AN: This is what happens when I watch the Avengers and Tron: Uprising too many times XD Lots of ideas flowing in my mind right now. Thanks to PrincessKai317 and 2theSky for reviewing! You guys are amazing :D

Chapter Thirteen

The Secret's Revealed

"...Thanks. Tasha, how many agents did I-" Natasha stopped Clint before he could continue the question.

"Don't do that to yourself Clint. This is Loki. This is monsters and magic, and something we weren't trained for."

"Would you quit that already?" Mira flinched when Clint spoke up. She looked up to see that his eyes were dull with pain and anger.

"I can't stop it," she replied. She tried to keep her voice steady like Natasha had. "They keep... attacking me."

Like the nightmares when Cyrus had attacked us, she realized.

"What you saw were memories of our past," Natasha explained. Even she sounded tired as she sat down beside Mira. Despite the fear of getting shot, Mira stayed put. Running wasn't an option at this point. "Somehow when your friend hacked into SHIELD's data base, you absorbed the files that they kept hidden."

Mira finally found the courage to look up at Natasha. "But why just your memories?" She had seen the files SHIELD kept on Flynn and the Grid. It didn't make any sense.

Clint and Natasha exchanged looks. Mira's eyes narrowed as she thought of where this was going.

"You read the file," Clint finally replied. "What exactly did it say?"

"Maria Rose... Barton." Silence followed. "The file said that I was adopted as a baby."

She almost wished that one of them had said something. But instead that same uneasy silence filled the room.

"Well, if I put an arrow through Loki's eye socket, I'd sleep better I suppose."

"That night after Budapest... That's why you left so early," Clint finally broke the silence, causing Mira to jump in surprise.

"Look, we both agreed that if we ever had a child they wouldn't be safe," Natasha explained. "After our last mission, I went off the grid for a while. Director Fury already knew the truth, but he was willing to keep it a secret." She paused and glanced at Mira, whose eyes were narrowed as she listened. "Giving you up... it was the hardest thing I ever had to do," she admitted. "But I knew that it was the right choice."

Mira bit the bottom of her lip as she thought over everything that had happened. She had a feeling that Natasha was telling the truth. As much as she hated to admit it, they really did care. They just didn't have a good way of showing it.

"So what now?" she asked warily. "That doesn't explain how I'm able to see your memories."

"Now you sound like you."

"But you don't. You're a spy, not a soldier. Now you want to wade into a war... why? What did Loki do to you?"

This war had taken an emotional toll on them both. Natasha actually looked nervous.

"He didn't... I just-" Clint cut her off and squeezed her hand gently.

"Natasha."

"I've been compromised. I've got red on my ledger, and I'd like to wipe it out."

"There has to be a way to keep this from happening," Clint suddenly broke the uneasy silence. Mira flinched when she realized that they must have seen the memories as well.

Another memory suddenly struck Mira's thoughts. A memory she'd rather have kept under lock and key.

The Grid stretched before her, with Cyrus standing in front of her. Able and Tron were with her, eyes narrowed with rage as he held up his disk. Mira felt her heart nearly skip a beat when she realized that this wasn't just a memory.

"You really think you can stop me?" he demanded as Able held the device that had become his prison.

"Last chance Cyrus," Tron snapped. "You don't have to do this."

His mouth twisted in a sly grin as Cyrus lunged forward. Tron simply stepped aside as Able pushed the button. Cyrus's eyes widened when he stumbled into the compressed space. When he turned back there was no way out.

"You realize that this won't hold him forever," Able said once they hid the device as far away as possible. A ditch that was surrounded by storms. Gallium was infamous for generating storms. This was the perfect way of keeping the prison concealed.

"Hopefully by than Clu will have been taken down," Tron replied. Mira looked at him in surprise when she saw grief in his eyes. She had never actually seen him show any signs of sympathy.

Mira blinked when someone tapped her shoulder. She was back in the room with Clint and Natasha. Both of them looked just as surprised as she had.

"What the heck was that?" Clint's question made her blink in confusion. It took her a few seconds to realize that they must have seen what she had seen. The vision had felt so real, just like the ones she had of Clint and Natasha. Had that been a memory of Cyrus's?

"Tron," she murmured. The pain she had felt when he was repurposed returned. If she had been there when he was dying... maybe she could have healed the code. "I could have done something to stop it," she whispered.

"You can't keep blaming yourself for things that can't be stopped." Mira frowned when she realized that she had said the same thing to Beck not too long ago. Had she really changed that much? "Maybe there's a reason you keep getting these... visions."

The visions had started after Beck hacked into SHIELD's database. But maybe there was another reason behind them. Maybe someone or something was trying to tell her where Cyrus was now.

"What if Cyrus is jumping between Portals?" Even though the Portals had been closed, it might be possible for him to open new ones. Maybe that was how he had kept his disk for so long.

"That would explain why we can't track him down," Clint muttered while rubbing the back of his neck.

If Cyrus was jumping between Portals, he could end up anywhere in the world. His code was difficult to track down. But not if one had the right tools.

"Look, I think we can save the parent talk for later," she murmured. It was still strange to consider SHIELD's top assassins as her parents. Maybe there was a better term she could use later on. "I'd rather deal with Cyrus, before this mess gets any worse."

As if her words had summoned the looming threat, an alarm sounded in the building. "Guys, we have a problem." Tony's voice sounded over the speakers. His usual carefree tone was gone, replaced with worry and fear.

Mira held back a sigh of relief as she stood up. Saved by Tony, once again.

She left Natasha and Clint standing there, both looking rather confused and annoyed with Tony's announcement. The conversation in that room couldn't have gotten any more awkward. Seeing them as more than just SHIELD agents didn't help make things any easier.

Steve and Bruce were already in the living space while Tony turned on the television. Beck sat nearby on the couch, arms folded and eyes narrowed as if he was deep in thought. Mira stood nearby as she watched the screen flicker on.

"According to the latest stories, we have breaking news on the team known as the Avengers." A woman stood in front of a blue curtain, holding the mike steady in her hands as she spoke. Her wavy blonde hair seemed to stand out along with the overuse of makeup she had on. "Last night I received word that they have new recruits, one of which isn't even from this world."

"Well, this just got more interesting," Bruce muttered as she went on about how the source was leaked.

"And that's not even the juiciest story I've gotten," the woman continued after a moment of silence followed. "According to the news leak, one of the new recruits is-" The screen suddenly went blank.

That one moment of relief Mira had felt earlier? Gone. Now everyone was sharing looks of confusion. Mira smirked when she realized that Natasha and Clint had joined them after Tony turned on the news. And moments later Natasha's phone began to ring, followed by Clint's.

"Something tells me the world wasn't supposed to hear that." Steve winced when they all heard the shouting that followed.

Clint threw his phone on the couch beside Beck, who jumped at the noise that followed. Natasha only frowned and hung up on Director Fury. The expression on everyone's faces? Priceless.

"Okay, now I'm really curious. You never hang up on Fury." The smugness in Tony's voice was enough to make Mira flinch.

This should be interesting, Mira thought as she waited for their responses. She couldn't help but wonder whether or not they would actually tell the truth. Or wait for their team to find out the hard way.

"They're gonna find out one way or another," Clint muttered with a shrug.

After the phone on the sofa finally died, Beck joined Mira as Natasha let out another sigh.

"Mira is... actually our daughter," she explained after the room became eerily silent. Dead silence filled the room. Mira was pretty sure that she could hear a fly buzzing around somewhere. Suddenly Tony burst out laughing, causing Steve and Bruce to jump in surprise.

"You can't possibly be serious." His laughter was cut short by Bruce, who jabbed him in the ribs with his elbow.

"Why didn't you tell us sooner?" Steve demanded. He folded his arms and looked back at Mira, who refused to meet their already shocked gazes.

"Honestly... until this morning we didn't even know," Natasha admitted.

"So SHIELD kept you in the dark," Steve muttered.

"As far as we can tell." Mira didn't miss the bitterness in Clint's voice. Clearly SHIELD had done this more than once to them. She was beginning to wonder why they still even worked for SHIELD.

"Looks like you two have a lot of catching up to do," Tony said with a smirk. Again Bruce jabbed him in the ribs. Mira grinned when Tony stuck his tongue out at Bruce.

She wished she could share his confidence. But everything was different now. She wasn't sure whether or not this was even real. Maybe if she was lucky this would just end up as another bad dream. But she doubted that would happen.

AN: Yep, this is definitely turning into one of my favorites story-wise. And don't worry, Cyrus isn't going to be quiet for too long. Unfortunately he doesn't appear for another few chapters, but... that's just me :P Anywho, please let me know what you thought of this chapter!

PS: I don't own the lines from the movie. Wish I did, but I don't.

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