Avery- 4 years ago

"Yo David!" I called out as I jogged up to him.

"Hey Avery, how's it going?" He asked me. "You finally going to ask her out?" he asked me.

"Yeah, tonight. I talked to the Doc, and 'all of Omicron' is supposed to have a party down on earth tonight." I said as we walked together.

"How'd you manage that?" He asked me. "The Doc is the hardest person in the Galaxy to convince, come on dude tell me!" He begged, on his knees and everything.

"Relax drama Queen. She's the one that set all of this up in the first place. That and I promised her a few hundred crates of chocolate." I said as I began to dryly chuckle. "I'm going to be broke thanks to that."

"Man, what is she going to do with all that chocolate?" David asked.

"That is a good question." A figure in white Jumpmaster armor walked up next to us. "Hey lil' bro. Sparky."

"I asked you not to call me that, Kathrine." David groaned. "It's annoying."

Another figure in tan Locus armor walked up. "You know how she is." he said as he fiddled with a ring on a necklace. "Hey Bro, Sis."

"How ya doing Samuel?" David asked as they bumped fists. "How's Jericho doing?"

"She's expecting any day now." Samuel said as he took of his helmet, revealing his light brown skin.

"Man! I can't believe my younger brother got a girlfriend, married her, then had a child, before I could even ask the love of my life on a date!" I exclaimed as I slumped down in defeat.

"Relax bro, she loves you, I know it." he said as we opened a door. "I know that Peter and Lily will want a cousin."

Flashback end

I opened the door of the newly refurbished storage room that was never used, and was now a temporary home to the children Cali brought back from the Airbase. The kids had taken an instant liking to me once they found out I was the one to destroy the base. Some of the younger ones started calling Cali 'Mommy' or 'Mom'. The reaction Cali had when Klione called her that was just priceless. Cali had passed out and her face was a bright red. Mine wasn't much better to be honest. Klione was a trouble maker, as she quickly started to try and get me and Cali alone together. She even convinced the other brats to call me 'Dad'. I had given up by this point, as I cannot deny we acted like parents to the kids. I mean, We had even sung lullabies to the little brats and everything!

As I entered the room, I was greeted by pure chaos. Cali was out of her armor, as well as some of the other freelancers(North, York, Florida, and surprisingly Texas but she had her armor on and was acting as a unpassable wall for the kids.), and they were having a pillow fight. I just stood at the door with a deadpan look on my face before I closed the door and walked away. Is what I would have liked to have done. Instead I was jumped on by Reginald and Klione, both hitting me in the face with a pillow. I took a deep breath as I pushed a button on the waist of my armor, causing my armor to fold up and defy physics on a Deadpool level. It stopped folding and became a belt. I grinned as I picked up a pillow. Reginald and Klione looked at each other and made a wise decision. They ran behind the cover of Cali, and pointed out my presence to the Freelancers.

"Glad you could join us Maryland." Florida said as he threw a pillow at me. I grabbed it before it could hit me and threw it at Texas, which she caught and threw back at Florida. "OH COME ON!" he said as all the kids threw a pillow at him. Everyone laughed at his demise, and soon, after he dug himself out from all the pillows, he laughed too.

"I see your having fun." A voice said from the door. I turned around to see the Director, Counselor, and David.

"Sir." The freelancers said as we snapped to attention. The kids looked at us, then the director, before shrinking behind one of the mini forts they had built out of the beds. The Director looked at the retreating kids, then the mess all over the floor, and sighed.

"Agents, may I remind you that we are dropping them off at the nearest refuge?" He said, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Don't get attached." and with that he walked out the door, the Counselor soon following, but as they left, a song played over the hallway's speakers, causing almost everyone to laugh.

(the song is up top)

It took all of my will power not to bust out laughing, and I could see the other freelancers facing the same dilema. Florida was having the most trouble, as small snickers escaped from his lips. The Director turned around, and I could see the faint trace of a smile before it vanished. "Who?" He asked, imitating Darth Vader's voice surprisingly. "Who dares to mock me!" He shouted before throwing a near by pillow at Florida, then turned around and left as the fight broke out once more.

Later,

Everyone was down for the count, as I currently could not move thanks to 2 people. Klione was asleep curled up on my left, while Cali was on my right. I smiled as I began to close my eyes. I was happy, for the first time since the fall of Omicron, but I was sad, because I knew it would never last. It never did.

Sorry for the short chapter, but I have been busy lately, and really tired. I've begun to show signs of depression I think? I don't know, I'm always tired, never care about anything, and everything seems to be a waste of time and boring, even listening to music, which is something I've always loved. But I don't feel depressed, just..... I don't know, weak I guess. Any ways, I will be updating slowly for a while until I figure stuff out, so I'll see you in the next chapter!