Natasha sat in the Avengers' room within the Jedi Temple with an unreadable expression, her gaze fixed unwaveringly on the growing baby in her lap.

"You know, if you keep staring at her like that, I'm afraid you'll bother him." Falcon said as he ate a small meal at his seat.

After a moment, the baby gurgled with joy and held out her hands to the former spy, who smiled as he lifted her into the air. Little Mara Jade smiled, making Black Widow's smile even wider.

"I'm really worried that she might become a copy of you," Falcon said loudly.

"What does that mean?" Black Widow asked in disbelief.

Falcon snorted loudly and gave a wry smile. "Well, let's see. Your behavior, your attitude, the terrible feeling about you-"

"One more word and you'd start to feel like things were a little off."

Mara quickly laughed, causing Black Widow to smile at the toddler.

Seeing Falcon leave, Black Widow turned her attention back to the child sitting on her lap. The little one clapped her hands slightly and laughed as she let Natasha poke her little belly while pulling her closer. Mara Jade was giggling now and Black Widow, with a slightly sly look on her face, began to tickle her mercilessly, causing the toddler to laugh uncontrollably.

"You seem to be enjoying it."

Black Widow paused in her tickle attack and looked back to see Cap gazing at her lovingly from the front door of the room. She simply shrugged.

“I practiced with Clint’s kids,” Black Widow said.

Cap just hummed in thought as he walked over to her and sat down next to her. Mara's attention shifted to Cap and she looked up at him curiously.

"Hey, I don't think we've had time to properly meet up." Cap said, offering a hand to Mara, which she immediately grabbed. "I'm Steve Rogers, a friend of Natasha's. And you?

Mara Jade simply scrunched up her face, her tiny hands roaming over the much larger one.

"She's happy to see you." Black Widow said, lifting her knees slightly, causing Mara to let out a small laugh. "So, where is the others?"

Cap muttered to himself. "Well, just saw Sam, I think Rhodes is over at the base with the clones. Hope and Scott... I think they took the green little guy to the Jedi in the temple. Trying to figure out what he eats."

"Have they gone to find Yoda?" Black Widow asked, and Captain America shook his head.

"He looks busy for now."

"Well, what about the others?"

"Pietro's over at the Senate building," Cap said with a knowing look that Black Widow recognized.

"That blue lady that caught his eye, huh?"

"Senator Chuqi. He has been very persistent in this regard.

"Okay." Black Widow said, shaking her head. "What about our two closest members? Never seen the kid or Matt.

"Matt?" Captain America repeated with a hint of surprise. "Didn't know you two were on a first-name basis."

Black Widow didn't respond at first. "We've met before."

Captain America was a little confused now. "Really?"

"A long time ago," Black Widow recalled. "After everything that happened, a different life."

Cap was now beyond curious, but the look in his friend's eyes made him hesitate to ask for more details on the matter.

“Well, if you’re wondering, last time I checked those two guys are in the library.

In the library, two native New Yorkers were indeed there.

Peter Parker and Matt Murdock sit in the Jedi Library, the latter wearing a headdress, and listen to a verbal recitation of the many laws and rules of the Republic.

Spider-Man occasionally looked away from the datapad to see Matt sitting patiently. From his appearance, the teen sometimes wondered if the lawyer had obviously fallen asleep.

"Are you sure you won't get tired of hearing all this?" Spider-Man asked after a moment of silence.

“I certainly didn’t, Parker. This almost reminds me of an audiobook from back home.

Spider-Man scratched his cheek. "Yeah, but these are supposed to be entertaining, not... um..."

"I understand what you mean, but what else can you do in my shoes. There is no proper way to read Braille in this galaxy. I don't know it, mind you. So all I can do is listen to whatever is out there on offer.

Nodding, Spider-Man felt tired after reading for so long today. He stood up and put the data pad back to its place. Returning to his seat, he picked up some things and continued to walk out.

"where are you going?"

"go out."

"where to?"

"See if Ahsoka or Barriss want to go out and play."

"What if they don't?"

"Then I'll go out on my own. I've been going crazy here so long.

Daredevil wanted to object but he found himself closing his mouth before he could retort. To be honest, even with all the new material he had been reading over the past few weeks, he himself felt a little constrained at the moment. It had been a while since Geonosis and he and most of the Avengers had spent most of their time in the Temple.

Sure, they went to the city from time to time, but never strayed too far from the entire temple.

Hearing Spider-Man go about his business, he considered again whether he should follow the teenager's lead and do something. Not exactly himself, as he was very unfamiliar with the area of ​​Coruscant outside the Temple. And the only place he could remotely go was the Senate Building, where he could feel like he was in a familiar place... sort of.

Daredevil was pretty sure that as an intergalactic lawyer, he was slightly above the pay scale, so to speak.

It's one thing to help those in need, from his law firm in Hell's Kitchen. But planetary and cosmic disputes are another thing entirely.

These thoughts were pushed aside as his senses registered someone walking towards him.

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