Sorry for taking forever to upload. This was kinda a hard chapter to write. (who am I kidin', it was hard to write.) Both Alice and I had finals and Alice works so their wasn't much time to write. But its super long, so hopefully, that will make up for the long wait!

Sorry about any mistakes you see. I tried to fix them but my eyes started to glide right over them. But I think I got all of them. Let me know if you see something wrong.

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Onward Ho!


Chapter Seven

Alice's POV

It was quiet in the car as we drove towards an undisclosed location. I was in the back, sitting between Clint and Phil, while Hill was in the passenger seat talking with the driver. "Sooooo… how's that Natasha woman?" I asked, trying to break the silence.

"Wait, you know Natasha?" Asked Clint

"Vaguely, I met her in Russia. She was nice enough not to kill me, or Phil," here I glanced at Coulson, " The yeti, I mean."

"Phil the yeti? You've met a yeti? The yeti is real and his name is Phil?"

"She's fine, she'll be one of your trainers as well." Replied Phil, looking a bit worried and exasperated, ignoring Clint.

"I can't tell if that's going to be a good thing or a bad thing." I joked as the car slowed down and came to a stop, "Yes, I know a yeti named Phil. He's an artist."

Clint replied as we got out of the car, "Of COURSE we got the crazy one." It looked as though we were currently in an underground cave that was turned into a parking lot.

"You're just realizing that I'm crazy NOW? How slow are you?" I replied to Clint, sticking out my tongue at him.

We walked along several corridors, until we came to a room that looked as though it was the control center for what I assumed to be S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters. Somewhere along the walk, Clint had disappeared, leaving me trailing right behind Coulson and Hill.

I saw a tall dark scar faced man with an eye patch over his left eye start to approach us. "Agent Hill, Agent Coulson, please tell me that you had people sign up this year."

"Why sir? It was never a concern before, it's just a silly contest." stated Hill

"Because this year, if we don't compete our funding will get pulled, it wouldn't surprise me that unless we win, our funding would get pulled anyway." Replied the man.

"Well we did manage to get one person," Said Coulson, "but…"

"Hi!" I piped up, stepping out from behind the two agents.

"How in the hell did a CHILD get into our headquarters." Snapped the man, looking angry.

"That's the new recruit sir." Said Phil with a blank face.

"How did you even make it past the front door? There is no way you're 18." The man asked looking at me.

I decided to repeat my performance, so I gave him a look that was a combination of a hurt look and a glare. "I am 18, I had horrible guardians, they made me stay in a cupboard under the stairs, and didn't feed me much, which stunted my growth and makes me look tiny. It's not my fault!"

He continued to stare at me, "And that actually worked?"

I gave him a big Cheshire grin, "Yep, didn't even ask for I.D."

He stared at me a bit more, then seemed to come out of it. "Well, I am Director Nick Fury, and I will be checking in on your progress. Normally I would not bother, however as you heard a lot is now riding on you, and in this organization…"

"Failure is not an option. Are you sure that I didn't sign up for NASA?" I interrupted Fury, tilting my head and giving him a 'are you serious' look. He just glared harder at me. Annoying him was kinda fun, I wanted to see if his glare would actually accomplish something. Phil shook his head, obviously trying to hold in laughter, well at least it looked like it to me.

"Coulson, you will be her handler, Hill will be your first trainer, to get you acclimated to how things work around here. Tomorrow, the real stuff begins with Hawkeye and Black Widow. You are dismissed." Nick spun around and stormed off, making his black trench coat billow behind him. I wonder if he and Professor Snape that Harry mentions a lot would get along.

Hill made a sign that I took to mean that I was supposed to follow her. During her tour, she started talking about S.H.I.E.L.D's back ground, how and why they were formed, told me that I would be called Rookie until I earned either agent or a code name, explained the different departments within S.H.I.E.L.D, and then ended the tour by showing me to where I would be staying when on base for the next 2 months. She left, leaving some folders with information in them for me, and only then did I realize Coulson had been following us. He gave me a look which I could not describe, nor put any sort of name to. I just stared at him, as I could not think of anything to say. We just stared at each other for a couple minutes, then he left. I just shook my head and then settled down for the night, I had a feeling that I should get all the rest while I could.

The next morning, I made my way to the training room. Agent Coulson was sitting in the corner with a clipboard, and in the middle of the training room was Hawkeye, with a blank face obviously in work mode, and Hill. I approached them, looking to Agent Hill, as I assumed that she would explain some protocols and then leave me to the mercy of two trained assassins.

"We are assuming that you have no training, so we are going to start off with some crash courses this morning, then this afternoon, assess how well you are able to pick things up and what you are capable of. Hawkeye." Hill stated, then nodded toward Hawkeye and left. I turned to face the blonde haired blue eyed man. "First thing we are going to cover is aiming. Let's see what you got."

It was the middle of the same afternoon, and I had just gotten done with learning stealth with Black Widow. We were waiting for Fury to come in to watch me go through an obstacle course that was meant to assess my current skills.

"Hey Rookie, Hawk and I have a special assignment for you." Claimed Natasha, who was leaning up against the wall, while Hawkeye was somewhere up in the ceiling, "We want you to try and get Fury's cell phone, which is somewhere on his person."

"Why?"

"It will help us see how you handle tasks that are highly impossible." Replied Clint

I knew that this was only a half truth, it looked like this was a small bit of hazing, as Fury would probably catch me, or at least that was what they were planning on.

Before I could reply to them, Fury walked in with Hill following. I turned to Coulson, waiting for my cue to begin.

"The goal is to get the black box with the least amount of damage possible. The camera's stand for guards which you have to get past, then there is some standard protection technology that you have to get through without alerting the guards, and get back out again. If you are hit or are seen, the course will stop," explained Coulson. "You may begin."

I started off climbing up on a platform that was opposite the starting point, and tried to gain as much intelligence on the layout of the course as possible, noticing any blind spots. It was a pretty standard course, if you were practicing thievery, as that's what it seemed like to me. I mean, there was even an infrared laser maze that I had to get through. I pulled an Indiana Jones stunt, because it seemed like there was a weight sensitive plate underneath the box that would set an alarm off if there was a change in the weight. So I placed a small bag that I grabbed blindly out of my purse where the black box was.

I got through the course just fine, and presented Fury with the box. At least his scowl was less intense this time, I figured that this was his default expression.

"You'll do. Rest up, the real stuff starts tomorrow." I figured that was the best complement that I could get from him at the moment.

"Congratulations, not many get through that without setting something off." Clint said.

"That's not all I accomplished, here." And I presented Natasha with Fury's phone. Coulson's eyebrows went up.

"How did you manage that!" exclaimed Natasha, looking at the phone like she had never seen it before.

"That's for me to know, and you to try to explain to Fury, see you tomorrow!" I said in a chirpy voice as I made my escape just as Fury started yelling. Today was fun; I was looking forward to the next two months.

"Rookie! Come out of there!"

I was currently hiding in the wall, sealed up tight so that they couldn't drag me out. I had been here for a month, and while I did enjoy the training, it was exhausting. Recently, Natasha had been pushing me harder and harder. She barely let me even sleep for two hours a night. I was so tired I could barely stay awake for all of her crazy backbreaking routines. Add that to how much I was missing my family, I was pretty cranky. Two days ago I finally snapped and crawled into the wall and created a little hidey-hole for myself. The first day I crashed and slept the entire day. I woke up to the voices of Clint, Natasha, Fury, and Coulson yelling at the wall, trying to get me out. Now that I had caught up on my sleep, I was just pouting, missing my family.


Coulson's POV

I stood next to the wall that Alice had hidden herself in. Absentmindedly, I knocked on the wall in a random pattern as I waited for them to arrive. I had a sneaking suspicion of why Alice had buried herself in the wall. I had always known there was something… different about Alice. But I never let myself really think too much on it because then I would have to tell Fury about her. But she was too young to be exposed to the evils SHEILD would be sure to face. But it didn't help that she kept popping up everywhere and just so happened to meet almost every single one of the people who were considered for the Avengers. But thankfully she had not met Banner… at least not that I was aware of.

But ever since she was getting tired and crankier, she had been slipping and she had been letting her powers show more and more. Natasha and Clint took it in stride better than Hill and Fury took it. While the two leaders fumed at being kept in the dark about her powers, the two assassins began to incorporate her powers into her training. That is, until Natasha decided to push her too hard.

Flashback

"I'm tired! I want to go to bed!" Alice wined, swaying slightly on her feet. Natasha eyed her before pointing to a flag that was on top of a large pole. "You get that flag, then you can sleep." She smirked, sure that the girl would fail. I watched Alice walk up to the pole. She looked up at the flag before looking down at its base. "You took out of the rod that should normally hold it up." She complained.

"Of course, we don't make that mistake twice." Natasha smirked. Alice glared at her before walking up to her and getting in her face. "I sleep now." She stomped her foot and the ground trembled and the flagpole quivered before it fell, dropping the flag into her outstretched hand. "Here is your stupid flag. I sleep now." She snapped.

She walked straight to a wall and appeared to tried to open it like a door. "Uhhh… Alice, that isn't a door." I said, starting to worry for her.

"It's about to be." She said, pushing her hands out, creating a small hole. She crawled in and sealed it behind her. "Alice!" I said, running to the wall and started pounding on it. But I was met with silence. I pressed my ear to the wall and I could faintly hear her sleeping. "She's asleep. There's no getting her out now." I sighed. I leaned against the wall, getting ready for a long night.

"What is going on here?" Fury roared, entering the room. "Why was I just told that Rookie is in the wall?"

"That's because it IS true." Clint said, coming down from his perch.

"Come again?"

"She blew up because she was tried so she got the flag down after Natasha said if she got it, she could go to sleep. Then she created a hole in the wall and went to sleep, sealing herself inside." Clint explained.

"So I am to believe that Alice, a fourteen year old girl, has powers that we didn't know about? Coulson? Did you know anything about this?" Fury demanded, turning his one eye on me. I gulped. "I may have had an… idea of this power. But nothing for certain."

"And you felt that there was no reason to tell me this!?" He roared, furious. "I want a report about everything that you think is her powers. And I want her out of that wall NOW!"

"We can't get her out without hurting her. She has to come out on her own free will." Natasha pointed out. Fury scowled before storming out of the room. "I want her out that room by morning."

End of Flashback

I didn't have to wait for long after I was brought out of my musings. I pushed myself off the wall to greet the group of people that walked into the room. "What is going on here?! I am not running a daycare here!" Fury roared.

"I brought them here to see if they can help us get Alice out of the wall." I said calmly. The tall boy with long black hair spoke up. "Alice is in the wall?" He asked, surprised. I nodded and pointed to where she had disappeared to. There was a moment of silence before a muffled scream could be heard from the wall before a hole appeared and Alice's head appeared. "Guys! You're here!" She screamed, leaping at them. They were introduced and Luis- the tall one with black hair-, Jen, Ryan and Johnny, and Amy. After everyone was hugged, I saw the look that said something clicked on Alice's head. Before any of us could grab her, she dived back into the wall. "Nice try, but I ain't coming out so easily."

"Don't worry, she'll have to come out sometime. She's gonna get hungry eventually and it's not like she has food in there." Luis pointed out. Everyone turned to him and glared. "Nice one Luis." Jen snapped. Suddenly the ground rumbled as Alice clearly tunneled her way to the kitchens to get food. A few minutes later, Alice's voice could be heard from her place in the wall. "Thanks for the idea Luis!" Alice called out. All of Alice's little family turned to Luis and hit him.

"Don't worry, we can get her out." Ryan and Johnny said together. They started to pull things out of their pockets. "What is that?" Fury asked.

"A little something that we created." Ryan said before tossing it at the wall. A small explosion followed as soon as it touched the wall. They continued throwing their explosives at the wall. "RYAN! JOHNNY! That isn't gonna work!" Alice shouted at them. They paused in their throwing. "And why not?" Johnny asked.

"Uhhh…. Remember who helped you create those!" Alice stuck her head out and smirked at them. "Damn." They mumbled.

"You started without me?" A voice protested. I sighed as Tony Stark strolled into the room as if he owned the place. "Hey Tony!" Alice greeted the billionaire.

"Why is your head sticking out of the wall?" Tony said, taking a double take.

"I'm protesting." Alice said.

"Protesting what?" Tony asked, curious.

"Protesting child abuse." She said before disappearing back into the wall.

"Why Director Fury, I didn't know you abused children. Wanted to check that off your list?" Tony joked.
"Nah, he's just mad that I'm not eighteen and everything rests on me doing a good job."
"Man, you MUST be doing a terrible job leading if you have to resort to relying on children."
"It could be worse. After all he could be-"
"ENOUGH!" Fury roared, fed up with their tag teaming of him. Amy sighed, "I got this." She walked over to the wall and knocked on it. "Alice, its me. Please let me in." A hand appeared and tugged Amy into the wall. Their voices were muffled before there was a moment of silence when Alice started screaming and Amy started to crackle. There was some banging around before the wall burst outwards and Alice dove out, taking cover behind me. "Stay away from me devil child!" She yelled, pointing a finger at Amy, who was ginning innocently. "But you let me in, remember?" She sang.
"You should've known better." Jen laughed.
"What did you do?" Clint asked.
"I just… persuaded her." Amy smirked. "I'm good at getting what I want."
"Persuasive my ass." I heard Alice mumble under her breath. My lips twitched, trying to control my laughter. "Feeling better now?" I managed to whisper to Alice. She frowned, but I could tell her lips
were twitching.
"No more Supernanny for you, but yea, thanks." She replied. I allowed a small smile to show on my face, as Alice turned back to the wall to yank Amy out.

Alice POV

"Oh! I almost forgot! I have something for you Alice!" Amy cried, running over to where she had dropped her bag. She pulled out what looked like red fingerless gloves. I didn't take them when she tried
to hand them to me. She sighed and raised one hand and said, "Mischief managed."
Once she uttered those words, I reached out for the gloves. When I went to put them on, I squealed in happiness. I hugged her and shoved them on my hands.
"What are they? And why did Amy said 'mischief managed'?" Clint asked. I turned and raised my palm at him, showing off the crochet Iron Man gloves Amy had made. "Mischief managed is our code that means
were are done messing around." I said simply.
"Hey! I feel like I was ripped off! Those are my gloves!" Tony cried.
"Actually, you copyrighted the suit, not the gloves. And you shouldn't have let me sit there for so long. Besides, these gloves are nothing like yours." Amy chirped.
While they bickered, I held out my hand, and I could feel the heat in the air rising, forming around the palm of my hand. Following gut instinct, I summoned fire through my palm. I could feel the magic in the gloves shape the fire into neat, powerful blasts. I grinned as I held out both hands and started chucking fire. Then I switched to air. With my hands out in front of me, I didn't really think things through first. I was slammed backwards at an alarming rate. I managed to stop my momentum before I broke my back against the wall. Everyone was starting at me with wide eyes… well, except Amy, who had a knowing look on her face.

"Try using air with your hands down instead." She suggested. I did as she said and started giggling in a mad fashion when I found myself rising off the ground.
"Hey! Why didn't that happen when I put them?" Tony protested.
"Because I didn't make them for you. Duh." Amy snorted. I cut the wind and landed heavily on the ground. I ran to my sister and hugged her tightly. "Thank you so much!"
"Yeah no prob. It has been really boring without you. I needed to do something. Though be careful using your fire, I don't know how much it can withstand just yet." Amy cautioned.
I continued to play with my new toy until it was time for them to leave. My shoulders sagged at the thought of them leaving and me being alone again. But I was comforted with the promise of seeing them before the obstacle course in a month's time.
Once they had left the building, Fury turned to me. "I want to know the extent of your powers. NOW!" He demanded.
"Well, I can control all the elements. Fire, wind, water, and earth, though I can work with metal too, as well as other chemical bases." I summed up.
"Are you one of those witches?"
"I am NOT a witch. I never got the letter. And how do you know about magic?"
"Then are you one of Professor X's mutants?" Fury asked, ignoring my question.
"I am not a witch or a mutant. I am a freak. Get it right! And how do you know about magic?"
"I am informed in a lot of things." He answered vaguely.
"Meaning…. You don't know very much because you're on a need-to-know-basis." I laughed. Fury looked annoyed at the idea that I might know more than him. "Tell me about your family. What can they do? How powerful are they? Are they very powerful? Are they a threat?"
"Yes and no. Together, we kick ass. But each have our own categories that we are both strong and weak in."
"Like what?"
"Strategy, leadership, stealth, weapons." I rattled off.
"What else?"
"Sorry, I can't tell you. It isn't for me to say." I shrugged.
"I don't have time for these games. Romanov, Barton, continue with the training." Fury ordered. He quickly left the room, cape billowing after him.

Over the course of the next month, Clint and Natasha pushed me, but not as hard as before. They had learned their lesson on what happens when I didn't get enough sleep. They also started to incorporate my powers into my training as well. Clint tried to turn me into a sniper, but it was sticking as well as Natasha's training was. "Sorry Clint.
But I rather be down in the fight than looking down at it. It's Amy's job to be high up and direct us." I said, climbing down from the perch we had been on. Clint just shook his head and followed me down. I improved every day. Though occasionally Natasha still beat me in our hand-to-hand combat, I was still proud when I did manage to beat her.
It was a few weeks before the "end" of my training with the obstacle course when all three of us were sent on a few missions. They were simple missions. The first two really tests to see if I was ready for the field. The last one was in Budapest. When we returned, we were greeted by Fury. "Well?"
"The mission was completed." Natasha said.
"Never again." Clint said.
"Yes! Again! It was so much fun!" I laughed, jumping up and down. Natasha nodded her head slightly. "It was kinda fun."
"No. No, no and no." Clint said, pointing to Natasha, Fury and me. He stormed off and Natasha followed him. I crackled and Fury turned to me. "What the hell happened?"
"Oh nothing big. Oh. Just so you know, none of us can legally go into Budapest anymore; we're banned from the country." I admitted before running off.


It was time for my final test, the ten part obstacle course, of which I would be flying solo, unlike the rest because it was decided that it would be a team effort for each department. Since I was the only one S.H.I.E.L.D. had, I was a team of one. Fury had also threatened me not to use my powers and expose myself to the world. My family met me outside, before the festivities began, to wish me good luck. I had gotten better at missing them since they visited me in the middle of my training, and was actually thinking of going off on my own for a while. On my second mission for S.H.I.E.L.D. I had found some clues to my birth father. It still bugged me that I was the only one in our family unit that had no blood relatives at all. I mean, I love my family, and I had gotten over my fear of them ditching me, but I still felt kinda alone. I wanted some kind of connection to my birth family.

Amy was the last to hug me, she got me twice. The horn blared out that I had 5 min to get to the starting line of the first part. I gave Amy one last squeeze and headed off.

Clint and Natasha quickly walked up to me. "Remember to get up high and see what you're going to have to deal with before hand so you aren't caught off guard." Clint said.

"Let the other teams do the hard work for you; stay to the edges and let them take the main force of whatever is going to come at you. Also, there is one more thing before you go out there," Natasha, said glancing at Clint who nodded. "What?" I asked, curious.

"Wear this." Natasha handed me a black uniform shirt. The only difference to the one I was wearing now was that there was a name on the back in white lettering. "We can't call you Rookie forever. What do you think of you're new codename?" Clint asked, looking expectant.

I stared at the shirt in my hands before let out a squeal in happiness. "Thank you so much guys! I LOVE it!" I quickly changed shirts, proudly showing off my new codename. Evolution.


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So... I don't know if you have noticed this, but almost every chapter we meet a new Avenger (or there abouts). What Avenger is next? The choices are Thor, The Hulk, and Captain America. Who's next to meet crazy Alice? ;) [Alice, you KNOW I love ya]

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