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TONY STARK'S POV

I wasn't sure what to think of Merida's sister, Freya. On one hand, something about her made me nervous. On the other, she was just a thirteen year old girl who was in a new country and had lost her mother. Of course, I figured out how I felt after a few weeks, when Freya disappeared.

We woke up one morning, exhausted from the previous day's "Team Building Activities" to find yet another piece of paper on the table.

Heh, maybe I should explain. Pep, being, well, Pep, decided to make a list of things we were going to do while hiding out from SHIELD. It was a rather large list, but we managed to do most of them.

Anyway, we found another piece of paper on the table, but this time Merida had already read it and was staring at it blankly, eyes tearing up. For the few weeks I've known Merida, she hasn't really ever shown weakness. She's always been strong, impenetrable- like an ADHD Natasha, actually. She'd never cried, really, never even looked sad- but at that moment, sitting at the table in a nightgown, her hair a mess, paper clutched in her hands, she looked shocked. Her shoulders were shaking, and I recognized the look in her eyes- I'd seen it on Thor, when we'd captured Loki, and on Steve when he found Peggy's gravestone.

Merida looked broken.

"Meri?" I asked, part of me knowing to be quiet in my words. I couldn't be myself right now- I had to play the part of a caring uncle. I didn't know what was wrong, but it had to be something bad. So I stepped forward cautiously and moved behind her, reading over her shoulder.

Dear Meri, Dad, Aden, and the rest of the Avengers:
I hate to do this, I really do, but I have to. I've had so much fun these past few weeks, with all of you guys, but I found out something horrible, and I have to know whether or not it's true. I've left. You needn't come after me, because you won't be able to find me. It's not your fault, not really- I'm just taking my own road. I don't know when we'll next meet, or on what terms it'll be. I just know that this is something I have to do. I can't intrude on Meri and Aden anymore, no matter how much I wish that what is happening wasn't, and I'm not an Avenger. I'm not a hero. I'm not even like Dad. I'm just a normal girl who got this magic that she can't control, and I'm using it to do something that will benefit our family. I'll miss you all, and never doubt I love you.

Love,
Freya

My jaw dropped. Freya had run away? What had she figured out?

"Oh, Meri," I said, letting my sympathy be sincere as I laid my hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry."

Her shoulders shook harder and a sob escaped her, and soon she was breaking down at the table.

What the hell was I supposed to do now? I didn't know how to deal with crying; it wasn't as if any of the women I knew burst into tears all that often. Was I supposed to pat her shoulder comfortingly? Hug her? Cry with her?

I went with patting her shoulder, but it didn't seem to do much of anything. In fact, within minutes, I heard the pounding of footsteps and the unmistakable voice of Loki echoing down the staircase.

"I swear on the name of Odin, Stark, if you have hurt my daughter in any way, I will personally rip you limb from limb and watch the light fade from your eyes… Merida?"

Quickly, Merida crumpled up the letter into a ball and crooked her hand into a shape, a red glow appearing above her fingertips…

I grabbed the letter from her and tossed it to Loki, causing her to throw herself past me, across the table, and into her father, which sent them both falling down.

"Don't read it!" she begged him, and his brow furrowed in confusion.

"Why not? What is it?"

"Just please don't !" she begged, tears forming in her eyes. Pushing her off of him, Loki stood and un-crumpled the letter, reading it. His face paled, and he looked at me with anger in his eyes.

"What is this?" he growled, shoving the paper in my face, "If this is some kind of joke…"

"What?" I asked, throwing my hands up, "Are you suggesting that I did this? That I wrote this letter?"

"What's going on here?" Asked Cap, who was dressed in a grey t-shirt and Iron-Man pajama bottoms(joke gift, don't ask). His blonde hair was tousled and he was rubbing sleep out of his eyes. He looked utterly confused.

"Didn't you?" Asked Loki, still angry looking.

"No!" I said, "I can't believe you actually thought I'd do this!"

Merida sniffed and stood, standing in between the two of us.

"He didn't do it, Dad," she said, "It was Freya. She's run off."

"What?" asked Steve again, stepping forward, "Can someone please explain…"

"Freya," I cut him off, "Found something out. Something that made her leave. Meri…"

"Don't call me Meri," Merida protested, but I waved it off.

"…what did she mean about you and Aden?"

She shrugged, hair bouncing around her shoulders.

"I have no idea," she said, "I'm as confused as you are on that part."

"Well," said Steve, "We have to find her. So, I guess we all know what this means…"

"Avengers, Assemble?" asked Merida, and I nodded.

"Go wake up Goldilocks, Ezio, Altair, and Bruce," I said, "We've got a girl to find."

-0-

"There's only one option," stated Natasha from her place at the end of the table, and immediately we all(minus Clint) said,

"No."

"C'mon, guys," said Clint, leaning forward, "SHIELD's after Loki and Merida, but they've got eyes everywhere. You said you found Loki the first time in like, what, ten minutes? Freya should be a piece of cake."

I opened my mouth to object again, but Steve raised a hand in a 'quiet' motion.

"It's up to Merida and Loki," he said, "It's their family."

Loki nodded, clasping Merida's hand.

"Contact them," he said, "They're our only hope."

"Alright, Princess Leia," I muttered, "Your choice."

-0-

"Welcome to the Helicarrier."

Loki leaned over and whispered in my ear, "Nice to be on board as a free man." I cracked a grin and followed Fury inside, ignoring his jab of "Going to hack into secure files again, Stark?" and simply remained silent.

"It's amazing how much a difference of people not pointing every available weapon at you can make," quipped Merida from behind Fury, who turned and glared at her.

"Listen, girl," he said, "Officially, you aren't here. Officially, we don't know you exist."

"Fine by me," she said, "I'm just glad I don't have to pull a Tony and steal my dad's lines. I am capable of coming up with my own witty retorts, you know."

She seemed back to normal, but there was still something in her eyes that seemed lost, thrown into shadow. I didn't like it. She looked too much like Loki(back when he tried to take over the Earth) and I was pretty sure it was making SHIELD edgy.

We reached the bridge without incident, and it was there that they set up the cameras to find Freya.

"Now," said Clint, showing a rare moment of kindness and clasping Merida on the shoulder, "We wait."

"I hate waiting," I grumbled, "It makes me bored. Can someone get me a computer?"

Merida cracked a grin.

"They're afraid that if you get ahold of a computer, you'll completely take down their security and post everything on Facebook."

I waved my hands at her, saying, "Please. Facebook is overrated. I'd post everything on Tumblr."

Well, hoped you all liked it! Sorry it was short, but I was suffering from minor(what am I kidding, pretty darn major) writers block. Please Read and Review, and it will help me keep going.