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***Upstate New York***
"So you're not gonna tell us?" Ava asked.
The team of young heroes rode in a mid-sized bus, driving down a road just outside of New York City and into upstate.
"Tell you what?" Happy replied, up in the driver seat.
Ava's face went deadpan at that.
"She means where we're going, Happy." Cassie said for her, probably nicer than Ava would have.
Happy had been assigned by the original Avengers to get the kids and bring them to a secret spot for a "big surprise". And they were to have no idea or clue, otherwise it would ruin the surprise.
So now they were en route to said location for said surprise.
"All I can say is that your parents and the rest of the Avengers put together a little something for all of you and they want it to be a surprise." He replied, "And trust me, I think you're gonna like it."
There seemed to be some confidence in his answer, like he knew already.
And though some of them knew they could get a confession out of him, they decided to let him drive and find out on their own.
A good ten to thirteen minutes went by until finally,
"Alright, we're coming up on it now!" Happy said.
The surroundings were mostly trees on either side of the road, but that changed when they came to driveway and pulled up to a beautiful tall mansion.
They all leaned to one side of the bus with some up in the window to get a better view of the place. It was beautiful.
Soon, Happy pulled up to front where there was a driveway for the bust to turn around at the front door of the massive house. And standing by the front porch were the original Avengers team, and some of their parents(Steve and Natasha, Thor, and Scott and Hope).
The doors to the bus opened and the young ones stepped out, Happy behind them.
"Peter!" Oh and Morgan was there too and she ran immediately to her big brother.
"Hey Morgan!" He picked her up and hugged her close.
"Glad you guys could finally join us," Natasha said with her usual tone.
"Nice place," Harley said, still looking at the house behind them.
"Thanks," Tony jumped in, placing a hand dramatically on his chest, whilst his other carried a briefcase. "It's my old family home, with some modern revamping here and there."
"Why did you want us to meet here?" Viv asked curiously.
"Because this, is going to be our new headquarters..." Bruce chimed in. "And yours too. Welcome to Avengers Mansion."
"Wait what?!" Frankie exclaimed, excitement rising within him.
"Is this for real?" Cassie asked, her face lighting up.
"Oh, its real, Cassie." Hope replied.
The excitement spread throughout the young group and they looked amongst one another and back to their "parents", and the house.
"What do you say we go inside?" Steve suggested with a smile.
And with that, they quickly headed for the front door. But before Jamie could go in, he was stopped by Tony.
"One sec there, Archie," he joked, earning a laugh from the young Captain. "We haven't had a moment to chat, just us, since I've been back. Things have been a little hectic, but, uh...."
It wasn't like Tony to be at a loss for words, so this confused Jamie a little. "What's up, Uncle Tony?"
"You're a good kid, Jamie. You're a lot like your dad, a pretty good leader. Jeez, its like you're a little clone of him. Literally a Mini Me!"
Once again, Jamie laughed at his "uncle's" jokes, but nodded as well.
"I just want to be a good leader for my friends. Wouldn’t be as good as I am without Pete, though."
"Yeah, I can see why you two get along so well... but anyway, what I wanted to say was, your dad's gonna need his shield back. Its kinda part of him."
Taking in what he said, Jamie realized he was right for the most part. Though he had been happy his parents were back, he hadn't taken the time to realize he needed to return his father's shield.
As he thought on this, Tony continued.
"And, since you seem to be the "captain" of this team like your dad is for ours...it stands to reason that you're gonna need a shield of your own."
That caught the redhead's attention. What did he mean by that?
Before he could ask, he saw Tony hold up the case he had been holding and held it out to his "nephew".
"Consider it a little housewarming gift....and a thank you, for bringing us back."
Jamie took it, but did it with a few tears forming. Without knowing what it was, he jumped forward and hugged his uncle.
"Thank you, Uncle Tony....I'm glad you're back." He whispered to him.
The billionaire hugged back and nodded. "Thanks, buddy."
Soon, they broke the hug and Tony jokingly shooed him into the house. When he did, though, he saw Steve look at him with a knowing look. To which Tony just shrugged as if he was just happy...and he was.
Jamie soon found his friends in this big living room where some of them were laid out on a big couch, some on the floor, and a other maybe in a loveseat.
"Hey guys." He said upon entry.
"There he is!" Sam called out.
"Where have you been?" Torunn asked as she walked up to him.
"Had a little chat with Tony."
"Nice." Riri nodded.
"Oh, by the way, guys, I've got something for you," Peter said, reaching into his bag and pulling out a small box. Opening it, he revealed a stack of what seemed to be cards...at least, that's what they thought. "I made these for us."
"What're these?" PJ asked curiously as he passed them out. And he soon saw that the card was somewhat transparent with a light blue but.
"ID Cards for the team. That way if any of us are in trouble, just tap this spot on the card and it'll send us a beacon for us to find you or we can use it to meet up."
As they all examined them, they saw that each ID Card had pictures of each of them on them and the Avengers logo as well. Only, it was a little different with a small 'N' right next to it.
'N-A'. Next Avengers.
"Sweet!" Nikki said, taking hers.
A new house and new team ID Cards? This was quite the afternoon.
"So cool!" Kamala squealed in glee.
***Kitchen***
The grown ups were all I'm the kitchen, engaging in conversation when a thought came to Nat.
"How do we know they'll be okay?" She asked, motherly concern apparent in her voice.
There was a momentary silence as they all took in that question.
"Well, they did save the world." Scott chirped, "That's gotta count for something."
"And they have been taught many things," Thor added. "The world is in their hands as it is in ours. And the Man of Ants said, if the past week's efforts have amounted to anything, then its safe to say that our youths will always do their best to protect it...as will we."
There was a lot of weight in Thor's little speech there. The kids had proven themselves more than capable of defending the world should something come up.
Yet still, the worry of a mother hit Natasha. "And if they can't?"
"Then we'll be there for them." Bruce said in a comforting manner.
Tony nodded at that. "Yeah. But like Thor said, they'll do they're best too. Especially if anything happens to us again."
Steve, having pulled his wife into a hug, nodded in agreement.
"And we know that....because we'll need them too."
A little later, they all were shown to the second floor where their rooms were.
Jamie soon found his and saw a nice quaint little room. But what surprised him was that there wasn't a bunk bed but a regular bed. He wasn't used to not rooming with Nikki, as they had done it for...well, forever. Twins.
But he was somewhat happy with it too.
He made it over to the bed and plopped down, taking in the soft feel of it.
As he did, his mind went back to the case Tony had given him earlier. He still hadn't opened it yet.
Reaching down, he pulled it up onto the mattress and opened it to reveal...not a shield.
'What's this?' He asked himself.
It seemed to be some type of metal armor piece. Made to fit the forearm from the looks of it. Basically, a wrist gauntlet.
Jamie lifted it out and slid it onto his left forearm. It wasn't heavy, but had a light weight to it.
But the cool feature of it was there was a fingerless glove attached to the end where the hand came out. And as soon as his hand slipped in, he felt a light vibration and flexed his fist as it.
But as soon as he did so, Jamie jumped when a light flashed and circular projection came out of the gauntlet.
It was an energy shield! In the size of a regular shield!! And to his surprise, it had the same shield pattern as his father's!!!
"This. Is. Awesome!" He exclaimed with joy.
Now, thanks to his Uncle Tony, he had a shield. Just like a captain.
[Cut to black]
