Opening My Past

Chapter Thirty-Eight ~Story Time

I sit on the coach of Clint's livingroom just calm down, nothing was really working. All my thoughts jumbled together into one giant cluster, it wasn't fun "Excuse me Illisha?" ask Laura walking in with her two kids by her side.

I turn to face them "Yeah, what's up?"

"I hope it's no trouble Cap and Tony are outside chopping wood and Clint and I are having a little talk that these two don't need to here." she says smiling at her kids before turning back to him "Do you think you could put them in bed, it's getting late, but if your to busy I can-"

"No no no, I would love to," I say standing up, I kneel down to the two kids who were already dressed in there PJ's, "Think you can show me where your room is?" I ask the two nod and begin to walk off. Laura whispers a thank you before heading back to talk with Clint.

I walk in the kids' room to see the little boy and girl I've been tasked with putting to bed already in bed. I walk over and sit on the edge of the girl's bed "So what's your name?" I ask, she giggles and answers "Lila and that's my little brother Cooper."

"Little brother huh, that makes you the big sister, lucky, growing up I was the younger one." I say Cooper looks at me in wonder "Really your so big and strong!" I smile and giggle "Hey I wasn't always like this."

"But I wanna be a hero too!" shouts Lila, I smile at her "Well when your older maybe you could join the Starks Internship." I say Lila thinks for a second before looking at me "I can be a hero like daddy?"

"And mommy, she's carrying your brother if that's not heroic I don't know what is," I state.

"Do you have a daddy?" ask Cooper, I look at him confused "What do you mean?" I ask "He means do you have a crush?" asked Lila, oh I understand know "Do I love someone...I do." the two looks excited as if they were teenagers ready for the latest gossip "Who is it?" asked Cooper "Is it someone on the team?" I hold my hands up "Okay, okay, if I tell you you both have to promise to not tell anyone."

The two looks at each other excited "You ready?" I ask. They nod "Once upon a time there were two brothers." I start the two sigh but quickly reagin themselves listening to the story "The eldest brother could be seen as one of day, using his strength to fight his battles and brute force as an allie. Whereas the youngest brother could be shown best by one of night, calm but fueled by the rage of the long shadow of the day, his only other allies being his wit and sense of magic." I tell as I wave my hand showing space using the stars to make pictures and tell the story.

"One day the oldest was banished from his home for his foolishness, leaving the younger one to foster the kingdom. The oldest was found on another world by a scientist who showed him many things, as well as he found a Spirit who he trusted and she promised to never let him down." I say. Lila raises her hand "Was Spirit you?" 

I nod and continue as I watch the stars "Learning his lesson the day and the Spirit traveled back to his world to save it from his brother the night. Later that brother tried to rule the world Spirit lived on, it didn't work out the way he planned. Then Spirit and the scientist both got sick, the day took them to his home and found that evil was in them. He enlisted the power of the night to help him, but something happened the day did not plan, nobody planed it."

"What happened?" asked Cooper on the edge of his bed.

"........The night and the Spirit fell in love.......but just as they found each other and really saw each other for the first time. The night faded, all to protect his Spirit." I say looking as the stars faded "Are you alright?" asked Lila, I look over and smile "Yes, now sleep, both of you." I say turning off the lights and sighing as I close the door, but see the handle is off its rotation "I'll fix that for Clint."

"If you're going to don't bring it to life."

I turn to the side quickly to see "Fury." I state "Illisha." he says nodding his head, I look from the kid's door to him "I-I....How much of that did you hear?" 

He nods his head back and forth "You want the truth or the ugly truth?" I sigh and run a hand through my hair "Both?" I ask "Well I heard the whole story that's the truth. The ugly truth is that it's kinda obvious who was who."

I close my eyes annoyed "I keep it for a year and now it manages to get around to everyone." I say as I slide down sitting on the floor, Fury walks over and sits down next to me "From what I heard those kids love you. Have you ever thought about having kids?"

I scoff "Me? A mom? I would just screw everything up."

"The Maximof girl played with your mind, and I thought you would be affected least of all."

"I knew it wasn't real, but everyone was dead or dying, Tony and Loki didn't care they just wanted me to choose one of them." I pause for a second and think "What if it actually happens?" Fury looks at me confused "He's dead Illisha."

"But still what if one day I have to choose?"

Fury takes one of my hands and gives it a squeeze "The day you have to choose between Tony and another is the day your no longer a Stark and I say that because Tony would make it so you wouldn't have to make that choice."

I look over at him "I've tried running from my past."

"Who knows the real story?" ask Fury, I think for a second "You and Loki did too, so did Coulson."

"Stark doesn't know?"

"He knows that something bad happened he doesn't know what. You run for so long that one day it's almost if I was asking to bring it back." I try to explain "Ultron." says Fury, I nod "Peace in our time those were my words, I hate them."

"What would you do to erase them from your vocabulary?" ask Fury standing up and outstretched hand, I look from it to him "Anything." I say taking it "Good let's have a talk with the team."