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Everyone grew shocked and quiet at this new information that Saber had presented them with.

"And you're just bringing this up now because?" Fury asked breaking the silence.
"Well, I couldn't be positive about the leak, so giving you this information early on could've put a child's life at risk." Saber replied.
"Start from the beginning." The bald man sighed in defeat.

"There was a not there woman there...one that I'd never seen but all of us captives knew about her. She was the first one that they took if you believe the rumors. One part of the story that was true is that she died giving birth." Saber sighed. "The guards at the wear-house liked to have fun with the prisoners that made it to the secondary testing area, but when it was discovered that she was pregnant the scientists got the idea to inject the chemicals into the fetus instead of her."

"A newly developing life would handle such tests with less negative side affects than one that was fully matured."Bruce nodded in understanding.

"Exactly their reasoning. Long story short, I took him and hid him away somewhere safe until I could get rid of the threat to our wellbeing...I named him Gabe." Saber explained.

"So they want to destroy you because you know way too much, and they think that you were a completely failed experiment." Natasha summarized. "Also because you know the location of a two year old."

"Exactly." Saber nodded. "They actually know that he was a success in a way."

"Do you plan on retrieving him?" Tony asked. "You told the woman on the phone that you were safe now."

"That was the plan." Saber agreed.
"I wouldn't mind having the lad around." Thor piped up.

"Alright then; you, agent Romanov, and Stark will go and get him first thing tomorrow while we've got an upper hand." Fury decided. "By that time I want a full profile on both of your powers and abilities."

"I can do that." Saber said. "Gabe is nowhere near as dangerous as I am...yet."

"Good to know." Maria mumbled.

"Keep in mind that at the moment all he can do is turn invisible and somehow acquire things out of nowhere, is because he hasn't come into his powers yet. At least that's what the theory was anyway." Saber shrugged. "I think the process just varies depending upon the individual."

"How long did it take your powers to get this strong?" Bruce asked for his own notes.

"By the time six months had gone by I could do everything that you're aware of, and I know that I have not yet reached the peek of my power."

"Do you ever find that you can do things that you couldn't do before?" Tony asked his own inner scientist coming out. "What I mean is do you sometimes come across a new ability?"

"Sometimes." Saber shrugged. "A month ago I discovered that I can stop bullets..."

"What?" Clint demanded.

"Oh, it's not that big a deal." Saber waved off their concern, "I'd just walked into the middle of some sort of turf war or something."

Thor made a mental note to keep a close eye on her, it sounded like she wasn't all that cautious in certain situations and after many stories shared about her life both before and after the wear-house he was certain she was what Tony had once referred to as danger prone.

"You worry too much." Saber said.

They all assumed that she was referencing what had to be their very similar thoughts.

"But I blame my greater sudden indifference on you guys. Spending all of your time in the presence of well...all of you, can tend to give one the feeling that they are impervious to quite a lot of things." Saber continued.

"Pepper said almost that exact same thing to me a month ago."Tony mused.

"To be honest even with you all still around me I'm still constantly looking over my shoulder since you won't be right there, so it's good that I'm able to defend myself." Saber told them, "you can't babysit me indefinitely.

I sure can try. Both Thor and Natasha thought.

Saber chose to remain silent about what she'd heard in the minds of the assassin and the thunder god, not wanting to vocalize something that they may not have wanted heard by the rest of the team.

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"Saber, you will begin active duty once we've got a more accurate profile on you put together." Fury told her.
"It really shouldn't take long." Maria added.

"Cool. I say we all go get some much needed R&R, and tackle this again once Ms. 'Chris Angel' here officially joins the ranks." Tony suggested.

Saber smirked at him and wiggled her fingers, "mind freak." She whispered.

"See! Why can't the rest of you get into your nicknames like that?" Tony demanded, "you are now my second favorite person. I'm buying you a car."

"I like sky blue." Saber told him. "However, I prefer motorcycles."

"Edgy." Tony chuckled. "I call dibs on 'Chris Angel' when we have to split up!" He announced.

"Stark's obvious approval of your new teammate aside, before we draw this meeting to a close I want to know everyone's next point of action." Fury stated. This was about to become personal once Saber became a team member, and he'd learned to just let them deal with team business so that he wouldn't be obligated to report anything to the council.

"I want to do more exercises with you once we get back from wherever it is that we're going." Tony told her, "so a trip to my own personal lab is order."

"Cap. and I will head back to the neighborhood and see what new information the team there has come up with." Clint said, Steve nodded in agreement.

"I have theories that may assist in getting us many more answers about what's going on with your powers." Bruce explained, "I'll be pretty busy looking into a few things."

"What will you be doing?" Saber asked Thor who'd lapsed back into silence.

"I will return to Asgard for a day or so and speak with Himdal(?)...he may be aware of something, since I've begun guarding you I'm hoping that his curiosity has gotten the better of him." Thor replied.

"Sounds like a plan, and since no one outside of this room can be trusted with any actual information that directly links Saber to any of this, report everything to agent Hill." Fury said before he and agent Hill left the apartment.

"So what now?" Steve asked.

"Saber should pack a few things since I could be gone for longer than a single day." Thor looked over at Tony,"can I trust you to keep her out of trouble?"

" Don't worry I'm not going anywhere." Natasha said before Tony could reply.

Thor nodded knowing that the red haired female could easily deal with anyone who would come to harm Saber. "We will take our leave now then." He said.

"See you later." Saber waved following after her giant blonde guardian.

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"Who wants to bet on how long it will take the two of them to get together?" Tony grinned.

"Forty bucks says it'll take a week." Clint wagered.
"Eighty on the first of the month." Tony countered.
"You two are idiots, and they'll be together by Sunday." The Russian rolled her eyes.

"Three days huh?" Tony mumbled, "I'll just put you down for forty."

"I'm in with agent Romanov, I'm never one to doubt women's intuition on these maters." Bruce chimed in.

"Yeah I'll side with the lady on this one as well." Steve nodded in agreement with . Women were a lot more astute then men when it came to these things.

"Looks like we're the only one with balls 'Legolas'...I'm upping my bet to one hundred." Tony smirked earning an eye roll from Natasha.

"Get the hell out of my apartment." She sighed. At least I won't be the only girl on the team dealing with these guys anymore.

AN: See you guys thought that I was lying about not having to wait long for the first chapter of part 1. Shame on you for doubting me! I hope you're pleased and can keep up with all the twists and turns that this next part will throw at you. Just no threats when I end a chapter at a really good part...you know I like doing that.

R&R!

I own nothing but the OCs and the Plot!