Chapter 4
As George drives off Clint makes a comment. "Well done, Bucky. Ever seen a newborn show that much restraint." He says. "I'm not sure he is a newborn. He's so tame." Thor says. I raise an eyebrow and look over at my husband. "Thor, don't antagonize him. He's the strongest one in the house." Steve says. Am I the strongest in the house? I always thought that Thor is the strongest in the house. Thor scoffs. "Please. Let's have a arm wrestling match." Thor says. I smirk. "Your on." I say and everyone smirks.
We ended up in the woods and we were standing over a rock. I got ready and held out my arm. Thor gins. "You already lost." He says. I laugh. "In your dreams." I say. Joseph ins. "Start." He says. We start and man it felt so easy. I see Thor trying really hard. I wasn't even trying yet.
Alright people, lets do this.
I push against him and he looked worried as I was beginning to win. I slam his hand down mking the rock break. I laugh and looked back to Steve. "Did you see that?" I ask. I look back to the rock. "This is awesome!" I say making the others laugh.
I see the sun shine and I lift my ace towards the sun. I felt the warmth and I smiled. I opened my eyes to see my skin sparkling. My time as a human was over, but I never felt more alive. Everything was falling into place now. The Volturi accepted my status, though they want to see proof eventually. It seemed we only had one enemy left.
Time.
I watched as Katrina was growing. She is growing too fast. We all worried about how long we would have with her. It just made every moment we have wth her that much more precious. But I, being a mother wanted her to be a baby again. I don't want my baby girl to grow so fast. I already knew that my, well Steve's cousins are coming over soon and it had been only three months since I gave birth to Katrina and she now looks about six to seven years old. How am I going to explain that to my dad? Who wants to see her? I was already stressed enough.
Anyway, we were in the meadow where Steve and I fell in love. It was covered in a thin layer of snow. A blanket softly hugging the earth. Katrina was catching snowflakes while Brock was beside me in his wolf form. Probably to avoid talk with me. I smile as Katrina runs over to me. "Look mom, a snowflake." She says and shows me. I smile at her as I looked at the design of the snowflake. "it's beautiful. Why don't you go get another one?" I suggest and she runs off laughing. She jumps high in the air and reaches a hand out.
She catches one and lands onto the ground. I look over to Brock as he looks at me. "Steve thinks that we will find answers in Brazil. There are tribes there that might know something." I say. I could see the alarm in his eyes. "I was offering if you wanted to come with us." I say raising an eyebrow and I see relief run through his body as he relaxes.
I look forward again. We stay silent as Katrina continues running around. She absolutely loves winter. Good thing winter was her middle name. "Even though I am still not happy that you imprinted on my daughter when she was a baby, but I at least I know that you will protect her. After all, you did protect and saved me quite a bit of times." I say. I saw his ears perk up as if he was asking if I had forgiven him. "I don't know yet." I say. He nods his head as if he understands.
All of a sudden, Katrina runs over to me. "Mom, who is that?" She asks pointing at a figure not too far from us. I look closely. "I think that is our cousin from Denali. Jessica!" I call out and wave. I see her back up. "I be back. Stay here with Brock." I say and she nods. I run off quickly going to the spot where she was. I frown to see that she was gone. Why did she do that? She knew who I am, so why run? I see a cliff and I look over. So, she jumped into the water. Strange. I look back to see Katrina and Brock waiting for me.
I need to ask Steve what is going on?
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Joseph ends the phone call. "Barbara convinced Jessica to come reconcile with us." He says. Steve wraps an arm around my waist. "It looks like she changed her mind." Steve says. Sarah frowns and looks at Brock. "Seeing Brock must have been too much for her." She says. I look down at the ground. "I just wish I could have spoken to her." I say. Steve rubs my back and I smile a him. He sees his daughter at the piano and sits down beside her. Joseph looks towards me. "She's family, she'll come around." He says. I nod, believing him. Steve starts to play a song on the baby grand piano and Katrina smiles watching.
While back at the Volturi, Jessica walks in to see the Red Skull making plans. "What a pleasant surprise." The man with the angry red skin says smiling. Armin Zola scowls. "What do you want? Hmm?" He asks. Jessica takes a deep breath. Nervous, she takes a step forward. "I have to report a crime. The Rogers..... they have done something truly terrible." She says. The Red Skull was in front of her in a flash. "Let me see, my dear." He says and takes her hand with both of his hands.
He takes a minute but he as seen what Steve Rogers had done and yes, he as finally made his mistake. He pulls his hands away and a full out grin takes his face. "Oh my." He says and chuckles. Finally, he can get rid of them.... once and for all.
Back at the Rogers.
Steve was still playing and she had started playing a few keys as well. She was a fast learner. We were all smiling as we watched Steve play with our daughter. Natasha comes in with a vase of flowers when she gasps and drops it. The glass shattering onto the floor. Steve stops and was by her side in an instant. Clint steps up. "What is it Natasha?" He asks worried for his lover. "The Volturi. They're coming for us. Red Skull, Armin, Baron and Jessica." She says. "Honey, come here." I say and Katrina comes over to me.
Joseph stands up. "Why?" He asks rather confused. Steve looks at me. "What did Jessica see in the woods?" He asks. I drew a blank, remember I can't answer right away when I am pressured. Steve takes my shoulders and tilts my head up. "Buck, what did she see?" He asks once again. "We were just walking and Katrina was catching snowflakes. That's it, I promise." I say. "It's true." Brock says when Steve looks over at him. He closes his eyes and backs up. "Of course, Jessica thinks that Katrina's an immortal child." He says.
"What?" I ask confused. Joseph walks up to me. "The immortal children were very beautiful. So enchanting. To be near them was to love them, but their development was frozen at the age they were turned. They couldn't be taught or restrained. A single tantrum would destroy a entire village. Humans heard about the devastation, stories spread. The Volturi were forced to intervene. Since the children couldn't protect our secret, they had to be destroyed." He says retelling the history to me.
"Their creators grew very attached and fought to protect them. Long established covens were torn apart. Countless humans slaughtered. Traditions, friends, even families lost." Joseph says. "Are you saying that the Denali's mother made an immortal child?" I ask. Katrina tugged on my hand and I looked down. She was holding her arms open and I picked her up and set her onto my hip. Katrina seems distressed and places her face in between my head and shoulder. My scent calming her immediately.
"Yes. And she paid the price." Joseph saying. So, he meant that the Volturi killed their mother. No wonder why Jessica ran. I thought it was Brock but no, it was Katrina. "Well, Katrina's nothing like those children. She was born, not bitten. She grows every single day." I say and she nuzzles into me as I tighten my hold onto her. I can't let anyone hurt my baby girl. "So you can't just explain that to the Volturi?" Brock asks standing up.
Steve shaes his head no sadly. "Red Skull has enough proof in Jessica's thoughts." He says. Broc growls. "So we fight." He says. No, I don't want to fight. Katrina whimpers. "Shhh baby girl. It's going to be alright. Nothing will hurt you." I whisper. She looks up at me. "They are not going to take you away from me mommy?" She asks in a small voice. "Never." I say softly and she smiles and nuzzles into me. "Their offensive weapons are too powerful. No one can stand against Maria." He says. "Baron's even worse.' Natasha says. "Well, then we can convince him." I say.
"They are coming to kill us, not to talk." Thor says. "He as a point." Brock says. Steve frowns. "No. You're right, they won't listen to us. But maybe others can convince him. Joseph, you have friends all over the world?" Steve asks his father. "I won't ask them to fight son." Joseph says firmly. "Not fight. Witness. If enough people knew the truth, maybe we could convince the Volturi to listen." Steve says. Sarah touches her husband's shoulder "we can ask this of our friends." She says.
"Alright. We can do this." Joseph says. We all nod, ready to gather as many of Joseph's friends we can.
I hope my plan works.