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"Did you write the book of love, and do you have faith in God above? If the Bible tells you so? Now do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow?"

Oliver, Edwin, Joey and Seb grinned as Ian air guitared up the corridor, singing at the top of his lungs.

"Well, I know that you're in love with him, 'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym. You both kicked off your shoes. Man, I dig those rhythm and blues. I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck, with a pink carnation and a pickup truck. But I knew I was out of luck, the day the music died."

"Should we be wandering this far away from your Dad's office Ian?"

Ian twisted around to roll his eyes at Oliver, "You worry too much…I practically grew up in these halls, I know where I'm going!"

Joey, who was holding on to Oliver's arm, shook his head and sighed. "I think Oliver means, shouldn't we listen to Coulson and not go too close to the entrance hallways….like we are."

Sebastian jumped down from the ceiling, directly in front of Joey and threw his hands up into the air, "How do you know that?! You're blind!"

Joey laughed and gently tapped his friend on the head with his stick, "My eyes don't work, but my ears work just fine. I can hear some cars pulling into the entrance garage."

Upon turning the next corner, the small group found that Joey was right. The main entrance was full of armed guards and army jeeps bustling around, moving large crates over to SHEILD transport vehicles. Ian quickly pushed his friends back around the corner, trying to keep them hidden as they peeked around the corner to see what was happening.

Edwin watched as a tall man in a smart military uniform, left the main jeep and began to order the other soldiers around. Edwin winced, "It's Ross…"

Oliver glanced at him in confusion, "Ross? Who's Ross?"

Seb shook his head in amazement, "You've been here a year and you still haven't met General Ross? Lucky!"

Ian nodded in agreement, "Yeah General Ross is really nasty. He's the one who's trying to get Bruce…he's why Bruce is always having to run away!"

"So what's he doing here?" asked Joey, wincing as General Ross's voice increased in volume as he got more and more annoyed.

Edwin shrugged, "Dunno…but maybe we should go get your Dad Ian? He'll know what to do!"

The others nodded in agreement and quickly sped away from the main entrance, heading towards Coulson's office as fast as they could. The only problem was, that when they arrived at the office, Coulson was nowhere to be found. Ian groaned in despair, "Why is he never there when I need him?!"

Edwin glanced back out into the corridor and sighed, "He must be meeting with the General or something?"

Ian nodded in agreement and the group quickly made their way back into the corridor. Upon spinning the corner closest to the main entrance, Joey span around in order to talk to the rest of his friends, meaning that he let go of Oliver's arm. "Is this such a good idea? I mean, what if Ross sees us?"

Before anyone could answer him, Joey backed into an unknown figure, causing him to spin round in shock. Because of the suddenness of the movement, Joey overbalanced and fell backwards into Seb's arms. As he was straightening himself, he flinched as he heard a deep, commanding voice.

"Watch where you're-O, it's you boys"

Edwin frowned at the man, "Talbot…don't you have sucking up to do?"

Talbot chuckled before addressing Joey once again, "So how are your parents…still making the small bucks by being useless lawyers?"

"My Dads are the only ones keeping you guys away from Bruce!" yelled Joey.

"Well, them and my Papa's money…" smirked Edwin.

This turned Talbot's attention to Edwin, "Ah, the mini billionaire! It's a shame your Dad retracted his weapons contract. You know he's the reason we're here, he's the reason why we have to turn to SHIELD for help."

Seb grinned, "So you admit that you need help?"

Talbot glared at the child for a second before smirking, "I'm not the one who needs help, speaking of which, how's that Father of yours? Still insane?"

Before Sebastian could say anything in retaliation, Ian cut in. "You would know all about that wouldn't you!?"

Once again Talbot ignored the insult in order to address another child…this time, it was Oliver. "Aah, the super soldier's son…" began Talbot, practically purring as Oliver fidgeted in discomfort, "…you know, the army has been very interested in meeting you two for quite some time. However, we've run into several walls regarding that."

Ian grinned, "There, there. Never mind."

Talbot glared at the boy, his hand moving towards his holstered gun. However, a stern voice from behind him soon stopped him. "I really wouldn't do that if I were you…"

Grimacing, Talbot spun around and rolled his eyes at the SHIELD agent who had just appeared from around the corner. "Agent Coulson. Always a pleasure to see you…although, I do have some criticisms about your parenting methods."

Coulson smirked at the man, his hands silently gesturing for the children to hide behind him. "Ian was always taught to stand up for himself…if that means treating you with the amount of respect that you deserve, then so be it!"

Talbot growled in anger, his hand was again reaching for his gun. "Ah! Ah! Ah!" Talbot groaned as he glanced to the side to see another agent aiming a gun at him.

"Agent Barton…" growled Talbot, "…you know that aiming a gun at me could be considered a criminal offense?"

Clint grinned, "I'll just add it to my ever-growing list."

Glaring at the now giggling children, Talbot raised his hands in the air in surrender, "So…what next? You shoot me and hide the body?"

Coulson smirked, "No…but if you dare threaten the children again! Well, let's just say that you'll just be giving my husband an excuse to shoot you."

Clint grinned at the sideways glance Talbot gave him, "Just say the word honey."

Rolling his eyes, Talbot backed away down the other end of the corridor. "Alright, alright…I get the picture. But know this Coulson…you can't protect them forever. Sooner or later, they're going to get hurt trying to follow in their parents footsteps!"

With those passing words, Talbot disappeared around the corner. Sighing Coulson folded his arms and twisted around to stare at the small group of children, who were beginning to shuffle their feet nervously. "What are you boys doing? Getting on Talbot's bad side is not something you want to be doing!"

The boys glanced at each other before Ian stepped forward, "It wasn't our fault! Talbot bumped into Joey! Almost knocked him over as well!"

Coulson ran a cursory glance over Joey in order to check that he was okay. Seemingly satisfied that he was, he looked at his son again. "Let's say I buy that…then why is it when I left my office earlier, you and the rest of you were nowhere to be seen. In fact you were nowhere near my office, despite me telling you not to go too far!"

Ian winced as the rest of the group glared at him. He turned pleading eyes to his Papa, only for Clint to shake his head in sympathy. "I…might have wandered off" answered Ian, shuffling his feet guiltily.

"And where did you go?"

"…Near the main entrance."

This time it was Clint who rolled his eyes. "Great! You're lucky General Ross didn't see you! He would have had no qualms about using you lot as leverage to get to Bruce, what were you thinking!?"

The boys all shook their heads, none of them answering for fear of making the adults even more annoyed. Coulson sighed wearily, "Okay. Clint's going to take you lot to Joey's apartment, where Mr Nelson will keep an eye on you. Now I expect you to stay there until you are picked up by your parents or a friend of the family, okay?!"

The boys nodded in agreement, their eyes fixed firmly on the ground. Clint grinned, "Okay then…stand to attention and march!"