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"Can I have a dollar?"
"What for?"
"I'm hungry."
"No, use your own money."
"Please?"
"Nope."
"Come on, you know you love me."
"Go away."
Allie pouted at him. James tried hard not to wince at her failed attempt at a puppy dog look. She pressed her forehead against the vending machine, staring at the gummy worms packet with a sullen look.
"My stomach's been making noises for the past hour." she whined.
James rolled his eyes. "Then buy some food so you can eat, genius."
"I don't have any," she admitted, quietly. "I dropped my purse back at the lab."
"Aww..." he mocked her, pursing his lips, "Poor little Allie had lost her money."
She elbowed him in the gut —making him zip his mouth. Allie glared at her brother, "Can't you just lend me a dollar? I promise I'll pay you back."
He rubbed at the sore spot, letting out a groan, "Why do you even want—whatever those are. They don't look the food that could fill an empty stomach."
Allie gasped, looking completely horrified. "What did you say?"
James arched an eyebrow, "Did I say something wrong?"
"How dare you!" she glared at him. "Gummy worms are for everyone, you hear me?"
"I'm just saying that they don't look like the type that could satisfy your appetite," he said nonchalantly.
She stared at him in disbelief, shaking her head, "I'm ashamed to call you my brother."
"Excuse me?" he gaped.
Allie held out a palm, ushering him to hand over the bill, "Gimme the money. Now. I'm not letting this opportunity pass without you getting a shot of a gummy worm."
He scrunched his face, taking out his wallet. "I'm pretty sure I'll be fine not eating—"
She shot him a glare.
James stopped short, gulping. "Yes ma'am." he could only say.
Allie smirked triumphantly. She inserted the dollar bill into the vending machine and pressed the button beside the gummy worm packet. She waited until it fell down to open it. With a grin, she gestured for James to try one.
"Here," she said, with an outstretched hand.
Hesitantly, he went to take one when he felt the slimy texture of the gummy worms and quickly retracted his hand. "Gah!" he exclaimed, shaking off his hand. "You expect me to eat this?"
She rolled his eyes. "It's good just try it—"
James on instinct, took a step back. "Nu-uh! Nope!"
"You're being a complete poop. They're not real worms if that's what you're so scared about." Allie said, trying one of the gummy worms. She let the delectable sweetness of the candy fill in her mouth before getting a taste of the sourness running down her throat.
He eyed her satisfied look weirdly.
"Well, they sure look like one," he remarked, shuddering. Just after he said that his eyes landed over to the man standing on the far end of the room. James saw that he had finished talking with one of the agents and was heading their way. "Oh, crud."
"Does my love for gummy worms distract you too much?" Allie questioned, taking in his troubled expression.
"No—don't look. Dad's coming this way. Pretend we didn't notice him." James informed, quickly getting into position as if he's busy doing something only to end up looking more awkward, "Err..."
"What on earth are you doing?" she hissed, looking at his uncomfortable state.
"Pretending I'm doing something—oy! Don't look at him!" James chastised when his sister started to look over her shoulder.
She was startled at his sudden rise of tone and sighed. "Till now, I still wonder how you became the leader of our group."
"Als!" he scolded.
"Right, right. I'm not talking to you." Allie said nonchalantly, giving her back to him. "I'm simply standing here while casually helping myself to my own gummy worms and being as normal as possible like a human being—oh! What are the odds! Look, it's Captain Rogers."
They saw Steve walking towards their direction and stopped when he was in front of the two. His eyebrows furrowed as if he's in deep thought. He pointed at her, "It's Allie, right?"
She nodded, smiling, "Bingo. We have a winner!"
James fought the urge to roll his eyes at his sister's antics. The captain then turned to the blonde behind her, he was leaning against the vending machine with arms crossed in an unnatural way. "And you are... James?" he tried.
James stood up straight, giving a nod, "I guess it's surprising to know you didn't forget our names."
"Well, it's not every day I see two young agents getting lost in the facility at night." Steve mused, smirking. "So, what are you guys up to today? Did Maria gave you that tour?"
Allie opened her mouth to answer, "Uhmm.. we... we were about to but she seemed rather busy so we decided to do the tour by ourselves. We get lost every now and then but we managed somehow." she finished with a smile, before extending her hand to him. "Gummy worm?"
Steve simply stared at it, not knowing exactly what to do. "Er... what is it?"
"It's not actually... a real worm if that's what you're so worried about." she clarified. Steve glanced at James with a confused look, almost asking him if it was actually edible.
James was shaking his head furiously, mouthing a 'No'. Allie seemed to sense this and whipped around to catch him in the act.
She sent him daggers causing him to shut up. She turned back to Steve with a polite smile, "I promise. It won't kill you." As if to prove her point, she took one and bit the candy as well.
Steve took a deep breath, accepting her offer. "Alright then."
He ate a piece as the two siblings waited in anticipation for him to finish eating. Once they saw a lump bobbed down in his throat, they watched him silently.
"Well?" she urged, waiting for his reply.
Steve gave her an approving look, "It's actually good." he remarked. "Nobody ever told me about this— uhmm... what are they again?"
"Gummy worms." Allie filled in, before turning to her brother with a smug look. "Ha! See? I told you they're good!" she let out triumphantly, letting the grin reached her ears.
James scrunched his face, looking at Steve, "I knew you'd like it too."
"Don't you wanna try it? I'm not a sucker for candies but this one caught my attention." Steve said, still unable to hide his smile at the sight of a cheerful Allie.
"Nah." he disapproved. "I'm more into hot stuff."
Steve looked confused, "Pardon?"
He realized that his words might mean something else and quickly explained—"Oh! Sorry, I meant, spicy food." His cheeks turned pink.
"Oh," He nodded in understanding before deciding to change the subject, "Well, I guess it became a sudden habit for me to bump into you two often but in the meantime, try to make yourself comfortable at SHIELD. Tony would be back by tomorrow morning— unfortunately."
The grunt in Steve's voice went noticed by the two, to which they couldn't help but laugh inwardly. They knew their dad and uncle didn't get along at most times— no matter what time they were in. Nevertheless, they still made their friendship work. Even if neither of them was going to admit it, those two trusted each other as much as they did with their other friends.
"But until then, if you have any questions or some problems at all, you can always approach me about it. Any of us really." Steve assured.
They both nodded, seemingly grateful to hear that. "Thank you, Captain." they said simultaneously.
James wondered what could they possibly do to make the most of their time here. The facility wasn't exactly the place to pass off some time. He, along with his other friends, would mostly be at school doing their football training.
Allie on the other hand, was the complete opposite. Unlike her brother who was usually out, she would be staying home reading a book or watching TV. In fact, if his genius of an uncles weren't busy, she would hang out at the lab trying to learn a thing or two. She wasn't the social, outgoing type like her brother.
What's funny is that even though she's the one mostly in her little circle— she was the one good at lying and making excuses. Whereas, James was not. In fact— like her dad, he was a terrible terrible liar.
Just when Steve started to leave the two alone, she was surprised when James stopped him, "Hey da— Cap! Captain!" he corrected, cursing under his breath for the almost-slip up.
Allie face-palmed. That was close. Dammit, James.
Thankfully, Steve didn't seem to notice this and casually looked back, "Yes?"
"I was just wondering..." James scratched the back of his head. "If you know where the training room is? Agents are allowed to be in there, right?"
Steve's face lit up. "Of course they are. Why? Do you plan on training?" he asked. James swore he heard the excitement in his tone.
"Yes." he agreed. "It's been a while since we— me and my sister— last trained. We just don't want to fall back to square one."
"That's actually where I was heading to right now." Steve said, ushering them to follow him. "Come on, it's perfect timing. Surely they haven't started yet."
Allie paused. "Wait," she stared at him jaw-slack. "They?"
He nodded. "The team's probably training right now but not to worry. The training room's big enough for all of us to use." Without waiting for their response, he started to lead the way.
The two siblings share a look of nervousness before following their dad.
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The three walked inside the training room and was immediately greeted by the sight of people tumbling, knocking, and sparring one another.
James could make out some familiar faces. He saw Hawkeye, Falcon, Vision and Scarlet Witch— yet he believes it makes no sense for them to do training when he can practically do anything— his Uncle Rhodey and his Aunt Sharon.
He immediately suspected his mom missing in action. That was strange.
The Training room did not change a lot as it looked like in their time. Sure, the color of the walls and some of the equipment were different but other than that, nothing much.
"Mom's not here." he heard Allie whisper.
"I know." he whispered back.
Steve gestured at the place with his arms open-wide. "Welcome to the training room." He introduced and almost instantly, the people around them paused to look at the two new faces. They were giving them puzzled looks.
"Do you want to meet the rest of the team?" Steve offered.
Seeing no point to decline the offer, the siblings agreed. "Sure."
They went to Sam and Rhodey first. The two instantly stopped sparring when they noticed their presence. Sweat dripped from their foreheads and their shirts were an uneven color of it— indicating it's drenched with their own.
"Hey, Cap." Sam greeted, stepping down the ring to gulped down a bottle of water. He looked from the corner of his eyes to see the two newbies. He asked once he was done, "Are these the new recruits you're telling us about?"
"Yup." he introduced them. "Sam, Rhodey, this is Allie and James."
Rhodey cocked his head. "Already on a first name basis, I see?"
Steve glanced back at them with a sheepish look. He let out a chuckle, "Right... I never did notice that I didn't get your last names."
James didn't answer and instead looked at his sister. "It's..."
Allie mustered up a blank look and didn't try to fill in for him, instead, urging him to go on. She trust that this time— it would be an easy lie for him to tell.
"Ro—Rogan?" he sounded unsure.
Or still maybe not. Allie thought. She shot him a look through her fake smile.
Rhodey looked at him quizzically. "Ro-jan?" he repeated slowly.
James repeated more firmly this time. "Yes, Rogan. It's spelled as R-O-G-A-N but pronounced as Ro-jan."
"Oh, I see." Rhodey said, before offering a polite smile. "It's nice to meet you Agent Rogan— and you're Agent...?" he waited for Allie to answer.
Allie shook her head, chuckling softly. "We have the same last names. He's my brother."
Everyone, including Steve, had a look of surprise.
"Wait, you're siblings?" he asked, baffled.
James raised an eyebrow. "You thought we were together, didn't you?"
"I'm sorry." he apologized. "The thought didn't crossed my mind seeing as you don't particularly share a resemblance. No offense."
The two couldn't help but agree with him. Many people would often get confused that they were related. Since they inherited both some of their traits from their parents without sharing something similar.
Yet, even if they were far from looking like siblings, people immediately knew who their parents were. They were practically the clones of them. Allie looking a lot like Natasha and James looking extremely a lot like Steve. Well, except his outgoingness and naughty acts at times.
"None taken. Honestly, it's a relief to know we don't look alike." James said while Allie snorted in response.
"Huh. Strange." Sam seemed to let it slide as his confused look was replaced by an intimidated one. "Anyway, you guys up for a round?"
Allie stiffened while James looked exceptionally thrilled with the idea. "I'm more than ready to." he smirked.
"But-" Allie tried to warn her brother to not give all his efforts into the training. Since they got a part of their father's serum, they would immediately know something's up if they got too cozy using their strength.
"It's fine Als." James patted her shoulder.
"Don't worry, I take it easy on newbies." Sam said lightly.
James knew that Allie wasn't worried about him getting hurt. She was worried about him hurting Sam too much that might make them suspicious.
Allie sighed, nodding hesitantly. "Okay. Good luck."
The two stepped inside the ring and immediately went into position. It was a good thing that James was wearing comfortable clothes enough to fight into.
Steve felt Allie tense as she watched his brother up there with Sam. He rested a hand on her shoulder causing her to look at him.
"Hey, don't worry. I promise, James is going to be fine. It's just a sparring match. Sam's going to take it easy on him." he assured her.
She smiled lightly. "Thanks, Steve."
Allie felt her chest heaved in relief when he removed his hand. His dad's touch sent a nostalgic feeling past her arm, spine and her entire body. It was like she was being pulled back to the memory of her playing princess and dragons with him when she was young.
She snapped out of her reverie when she saw James started to move.
In a defensive stance, he took a step forward. Just when Sam raised his hand to punch him, he blocked it. Then a jab — another block. When he tried to do an uppercut, James successfully blocked it as well and even managed to hit him square in the chest.
Sam looked surprised but regained himself and started to advance again. He tried to hit him in the jaw but James moved swiftly — jerking his head to the right and the left apprehensively.
When he finally laid a punch on his face, James on instinct, punched Sam twice harder and even go as far to doing a spin and kicking him in the gut—making him fly to the corner.
James chest rose heavily as the corner of his lips curved upwards. "I won." he smirked.
When he glanced back to look at them, he could see them nod approvingly.
"I'm impressed." Steve remarked. "No agent has beaten an Avenger the first time around."
Rhodey laughed. "What does it feel to get your ass kicked, Sam?"
Allie grinned, deciding to tease his dad. "Cap, he said a bad language word."
Steve let out an exasperated sigh. "You too, huh?"
She could only smile innocently.
Steve shook his head amusingly, then said, "Okay, your turn now."
"What?" She let out a wary laugh. "Oh, no. I rather not."
"Why? Every agent is required to train you know. Better start now than get scolded later." he told her.
James stepped down from the ring and closer to her. "Steve's right, sis. You'll do great, I know it."
Allie took in a deep breath. "Fine." she agreed. "Who's going up against me?"
"Me."
They snapped their heads at the direction of the voice. Clint, along with Sharon, approached them a smile.
He had his hand raised. "I volunteer."
Allie shrugged as if to say it was fine with her. She waited until he was in front of her.
"Have you ever box before?" Clint suddenly asked her.
Despite the strangeness to start a conversation before a fight, she mustered up a polite smile. "I have, yes."
"Who taught you?" he asked again.
She said proudly. "My mom."
Clint let out a small laugh which made her frown. "And what did you learn from her? Not anything like Tae Bo, Booty boot camp or something like that, I hope."
Allie cleared her throat awkwardly. Her face dimming a bit.
Steve was dragged by Sharon a little farther back from where they were. She made sure that they were out of their hearing reach.
"Who's she?" she questioned, nodding at the red-head's direction.
"The recruit I've been telling you guys about. You see that blonde guy over there? That's her brother." Steve informed.
A crease appeared on her forehead. "Her brother?" She looked between the two. "But they don't—"
"I know." he interjected, finally looking at her. "It's strange."
After watching her carefully, Sharon's face turn into a look of disapproval. "I don't like her."
"What?" Steve was shocked at her statement.
"There's something about her that I can't put my finger on." She glanced at James. "Both of them."
Steve turned defensive. "Hey, I know they're sort of... unusual than the other agents but it's not nice to judge them so easily."
Sharon sighed. "I know that but I just have this feeling like — oh my god!"
Steve's eyes widened at the same time Sharon's jaw dropped in shock. It was because Allie — who was currently sparring with Clint, had managed to grab his hand just when he was about take a hit and twisted her body to lock his neck between her legs. She spun forward and pinned him down.
James cried out in surprise, "Allie!" There was a hint of exasperation in his voice.
She seemed to realize what she've done and quickly release her hold on the Avenger. "I-I'm sorry." she stood up.
Clint groaned. "It's alright." he struggled to sit up straight. "Damn. I didn't expect that."
Allie tried to apologize again. "I-I'm really sorry. You just caught me off guard."
He waved it off. After a few seconds, Clint smirked. "That was a good audition." They began to step down the ring.
James grabbed Allie's arm the second she got down. "Excuse us for a moment." He told the team before dragging her to a side.
"See?" Sharon came up to him.
Steve put up a perplexed look. "That's weird."
"Yeah, trust me. I still can't grasp the fact that siblings can be a red-head and a blonde." she said.
"No," Steve shook his head. "I meant it's weird seeing them fight this good the first time."
She clicked her tongue. "Another reason why I don't like them. Come on honey, they just defeated two Avengers their first time in training." Sharon lowered her voice. "Don't tell me that doesn't look suspicious."
The captain eyed the two.
From where Steve could see, he could make out James's irritated expression. He was saying something to Allie that- from the looks of it- is ticking her off. They bickered back and forth until Allie zipped her mouth shut.
Steve guessed that James must be the older one between them. He sighed. It was indeed strange.
He swore that all the time he was watching James fight, he couldn't help but recognize his fighting style. It felt familiar to watch.
It was like he was watching his own self fight before him.
He glanced at his girlfriend, putting an arm around her. "Let's not put so much thought into it right now."
Sharon frowned but nevertheless nodded.
Allie was on the verge of being tempted to cut off her ears so she couldn't listen to her brother's rambling anymore.
"Are you done?" she snapped.
"No." he retorted, arms crossed. "You're such a klutz. You were the one who warned me to be careful."
"I know and I said I'm sorry alright?" she said, just wanting to get this done.
James let out a sigh of annoyance. His expression remained stoic. "If something like this happend again, we're going to be completely screwed. Control your strength, Als."
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." she sighed, promising. "It won't happen again."
James didn't say anything else. He noticed Clint coming their way and tried to force a smile.
"You guys are good. Great, even." he praised.
James shrugged. "I guess hard work does pay off. We train as much as we can back home."
"You said your mom taught you, right?" Clint looked at Allie who nodded in response. "Is she an agent too?"
"Uhmm..." She trailed off, trying to answer as vaguely as possible. "Something like that. Both our parents are."
"And I'm assuming your dad taught you?" he turned to James.
He smiled. "He's the greatest trainer I could possibly have."
For a second, his eyes drifted over to where Steve was standing.
"You know, it's funny." Clint chuckled. "I only know one person who got me down my ass the way you did." He looked at Allie. "You remind me of her."
Allie's heart began to speed up. She tried to put up a casual expression, pretending to be clueless. "R-Really? Who?"
James gulped in nervousness.
Clint smiled as he responded, "I think you've met her already. Natasha Romanoff?"
Allie let out a laugh at how ironic the question sounded to her ears. "How could I not?"
Yup. They were screwed.
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Comments please? xD So the two finally met the team. Sharon's suspicious about them and isn't really all about them being on SHIELD.
Good thing Steve thinks otherwise. Even if he's starting to think something's strange between the two, he trusts them.
It won't be long till the romanogers moments guys! I can guarantee that next chapter, the siblins would realize the REAL reason why they were sent back in time.