An Assassin Never Tells

F O U R

January 4th, 1999

"Uncle Nick, how did you lose your eye," I inquired.

"A cat," he said plainly.

"A cat?"

"A cat. A tabby cat from outer space named Goose."

"Woah, like an alien?"

"Yes, Rosemary, like an alien."

February 9th, 1999

"Peggy," Clint Barton, a man I had met in November (I think, I don't really remember), called for me, "C'mere, there's someone I'd like for you to meet!"

I scrambled out of my bedroom into the living room. Uncle Nick decided that it would be safer to have me away from S.H.I.E.L.D. bases, so I was currently somewhere in Georgia. Each week he sent out a different agent to watch and train me, this week, it was Clint.

I ran right into him.

"Oh, there you are Boots," he said, ruffling my hair, a bright smile on his face. Clint isn't alone in the kitchen, there's a girl, she was much younger than Clint. She had long red hair and bangs. The girl was about half a foot shorter than Clint. "This is Natasha Romanoff, she's from Russia."

"Hi Ms. Romanoff," I began, "I'm Rosemary Margret, but you can call me Peggy! Welcome to my house!"

Ms. Romanoff smiled, "Nice to meet you, Peggy. And you don't have to call me Ms. Romanoff, I'm fifteen, not thirty, you can call me Natasha or Nat."

"Ok, Nat, would you like a cookie? Clint and I baked them yesterday, they're chocolate chip! Oh, and Clint?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't mess up the hair!"

March 5th, 1999

It was a regular day. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping. Clint had gone out for groceries.

But, when you grow up in S.H.I.E.L.D., are there really any normal days?

The answer is no.

I was watching reruns of the first season of a really cool show called Charmed when something strange happened.

I was just thinking about how much I wanted some chips, and at the time I thought that I must've said it out loud because the next thing I knew there was a bag of chips next to me on the couch. 'Huh,' I thought 'Clint must've got home and I didn't hear him.'

"Thanks, Clint."

There was no response. 'He might've taken out his hearing aids.'

I turned around to look for him, but there was no one there.

Weird.

I thought about getting the Sprite that was sitting on the counter because I forgot to put it away, and it started to float towards me.

I was stoked! I had magic powers!

And what do you do when you find out you have magic power?

You test them out of course!

I looked at the metal centerpiece on the coffee table and thought about moving it up into the air, and it did!

'Can I change its shape,' I wondered.

I concentrated on changing the centerpiece from its cubic shape to a sphere.

"Holy," I muttered as it began to change shape, "It worked."

I practiced and practiced and practiced until Clint came home.

He ruffled my hair as a greeting.

"Clint! Don't mess up the hair!"

A/N- Happy Halloween :)