So this is my first fanfic so bare with me. Please review. I definitely want to get better at this.

Alexandra listened intently as her mother detailed the past 100 years of her family. Each woman in the family line beginning with Alexandra's great-great-grandmother possessed some kind of skill that set her apart from other normal people. Great-great-grandma could read minds. Great-grandma was telekinetic. Grandma could see the future. And Mom. Mom could talk to the dead.

Alexandra couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was she dreaming? How could she have gone this long without knowing this information? How could she not have noticed?

"So what about me and Kate?" Alexandra finally asked.

"Your sister can read people's auras," Sarah answered. Alexandra looked perplexed. "It means she sees a color around each person she meets. Each color represents their personality. Basically, Kate can know a person inside and out before she even meets them."

Alexandra sat still, contemplating all the information she was receiving. "And what about me?" she finally asked.

"Well, that's the thing," Tony finally spoke up. "You don't know what your power is until you get it. From what we've seen over at good old S.H.I.E.L.D, you ladies get your little gifts around the age of 18. So you have, what, like three months to go, right?"

Alexandra nodded slowly. "Mom, I'm scared."

"I know," was all Sarah could muster before she wrapped Alexandra in her arms. Silence engulfed the room for a few minutes.

"S.H.I.E.L.D hasn't been around for too long so we didn't get a chance to work with the other ladies in your family, but when your dad first let it slip that your mom was seeing dead people, I knew something was up," Tony explained.

"And of course Tony being Tony, he can't keep a secret for longer than an hour," Pepper said. "So he told Nick Fury, the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, and Nick thought your family could be interesting to observe." Pepper looked at Tony with a disapproving look. Tony simply shrugged as if none of the situation was his fault. Alexandra picked up on their relationship, but also felt that Pepper was unhappy with the current situation that Tony caused.

"So anyway, we were too late to get to all your grandmas," Tony continued. "Ya know, with them being old and all, it just wasn't going to work over at S.H.I.E.L.D. But we got in touch with Mama Bear here," he motioned to Sarah, "and worked with her for a little bit until you and Kate got older."

"I decided that you and Kate were more important than being some kind of spy," Sarah clarified.

"Okay, so what's the point of all this?" Alexandra was still unsure if she believed everything she was hearing. Her family had been so normal for so long. How could she have missed it?

"The point is," Tony answered, "that S.H.I.E.L.D is a really kickass group that can be kind of annoying sometimes but we keep an eye on people like you and your family and others like you guys. We want you to join us."

"There's others like us." Alexandra stated. It wasn't a question. She had known since the Battle of New York that there were people out there who were different. She just never knew she was one of them. "So what now?"

"Now you go with us to S.H.I.E.L.D," answered Tony. Alexandra instantly stiffened.

"No."

"Uh, yeah," Tony replied.

"Uh, no." Alexandra felt as if she was arguing with someone her own age rather than an adult.

"Alex, maybe you should go for a little while," said Sarah. Alexandra looked shocked. Her mother was just advocating for her to stay home, and now she was trying to send her away. Sarah saw the shock in Alexandra's eyes. "Just until you get your gift and we see what it is."

Alexandra was scared. All she had ever known in life was her small town, her family, her home. Her mother seemed fully prepared to ship her off to some unknown destination with people she had never met. She didn't like it.

But she trusted her mother.

"For how long?" she asked.

"Not long at all," Sarah replied. "Definitely not as long as Kate."

Alexandra considered it. "Can I have some time to think about it?"

"You don't have much of a choice, kiddo," Tony replied. Alexandra was instantly angry at him. She didn't like not being in control of her own choices. But she was tired and overwhelmed. Rather than fighting back, she simply burst into tears and ran to her room like a child.