Spiderman glanced up as Fury came into the briefing room followed by Power Man's parents who were scientists aboard the helicarrier. "Any news Fury?" He whispered.

All of the heroes were red eyes from crying and worn out with fatigue and grief. "Was it Danny's blood on the mask?" Nova sniffled, "Did you get the analysis?"

Glancing down at her feet, Mrs. Cage forcefully held back tears as he nodded. "We have confirmed, it was Iron Fist's blood." She choked out.

"But hey, there's still hope." Mr. Cage tried to make the team perk up a bit. "I mean, they haven't found his body yet, so he could still be out there." He looked all of the young heroes in the eye, silently begging them to believe him.

"Yeah guys! We can't give up!" Spiderman jumped out of his seat, banging his hands against the table. "Iron Fist faced a dragon, and won! Surly scorpion couldn't have killed him, he has to be out there!"

"Spider," White Tiger gulped. "Don't do that. Don't try to give us false hope. it's like scratching a wound, it may make it feel better at the moment but the wound will last longer because of it. You saw the clearing, there was blood everywhere. He's dead."

"How can you saw that!" Luke screamed, tears rolling down his cheeks. "You can't just give up Tiger!"

"Oh yes I can!" She screamed back, "And don't you yell at me Nicolas Cage! I loved Danny too. But I don't want to convince myself that he's alive when in reality, we are never going to see him, EVER AGAIN!" She burst into sobs and fell back into her chair, balling into her hands, mascara running.

Around the room, the other three teens burst into a yelling contest. All accusing the others and trying to be heard over everyone else. Mr. Cage ran in between the heroes, trying to calm them down.

Closing her eyes, Mrs. Cage ignored the teenager. Breathing deeply, her thoughts echoed loudly in her mind. No one could have survived a fall like that. Not even Iron Fist. We saw the clearing before the storms came on, there was blood everywhere. Far too much blood. Biting her lip to keep from crying, she thought back to the first time she had met Danny.

They were on their way back from the place she and her husband had been imprisoned for so many years. She kept touching Luke, as if to see if he were real. She hadn't known what had become of him for so long, she was proud of the man he had become.

As soon as they got off the jet, agents began coming up to congratulate Luke on his rescue and welcome her and her husband back to SHIELD, One boy was younger than the others. He was about seventeen with long blond hair and a sweet smile. He looked like he belonged on a beach in California, not a metal airship. As soon as Luke saw him, his face lit up.

"Danny, come here!" He called and pulled his friend through the crowds so that he could meet his parents. "Danny, these are my parents."

The boy's eyes grew wide and he smiled happily at them, but his eyes were very sad. "I am so happy for you my friend!" He exclaimed, "To find your parents after so many years thinking that they were dead, it must be a dream come true." He shook both Mr and Mrs Cage's hands warmly. Mrs. Cage could see a deep pain in his eyes as he turned quickly back towards her son. "Excuse me Luke, I must go find Tiger." He said as he ran off through the helicarrier.

"What was that about Luke?" Mrs. Cage asked worriedly.

As sad frown crossed her son's face. "That was thoughtless of me." Luke sighed, "Danny is my best friend, he really helped me when I first came to SHIELD. Danny's parents died ten years ago. I should have known that meeting you would be hard for him. I know he's happy for us, but now he's probably thinking about his parents and what became of them."

"His parents are dead?" Mrs. Cages eyes filled with tear. Putting her hands on her hips defiantly, she exclaimed, "Well then, he must become part of our family!" When Mr. Cage nodded in agreement she continued, "Luke, whenever we are together I want Danny to be there to. He has been like a brother to you while we were missing, and now we want to be like parents to him. What do you think?"

Grinning, Luke exclaimed, "I think that's a wonderful idea!"

Mrs. Cage came back to reality when her husband touched her arm. "Are you alright? You looked a million miles away for a second."

Looking around, she dully noted that he had gotten the young heroes to quiet down. Nodding slowly, she responded, "I'm fine. Just thinking, remembering." Mr. Cage nodded, not needing to know any more. Danny had been living with them for the past four-ish months. He was always quiet and kind to everyone. Mrs. Cage had truly seen him as a second son, and she couldn't bare the thought that he was gone.

"I won't give up." She whispered, too quietly for anyone to hear before marching out of the briefing room.

Staring at her, one eyebrow raised, White Tiger asked, "Luke, what got into your mom?"

"No idea.' He shrugged. "Once she gets an idea in her head, she won't stop until she's done what she set out to do. She could be up to anything right now."

Across the helicarrier, Mrs. Cage was doing something. She was writing a plan for Fury to approve. A plan to tear down the mountain in Alaska where Danny's mask had been found. To tear Mount Steapridge apart until they either found Danny, or found his body.

DU DU DUUUUUUUHHHH! :) How'd you like? I thought it would be kinda fun to throw Luke's parents in there, it made sense to me. Right now, I'd just like to apologies for not really responding to anyone's reviews. I promise I'm reading them! And they have really helped me. If any of you have any ideas on how to make this story better, please let me know and I may put your ideas in here. I will respond to a couple now.

TheOnyxDragon12; thank you very much for all of your reviews. They have been very helpful and encouraging to me. And I really appreciate them :)

spize666: Child slaves in asia are mostly very young, when they are rescued most can not be put up for adoption because they have been so traumatized that they are terrified of people. For many, if a man even tries to touch them, even in a nice way, they will flip out. Because they are so afraid. I don't know if there is a way to donate? I guess you could look it up, but be careful if you do. A lot of sites could be frauds. It's really terrible that people do that, but they do. And those who work in countries where child slavery is legal can't get donations cause those are connected to bank numbers, and if you are breaking the law by rescuing these kids, you can't have ANY way for them to find out who you are. So most of us have church sponsors or make things and sell them. One of my friends makes beautiful wooden crosses to pay for her trips, and I am really hoping my books may be able to at least partially support me. I haven't been able to go to south asia yet where slavery is big, I'm hopefully getting there in about 3 years. I have to go back to Russia first. And right now I'm in America so I can finish school. And just so everyone knows: yes, I am American.

Thank you everyone for all the congratulations for my book. It's completely finished and in the process of publishing. All that's left now is finishing the cover of the book and completing that mess. The digital art part of book-writing is the worst! I swear! Ug. Sorry, that was a total tangent! Anyhow, I will post the title in about -two weeks maybe?- When it's officially out there. So thank you all very much, it's late, I'm tired. So thanks again and GOODNIGHT! :)