The Rise of Darkness

Chapter 36

"You remember?" Steve start to tear up. "I do..." Grace started crying too. He spun her around a few times and as he let her down he kissed her long. "God, I love you so much.", he said. "I love you too, honey." Suddenly it hit Steve. "Wait, but that means... Brooke." "Is our little baby girl." They smiled at each other. He pulled her in for a long hug. "I missed you so much." "Everything is gonna be fine now.", Grace replied. Then she took his hand. "Lets go back and tell the others, shall we Rogers." He laughed, gave her a kiss on the forehead and nodded.
They arrived at the Tower again and saw Brooke playing with Thor. Suddenly she grabbed his hammer and ran around the room. Everyone was surprised and shocked at the same time. "Did she just?", Tony asked. "Yep." Clint replied nodding. "You okay Thor, you seem pretty, I don't know, pale." Natasha said smiling. Thor was still looking at her in shock and his mouth was opened. "Brooke, give your uncle his hammer back and come over to mum and dad.", Grace said which made the rest turn around. "You remember?" Thor asked. As Grace nodded smiling Tony said: "I need a drink." and went to the bar. The rest walked over to Grace and hugged her tightly. Steve suddenly felt something pull on his pants. Brooke was standing there in front of him holding her arms up. "Can you pick me up?" Steve smiled and grabbed her. "Can we get some ice cream dad?" He looked at her in disbelief and then to Grace who heard that too. She smiled at him and gave Brooke a kiss on the back of her head. "Don't eat too much." Steve threw Brooke up in the air, caught her and ran outside. "Turbo Mode on!", he yelled and Brooke started to laugh. Graces look followed them both. Then she looked over to Thor, who still was sitting in the corner. "Hey, can I maybe talk to you?", she asked him. "Thor first looked confused. "Me?" "Yes you, silly. Come on." She put her hand out as a sign for him to hold her hand. They walked outside to a quite place and sat down on a bench. Thor was nervous and was playing with his hands and looked into the distance. "This should be easy, but it's harder than I thought.", Grace started. "I mean we are siblings and ever since we found out we never really talked about it.... and even when Loki died... I wasn't there for you and I'm sorry for that. We are a family and we should stick together." Thor stayed silent for a while then looked at her. "I don't blame you for what happened... I saw it in your eyes every time you looked at me. He made his choice and he also was your brother. Oh and in case you didn't know, you also have a sister, but she's evil and I lost my eye because of her." "Note to myself: Never mess with my evil sister." They both started laughing. Grace turned her body towards Thor and took his hand. "Thor, I want you to be a part of my life, of our life. You are not alone and Brooke could use a cool uncle like you. Help me keep Loki's legacy up and do what he started." He looked at her confused. "The day he died, when he jumped in front of me... He put something in my hand, it was an envelope. I opened it the day you all where at his funeral and it was a plan of a house, where we could all live in. He pictured everything, even a room for Steve." Grace pulled the envelope out of her jacket and gave it to Thor. "He really wanted to change...", Thor said and a tear rolled down his cheek. "He wanted a better life for all of us." Thor looked at Grace and hugged her tightly. "Thank you, sister." As he pulled out of the hug he smiled for the first time in a long time. "And I would love to be part of your lives." They heard a kids laughter and turned around. "Mommyyy!!! Look I found a flower!", Brooke yelled and ran over to them. Grace picked her up. "It's beautiful sweetie. Hey, why don't you go inside with uncle Thor, mommy needs some fresh air, okay?" Brooke nodded and put her hands out to Thor. As he took her in his arms she started playing with his hair. "Your hair is really pretty.", she said. He smiled at her. "Well yours is so much prettier little princess. Come on let's go play inside." He replied and mouthed to Grace: "Thank you." She smiled at them and waved her hand. Grace realised that the flower Brooke gave her fell on the ground. As she kneeled down to pick it up she felt some sort of energy in her fingertip. Grace made a move with her hand and the small gras spot her hand was over started to grow. She smiled, stood up and walked back. "Still got it."
Steve was back in the tower and went to go look for Bucky. He knocked on his door and opened it. Bucky was sitting on his bed having a small box in his hand. "Hey, Buck." He looked up and smiled. "Hey, Steve. How are you?" "Never been better. I wanted to ask you something." Bucky interrupted him. "Wait, before you say what you want to say, I've got something for you." He stood up and gave him the little box. Steve opened it and saw the ring he bought for Grace all these years ago. "You kept it?", he asked. "I couldn't sell it or give it back, it meant too much to you. You now know what to do with it." They both laughed. "Yes I do." As they walked out of the room back into the living area Bucky asked: "What did you wanted to talk to be about?" Steve looked at him. "It can wait."