room. Matilda knew he was in there, so she just picked him up and slammed him against the door repeatedly.
Finally the door opened to reveal him.
"Finally grabbed the handle. Smart."
"Thor this is Samantha. Sam Thor. Sam is my kid. Thor is a Price of another realm and the Norse god of Thunder."
"Lady Matilda, I was unaware you had a daughter."
"Did you tell anyone about me?" Sam asked.
"Clint," Matilda answered.
"You mean the guy who came with you to come and get me?"
"Yeah."
"What's you're deal? Are you two together or…"
"Or," Matilda answered.
"And or would be?"
"Why are you being so damn nebby. Or is or."
"It is my pleasure to make your acquaintance Lady Samantha."
"Nice to meet you too Thor. Call me Sam, just Sam."
"Sam."
"Alright Thor, Avengers tech center. We're having a meeting, I'm gathering up the others. It's also much easier to introduce her to people one at a time."
The mother and daughter got on the elevator and rode down to the lab. They found Bruce studying a touch pad.
Matilda casually strolled over to Bruce, while Sam began to look at all of the equipment.
"Hello Tilda," Bruce said looking away from the screen.
He noticed the woman looking over some of his equipment. "Uh hello," he greeted tentatively.
"This equipment is amazing. Researching gamma radiation?"
"Quit being ignorant and introduce yourself," Matilda said.
"Oh I'm Sam. Hi."
"I'm Bruce Banner."
"He's the Hulk," Matilda said bluntly.
"Your research is very impressive. I was working with Betty. Betty Ross."
Bruce's demeanor changed.
"Sore subject? Sorry. Anyways though she talked about you a lot, so it's very exciting to finally meet you."
"Sam is a medical doctor," Matilda said, her pride in her daughter was obvious.
"Then maybe you can help me. I-"
"No now Bruce. Meeting time. We have a situation."
"What kind of situation?"
"A Loki situation," she elaborated.
"Is Tony up there?" Bruce asked.
"Yeah."
He sighed. "I'm going."
"What would that deal be?" Sam asked as she and her mother walked.
"Tony is pretty much Bruce's best friend, but Tony can be annoying. He does try to help embrace the Hulk, so they get along cause he's not afraid. On the other hand Tony is constantly trying to unleash the Hulk. Seems that Bruce is building up a tolerance to Tony's shit though. It makes Steve angry though. That boy needs to loosen up a little. Then there's Thor. He and Steve get along really well since neither really understand what's going on in the world. He has a girlfriend named Jane. She's an astrophysicist. Her assistant Darcy will probably become your best friend. You're alike in a few ways."
Sam had a small smile on her face listening to her mother talk.
Matilda paused. "What are you smiling about?"
"You've found yourself a family," Sam said.
"No, you're the only family I need as soon as this Loki business and the other two are up to date I am out."
"Oh really?"
"Really."
"What about lover boy?"
"Yeah… I don't know. I mean I don't age. Not even you can change that. We've tried. I'm not going to sit there and watch while he withers away and dies."
Sam saw right through her mother. She loved him. She may not have even known it, but to Sam it was obvious. She hadn't really gotten a read on Clint other than he was protective of her mom. She needed to see the two together more. She had an idea, but she needed them to be more established before she even thought of mentioning it. "You don't think that's gonna hurt him."
"He's an assassin. He can block it out and move on."
"Can you?"
Matilda didn't answer.
When they walked into the training room, Cap stopped his work out to greet the two women.
"Hello Matilda," he greeted.
"Hello Cap."
"Who is the young lady?" he asked, getting straight to the point.
"This is my daughter Samantha."
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked, "What if she gets hurt?"
"Well considering the fact that it appears Loki is after me, it's better than leaving her un protected."
"Loki is after you?"
"Yeah. You missed our late night rendezvous. So come up to the Avengers tech center, because we're having a little meeting, because we're all very worried."
"Got it."
As they headed back, Matilda asked Sam a few questions. "You know I love you right?"
"Yes, which is why you haven't been around to keep me safe."
"So youre not gonna be mad at me?"
"For what?"
"For making sure that you don't get yourself in any deeper. Avengers stuff it's secret stuff anf you are nebby."
"Don-"
As soon as the elevator door opened on the women's floor. Matilda picked Sam up and sent her down the hall to Darcy's room and locked her in there. She wouldn't be alone. Darcy was there too. There goes another snoop.
Matilda made her way to the Avengers tech center and sat next to Clint.
"What's going on?" Steve asked.
"Hen?" Tony gestured to Matilda to explain.
"I've been having weird dreams, which is normal for me. I haven't had a normal dream since World War I. Anyways they're all a voice telling me that I'm wasting my potential, slumming it out with humans, yada yada. The last one was really weird cause I was like on this icy planet that-"
"Sir a woman has just jumped out of the ninety second floor window," Jarvis interrupted.
"What?!"
"God damn it," Matilda muttered. She quickly found Sam and grabbed her before she went smack on the ground. Sure it wouldn't kill her, but it would hurt like hell and she would bitch for months about how much the actual impact hurt. She lowered Sam onto the ground and decided just to let her go. "Gonna punch that girl. Back to what I was saying, on this icy planet. There was nothing around just that voice. He went on with the usual and said I was gonna be his queen, which I objected to. Then I asked who it was and woke up. I told Clint and we went and found Thor."
Thor then explained. "It appears that my brother has found entry into Lady Matilda's dreams. He possesses the magic for such tricks, but his prison cell was created to prevent such tickery."
"Then he got out," Bruce concluded.
"But how?"
"Apparently prisons on Asgard just aren't what they used to be," Tony said.
"We had our best guards wat-" Thor started to defend fiercely.
Just then a holographic image of Fury popped up on the center of the table.
"Oh great now Mom's here," Tony said.
"Director Fury," Steve and Clint greeted.
"Captain Rogers, Agent Barton."
"Sir, we were just discussing Loki's possible return," Clint informed Fury.
"What? Loki's back?" Darcy asked. She along with Pepper, Sam, Eric and Jane were standing in the door way.
Matilda slammed her fore head on the table. "Shit."
"Tony what's going on?" Pepper demanded.
"Alright Pep, remember Avenger's stuff you're not supposed to know about. Actually. You know what why don't you and the girls and Eric go on a little retreat, somewhere remote like-"
"What remote? I'm not going anywhere."
"Gah!" Matilda yelled bringing a hand to her nose, which had begun to bleed. She quickly found paper towels and brought them to her so that she could try to control the bleeding.
"Knight what's wrong with you?" Fury asked.
"SAMANTHA LYNN KNIGHT…"
"Uh oh full name," Bruce chimed.
"IF YOU DON'T FIX MY NOSE RIGHT NOW SO HELP ME GOD-"
"You'll what throw me in another room and lock the door so I can't get out?"
"Don't get smart with me. I brought you into this world I can take you right back out," Matilda growled.
"Will someone please explain to me what the hell is going on?" Fury demanded.
"Yes explain what's going on?" Pepper agreed.
"ENOUGH!" Steve yelled, "What's going on is that we're having a meeting that you're not cleared for and will probably put you in more danger by knowing. Sam you can stay because now it's out of the bag that you have some kind of power. Thor calm down Tony's just being his usual jackass self. Tony quit being your usual jackass self. Matilda quit seething, and Sam fix her nose."
The girls save for Sam went to object. Eric had already left the room. Matilda raised a hand and pushed the three into the hall and shit and relocked the door.
"JARVIS, watch them and alert me if they're up to something," Tony ordered.
"Yes, Sir."
Matilda set her nose and took a deep breath when it was healed. Matilda stood by her mom, putting a hand on her shoulder and squeezing. Matilda looked up and gave a nod. That was their silent apologies. The two loved each other to death, but arguments were common leading to spats like the one that had just transpired.
"Sir, we believe that Loki has escaped and is interested in obtaining Matilda," Clint said. His words were cold matching his eyes, but his clenched jaw betrayed his cool demeanor.
"What evidence do you have?"
"He's been in my dreams," Matilda spoke.
"And what does she have to do with it?" He asked referring to Sam.
"Cause I want you to protect her."
"And if she doesn't want our protection?"
"Too fuckin' bad."
"Sir, if I may. I believe I may be of assistance in a dire situation," Sam spoke.
This peaked Fury's interest. "How so?"
"I have been honing my skills over the year increasing my power."
This was news to Matilda. She watched Sam intently.
"Originally I was good at healing. I then learned to do the reverse and cause previous injuries to reoccur. As of late I have developed the ability to bring a deceased being back to life."
Matilda's jaw dropped. She hadn't a clue.
"The Avengers are a very valuable assets to you. It would seem to be in your best interest to keep me around incase of the unfortunate event one of them were to perish."
Matilda knew she had lost this battle.
"I believe you are right. Anything to say Matilda?"
"I birthed a demon spawn," Matilda said with no bite, just exasperation.
"Then it's settled Sam will stick around for a while. Now what is Loki planning?"
"He's planning to rule Earth again. That's why he keeps saying he'll be a king and Matilda will be his queen." Bruce deduced.
"Agreed. My brother may have been thwarted once, but he is determined to rule. He is not one to give up easily."
"He needs an army. He can't rely on just Matilda, if he gets her. He needs people to do his dirty work and to keep us occupied during his primary assult."
"Agent Hill and I have been tracking a series of movement for the past few months. It seems that multiple secret un authorized groups have been converging. Matilda you may be familiar with some of them, Marx, TLK-"
"I get it," Matilda said, beginning to worry.
Clint looked at her worriedly.
"Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit."
"What?"
"That's his army. Loki's creating an army of programs that all have one thing in common."
"What?"
"Me," Matilda closed her eys and gritted her teeth fighting the onslaught of memories. Strapped to chairs, pricked with needles, cut, tested, hit-"
"Ma, it'll be allright," Sam tried to soothe her mother.
"I want those bastards dead," Matilda said.
"That's it," Bruce said, "If Loki knows who has been after her, he's been watching her. He knows that she wants revenge. He wants to lure her out. Get her there so that he can grab her and control her. If she's here she should be safe for now, until we figure out how exactly to go about this."
"Then we keep her here," Clint said.
"We need to be ready in case something goes bad," Tony said. "JARVIS, find a remote location with a place to stay, then arrange for the jet to take the girls and Selvig there, then lock down the tower. All non-avenger personnel need to be gone and working in the offices near the factory. Also send Pepper and other's to the workshop in the basement. Just for precautionary measures, I think it's time to do a little unveiling."
"You do what you need to do. We will speak again when we have a plan, which better be soon." With those parting words the hologram in the table disappeared.
Tony rose. "Follow me." He started walking towards the elevator.
"JARVIS tell Spidey to get down here."
"Sir, Agent Romanov has been gone for a week."
"She has?"
"Yes, Sir."
"That explains so much."
The group went down to the basement/garage. While he shared a lab with Bruce, Tony's personal workshop was in the basement/garage/armory. They walked to the very edge of his shop, where the suits were all lined up.
When the Avengers got down there, they were met by Pepper. "I think you forgot something," she said holding up two metal cuff."
"Yeah those would be important. Everybody introducing Mark VIII." He put on the cuffs and held out his arms. The capsule detected them and the suit assembled itself onto his body. He went through all of the improvements. The others listened carefully except for Clint, who was silently fuming.
Matilda noticed and moved his arms from, where they were crossed over his chest and subtly grabbed it, giving it a reassuring squeeze. It did nothing, but she didn't expect it to. She wasn't much better."
"Alright time for my ne-"
"Our newest creation?"
Tony looked at Pepper. "Didn't I say our? I meant to say our."
"Sure you did."
"Pepper's and my newest creation. I did the science. She made it look good and practical."
He led everyone over to a table.
"So since Matilda doesn't have a suit that we know of, Tony and I designed one," Pepper explained. Matilda perked up at that.
"I being the genius that I am have made a new material. It should stretch and change as you do." He pressed a button and the table stood up revealing the suit. He grabbed something else off of a counter and threw it at Bruce. "Where these all the time, and you should never half to wake up naked again.
"I designed it," Pepper said to Matilda.
Matilda looked at it in awe along with Sam. The top was actually a dress. The top part of the dress was fitted and had a black, white and silver design. The bottom part of the dress was flowy. The pants looked like leather with matching boots. There were two metallic cuffs and a matching necklace.
"What's the jewelry made of?" Tilly asked.
"Chrome coated Kryron."
She picked up the metal with her mind. "Well I can move it," she said.
"It's bullet proof," Sam chirped.
"Bathroom over there. Go put it on," Pepper urged. She practically dragged Matilda to the bathroom. She changed and when she came back out, Pepper beamed at her and Tony's work.
"So?" Pepper asked.
"I like it," Matilda said, "I really really like it." Matilda did a slight twirl just to flare out the skirt of the dress. The suit was a good distraction.
"I figured you could whip the necklace around and things if you need to. Let's go show the others."
Matilda followed Pepper out. Pepper grabbed a belt off of the table. "Put it on under the top, keep it hidden."
"What is it?" I asked.
"Ninja stars and throwing knives. They're all cased so that you can sit and stuff, but still can get them out in a second. We figured they'd be a secondary kind of thing."
"Scary, how much she liked picking out weapons," Tony said.
"Better sleep with one eye open," Darcy said.
"Pepper, the pièce de résistance." She brought over a small box and opened it.
Matilda shook her head at Tony. "Really? You had to get the mask?"
"This one has the same qualities as the suit," he said.
"It'll change and disappear as you want it to."
"Thank you," Matilda said to the two.
Tony just looked smug. "You're welcome," Pepper said, "Sam, I'll show you to your room. Then according to JARVIS I have packing to do." She gave Tony a pointed look.
"I have no clue what you're talking about." Tony played clueless following along.
"Jane, my lady, I shall help with the packing of your belongings," Thor said walking with Jane.
Darcy and Eric were discussing if by him sitting on her suit case it would shut and if she would need her taser, where ever they were going.
Bruce had gone to get to his lab and Steve had followed. Apparently Bruce was very close to identifying what Matilda was and Steve thought that maybe it would help figure out what exactly Loki planned on doing with her.
That left Clint and Matilda. Matilda turned and looked at the master marksman. She crossed her arms over her chest and sighed waiting for him to look at her. After a few mintes, she decided to make him look at her. "Now is not the time to let your emotions get in the way. You need to be the cool calm and collected. If your judgment gets clouded, Loki is gonna pounce on it. Plus I can handle myself."
"That's why you nearly had a panic attack, when you heard who was after you?"
She narrowed her eyes at him. "Listen, I wasn't the same person then as I am now. I'm stronger. I'm focused and most importantly, I'm smarter. Last time they got me was because I was stupid."
"You said the last time was the 1980's how much smarter could you who is 202 get in 30 years?"
"The last time I was captured, I did it on purpose to keep them away from Sam. You haven't been through what I've been through and vice versa. I don't pretend to know what happened in Budapest and you can't pretend to know what happened every time I was caught. Trust me. I can handle this. Just a few flash backs. It's happened before and it'll happen again, but I get over them. I'm fine. I am fine. Now are you alright cause if anything I should be more worried about you than you me."
He took a deep breath. It was like she hadn't taken a huge weight off of his shoulders. "I'm fine," he said.
She knew there were still other things, but she decided that was for another time. He leaned down and kissed her. She kissed back loving the new passion behind it, but disliking the reason why.
Author's Note:
So that's Sam. Sorry this took so long. I'm having an issue here, because I changed some stuff and it's not meshing, but ones I get it done it'll be up. I have stuff written after that, but it's gonna take some time to type it.
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Review Replies
R Unworldly: "Lurv this bunches. Can hardly wait for an update. :)"
Bam! Here ya go.
R Unworldly: "There's so few good OC stories with Hawkeye. Yours is the first I found so far that was. Hallelujah!"
Thank you. I came across that problem too, which is how this happened. There are a few really good ones, though I can't remember their names.
randomreader19: "I love the fact that she has a daughter! Loki is such an ass but i love him. I love reading the loki/oc stories along with the clint/oc. Thise are my favorite ones! Cant wait for more!"
Sam is important. To me there was no way Matilda was constantly by herself. I like Clint/OC (obviously), and I like Loki/Darcy. They're pretty entertaining.
ILoveAnime89: "Love it update again soon."
Glad you love it.
ccgnme: "Natasha is gonna have a cow and trust her even less than she does now. I can't wait to see what Samantha is like! Great chapter!"
Sam is a less mellow version of Matilda.
Ravenclaw Slytherin: "I like your story! Update soon!"
Glad you're enjoying it.
booklover1498: Awesome update! SHE HAS A KID!? With WHO might I ask? Update soon! I can't wait for more!
She has a kid. With who? Well either I told you already (cause I just skimmed over this before posting it and can't remember) or you'll find out.