Lexi POV:

**Time skip of two weeks brought to you by Lexi making movie references and Connor nodding along, pretending to have a clue what she is talking about.**

It's been two weeks since the Malibu incident. Things are back to normal, or about as normal as they will get around SHIELD. To sum up the last two weeks, Pepper got the Extremis extracted from her bloodstream, Tony got the reactor in his chest removed and they both moved into Stark Tower. And I think Bruce moved in recently too. I've been training up the Strike Team Demigod recruits and they have made some progress. Good or bad progress......well that's another story.

Also, Thor had a throw down in London. Just mentioning that. I heard that Coulson's team went to go take care of the wreckage from Sammy.

So yeah, the last two weeks have been quite interesting.

I step out of the shower and change into my exercise tights and throw on a blue tank top. Once I grab my jewelry, I head on down from my room to the training hall.

"Hey, guys!" I call, walking into to the room.

"Why am I up this early Lexi." Tessa groans at me.

"Come on Tressa, you know how this whole "secret agent/spy" thing works," Olivia reassures.

Louis laughs at their argument and Syd rolls her eyes.

"Okay, guys. Come on in." I say beckoning them to me. "So we've already worked all of you through weapons training. And you guys did great. Agent Hill approved the tapes."

"Wait there were tapes?!" Louis questions, almost worried.

"What, is there a problem Ballerose?" I smirk remembering his little incident when he tried shooting a gun for the first time.

"No," he replies. "None at all."

"Good," I say. "So now that weapons training is complete, we are going to move on to hand-to-hand combat training. Starting with the bags. However, I still expect the four of you to come back here on your own time and practice with your weapons training. The worst time to feel rusty is when you are on a mission. Go grab a punching bag and have at it."

"That's it?" Syd questions. "No demonstration? No instruction? Just have at it?"

"Everyone's body reacts in a different way. Some are flexible others.....not so much. Your own supervising officers will individually teach you the specific moves. I've just been here to introduce you guys to SHIELD and ease you in through the transition. That answer your question Syd?"

She shrugs and they all file out to a punching bag and I grab a water bottle. As I take a drink, a pair of arms embraces me and I relax.

"Hey, Connor." I sigh.

"Hi Lex," He replies. "How's it going?"

"Much better now that you're here," I smile, turning in his arms and giving him a quick peck on the lips. I turn back to the recruits......who probably need my help.

"I should go, Connor. They need my help. We're only going to be here for another week and a half before we get transferred to the Triskelion and I join Natasha and Steve's team so I need to get as much time in with them as I can."

"I know, I know." He says, smirking into that ridiculous smile. "A boyfriend's got to try you know?"

"Well, it was a good shot," I smirk, before walking away toward Tressa. "See you later!"

"Okay, first of all, Tressa," I say as I approach her. "Beating the living daylight out of something like the way you were isn't going to help. Use controlled anger. The world already has one Hulk, we don't need another. Don't forget to try kicking the bag as well. I know you used to do gymnastics so you can easily kick that high if you need to." I advise. She nods and starts punching the bag, this time controlling her strength.

I advise Olivia and Louis with their posture and poise before coming to Syd. "I don't think I need to say anything here," I smile.

"What's that supposed to mean Carson," She says striking the bag hard.

"It means you know what you are doing and I don't have to intervene," I say. "Maybe we could spar in the ring. I'd like to see what your limits are."

"One condition." She says. brushing some hair out of her face.

"Yeah?"

"No powers or weapons." She says, clearing remembering the last time the two of us fought fist-to-fist.

I smirk. "Oh, that was a given. Let's get in the ring."

I wrap my hands up and she climbs in the ring and we start to circle each other, awaiting each other's first move. Finally, Syd tries a punch and I block it. I take the opportunity and try to tap her in the throat but she slaps my hand away and kicks me in the gut. I slide back a little but stay upright. While I recover, Syd tries to unbalance me but I knock her leg out of the way and land a punch to her side. I duck under another one of her swings and grab her other hand, finally judo-flipping her over my back then pinning her to the ground.

"You've changed since I last fought you." Syd huffs from the ground. I roll off and pull her up from the ground.

"I'm not the same person that I was back then," I respond, pulling my gloves off of my hands.

"Well, that's kinda obvious Carson," She replies. "What I mean was, you seem a lot more experienced than you used to be. You knew every move I was going to make. How?"

"I mean, it's not like there's a pause button in time. Like I don't have a TARDIS on me so time is going to end up moving normally in my world. And with time comes experience, I guess. Plus I kinda had training from two master assassins......so I tend to keep my guard up ." I shrug before hearing my phone go off. I pick it up from the side of the ring and check it.

Missed Call - Fe Man

"Great," I say to myself before turning back to the recruits. "I'm going to send your SO's down here to finish up alright? I've got something I need to take care of." They nod and I walk out of the room, grabbing a wet towel and placing it on my warm neck as I walk.

I pull out my phone and call the number back.

"Hello?" He says.

"Tony what did you need? I was training recruits." I tell him.

"Oh, well scrap that, I was wondering if you finished my little project?"

"Our little project Stark. He helped us both." I correct. "And there was nothing little about the cost of it. But yes, Harley's garage was finished last week. The Potato Gun Mark II was a nice touch. Tony, I thought I showed you the pictures, OH WAIT! You were drunk that night. Again."

"You're starting to sound as bad as Pepper. And why should I let myself get bossed around by a sixteen-year-old? Send me the pics, I wanna see the final product." Tony says.

"You listen to me because I can kick your butt if you don't Stark." I retort. "And yes, I'll send the pics because I'm actually a nice person."

"Ouch. That hurt Carson." He jokes.

"Anything else Tony?" I groan.

"Nope." He responds, popping the "p."

"Okay then, bye," I say.

"See yah, Elsa." He says before quickly hanging up the phone.

I roll my eyes and once I send Tony the pictures of Harley's new garage.

I finally make my way to my room, to find Connor lying on the couch and trying to take a nap. 

"Leeeeexxxxiiii!" He says, holding out his hands like a little kid. "Snuggle with me!"

I laugh and drop my stuff on the ground before flopping down next to him and snuggling against his side as he wraps his arms around me. Just as I get comfortable and start to drift off my phone rings and we both excessively groan.

"I swear to gods if this isn't important I'm going to hunt down whoever called and smack them upside the head," I say, grabbing my phone. Connor just nods in agreement, rubbing his eyes and shifting on the couch. I get up from the couch and dig through my bag for my phone.

We might be superheroes and Avengers, but we're about as lazy as anyone else. And I have no shame about that either.

"This better be important I was taking a nap," I say.

"You're lucky I like you, Agent Carson. Your attendance is required at the F.R.I.D.G.E." Agent Hill says.

"Hm?" I say, still half out of it. "What's so important in my fridge?"

"Oh for god's sake wake up Lexi. There's a new enhanced that Coulson's team just arrested from the Sci-Tech Academy. I've sent his profile to your laptop. His name's Donnie Gill and he was one of the brightest minds there. He made an invention that could create an ice storm but the machine backfired and gave him ice powers. We want you there for indexing."

"Alright." I say. "When do you want me there?"

"I'll have a quinjet out tomorrow morning." Agent Hill responds.

"That works. Can I go back to sleep?" I ask simply.

She sighs. "Yes you can Lexi."

"Nice. I'll talk to you then Hill." I say and end the call, snuggling back on the couch with Connor, finally drifting off to sleep.

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