Episode 3: Young Maya Lopez

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"Like the movie Pete's dragon?" Kate laughed.

"Exactly, yes."

"What if they learned to come into our world?"

"Well, that would make them stronger." He nodded.

"Seriously though, dragons are pretty cool," Tony smirked.

"I thought I was going to school with kids like me?" Maya signed.

"It's impossible. See, you are one of a kind."

"But you said we could pay for the deaf school," Maya frowned.

"I'm sorry," he signed, sincerely, "But in the end, it'll be better for you."

Maya frowned and looked down at her hands.

'Are you okay?' Nat signed.

'I'm fine. Thank you, Black Widow,' Maya replied.

'Call me Nat," she looked up at Maya kindly.

Maya nodded in return. 'Nat seemed like someone she could trust,' she thought as she smiled.

"Will I have to stop signing?" She asked.

"No. You have to learn to jump between two worlds," her father smiled.

Tears started to flow down Maya's cheek once more. Natasha noticed and sat next to the woman for support. Maya looked at her in gratitude.

"How?"

"Just by watching," her father looked lovingly at his daughter as the scene changed once more.

"He looked like a wonderful father," T'Challa spoke to Maya, as Nat signed it for her.

Maya nodded as the Voice translated what she signed for the room, "he was. I miss him so much."

"I'm sorry for your loss," Steve commented sincerely; Clint signing what he said for her.

Maya nodded in thanks and turned back to the screen.

The scene showed children in a karate academy. Maya sat on the floor; watching carefully as two children fought.

"Hey! I did karate!" Kate expressed eagerly.

Children exclaim in awe as an opponent tripped the other child.

"All right, class. Water break," the instructor announced.

"I could do with some water actually," Bruce noted as he finished eating a butterscotch. He smiled as the room answered his request; a bottle of water appearing in his hands.

"Thank you," he chuckled.

Maya sat on the bench and looked through her rucksack as her father kneeled down in front of her.

"Hey, be good in class today," he smiled, signing,  "But remember, for your match, it's more about speed than size."

"Very good advise," Nat nodded in approval as Maya looked at her father with nothing but love and sadness.

Maya nodded.

"Hmm? Uncle will take you home after class. I'll see you tonight," he smiled before leaving.

The man known as 'uncle' stepped forward and gently pinched Maya's cheek. She smiled warmly as the man chuckled.

Maya noticeably tensed at the mention of her uncle and Clint looked up at her, a thought entering his mind.

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