My father sat with his hands clasped and his face was already looking at me when I walked in the door. Like many other days, I was immediately jealous of his tan skin, dark hair, and brilliant poker face. But his eyes always held truth and that brought me to reluctantly look into them, black beady things they are; he seemed to already know why I was here. I cleared my throat and started to speak

"School today was interesting."

That's all I said. My father looked straight at me and answered back "Elaborate more. Why was it so interesting that you needed to tell me at a time other than at dinner?"

My gaze went to the floor and I started quietly
"Um, we have new interns and um, they are more, um, interesting." I looked up quickly and my father nodded "They happen to be well known in you line of work." Now my father was sitting up straight and staring at me without blinking "Well, I guess you could say they are directly in your line of work, you see, they're SHIELD Agents. Also they want to recruit the brightest people for their Academy's."

His eyes were furrowed and he wore a huge scowl, but when he spoke, it was in a gentler tone than what I expected.

"William, as long as you keep your head down and do not talk to them it should be fine. And should they offer you a place at their academy, all we have to do is decline. But thank you for telling me this as my new place in Hydra-" I flinched, usually he didn't talk about his work "Will benefit greatly from this."

I pressed forwards and asked "What is your new place?"

My father smiled (though I think it might have been a grimace) "I am now the official leader of Hydra, meaning I control who goes in and who goes out and what we do. Actually, we are planning to raid and capture-"

I felt like my eyes have gone five shades darker as I death glared my father, doesn't he know just how much this family needs him? Doesn't he know that when he is caught he is most likely to get the death penalty? And doesn't he know that I DO NOT approve of Hydra's ethics? The first words came out of my mouth and I was surprised at the deadly calmness in my tone

"Tell me, daddy dearest – what happened to the last leader of Hydra? Did you assassinate him because you wanted the spot so dearly? And if you did, why would you? I mean, we as a family only accept you being an employee because you are able to not get lost in your work at home. What would happen if one day you brought your workforce home with you? What would happen if you brought SHIELD agents in after you?"

I took a breath and my voice rose. My father tried to speak but I cut him off

"Do you ever think how worried we are about you? Do you ever think about what you really do? And going back to my previous queries', what will happen when Hydra finds out that it's best ever leader is dead?"

My father stood from his chair with storms brewing in his eyes "William Bakshi, you are out of line! Mr Whitehall did not get murdered by me, he died at the hands of SHIELD. And for your information, I do know very much how dangerous it is for you and the family to be involved with me and my job. Now you better get your act together before your Uncle Ian comes around or you will be spending the whole weekend babysitting your siblings instead of hanging out with your friend Lauren."

Silence. The birds outside sang another song. My mother rolled around on her bed. Ivory knocked Raymond off their double cot. Finally, I looked at my father and said sombrely "I'm sorry, I guess I was just worried too much."

He nodded, his dark eyes showing a small sign of forgiveness. "You might want to tell Lauren about her great-grandfather today. SHIELD may be carefully looking into her actions and she won't even know why."

I nodded and turned to leave. I got halfway to the door when I swung around on the spot "Do you want me to go put Raymond back in bed?"

My father nodded, a sudden fatigue spreading across his face, becoming stronger by the second "Oh, and William; make sure to keep your 'powers' under wraps while Uncle Ian is here, although he is my brother, he does not work entirely for me."

"Yes father."