Carmen AU

By: FuanhoMisaki

(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)

"What the hell are you thinking breaking into here in the middle of the night Nick? Do you know how close you came to being shot?" Ivy demanded as she glared at her new boss who was sitting in her and her wife's living room casually as if he owned the place with a tense and alert small red haired girl next to him.

It had been close to five years since Ivy and Carmen were married and three years since Ivy began to work for SHIELD where she had quickly risen through the ranks.

It had been one year since she and Carmen had found a 084 child that was only about eight years old and in the foster system. Poor girl had been given the name Mary Sue by the nuns but decided to call herself Skye. A name that became official when Ivy and Carmen adopted her after hearing about how she fell through every crack and crevice in the foster system and kept paying the price for it.

Little Skye Sandiego had taken several months to realize that her new mothers weren't going to abandon her or send her back…and then she seemed to take after Carmen a bit too much. Although she was a natural when it came to anything electronic…she had apparently learned how to steal food and other such things when she was with one of her many former foster parents. Carmen was just refining what her daughter had already learned.

"Ivy meet Natasha Romanoff aka the Black Widow. Natasha this is your new mom Ivy, her wife Carmen is out at the moment with your little sister Skye." Nick said ignoring what Ivy had said as he motioned between the two in introduction.

"You have ten seconds to start explaining before I use you as a new practice dummy." Ivy said flatly to her boss.

"She's been trained to be an assassin since she was younger than Skye. She's the best in the world, we sent one of our best specialists to cross her off but he brought her in instead. She's been mostly deprogrammed but she's still a child. If I don't leave her with someone I trust who can at least handle their own against her then the World Council will eliminate her permanently. You're already watching after and raising a 084, you have more black-belts than most people know exist, and your wife is the best damn thief in the world. You're the only ones who can handle raising her." Fury said while Natasha studied the taller red head who looked at her and then smiled a bit after being silent for a full two minutes.

"How old are you?" Ivy asked smiling at Natasha who stared at her for a minute.

"Fourteen." Natasha finally admitted making Ivy nod her head.

"Not much older than I was when I started being sent after criminals. Now what do you want to do Natasha? While I'd certainly be happy to adopt you, and my wife wouldn't mind a bit, I want to know what you want to do." Ivy said making Natasha look a bit torn but trying to hide it as Ivy gave her a soft smile that all of Natasha's training told her was real. There was no ulterior motives behind the smile and offer.

"I…I have a lot of red in my ledger. If I die…I can't try to erase it." Natasha said finally after a moment making Ivy smile at her.

"Well then welcome to the family Natasha. I take it you already filed the paperwork before coming here Nick?" Ivy asked smiling warmly at Natasha and slowly gently moving her hand to run it through the teenagers short curly red hair that was actually kind of like her own.

"Yeah. She'll be joining SHIELD as a specialists when she turns sixteen, it was one of the things that the Council insisted on if she wasn't going to be terminated." Fury said with a nod as he moved to leave, only for the door to open and Carmen and Skye to come in laughing.

"Mama! Me and mommy stole a Quinjet!" Skye cried happily as she ran to Ivy who sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Sandiego." Fury said his eye narrowing on the master thief who grinned slightly sheepishly at him.

"Don't worry. It was meant to be decommissioned anyways, I figured it'd be a good start on Skye's engineering lessons as we fix it up. Who's your mini-me dear?" Carmen asked walking over to her wife who now had Skye on her hip and Natasha looking at them all tensely as if expecting to have to fight.

"Carmen this is our new daughter Natasha. Skye this is your big sister. Natasha this is my wife and your other new mom Carmen, and your new baby sister Skye." Ivy said without missing a beat and making Skye frown slightly.

"Now that you have her I'm being sent back aren't I?" Skye asked surprisingly serious and well spoken for an eight year old.

"Not a chance. She's your big sister Skye. That means we're keeping and raising both of you. She's like you…she didn't have a mommy or daddy or a good home until recently." Ivy said gently to her younger daughter who paused at that and looked at Natasha who stared back at her.

"No good home? Does that mean she has scars like mine?" Skye asked softly as she stared at Natasha who stared back before pulling up her shirt a bit to show the scar on her stomach from her graduation ceremony from Red Room.

"You have scars like mine. You don't have to worry though! Mama and mommy both have scars too, and they don't hurt me so they won't hurt you. They teach me lots of really cool things too so they can teach you something you like!" Skye rambled a bit to her new sister as she moved her shirt enough to show the knife mark on her chest from where one former foster dad had slashed at her.

Natasha stared at Skye for a minute as she got down from Ivy's arms and then Natasha's arms lashed out and wrapped around the smaller girl who blinked up at her and then grinned and hugged her back.

Natasha looked up at Fury, Ivy and Carmen at that moment and kept Skye pulled close and put her chin on the smaller girls head.

"My baby spider."

"Don't you mean sister?" Fury asked earning a flat look from Natasha.

"Did I fucking stutter?" Carmen put a hand over her eyes and Skye giggled a bit at the bad word.

Ivy just grinned.

"Yep she's mine alright."