It was back to school for Danielle after the quick shopping trip with Wanda, Sharon, and her Mom. And this week of school in particular was going to be extremely busy. It was the last week before Christmas Break and was also the week of Soccer try outs. The enhanced had been training since she initially decided she wanted to join the team. Due to the fact that she had a super soldier, an android, two enhanced siblings, an ex-Soviet-assassin, a genius billionaire, two Army vets, and an ex-assassin Mom as a support system, she was pretty confident when the day of try outs came up.

She was nervously tapping her fingers along the pole she was holding onto in the subway that morning. Peter had already known she was anxious and excited for try outs, it was all she had been talking about since she went back to school. Although, he wished she'd talk to him about the many things he'd wanted to talk about with her. Like the incident that happened on Monday, the fact that her Mom was alive, who the brunette girl with her was, why she ran off from the Winter Formal, the Winter Formal in general. There were so many questions in Peter's mind, but so little answers he knew he'd get from Danielle.

"You're really nervous, huh?," He said, catching her attention.

Danielle smiled. "I guess it's just different having confidence in your brains and not your brawn, you know?"

Peter chuckled. He had a small idea what that was like considering the circumstances he was going through currently with his newfound gifts and powers and strengths. Things he didn't have before he met Danielle. If it weren't for his weird senses the week that he met Danielle on the subway, he was pretty sure he'd never detect how nervous she really was that very first day and definitely wouldn't have had the courage to talk to her otherwise. "Yeah, I get it. But either way, I'm sure you'll do great." He assured her.

After the subway, the pair went their separate ways once they entered school. The day went by in blur for Danielle and she was grateful she didn't have trouble waiting an agonizing eight hours before having to change and run out onto the field for try outs. Liz, Betty, and Cindy all went with Danielle to go to try outs. They all changed into their gym uniforms, cleats, and knee pads.

Once they ran out onto the field, they were met by the rest of the girls trying out, the soccer team alumni, and Coach Wilson. Among the soccer alumni were girls Danielle had previously met back at Flash's party a couple months back; Amber, Ashley, and Maggie. They all smiled and waved to her and she returned the gesture as the girls trying out filed into a line in front of them at the edge of the field.

Coach Wilson stepped up with his clipboard in hand. "Alright girls, there are only eight open spots on this team, and that's including the seniors." He turned to gesture to the trio of girls beside him. "Amber, Maggie, and your team captain, Ashley." They all smiled and nodded their heads before Wilson continued. "Meaning, since there's sixteen of you...wait..." He quickly recounted how many girls were in the line. "Uh-"

"Eighteen, Coach." Betty exclaimed from her spot beside her.

"Eighteen. Thank you, Ms. Brant." Betty boasted her chest and held her chin up as she nodded in acknowledgment. "There are eighteen of you, meaning ten of you aren't going to make it onto this team. So, you are going to have to prove to me that you are worthy enough to be here. Ashley will be leading these try outs. Good luck." He said before stepping aside.

The orange-haired senior, Ashley, then stepped forward. "Alright, since there are a lot of you, we are seperating you into three groups of six. So, split up! Six to Maggie, six to Amber, and six to me!" She ordered and the girls quickly ran to the closest senior.

Cindy, Liz, and Danielle stuck together and ran out to Amber's group. Meanwhile, Betty ran out to where Ashley's group was huddled up. Cindy raised an eyebrow slightly. "Why'd she go over there?"

Liz shrugged. "Maybe she just wants to impress the Captain."

The things Michelle has said about Betty were beginning to pop up in Danielle's mind. Was Betty really that self-centered that she only asked Danielle to join the team to make herself look better? Was she really only in it for herself? Danielle pushed those thoughts aside just as fast as they came. She didn't need to be distracted with Betty's antics right now. She had to focus.

"Hi guys," The leader of their group spoke. "I'm Amber and the first warm up this group will be doing will be laps. Five laps around the entire field. I will be timing you and if you are unable to finish the five laps, you are free to go." Danielle began to understand why she had been nervous to try out now. "On your marks...get set...go!"

And they were off. Danielle remembered what Sam had taught her a long time ago on one of her runs with him, Steve, and Jack, she had to keep a steady pace and not be in a rush when she first started because she would use all her energy. Som she ran at a jogging pace along side Liz, Cindy, and the other three girls in the group. Two of the girls ran ahead of the group in a mad dash to finish first. By the third lap, both girls had run out of energy and gave up before walking back to the locker room.

Liz, Cindy, Danielle, and the fourth girl all finished their laps and met back up with Amber at the end. Ashley's group lost one girl and Maggie's group lost three girls. Twelve girls left, only eight spots open.

"Split up into three groups of four. Four to Amber, four to Maggie, four to me." Ashley ordered. Liz, Cindy, and Danielle all filed in behind Amber and watched while Betty ran off with Ashley again. Now it was certainly clear Betty was truly only looking after herself.

Amber's group lined up beside the bleachers. "Now you girls have to go up the bleachers, down the sixteenth row, and back down the stairs ten times." She announced. "Go!"

Danielle, Liz, Cindy, and the fourth girl all started. By the seventh lap, Cindy dropped out. Liz and Danielle finished up that round dripping in sweat with sore calves.

"Great job, Allen, West." Ashley complimented as her and her group-consisting of Betty and four other girls-passed by. Danielle was vaguely aware of the dirty look Betty threw at her before the two groups merged with Maggie's remaining two girls. "Well, looks like we're down to ten girls. Meaning, two of you are getting cut." Ashley declared.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Maggie asked with a small smirk.

The three seniors all exchanged wide grins before Ashley called out, "Line up!" The group of ten formed one large line with Betty in the front while Amber ran over to the goalie net. "There is only one goal to this game and that is to make it into the net without using your hands!" Ashely explained. "You do that right now and you're automatically on the team. If you don't, see you at next year's try outs. Ready?" All the girls in the line nodded. "Go!"

Betty was the first to kick. Amber served her e ball and the blonde threw a swift kick at the soccer ball sending it straight into the goal, just out of reach from Maggie. The girls cheered and the next girl was up. After a constant streak of girls making it in, on girl finally missed and was sent to the back of the line. Danielle became more and more nervous as her and Liz approached the front of the line. Her nerves were going off the charts when she finally looked up at the bleachers to see four familiar faces. Michelle, Ned, Peter, and Cindy were all sitting in the bleachers smiling and waving.

Danielle felt herself relax as determination swept through her. She could do this. If she could lift an entire meteor and save the world alongside the Avengers, she could kick the ball into the goal.

Finally, her turn came up. She walked up to the line and waited for Amber to serve the ball towards her. It tumbled and tumbled until Daniele charged forward and threw a hard kick. The ball launched off her foot and into the net with ease. Maggie had jump the oppisite direction of the ball and fallen onto the grass. She looked up with a large smile and Amber and Ashley clapped and cheered from the sidelines. "Welcome to the team, West!" Ashley called out as Danielle's friends cheered and whooped from the stands.

Danielle couldn't help but smile and chuckle as she made her way to the sidelines beside the rest of her new teammates. As she say down, she turned back to the field and watched as Liz took her shot and missed. Danielle suddenly deflated as she watched Liz trek off the field at the end of try outs. But what caught the enhanced teenager off guard was that Liz was smiling when she approached her. "Congrats!" She cheered as she threw her arms around Danielle.

"Thank you..." Danielle said uneasily as they separated. "But...you didn't make it."

Liz shrugged, her smile still in place. "Yeah, but you did. Besides, I have enough on my plate with Decathlon, classes, and student body president. It's your time to shine, Ellie."

Danielle smiled at her friend before she was enveloped in another hug, this time from Cindy who had ran from the bleachers. "You did awesome! You're gonna do great on the field in Spring!"

"Yeah, totally." Ned piped up as him and Peter walked over with Michelle in tow.

"You did awesome, Danielle." Peter told her, stealing a few nervous glances at Liz standing beside her.

Danielle couldn't help but noticed the way Peter looked at Liz, but tried not to bring attention to it. "Thanks, Peter. Thanks to all of you for being here."

"No problem." Cindy replied.

"Not like I had better things to do." Michelle said blandly. Despite her words, Danielle smiled at her for even having attended. No matter what Michelle said, Danielle knew what she really meant. 'Congrats on making the team...jerk...'


While Danielle was at school and Jack was training somewhere in the Compound, Alice was meditating in the Compound gym. She found that it was usually empty in the mid-afternoon just before everyone decided to call it a day and used that time for herself. Her meditating allowed her to clear her mind after the jumbled thoughts and screaming protests in her head over the real reason she was here.

Her kids were in danger and she couldn't risk their lives on the fact that they may be safe at the Compound, especially after the photos of them Rumlow had showed Alice. The image of Jack standing in one of the Compound windows. Another picture of Danielle at school. And the final one of Danielle, Jack, and Wanda at the Boardwalk.

Her mission was simple; execute the assignment, Steve Rogers. But it wasn't all that simple in her eyes. Kill the man who took her children under his wing and cared for them when she couldn't. He had a relationship with them. If Alice killed Steve, there would be hatred, betrayal, and horrible consequences. But if she didn't, her children would die along with herself. Have Jack and Danielle hate her for all eternity or have them be safe?

But what if there was an option she could just have everything solved. The kids were safe here at the Compound, desire the photos. Rumlow couldn't touch this base, not with how unorganized his branch of HYDRA was. Maybe if Alice told the Avengers the truth, why she was really sent here, who sent her, her mission, maybe they would help. But if they couldn't? Danielle and Jack's lives were on the line and she wasn't sure she trusted these Avengers enough to rest her children's fate with them, even if they themselves did.

Alice was suddenly cut from her thoughts by the sound of someone clearing their throat. Her eyes snapped open and she found herself staring at an upside down Steve Rogers. Well, technically, she was the one in the handstand position making him look upside down in her eyes. Alice chuckled awkwardly before falling down from her position and onto her feet in a swift movement. "Sorry. Didn't mean to hog the gym. No one's usually here around this time." She told the super soldier.

"It's fine. I didn't mean to interrupt your...meditating," Steve apologized. "I just came to tell you Jack was looking for you."

"Oh." She said simply. "Thanks." She began out of the gym leaving Steve alone with his own thoughts.

He didn't like the feeling he got from her. It wasn't a bad feeling, but that was what troubled him. For a woman who had been killing for HYDRA for four years with a dead husband and kidnapped kids she seemed too cool and casual with it all like she'd been living with it for years. He especially found it suspicious that Alice hadn't really reacted at all when she'd learned about the siblings' powers. Almost as if she knew about them already... But how could that have been true, she wasn't even sure if they were alive let alone that they were enhanced. Unless, maybe she did.

It was getting harder day after day to try not to look past the loopholes in Alice's impenetrable wall of trust Danielle and Jack built up. It was really hard to be untruthful with Alice due to the fact that her kids held her to such high standards. And that's what scared Steve the most, that the kids trusted her to a fault when she could possibly be leading them right back to HYDRA. And if she did...what then? Was the team supposed to kill Alice or even possibly the siblings?

Steve had to figure out her play and what she was hiding before anything bad happened to Danielle and Jack. Even if it meant betraying their trust to find out.


After soccer try outs, Ned, Peter, Michelle, Cindy, and Liz all went out for ice cream with Danielle to celebrate her successful entry to both the Decathlon Team and soccer team. The group had all walked a few streets from the school until they reached the place Liz had taken Danielle to eat a few weeks back after she'd tested for the Decathlon Team.

After they were all seated in the outdoor area, the group of friends all began to order. Ned got peanut butter almond, Peter got cookies and cream, Michelle got vanilla, Cindy got Pistachio, Liz got strawberry gelato, and Danielle got her Rocky Road. Michelle, Danielle, Liz, Cindy, Ned, and Peter were all seated around a circular table in that order under a small umbrella.

They were talking and chatting about Decathlon, school, new movies, dumb trends, local news. "Danielle, you are going to kill in soccer." Ned told her as they ate eir delicious desserts.

"Then she's going to dominate in Decathlon." Cindy added.

"We all are." Liz chimed. "Regionals next month, remember guys? Don't forget to study over the Break."

"Got it." Michelle said blandly, looking over the book in her hand slightly, her ice cream come in her other free hand.

"Then if we get to Regionals, we make it state. Then if we make it to state, we go to Nationals!" Ned exclaimed excitedly.

"I really wanna go see D.C." Danielle said. "It sounds fun...and historical."

"I wanna go visit the Washington Monument." Cindy exclaimed.

"Me too." Liz said.

"I wanna see where the demolished SHIELD base is." Peter said.

"Yeah..." Ned agreed.

"I look forward to protesting about the abuse of political powers in the medical world." Michelle spoke up.

Everyone grimaced slightly before Liz turned to the girl beside her. "What about you, Danielle? What do you look forward to seeing in D.C.?"

Danielle shrugged. "I wanna visit the Smithsonian. I heard they have a really cool Captain America exhibit." Truth be told, Sam had told her about that one a long time ago and Danielle had to admit, she was really curious. Sure, she'd read about the guy in history books before HYDRA kidnapped her, but she'd never really paid much attention to it considering she was only ten. But it didn't hit her until recently that she was so close to such a great hero who had an interesting upbringing.

"That's cool." Liz said. "You a fan of superheroes?"

"They save the world, right?"

"Cause a lot of damage to it, too." Michelle pointed out. "Remember Africa?" Danielle tried not to visibly wince at the reminder of that dreadful memory. Back when her, Wanda, and Pietro had fought against the Avengers and had Wanda brainwash the nice and sweet Dr. Banner into destroying half of a city.

"Yeah," Ned said wearily, breaking Danielle from her unpeaceful thoughts. "But rumor has it that aliens actually possessed the Hulk. That's why he's missing, because the aliens took him after Sokovia."

Everyone around the table remained quiet–especially Danielle–after the very odd theory. It wasn't until Cindy spoke up that the awkward silence was broken. "I think he may have just been provoked and maybe lost control." Danielle tried to distract herself by swirling the ice cream in her cup while biting her tongue, trying her best not to say anything.

"What were the Avengers even doing in Africa in the first place?" Michelle asked.

"Maybe they had a good reason." Peter spoke up. "I mean, they save the world. Everything they do has to have a reason." Danielle threw Peter a grateful look, he thankfully overlooked.

Cindy shrugged. "Maybe. But I'm more interested about the new superhero in the city."

"The guy micro-managing Hell's Kitchen hardly counts as new." Liz replied.

"No, not him."

"You men the Spider-Man?" Ned asked.

Peter and Danielle's head shot up at the same time. "Who's the Spider-Man?" The young enhanced asked.

"He's the cool new hero that's been stopping car theives, ATM robbers, and speeding cars." Liz explained. "He's been all over the news lately, surely you've seen him."

Danielle got to thinking about it. Maybe she had. The other day that masked guy dressed in blue and red stopped the car from hitting her and Wanda... Could that have been him? If, so, how'd he do that? She'd never seen anyone stop a car going that fast with their bare hands. She was sure maybe Tony in his suit could manage it, Steve surely had no problem, but just some New York vigilante? Something was up with him. Maybe she could tell someone back at the Compound to look into it. The enhanced finally shrugged. "Maybe..."

"It's probably just a YouTube scam." Peter said.

"Um, have you seen those videos?" Ned asked his best friend. "They look pretty real."

"You used to think light sabers on Star Wars were real, Ned." He pointed out.

Ned frowned slightly. "I was only eleven, man." The group laughed at that. "But I'm sure about this guy. He shoots webs from his hands! I mean, how cool is that?"

"Kind of weird..." Michelle said.

"Yeah..." Cindy agreed. "But cool that he swings everywhere. It looks kind of fun."

"Ooh, would you rather have the ability to fly or swing?" Ned prompted.

"Fly." Liz answered.

"Obviously." Michelle added.

"How about being able to turn invisible or teleport?" Ned asked again.

"Teleport." Danielle chimed with a small smirk. "You can get places faster."

"True." Peter agreed.

The small game of 'Would You Rather' continued until Liz and Cindy both had to get home. Michelle left after that. Followed by Ned and then Peter. Before Peter left, he offered Danielle arrived, but she politely declined stating her house was just a block away.

Danielle would have gladly taken him up on the ride, but after the small trip down memory lane during ice cream, she needed some time to think away from more of Ned's probing questions and Peter's watchful eye.

Halfway to her house in the middle of the afternoon, Danielle began to feel like someone was watching her. She remembered always feeling that way– self-conscious, paranoid, twitchy–when she first was set free from HYDRA. But after a few mo the with the team, it slowly subsided. Why was she getting this feeling now? Maybe it was today's reminder of her days with Ultron almost a year ago.

Danielle shrugged it off and continued on down the street, but as she turned one of the less crowded street corner, a hand suddenly came to rest on her shoulder. Before she was able to even gasp in reaction, a sharp pain in her neck caused her to yelp. Danielle tried to move her hand to see what had stabbed her, but once her hand came up, her eyelids fell down and everything went black.


Alice was sitting on the couch beside Jack and Wanda watching another episode of Game of Thrones when Maria Hill busted through the doors of the recreational room. Steve and Sam–who had been sitting at the kitchen counter sat up slightly at the same time Rhodey and Natasha walked in from the gym.

"What's going on?" Jack asked, looking over the back of the couch at a very shaken Maria Hill.

Before she could answer, Vision flew in beside her with a frown on his face. "I've felt a distress signal from the Stone." He explained.

"That's possible?" Sam asked at the same time Steve asked, "Who sent it?"

Vision gave him a pointed look that said, 'you know who'. Alice's heart fell to the ground as she breathed in horror, "Danielle..."


A/N: Oh boy, oh boy. I love unlocking more of Danielle's complex powers. I feel like the movies didn't do Wanda enough justice when it came to her telepathic abilities. I mean, they hella did her justice when it came to her telekinetic powers if you saw her in IW (I'M SORRY, I HAD TO MAKE THAT JOKE), but not really her telepathic that much. So I really wanted to use Danielle's slight telepathic connection, but like it was mentioned earlier on, Danielle herself hadn't unlocked that part of her power...only Eris had... Ooooooooooh.

Also, thank you to whoever added MIGRAINE to two communities. And MY GOD GUYS, 50 favorites and over 80 followers? You're all so amazing, thank you so much.

This Author's Note is gonna be hella long. Thank you ActualRaeOfSunshine for all the reviews. I must break down each one to respond to.

Review 1: Thank you for the very INTERESTING comments about them. I wanted to show that Danielle and her brother are two people completely. Glad you liked the start.

Review 2: More Danielle, who doesn't love that! And I have heard many times that you very much dislike AOU. I liked it (action-wise), but I didn't really like how it was just like everything was all of a sudden there. Like where did Tony's PTSD go? Natasha and Bruce, wtf? Steve chopping wood, YESSS. Vision just kind of happened... Clint apparently has a family which was out of nowhere. But yeah, I see what you men. And yes, little Peter the smol bean does help her come out of her shell.

Review 3: Yeah, I wanted her conflict with her brother to seem real. You'll see more Danielle/Jack clashing later on, but they always make up. They love each other too much. And yes, my brave little bean. I'll keep the writing advice in mind next time I write a scene with her powers. It's kind of easy to describe Wanda's and Jack's powers because you can see them, but it's hard to do Danielle's because you can't see hers. See my struggle? But I will try. And yes, Jack is my little Mini-Tony Stark baby. Like Steve has his kid in Danielle, Tony has his kid/apprentice in Jack. I think their relationship will be more apprentice/mentor than father/son like Peter because Jack is like 20 and ready to mature...kinda.

Review 4: Steve is my love and life and I wanted the man to get some props in here. Peter has Tony as a father figure and Danielle needs her own father figure. What better guy than the Star Spangled Man With A Plan? The little mask was a bit cute. I thougth about having Tony give it to her, but I felt like he wouldnt have thought of somrthing like her being a minor in public. Steve on the other hand would have. And Jack...my boy. And Eris becomes a very, very, very big problem later on... No spoilers, but yeah. And you are so welcome. I think a lot of people forget that, even sometimes and I'm glad I could remind you that they symbolize hope. Slightly rushed, yeah. DON'T FEEL BAD IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, YOU'RE NOT MEAN.

Review 5: MENTOR STEVE IS EVERYTHING! Who doesn't love some Mentor Steve? Danielle being a musician was purely inspired by me trying to play Hans Zimmer's Interstellar masterpiece One Step and realizing I'm gonna need to grow a third hand to do it. Then it hit me like, if I had telekinesis I could totally do it. Thus, how Danielle became a pianist. I love writing agony, mostly because sometimes I act like Tony and he is one of my favs in the MCU. YES. I am a sucker for family fluff and domestic Avenger life. Having the kids integrated in there I feel like it would bring the team closer together in the sense of entertaining the younger new additions. So, thank you.

Review 6: Dude, I would totally have thrown in Amelia if you had told me sooner. But I have plans for Sharon and Danielle in this story, sorry love. But yes! Pianist by day, superhero by night...perfection. And yeah, sorry about the short Peter bit. There will be more Peter as time goes by, I promise. I just want to build on Danielle a bit more before she gets into romance with the guy. AND IKR! Michelle characterization comes so easily to me cause on some days I'm Tony, some days I'm Natasha, some days I'm Loki, other days I'm Michelle. it varies from time to time.

Review 7: After Danielle breaks free from her little shell, she becomes more of a sassy queen. I know. Jack and Tony come more in Civil War and post Civil War, lots of post Civil War especially. And yeah, Wanda essentially is like an older sister to Danielle and like a twin sister to Jack. Of course you understood that reference, who doesn't? Lol. Once against, I'm a sucker for the family fluff. And I know, they're rushed. I'm sorry! I'll try and work on that more.

Review 8: I actually didn't think about him doing that, but now that I think about I feel like maybe he might have been doing something Spider-Man related. Idk. The nickname! She has so many now. 'Dani', 'Ellie', 'Elle', 'Eris', 'Goddess of Chaos and Discord'. Danielle partied a bit too hard as well can see. And Sharon/Agent 13 does have a romance with Steve in the comics apparently. She's the one who initially kills him after being brainwashed or something, which kind of sucks. And I totally thought that was something Sharon would do. Like a nervous CIA agent...let's just let Captain America handle this problem. And we all love ourselves some Jealous!Peter, we'll see more later. DADDY TONY! Tony Dads everyone I feel. Jack, Danielle, Peter.

Review 9: As someone who lives in Southern New York, but is from Southern Texas, 76 is cool Texas standards and pretty warm New York standards. So not too bad. And I had FRIDAY call him The Vision because they call him that multiple times in AOU. Like when he was frying Ultron out of the net at the Sokovia battle, FRIDAY called him 'The Vision' and so did Thor when he said the Mind Stone is 'safe with the Vision'. it does sound weird, but it's canon. *shrug*. YOU HAVE AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH STEVE, RAE! THIS IS AN INTERVENTION! XD. Yeah, Dani screwed up but I wrote her that way to show she has flaws and isn't just this pure innocent girl all the time. Her time with HYDRA and four years without any real parenting or normal hormonal teenage life has taken its toll on her. You can't be mad at the girl forever, she did mean well. And yes! Have to give credit to scrapingskies for inspiring me to start adding those in my fic.

Chapter song is Victorious by Panic! At the Disco bc I feel like it fits for Danielle's hard work and victory.

Incorrect Quote of the Chapter:

Tony: *looking for Peter* PETER?! PETER?!

Danielle: I have an idea. *clears throat* THIS BITCH EMPTY!

Peter: *swings in on a web* YEET!