This is different from what I normally do. If you like The Avengers, then I hope you'll like this. This is my first story for The Avengers, so please be nice.

Thank you Three Days Grace for giving me the strength and inspiration to keep going.

Director Fury stood by his computers on the bridge at Shield's base, staring ahead out the window thinking. Since the devastation in New York City, Fury had been a lot more alert about everything, and he had been in touch with all of The Avengers to make sure they had their eyes on everything and made sure no danger was near. So far everything seemed to be going alright, but everyone at Shield seemed to be a bit downcast since Phil Coulson's death nearly half a week prior. Fury continued to look outside, until Agent Hill came up. She looked worried.

"Sir," she said.

"Is something on your mind Agent Hill?" asked Fury.

"It's about Coulson," Agent Hill answered. "What are we going to tell his daughter?"

Fury stared ahead, remembering the day Phil Coulson died. He knew Agent Hill was right. He took a deep breath.

"The truth," he replied.

...

Jade Coulson was Phil's 21 year old daughter, his only daughter; she looked identical to her mother but bearing her father's blue eyes and her hair was the same shade of red as a strawberry. She was born not knowing her mother since she died just minutes after Jade was born, but they shared the same birthday; the only thing Jade and her father shared was their liking of Captain America. She wore a metal pendent of his shield on a long silver chain, which was given to her by her father. She was recently chosen to be injected with the exact same serum as Captain America, with help from Erik Selvig, and since the serum was already tested on three men, it was decided it would be tested on a woman, and Jade was chosen because of her ability to quickly heal injuries in five seconds with just one touch. For the longest time, Jade and her father were so close they were inseparable; she was destined to become an agent for Shield, and to hear of her beloved father's death would brake her.

She sat in a chair on the porch reading a book and minding her own business, when she looked up and saw two familiar figures coming towards her.

"Director Fury. Agent Hill. Hi," she greeted.

"You've grown," said Agent Hill.

"I guess my dad will be coming home soon, right?" asked Jade. Agent Hill didn't answer.

"I'm afraid I have bad news," she said. Jade's eyes widened.

"Wha…is he…" she tried to ask. Knowing what she was trying to ask, Agent Hill nodded in sadness. Jade, knowing her fears were true, broke down into tears; she knew she'd become a Shield agent without her father by her side. After a couple minutes of being comforted in Agent Hill's arms, Fury handed her a small vile.

"Is this my dad's blood?" she asked. Fury nodded. "I know what to do with this."

Three Days Later

Jade walked along the path towards the local church, the cemetery was looking its best with the flowers in front of all the graves and with the sun beaming down on it. She was happy that it was a beautiful day for Saturday, it was almost as if her father was smiling down at her as she walked into the church; she immediately caught sight of the pastor, who recognized her right away.

"Ms. Coulson," he said, "you're early. The funeral doesn't start until 10am."

"That is true," Jade answered. "Although, I'd like to see the apothecary if that's possible."

"Right this way," the pastor said as he led the way into another room. Jade entered the room; a little old man was sitting at an ancient looking writing desk peering over his notes. He looked up and saw Jade – he hadn't seen her since she was baptised nineteen years prior, so he was surprised to see her all grown up.

"How can I help you my dear child?" he asked.

"I have a request," said Jade as she handed him the little vile.

"This must be your father's blood, am I correct?" the man asked.

"Yes," Jade replied. "I would like to have a ring made with the blood made into a pendent."

"I can certainly do that," the man answered. "I can have it ready for Monday."

"That's perfect," said Jade. "I leave on Tuesday."

"Ah, I see you've become an agent of Shield."

"Yes," Jade smiled. "Thank you."

"Anytime Ms. Coulson," the man said. "And I'm sorry to hear about your father. He was a good man."

Jade smiled at him, and then left the room and went outside.

Outside at 10am

A small group of people was gathered around the grave as the pastor spoke; Jade was right in front, a couple meters away stood Director Fury and Agent Hill. Behind them stood Tony Stark and a very grief stricken Pepper Pots, next to them were Erik Selvig and Jane Foster who stood next to Thor, and on his other side was Loki who was so full of regret that he kept his eyes closed the entire time. Next to Loki was Bruce Banner, behind him were Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff, and next to Banner, was Steve Rogers who was looking just as sad as the day he lost his best friend 70 years prior. Although his mind wandered elsewhere as he caught sight of Jade; oddly enough, she caught sight him too. For a couple minutes, they couldn't take their eyes off of each other.

After the funeral service was over and everyone was talking to each other, Steve still had a hard time taking his eyes off of Jade, even though he still had no idea who she was or what was going to become of her. Loki waved his hand in front of his face to grab his attention which made him and the other Avengers laugh, so Steve decided to laugh with them. Jade however, still couldn't shake the feeling that she just saw Captain America at her father's funeral; in truth she was happy that he came. She knew they must've worked together recently, and now she was going to be working with him. She lost her train of thought when Director Fury and Agent Hill came up to her.

"Hi," she said quietly.

"How are you holding up?" asked Agent Hill.

"I'm okay," Jade answered.

"Your appointment is tomorrow then?" Fury asked, knowing Jade was going to get the serum injected into her body the next day.

"Yep," Jade answered again, "and the apothecary is making the ring as we speak, I'm going to pick it up on Monday."

"What are you going to do now?" asked Agent Hill.

"Right now, I'm gonna go for a walk, and clear my head," Jade replied. "I'll see you Tuesday."

"Take care of yourself," said Fury. With that, Jade walked across the yard and along the path to the park.