Scientists rushed around in a hurry, turning knobs up to their max on the metal machine. If the woman that it was hooked up to could talk, then she would be screaming from the absolute, utter, and constant pain. The woman wore a medical smock and was restrained with metal straps on a horizontal metal table, nodes connecting the machine to the captive.

The nodes were positioned everywhere they could be. Two on her temples, some on her heart and the middle of her chest, ones in the crooks of her elbows and knees, some on the back of her neck, and the rest were on her back and stomach. Blueish green energy flowed from the woman, through the translucent tubes and into the machine, which seemed to be collecting it. The same energy seemed to create a film over her unblinking eyes.

A shaky, worried, voice sounded. "If we don't get what we need from her and pack it up, the past six months will have been a waste!"

"You don't think I don't know this? SHIELD has found us and if they ruin the tank then all of HYDRA's work would be flushed down the drain! They'll have our heads if SHIELD doesn't get them first!" A second voice hissed.

The scientists bustled around, unaware that the sounds of fighting had stopped. They did notice though, when the door was crumpled into a ball by red energy. A silver streak ran around them and they found themselves all tied up, blind folded, and something in their ears, making them hear silence.

The Avengers stood in the doorway, their eyes finding the woman on the table. She was covered in dust, showing that she had not moved in such a long time. Burn marks could be seen expanding out from the nodes, the marks standing out against her pale skin.

The team could see their two assassins stiffen in anger- their movements never betrayed them that much unless they were filled with unbridled anger that the did not care to hide. As Hawkeye took all of the nodes off carefully, Natasha cocked a gun at the hostages head.

"Woah! Calm down!" Tony called. "I thought this was a rescue mission not a shoot the hostage mission!"

Natasha's voice, cool and calculating, spoke up. "Stark. We do not know what has happened to her or if she has betrayed SHIELD. She was both my and Hawkeye's trainee. If anything I should be the one helping her up but I need to make sure she is in her right mind." Nat then took a knife out of a hidden pocket and gave it to Clint to cut the stitches that sewed the woman's mouth shut.

Hawkeye let out a watery laugh. "Looks like she couldn't keep her trap shut!"

It was then that the woman opened her eyes. She smiled at the gun that was pointed her forehead, like she was happy that she could get shot through the head. "Good thinking Spider." The woman croaked. Nat smiled slightly at the nickname.

Natasha then turned serious and said one simple word. "Budapest."

The rest of the Avengers, par the assassins and the one person that was strapped down, all looked at each other. Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Iron Man, Captain America, Falcon, War Machine, Thor, and Bruce were all kept in the dark about the infamous mission that was Budapest.

"Twinkies." Was the answer that they got in return. Natasha burst out laughing, pocketing her gun and undoing the restraints while Clint groaned, threw his head back, and rubbed his hands down his face.

"It was one time. ONE DARN TIME! And the plan still worked!" Clint exclaimed, embarrassed. Percy laughed, but coughs soon wracked her malnourished frame. Blood splattered the ground as the wounds around her mouth turned red with infection, layers of dust being dislodged with every hack and spatter of blood.

Clint quickly caught her as her knees buckled, unused to her own weight. Her hand shakily grabbed some of his suit in a pale hand.

Clint's head snapped up, eyes zeroing onto Vision. "I need you to carry her Vision. With you carrying her, she has the best chance of getting out of here alive. You will faze her through this compound and attack enemies at the same time if something arises. Thor give her your cloak please. She would probably like to have more coverage than a ratty medical smock." At this she was covered by the rich red fabric. "We need to get her to HQ at all costs. But remember- her life is not above your own. She will fight to protect you because thats how me and Nat trained her."

Everyone nodded, looking at the weak form of this agent. She looked up at them with startling sea green eyes. "On the field and at HQ you can call me EctoCore."

Tony spoke up next. "May I ask why you have that name?"

The woman smiled. "Its because of my eyes." Her eyes seemed to glow weakly at those words but they almost immediately lost their glow. With that Vision picked her up piggy back style so that if he needed he could use his arms, leaving EctoCore to hang on by herself. The red skinned man also commented on how light she was and thus the health consequences.

"Of course I am light I was barely fed at all during my six month stay." Ecto laughed, joking at the obviousness of it. Natasha glared, worried.

Tony then broke the ice. "Now lets get this backpack out of here!" Percy and Clint laughed at the nickname, Percy getting paler with every second that passed.

She laid her head on her right arm, hanging on tightly as Vision took to he air and got ready to fight. The two assassins patted her thigh as they passed before she was out of reach. Once her body realized it was safe and could keep its own energy instead of getting it taken away, it shut itself down, creating and storing energy.

Ecto could hear and feel things but it seemed like it was sensed through honey. Now that she thought about it the expression could only be about hearing things through honey because she could hear and feel things the same or even better when she was underwater.

Anyway, she could soon feel herself being taken off of Vision and strapped into a plane, her head and legs being put into laps as she was laid horizontally. When her eyes cracked open, she saw that her head was in a girls lap, who had long brown hair, her feet resting in a mans lap who had silver hair with dark roots.

The woman spoke. "My name is Wanda Maximoff and this is my twin Pietro. You are in a SHIELD issued jet. My brother can run supersonically and I have this energy-like power that I can use to move things."

Ecto smiled at her. She then noticed her appearance since Wanda's fingers combed through her oily, dusty, and knotted hair. At the look that Ecto gave Wanda, she laughed, brushing it off. "There is nothing a good shower couldn't fix. The touch seems to soothe you and I can keep watch of your vitals. But oddly enough I can only feel your surface thoughts."

Suddenly there was an explanation that came from the cape-wrapped Agent. "I have had a lot of practice about protecting my mind from those I do not want in my thoughts."

Natasha and Clint were sure to avoid turbulence and to make the landing as soon as possible. As soon as the wheels touched the ground the now safe Agent was whisked away into HQ's med bay, doctors shouting orders at each other.

The Avengers, seeing as they would not be needed until later, left and went to the Avengers tower. The days passed by in a slow blur, the Avengers worrying about the Agent that they found. Natasha and Clint seemed a bit distant and the others sought to fix that.

They were piled on a few couches about a week after them finding the agent and they were playing Mario Cart ("GODDAMN IT NATASHA! YOU DID NOT JUST RED SHELL ME!" "Yes Steve. I did. Now get back to playing." "Don't you dare say on your left I can see you passing me on my right!") when the elevator doors opened. A figure shuffled out and Nat paused the game.

The woman had her messy hair tied up into a high ponytail and she wore black baggy sweatpants that pooled around her bare feet along with a baggy dark blue hoodie. A thin, light flesh toned tube went into her right nostril. Clear skin tape held it onto the back of her neck and her right cheek. The tube disappeared down the back of her hoodie, the thing it was attached to was more than likely to be clipped on the back of her pants.

Natasha and Clint launched themselves at the woman as gentle as they could. The woman found herself in the middle of an assassin sandwich.

Steve stood up once the two backed away and the team observed her a bit more. She had dark bags around her eyes and there were healing cuts and bruises on her face. She was thin and pale but she was no doubt strong. Steve then spoke. "Well, introduce her you guys we are all waiting."

Clint nodded at both of them before talking. "Her name on the field and in HQ as she said is EctoCore. Her birth name is Perseus Jackson. Percy for short."

Bucky, who had been sitting on the couch, felt something stir in him. The woman smiled and laughed softly. "I have met James a few times, he had saved me from a few kidnappers when I was fourteen." Percy said, addressing everyone. Nat sat down on the couch, Clint next to her, and pulled Percy onto her lap, looping her arms around her waist, Clint taking the woman's feet as she leaned against the red head. "They were gonna sell me for drugs. James came in and beat them with a lead pipe before carrying me to safety. Turns out I was down there for a week."

Percy coughed a little before continuing. "He also tried to warn me about me about someone who did kidnap me. James saw the person come up behind me but he was too far away to actually do anything. They didn't harm me, don't worry, they just put me to sleep for eight months then wiped my memory. But in the end I got said memories back. A few years ago I met James again. He was, I believe, sentenced by HYDRA to kill me. He beat me up pretty well, but after a few months that near death experience was under the bridge."

Bucky looked guilty and Rhodey spoke up. "What is up with you and getting kidnapped?"

Percy smiled and thought for a moment, the quiet sound coming from the device that helped Percy breathe was the only thing that could be heard. It forced air in and out of her lungs and sprayed a very small amount of sea water along with the air. The machine was used to help her breathe if her lungs couldn't get enough oxygen naturally.

"My family is very....how do you say it....um.....influential but also hated. The eight month kidnapping was done for my own protection while the first one was just because of my family."

"Wow." Tony breathed. "I thought my popularity got me into trouble."

Percy smiled again. "Its fine because I'm used to it, the trouble I mean. My family has caused me to be hunted since I was born. I have probably fought, won, and still have gotten beaten up more times than many of can claim."

Pietro whistled. "You are one amazing woman thats for sure. How about we all have a game night!"

Everyone dispersed, some getting blankets, some getting games, some getting snacks, and others getting pajamas. Once everyone was dressed and Sam and Clint made a master nest, the group saw that Percy was gone. They paused and heard sounds coming from the kitchen. They saw Ecto shakily moving around the kitchen but what surprised them was that Coulson was there.

Whenever the woman seemed to trip, which was often in her weakened state, he quickly caught her and set her right. The woman always said a quiet thank you and went about cooking. The team saw that this amazing, beautiful woman was making them food!

Percy started coughing so Coulson guided her to the stool and gave her a wet towel to cool off with since she was exerted. She moved her dark black locks and put the cold towel around her neck as she directed Coulson with what to do. When they turned around they had two large plates absolutely filled with blue pancakes.

Some of the team .............Tony............. cheered in delight at the sight of the blue food. Vision looked oddly at the food and asked why it was colored that way.

Percy laughed but ended in a cough. "Me and my mom had a tradition where any food that we could get we would make blue. Somebody at school (A/N not Camp but actual school) in first grade bet that no food could be blue and so from that day on my mom made blue food. Its now a habit."

Everyone minus Coulson, who simply came to check if Percy settled down, was in the blankets and was eating pancakes while they played multiple games. Thor, who had gotten his cape back once they landed the plane for the rescue mission, was the last one asleep. He managed to take a picture on his phone of the group all tangled together with some coaching from JARVIS. (Yes Jarvis is still alive. I don't really like FRIDAYS voice. Sorry to the actress who plays her.)