Part Five: "If we can't protect the Earth, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it."
When Lexis woke up she was on a bed in a room. It was a warm room and no one else was in there. She sat up and winced at the pain in her head. I must have hit my head as I fell. Slowly getting up and walking around, she could tell that someone was looking at her but she could not tell who. It was just a silhouette of a figure, but it was stunningly familiar. It was not her mother's; maybe it was Nick or...Tony... She did not know, nor really care at this moment. At that moment the door opened and Nick walked in.
"How are you feeling? You banged your head pretty hard on the ground." Nick looked genuinely concerned with Lexis well being.
"It hurts a little, but I am okay." Nick gave her a slight push towards the door and there her mom was.
"Sweety! Are you okay!?"
"Yeah, mom I am okay." Lexis walked towards the door that they originally came in through, but Nick stopped them.
"Are you leaving? I still need to ask you something, Mrs. Siege."
"Oh, I thought we were. Please ask the question."
"Please go come into my office to talk."
"Why don't we just talk here. I do not think it is necessary to hide."
Nick sighed and got a grumpy look on his face, "if you insist. I am just going to be blunt. I want Lexis to come and train here at SHIELD. She would be a valuable operative or lead agent after her training is complete and of course school. I think she is cut out for it. She would not start her training until April or May and she could still do school. We have teachers on board. If you do not think she is ready, we should ask her if she wants to do it."
Shelby looked at him in amazement, but not the good kind. She was horrified that he would even ask this. "Now I get to be blunt. No."
"You are not even going to ask Lexis?"
"No. I am the adult and if I do not want her doing something, I get to decide. I think she is way too young to be doing any training of this sorts. She is not mature enough to decide this either. But I am willing to let her decide when she is an adult. At eighteen you can ask her what she wants to do. If she wants it, then you can train her. But do not call any sooner or I will make sure that she never comes here. Do you understand?"
Nick was so shocked that he did not really know how to answer. "Uh...yes, ma'am. I completely understand."
"Good, now we are leaving." Shelby walked to Lexis, grabbed her hand and walked toward the door. When they got out there a helicopter was waiting. Lexis wondered what that conversation was about, but at this moment it was too touchy of a subject to ask about now. Getting into the helicopter she looked back wondering if she would ever see this place again. She did not want to forget about the view, so she quickly got out her camera and took a picture. The flight seemed to take forever, but if finally ended as it landed on the front lawn. They got out and ran to the house. Lexis did not want to miss another picture, so she ran closer and took a few picture from the ground.
"Lexis. Do not mention this to anyone. This is our secret. No one can know about this at all." Lexis was very confused why she would want to keep it a secret. Does that mean we are keeping it from dad? Lexis wanted to tell everyone, but that would spell trouble for her and most likely SHIELD. "So we are not telling dad then?"
Shelby looked at her and wondered. "No I will tell him. You just don't tell anyone else."
Lexis wondered again what the conversation was about, and again did not ask. Maybe later she would be able to and that would make her less confused about the whole situation.