Irene Hill moaned as she rolled over in her bed and glanced at the clock next to her bed. She stared at it for a moment just to be sure that it didn't read 5:00 in the morning. But after a while, she realized that she did wake up from a blissful dream this early in the morning.

That's when she heard it again, that banging noise that was coming from the kitchen. She sat up and glared through the darkness as she tore off the blankets to be splashed on with cold air. Irene marched out of her room and over to the kitchen to see Maria making coffee.

"Good morning" Maria smiled, "I was just about to make breakfast. What do you want? Bacon, eggs, and bagels? I can impress you with my knowledge of how to make food now. I know Elizabeth would be very impressed"

"I'm currently impressed with how it's 5 in the morning and it's not bothering you" Irene grumbled.

"I always wake up this early. I work out for a couple of hours before going to work" Maria mentioned.

At the sound of her saying 'work', it sent a disgusting shiver down her spine. S.H.I.E.L.D. always gave her a bad vibe whenever she thought of it. She thought her sister worked with the navy until a couple of weeks ago.

It was kind of awkward to have been brought into an interrogation room with a man with an eye patch was talking to her like she knew her. Irene just thought it was a pretty useful tactic until her sister walked in. From the looks of it, Maria knew of her sister's actions long before they arrested her.

"What about sleep? Don't you ever miss that? No wonder whenever it's the holidays you tend to sleep in" Irene sat down at the island.

"They're practically the only days that I feel normal again" Maria spoke up.

Irene took a long sip from her coffee, a smile slightly spreading on her lips. Her sister still remembers how she likes her coffee. She brought the warm cup down and cleared her throat.

"Normal" Irene commented, "That must feel nice"

Maria stopped and tensed up slightly. She looked over to her sister who was looking down into her mug. She let out a sigh as she went back to scrambling the eggs.

"You are normal, Ren" Maria told her.

"That's not what dad used to say" Irene countered.

"I told you not to bring him up in this building" Maria hissed, "That childhood wasn't right for any of us"

Irene sighed as she felt a wave of guilt pass through her. She never should've brought up their father that way. Maria, after all, got the worst from him, considering how he blamed her for the death of their mother.

"Why don't you tell SHIELD to arrest him?" Irene asked.

"Because we were too busy noticing what you were up to, Ren" Maria countered.

Irene glanced up to her sister who was nonchalantly continuing to make dinner. She let out a little sigh as she knew this was coming up. They never talked about her incident ever since she moved into her sister's apartment.

She glanced down and twirled her cup around as she thought about what it would be like for the next couple of days. Out of all the things that SHIELD usually requests, this had got to be the most random. But she guessed that's the reason why they were so unique.

Instead of giving her time or death, she had to teach Captain America everything that had happened after he was caved in ice. Maria had opened her mouth saying that Irene had a degree in history and that seemed to have saved her ass. Whatever happens after that time, she doesn't really know.

"You didn't have to do that, Maria" Irene told her.

She thought it was sweet how Maria begged to have her sister's life be spared. But after what she tried to do, she felt like she deserved to die. Now it almost felt like she was worst then their father.

It couldn't be that easy to have a clean slate. After all, SHIELD doesn't really trust that many mutants so why should they trust her? After how many times of her slipping away from their grasp each time?

Maybe getting the clean slate was a good idea after all? She could start over and do something new. Irene did have to admit that running from the officials can be very exhausting.

She never really thought about how badly things could really take its toll until she saw her younger sister in a SHIELD uniform. It was almost like an epiphany that had happened right at that moment. She was fine with running from the law but when that law became her sister…

"I'm going to put this house on lockdown, Ren. Just to be safe" Maria broke the silence, "I don't want to take any chances. Plus, it won't be your head that would be on the chopping block. Mine will. God, what were you thinking? All this time, I thought you worked at a university! Now I hear that you are in a gang of violent mutants?"

"Because that's what I am" Irene sipped her coffee.

Maria let out an exaggerated sigh, trying to control her temper. She didn't want it to come down to this. Especially when both of their secrets were now out on the table.

She wanted with all her might to believe that her sister was keeping a low profile with her abilities. But seeing the surveillance camera evidence only made it worse. Specially, when the other agents figure out that her sister was a mutant and she could be a carrier of that gene.

Irene was in a plot to kill off Senator Davison, someone who openly opposes mutants. SHIELD was called and everyone had cleared out. Everyone but Irene.

But why did they leave Irene? And why won't she talk about it? Did she feel guilty that she got caught in the first place?

Maria forced herself to look up and look at her older sister. Irene sat frozen with that same look written on her face. If there were any time that she wished that she could have Irene's power of persuasion, this time would be it.

Maria quickly went over and set two plates down beside the frying pan. She put an equal amount of eggs onto each plate. Maria went over and set her toaster in place as she took out the cream cheese.

Irene sighed as she watched her sister walk around the kitchen, cooking as if nothing had happened. If Elizabeth were here, she would've still been drilling Irene. This was why she thought that the eldest sister would've been in SHIELD.

Elizabeth was far more protective of the other two sisters, thanks to being in the house with their father. Out of everyone, she probably was the one who had the balls to say anything to their father. Maybe it was because he didn't see any reason to hate his eldest daughter.

Irene was the middle child and just so miraculously, a mutant. Her mother also had the ability to persuade and she used it on her husband to convince him that both she and Irene were normal. But that gift wore off the second she died.

Maria was the youngest and therefore, the sole reason father hated her existence. He hated the fact that she looked exactly like their mother, hated the fact that their mother was under a lot of stress while giving birth to her, and just hated everything about her. Out of Irene and Maria, it felt like Maria was the one who was the most bullied by their father.

"Breakfast!" Maria exclaimed.

She walked over to the other side of the island and sat down next to her sister. Maria tried to act normal as she would've if no one was in her house. She grabbed the salt and sprinkled it onto her eggs as she watched her sister from the corner of her eye.

Irene very cautiously picked up her fork and took a bite into her breakfast. Surprisingly enough, it really was good. She smiled over to her sister who smirked in response.

"I'm impressed" Irene commented.

Maria let out a little laugh as Irene shook her head. It was moments like these when Maria wasn't a SHIELD agent and Irene wasn't a mutant that they loved the most. They were sisters.