Kya slowly stood up and walked out of the room, almost running directly into Clint.

"Where's your commlimk?!?"

The waterbender looked away before blushing with embarrassment. "Maximoff destroyed it when he brought me here."

Clint's sharp eyes snapped to hers. "He didn't-"

"NO! He claimed he just wanted to talk."

The archer raised an eyebrow before deciding to leave that conversation for later. "Lover Boy's sister tried to use her enhancements on me. We have to assume-"

Kya's blue eyes widened in alarm. "That she used it on the others."

The two quickly ran to the lower levels of the ship and immediately spotted Natasha. As they ran to her side, the waterbender saw Steve slowly walking away with a haunted expression on his face.

She looked at Clint who saw the super soldier from the corner of his eye. When he nodded, Kya ran to the man who was like a brother to her before gently placing a hand on his shoulder. Steve turned around, but slowly, and it was like he couldn't see her.

The silver haired woman frowned, not even wanting to imagine what the man out of time was seeing. "Don't worry Steve, I'll make them go away."

Quickly coating her hands with the clean water from her waterskin, Kya places her hands on the sides of Steve's head and concentrated. She saw flashes of a club in the 1940s, probably at the end of WW2, but it was twisted, wrong. And she saw Peggy Carter, the woman who had Steve's heart before he went into the ice.

"We can go home."

Kya concentrated harder. 'No, the Avengers are your home Steve. We're your family. None of this is real, come back!'

With a gasp, the vision of the mutilated club and Peggy Carter disappeared. Kya pulled her hands away as Steve blinked and looked around frantically. "Kya what-"

"Wanda Maximoff happened. Everyone else besides Clint, myself, and hopefully Banner got hit."

The super soldier shook his head to get rid of the aftereffects of Wanda's mind-probing. Kya turned just in time to see Clint carrying Natasha bridal style.

"We gotta go."

A deep sense of dread filled the waterbender. "What-"

"Maximoff got to Banner. Stark called on Veronica to snap him out of it."

After finding Thor, the three Avengers that were still functioning properly - or partially in Steve's case - hauled him and Natasha to the Quin-Jet. During the flight to Bruce and Tony's location, Kya cleared the visions from her surrogate mother and the thunder god's minds. But there wasn't much she could do for the aftereffects.

Bruce was a wreak when Steve helped Tony bring him into the Quin-Jet. When Kya approached him to heal his mind, he shook his head.

"The vision already gone."

The silver haired Avenger pursed her lips sadly before wrapping her arms around the scientist comfortingly. Afterwards, she retired to her designated corner of the jet to meditate.

She had a lot to clear from her head.

Straightening her spine, Kya took a deep breath to calm herself and retreated to the spiritual sanctuary her meditations offered.

I can't believe I let Piet- Maximoff distract me like he did. My family is hurting because of it!

Because I was distracted!

Somewhere, she felt a little prick of confusion, which morphed into curiosity. Kya could feel that the curiosity wasn't her own and quickly focused on it.

It felt very familiar. Almost like-

No. Way.

She knew what she had to do in order to prove her suspicions correct. And she really didn't like it.

'Pietro?'

The curiosity turned into a mixture of surprise and recognition before turning cautious.

Princessa

Dammit, I was right.

'Stop calling me that! Call me Kya or don't call me anything.'

Warmth filled the air. 'It is you! I'd know your fighting spirit anywhere.'

Kya scoffed. It was silent until the warmth turned to smugness.

'And now I have your name.'

The waterbender froze when she realized that she did indeed say her birth name instead of her Avenger name.

Smugness turned back into warmth, only slightly more heated. 'Kya... Fitting.'

'How?'

The air became warmer. 'Beautiful name for a beautiful girl.'

Emotions that she couldn't - or wouldn't - name ran through her. Quickly shaking them away, Kya let herself bristle with anger.

'You knew what your sister was going to do, didn't you?'

A sigh was heard before he answered. 'She's my sister and she's been doing the same thing for a week. Yes I knew.'

The anger intensified. 'That's my family's psyche she terrorized today.'

A sudden realization came over Kya. Something that happened both this time and last time they met in Sokovia.

'Why didn't your sister use her abilities on me the last time? And this time... Why did you take me away?'

Hesitation. And then, 'You are different.'

'How the Hell am I different?!? I fight for the exact same thing that the rest of the Avengers fight for!!!'

Before Pietro could reply, Kya shook her head even though the man on the other side couldn't see. 'Don't. This was a mistake.'

'Kya-'

With that, Kya pulled out of her meditations and away from Pietro Maximoff.

When she opened her eyes, it was obvious that it's been some time since she started meditating. Seeing that her fellow Avengers were still out of sorts, the waterbender rubbed a hand over her face before standing up.

"The news is loving you guys."

Kya rested an elbow on Tony's chair where he was video-chatting Maria. "Let me guess, everyone else isn't?"

Maria only gave a sad smile in confirmation before speaking again. "There's been no official call for Banner's arrest, but it's in the air."

Out of the corner of her eye, the silver haired woman saw Bruce flinch before pulling the blanket he had around his shoulders tighter. Kya looked around to see Natasha staring into space with a haunted expression on her face. The same expression was on Thor and Steve's face, vacant and haunted.

She can remember another time when the atmosphere was this somber for the Avengers.

-Flashback-

He'll be okay... He has to be okay!

Kya said these words like a mantra in her head as she ran as fast as she could to the cell that held Loki before he escaped. A wave of cold had dumped itself in her when she heard Coulson was injured. The agent who delivered the news wasn't even done talking when she started running towards the cell.

But apparently, she wasn't fast enough.

As soon as she threw the door open, she froze.

The medic team had already brought a body bag.

Coulson was dead. Kya's hand flew to her mouth, but that didn't stop the scream from escaping. All around her, pipes burst because of how much pressure was being applied. As water leaked onto the floor, the silver haired girl fell to her knees as tears poured down her face. Nick was suddenly there. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her close.

"I-I could have s-saved him."

Nick didn't say anything. There was so much going on, and he wasn't just thinking about Loki.

-End of Flashback-

The waterbender's hand tightened into a fist in anger at the sight of what Wanda Maximoff did. Because of her, Bruce's already fragile confidence in his control was cracking. Because of her, Natasha re-lived some of her worst memories.

The next meeting between the Avengers and Ultron was going to be fun.

"So run and hide?"

Kya blinked out of her thoughts before lightly pushing off of Tony's chair before walking to where Clint was in the pilot seat.

"Until we can find Ultron, that's all I can offer."

Bright blue eyes closed in exhaustion before opening again as Kya leaned against Clint's chair. The archer looked at the silver haired Avenger's exhausted face before smiling sympathetically. After he'd turn the computer off, Tony joined the two former agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., his tone lacking it's usual smart ass.

"Hey, wanna switch out?"

The archer shook his head. "Nah, I'm good. If you wanna get some kip, now's a good time, we're still a few hours out."

Tony's eyebrows furrowed. "A few hours from what?"

Kya, who once again knew exactly what Clint was talking about, shared a smile with said man. "A safehouse."

-Time Skip-

The silver haired avenger smiled when the Quin-Jet landed in the field that was in front of the farmhouse she spent every summer at since Clint and Natasha took her in. She helped Clint support Nat, who was still not completely back to herself, as the walked through the field and up the porch steps.

Thor's voice was both confused and cautious. "What is this place?"

Kya rolled her eyes when Tony respond, his usual smart ass matter returned to it's rightful place. "A safehouse."

Clint looked over his shoulder as Kya pushed the door open. "It's open."

Just like the last time the silver haired woman was there, the house was gorgeous and gave off a friendly and happy vibe. And just like last time, the smell of cookies added to the homey aura.

"Honey? I'm home."

A heavily pregnant woman - Kya knew to be Laura Barton, who was like another mother to the waterbender - walked around the corner from the kitchen. She was carrying a few scraps of paper in her hand, which she quickly put on the table and smiled when as Clint walked closer.

"Hi, company. Sorry we didn't call ahead."

The two embraced before Laura grabbed Clint's face and pulled it down for a kiss. "Hey."

Tony couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. "This has to be an agent of some kind."

Kya giggled before shaking her head. "I promise that this is all real."

The archer slung an arm over Laura's shoulders before turning back to his team. "Gentlemen, this is Laura."

The pregnant woman smiled before waving awkwardly. "I know all your names."

Laura spotted Kya standing next to Natasha, and her smile widened. "Especially your name."

The waterbender smiled before quickly walking into the hug that was offered to her. "Hi Laura!"

The older woman pulled back to press a kiss to Kya's cheek. "Hi River. "

River was the nickname Laura gave Kya when said silver haired girl was little after seeing her waterbending. Suddenly, little footsteps could heard coming down the stairs, to which Clint grinned at. "Uh oh, incoming."

Two children, a little boy of nine and a little girl of six, ran around the corner and into their father's arms. "Hi sweetheart, hey buddy!"

Tony once again spoke in disbelief. "These are... Smaller agents."

Kya slightly pulled away from Laura to look at the billionaire with a raised eyebrow. "Once again Stark, I promise that this is all real."

The little girl, Lila pulled away from Clint. "Did you bring Kya and Aunty Nat?"

A small grin appeared across Natasha's face as she stepped forward. "Why don't ya hug them and find out?"

Lila went for Nat while Cooper went straight for Kya, who swept him up into her arms with a huge smile. Meanwhile Steve, ever the gentleman, smiled awkwardly. "Sorry for barging in on you-"

"We would've called ahead, but we were busy having no idea that we existed."

The silver haired woman rolled her eyes at Tony's blunt behavior as Clint started talking. "Yeah, Fury helped me set this up when I joined. He kept it off S.H.I.E.L.D.'s files, and I'd like to keep it that way. I figured that it would be a good place to lie low."

As Cooper and Lila led her over to the kitchen table to help with drawings, Kya heard a slight crunch and turned around just in time to see Thor sweeping what looked like a very much destroyed Lego house under the couch. Rolling her eyes at his guilty face, the waterbender sat down as Natasha talked to Laura.

"So how's little Natasha?"

Laura grimaced playfully. "She is... Nathaniel."

The red head's face was mock scandalized as she bent down to talk to the baby bump. "Traitor."

Author's Note: I wanted to write more but I tired. Night night.