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AFTER.

(3 years later)

Darcy was in bliss. This was going to be the best Galentine's day ever. Everyone was scheduled to come. Pepper, Natasha, Wanda, Jane. When she had mentioned it to Wanda, she hadn't understood tradition so they sat on Darcy real comfy couch binge-watching Parks and Rec. And Darcy thought Wanda deserved some girl time.

And, she had a new beau. Bucky Barnes, former winter soldier had come home with Steve last year, and Darcy and Bucky had hit it off pretty well. And of course Bucky asked her out a couple of months later because she was that awesome!

In case someone was wondering, yes she did chew out Thor. She gave him a really good shovel talk. And when he came out of that room pale as a ghost he wouldn't tell anyone what had been spoken in that room. Darcy had smirked holding her taser and dagger like a pro, the bracelet on her wrist gleaming. There was no footage.

In preparation of today, Darcy had set up a Brunch at a really nice restaurant and a spa day at a Pepper-approved spa. She had gotten all her gifts ready, and she was packing them away in in her bag.

"Watcha doin' doll?" Bucky's voice came from behind her as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Darcy perked up.

"It's Galentine's day!" She said. "I'm packing my gifts!" His face furrowed in confusion.

"What's that?"

"It's a day to celebrate all my lady friends!" Darcy grinned. "Sisters before Misters, sorry dear." Darcy's grin turned sarcastically apologetic. Bucky barked out a laugh, and Darcy kissed his cheek and grabbed her bags, not forgetting to tuck a taser and a small knife that Bucky and Natasha had trained her well with.

She had spent a lot of time deliberating on what to get her friends but decided she wanted to put in her own sense of humor and self.

She called a goodbye to Bucky, and grabbed the elevator down to Garage where all the girls were waiting the car. Darcy gave her bags to Happy who insisted that he put them in the trunk. He grabbed the door and she climbed into the limo, sitting between Jane and Natasha.

Happy drove them to the Spa where they were all treated to facials, and massages and a professional makeup artist did all their makeup, along with manicures and pedicures.

They then went down to the fancy restaurant where they had champagne and traded gifts.

For Pepper, Darcy had gotten a bracelet made. It had a little chili pepper on it along with Darcy's taser, a planet for Jane, a spider for Natasha and a beautiful sparking red bead for Wanda. And, it was fireproof. Asgard blacksmiths helped with that.

For Jane, Darcy had gotten her a beauiful engraved sheath and Matching short sword. (Jane was quite advanced at swordsmanship after training with Sif, Natasha and Thor.) Darcy had gotten it in Asgard as she had asked Thor to help her find the right smith. He turned her to the smith that had made Mew-Mew. And the Blacksmith created and enchanted a blade for Jane. It was supposed to stay forever sharp, and the blade would only be useable to whoever Jane deemed worthy.

For Natasha, she knitted a green throw ( her favorite color) for her couch, and a beautiful cream scarf. Natasha had smiled at her, teeth and all. Darcy had beamed. And For Wanda, she gave her a leather Jacket that was reddish brown in color. It was beautiful, a material she and Tony had designed, and a design that flattered her thin figure.

Natasha had given her gifts, and so had Pepper and just as soon as Wanda grabbed her bag to hand out, an explosion rocked the building, and she looked ahead. She peeked over the barrier she had jumped behind to see an fully extremis Pepper, a fully weaponized Natasha and Jane brandishing her short-sword along with a shield and armor that appeared out of no where.

As Darcy and Jane saddled up back to back, the witchblade extended across her body like armor, covering her. A sword appeared in her hand, as the gauntlet's true form was showcased.

And then the fight began and all Darcy knew was her mission to each other. And they worked flawlessly.

As Jane's opponent was bashed with her shield, Darcy sword slashed the man behind her while Natasha's knife hit a sniper aiming at Pepper. While Pepper breathed fire at the agent who had Wanda in a headlock.

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"Sir, I'd think you'd like to call out an Assemble. The restaurant where Miss Potts, Miss Foster, Miss Maximoff, Agent Romanoff and Miss Lewis were dining was attacked."

"Call the out the Assemble." He said dangerously calm as he stepped out onto deck encasing himself in the Iron Man suit. He then put in his comms, and took off towards the address JARVIS had given him.

When he got there, the building was a mess, and an Extremis Pepper was battling side by side with Maximoff, and Romanoff while Jane Foster surprisingly was fighting back to back with an armored figure. Tony didn't have time to guess who it was as he jumped into the fray of battle.

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Darcy was fighting side by side with Jane when Tony came. And as the rest of the team entered the fray, the battle ended quickly, and the five women grouped together. The witchblade de-activated from a full body armor back into just a gauntlet, ready to fight if needed.

The Girls, (And Bucky) were not surprised by Darcy's blade because she had told them at girl's night and they started a betting pool to see how long it would take the guys to guess something was fishy with Darcy.

Darcy grinned at the rest of the girls and said, "Man, we kick some ass. We should just start our own avengers team. Lady Avengers."

Tony, still looking at Darcy's wrist which had gone a bracelet had his mouth open. "What-how" he started to stutter.

Darcy just held up a finger, and Bucky leaned over to tell Stark that all would be explained later.

"BEST GALENTINE'S DAY EVER!" she shouted. And then Pepper and Jane started to giggle and all the ladies burst out laughing.

Good times.