Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-10-12 13:48:00

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Adventures in Babysitting (Misha)
Anya finally had a long weekend where she didn't have to be traveling somewhere in the world for Renaissance Tech and the Boston area had been quiet and didn't need Thunderbolts intervention. It meant that she had some time to head to New York and spend some time with the family. It felt like forever since she had spent some time with her family.

After a few days it was quite clear that Mom and Dad had their hands full with Nick and needed a break. Anya volunteered to babysit. Though she wasn't going to do it alone. Even she knew she would need backup so she called His Highness Prince Dork. Not only would he have her back, but it would give the three of them some quality sibling bonding time.

A day at the Bronx Zoo would provide just that.

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	anyastark 2011-10-16 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	"No," she immediately responded. "I've been good and will continue to be on my best behavior." Anya snorted. "Surely one of your wives are single and can date you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"Uh huh. I think the definition of 'best behavior' should be examined." He shook the fry at her again before popping it into his mouth. "It's bad enough I get stalked by photographers. Not going to do that to my friends. Besides, dating one of the wives would be weird. They've all seen me running around the mansion in my underwear pretending to be Spider-man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"If they've seen you wearing your Spidey underoos and still talk to you, then you should definitely date one of them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-10-17 02:20 am UTC (link)

"I'd be a pretty poor friend to put a friend, a /mutant/ friend under the camera." Teasing aside, he brushed Nick's hair back and offered him another fry. "Life's hard enough for us, Anya. I couldn't stand it if some reporter had the idea to dig in their life and ruin it for a headline. So I guess you can say I'm protecting the wives because they're family."

He smiled a little at his sister. "You know what we'll do for family."

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	anyastark 2011-10-17 02:25 am UTC (link)
	"I know," she said. "Just don't shut yourself off to the possibility of some happiness just because you /think/ something may happen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"I won't." He nudged her knee. "I'm sure there's a redhead out there just waiting to melt me down. Just like there's trouble out there for you. Anybody I need to threaten in fine brotherly fashion that hasn't been reported in the papers?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"Nope. It's the one area of my life that's sadly lacking. Which I guess is good considering how busy my professional life is. If I were to have a boyfriend, they would be neglected." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"You're either totally serious, or you're trying to put me off so I don't discover some deep, dark secret. Hrm...no wonder you're eager to toss me at Mom for Monkey Boy's new habit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"Serious as a heart attack," she said. "I've been so busy with work that I don't have time for anything else. I barely have time for sleep. So I'm not seeing anyone and I don't have any plans to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 02:57 am UTC (link)
	"All right. Maybe I should be Pepper Jr. so I can keep an eye on you. Not sleeping? Not good, brat, not good. How can you hope to keep up with us guys if you don't take care of yourself? Right Monkey?" Misha looked around for the toddler. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"It's genetic," she said. "Mom and Dad don't sleep much. Only natural that I don't sl...." She stopped. She noticed him looking around. There were people, animals and...no Nick. "Where's Nick?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"He was just here cramming his face with fries." Misha got up to look under the bench seat. "Nick, where are you buddy? Sister Brat is going to buy us ice cream. Come on and let's go get it!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 03:10 am UTC (link)
	"Nick!" Anya called out as she started walking around the immediate area. "Nick! This isn't funny! Mom's going to kill your two older siblings if we lost you!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 03:27 am UTC (link)
	"Her heir and spare are out of a job," Misha muttered. "Okay, you go that way and I'll go this way, and check /everything/, even the trash. If you see one of our guards, get them to looking!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 03:39 am UTC (link)
	"Mom's going to /kill/ us. If we're lucky," Anya said. "Got it. Hopefully we'll find him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-18 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"We'll find him." Misha made it sound as positive as he could. "He couldn't have gotten far." With that, he turned to scour the path and everything along it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-18 01:53 pm UTC (link)
	"We are so dead," Anya muttered as she looked around. "Nick! Nick where are you?" She searched frantically. Mom was going to kill them. The kid hadn't even made it to his first birthday without something happening. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-19 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	How had the kid manage it with them right /there/? Misha dodged around groups of people, checking every dark haired little boy he saw. He muttered apologies and kept going. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-20 03:25 am UTC (link)
	It seems like someone had inherited Mom's super stealthy spy genes. It was like two seconds and he disappeared. "Nick!" Anya yelled. She was almost at panic stage. The monkeys were starting to cause a commotion. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-20 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	The uproar in the monkey cage got Misha's attention. It momentarily diverted his attention from dire thoughts of an ugly death when Mom and Stark found out they'd lost Nick. He looked back in Anya's direction. "Anya! Do you see him?!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-20 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	The commotion in the monkey enclosure caught her attention and she turned and looked. "Yeah, I see him. Maybe calling him monkey wasn't such a good idea. He went to go be with his kind." She pointed to the monkey enclosure. Sure enough there was Nick sitting there and playing with a few chimps. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-21 10:06 pm UTC (link)
	Misha followed her gaze and his jaw dropped. /How/ did that kid manage to get into the monkey cage? He walked back toward them. "Maybe he really is part monkey. Mom is still going to kill us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-21 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm beginning to think that," she said. "Let's get him out of there and if we're lucky, Mom won't find out." There was a very slim chance of that, but they could get lucky. Anya headed toward the building that housed the primates. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-22 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"Since when have we ever kept a secret from Mom if we both know it?" He followed. Monkey was going to get them into trouble, he just knew it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-22 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"It could happen!" she insisted. They reached the building and an employee was bringing their brother out. "Thank you so much," she said as she took Nick from the man. "I don't know how he got in there." "'Key!" Nick said. "He must have followed me in on my heels and I didn't notice," the man said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)