Hey ya'll! Here's the next chapter, the big problem is mentioned, as promised. Um, I just wanted to say thing you to the people who review, and I'm kind of feeling discouraged by the fact that only like three maybe for people consistently review. I don't know, anyways, uh, enjoy the chapter.

About twenty minutes later Dad pulled off at a rest stop Fury had told me to pull off at. I carried Kayla out of the truck as Dad led Ox and Juno out of the horse trailer, getting everyone else out safely. Ox nudged Bruce lightly and Bruce grinned as he turned to the large horse before patting him on the head. The horse nudged him again and I smiled. "Alright you beggar." he said as he pulled a carrot from his pocket.

"Where did you get that?" I asked and he grinned as he looked back at me.

"At that little grocery store. I figured I'd better be prepared." he said and I smiled.

"You guys did great." I said as I walked over and kissed Bruce lightly. He smiled and nodded.

"So did you." he replied. As Dad was putting the horses back into the trailer a van pulled up and parked.

"Think that's our ride?" Pepper asked as she walked over to me.

"Dunno, probably." I said with a shrug. "You did great by the way, I'm sorry you don't look like my siblings, or I'd have had you in the front with us.

"It's fine, I'm okay." she waved her hand with a smile. The driver of the van got out making Pepper, Natasha and I stare at the driver, this tall, buff, grizzled looking guy with long sideburns who really made his shirt work at its job.

"Logan!" Amanda gasped before running and throwing her arms around the guy. He laughed lightly as he caught her and wrapped his arms around her.

"Hey there kid." he said and she let go of him.

"Oh my gosh, what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Well, I uh, wouldn't go along with that registration crap, and seeing as I'm not technically American, they deported me." he shrugged and she sighed.

"That's bullshit!" she said, and then cast me a quick look. "Sorry." she said and I shook my head.

"Oh god it's him." Tony grumbled.

"Who is him?" Pepper asked and I grinned at her wording.

"Guys, this is Logan, he's a teacher at my school." Amanda grinned.

"What exactly do you teach?" Bruce asked with a light frown.

"Ballet." Tony piped up and everyone looked at Logan who rolled his eyes.

"No one said anything about you being here Stark." he said and Tony held out his hands.

"Surprise." He said dryly before he made a face and turned away from the large man.

"If that guy teaches ballet, then sign me up." Pepper muttered to me and Nat making us both chuckle.

"Mrs. Banner?" Logan looked at us three girls and I cleared my throat.

"Yeah." I stepped forward and he must have given me a doubting look because I turned and deposited Kayla into Natasha's arms and then turned back to him handing him my SHIELD ID. He opened it and then handed it back to me, allowing me to slip it back into my jacket pocket.

"So I call you Assistant Dire-"

"Call me Minnie." I said as I shook his hand. "Thanks for being here even though it is pretty late."

"Can't exactly say no to Nick Fury now can we?" he asked and I rolled my eyes with a shake of my head.

"No, we can't." I said with a small smile. "Fury said you'd have something for me?" I asked and he nodded as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a phone.

"He says it's untraceable." he said as I took it. "Said you'd know what to do with it." he finished and I nodded.

"Yeah I know what to do." I said before I turned and walked a few yards away. I hit the green button on the phone and held it to my ear.

"Mrs. Banner, it's good to hear from you." Nick Fury answered his phone. "I trust everything went well."

"We're officially Canadians if that's what you mean." I said.

"Good to hear that." he replied. "Logan is going to take you to the compound-"

"The compound?" I interrupted.

"Logan's going to take you there," he continued. "You will meet some of your team. You will be filled in on some of what's happening over here. You will be filled in on some of your duties, and you'll be trained."

"Tonight?" I asked dryly and Fury sighed. "Sorry." I muttered. "Alright, filled in on my duties, trained, meet the team, anything else?"

"That's all for now, Agent Banner." he replied and I smiled lightly before hanging up.

"Okay guys, let's get this show on the road." I said as I looked at Kayla who was still sleeping in Natasha's arms. "We've still got a bit of a drive, right Logan?" I asked and he nodded.

"Sammy," Dad said suddenly and I walked over to him. "If there's any way I can help, let me know."

"I'll keep that in mind dad." I smiled.

"You take care." he said before he swept me into a long hug. "I love you Sparky." he muttered and I smiled.

"Love you too Daddy." I muttered into his ear. He let me go and I hustled everyone into the van before sitting next to Bruce who wrapped his arms around me. I smiled as I leaned into his chest.

"Try to get some sleep." he whispered to me softly.

"I'm not tired." I said softly and he looked down at me.

"You've hardly slept in the past two days." he said as he pushed the hair from my face. He leaned down and kissed my forehead gently, then lightly kissed my lips.

"You'll wake me up?" I asked and he nodded. I sighed and settled back into his chest and smiled as he wrapped his arms back around me, allowing me to fall asleep.

"According to the files we've recovered from SHIELD before they disbanded, this is where they're most likely headed." Victoria Hand pointed to an area on the map.

"Why there?" Norman asked and she looked through the file before pulling a paper out and handing it to him. "They're sure on this?"

"They're sure." she nodded.

"Good work Agent Hand." he said as he stood up.

"I can have a team ready and mobilized in twenty four-"

"No." Norman said quickly and she looked at him curiously.

"Why not, we know where they are-"

"No, I have something much more interesting in mind." Norman smiled. He gestured to Agent Whatever who walked out of the office, and then returned with an older man wearing a General's uniform, his salt and pepper hair was combed back neatly and his mustache was perfectly trimmed.

"General Ross," Norman smiled as he moved around the desk to shake the older man's hand. "Good to finally meet you."

"Same to you Mr. Osborn." he said, before looking at Agent Hand. "Ma'am." he nodded to her. "I hear you found him."

"That we have General. I'm sure you heard about the attack in New York, the aliens, Loki, all of that."

"I did." General Ross continued to stand and Norman chuckled lightly.

"Oh where are my manner, please, sit." he grinned and General Ross sat down across from him. "Can I get you a drink? Scotch?"

"If you're havin' on." he nodded and Osborn stood up again.

"That will be all, Agent Hand, Whatever." he nodded to them and they both left the room as Norman crossed his office to the drinks. "So, you heard about the incident. Why do you still want him dead if you know he helped save the world?"

"As far as I'm concerned, that boy's body belongs to the US Army. What he's become is because of us, because of our hard work." General Ross said as he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket and took one out. He tapped it on the edge of the desk and popped it into his mouth. "What happened to my best man happened because of him. I know you don't want him dead, I know you want him controlled, and I'm with you on that." he nodded. "Which is why, I think I can help." he said before he held up the folder he had been holding in his hand. He handed it to Norman as Norman moved back to the desk and took it. He read it over for a moment, and then looked at General Ross.

"And in return?" he questioned.

"In return, I want some of his DNA to work with, and official finding for the super soldier program."

"Is that all?"

"I want some of the child's DNA as well."

"Very well. I believe these are terms we can agree to."

"One other thing," General Ross said and Norman raised an eyebrow. "I want to demolish Stark Tower."

"Nothing like a little revenge, eh General?" Norman asked with a smile.

"Sir," Dr. Fleischer looked at the order that Norman had just given him. "Are you sure about this?"

"One hundred percent." Norman said and Dr. Fleischer looked a little disturbed.

"But letting him free, he has not come to terms with what he is, what if he tried to kill himself, or if he tries to kill one of us?"

"That won't happen." Norman said knowingly. "He's going to go to her. To warn her."

"What is the point of all this work if he's going to warn her?" Fleischer asked in horror.

"He's only going to tell her what will happen, not when or where, no how much of an effect it will have on her life. To not be able to hug her friends, to touch her child, to make love to her husband. The feel the agony that is isolation from everything and everyone you love." he smiled lightly. "Even someone going through that would not be able to describe it. Leona will follow Agent Liu, and when Mrs. Banner has been warned, when she knows what we plan on doing to her, then, and only then will Leona follow through on our threat."

"If we know where they are why don't we just take them, get the child, and go?" Fleischer asked in frustration.

"We have to weaken them. Take them by surprise." Norman muttered as he looked at the map. He turned to him and looked him over, and for a moment, one moment Fleischer saw nothing but a lost expression in Norman's usually cool, calculating eyes. Then, with a blink, it was back, cool, calm, calculating. "Hand," he barked into the intercom to the next room. Half a second later Victoria Hand was there in the doorway. "Start the next phase. Send teams to states, and start them enforcing the new rules."

"What do we tell them?" she asked and he paused for a moment before he nodded.

"Tell them that the Avengers have turned. They are now fugitives, and that this is for their own protection."

"And when Agent Liu crosses the border?"

"Let him. Do not hassle him at all." Norman said decidedly. "For once, Ms. Hand, everything is going exactly according to plan." with that he stood up and stared at the map again.

When I woke up it was to Bruce softly whispering my name. The rest of the van was empty but us and I looked around. "What happened?" I asked softly.

"We're there." he said and I slowly sat up.

"We are?" I asked and he nodded. "How long have we been here?"

"I just let everyone else get out before us." he said and I nodded as I slid to the door.

"Where's Kayla?"

"With her best friend." he replied and I smiled lightly before I ran a hand over my face. "So when were you going to tell me about this?" he asked holding up my SHIELD ID.

"When did you decide to root around my pockets?" I asked after a moment and he sighed.

"It was digging into my side, I thought it was just a compact or something." he shrugged and I took it from him. "Assistant Director, that's impressive for someone who's never been interested in being a part of SHIELD." he said and I looked up at him.

"You don't know what I have been interested in and what I haven't been interested in. When we met I was twenty six years old and I was a personal assistant, and honestly Bruce, if my family had told me about what I am, and where we came from, I might have picked a different route." I snapped before I shoved the ID back into my pocket and started to get out of the car. Bruce grabbed me by my good arm and pulled me back to him, holding me close.

"So you're saying you regret your life?" he asked. "You regret our life?" he asked lowly and I looked into his eyes.

"I don't regret anything." I said softly and honestly, making his grip on my arm loosen. "I just don't like people assuming they know everything there is to know about me when I don't even know myself." I said to him and he let go of my arm.

"Everything okay in here?" Steve asked looking into the car.

"Fine." I said as I climbed out. Bruce followed slowly behind me and I looked around.

"As you can see, Fury was kind of serious when he said he turned it into a compound." Logan said and I looked around. There were lots of buildings made to look like log cabins, making the area look like a lodging town.

"Dr. Banner, the main house; that one's for you and your family. They've uh, cleaned it up since you were here last." Logan said as an afterthought. "Stark, you and Pepper will be staying-" Logan's words were drowned out as Bruce stepped up behind me.

"I'm sorry." he said softly in my ear. I turned and looked at him before I smiled softly and nodded.

"Me too." I said before slipping my hand into his. He lifted it to his lips and gently kissed my knuckles. I smiled lightly before I let go of his hand to take Kayla from Thor. He nodded to me and I gestured to Amanda who followed us to the main house Logan had told us about. Bruce paused at the door before he reached up, to the top of the doorway and pulled down a key. He smiled and unlocked the door before pushing it open.

"Good to see some things don't change." he muttered. "Uh, Amanda you and Kayla are going to have to share a room again." he said and looked at Amanda who shrugged.

"I'm fine with that." she said and he nodded as he went to a hallway. I followed after him and he opened the door to a small bedroom.

"Yeah, they uh, they knew we were coming." he nodded and I stepped into the room there were two twin sized beds, one of which I deposited Kayla onto. I slipped her shoes off and took the barrettes from her hair before I started to unbutton her shirt. Bruce disappeared and then reappeared a moment later with her pyjamas and a pull up. He wordlessly helped me change her for bed and then watched as I tucked her in.

Amanda was sitting on the other bed, pulling the laces undone from her shoes; she kicked them off and covered her mouth as she yawned.

"We'll bring the bags in by tomorrow morning." Bruce said to her and she nodded as she pulled her hair out of its ponytail.

"No more moving around for a little while." I smiled and she smiled lightly before she got up and hugged me.

"Good night." she said and I smiled as I hugged her.

"Good night sweetheart." I said and she hugged Bruce after moving away from me.

"Good night Amanda." he said as he hugged her back and then she climbed back into the bed. I walked out of the room and Bruce closed the door behind himself softly before looking at me. He walked over to me and then started to walk away when I moved forward, stopping in front of him, and I wrapped my arms around his middle tightly. He caught me in his arms and held me to him as I clung to him.

"I'm so sorry about what I said in the car." I said to him and he looked down at me. "I wouldn't have chosen a different path, I don't regret anything, I mean, except for what I said in the car, and that comment about how old I was when we met, and-"

"Honey." he cut me off. "Breathe, please." he put his hands on my shoulders. "Are you okay?" he asked and I nodded. "You haven't slept much in the past few days, don't think I don't know." I looked at him questioningly and he smiled lightly. "Apparently I can't sleep when you're not hogging all of the blankets." he shrugged and I rolled my eyes. "We both know lack of sleep makes us irritable, and all of this moving around, running, all of that, the stress, it hasn't helped. So let's just get one good night of real sleep, and forget last night ever happened." he said and I smiled. "Okay?" he asked as he lightly stroked my collarbone with his thumb.

"Okay." I smiled and he smiled.

"Okay." he said, before he belt down and threw me over his shoulder.

"Bruce!" I shrieked and he laughed as he carried me down the hall. "Oh, no!" I laughed as I tried to hold onto his shoulders, only for him to pause as there was a knock on the front door. "Put me down!" I laughed as he turned and walked back to the front door.

"Not on your life." he laughed as we got to the living room. He opened the door with a laugh as I protested being manhandled like that. "Yeah?" he asked whoever was behind the door.

"Uh, I'm looking for Director Banner?" the person asked rather than said.

"One second." Bruce said, before he closed the door again. "Director?" he asked me and I sighed.

"Yeah, uh, for all public purposes, the world thinks Director Fury is dead. So... Publically speaking, I'm the new head of SHIELD." I explained. He put on hand on my ass to keep me from falling as he bent over and put me down on the ground, but left his hand where it was as he straightened up, and pushed me against his body. "Bruce, I need to answer the-"

"One kiss." he interrupted me and I rolled my eyes. "Come on, just one."

"It's never just one with you." I said as he put his other hand on the back of my head and pushed me in.

"You know you want to." he said softly and I smiled before I leaned up and kissed him. One kiss turned into two kisses and would have turned into more if the person on the other strode of the door hadn't spoken up.

"Erm, Director Banner, I promise this will only take a moment." I broke away from Bruce and sighed before I fixed my ponytail quickly.

"Leave it down." Bruce said as he wrapped his arms around me.

"What happened to one good night of real sleep?" I asked as he kissed my neck.

"I'm willing to sacrifice some sleep." he said into my ear and I smiled as I swatted him away before opening the door.

"Ah, Director Banner." the young woman smiled at me. "I'm Agent Hayes, it's good to meet you." she was a pretty girl with a flawless Alaskan Indian complexion, her long black hair was held up in a professional looking ponytail and she was smiling like she meant it.

"Hayes?" I asked and she nodded.

"That's right ma'am." she said and then pointed to her ID card hanging off of her right breast pocket. "I'm glad to see you've arrived safely and I just needed to fill you in on a few things."

"At this hour?" Bruce asked and I looked at him. She looked a little started, as if she hadn't realized he had been standing there and I rolled my eyes.

"I am aware it's late, I apologize Dr. Banner," she said and for the first time I noticed what looked like a laser pointer she held in her hand.

"What do you need to fill me in on Agent Hayes?" I asked and she cleared her throat.

"There will be a debriefing in the morning at nine am, at ten am you will be able to meet and talk to all of the Agents here and find out what it is we've been working on, uh and we'll be able to discuss the status of what's going on in the United States to a further extent as well as map out the probability of Norman Osborn's next move."

"Okay and who's doing the debriefing?" I asked and she stayed silent. "Oh." I said and she smiled lightly.

"I'm sure whatever you say will be fine." she said and then paused. "Agent Bluefox sent this for you," she said as she held up a keychain. "I'll be along to collect you in the morning." she said and I took the keychain from her.

"Thank you Agent Hayes." I said and she nodded before she turned, turning on the little laser pointer thing and waving it from side to side as she walked.

"Told you to leave your hair down." Bruce said to me and I looked back at him before I pulled it out of the ponytail and let it fall down and around my shoulders.

Hey guys, uh, just so you know, your reviews are what keeps me updating as quickly as I do, and I don't know, like I said, only a few people really review consistently, and to you guys who do, I love you for it, you keep me going. But anyways, I guess what I'm saying is I don't know if you all are enjoying the story or not, I need a little feedback.