Author's Note: Dame-Of-The-Living-Dead, I appreciate the follow. AvengerFrost; thanks for the review. I'm glad you are interested. Also I want to put out that this is a bit AU, now here's the next chapter, enjoy.

Athalia ran across the ranch and was about to open the back door when she got to the porch the door opened revealing Macy with two people she never seen before. Those must be the people Thomas told me about... She breathed in as she tried to calm her racing heart.

Macy smiled when her hazel eyes landed on the girl. "Athalia, this is Chelsea and Andrew. There here on the behalf of Mister Stark."

Athalia looked at the pair and felt uneasy at the stares they were giving her. She twirled her finger in her hair and smiled. "Is there anything Mister Stark is looking for?"

The man shook his head as the woman laughed lightly. "Forgive us. You remind us of someone we know."

Athalia smiled and nodded before turning to look at the blonde. "Talia why don't you tell these nice people about you?"

The nodded slowly with a forced smile. "That sounds like a great idea."

"I'll leave you to it."

Athalia took a deep breath before leading the pair over to a picnic table. Once they sat she twirled her hair around her finger. "What is it that you want to know?"

Chelsea smiled before waving a hand. "Anything you want."

The young girl sighed before nodding. "Well...My name is Athalia but a lot of people call me Talia. I don't care for the colour green, love dark purple. Horses and wolves are my favourite animal. I love to read and write, listen to music. I'm very social and have a bit of a anger issue. Nothing major, I also have a horse that I won't leave without." the teen took a breather before looking at the two adults sitting across from her. "Anything else?"

They stood and smiled before Chelsea reached over and shook the young girl's hand. "We'll get back with you in a week to see what he says."

Athalia frowned before nodding. She watched them leave through the house before slumping down on a bench with a heavy sigh.

-O-

Maria Hill's foot tapped against the floor, as she impatiently waited for the elevator to reach the common floor. When the metal doors opened the former agent all but ran. She stormed into the room causing everyone in the room to stop what they were doing.

"Maria, what a surprise to see you." a hunky blonde greeted with a smile.

Maria looked around and seen all the Avengers Asemble. She sighed before tossing the team's billionaire her tablet. "We have a problem."

A slender woman with long, curly red hair rolled her green eyes. "When don't we have a problem."

A handsome man with handsomely wild brown hair scrolled through the electronic. His brown eyes widen causing a man who also had handsomely unkempt medium brown hair, to snatch the tablet away from his team mate. His sliver-blue eyes widen as hate formed. A man with dark brown hair looked from the two to Maria with confusion in his dark brown eyes.

"What's going on?"

The former agent sighed. "Two underground agents was in New York when their Asgardian, Loki device went off. It took them to upstate, New York, to a orphanage in George Lake. There they came across a girl-"

"Wait!" a young dark skinned man interrupted. "Are you saying that there's a child of Loki here in New York?"

Maria nodded and was going to say something when the Thunder God cut her off. "Unbelievable. My brother has died assainting me with Lady Jane."

"Well, the girl is fourteen, seems around the time he came with his army." said Tony looking at the tablet.

"But how do we know that the child is Loki's?" Bruce asked moving his eyes from one person to another.

"Simple! The agents had a device that tells them if Loki is around. Point break mentioned that Reindeer games is adopted. There is your answer."

Steve glared at the billionaire before turning his bright blue eyes on Maria. "What do you want us to do?"

Maria sighed before answering. "Adopt her and keep an eye on her. See what's she's really like. You have a week."

After Maria left, Tony turned to the other Avengers. Clint glared at him, his eyes narrowed. "Don't even think about it."

Steve nodded in agreement. "Think about our junior team? They could be in danger."

Tony scoffed, "They're Avengers, in training. Know who they're parents are? If we defeated Loki, what's so different with his daughter?"

Clint stood with Steve, he glared at the older man. "If Anything happens to Francis, you'll be the first person I put a arrow through your head."

Tony sighed as the solider and archer left. He looked over to the far end of the common room. Sam stood and looked at billionaire. "What are you going to do?"

Iron Man looked at the tablet and ran his hand through his hair before looking at the Falcon. "We're moving."