Maria assimilated all the information and didn't realize that the sun was already shinning. Torunn warned that they had five days to complete the mission. Now Maria had to find an excuse to not to attend the meeting with Stark and later not meet with Fury. Go through Stark it would be easy, now to fool Fury... More complicated.

Pym: I'm hungry.

Azari: Me too.

Francis: We are all hungry. You have nothing in your refrigerator.

Hill: I'm not a babysitter, you are grown older, go out to eat.

James: We have no money. Not from this time.

Hill sighed.

H: It was just what I needed. Here, take it and go buy something to eat and come back immediately, do not leave here. I'll take a bath and go back to Avengers base, I will return before noon.

Francis: Can I join you?

Francis flirted. Hill just look at him. After that look, Francis would never joke with Maria again..

F: Well... Lets go, Torunn.

They all stood to leave.

F: Hey, hey, hey, where do you think you're going? Y'all can sit and wait.

P: I can't stand to be here in this apartment anymore, I want to go out.

F: Pym, you always flee and got trouble, act like a man and stay here.

Q: I am a man!

A: No, you are a chicken, frightened, fearful!

Pym flushed with anger, his temper was very explosive, he advanced upon Azari. James held him.

J: Pym, we have a mission, remember? I need you to help us. I need you to stay here and take care of the apartment. You and Azari are better at it. I don't trust anyone to do this, but you and Azari. So what you say?

Pym calmed down and sat on the couch.

Francis: Ham... James, you can stay too, and I will bring all. Me and Torunn.

Said Francis, already putting his arm around Torunn. Torunn at the same time held his wrist and twisted, making him go to the ground.

T: I've told you, do not to touch me, I am not yours.

F: Hey, calm down, girl.

Torunn released him and left the apartment, slamming the door.

F: She is just jealous of Hill.

James shook his head.

J: Come on.

While they were in search for breakfast, Hill got ready and went back to the base of the Avengers, the corridors were empty, so they only could be at the dining room having breakfast.

In the dining room, they were all there except Natasha. The same groups. Maria began to imagine them dead and even shuddered at the idea.

Tony seeing Maria looking exhausted, decided to make a joke.

T: By the Gods, Maria. A makeup doesn't hurt.

M: A cyanide in your coffee also wouldn't hurt, Stark.

Maria noticed that Steve and Sharon were sitting very close this time.

M: Tony, I need to adjourn our meeting.

T: Ham, no, no, Pepper is already here, yesterday we didn't conclude anything. You know that we have to close it today. We're waiting for you in the meeting room.

Hill didn't have time to contest. She also concluded that she would have time enough to deal with the meeting with Stark and Pepper.

Hill was hungry and decided to have breakfast, she got eggs and bacon on her plate, she grabbed a glass of juice, put all in the tray and went to sit at the table of the leader of the Avengers.

S: Good morning, Hill.

M: Morning, Captain Rogers.

Sharon was very smiley and put her hand on the shoulder of Steve, staring Maria.

Sharon: Guess what?

Maria hates this kind of collegial attitude, she sighed and rolled her eyes.

M: What?

Sharon: There's a new couple here at the base of the Avengers.

Sharon was super excited.

M: Really? Where?

Sharon frowned. Maria didn't care.

Sharon: Me and Steve.

Maria was not surprised and neither was happy or sad with the news, she did not care and she has no shame to show that she don't care.

M: Well, congratulations.

She said unimportant and went back to eating. Natasha arrived with her breakfast tray and sat next to Maria.

M: Oh, Natasha. Finally decided to give us the honor of your presence.

Sharon: How are you? I hope you're feeling better.

Natasha looked at Maria, then to Sharon, who was almost sittind on Steve.

N: I'm fine.

M: Have you heard the news? New couple of the Avengers...

Maria said, looking to Steve and Sharon. Natasha looked to Steve and Sharon, indifferently.

M: Every day more, this place looks like a motel, right?

N: Everyone has right to dating. Steve and Sharon were obviously made for each other.

Natasha spoke to indicate that she was excluding both Steve and Sharon from the conversation, even though they were talking about them. Steve got angry, but he wasn't sad as before. He had already finished eating, so he rose from the table, followed by Sharon.

S: Excuse me Hill... Romanoff. I'll start the training, I'll wait for you there.

Steve said looking at Natasha. He was cold as the time that Ultron was attacking the world.

Sharon: Ham... Natasha, I hope you don't mind, but I want to command the training today with Steve. As you just recover, you can rest a little more.

Steve looked at Sharon confused because she hadn't talked about it with him before and he doesn't like to be caught off guard. Natasha swallowed, she was the co-leader, regardless of Sharon dating Steve or not, but she didn't want Steve to think she's jealous and only nodded.

Sharon held Steve's hand and they left the dining room.

M: Natasha, I need a favor. I have personal business to attend to today, Fury can't know about it.

N: Oh, lying to the big boss, huh?

M: Natasha...

N: Okay. I cover you.

M: I owe you one.

N: Two!

Natasha and Maria left the dining room. Maria went to the meeting and Natasha headed to do what she knows best... Spying.

She went to the training center and watched Steve and Sharon running the training of Wanda, Pietro and Vision. Falcon and Rhodey were training hand-to-hand.

It hurt to see that, in fact, Steve and Sharon got along so well together, they seemed a nice couple. It was all that she wanted to Steve, someone who was gentle and honest with him. Natasha knew Steve deserve a woman like Sharon. Natasha was sad and happy for him, but this jealousy... It is so hard to disguise, Natasha needed to stay away from them.

Natasha decided to contact Clint, and asked if she could spend a few days on the farm with him. Clint, of course accepted. Natasha explained that she would be late because she is covering Hill today.

...

James, Francis and Torunn took nearly 2 hours to buy food. They were curious with the current time, stopped to see everything, laughed of technologies "old", the way people dress and etc. When they returned, Pym and Azari was sleeping. They ate, and decided to watch TV while expecting Maria to arrive, but Maria didn't come home and it was 2:00 pm.

F: We have to go there.

T: Of course not, our parents are there.

F: She'll be late, she always loses the time, you know.

J: Call her.

They called and got into the mailbox, because Hill forgot to recharge the phone.

T: No reply. Maybe something happened?

F: I'm going there, who want to follow me?

J: What if your father see you, the story changes, you may not born in the future.

F: Do you think I care? Maybe it's better this way, the world with Avengers than the world with Ultron. Did you like to grow up without your father and mother? Are you happy?

James and the others were silent. It was true what Francis said, it was awful growing up without their parents, hiding, always living under threat. No, none of them were happy.

J: Our parents died so that we could survive. We can't just wish we were dead. It's not fair to them.

T: James is right. But also Francis. We should find Maria.

J: Okay. We need to disguise.

James, Torunn and Francis headed to Avengers base and ordered Pym and Azari to stay. It didn't help much because followed them, hidden.

James talked the importance of not being seen by their parents.

They got cadet clothes, which is kind a school of Avengers Agents, they learn to shoot, strategy, pilot and they are used in small missions.

James picked up his tablet and accessed the Base plan of the Avengers, he noticed that it had a special room just for SHIELD, and had a meeting room.

J: She must be in the meeting room.

F: She's SHIELD, so obviously she is in SHIELD room.

T: She said she was meeting with Stark, so they are in the meeting room.

F: You're always on his side.

Torunn looked confused.

F: If you have sure, go there.

T: What about you?

F: I'm going to SHIELD room.

J: Don't be stubborn, Francis.

F: Will you try to stop me?

T: Stop, Francis. Why do you have to be like that?

F: Why did you only defend him?

T: I'm not defending anyone, I'm using the reason here. Francis, please...

Francis turned away and disappeared. Torunn sighed.

J: He act like this, because he likes you.

T: I know.

J: You know?

T: I'm not dumb, I notice everything. You can't fool me.

James suddenly turned red. Does she notices me, too? This means that she knows? James thought.

T: Come on, we don't have much time.

They began to run and sneak through the halls when there was no way to hide, they only disguised like thay were in training and waiting for their instructors. When they ran past a whole aisle of glass, James looked down and slowed.

Torunn that was more up front, noted that James stopped and went to him.

T: James, are you tired? We must go.

James was speechless, he approached the railing and looked at the training center the new avengers were training, but that's was not what got his attention.

J: It's my father.

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