The Spider and The Hawk

Ronan: The hill I will die on

KATE'S POV:

I had to go to work. Yes my son is missing and I have to go and I have to work— back to back meetings. Yelena refused to leave Lyon's side, she cleared her schedule entirely as did Peter, Grills and Clint but I couldn't get out of anything I had planned before 4:00. Clint also crashed at our place, yeah it's dangerous but we stand a better chance together.

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I sat at the meeting table, zoned out, letting MJ do most of the talking. Being Peter's girlfriend and a close friend of ours she knows what's going on and covered for me most of the time.

"Katherine?" spoke the man who's name I didn't even bother to remember

"Kate" MJ whispered elbowing my arm

"hm? what?" I snapped out of my thoughts, completely lost

"Baron was just asking about whether your mother's sponsorship deal with his company was still standing now that you're the new owner of the company" she explained

"oh- yes of course, Bishop security is still a proud sponsor of your company sir."

"Are you alright?" asked the man with a british accent I had no idea he had—mostly because I payed no attention to his conversation with MJ throughout the whole meeting

"Yeah she's just a little out of it today, she didn't get much sleep last night." excused the young girl.

"Well then, that should conclude our meeting then. Thank you Ms. Jones and Mrs. Bishop"

"Belova. Bishop-Belova" I corrected

"Bishop-Belova? is that Russian?"

"yes it is sir."

"hm." he hummed walking out

"You alright Hawk?"

"Yeah"

"you sure?" I shook my head

"I'm not MJ, I'm not okay." I looked down before my eyes quickly shot back up as I began to speak "What if we can't get him back. Hell we don't even know if he's still alive."

"Go home Kate, I'll handle the meetings."

"MJ you can't-"

"Kate, go. Help Yelena, Keep Lyon safe. No one knows the company the way you and I do, and right now you have a son to save and one to protect so I'll handle it."

"alright fine. remember, there's nothing I know that you don't."

she put a hand on my shoulder "Tell Ronan Auntie MJ says hi" I smiled and gave her a hug and a thank you before heading home.

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"Mom!" Lyon ran up to me and hugged my waist

"Hey dude! You okay?" he nodded and I leaned down kissing the top of his head

"Kate? What are you doing here детка?" Asked my wife looking up from the research she'd been doing all day

"MJ told me to come home and that she would handle the meetings" I noticed Peter smile slightly at that

"Well we've narrowed it down a bit." Clint spoke getting up from the rocking chair he was sitting on

"whatcha got?"

"well based on the blast Lyon described I think we could be facing Electro" Peter said

"But since he has no reason to come for us he can't be working alone" Yelena said "So we went person by person nemesis by nemesis and finally found a few that fit."

"first, Kingpin. it only makes sense, he has a bone to pick with everyone in this room." Grills explained  "Then we thought who would've been after Black Widow and wanting to use Yelena as a way of getting revenge on her."

"I would say that would be Ophelia Sarkisian, better know as, the Viper" Clint chimed in "Then it finally came down to me because there has to be someone other than Fisk"

"The hood, he's been an Electro fan boy since he was a kid so it's unlikely he would turn down the chance to fight his greatest enemy—or at least his protege—alongside his childhood idol." My wife finished with a sigh

"we have a lot of work to do and a lot of people to recruit."

"why can't you just fight them on your own?" Lyon asked

"Electro, Kingpin and Viper we can take but it's The Hood I'm worried about, he has some strong magic most of what we have is physical ability"

"So you need magic on your side." Lyon put the pieces together

"You're a smart kid"

"He's way to grown for his own good" I said

"Hey I have contact with Dr. Strange and I've been in contact with the scarlet witch recently, I'm sure she'd want in, she knows what it's like to loose people"

"Also I partially named Nate after her brother so that could help." I gave Clint the side eye "what?! It worked for Yelena!"

"no he's right it did" Yelena admitted

"guys. back to the point please." Peter attempted to bring back focus to the task at hand
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Wanda nor Strange had responded for weeks and I began to loose hope, we had a plan but we lacked crucial pieces of a team. At this point Ronan could be lost forever.

"Yelena?"

"Hm?"

"Do you think he's still alive?" I asked

"They know better than to kill the loved one of an assassin that began her training at the age of six."

"Ex-assassin Yelena." she sat next to me on the couch and pulled me down to her lap before playing with my hair and softly scratching my head. I was only half relaxed, Yelena was being sweet but I couldn't help but think this would be the hill that I die on.
"What if they make him forget about us? What if they're conducting dangerous experiments on him?"

"shhh he'll be okay baby, he'll be alright"