Bella was currently fidgeting in her seat. She had spent the last week sitting her exams. Curiously she had to sit all subjects available in the US, not just the ones she had taken in high school. When she found out, she swore to find and make the agent, who had done this to her, suffer. At first she had completely panicked until Barton, one of the agents assigned to her, had given her a white pill. When she had demanded to know what he had just given her his response was:

"An anti-hypertensive with an effect lasting four hours. Helped me against my exam nerves."

She had not been able to stop herself from grinning. "You?! You had exam nerves?" The badass archer?

"We all start young. Little Padawan!" he had joked and Bella was thankful for him trying to ease her tension. Fury had unfortunately called her uncle off her case making him quite angry. Her uncle was good at appearing calm and collected but she knew him best and could tell that he did not like it one bit. A thing that had completely surprised her was that Barton was often reciting Star Wars Lines and her nickname from him had become padawan.

Smiling at the man opposite she thought: Come on. Tell me if I have passed the exams! You idiot! Honestly I so am going to hunt the agent who did this to me! It better be not my uncle!

The white bearded man sitting in front of her looked up from all her exam results and let out a heartfelt sigh.

That's it I failed! My future is over. I should have done more reading and not helped Selvik! Hopefully they let me somehow work in the agency otherwise I'm doomed.

"Well, Miss Swan." he began looking sadly at her. "How well do you think you did?"

What kind of question is that! Tell me already! … Oh you really expect an answer?

"Well, Mr. Charleston. I don't think that I was that bad in the science subjects but the literary subjects were more challenging and I certainly didn't have enough time for the written exams. I could have written so much more. I also think that the exam question for English literary concerning Hamlet's insanity has been phrased wrong." Maybe he lets me pass. Natasha has told me to keep talking. Why on earth is he starting to laugh? Or is it a giggle?

"Miss Swan. When your aunt, a former graduate, approached me to ask about you writing your exams in our old prestigious school I had my reservations, but as I have been present in all of them I can only say my deepest regret is that I did not have you in my school for all these years. You would have raised the level substantially."

"So I didn't fail?" Bella murmured only to cause another giggle fit from the man sitting opposite to her. Wait a minute? Aunt?! I don't have an aunt. Is he talking about Elizabeth or does Phil have a wife I don't know about? Men shouldn't giggle. That's just plain wrong.

"It seems to me that your unstoppable thirst of knowledge is a family trait. Your aunt and your father have both been students in this very facility. Nothing could stop them from entering the library and the discussions have always been very heated as you can imagine." What had S.H.I.E.L.D. told this headmaster? Charlie never really had left Forks except for one or two holiday trips forced by Rene. "Well. Almost. Your father loved fantasising about a red flying car." Hold on! He is talking about Phil!

"Very vivid imagination, I must say. The board of directors has especially enjoyed your history essay about feminism. Very sharp and fierce."

Ha! Somehow I needed to let my anger out for what Edward has done to me!

"Should you ever need a letter of recommendation, then I'd be more than happy to…" The rest of what he told her was lost as Barton crashed through the door shouting:" We need to move! Now!" The Cullen's? How did they find us?

Nodding at the headmaster he said. "You know what to do? "

"Of course! Good Luck!"

Grabbing the girls arm Barton ran towards the stairs in the corridor and led her up to the roof. She knew that they had placed a small helicopter on the roof to fly her out of danger. All of a sudden she could hear the rattling sound of machineguns. No! They were coming! Her heart was racing and she was putting her training to the test. The old Bella would never have been able to run two floors in her current speed without breaking down but it seemed that Natasha's training had paid off as she was speeding up the floors. She would not go back to them! She only hoped that the agents weren't killed but unfortunately she also knew that the guns were completely useless. Pushing the door open she saw the helicopter already hovering a few centimetres above the ground! Barton led her directly onto the helicopter who took off the minute a white flash appeared behind them.

"Bella! Don't go!" she heard the melodic voice of her old friend Alice who was standing at the edge of the roof ready to jump. The pilot tried to put as much space as he could between the school and the air but what they had not foreseen was the determination of the Cullen family.

All of a sudden the helicopter lurched and Bella had to fight to stay in the seat!

"One of the beasts jumped onto the helicopter!" the nameless pilot cried in the com. Oh No! Please do not let it be Emmet!

Barton reacted by throwing Bella a gun calling: "Shout at anything that moves!"

"I don't know how to use a gun!" she called back almost hysterically.

I'll be damned! All that training and she had not yet a proper shooting lesson!

"Click the safety of, point and pull the trigger!" he shouted back. Bella could hear the vampire crawling closer from the tail of the helicopter to their cockpit even though the pilot tried to shake him off.

All of a sudden a white hand appeared at the door. She knew that delicate manly hand! This was not Emmet! It was Edward! She fuddled with the safety until she could hear the click and waited for the opportune moment! She had to be careful while shooting. His skin was hard like marble and the bullets could bounce off. They could either be reflected or change direction while hitting her target.

Edward ripped the helicopter door off and tried to enter but was surprised by the Bella before him! She wasn't as pale as he had met her at Forks. Well, still pale in comparison to the other people but still. She looked sun kissed and had a determined look on her face. The other two men in the helicopter were of no importance! He was here for Bella.

As he tried to grab her hand he could feel something hitting his shoulder! It didn't hurt him but it had enough pressure to be irritating. Bella was shooting at him!

"Hey, Leech!" he heard the man whose voice he recognized as Barton. "Say Good bye!" What? Why should I say that?

Just when he thought that he felt something big and fast hit his stomach with great velocity. It quickly shoved him away from the helicopter as he lost his grip and he picked up speed towards the ground!

"Barton my hero!" Bella cheered and asked "Did we actually have a loaded bazooka under our seats?!"

The agents just smiled triumphantly and answered non gallantly.

"We actually did have a loaded bazooka under our seats. One thing you need to learn in this agency young one is: Be prepared for anything!"

"Well, I wasn't prepared for shooting a gun!" she admitted but she at the same time she felt so alive with all the adrenalin pumping through her veins. "You know, I feel I could tackle anything!"

"Definitely kid!" Barton assured her! But now you need to start your firearm training properly. I assumed that you have already started as you were assigned to Agent Harkness for that. As soon as we land I will start with you "

"Don't you have the tesseract to watch over?" Bella asked carefully but was abruptly silenced by Barton. "Sh! Not one more word about it outside of our compound! Got it?!"

"Yeah! Ok! Sure!"

"Good! I'm sure I can find the time unless you rather want to learn from a grumpy Natasha who just had to sit your exams in Phoenix?" he joked.

"She did what?" Which exams are counting? Mine hopefully. "We have placed several agents in different schools to appear as you to confuse the leeches. I would have volunteered but even with a wig on everyone would have seen that I'm not female.

"Bella laughed freely like she had not in a very long time. Seems like her pressure of finishing school is finally over for her!

"What is that?! Coming towards us!" Bella realized that something small leaving a golden red streak was speeding towards them in the air.

"Sir, we have incoming!" the pilot said "And you are not going to like it."