She's baaaaackkkk! Welcome back, here's part 2 of Bailey Starks journey.

Chapter 1

I sat on the floor of the dojo stretching with Leo as the others followed. The dojo was covered with different weapons and Japanese art, and the floor has those gymnasium mats that stretched across the whole room. The mats have silver duct tape all over them, but still did their job. Elek was going to watch in the corner of the room, and away from us. With my luck someone would go flying into Elek and break him, I'll have something else to worry about other than learning ninjitsu. When Splinter came in the four brothers stood side by side next to each other and Mikey motioned me to stand next to him. I did, and Splinter made the guys practices some katas.

"Ms. Stark, we will be starting with the basics over here." Splinter motioned to the other side of the room. I nodded and followed the old rat. "Today I will start to teach you what ninjitsu is and to finish our lesson we will meditate."

"Great." No fighting? What was this? I wanted to learn how to fight, not sleep! I bit back my disappointment and sat down with my legs crisscrossed.

"Ninjitsu is the ancient art of the ninja shadow warriors of Japan. It is a complete fighting system dealing with the Physical, mental and spiritual aspects of student development. We follow Bushido which is a strict Samurai Code that contains seven virtues; rectitude, courage, benevolence, respect, honesty, honor, and loyalty." Splinter explained as he went into the history and importance, to him.

About an hour later, the guys finished sparring and sat next to me as Splinter announced it was time for meditation, which he explained the basics. I don't know how, but I was able to sit comfortable in lotus position, which was basically an inside out crisscross, I guess you can say.

I have to say the history of this art was interesting and I wanted to think about it and do more research, but Splinter told me to empty my mind. I had my eyes closed and tried to clear my mind of all thoughts and focus on my breath. I know sounds really weird.

"Focus on your breath leaving and returning into your body, giving you peace." Splinter said in a calm voice.

Inhale…exhale…...inhale...exhale…...inhale…exhale.

"Let the peace cover you in a barrier of protection and calmness."

My whole body felt numb as I blocked out all thoughts. Dad's face is going to be hysterical when he sees me doing this at home.

"Ms. Stark, do not think. I know it seems odd, but thinking leads to bad thoughts that cause you stress." I guess I had my thinking face on.

I kept my eyes shut. "There's always something going on up here."

That rat chuckled. "Which is why you are constantly worried about your father and makes you so set on learning ninjitsu."

I sighed. "Then what do I do?"

"Try harder."

I let my chin rest on my chest. "I am."

"We will stop for today and resume tomorrow." Splinter stood and put his paw on my shoulder. "Do not be discourage, it takes lots of practice."

I groaned and threw my hands in my face.

"Don't worry dudette! None of us got it on the first try." Mikey nudged me with his elbow.

"Thanks Mike." Raph got up and left while Leo stood up to lean against the wall.

"I think you did great, Bailey, your brain activity lowered by 50%." Elek announced.

"Nice to know, but if Splinter doesn't think so then it doesn't matter." I got up and dragged Elek to the kitchen table. "I need something to do, so let's look over some Avengers documents." There was nothing her I could tinker with so studying papers was what I have settled with.

"What if one of the turtles see them?" Elek asked sounding a little uncertain.

"That's fine, I mean, they are a part of the team." I answered as the holographic documents appeared in front of me. I selected one of the documents with a glowing cube on it. What the hell is it? I read the subtitle; The Tesseract. What the actual fuck does that mean? "Elek, what can you get gather up about the Tesseract?" I waited a few seconds.

"It was used in WWII by Johann Schmidt to create deadly weapons, such as bombs, that can disintegrate people by touch." Elek explained.

That sounds like magic more than science. I looked at the floating holograms in front of me and selected Thor's file. I skimmed through it and found out he's royalty in his world called Asgard. It told me his 'superpower', brief life story, and family members. "Look up Thor's father, Odin. Is there anything with him having any connection between him and the Tesseract?"

"Yes, the Tesseract was being held in his artifact chamber, but somehow found its way to a church in Norway. That is when Johann stole it and tried to use its power for destruction." Elek saved the information.

"I wonder, where it is now? Or if someone has it?" I asked mostly myself when Don walked in.

"What are you working on?" He asked sitting across from me.

"Trying to understand that battle that may occur in the near future." I answered while rereading some of Thor's file. "You guys weren't approached by any government agents?"

"Not that I know of." Don shook his head.

"I guess they still can't find you guys." I said setting the holographic file in front of Don. "This is all the info they have on you four."

Don looked closely at his and his family's file. "How the shell did they get a picture of us?"

I glanced up at the picture. "They have their ways. You can show the others if you want. Oh and be careful when you go on patrol, just in case if they called up one of your enemies."

"Thanks." Don smiled and booked it with the hologram.

I continued my study on Thor and his family which led to Steve Rogers because he fought to get back the Tesseract, then that led to Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff. The two are assassins at S.H.I.E.L.D., then I found some information about my grandfather, Howard Stark, since he was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.! He then, of course, led to my dad.

"Bail, we're going out!" Donnie called from the living room.

I walked out after putting the holograms away. "Watch out for those crazy government agents." I teased.

"Dudette, have some faith in us." Mike slung his arms playfully around my shoulders.

"I do, but anything could happen." I crossed my arms. "Hurry up and get going so you can come back."

"Call if there's trouble." Leo said as Mikey ran past him.

"I will." Then they were off.

The night went normally, I made some food for Splinter and me. Then we'd talk and I'd wait on the couch or in Don's lab until they came back. I noticed that when the guys were out the lair kind of gets this lonely and almost eerie atmosphere. Elek was at the table researching while Splinter meditated in his room.

I'd try to mediate sometimes, but I couldn't get rid of the fear and hatred. Ever since dad was captured, this fear of losing him and everything I care about was constantly on my mind. I hated this. I wasn't the fragile and mentally unstable person. Lately, I haven't gotten any sleep because the dreams never went away. For some reason, they've been getting worse. So I don't want the guys to worry; the only solution is to stay awake.

The guys finally returned and Agent Coulson stood next to Leo and Don. He smirked when he saw me.

"I thought I said those files were confidential, Ms. Stark."

"Like I said before, agent, my father and I are close. Whatever he knows I know." I crossed my arms in defiance as I stood.

The turtles did agree to join the Avengers Initiative, and Coulson left promising to keep their existence a secret. We all weren't sure if we could trust him, so we gave him six days to expose us. Let me tell you, those were the most stressful days of my life. Training got tougher, Raph and Leo were always at each other's throat because Leo forbid anyone going topside. I didn't think it was possible but Mikey was ten times more annoying than usual. After that week things calmed down.

We were back in our normal schedule and I've warmed up to the turtles, making the lair felt like a second home to me. As promised, I call my dad every morning and every night. We'd talk about what's going on in each other's lives, and sometimes, I get a little homesick. Like today.

When my alarm went off for six o'clock, I stretched and picked up my phone to call dad. I was already awake, when the alarm went on. Sighing, I pulled the blankets closer to me and called my dad. It rang twice and he answered.

'Morning, Bailey.' He sounded as tired as I should be.

"Morning." I smiled to myself. "How'd you sleep?"

'Didn't.'

"You have to be a better example for me." I teased. "I'm gonna start following in your footsteps." There was a pause.

'Let me guess you're not sleeping either?'

I took a breath as grief spread through me. "I miss you."

'I miss you too, Bail.' He whispered emotion filled his voice, very unlike him. 'I know you want to finish everything over there, but, if you want, take a break and come home.'

I bit my lip to keep from crying. "I can't daddy. I have to finish my training because I know if I do stop for a little; I won't go back."

'Why's that?'

"Everything is great here, but I miss having you around." I put my phone in-between my shoulder and cheek, and walk into the kitchen to grab some cereal. I was exhausted, but I can't sleep.

'I know, baby. It's not the same here either, but let's talk about something else. Have you been working on anything?'

"Not really. You?" I grabbed my cereal and milk and sat at the table. Surprisingly, Leo wasn't even awake.

'More designs for Mark III.' It sounded like he was chewing.

"You're eating breakfast, too?" I took a scoop of my cereal, Wheaties.

'Yup, Wheaties.'

I giggled. "Me too."

'Copy-cat.' He said in his bored sounding voice, but actually, he was listening and interested.

"Yeah, yeah." We both ate more of our breakfast and Leo walked in. "Morning, Leo." I told him and pulled the phone away.

"Morning." He answered and started making his tea.

'Leo's up?' Dad asked trying to keep conversation.

"Yup, but kind of bored. After I'll have training, then that's it for the rest of the day."

'Go talk to Donatello and he'll give you something to do.' He snickered.

"Dad!" I shouted and Leo gave me a confused look. I waved him off.

'I'm teasing!' He laughed. 'I'm gonna go. Go, and make sure you get some sleep.'

"Only if you do."

'No, promises.' I heard him groan.

"What?" I munched on my cereal.

'I got the Expo again tonight.'

"Sucks to be you." I snickered.

'Did you watch last night?'

"Agh, no I forgot!"

'It'll be on in a little.' He crunched.

"Alright, well, let me go so I can get the remote before Mikey does." I laughed.

Dad laughed.

"Bye dad."

'Bye Bail.'

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