A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long to update! I've been on vacation and didn't have my lap top. So, I picked the baby's name as fairly as I could, but it doesn't mean that just because your name wasn't picked, that I won't use it in future stories! Also, if y'all are interested, a story that I think you guys would like it called "One Big Family" by krbrooks! So, maybe give that a read :)

Skye looked up at the doctor and then at Grant. The two had discussed names before this, and had agreed to keep the name a secret until she had the baby.

"Well? Tell them, Skye." Grant said, giving her a small smile and a kiss on the forehead.

"Madison Melinda Ward. Maddie for short." She said, looking down at the small infant as Doctor Milano wrote the name down on her clip board as the door opened and others came in.

"Sorry guys. They insisted on visiting." Maria said apologetically, sighing.

"Don't worry about it...where are the children?"

"With Maria's dad. Didn't want to over whelm you too much. So, her name is Madison then?" Bruce asked as Betty put some flowers on the counter and Pepper placed balloons on the bedside table.

"Is she healthy? Maria didn't tell much." Jane said, smiling as Skye handed Madison to Grant so he got a chance to hold their daughter.

"She's perfect. All ten fingers and toes."

"She wasn't in the NICU very long, which is strange."

"Maddie's a fighter, Betty. She's strong and she's going to be unique," Grant said, looking at Coulson, "Would you like to hold her, sir?"

Coulson smiled and happily took his grand daughter into his arms.

"We never answered the question though. What're we going to do when we have to go on a mission? We can't leave her alone." May said as Coulson reluctantly passed the baby over to her, taking her into her reluctant arms.

"We have that covered." Pepper said, raising an eye brow at Tony.

"Just think of us as endless amounts of free babysitting!"

"Oh, and don't forget all of us can take turns to stay behind on the bus and stay with her. No one is going to hurt her or take her on our watch." Simmons said as they continued passing the baby around the room.

"Well...no one is going to get past Jemma and her frying pan."

"Really? Bringing up the frying pan?" Natasha said, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes.

"All I can say is that that baby is possibly going to be the most spoiled out of all of them," Emily said, smirking as she said, "Good luck getting a good nights sleep. Oh and say goodbye to intimacy for the next two or three years or so."

"Thanks for that, Emily. Oh and speaking of babies," Skye said, raising an eye brow at Maria as Madison was finally passed to her, "Maria, Steve, do you guys have something to tell everyone? Who knows when we'll all be together again." Skye said innocently as Maria uncomfortably cleared her throat and passed Maddie back to her mom.

"You just want all the attention off of you, don't you?"

Skye nodded her head enthusiastically, mouthing the word 'please'.

Maria looked at her husband, "Well, we might as well tell you since you guys will find out anyway. You're all here anyway, which makes this easier. We can tell the kids when we get back. I'm pregnant."

"Stark you owe me twenty bucks." Natasha said, holding out her hand as Tony grumbled in response and handed the money to her.

"I swear. First Pepper gets pregnant, then six months after Jason, Nat gets pregnant and now Maria. I swear you guys are doing this on purpose!"

"Congratulations!" Everyone else chorused.

"Can we just talk about how Tony just gave Tasha twenty dollars?"

"Oh they make bets all the time." Steve said, shrugging.

"Yeah. Natasha bet that Maria was pregnant and I bet that she was just getting fat..." Stark said, trailing off as someone, no doubt that it was Maria, threw Skye's chart at him.

"Where is the son of coul?" Thor asked, speaking for the first time since arriving.

"Probably got so excited that he had to leave the room and fainted." Clint said, earning laughs from everyone else.

"No, after Maria announced it, I saw him take a double take almost and go into the bathroom. Imagine how Alexa is going to feel about this."

"Who?"

"Oh I never told you about Alexa, huh? Well, my aunt Shawna was a foster mother and she treated Alexa really badly! She's three, almost four, but she isn't understood very well cause she just started talking last year. So, we found out that...you heard of Raven right? Mystique actually, well, she knew Alexa's parents and she also knew Lili's. Turns out, Aunt Shawna was Lili's foster mom too before she went to an orphanage and Tasha and Clint took her in. Well, their parents were mutants and murdered in cold blood. Years apart. Everyone thought Raven was behind it but nope! We're close with all those guys!"

"Well, that turned slightly depressing. How could you not mention an adopted child!? Lilith is adopted to, so they have something in common, but still!" Skye exclaimed, gawking at Maria as Madison started to whimper, but quickly calmed down when Skye spoke to her in a soothing voice.

"Must've slipped my mind. I also snapped when I saw how she was treated, so I signed adoption papers much like Natasha and Clint did and we took Alexa home with us."

"And don't get us started on the weird crap they can do! Stupid X-gene...why can't we have that?"

"Because, Tony. The universe just hates you. And what is taking Coulson so long in the bathroom?"

"Probably passed out," Maria said, sighing as she got up, "Well, we need to get going anyway. I have work to do and my dad can only handle those children, mainly Lili and Alexa, for so long. Tell Coulson to call me when he gets this whole thing through his head."

Everyone else dispersed until eventually it was just Grant and Skye...unless you counted that Coulson was still MIA.

"Wow. Learn new things every day."

"I know. Thank God Maria actually read my plead to take the attention away from me. I was getting over whelmed."

Grant nodded, smiling at her and little Madison, "She's perfect, isn't she?"

"Yeah. She's so beautiful too."

"Just like her mother."

Skye blushed and smiled, but her smile quickly faded, "What if we can't protect her? What if HYDRA targets her? I don't want to have to leave her on someones door step like my mom and dad had to. I don't want her to go through that pain of thinking we don't want her." She said, tears falling down her face.

"Hey, it's not going to happen. She's going to be safe and we'll protect her. We will do our best and if we ever do have to give her up, which won't happen, but if it does, it will be with people we know. Possible some other trusted agents until the threat passes. You just need to trust me on this. Do you?"

"I do, Grant." She said, smiling up at him before craning her neck towards the bathroom door to see her dad still hadn't come out, "Okay. One of us needs to go check on him to make sure that he didn't do anything more than pass out." She added, laughing but stopping when her stomach where she had been cut open started to hurt like hell.

Grant smiled, "That's probably a good idea."

A/N: So, there's one more chapter after this I believe! Hope y'all liked this chapter. Please review :)

Someone suggested the avengers make their present, so I did. Btw...can we make a petition to have the avengers do a guest appearance on the show for season two?