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 2011-10-22 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you so much," Anya said. "This little guy is a handful." "Yeah. Thankfully it was the chimps. You're welcome," the man said. "Just part of my job." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-23 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	Misha shook a finger under Nick's nose. "What were you doing, hunting for new family? Tough luck, Monkey Boy, you're stuck with us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-23 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	"Key!" Nick said and pointed to the chimps. "I think we've had enough of the monkeys for one day," Anya told him. She turned to her brother. "Let's get Monkey Boy home to Mom before he runs off on us again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-24 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"If you insist." Misha gently pointed the toddler's finger back at Nick's own nose. "Monkey! You are a monkey, kiddo." He sighed and nodded. "Probably for the best. If bad luck comes in threes, we don't dare risk two and three." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-24 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	"'Key!" he parroted. "Agreed. With this one he could end up in the lion enclosure and then Mom would put us in there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-24 04:52 pm UTC (link)
	"You just have to come up with the worst possible scenario for the zoo, doncha?" He shook his finger in Anya's direct. "Princess Brat. Say Brat, Monkey Boy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-25 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	"No, but you know it could happen." She always thought of the worst possible scenario. It actually helped with work. "'At!" Nick parroted. "Let's go home. I think we've had enough excitement for one day." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-25 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	"Right. Let's go back and face the redhead." Thinking about how bad bad could get gave Misha a headache. At least he didn't have to run a business. All he had to do was keep ahead of one very persistent AI and some random fans. He held out his hands in an offer to take Nick. "Good, Monkey Boy! Now keep practicing. Brat. Princess Brat." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-26 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Anya passed Nick to him. Nick got heavy pretty quickly. "Here you go. You can have the little monkey." "'Key!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-26 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"I think you're right," Misha said to Nick as he hoisted him up to ride high against his shoulder. "Princess Brat-key has a nice ring to it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-26 02:34 am UTC (link)
	"I'm never going to win against you two, am I?" she asked as they started heading toward the zoo exit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-27 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Give up now and save us all years of embarrassing realization when you're ganged up on," he said cheerfully. "It's about time the balance shifts our way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-27 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not going down without a fight. Never." She grinned and tugged on a chubby little foot. Nick giggled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-27 02:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Princess Brat-Monkey is funny, isn't she? Tell her how funny she is, Monkey Boy." "Key!" "You heard it, Brat. The balance of power is shifting right under your feet!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-27 02:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, yeah. I'll remember this when I rule the world. Then the two of you are in trouble." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-28 02:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Maybe, but I suspect it won't be /this/ world." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-30 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"Har har," she said. "Let's drop Monkey Boy off before Mom hears about the zoo. With any luck we can be on the other side of the Earth and have new identities before she does." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-30 04:34 pm UTC (link)
	"There was no tragedy," Misha reasoned, trying to put a better spin on things. "Monkey Boy is fine, there was no damage, no villain, and sneaking into the monkey cage is not the most dangerous thing one of us has done as a kid." He paused. "Right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-30 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Do you really want to risk it? I know I'm going to put at least a few states between me and Mom before it hits the tabloids." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-10-31 02:50 pm UTC (link)

"I'll try outer space. If she manages to catch up with me, I'll remind her that I'm one of a kind and she can't make another me." He removed some hair strands from Nick's fingers as they walked. "And point out that no monkeys were hurt in the retrieval process. I didn't see any photographers around. C'mon, if we'd been caught, Mom would already be blowing up our phones with calls."

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	anyastark 2011-10-31 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	"I still say we'll catch hell for this," she said as they made their way out of the zoo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-10-31 03:05 pm UTC (link)

"Think positive. What could Mom do to us? Seriously? We didn't do it on purpose. The kid snuck away like he was already in spy training-"

"KEY!"

"Yeah, to see the monkeys. We found him almost immediately. He's fine. The monkeys are fine. Now that we know he moves that fast and quiet, we'll be on the lookout for the next time. I bet she didn't know he could do this so we're providing new intel. She can't do anything worse to us than what we do to ourselves on a regular basis. Right?"

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	anyastark 2011-10-31 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't know what she'll do, but I'm not going to risk it. Even if she doesn't /do/ anything I don't want to hear a lecture about being irresponsible." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-31 03:20 pm UTC (link)
	"You're /not/ irresponsible," Misha told her firmly. "You /were,/ but you were also a dumb kid like the rest of us, and now you're not. And even when you were a dumb kid, you'd have never put your baby brother in danger of any sort. This was dumb luck and smart baby, and if Mom feels the need to lecture about irresponsibility, she can lecture me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-31 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Please. You're the poster-boy for responsibility. She'll never lecture you about responsibility." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)