A month flew by so quick that Lily didn't even realize a month had passed.
Throughout that month, she had continued to collect mass using her Hive units in the forest, along with having her worms create the perfect nest within the underground of New York for when she was ready to make more units.
She even gained new abilities from eating animals in the forest through her hive units.
Fish Physiology.
Bird Physiology.
Both were new abilities she had gained and had been created after eating various birds and fishes in the forest through her Hive.
Fish Physiology, as the name would imply, gave her the capabilities of a fish. Water Breathing, Cold Resistance to an extent, Enhanced lungs, and Enhanced Senses even in water.
As for Bird Physiology, it was an ability she had gained after a lot of effort since capturing birds was hard without flight.
But, it gave her a lot of benefits, Enhanced Agility, Enhanced Senses, Enhanced Balance, Enhanced Reflexes, Enhanced Stamina, Enhanced Lungs, and Digitigrade Legs, and she also gained Atmospheric Adaptation to an extent, albeit very minor.
She also could now grow wings, wings similar to that of a bird that she could use to fly around. But she hadn't done so, as it would be very noticeable.
The most exciting part about this ability was the fact that she could now create bird-like units, which she would be sure to put to use in the future.
Some of her other abilities also fused together and created new skills since she ate more of their species.
Namely;
Canin Physiology.
Feline Physiology.
Which were self-explanatory, so she didn't bother with them too much.
Aside from the gains from her Hive, she also made a lot of progress under training with S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Agents that were tasked with training her did a great job. From them, she was able to learn many things, not just basic knowledge but knowledge that only government personnel would be able to know easily.
One thing to note, however, was that she only met Phil a little throughout the month as he had other work to do. Still, they also got somewhat closer as he brought her gifts whenever he visited.
For her basic schooling, she did very well. They originally began teaching her from Grade 6 education, stuff a Middle Schooler would learn, but they quickly realized that she was much smarter than she looked.
It didn't even take a week before they finished the entire Middle School curriculum and moved on to High School.
The High School curriculum was somewhat harder, but thanks to her enhanced mental capabilities and learning speed, she was able to finish the entire thing in a little under two weeks, and they had already begun teaching her college-level information.
Aside from basic schooling, they also taught her S.H.I.E.L.D. related information, such as about Mutants, Super Soldiers, Inhumans, Foreign Languages, Weapons, and other information she would need to know in order to be a proper Agent.
As for her physical training, she learned a mixture of different types of fighting styles, from M.M.A. to Krav Maga, Systema, Kenpō, and even Judo, because it would suit her size and strength.
They were challenging to learn for someone that had no form of professional training in them, but thanks to her body being able to keep up with the training and her mind being able to pick up on details quickly.
She was able to learn the basics of them in the month.
Calling her a master would be impossible; she couldn't even take down her own teachers in them without using her brute strength, but that was enough since she had the brute force to complement them.
Naturally, she planned to learn more, but training had to stop for the time being because someone wanted to meet her.
Someone important.
An Agent led her up the elevator as soon as she had arrived for the day, and they went up to the fifth floor of the building this time.
Upon reaching a door on the fifth floor, the Agent knocked, not entering until the door was unlocked from the inside and they were permitted to enter.
The second Lily entered the room, her eye fell on the head of the man before her, a clean bald head without a single hair on it.
Right away, she knew who it was.
'Nick Fury.'
She couldn't help but gaze at him up and down, his looks almost identical to how he was in the movies.
Dark-skinned with a bald head. One eye that was covered in an eye patch due to a certain cat and a short beard that worked perfectly for his hardened looks.
The only difference would be the fact that he looked slightly younger than he was in Avengers, but that was due to the fact that it was earlier in the timeline.
'So he's the important person.'
She thought as she looked at him, confused.
She honestly didn't expect to meet any of the Canon characters just yet, especially not someone like Nick Fury, who was very paranoid about who he met and what he did.
But it seemed something was up.
"Greetings Agent, and Recruit."
He gave the Agent a nod, who left the room and closed the door behind him, leaving just Lily and Fury in the room.
"Agent Coulson has told me much about you. My name is Nick Fury, and I am here to assign to you your first mission."
It seemed he was trying his best not to be as brash as he normally is because of her age.
Which she found quite odd since she wasn't used to this way of Fury's speech.
"But I'm still a recruit, Sir."
Lily replied, unsure why exactly they were already planning to rush her onto the field when it hadn't even been a month since her training started.
"Do not worry; after careful consideration, I decided that you would be best suited for this mission due to your capabilities. Do not worry; I, along with other Agents, will be joining you for it."
Fury explained as he looked at her.
"Understood, Sir."
She had been trained on how Agents should act and treat their superiors, so she accepted the mission without further doubt. It was, after all, an order.
Plus, this went along with what she wanted, so she had no reason to deny it.
"Good; follow me to the briefing room; we will begin immediately."