The sun was baking the outside of the Avengers headquarters as Clint waited for Natasha to meet him outside. In his hand was a black folder with the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo on the cover. It was only five years ago that they had graduated agents from the last Avenger Trainees and things had changed drastically since then.
The Avengers especially had been thrown into chaos with the appearance of Thanos and the Infinity Stones. Now a lot of their teammates were gone and they were in desperate need of new recruits.
Clint opened the folder and glanced over the four profiles inside.
"Shouldn't you have those memorized by now?" Came an amused voice in front of him. Clint glanced up to spot Natasha smirking at him from where she was sipping a cup of coffee from one of the local cafes.
"Hey, I'm not as good as you with that kind of stuff." Clint grinned as he shut the folder and leaned in to peck her on the cheek. It had been a while since he had seen her since she had been running around doing Secret Avengers missions. "Are you ready to babysit a bunch of kids again?" He asked taking a moment to appreciate her beautiful new blonde hair.
Natasha gave him a smile. It had been way too long especially since they were married and their relationship had been tested due to those missions. But she was glad that the upstate Avengers HQ had been opened and there was more room now. "I'm ready so the kids should be on their way."
Soon two cars came up to the doors of the HQ and four kids stepped out.
Natasha spoke up, "Welcome to Avengers Headquarters and I'm Natasha and this is Clint. We will be your mentors."
The girl smiled. "I'm Cairo Johnson and this is my older brother Ravi Johnston."
Natasha smiled. "Nice to meet you."
The other girl introduced herself. "I'm Phebe Miranda nice to meet you both."
Clint nodded. "Same and who are you?" He asked the other boy who just by the style alone could be Stark's doppelganger or Strange himself.
"I'm Tyler and it's nice to finally meet you."
Soon Tony approached them. "Welcome kids I'm Tony Stark and come inside we have much to show you." He smirked at birdbrain and ginger. "If Robin Hood and Ginger are done." Natasha gave him a glare but it just added to his ego. Yes he was glad to see everyone reunited again and he wasn't going to miss out teasing any of them for it had been too long.
Clint turned to the kids. "Alright let's follow Iron Man." Tony laughed a little as they entered the main entrance.
"This is where you will be staying as you train, and each of you will have your own rooms so I hope you can come to think of it as your home for the time being," Tony told them as he gave them a quick tour around the living room and kitchen. "I'm going to leave the settling in to my too comrades here while I go work on some things with Bruce, don't disappoint me Agents," Tony shot Clint and Natasha a wink as he left the room and went to the elevator that would take him down to his lab in the basement. Clint rolled his eyes, figures that they would be left to do all the work.
"Well, we should have you tell us a little about your powers and maybe some of your backgrounds to get to know each other better, something to break the ice," Clint said as they walked into the living room area where it would be more comfortable.
"Ooh, that could be fun," Phebe's grin was infectious as she took a seat on the comfy red sofa supplied for them. She even clapped a few times in excitement. "Do you mind if I go first?"
"That's fine, we don't mind," Cairo said as she tugged her brother's sleeve to get him to sit next to her. Ravi did after a bit of a pause, his green eyes reflecting her own. They both watched as Phebe held out a hand and made a soft glow of white light appear in it.
"I can draw on the power of the moon, it can be gentile or…" Phebe narrowed her eyes at one of the fake fruits sitting on the table between them and held out a finger. Suddenly the soft glow shot from her finger and burned a hole right through the apple. "…destructive!"
"Holy crap!" Tyler exclaimed as he came to sit by them as well. It might have been Clint's imagination, but it seemed like the shadow beneath him was a little off. Almost like the way it moved didn't quite match up with the way Tyler himself moved. Weird.
"Not bad," Ravi gave her a surprised but approving look. "My turn then," he smirked. Cairo couldn't help but give her brother an uneasy look. No offense to him, but his power wasn't exactly the most stable and they were just invited into this place. She would kill him if he collapsed the Avengers HQ on their first day. Thinking quickly, she touched his arm and absorbed some of his power just as the whole building began to shake.
"Whoa!" Clint grabbed the thing closet to him to steady himself as the last of the earthquake died away around them.
"My power is to control the earth," Ravi explained, "but I do admit that I don't have the best control over it…I'm hoping to learn how." He nudged Cairo. "Your turn."
Cairo gave her brother a look of relief once the shaking had stopped. "I absorb powers and use them against the enemy but it doesn't work on tech based powers like for example Iron Man. But when I absorb the power of that person I draw half their power and it could cause trouble as well. Also my time limit is 30 minutes and I'm hoping I can learn to return that power of the person I borrow it from."
Natasha and Clint both were surprised to hear how powerful their new team was.
Soon Steve walked into the room. "What was that? Did the hulk go crazy on accident?" He asked.
"No it was just Ravi showing his power." Clint told him.
Steve turned to the kids. "I'm Captain America and my name is Steve." After the introductions Steve left the room knowing that these kids had potential.
Finally it was Tyler's turn and he felt insecure in sharing for his was definitely not natural at all and he hoped that he could be accepted. He looked up to one Avenger just from the name and that was Doctor Strange and right now he felt strange no pun intended.
"Well I have these powers and it's from a demon." He didn't meet their gaze as he said it.
Natasha gave him a reassuring smile. "Well you are welcome to look around and help yourselves we have a full staff of cooks here. Just order what you want it's on Stark anyway." The kids got up and started heading to the kitchen.
At the same time Bruce and Tony were in the lab which Tony had watched the whole exchange on his monitors that he had installed. "Looks like Tyler needs some confidence." Tony turned to his friend which Bruce understood where he was coming from.
"I know what it's like to have something you can't control a part of you. He will be fine."
Tony smiled a little. "We will make sure they are." Bruce knew that Tony had a good heart even after all that had happened in five years but it was rare when he showed it.