61. panic

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Devon went to get Isaac some new clothes and some stuff for his room. She really did go above and beyond for this kid. She wanted to give him a life what she wished she could have, with Melina and Alexei or with her actual parents.

River, Foggy and Karen were going to stop by and meet him. They needed their stories straight, in case anyone asks. Foggy and River didn't seem to be bother that much, its a kid who was in a horrible place, why not. And we all know what Karen thinks...

"Okay, run down." Matt said as Devon and him leaned against the couch, testing Isaac. He stood in front of them.

"Fine." He sighs. "You guys are married, Devon doesn't have Murdock as her last name because she wanted to keep it. River is Devons twin brother, my fake uncle, who works as an IT guy for all of New York and lives with my fake grandmother, Giana, who is a stay at home widow, travels a bunch, now gave River the loft to him." Devon nods. "We don't talk about Natasha or Yelena, only when around Foggy, River, Karen and Frank?" They nod. "Foggy, aka Uncle Fogs is Matts friend from college and now has a law firm together. Hes down to earth, cares a lot about everyone and gives off golden retriever energy." Really spot on. "Karen, she works with Matt and Devon, has a bad relationship with Devon because she is Red Widow." Devon rolled her eyes. "She just a family friend. Uhhh Frank, aka the punisher, Devons bestie, dont talk about him." Devon looks at Matt.

"Good enough."

"And just in time." Matt said. He goes and opens the door for them, entering the place. River walks in, holding boxes and puts them on the ground.

"What is all this?" Devon walks up to it.

"Well, mom kept all of my comics, CDs, books and some other stuff when i went to college and got rid of stuff back then, so I thought i'll give it to Isaac." River smiles. Isaac comes around, waving at everyone.

"This is Isaac." Matt introduces. "His new name is Leo Murdock, so please be careful when talking him."

"Hey, i guess im your uncle Foggy." Foggy goes up and shakes his hand.

"And Im your uncle River." He waves.

"Karen Page, just call me Karen. Whatever makes you comfortable."

"Cool." Isaac bops his head. "Thanks for covering for me. I know me being here is already risky, but hopefully this will go by and we can really get know one another."

"You got some cool parents looking after you." Foggy goes on. "Devon and Matt have your back."

"Here, you can take these to your room, scan through them, take what you like. I don't need them anymore. Go crazy."

"Thanks." River hands him the heavy box, Isaac didn't seem to affect him. The five of them stood around. Wondering what to say.

"Thanks, for this." Devon says. "We need to make this believable as possible."

"Is he going to school?"

"We got some lined up to go today, hopefully they let him in." Matt says. "We say this to nobody. If people start to ask, let us know."

"Where did you find him?" Karen asks.

"HYDRA, they were transporting him here. Dont know, neither does he. Hes good." Devon told her.

"Im sorry, HYDRA? As in the nazi organization?" Devon nods. Foggy starts to freak out.

"I got it under control." She calms him down.

"Meaning that if they start to suspect you, you'll kill him." Here we go, Karen and her mouth.

"Will you just drop it?" River tells her. "She is trying to do the right thing. She saved this kid from probably becoming the new Winter Soldier." He stands up for her. "I dont see you doing anything but write articles about criminals that usually ends up hurting Matt and Devon. How bout you get down from your high horse and start becoming a good friend." Karen stayed silent. "Good, well, if my new nephew needs anything, let me know. I gotta go, i have to meet Rebecca for lunch." River kisses Devon's head, saying to Matt and Foggy and nothing to Karen.

"same here. Marcie wants to talk about stuff for the apartment. Im here help you with anything for Leo..." He snaps his fingers as he gets it right, he's been practicing so he won't mess it up. "Good luck with the schools." Foggy looks at Karen.

"I will keep this secret. I will not say a word." They both left. Devon sighs.

"Hey..." Matt holds her. "Its going to work."

"I know." She looks at Isaacs room, already decorating his room. He will have some time to adjust. Lucky him to have River, Foggy and Karen in his life.

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Devon, Matt and Isaac drove around, school after school. Either all said they were not accepting any transfers since the semester is already started, or they did not have the room. They had drove over to this school, Midtown High. It was in Queens, not too far, especially when Devon had to drop off and pick up Isaac.

"Not too bad." Isaac looks at the school. Matt wore his work suit, while Devon actually wore heels and dressed professionally. She even wore fake glasses to this. Isaac walks in front of them, Matt and Devon walking slowly.

"You need to calm down. Your heart might explode." Matt jokes.

"I hate when you do that." She whispers to him. "What if-"

"We will find him a school, they're plenty of them here. What is the worse that can happen?" They made it in, they had went to the front office, waiting to be attended to.

"What can we help you today?" The lady said. Matt and Devon smiled as Isaac was at awe.

"Hi! I am Devon and this is my husband Matt." Devon drops the accent. Matt gave them a cheeky smile. "We wanted to enroll our son, Leo, here. We heard great things about this school and Leo just came back from his studies from Europe, he wanted to stay home and go to school here." Such a suck up. Devon hated that.

"Sure, just need to fill out some paperwork and he is good." She starts handing out the papers to Devon. "You guys can sit there." The three sat down at the table in the corner, Devon copying what Mason had on the papers.

"Told you." Matt leans in.

"Leo, right?" A blonde girl comes up to the table. "Hi im Betty Bryant, Im pretty much the student president here, i also do the Midtown News, youll get your school news for the one and only! I can show you around." Isaac looks at Devon, she nods. He slowly gets up and walks with her. "You studied in Europe?"

"Yeah, my mom thought it will look good for my college applications." He lied.

"That's amazing! Sometime this summer we are going to Europe, you should totally join! It will be nice to have someone already familiar, Mr. Harrington isn't that great with the directions and Mr. Dell is just going to relax and try not to be bothered."

"No, for sure, I'll like that."Matt taps Devons arm.

"You okay?"

"Im fine." Devon continues the paperwork. once Devon finishes and Betty came back with Isaac, it was time to pick classes, sports and activities. Isaac got some great stuff and it was time to leave. "So, what do you think?"

"Its cool. Theres everything for everyone here." They decided to go eat some dinner out at a random restaurant. They enjoyed, smiled and kept to themselves. Devon held Matt close to her as they walked out. As they were walking, Devon stops as she sees a familiar face. She turned white, couldn't say a word. It was like seeing a ghost.

"Devon?" Matt stops and goes to her. Isaac, runs back to her, checking if shes okay. She looks back, gone.

"We have to go." Matt puts Isaac back in the car and Devon driving far as possible from where they were. They made back to the apartment, Devon trying to calm down, locking windows and doors.

"Is everything okay?" Isaac asks.

"Just taking precaution." Matt comes back. Nothing. She starts to calm down a bit.

"You saw someone who might've been looking for me?" Devon stayed quiet. "does that mean i get gun? I saw the collection you have and it-"

"No." Matt and Devon said as they walked around.

"Damn, okay." He goes to his room. Matt takes her hand.

"What did you see?"

"Someone. I thought I saw someone from long ago." Devon rubs her eyes. "Its my mind messing with me. It cant be true."

"Are you sure?"

"When i did a double take, he was gone." Isaac comes out. He was holding a book. A book Devon used to get so annoyed with when she was a kid. Rivers old pun and joke book.

"What do you call the wife of a hippie?" He waited for one of them to say something. "A Mississippi." He laughs.

"Oh my god." Devon groans.

"These are classics!" Isaac followed her. She will be having a chat with River later. "Listen to this one! "What washes up on tiny beaches? Microwaves!" He bursts into laughter. Matt went to take a shower, as Devon and Isaac sat down on the dining room. She drank her coffee. "I made a pun about the wind but it blows."

"Please stop." Isaac closes the book. He ate his cereal as she drank her coffee, looking at emails from Foggy.

"Devon?" She hums as in response. "Did you know that diarrhea is hereditary?" Devon stops scrolling.

"What?" She looks at him. So interested.

"Yeah, it runs in your jeans." Isaac starts to laugh. He had her. Devon held in her laugh, trying to read the emails again.

"That was stupid." She shakes her head.

"You want to laugh, i know you do!" They both looked at each other and lost it. They started to laugh and cry from how stupid the joke was. Matt overheard. He hasn't heard Devon laugh like that at all. She hasn't laughed like this since she was a kid.

"Im losing it."

"Oh yeah, big time!" They started to calm down. Devons stomach started to hurt from all the laughter. They stayed up a little longer but called it since he had school the next morning. Just as Devon walks to her room, Isaac stops her. "Whatever you saw today, theres no way anyone knows im here, right?" Isaac looks at her shyly.

"Nobody is going to find us." Isaac nods, trusting her word.

"Okay." He closes his door. Devon puts down her computer, puts on her suit, headed up to the roof to stake out. She walked around the buildings roof. The things she does for that kid.