Letting out a groggy Groan Francis slowly began to get up from his knocked down position

Blinking his eye lids that felt excessively heavier than normal he shook his hair letting the sand particles that stuck between it fall out before he examined his body and looked around his surroundings

All he saw was miles and miles of endless sand hills and dry plants that filled the Desert he was currently stuck in

"Ok, One, who the hell am I ? Two where the hell am I ? and Three…what the fuck am I doing in the middle of the Desert ?" he asked himself as slowly he started to get up

Looking up at the sky Francis's eyes furrowed as the Desert darkness was…well nothing upon him just adding more confusion to the list of things he was stuck with

"ok…ok….Don't panic…Don't panic" Francis mumbled to himself as he started to feel his body for something

Dropping to his knees Immediately the confused Young Boy started to lay out everything he could find on him, an attempt to try and jog his memory so he could try to remember who he was. Or at least make sense of what's going on

He ended up having a few items laid out on the Sandy floor

A custom made Bow that seemed to have multiple features, A Black and Purple Quiver filled with Arrows that matched the same Purple Jacket he was wearing, (Purple and Black must've been his Theme), a gallery of small throwing knives and arrows, a comm link he found within his ear, and lastly a picture of some Blonde woman. One that looked quite old like he's had it for a long time. He found the Picture in some secret compartment within one of the Jacket's pouches

Grabbing the Picture Francis tilted his head a little as he examined confused on who this woman was as he started to think really hard

"MAMA ! MAMA !"

"YES ! YES BABY ! YOUR DOING SO WELL !...now just a couple more steps honey" Bobbi cooed as she held her hands out to Francis watching his cute little legs paddle towards her

One foot after enough Francis soon enough found himself within his Mother's arms where she just smiled and kissed all over his face

"YAY ! YOU DID SO WELL HONEY !" she said kissing all over his little chubby face which made baby Francis squeal in delight

Snapping his eyes open Francis felt as if he had an out of body experience immediately gasping as he dropped the picture of his Mother

"My name is Francis Lucky Barton, Son of Clinton Francis Barton and Barbara Bobbi Morse aka Avengers Members Hawkeye and Mockingbird" he began as he started to get up and grabbed his gear

Wrapping his purple Jacket around his waist revealing his Tactical plain black undershirt shirt Francis continued to jog his memory

"I'm an Avenger Myself, Hawkeye. Master Archer and I'm on a team with 4 others of my closest allies and friends. Torunn Thorsdóttir, Henry Pym Jr, Azari T'challa, and-"

Before Francis could finish the sound of a sniper shot going off Immediately caught his attention as a heavy caliber bullet landed right next to his feet making him jump

Following the bullet trail line Francis turned his head to see some Figure dressed in all black with a hood holding clearly some sort of Sniper Rifle

"Shit" Francis said before immediately running dodging the next shot of gun fire

Jumping over a large rock Francis moved back to place his back behind the rock before grabbing an Arrow ready to fire

But Immediately when he got up and looked at where the Marksman was he vanished ?

No trace of him ever even being there ?

Slowly letting his guard down as he put the Arrow back in his quiver Francis let out a small sigh before running a hand through his sweaty sandy hair

"Great, I have an Assassin after me and I have no clue where my friends and I don't know anything that happened within the last…..however many hours" he said as he looked around

"Francis Barton what predicament have you gotten yourself into this time…..:

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Letting out a groan Azari continued to walk the endless sea of Sand that was around him

Covering his eyes he looked up at the sky and squinted his eyes. His Jaw tightening as the sun continued to beam upon him

Looking down at his other hand his fist only tightened on this weird Red hourglass necklace he had woken up with

He found it around his arm like a bracelet when he woke up from being unconscious

His eyes only squinted as flashes of remembering someone that wasn't him wearing this exact jewelry piece scattered his mind but he could quite put a trace on it

With a small sigh Azari put on the necklace figuring he should keep it safe for whenever he finds the wonder that it belonged to before he continued his journey

"I wish I could remember more" Azari mumbled as he continued to walk through the Desert Tundra his hand scratching the back of his white faded hair

"Hell I don't even remember my own name" he mumbled as he looked down at his hands

A small spark of black electricity had emerged from his fingertips making him reel his head back in a small sigh

"And I keep doing that for some reason ?" he said before shaking his hands trying to wear off the electricity

Continuing his what seemed to be endless path of walking in the desert Azari took a step in the sand and Immediately heard a metal click rumble underneath his feet making him raise an eyebrow

But Before he knew it Immedialty a small device shot up from the ground and flash banged him making him groan as he covered his eyes

Sprouting from the ground a series of men carrying rifles of high utility surrounded Azari and finally when his eyes cleared he took notice of the group of men arround him

Immedialty he put his hands up in defeat

"HEY ! HEY ! WOAH ! WOAH ! HEY !" Azari yelled as the men kept their hands steady at him

Shaken with Fear Azari's hands were straight up as he showed his compelte corperation

"look…guys….I-I-I have no idea where I am or what's going on….All I remember was waking up in this….god forsaken Desert….I don't know what's going on or who I am…BUT ! what I do know is, you without a doubt have the wrong guy. I'm not who you think I am…."

With his desperate fearful pleases, Azari continued to try and beg for his life in pure confusion on how he even got in this situation.

But his begging didn't seem to work as the gun holding men continued to keep their rifles targeted towards Azari

With sweat beginning to drip down his face Azari's hands started to crackle

"Shit" he shakingly mumbled as small spurts of Black electrcity started to crackle from his fingers

"Not now, Please not now" he said in fear as the Electrcity started to get more wild

Small surges began to slip from his fingers beginning to grab all the men's attention and when Azari saw one of them slip their finger down to the trigger he panicked

"WAIT ! WAIT ! WAIT !" he yelled before Immediately all at once the group of men began to fire at the confused young man

Clenching his fist tightly Azari closed his eyes in fear expecting the worse as Bullets started to fly

But to his pure surprise and shock when he opened his eyes a forcefield of black electricity had surrounded him as his shaking hands stayed out in front of him

"Woah…" he said in pure shock with building bright eyes

Continuing their barrage of fire upon Azari slowly the Force field began to shrink as he didn't even know how he was doing this to begin with

Gradually being forced to his Knees Azari groaned as he started to feel the pressure. The Gunmen closing in on him ready to break his protective bubble

Looking around in desperation Azari let out another tired groan before looking down at his belt spotting the Panther face that was the forefront upon it

Immediately flashes of memories began to cloud Azari's mind as he started to remember…..

Holding the small boy within his hand T'challa looked upon the breathing taking Scenery of Wakanda

With a smile on his face he looked upon his newborn, wrapped in cloth as he was only a month old but little fuzz of pure white hair that matched his queen showed

"Look my son" The African King said as he looked at his great city

"One day this will all be yours, Wakanda will one day look at you for answers. And you will lead them, not only as Protector"

Looking down at Azari T'challa smile only grew

"But as King, The Black Panther"

Snapping his eyes open, Immediately Azari's eyes turned pure white as he pushed back against the forcefield that was closing in on him. Blasting electricity outwards towards the gunmen melting their guns Immediately on impact

Sharing looks of pure shock and tensive fear. Azari just cracked his neck as his pure white eyes stayed

"Alright assholes" Azari said with a smirk

"Who wants to go first"

Pulling out a baton hastily one of the guards charged at Azari

"Alright let's do this" he chanted before charging back giving the man a heavy knee to the chest knocking him down

Before he knew it Azari was midst in the middle of definitive unfair fight on paper

But of course. It was him.

Blocking an attempted baton swing sent his way Azari grabbed the man's arm holding him down before back kicking the man that was running behind him before finishing his original opponent with an Axe kick making him eat the ground with a heavy blow.

Beginning to knock down enemies faster and easier watching them drop

Doing a roundhouse to knock one of the men down Azari's feet had been engulfed in flames as he continued with a series of tornado kicks knocking down 3 other men before he dragged his foot upon the floor before kicking another one of the men in the chest adding an extra flame at the end that kept him down

Effortlessly dodging a series of barton Swings, With one hand Azari had blocked a plethora of punches before hitting the man in the chest with his pointed out knuckle making him reel back before knocking him down with a heavy gust of wind

Finding almost all the men that surrounded him with guns on the floor Azari looked around getting the feeling that he missed one

And not to his surprise he saw one of the men trying to run away which made him laugh before he hastily jumped into a spinning tornado kick sending a semi large rock straight at the man decking him dead center knocking him down

Going over to one of the knocked down armed men Azari had ripped off the man's protective helmet before grabbing him by his protective vest forcing the man to look at his intensive, infuriated scowl

"Who the hell are you all ! Where am I ?! WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS !"

Putting his hand up practically shaking within Azari's grasp the Young Prince had brought forth one of his hands

"You know I could suck the pores right out of your body, leave you with nothing but a hollow husk" he threatened

"Watch me" he said bringing his hand forth, but before he could make due on this threat a pair of hands he wrapped around his neck in a chokehold before throwing him down to the ground

Looking up in confusion Azari's eyes were forced to squint as he a figure dressed in a black with a hood covering it's head walked towards him making it hard to see their face

Blocking the immediate kick they gave him with his forearm before quickly jumping to his feet to dodge the roundhouse kick they attempted to hit him with. Azari replied back with two quick jabs that were effortlessly slapped away before his arm was grabbed

The dark figure had maneuvered themselves after they quickly jabbed Azari in the face. Grabbing the back of his head before bending down to flip the Wakandian over making him hit the sandy ground hard with a grunt

Attempting to get up Azari was quickly stopped when the dark figure had just stepped on his chest

Azari raised his hand up to try and use his powers but his hand was immediately grabbed before the shadow figure had dropped his knee one said palm before stepping on the other hand making Azari groan

Staring directly into the figure's dark teal eyes Azari's own pure white ones growled back as he tried to figure where he's met this enemy before

But Azari's eyes soon shot up when the dark figure pulled out a pistol, aiming it directly at Azari

Helpless within the situation not knowing what to do Azari had only feared for the worst as the dark figure's teal eyes continued to gaze directly at him looking down to spot the red hourglass necklace that hung around his neck

Confused on the matter, the figure's dark teal eyes only narrowed as his brows furrowed the more he continued to stare at the necklace around Azari's neck

A few grunts and head shakes came from the dark figure before suddenly they dropped their pistol right beside Azari's head

Not knowing what was happening Azari just inhaled a breath before before exhaling and out came a heavy blast of fire from his mouth forcing the dark figure to jump off of him

Rising to his feet Azari figured he must've hit more than he thought he did once he saw the figure's hood that covered his face slowly burn off forcing the now revealed man to rip it off

But once Azari had gotten a full display of the man's features his eyes went wide as Immediately he spotted the red hair

"...James ?" Azari said in nothing but the utmost confusion and dismay

His mouth was covered by a mask that stopped at his eyes. But Azari knew that red hair anywhere

It was his brother

"James ?...God James, don't worry we're gonna help you. The teams split up and I don't know where the other's are but-"

Immediately James rushed towards Azari. Lunging at him to try and attack him leaving Azari to just weave out the way

"James !" Azari yelled as he ducked under his kick

"Stop !" he continued as he slid under his feet before grabbing him

Holding James's arm straight Azari wrapped his free arm around his neck to try and subdue him

"James, I'm not gonna fight you !" Azari said James only replying in a grunt as he huffed his breath

Sliding a knife down his arm James had flipped the knife before catching it and snapped it right between his arm hitting Azari

"GAH !" Azari cried forcing himself to let go of James as he placed his hand on his stab wound

With a shaky hand and shotty breath Azari sucked in a deep breath before he begun to control the blood stopping the leaking as he revered the bleeding bringing it back in before he dried the blood sealing the gap

Looking back up at James again his friend had only pulled the knife out as if he didn't even feel it before dropping it on the Desert Sand before throwing a smoke bomb and disappearing right before Azari's eyes

Letting out a grunt Azari had dragged himself to the knife before picking it up and examining the plane combat knife with a sigh

"Dammit James…..how did we get here"

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Looking down at his wrist device Pym continued to frantically scroll

"Come on, come on. What kinda person paranoid person doesn't have notes for these types of situations" he said as he bit his lip

Eventually coming to the realization that he found nothing Pym had groaned before yelling up at the sky

"COME ON ! WHO AM I !" he yelled to himself before looking around in confusion

"AND WHY AM I IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT !"

As if the day couldn't get bad enough a loud crash rumbled behind him making him yelp and jump in fear before quickly turning around to see a girl with blonde hair and some sword

Her eyes were pure blue as lightning surged all around her

Confused on the matter. Truly more so kinda scared on what was actually happening Pym had waved his hand fearfully

"Hi !" he yelped in fear before covering his mouth to catch himself trying again

"Hi" he said more so in a calming manner

"Look, I have no idea who I am. Or who you are….or where we are but if-"

"Halt by thy nameth of the allfath'r" The girl stated as she raised her sword up in a fighting position

With his hands raised Pym had let out a nervous chuckle

"Is this Shakespeare ? Is this an act ? Am I supposed to be playing along ? ok then….umm….by thy nameth….how is this…nope sorry can't do it"

Immediately rushing to Pym in blazing speed The blonde girl had wasted no time grabbing him by his neck before raising him up as if he was a paperweight

Pym's eyes grew wide in shock as he grabbed her hand trying to pry free

"by the gods ! how dareth thee fleer me ! doth thee knoweth who is't I am !"

"No…not really…." Pym muttered as he was continuing to be choked

"I am t'runn, daught'r of mighty th'r, god of thund'r. daught'r of mistress sif asgard's most fi'rce warri'r. I'm the goddess of thund'r-"

"Wow, you like to brag a lot !" Pym said before attempting to shove her back

Much to his without a doubt surprise his hands green a bright neon green as he shoved her accidentally shooting some sort of plasma attack at her knocking her away

Looking at his hands, watching the neon glow slowly blend away Pym looked at his hands in wonder as he just said

"Woahhhhh, that was cool"

Looking down below him Pym found himself hovering above the ground before turning back to see flickering fly wings behind him keeping him afloat

"OK THAT'S EVEN COOLER !"

Arising from the attack that stunned her The blonde haired girl had growled before gripping her sword tightly making Pym swallow a nervous thump within his throat

"Uh oh"

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"Pym ?...Pym ? Come in ? Pym !...James ?...Azari ?...Torunn….? DAMMIT ANYONE RESPOND !"

After getting nothing more than pure radio silence Francis groaned as he took his finger off from his ear

"I can't get a hold of anyone, everyone comms must be off" Francis monologued to himself as he grabbed an arrow out of his quiver

Using his teeth to rip off some sort of wrapping within the tip of the arrow Immediately smoke began to disperse from it leaving the platinum blonde to drop it before walking away

"I got to find someone, and fast. For all I know I could be the only one who remembers anything and-"

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Looking down at his feet Francis saw some sort of red flash that was hidden beneath the sand making him cringe

"SHIT !" He yelled before as quick as he could casted a grappling arrow off

Right as he begun zipping away a random object was thrown at him cutting his line clean off forcing him to drop his bow and roll upon the sandy ground

Letting out a mildly hurt groan as the explosion that erupted behind him had barely missed. Francis got up and grabbed his bow before walking over to examine the object that was thrown at him

Immediately his confusion continued to stir as he tilted his head to the side when he examined some sort of knife that was coded in diamonds

"Who the hell….what the hell ?" he muttered in confusion in just what the hell this thing was or who could've possibly thrown it at him

But soon enough he got his answer as not even seconds later he was taken down to the ground when someone jumped on him

Using her body to wrap around Francis before maneuvering him into a takedown. Francis found himself with his arms pinned down beside his head. And him forced to look at some girl with blonde hair dressed in white with a white mask covering her mouth

Her eyes shined silver as Francis continued to yell

"Get off of me ! Who the hell are you ! I'm gonna-"

Staring directly into her eyes Francis had came to a complete stop as soon enough his eyes matched the same shade

Seconds passed by before the trance wore off and slowly the blonde girl had gotten off of Francis giving him a couple of seconds to register before he was the same

Shaking his head Francis let out a groggy groan before looking up at the girl

"...Stacy ?"

Taking off her mask Stacy blew a sigh of relief

"Oh thank god…." she said as she helped him up

"I'm so glad you remember who I am. Didn't really think that was gonna work"

Still feeling the affects of having his mind messed with Francis shook his head as he grabbed his bow once more

"Trust me, I feel more relieved that I've finally ran into someone I know" he said giving his head a final shake to try and piece everything together

"There's still some things that are foggy…like what are you doing here ?"

"?...you don't remember ? I was put on this mission with you guys. Quebec ? the transmitter ? A.I.M."

Giving Stacy a shaken head to show his lack of remembrance the blonde mutant let out a sigh

"Guess I couldn't piece everything together. Maybe if we find the others I can neurolink all of our thoughts and brains making it easier to restore everyone's memories" she thought out loud

"Yeah, well one problem within your plan. I have no clue where anyone is. I've been endlessly walking through this desert since sunrise. I've been setting landmarks of flare to cover my tracks hoping someone would follow them. But so far the only person who's picked up my trail was you"

Opening her mouth to try and say something Stacy was Immediately cut off when a loud booming sound was heard from the two making them jump

Turning their heads to the sound Francis and Stacy Immediately took off running through the sound to investigate what it was

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"LOOK I SAID I WAS SORRY ! JUST TAKE THE APOLOGY !" Pym yelled before twirling around more in the air to dodge the lightning bolt that was shot towards him

"falleth tiny sir, i shalt painteth these sands with thy blood f'r the fleer'ry thee've cast'd upon me !" Torunn said in a battle cry before casting another bolt of lighting at Pym

Thunder had cracked from the sky and right when Pym moved out of the way of another lightbolt shot at him down below he didn't see the one that came from the sky

Hitting him dead center The lighting bolt had shot pym out of the sky like a bug causing him to freefall and land on the Desert grounds with a hard crush

Letting out a series of groans Pym couldn't even get up as Torunn had marched towards him and plummeted her foot on his chest forcing him to stay down and watch as she raised her sword above him

"Farewell tiny sir" she said before bringing her sword down to strike

Covering his face in fear a loud clink of metal cause him to shudder before slowly he opened his eyes to see some other blonde girl dressed in white and holding an equally as big sword coded in shiny diamonds

"Woah…" Pym said in pure shock as his eyes bulged at the sight of the weapon

Staring face to face with Torunn Stacy spoke to her fellow female

"Torunn, stop !" she said before raising her great sword up to push back against Torunn's sword giving Francis the chance he need to pull Pym out of harm's way

Getting a clear look of Francis Pym raised his eyebrow

"Dude your hair is really nice" he said before raising his hand up to try and touch

"Pym stop" Francis said as he smacked his hand away

Clashing her sword with Torunn's, back and forth the two girls went. Stacy staying on the defensive dodging end to account for Torunn's Asgardian strength

Bending backwards to dodge Torunn's sword slash, Stacy had downward blocked Torunn's sword forcing both their weapons to be stabbed into the sand before doing a sideflip to dodge Torunn's upstrike

"Torunn I don't want to fight you" Stacy said before quickly sliding under Torunn's sword slash

"predominantly because I'm scared" she admitted mainly to herself

Attempting to reach out to her sword Torunn had quickly grabbed her by the arm and holstered her up leaving Stacy to hang in the air

Sending a couple of kicks to her face to try and break free Torunn groaned before switching from her arm to her neck as she began to squeeze causing a choking motion and sound to be made from the Blonde super soldier mutant

"HEY ! HEY ! TORUNN ! TORUNN ! WAIT ! WAIT !" Francis said grabbing her attention

"We are not your enemies, Torunn look I know you don't remember anything, But you have to try, just try and remember who we are….try and remember who I am" he said

The blonde asgardian left seconds to pass by as she blankly stared at Francis

Dropping Stacy leaving Pym to help her up both pym and Stacy watched as Torunn slowly moved towards Francis

Her hands quickly approaching him gripping his shirt to pull him him forward before immediately pulling his lips to hers

The kiss felt….it's good. Felt like he remembered what her lips taste like, Felt like he knew who he was in what felt like days

It was all too quick as when she slowly pulled away she looked directly into his eyes before smiling

"I…I remember…..I remember it all" she stated making Francis grow a smile before immediately rushing to kiss her again as his hands went to her hips to hold her

Happy at the sight to see things slowly revert to normal Pym was still left confused as he scratched the back of his head

"Hey umm guys, happy for you all. Hopefully but umm….still a little problem, yeah I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHO ANY OF YOU ARE !"

Looking over at Pym Torunn and Francis chuckled

"Don't worry Pym, here let me help-" Stacy began but was cut off when the sound of trucks whirring all around them

Circling around them keeping them in a tight hold with no escape trucks armed with men holding heavy artillery began to pour out of the vehicles

Stacy, Francis and Torunn all grabbed their weapons holding tight glares as Pym had just panicked jumping in the air trying to fly away before he was stopped by Francis who yanked him back down to ground level

Holding the 4 teens to gunpoint the 4 heroes knew they were stuck in a hefty and quick serious situation

"Anyone got any ideas ?" Francis asked

"How about we just give them what they want ?" Pym suggested

"Hey, Pym. what they want is us" Torunn stated making him purse his lips

"Oh…."

Dust began to pick up all around making each of their eyes slowly squint as they were slowly forced to cover their face

It started slow but soon enough the dust started to pick up slowly becoming a raging sandstorm that begun to affect the gunmen

Starting out from blocking their vision of the 4 heroes to inevitably being so serious it was pushing them back and beginning to send them flying all around the gunmen were left in heavy confusion and scarce

"EVERYONE RETREAD BACK TO BASE !" one of the men yelled before soon enough the trucks that were once blocking them in and surrounding them began to drive away leaving the 4 heroes untouched

Immediately when the last car drove away the sandstorm settled and Francis and Torunn smiled when they saw who emerged from the storm and was walking towards them

"AZARI !"

With a smile as wide as a saucer Azari didn't hesitate to hug his two friends

"God, I'm so glad I remember who you guys are" he said in pure satisfaction

"Buddy, you have no idea" Francis said back

Peeking his head over Azari noticed Stacy standing next to Pym

"Stacy ?...what are you doing here ?" he said but before she could give an answer Pym was quick to cut her off

"WOAH ! DID YOU MAKE THAT SANDSTORM ?! AWESOME DUDE !"

Left a little confused on why Pym was acting like this was their first time meeting Stacy let out a small sigh before clapping her hands

"There's a lot we need to discuss"

"I agree, but we're gonna have to do that later because James is in some serious trouble and needs our help"

Giving Azari looks of timidness Pym looked at everyone's serious expression before raising an eyebrow

"Who's James ?"

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"I feel like there has to be a better way to do this" Pym said in serious doubt of what they were doing

With both her pointer and middle fingers touching Pym's temples, Francis and Torunn held Azari's hands with each of their free hands held onto Pym's shoulders

"My telepathy isn't as strong as my Mothers so I can't project myself into all of your thoughts as easily as she would. I need some sort of physical link and connection to make us all one mind"

"Ok…well I get that, but why do I have to be at the forefront of all this ?" Pym said again in serious doubt before Francis smacked him in the back of his head

"You want to remember who you are or not" he said making Pym groaned and roll his eyes

"Fine, but be gentle. I'm scared what you'll find in there"

Stacy chuckled

"I'm just gonna go back to the last 72 hours. Expose you guys to why we are here and help you remember everything. It'll be fine"

"Plus, James needs us" Azari said

Stacy only replied with a head nod before her eyes went silver

"You guys ready ?"

Giving a second to look at one another Azari, Francis and Torunn had nodded their heads before looking back at Stacy

"Ready as we'll ever be" Torunn said giving Stacy the signal as Immediately all their eyes followed the same shade of silver as their thoughts were project right in front of their faces

"There's been some solid energy surges coming from a isolated landmark in the desert of Quebec" Steve said as he showed the team the map

"These energy surges have been inconsistent but they've been strong enough to catch our attention. I have a personal opinion it has something to do with A.I.M. but what do I know right ?" Tony backed up as the map expanded to a small camp site

Looking back at the team Steve crossed his arms

"Your mission will be to infiltrate the camp site. Figure out what is causing the energy spikes and shut it down completely"

The map displayed between Tony and Steve revealed what seemed to be special forces army men

"Canadian special forces will be deployed all over the camp site guarding whatever their holding so your gonna have to cause some sort of diversion to grab their attention" Steve said as command room's sliding door opened grabbing everyone's attention

"I also thought you'd might need a little assistance on this mission as this will be a key no radio silence task to keep your away from Canadian special forces interference"

Walking into the room Stacy revealed herself, dressed in her white suit with a smirk that coded her face

"You guys really have your own little special ops unit. Gotta say I'm pretty jealous" she said making each team member smile as it was always a treat to see her

Especially for James

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Setting up small traps of mines and flashbangs all around the campsites perimeter Stacy smirked as she and James rolled out another one of Pym's traps

"What's got you smirking" James said in half a chuckle

"Nothing, it's just…you guys have it pretty good. Going on secret missions, fighting bad guys, being with your parents. It's like all we ever dreamed of and you guys have it all"

Letting out a little chuckle James looked back at her as he hid another one of the flashbangs under a pile of sand

"What about the others Nate, Rachel, Rebecca, Aliyah ?"

Letting out a sigh Stacy set down another trap

"We're all still adjusting to this….new lifestyle we're living in. Everyone's still pretty hesitant to make do with their parents because frankly…..well frankly everyone finds it damn near impossible to think their even looking at them"

Tilting his head a little James knew he could agree

"I want to get to know them James" Stacy admitted

"It's all I've ever wanted since I was a little girl. And I feel like every time I'm gonna go to sleep I'll wake and and they'll be-"

"Gone" he said finishing her sentence leaving her to just reply in a headnod

The silence between them had gone as once the rest of the team regrouped with them

Growing himself back to normal Pym had looked down at his wrist device

"Tony was right this place is crawling with leftover samples of Terrigenesis"

"Terrigenesis ?" Azari repeated in question

"Isn't that the stuff that awakens the powers of Inhumans ?" he said making Pym nod his head

"Yep, they were harboring something big here. A.I.M. must've been running a test here and It must've been what Tony was picking up. Their long gone by now but whatever is left over is enough to keep the special forces here to play with it"

"Ok, Francis, Azari, we'll-"

Immediately a high pitched sound passed through their communication links causing them to all groan and grip their heads as they fell to the ground

"AGHHHH !"

Each of their heads felt like their brains were turning to mush by the second and as they were distracted by the frequency sounds running through their heads Canadian special forces had quickly surrounded them

Looking up at the gunmen that surrounded them James groaned as he fought through the mental brain blaring through his head and pounced on one of the soldiers

Ripping off his helmet James grabbed his earpiece that was protecting him from the frequency and plugged it in his ear stopping the blaring that was ringing through his head before headbutting the Gunmen unconscious

"EVERYONE GET OUT OF HERE !" James yelled at the rest of the team before he was quickly swarmed and tackles by the special forces

Still fairly confused on the matter and what was happening they followed his orders and one by one everyone split up in separate paths making it harder for the special forces to try and follow them

But they promised they'd come back for James

James tried to fight back and hold them off giving his friends that time they needed to escape but their numbers were to great for even him to respond too

Within the scuffle one of the soldiers had ripped his necklace off before chucking it away in the sand and Azari had quickly picked it up and wrapped it around his arm before running off where soon enough each of the team members had fallen unconscious when they escaped the frequencies radius

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With his arms locked on each side of the chairs armrest James was currently shirtless and for the first time since he was born he was missing the red hourglass necklace that always hung around his neck

"Who are you" one of the sites scientist asked James

The red haired super soldier stayed quiet only glaring at the older man

"You heal quickly, all the burn marks we've given you would take a normal man days to heal from but you've bounced back in meer hours"

Again James didn't respond only glared at the room full of people that kept him trapped

Letting out a deliberate sigh the scientist had palmed his face before shaking his head

"When we picked up this sight we didn't know what to expect. We found something special and all we need was the right test subject" the scientist said as 2 special forces men placed a metal cap on top of James's head

"Here's what's gonna happen, First we're gonna fry that brain of yours and make your central thinking cap numb. Then we're gonna go and send you out into the world and make you kill your friends ok" he said before Immediately James begun to be electrocuted causing him to scream in pain

Snapping their eyes open James's screams echoed throughout all their heads as they all gasped

"JAMES !"

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"GAHH ! AGHHHHH !"

The Scientist continued to watch the elocution process unfold upon James as special forces men approached him

"Sir, we found the rest of the teens"

"And ?"

"Well, sir there was this sand storm and-"

Immediately whisking his head back, the sight of James being electrocuted being meer background noise to him

"Where are the children ?" the Scientist demandingly asked

Giving a seasonal pause the special forces men responded

"There possibly on their way" he answered immediately making the Scientist groan

In a mix of his anger the man had flipped over a table causing a series of supplies to crash and break

"I'M IN THE MIDST OF A BREAK THROUGH HERE ! THAT BOY IS A LIVING BREATHING SUPER WEAPON ! HE COULD BE OUR CAPTAIN AMERICA AND YOU WANT TO THROW IT ALL AWAY !" he yelled. His veins bulging displaying his anger

Taking a series of calming breathes the Scientist took a look at James before turning back to the soldiers

"Stop the electrical charge, give him another dose. Get him under control and have him put an end to this little "team" once and for all"

Nodding their heads hastily the special forces men marched away leaving the Scientist to only sigh before removing his glasses in fear

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Using his goggles to zoom in on the campsite Francis bit his lip when he saw the many plethora of special forces that were surrounding the camp site

"Took many guards for a straightforward attack" Francis said before pulling up his goggles

"We can take them" Stacy stated before immediately jumping up from their hiding position within the sand

Azari was quick to pull her back down into their original crouched position which gained him a glare from Stacy

"Yeah I don't know how you X-men do it. But we like to use more strategic ways to handle big crowds besides running in blind"

"James needs our help. They could be doing god knows what to him and you guys wanna just sit here and plan out your next move ?!"

"It's not that" Pym said

"It's just…there has to be a smarter way of doing this, a sneak attack per say that catches them off guard"

"Well what do you suggest"

Once more biting his lip an idea flashed inside Francis's head as he quickly pulled an arrow from his quiver before looking at Pym

"Hey Pym, I think it's time we try out that combo we were talking about" he said with a eager smile that coded his face

Taking a second to think about it Pym had went from an eyebrow raise to a face of distraught

"No" He denied

"Yes" Francis persisted

"No" he cried

"Yes" he cheered

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"No" Pym worryingly said as he held the tip of Francis's arrow for deer life

"Yes" Francis smirked before pointing his bow in the air before letting it fly

Watching the arrow fly up in the arrow before free fallin down below into the campsite Stacy clicked her tongue before asking

"So when is the signal ?"

Almost immediately after she said that a giant sized Pym appeared in the rear of their eye vision laying waste upon the special forces camp sight

"Welp there it is" she said before immediately Francis, Azari, Stacy and Torunn jumped over the sand hill ready to rush in leaving Francis and Stacy to slid down the hill white Torunn grabbed Azari's arm to fly

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Rushing into the main tent that held James, Francis and Stacy let the powerhouse trio of Torunn, Pym and Azari to distract the special forces as it was the obvious choice them being the ones with overloading powers

Plus they knew they'd have the better shot at helping to free James

But right when the rushed inside Francis was Immediately kicked in the face by James causing him to stumble down on the ground

Caught completely off guard by James's surprise attack James just back kicked Stacy knocking her down

Looking up at his teal eyes Stacy knew this was some form of mind control or brainwash or anything. This wasn't 100% James's doing

"James" Stacy began as she got up getting his attention

"This isn't you, you don't want to hurt us" she said before immediately being forced to dodge his newest attack

Blocking his punch the blonde had grabbed his fist and kicked his knee forcing him to drop to one leg before she wrapped herself around his arm putting him in arm lock

James had let out near animalistic growls and grunts trying to free himself as Stacy had just groaned

"FRANCIS ! FRANCIS NEED A LITTLE HELP !" she cried out before James tore through her arm lock forcing her to put her hands up and block his punches towards her face

James hadn't been able to get the fourth punch in before Franciss came out of nowhere. Wrapping his bow around his neck forcing him off of Stacy and up to his feet

"*grunt…James…come on man….we….just…wanna….help you" he said before james immediately knocked his head back clashing with Francis's face which made him let go of James and drop his bow which James had kicked to the side

Shaking his head Francis wiped the blood that dropped from his nose

"Can't you use your powers to free him ?"

Stacy shook her head

"You can't counter brainwashing with brainwashing. No matter what he'd gonna be under someone's control"

Using his forearm to block James's punch Francis soon received an uppercut from James

"Well I rather have him be under your control than his" Francis said before receiving a 2 punch combo from James knocking him against a table

Rolling over the piece of furniture Francis had kicked it at James before grabbing an arrow from his quiver but James was too quick as he easily flipped over the table before grabbing his hand. Using his knee to force Francis to drop the arrow before grabbing him by his neck and choke slamming him through the table

Letting out a painful groan Francis tried to crawl over to his fallen quiver before suddenly his hand was stepped him making him yell before his arm was pulled back

Holding his arm and his shoulder ready to snap it a small click noise made James turn his head

Noticing Stacy who was holding a diamond coded pistol tears slowly fell from her eyes

"James…please don't make me do this" she tearfully cried

Replying in nothing but a growl Fracnis felt his grip start to slip knowing he had an attack first mentally

He was like a wild animal only attacking his prey with complete tunnel vision and he knew he had to do something quick

"Your name is James Rogers" he suddenly said

Turning his head to look down at Francis the platinum blonde continued though his painful injuries and bleed face

"James….Clinton…Rogers…Romanoff" he said slowly letting the words truly stick and mellow through his brain

"Your hair is red and your eyes are blue, You train everyday non stop like a madman and you are so annoyingly courageous that it sometimes makes me wanna punch you in the face"

A growl escaped through James's teeth as it sounded like a threat but Francis only continued

"You never give up on anyone because it's just how you are, hell man the reason you are like this in the first place is because you sacrificed yourself so that we could escape !"

Slowly feeling James's grip loosen Francis didn't stop

"I know things, Things about you that people don't. Everyday as a kid you'd spent 30 minutes playing with your mom's jewelry box because it helped you sooth that pain of knocking you lost her, when you turned 16 you secretly drew a red star on your left shoulder because you idolize your Uncle so much, every morning at 6 you go for a run, your favorite food is pizza. But not any Pizza, brooklyn style pizza because it reminds you so much of your Dad"

Letting go of Francis immediately James groaned as his head started to throb. That once same frequency that blared through his head had returned

Entering the scene the Scientist was holding some type of device trying to keep James under control

Stacy pointed her gun towards him but the man just just waved his finger right as Torunn, Azari and Pym entered the tent

"One wrong move and I'll turn your friends brain to mush" he said

Licking his lips Francis spit the blood that pooled within his mouth out before he continued his speech

"James, you are the most strong willed person I've ever known. At the age of 14 you lead a team of kids to defeat a genocide mass killing robot, You helped rebuild the world from nothing but ash and rubble and you lead an army to stop A evil Genius, A god and a drugged up super soilder"

Letting out a groan Francis saw his teal eyes start to crack but so did the Scientist who's eyes went wide

"No…no ! I command you to attack them !" he yelled before immediately Azari punched him in the face and catched the remote

"DAMMIT JAMES ! DO WHAT YOU DO BEST AND FIGHT ! FIGHT THROW EVERYTHING THIS EVIL PIECE OF SHIT HAD PUT YOU THROUGH AND FREE YOURSELF FROM HIS HOLD !" Francis yelled as he took his hands

"James we need you, you're not only our Leader but you're our friend. You'll go through hell and back for each and everyone of us so it's our turn to go through hell and back for you. SO COME ON ROGERS ! FREE YOURSELF AND GIVE US OUR FRIEND BACK !"

Letting out a dire scream of pain James's arms clenched tightly as his muscles burgled. His eyes shredding the shade of teal before reverting back to his normal blue

Letting out a heavy and hard gasp James had dropped to his knees with Fracnsi ready to catch him

Holding the heavily panting young man everyone quietly waited for a response

But their heart drops when they got a small chuckle from him

"And here I thought you guys wouldn't miss me"

"JAMES !" Torunn, Azari and Pym yelled before Immediately rushing over to James practically tackling him into a group hug

Letting out some small laughs everyone chuckled before James sighed

"Hey Torunn….yeah…your crushing us your crushing us" he admitted making her drop him and everyone else

"Oh…sorry"

Approaching James Azari smiled as he handed him back his red hourglass necklace

"I think this belongs to you" he said making James smile as he put it on around his neck

He finally felt whole again…well besides the fact that he was shirtless

Turning over to Francis James laughed

"Sorry for beating the shit out of you" he said making Francis laugh

"It's fine. I guess we know who wins in a fight between us"

"Francis, it was never a debate" Pym said making the platinum blonde purse his lips

"I'D HOLD MY OWN !"

"NO YOU WOULDN'T !...YOU DIDN'T !"

Sparking an argument between the group Azari notice both Stacy and the Scientist were gone making him raise an eyebrow

"Hey…hey….hey guys" he said slowly gaining their attention

"Stacy and the other guy are gone" he said quickly catching everyone up to speed

The quickest was James who's eyebrows furrowed

"Shit….."

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Running fast past all the unconscious special forces bodies The Scientist tried to escape but was stopped when a knife hit him in the leg causing him to fall and hit the Desert ground

Letting out a scream of pain and terror the man had clutched his leg and watched in fear once he looked up and saw Stacy slowly walking towards him

With shaking breath he fearfully raised his hand whe Stacy approached him and gripped his lab coat

"Please….please ! don't hurt me"

Shaking him again as she gritted her teeth rage filled her body from head to toe

"YOU USED HIM ! BRAINWASHED HIM TO DO YOUR BIDDING ! WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU !" she yelled directly into his face

"I was forced too !"

"BY WHO !"

Hesitant to reply again Stacy shook the man

"WHO !"

"I can't say ! I was brought here to run a small experiment. I speak on my contact I'm practically a deadman walking !"

"Your a deadman either way" Stacy growled before reaching down to pull the knife out of his leg making him yell in terror

Placing the knife at his neck Stacy didn't hesitate to swipe slitting his throat completely letting the blood splatter all over her white suit

When it was all said and done Stacy rose to her feet and melted her blade before wiping the blood from her off her lips but once she turned around Immediately she was met with James dispirited look

But she didn't flinch or hold down only raised an eyebrow and questioned

"What ?"

Before walking away past him

Gaining his first real look at the now dead scientist James's fist tightened as he just looked away

"You didn't have to kill him" he said making her stop straight in her tracks as she whisked her head back to face him

"And do what James ? huh, let him live put him on trial where he'll spend most of his life in jail ? likelihood of probation or even freedom of right considering he's not even American ?"

Closing his eyes in a tight sigh James shook his head

"You didn't have to kill him" he repeated

Letting out her own sigh Stacy slowly approached him where she soon placed a hand on his cheek wiping the blood from his lip

"He hurt you" she whispered softly

But James wasn't having it as he grabbed her hand and forced it off his face

"And I didn't tell you to do it for me" he said which caused a scowl to be placed on her face

"And it was more personal for me than it was for you" she said before figuring out she was done with this conversation a she simply walked away leaving James with nothing more than the endless Desert and the lifeless body laying before him

Mission Accomplished