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𝐸𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒

EPILOGUE
Alone Again... For Now

Mara walked into the apartment in New York, not getting too much of a reaction from Alyona. She just simply stood there. "What?" Alyona asked.

"So, I see you've decorated for Christmas." Mara noted.

"Yeah, Yelena's coming soon actually, so, what?"

Mara laughed softly. "I just wanted to warn you to be careful, and don't make any deals with weird women." She told her cryptically.

"Okay?"

"Okay! Bye!" Mara said, walking back through the portal to meet with Rosa.

"Alright, who's next?" Rosa wondered.

"Your favourite person in the Syndicate."

Rosa grinned, stepping through the portal, "hello, River!" She greeted. She accidentally scared the shit out of Harry, who spilled coffee on his white shirt. "Sorry. Where's River? Where's my girl?" She asked.

"Ri, it's for you." Harry hollered.

River walked down the stairs with a duffel bag. "H— hey! Mara, Rosa! Long time no see!" She said, awkwardly hugging her. "Sorry, I'm a bit tired because of one little shithead angel who I love to death, but..." River looked behind her in the living room, that's when Rosa and Mara noticed the little crib.

"Wait, is that a— Deanna?" Mara grinned.

"Yeah. Had her a couple of weeks ago." River said. "Harry finally convinced me to take a break. Speaking of which, I should get going if I'm gonna make it to Westchester anytime soon." She said, almost scattered.

She ran to her room to grab something.

"How is she not in extreme pain right now?" Mara asked Harry.

He looked at her, "it's the super soldier genetics."

"Ah, right. Keep forgetting that."

"What's in Westchester?" Mara asked, completely forgetting. Harry walked over to Deanna's crib, picking her up carefully, walking back to the kitchen with her.

River let out a string of cuss words as she almost fell down the stairs.

"Are you sure you shouldn't be just, like, resting here?" Rosa asked.

"No, I'm fine." River said. "Okay, Harry, you have to call if anything, and I mean, anything happens."

"I will, don't worry. We'll be fine. Besides, Bucky said he will be showing up because he doesn't trust me enough." Harry replied, making River laugh.

Just as River went to head out the door, Mara spoke up. "Hey, where are you going?"

"Look at the card on the table!" River said, quickly kissing the top of Deanna's head and kissing Harry.

Mara and Rosa looked at the card and gave each other a look. Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters, Westchester.

"Why are you two snickering?"

"Multiverse stuff." Mara responded with a smile. "So, we should get going, we have other business to attend to. Bye, Harry. Bye, Deanna!" Mara said.

"Bye, Deanna." Rosa said with a smile.

And with that, two of the Syndicate members left that Earth. "So, where do you want me to drop you off?"

"You know what, I was thinking I'll just go back to the cottage for now. Lay low until something surprising happens, you know? Like if my mom needs something desperately." Rosa told her.

And with that, Mara sent her back to her Earth. "Well, all alone again. For now." Mara said to herself.

This epilogue serves as a post credit scene for One Too Many (posted), Love & War (posted) & Black Magic Woman (posted, takes place after Love & War) Play With Fire (probably not posted yet). Okay, so as of right now at least, this fic is a standalone (could change depending on upcoming mcu projects). There will be more insight into The Syndicate Universe in the 'Next book' chapter, but for now:

One Too Many (currently published), Black Magic Woman (currently published), Play With Fire (tbd), Currently Unnamed Syndicate Fics (tbd), and more will be released, which will include Mara

Okay, bye!