Date: 4/22/2039
Location: S.H.I.E.L.D Hellicarrier, Somewhere over Europe.

I was asleep when my parents got home. I awoke to hear the door opening, Dad muttering, and Mom shushing him.
"Shh, Clint, the kids are asleep!"
"Sorry…."
I couldn't help it, I had to go say Hi, partly because I really missed them, and partly because I love to annoy my Dad. So, I opened my door and walked down the hall. My parents looked a little worse for wear but I'd seen worse.
"Hi Mom, Hi Dad, how was the mission?"
My Mom walked over and hugged me, then grabbed me by the shoulders, "What are you doing up at 3:20 in the morning young lady?"
"I heard you come in…"
"Clint!"
"What? I didn't know I'd wake her up…"
My mom sighed, and I just sat on the couch next to my Dad, he gave me a noogie, then I elbowed his side.
"So how'd it go?"
"Fine" my mom said, I could tell she didn't want to talk about it.
"Ok, well, we fought a giant robot in Tokyo."
"What?" my parents exclaimed.
"Yeah, giant skyscraper-like-robot-thing. Me, Apollo, Bucky, and Ethan took it down like…5 days ago. Did they not have news in Bratislava?"
"We were busy." my mom said, coldly. She was mad.
"So were we."
My Dad sighed, "So," he said, "You fight good? Get to try out homebase?
"Yeah, and yeah. Worked out pretty good, Jenna and Sam were a big help. Jessie… not so much, but I'm sure she'll get better."
"That's good." my dad replied, giving me a high-five. My Mom wasn't looking at me now, I didn't get it, she got to go out and risk her life, but I can't do the same? Mothers. What should I do with her? I decided it would be best to just go to bed, so I said goodnight to my parents, and went to bed. I couldn't help but hear them arguing about my brother and I fighting in "Life threatening battles." I sighed and closed my eyes knowing that I the morning, everything would be like the argument never happened…

The next morning I slipped out of the house early. I didn't really feel like seeing my Mom at the moment, even though I knew she wouldn't be mad anymore. I went down to the gym to hear a familiar sound, the beating of a punching bag… Uncle Steve was back. I was surprised he didn't sleep in, I mean, if my folks got back at like 3:30 this morning, and it was 6 now… gosh, did he ever sleep? Seriously? Even my parents are sleeping in!
"Uncle Steve?"
"Oh." he looked up, surprised to see me, "Artemis, what are you doing here so early?"
"I suppose I could ask you the same thing."
"Good Point."
"Shouldn't you be asleep or something?"
"Shouldn't you?"
"True, but" I put my gym bag down, "I didn't get back from Slovakia at approximately 3:20 this morning."
He gave me a look that spoke for its self. He wanted me to drop it. Clearly the mission did not go exactly as planned. But, seeing them, I'd say it was a success.
"Ok, but if Aunt Sharon gets mad, not my fault."
"Deal." I smiled at him, and gave a small grin in return, "So, what did you kids do while we were gone?"
"Aw, nothing, we trained, got yelled at by Fury, Ethan came over, we got yelled at by May, fought a giant robot, were confused by Coulson…"
"Wait, What was that last part?"
"We were confused by Coulson… he was like foreshadowing again and it was really weird and…"
"No, no before that."
"Got yelled at by May? It was her fault, she didn't realize that.."
"No! After that!"
"Oh! We fought a giant robot!"
"You fought a giant robot?"
"In Tokyo!" I smiled.
"Who fought the giant robot in Tokyo?"
"Ethan, Apollo, Bucky, and I"
"Anyone get hurt?"
"The people in the robot…"
"Any of you get hurt?"
"Nah, we were just confused by Coulson."
"How?"
"He was saying how there are bigger threats coming and we better get prepared and stuff…"
"Really?" He didn't sound surprised at the "Bigger threats" thing… but more that Coulson said something.
"Yeah, he's got me worried now."
"Don't worry too much," he smiled, but looked nervous, "I'm sure he was just over exaggerating again."
"Sure…" I noticed how fake the smile looked, he knew what Coulson was talking about, and he was mad at him for telling me anything, I could see it in his eyes. They were keeping secrets from me. And I don't like that.
"Well, I'm gonna hit the showers." he said.
"Ok. See you around!" I smiled, but my fake smile was a lot better than his, and he saw right through it. Good. Now, I need some backup.

I went to the Archery range and thought about whom to ask for help.
Ethan wasn't an option; Uncle Tony saw his stunt on TV and grounded him. Bucky, well, he'd tell Uncle Steve, so would Sam or Jessie. Jenna, would probably tell someone, and she doesn't like me that much anyway. So, no. Grace and Sarah are worlds away and wouldn't be much help anyway. Apollo would tell mom. He's such a momma's boy. So… Brian. That's it! I'd ask Brian, he's good with tech, and sleuthing. He can help me.

I grabbed my arrows then hit the showers. After that I walked down the hall to the Banner's apartment. They were here because Uncle Bruce and Aunt Betty were doing some research as of last night. I think it has something to do with my parent's mission. But clearly, no one tells me anything around here. We should really change that.
I knew we would be alone because I did my research and knew that his parents were in a meeting with Skye, May, Hill, Fitz, Simmons, and Coulson. As soon as he opened the door, I cut the cameras, this was a private conversation.
"Hey Bri!"
"Hi. What did you just do with your phone?"
"Cut the cameras, we have about 15 minutes before someone comes to check. We have to talk and be gone by then.
"Fine." he let me in.
"So did you see our Robot in Tokyo mission?"
"Yeah, Uncle Tony was livid when he saw Ethan flying off on his own, and almost killing Bucky with that piece with metal."
"Yeah, I heard. Well, after that Coulson was telling me how I had to keep an eye on the team dynamics because there is a "much bigger threat" coming. I have no idea what he was talking about!"
"So?"
"I told Uncle Steve about it in the gym this morning and then he got all suspicious like he knew something!"
"Oh, that's weird."
"I know! So since Ethan is grounded and the others are blabber mouths, I want you to help me hack the S.H.I.E.L.D systems and find out what the heck is going on."
"Why? I mean, they'd tell you if they wanted you to know."
"Because I need to know if we are in danger, I have to be prepared!"
"But why?"
"So I don't mess up!"
"Mess up what?"
"The team! I don't want to get us killed!"
"I'm sure you wouldn't."
"But I'm not. I have to take every precaution to make sure we all make it out of every battle."
"Artemis… I think you may be overreacting….."
"Will you help me or not?"
"Fine. I guess if it means that much to you."
"Thank you."
"Now we have to go to the cafeteria or something before those turn back on. That way they will just assume you left with me and they broke something."
"They do it enough."

Date: 6/17/2039
Location: S.H.I.E.L.D Hellicarrier, Somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean.

It had been almost two months since Brian agreed to help me find out what was going on. Since then, a lot of weird things had been happening. Last month, both Uncle Tony's and Uncle Bruce's families "temporarily" moved to the Hellicarrier for "research purposes" which I found very suspicious. But it wasn't the first time it happened so, well… I dealt with it. But earlier this month, Uncle Thor and all of his family, including Mrs. Darcy and Mr. Eric, became residents of the Hellicarrier as well. I found that incredibly troublesome. They had never spent more than a week here at a time. Something was definitely up. Brian and I hit dead end after dead end, and I could find absolutely no records of the mission my parents and Uncle Steve took to Bratislava back in April. Not even Ethan could find anything. Skye must have done something. My parents and Uncles were going on more and more missions, and when they weren't they were paranoid, and sometimes, I could catch one of them staring at my bright blue eyes, as if there was something wrong with them. Us kids weren't allowed to leave the Hellicarrier anymore, the A2 program has practically gone cold, and Coulson really hyped up security. Needless to say, I was starting to get really scared. Something happened to my parents on that mission in Bratislava and Brian, Ethan, and I are determined to get to the bottom of it. But I have a feeling, something very bad is going to happen…

Date: 7/14/2039
Location: S.H.I.E.L.D Hellicarrier, Over the Atlantic Ocean

We all sat in the meeting room, staring wide-eyed at the monitors, waiting for the call to go in. This battle was great, and I fear the Avengers may be on the losing side. I was desperate to help them, my Uncles, my parents, our families are out there, and they expect us to just wait here… Home base is at the ready, and so is A2… just give us the call! I might not be prepared for…this… but we can help, we can do something. We can save them.

To be continued…