Antonia Sarah Stark's life had been full of ups and downs. And today was no different, though her father much rather hated the idea of her joining the one government agency that he wanted nothing to do with. It was the fact that it happened the day after graduation. Was there any doubt that she would excel out of a lab like she excelled within a lab?

Sarah as everyone called her valued her opinion and foresight in anything they were doing she had graduated MIT at age 16. She was beautiful, funny, talented, smart, and kind-hearted. Her eyes were the color of sapphires. Her hair as dark as a raven's wings and her skin were kissed by the sun. She had one A-lister superhero boyfriend in Johnny Storm, but that turned south when he found his soulmate. Victoria VonDoom who was two years older than she and the daughter of Victor VonDoom or as she liked to call him Victor VonDuchbag. 

Sarah had a strong relationship with her father, even though he told her she had an older brother he would never tell her who. It was on the eve of her 17th birthday did she receive her soulmark. Unlike most soulmarks that had only two people involved hers would include herself and two others. It was an odd mark it was a red star in the middle of a white star, and the white star was in the middle of an Arc Reactor. Like the one that powered her father's plant in California. 

Sarah had a taste for the finer things in life, she could play anything she could get her hands on and could turn a watch into a swiss army knife. Though she was recruited for S.H.I.E.L.D's Research and Development department, she had an adventurous streak. Though she was a Stark and she was smart, she also liked helping people and would often find herself on assignment. This time was no different, Sarah was in Qatar as a liaison for intelligence. She was the most qualified for the assignment and Fury told her to go.

Captian Lennox and his team were who she was assigned to which right now she was in the back of an Osprey listening to the guys reminisce about good times "Hey Sarah, what about you?" Figg asked.

Sarah looked up "Well, I really don't have a good day, I usually spend it in the workshop or listen to Director Fury bitch about something Agent Barton did." she replied

"I've been meaning to ask Sarah, how old are you?" Epps asked

"I am 17, why do you ask?" she replied.

This got a lot of shocked looks from the others "I am a Stark, it is implied." Sarah added

"We get your Tony Stark's daughter, but 17? Isn't your father worried about you?" Epps asked

"He knows I can handle myself, Epps, besides I love helping out you boys and my dad can't stand S.H.I.E.L.D considering how my grandfather Howard Stark founded it," she said. 

Lennox nodded "My grandfather Howard, not only founded S.H.I.E.L.D, but he was a part of Project Rebirth, and the Manhattan project." she added

"Wait Project Rebirth as in the same program that produced Captain America?!" Figg exclaimed

"The very one, so Lennox I hear you have a little girl Congrats are you excited to meet her?" Sarah asked

"I am," Lennox said

"Awe he is so adorable!" The others exclaimed causing her to laugh.

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As soon as they landed she headed for the coms tent to inform Director Fury of the situation and what groups should be watched. The Ten Rings unnerved her having seen their handy work "Agent Stark, how are things in Qatar?" Director Fury asked as his face came on screen

"Sir, there has been a group of insertions engaging US and Allied forces all over the place, I fear they are getting their hands on some expensive toys to be shelling civilians to hell the way they have been," she said

"Do you have a name of this group?" Fury asked

"They call themselves the Ten Rings sir," she replied.

When Fury had finished giving her, her next set of orders Sarah went to the women's only showers and got cleaned up before heading to her tent. 

Sarah had a keen eye for detail and knew something wasn't right. She put her boots back on and headed back outside as explosions sounded off in the distance "THEY BOMBED THE ANTENNA FARM WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" Epps exclaimed.

Sarah raced to her tent and grabbed her gear and rallied with Lennox and the others. They were under attack alright by something heavy and metal "This is not good." she said tagging it and sending the image to S.H.I.E.L.D HQ. 

Whatever it was had to be cybertronian. Its red eyes told her it had connections to the three seekers under S.H.I.E.L.D's pay. Those three had been with S.H.I.E.L.D when they were P51 Mustangs. It went for her and she dove under a tank as Figg distracted it. This was the Life Of A Teenage Genius in the middle of a damn warzone...