"Is it really you"
"Yes..I'm really here"
Being without the one you love can be devastating, and when getting that love back happens how much will it really cost them.
Book 5 of my Emerald Series
Based on Avengers Infinity War/Endgame plot with some...
It had been five years since the final battle against Thanos and we had gotten everyone we loved back. We had all found our own place in the world, and had all finally started to settle. I felt a tiny body climbing on top of mine as I open my eyes to see a little boy with green eyes and sandy brown hair looking into mine, his little hands playing with my hair.
"Morning sweetie" I say to him. "Mama" he says to me, "Mama play" he says again. "Where's daddy, and your big sister?" I ask him. "In kitchen" he tells me. "Well, shall we go see what they are up to?" I ask him, and he shakes his head yes, before scrambling off the bed, and running out of the room. I take a deep breath as I pull the covers off my body, I get up off the bed, and grab my robe pulling it on and tying it up. I leave my bedroom and make my way for the stairs to see James waiting for me to unlock the baby gate. I open up the gate and pick him up, carrying him down the stairs and toward the kitchen.
"What's going on in here?" I ask, seeing the mess that is all over the kitchen. "We wanted to make you a nice breakfast. Daddy says today is going to be a sad day" Natalia tells me.
"Thank You" I say as I go over and give Steve a quick kiss on the cheek. James reaches out for Steve and he takes him. I take over with making the rest of the pancakes for everyone. Steve gets James into his seat, and Natalia helps me with setting the table. Once I have it all ready we all sit down to eat, I cut up pancake for James as he tries to do it himself with his pretend knife.
"Are we seeing Morgan today?" Natalia asks me. "Yes, we will be seeing Morgan, and Aunt Pepper" I tell her as we all eat. "Unca Buck! Unca Buck" James then shouts tossing some pancake on the ground. "Yes, sweetie we are gonna see Uncle Bucky" I tell him as I start to help him eat his breakfast.
Once the kids are done eating, I take them back upstairs to get cleaned up and changed. Steve stays in the kitchen to clean the mess we had all made. "Momma fly!" James says to me. "James, maybe later okay, why don't we get dressed and go outside. Natalia can fly with us too" I say to him.
"Really, I can use my powers mommy?" Natalia asks me. "Yes Natalia Margaret Rogers, mommy is giving you permission to use your special powers" I smile at her.
"Thank You Mommy" she hugs me as we get to their rooms. Natalia goes to hers , and I take James to his. I get the kids changed, and have them come to our room, as I get myself changed in my bathroom. I tell Natalia to keep her brother occupied while I got dressed. As I get changed I can hear giggling and a lot of it coming from the bedroom. I open the door to see Steve on the bed with our two kids tickling them. I smile at this, realizing that this is the moment I always wanted to see.
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Driving up the dirt road, I can already feel the tears starting to flow, as we are meeting up with everyone to remember. Steve parks the car, and we both get out, going into the back seat to get the kids out. I smile as Natalia runs right for Morgan, who happily hugs her. Steve takes James left hand and I take his right, and we walk up to the porch of the house, seeing Pepper smiling at us.
"Hey James" Pepper says to him. "Pep!Pep!" he says letting go of our hands and hugging her. Steve then puts arm around me, and holds me close. "How are you doing?" I ask her. "Good, We are doing okay" she smiles at me. "Can Natalia use her powers outback?" Morgan comes over asking.
"Yes, along as she's aims only at the targets we have set up. And be safe" I tell her. "Oh and Morgan, please be careful with your repulser blaster" Pepper calls out after her. "Momma me go to?" James asks us.
I look at Steve, " I will take him, and I will keep an eye on the kids" he says to me and kisses my cheek as he takes James and walks off with the kids. I stand there with Pepper, and I can tell she's still holding it all together.
"It's still hard to believe, that this is our life now" I say to her. "Yeah, it is. How are you and Steve doing, still miss the life?" she asks me. "I miss it a little. When Natalia started showing the signs of her powers I started to miss it again. I got worried that I didn't have mine anymore, but the only thing that has stopped are the visions. I hope to God she doesn't get those" I tell her.
"What about James does he have any?" she asks me. "So far no, and part of me hopes he never does" I say to her.
"Morgan wants to be just like Tony, she already has been using blasters, and I caught her a few times wearing one of his old helmets" she tells me. "She misses him, we all still do" I say to her giving her a hug.
A few hours later, the others started to show up, thankfully most of them where able to get away from whatever mission that they had been on. Every year they always try to make it, but this year for once everyone was going to be here. Slowly Pepper and I greeted each person who came, of course most asking about the kids and where they were. I wasn't surprised that everyone wanted to see the kids, since many of them haven't met James yet. I finally make my way back toward Steve and the kids, laughing when I see Natalia sending energy blasts at Rocket.
"Get this kid to stop would ya" he shouts as he suddenly runs up a tree. "Oh come on Rocket, they are having fun" Quill tells him. "Yeah, but I would like to keep my tail" he shouts at us. Once we finally get the kids to settle, we all make our way down to the water just like we did five years ago. I walk out to the end of the dock, and turn around to face everyone. Steve and Pepper had wanted me to make the speech this year.
"10 years ago something tragic happened, that changed the way we all looked at life. We thought that the world had ended ,that people we had loved were lost, then five years later it all changed again, and in order to get everyone we loved back it cost us the life of two very special people. Natasha and Tony were one of a kind, they gave up their lives for ours. They made sure that all of you where here, Natasha knew that we needed that one last stone for us to save the world. She's the reason I named my daughter after her, I wanted my daughter to have a namesake that I would be proud of her to live up to. Tony snapped his fingers because he knew that was the one chance we had, the one shot we had at ending it all. He knew the world was going to be in very excellent hands, he knew we could all protect the world. Morgan Maria Stark, your father would be so proud of you, and the beautiful girl you have become. He knows that you will help protect this world when you are old enough and you will have Natalia Margaret and James Anthony Rogers and all the other generation of kids that are becoming heroes. We know that this world will always be in safe hands. Natasha and Tony we will always miss you and we will always love you 3000"
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<<<Authors Note>> So here it is this is the end of the story. I am going to miss my baby Cassandra. I want to thank all of you for going on this journey with me and enjoying my story. Please check out any of my other stories if you would like. I do have another Marvel one in mind but I am slowly working on it.
