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Saga's mind was back on their late night mission as she walked home from school. Her friend Rose was discussing a classroom theory about Gatsby, but the girl with the brown and green eyes found herself away from the conversation. She thought about the different weapons they had stored away and what was going to be next for their family. So far, they had made a safe haven and robbed a weapons facility. It was all only another step in the plan.

That's all that took over her mind anymore. Her final goal needed achieving, even when she spent her time away from home. Saga knew she wasn't with her biological family. It was obvious since the minute she could comprehend it all. She felt trapped by the idea of meeting her real family. Saga wanted that more than anything-

"-Hey Saga," Rose tapped the girl's shoulder, pulling her away from a somewhat pointless daydream,' Everything okay? You've been kind of spaced out today. All week, for that matter."

"Just tired,' she explained, the books close to her chest," I haven't been sleeping well all week."

"Is something happening?" her concerned friend asked.

Saga wanted to tell all of her friends the truth. She wanted to allow them into her world and tell them all about her family life. She was told, however, that trust was an issue in her life. With all that happened in the past (though she barely recollected some memories) she was told that she could never be too careful. Had she slipped up her plan or her powers, there might be hell to pay. Even the thoughts of when her skin turned blue were pushed away from her mind. All she could do was smile at Rose as they approached the one floor house that had been Saga's.

"I just need some time for thinking," she admitted," I need to get more sleep too. Haven't been able to concentrate on anything.".

"You just get some rest, okay?" Rose reassured with a soft smile.

"Thanks Rose."

Saga closed the door behind her. She hung up her coat with slight shame, knowing she couldn't tell Rose (or any of their friends) what went wrong. Nonetheless, she went off to work. The door to the basement was already open, which was a hazard in itself. She hopped down the stairs and to the dryer and washing machine. The girl crawled through the white dryer, where her family was making an effort to fix up the weapons. The facility they made was near perfect (except for little kinks here and there) and Saga couldn't be happier.

"Hi Saga," Hadia called from the end, where she was working on a gun with Sebastian," How was school?"

"We just read more Gatsby, learned more equations- the usual stuff," Saga sighed," I would've love to have been here all day."

"I thought you loved class," Hadia mentioned, her confusion clear on her face.

"Just English," Saga shrugged as she walked to her side of the lab," I feel like I can't focus on anything else besides books and our plans. I have more to worry about that the division of fractions."

"School's important," Benjamin brought up as the machine he was fiddling with sparked," Most evil rulers got an education, like-"

Hadia and Sebastian glared at the man. He knew he should keep quiet about his examples. And about referring to Saga as an 'evil ruler'. She had no desire to take over the world. She made it very clear throughout her time with the family that world domination was not in her sights. Once her only goal was complete, weapons would drop, their army would stop and she'd give up using her powers (or try to).

While Benjamin started talking more and more about his education, Saga walked over to the scepter that she'd taken. It had been completely modified since the first time she saw it. When it had been raised above New York City, held in the hand of a god. A future ruler. A failed ruler. When he stood before the people, the scepter had been gold and silver. It matched the sunset with such grace, despite being so dangerous to human use.

But most of its color had been gone by now, giving it a slick look. She adored it. Saga had been waiting all day to get some use out of it. The others watched as she placed her hand on the object. The cold metal greeted her hand gracefully as she reached for the little blue sphere. Before she could touch it, she noticed how blue her hand was becoming, the faint lines showing up more. The others noticed as soon as she pulled away. She slowly smiled as she stared at her hand, which went back to its normal color. She looked to the others then a realization came to her mind.

"This obviously has a connection with one of my powers," she said," but it's the power I can't control. There has to be a way from me to learn to control them. I have to learn how to work on these- and I don't think I can use google this time."

They pondered about what to do. The other three had never been able to work on Saga's powers with her- not even Dr. Foster could help. Benjamin sat up, the others looking to him. Saga approached quickly.

"What is it, Ben?" she asked.

"There's a place," he stated," where there's a whole library of spells. There's books with powers we've never heard of, spells we know and spells we can learn. There is a book about types of ice spells that you can learn. One that can create an army for our mission. Saga, this can help you and our cause. This will get us on top. This will help you find your identity."

"How do we get to these books?" she asked nervously.

"Allow me to demonstrate my new weapon."

With that, Benjamin pulled out a gun and pointed it to the wall. He switched the settings around, and fired. Hadia and Saga pulled back while Sebastian simply ducked. The group watched as the blond haired man's weapon opened up a portal to what looked like a tunnel. He turned to the group and smiled.

"This way."

As Saga had been coming home, Stephen had been sat down in a SHIELD headquarters room. His cloak moved gently as he looked around the room. Wanda tapped her hand against the table, while Sam and Bucky were playing some cards. Bucky was oblivious to the fact that his friend had been cheating, as he had a shrunken Scott looking at the cards on Bucky's shoulder. Happy was standing outside, pacing awkwardly as he waited for someone. It had to be Peter, who insisted he use the bathroom before the meeting. Stephen wished he could be anywhere but here, and wished he'd stayed at the sanctum, instead of Wong.

"So where is Doctor Banner?" Stephen asked.

"He's in Wakanda," she said softly," He was meeting with the king to discuss new types of weapons for their soldiers."

"Something indestructible, I imagine."

"Two words," Bucky piped up," More. Vibranium."

"Four aces," Sam smiled as he put the cards down and leaned back.

"How are you doing this?" Bucky insisted.

"A captain never tells his secrets."

Finally, Peter and Ned came rushing in. Scott went to his seat and went back to his normal size, scaring Bucky. Rhodey was right behind them, Happy insisting that they hurry in, as he had to get on a jet back to Pepper to 'stock up'. Agent Hill walked in shortly after, explaining how she'd be taking over the meeting.

Rhodey raised an eyebrow, but went along with it.

"Thank you all for being here on such short notice," she said," We have very little time for this matter, so we're gonna just cut right to the chase."

Rhodey nodded to Ned, who tried to pull up the videos on his computer. Unfortunately, his less desirable social media account flashed up. He tried to take it down, until Sam got up and him to where he needed to be. Ned thanked him and displayed the footage. It was a camera from one of the facilities the heroes had never been to. Stephen looked at the rolling footage carefully. The first video had been of a van pulling up to the facility, and the soldiers making their way over to the car. When, in a sudden flash, the appearance of the car changed, and it was a rundown old van, and a fight had broken out. A young man with a face tattoo split into three, a young woman with a hijab running to the door and pressing her hands on it. A blond man with a facial scar hopped out, as well as a young girl from the front seat. While the videos played, Hill looked to the crowd.

"Happy notified me that, last night, that there was an attack on one of our facilities in Montana," she explained," the footage provided came from the security system, and since it was made by Stark, we've got the best quality possible."

"Thank you, Mr Stark," Peter whispered awkwardly.

"So who are they?" Stephen asked curiously.

"And why Montana?" Scott questioned.

Rhodey nodded to Ned, who flicked up a picture of Loki's scepter. It had been modified completely, and anyone could recognize it just by the blue sphere. Each person in the room remembered the day the Chitauri came to Earth. Peter got shivers down his spine, and Hill looked to Happy, who gave a nod of understanding. He could never forget what Tony had done.

"This is the one weapon they were after," she explained," and unfortunately, they got it."

Before the next video could play, they paused it. Rhodey tapped on the blond man and the photo enlarged.

"Benjamin Neumore," Rhodey announced," a retired Air Force veteran. He was a prisoner of war for a few years, where he'd been tortured and experimented on. He was given the powers of super senses, though we're not sure how he got those powers. After his time in the Air Force, he seemed to go off of the face of the earth. And that's the case with most of these people."

"Hey," Sam paused," I remember him. Ben and I used to have drinks together. We'd go to the same bar, and after he came home…"

Sam paused, then leaned back. He couldn't believe his friend had resorted to a life of crime, while he stood tall amongst the heroes. He kept quiet as he watched Maria continued.

"Hadia Morcos," Hill tapped on the one woman's picture," She's the daughter of Salih Morcos, the journalist in NYC. When she was seven, a chemical leak in her family home had caused a fire, which is where she'd gotten the power of heat. About a year afterwards, she went off the face of the Earth."

"Sebastian Deeds," Rhodey mentioned," He was a college student at The University of Boston. He was studying to be a teacher, but unfortunately, an underground mafia had bigger plans."

Sebastian had been marked by the mafia, with a tattoo that covered most of his face. After he defended his little brother, who had been a part of the mafia, Sebastian had been their property. Until, during a deal gone wrong at a power plant, his molecules were rearranged and he was able to split himself apart.

"He also got super strength," Rhodey mentioned," except when he's split apart. That is his weakness."

"When did he disappear?" Peter asked.

"A month later. The connection between all three is unknown, so we don't know what they're really working towards."

"And the girl?" Stephen asked, staring at the paused screen," What about her powers?"

"Well," Rhodey paused," We don't know her name or why she's with the group, but her powers...Ned."

Ned nodded and played the video. The girl held the staff in one hand, and, with quick movements, the guards were frozen together. Stephen watched the girl for a moment, who seemed amazed by her sudden power...and sudden change of skin color. The video was paused again and Stephen had his full attention on the young lady. Those powers were odd, to say the least. But he had been familiar with these types of powers...where?

As he pondered, Wong opened a portal, which made Peter scramble together. Sam and Bucky glanced to each other, but their attention went back to Wong.

"Sorry to interrupt the meeting," he said," but we have a problem."

"Wong," Stephen stood up," What's wrong?"

"The sanctum is being attacked," he said," You need to come back!"