Previously on Nudge with SHIELD:

Tony and Natasha exchanged glances. "I think the only question," Tony said seriously, "is what happens now."

Nudge sighed and put her head in her hands. "I have no idea. I don't particularly want to fly. I don't want to remember the flock. But at the same time, I think some of Max's hero complex rubbed off on me. I want to help people. That's why I joined SHIELD in the first place."

Stark rubbed his forehead with one hand. "Okay, I've heard you mention Max before. Who is he?"

"She," Nudge emphasized the word, "was our leader. We followed her. That's where I took my last name. Her full name was Maximum Ride. The rest of us never took last names so when we had to have one for public use we always used Ride."

"Who is us. You've never given us specifics." Natasha said quietly. "You said you don't want to remember them, but the director will want to know."

"I know." Nudge took a steadying breath. "Us is the flock. That was the name the white coats, our name for the scientists, gave us. There were six of us. The three oldest were Max, Fang, and Iggy. They were all two years older than me. I was the next oldest. After me was the Gasman. He was four years younger than I was. The youngest was Angel. She and the Gasman were the only two of us who were biologically related. She was six years younger than me. And like me, they all had wings and other abilities."

Tony meanwhile had sat there with a smirk on his face for the last few minutes. "the Gasman?"

Nudge shuddered. "Stay up wind. He was so noxious there was almost literally a gas cloud."

"Who would you say would be the most dangerous of the flock?" Nat asked.

While Nudge really didn't like giving up the information, she felt as if SHIELD could be trusted. To a certain extent. "I'll tell you all I know about the flock as long as the information is kept out of the SHIELD mainframe. When the information is digitized, I want the info to be given to Mr. Stark. His is the only database I haven't been able to hack."

Tony looked smug while Natasha groaned. "Great, you just made his ego even bigger. And I didn't think that was possible."

"Are we agreed though? The info will go to Stark?"

Tony and Nat shared a glance. Finally Natasha nodded.

"Okay. The most dangerous, granted this information is several years out of date, would be Max and Angel."

"Why those two?" Tony asked.

"Max, because she was our leader for a reason. She could be logical, self-sacrificing, could keep everyone in line, the best fighter, and she was always the most dangerous because she had more to fight for than anyone else. She was responsible for us, and she took that very seriously. And she was paranoid to boot. As for abilities, she could breathe underwater, and she could do what we called, Max-out, which was when she would fly at a speed of around 300 mph. That was faster than what the rest of us could do."

Natasha nodded slowly. "And Angel?"

Nudge's face soured. "Angel was named Angel because she had blonde hair, blue eyes, and white wings. She was an expert at using the 'innocent child' look to get food. But what made her scary was her abilities. By the time the scientists made her, they had mostly unlocked how to grant powers. So by the time Angel was seven, she could breathe underwater, read minds, and sometimes, she could control them. And Max tried hard, but it's hard to explain to a seven year old the difference between using her powers for good and when she shouldn't. She's the one I worry about the most, especially if she grew up without anyone to rein her in."

"What about the others in your flock. You explained why Max and Angel were dangerous. You've shown your abilities. What about the three boys?"

"After Max, Fang was in charge. Right before we were split-up, they started going out, I think. They never did confirm or deny that fact. He was strong, the next best fighter compared to Max. He could breathe underwater and had a built in camoflauge mode. He would stand still and he could disappear before your eyes.

Then there was Iggy. He was the one Borchy mentioned. While we were still at the School, they tried to improve his eyesight, we all have unnaturally good eyesight, especially in the dark, but they wanted to make it even better." Nudge blinked away tears. "They failed. He was completely blind by the time they brought him back." Her fist clenched. "He always did really well though. He could still fight and had better than average, for us anyway, senses. He could see whiteness and if he touched something he could tell the color of it. When we found out he promptly touched my shoulder and proclaimed me 'mocha'. Oh, and he was a total pyromaniac."

Tony and Natasha blinked by the apparent nonsequiter. "Beg pardon?" Natasha asked.

Nudge rolled her eyes. "If we camped out we gave him the matches because he could make a fire out of anything. He could also build explosives out of anything too, but…" She shrugged her shoulders. "Max tried to rein him and Gazzy both in but they were sneaky devils and they always had one or two bombs on them."

"Gazzy is Angel's brother, yes?" Tony asked.

"Yeah, another blonde haired, blue eyed child. He and Iggy were best friends. I already mentioned the noxious ability. He could also mimic any voice or sound he heard. He would mimic someone's voice and say something that would inevitably piss off one of us to start a fight. He made Ter-Borcht so mad one time. Used his voice to proclaim that he would now destroy the 'snik-uh bahrs.' Of course, that also made Borchy decide that he was defective and should be killed but, one of many I guess. One of many." Nudge said pensively, lost in her memory.

Natasha shook her head. "The abilities you all have… it's comparable to some of the more dangerous X-men."

Nudge shrugged. "For a while it was like we couldn't turn around without someone developing a new talent. Some puberty, huh?"

Tony studied her for a minute. "An earlier question remains. What happens now?"

"If you all don't mind," Fury's voice rang out. "I have an idea. Agent Ride, how do you feel about joining a new team, one which you are already familiar with?"

Nudge started. "You mean…"

"Yes. I think you should join the Avengers."