A/N: My sister got Just Dance for the Switch for Christmas and within two days she was level 43. We're all afraid of her. The only thing that stopped her was her spraining her ankle when she stood up from sitting on the floor.

Natalee had stopped in the bathroom, debating on attempting to put her wild hair up. "I'd leave it down. The curls are kind of iconic" A voice echoed in the back of her mind. Natalee sighed irritably. Great, I can hear you now? She glared at her reflection.

"Just waiting for you to slip, love. We're already so close. Just think of me as your morally corrupt concious" Archer chuckled darkly. Natalee looked at her phone, checking for any missed calls. "Maria hasn't called you, hasn't she? Gets me thinking"

Natalee rolled her eyes. I really don't want to know what you're thinking, Archer.

There was a dramtic sigh. "And I'll tell you anyways. Is Maria even on a mission? Maybe she's just grown tired of you and dropped you off with your parents like some puppy. And if that's the case, how long before your parents grow tired of you-"

Shut it. She gripped the edge of the sink. Her phone lit up, text from her mother.

-Ready to go?-

Archer's dark laugh seemed to fade."Wouldn't want to keep your mother waiting, now would we?"

Growling under her breath, Natalee turned away from the mirror, shutting off the light.

*SCENE BREAK*

Natasha noticed Natalee was distracted while they were out walking the streets of New York City. She sighed quietly, deciding to try and start up conversation again. "You've been spending alot of time with D.J." She commented. "Maria was worried you'd close off, you know, not try to make friends"

"Well, believe it or not, the infamous Red Archer is capable of playing nice when she has too" Natalee laughed lightly. "D.J.'s just been helping me and Cole find someone we know" She shrugged. There was a pause and Natalee felt that unsettling feeling in the pit of her stomach. "I tried calling Maria last night but it went straight to voicemail. She doesn't usually keep her phone off" She nibbled worringly at her lip.

"Glad to know you worry about me, little monster" A voice said from behind her. Natalee spun around, her face lighting up.

"Maria!" She launched herself into her S.O.'s arms. "What are you doing here?!"

Maria laughed lightly as she caught the girl. "My mission was cut short and I got to come home early. Natasha invited me" She glanced at the red headed woman, then back at the girl in her arms. "That's okay, right?"

Natalee sighed dramatically. "I guess if I have to spend the day with you"

"Oh you're hilarious" Maria flicked her nose and set her down on her feet. "So...what were you two planning?"

Natasha shrugged. "I was thinking we could play this by ear. This is your first time in New York, right bug?" She brushed hair from Natalee's face. "How can you see?" She mumbled.

"It is if you don't count me passing through here for missions and stuff" Natalee shrugged and batted her mother's hand away. "And I can see just fine, Mama...most of the time. Whatever, a good assassin doesn't even need sight"

Maria rolled her eyes. "How about we find somewhere to eat" She looked to Natasha. "Anywhere good around here?"

*SCENE BREAK*

The three were sitting in a booth at IHOP. Natalee had sucked down four glasses of Mountain Dew already. She gave her mother a questioning look when she stood up. "Bathroom. Be right back" Natasha ruffled her hair.

Once out of ear shot, Maria shifted. "So...how's living with your parents? I heard you call Natasha Mama earlier" She rested her chin on her hands.

"Oh. That. Yeah, I don't know, it felt right, I guess. After I punched my father in the face during a nightmare, I felt a little more comfortable around them. They are my family" Natalee shrugged, making trails of ketchup with her fries. She flicked a fry bit at Maria. "You're my family too. Just...you never felt like a mom"

"I get that, kid. Wanna tell me the story behind your knee brace?" She smirked at her.

Natalee rolled her eyes. "I had to deal with a Renegade thing and I got hurt. This really shouldn't surprise you, I'm kind of reckless for having an enhanced healing" She paused, sighing. "You know, between you and me, I could have healed my knee the day a bullet went through it. Healing would have hurt like hell...and they'd get suspicious so I'm kind of playing an act right now"

"Natalee, I've known about your enhancements. With your amount of injuries, it wasn't hard to figure out that you've been modified in some way" Maria stole a fry from her plate. "Natasha mentioned you reuniting with an old friend of yours. Red Guardian, he's on the same wanted list you were on. And now you're trying to find someone else you know?"

The girl nodded. "I don't really know how to explain it. We thought she was dead but there's some evidence that she's not. My family has been scattered across the world, I know nothing about where they are or if they're okay. If she's really alive, me and Cole are going to find her"

Maria flicked her hand. "I know how much your family meant to you, kiddo. If there's anything I can do to help, let me know, okay?"

Natalee nodded as a man in dark clothes walked by their table. What caught her eye was the faded red scope tattoo behind his ear. Hell fucking no. Without looking away from the man as he headed for the door, Natalee spoke. "Maria, a Renegade agent just walked by me. Tattoo behind his ear. He knows where my friend went. I'll call you when I find out where this fuck mother is hiding" She said and took off after him.

Maria sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose. It was better to just let her go.

*SCENE BREAK*

Natalee had her hood over her head. Her red curls would have given her away. She stood behind a very well placed van, using the reflection of the store in front of her to watch the man. He disappeared into a rundown brick building, the windows boarded up.

She pulled her phone from her pocket, dialing Maria's number. She bounced on her toes while she waited for it to ring. "Hey, I'm sending you my location. I'm not far but I think I have something"

*SCENE BREAK*

Maria and Natasha stood in front of the brick building Natalee sent them to. "This is the address but...no Natalee" Natasha sighed. "Would she really have given us the actual address?" She turned to the brunette.

"It's about seventy-thirty" Maria shrugged. The door opened and both women tensed, ready to fight.

Natalee, looking disheveled, smiled at them. "I found something" She said darkly, letting them in. The man was tied to a chair, bruised and bloody. "This fuck mother isn't giving me shit" She smacked the side of his head.

"How do you know you found anything?" Maria asked, looking around the torn apart room. They must have fought before Natalee subdued him. The girl nodded to the laptop, where files and windows were popping up and disappearing.

"D.J. is trying to see if we can break into their system. He's got all the personnel files, promised not to look at them" She smiled briefly before her angry expression returned. Grabbing a fistful of the man's hair, she forced his head up so she could look him in the face.

"Where is Scout?" She growled.

The man chuckled. "Like I'd tell a brat like you" His lips curled, showing off his bloodstained teeth. "I'm going to enjoy killing you. Just like the rest of your family-" He grunted when Natalee slammed his head against the wall.

"Where is Scout?!" She demanded. "I've seen the files, you bastard, I know you were stationed there! You know where she is! Tell me!"

"Natalee!" Maria lifted her off of him. "Hey, stop, take a breath" She set the girl on her feet. "We'll take him back to S.H.I.E.L.D.-"

"He goes nowhere near S.H.I.E.L.D., Maria!" Natalee snapped at her. "You're either on my side or you're not. And you know what I'll do to people against me" She threatened.

Natasha stepped in. "Okay, everyone stop" She looked to her daughter. "Natalee, you clearly know more about this than either of us. What do you want to do?" She asked.

Natalee turned her attention to the bleeding man. She grabbed a revolver off the table, taking out five bullets. She spun the barrel and aimed it between the man's legs. Her voice was dark and threatening. "We're going to play a little Russian Roulette, except I'm changing the rules a little bit. You refuse to give me information, I pull the trigger. You give me a snarky answer, I pull the trigger. You say anything I don't like...can you guess?" She smirked, leaning closer to him. Her hand gripped his jaw, her nails digging into his skin.

"Natalee" Natasha said.

The girl ignored her. "You were stationed in Siberia, at the rundown Renegade base. Scout was sent there. Did you see her?" She asked.

The man rolled his eyes. "Like I'm telling a-" Click. "Hey! Whoa! Wait a minute!-" Click. "Stop! Okay! Okay! Yes! She was there!"

"What happened in Siberia?" Natalee asked.

"The big guys up top, they didn't want to pay for the base. It's empty now. We had to get rid of twenty kids" He said quickly, starting to panic.

Natalee's grip on his jaw tightened. "Where did Scout go?" She growled slowly.

"I-I don't know-!" Click."I swear! I don't know-!" Click. "Hey! That's four shots! Wait! I'll tell you everything I know! I swear! Please God!" He exclaimed, completley freaking out. "The plan was to just kill the kids. The guys up top didn't want them, the project was a failure, they weren't getting the results they wanted. It was Scout and like three other kids that managed to escape, we tried to kill them but they got away. I don't know where they are, I swear! If I knew, why would I be here?!"

Maria rested her hand on Natalee's shoulder. "Kid, he's telling the truth" She whispered.

Natalee felt the pressure of Archer. "Even if he is telling the truth, what's to stop him from running to the Renegade and telling them exactly where you are?" She felt something, like a hand, gently trace a finger down her jaw. "You know I'm right, love. And you know what to do" Archer whispered, like she was right next to Natalee.

The red head swallowed hard. "I know" She pressed the gun to his forehead. "But I've been taught not to leave loose ends" She pulled the trigger, splattering all of them with blood.

"Natalee!" Natasha and Maria both exclaimed.

Natalee wiped the blood off her face with the back of her hand. "Listen, if we had let him live, he would have gone straight to the Renegade and then we'd be dead" She said and tapped the barrell of the gun to her temple. "Thinking ahead here. Besides she's done this before" Natalee nodded to her mother.

"Uh, that doesn't mean I want my fifteen year old daughter shooting someone point blank!"

Natalee rolled her eyes. "You two do remember that I'm a trained assassin, right? This isn't my first time doing something like this, actually far from it" She shrugged. "We should leave before more agents get here" She sauntered towards the backdoor, taking the laptop with her.

*SCENE BREAK*

Nikki felt the tingling in her hands as the electricity surged through her. "I don't want to be anywhere near them!" She spat angrily. Her mother sighed, pushing her glasses back up her nose.

"Listen, kiddo, at this point I don't really care. You're going to Coney Island with your dad and I'm spending the day with your brother" Darcy said, throwing her phone and her keys into her pocket. "Steve should be here any minute. Behave" She kissed Nikki's forehead. "I mean it, Nicole"

Nikki rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. No need for the full name, Mom" She sighed.

"Call me if something happens, okay? If you start to feel funny, tell someone"

"I know, Mom" Nikki groaned.

*SCENE BREAK*

Nikki was quiet during the car ride, though Steve would try to start conversation, asking how her training with S.H.I.E.L.D. was going, how school was, what she liked doing, normal stuff you ask your daughter.

She had her hood over her head as she and Steve walked through the entrance of Coney Island. Steve had a happy grin on his face. "I've always wanted to take you here" He said warmly. "You mom and I thought it would be better if you came with me and your brother went with her. Figured it would be better since you and your brother don't really get along" He shrugged, grabbing a map from a display, even though he knew the park by heart.

Nikki scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Don't call Don my brother" She scowled.

Steve handed her the map as he continued their conversation. "You know, I never actually heard about what happened that started the feud between Natalee and Don" His expression remained friendly. It was kind of annoying.

The girl sighed. "When Natalee came to S.H.I.E.L.D., she was this scrawny kid from Russia with wild red hair and a lisp. And since Don is Captain America's son, having her wipe the floor with him didn't sit well. She didn't like his attitude about him being beaten and now they just kind of hate eachother" She paused, stepping out of the way of a child running passed them. "Natalee's my friend. And Don has always been kind of annoying even before Natalee showed up" She shrugged.

"Nikki, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. And I want you to know that that's going to change, okay? From now on, I would like to be your dad. If you'd let me" Steve said softly. He sighed and smiled, something catching his eye. "I understand that this is awkward...so I asked for a friend to join us"

His daughter looked up from looking at the rides on the map. "A friend? What, like an old dude in a wheelchair?" She snorted.

Steve chuckled. "Not quite. Hey, Buck!" He called. Nikki turned to see the Bucky Barnes walking towards them. His hair was long, up in a small man-bun, dressed in a long sleeve shirt and jeans.

"Hey punk" Bucky smiled as he hugged his friend. His attention turned to Nikki, who suddenly felt very small. "This must be Nikki. I'm-"

"Sergeant Barnes with the Howling Comandos" Nikki smiled. "Yeah, I know who you are. This is-it's actually really cool to meet you"

Steve nudged his friend. "I thought you were bringing-"

"Shit" Bucky looked around. "She was right with me. Wait, there she is" His shoulder's dropped in relief as a girl around Nikki's age ran up.

"James, you missed the birds fighting" She said with a laugh. Her long brown hair was braided down her back, wearing long sleeves and fingerless leather gloves. "Oh, hey you must Nikki!" Her smile grew as she stuck out her hand. A metal hand colored gold. "I'm Vanessa"

A/N: Semi cliff hanger?