Author's Note: I hope you don't mind that I continue this story, but it is my honour and I will try to make it as good as it was before.

Here's the link to the original: (fanfiction address) s/10548065/1/Meeting-Heroes

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the following characters; Karina is owned by darkblade1163 and the Avengers and any other recognizable names are all owned by Marvel.

A woman in an expensive suit strutted along the pavement. She had a default expression of 'deal with it', and never set a glance to another passerby. She always stared straight ahead, purposefully. It was a statement, to her, as well as an action: she was not a woman to get distracted.

Yet today, something changed. She paused, feeling like she was walking in a shadow. She slowly looked up, to see a giant eagle targeting her. She barely had time to scream as it swooped down and snatched her with its beak. People could only watch, horrified, as she became a speck in the sky, then cry out as she grew whilst she fell from it. She was about to hit the very spot she was standing on before, when all of sudden, she just... vanished.

A blonde girl who had been near the woman felt goosebumps crawl over her flesh. This was the beginning of something massive.

The Avengers sat around the meeting table, looking troubled. Karina, for once, wasn't present; Tony had given her an HMV gift card, and soon after she had evaporated to the downtown streets of New York, with only a tracker keeping watch of her.

"Avengers, I think you know why we're here. As lovely as Karina is, we have to address the fact that we teared the fabric of the universe and let an innocent girl from another dimension fall into our world. I wish I could say that this isn't an issue, but already we have seen some of the consequences." Stark said, large circles around his eyes, standing in front of a large screen. On it played scenes of monsters arriving spontaneously from nowhere; people disappearing; thousands of pigeons crash landing into the ground.

"What can we do?" Bruce asked. Tony sighed.

"Well ever since the first report I've been working non-stop to find a solution, but so far nothing has seemed to fit. It's almost like... It wasn't only us who activated it. All evidence points towards the fact that someone on the other side helped open the portal, and if that's true... I don't know how we're going to get Karina home." He replied, turning away from them to look out the window. Even from here he could see the havoc.

"How about we change our objective?" Steve offered. "Let's focuse on getting rid of these monsters and stop anything from coming in, then we can think of how to get someone out."

"That's an idea." Natasha agreed.

"I'm all with it if it involves knocking those beasts down. I've got a few experiments I'd like to test out." Clint said, examining one of his arrows.

"Aye. Mjolnir is becoming restless; we have not battled since Karina's arrival." Thor chimed in. Stark sat down again, looking defeated but with a new spark of hope in his eyes.

"Okay. It's worth a shot. Now if you could please excuse me, my bedroom is calling..." He stumbled out the room.

"Who's going to check he's not fallen asleep in the hallway again?" Rogers asked halfheartedly.

"I'll do it." Karina said from the doorway.

Ten minutes earlier...

Karina skipped amongst surprised passerbys, clutching the HMV card. Man, wouldn't it be funny if they had any Marvel films here? Wonder if there are the same actors? Probably not - this is an alternate universe, K. She scolded herself for being so stupid as she walked into the shopping center. Hey, why do they have an HMV here? Weird how some things are the same and some aren't...

She made a bee line for the DVD section. Harriet Peter, Percy Jayson, Enemies... It seemed like spoof city! But which one to get? Would they be basically the same as the ones at home? Home... Wonder how things are there.

"Can I help you?" Someone asked next to her.

"No, I'm fine thanks." She replied without looking at their face. Then she felt a cold metallic lump being pressed into her side, and she gulped. She wished she had brought her inhaler.

"You sure 'bout that?" He growled. Definitely a he, she noted this time. His breath stank of garlic and chewing gum. And this man, almost certainly, was threatening her with a gun.

"What do you want?" Her voice sounded faint and squeaky.

"We know where you're from, so come with us or we'll force you." She didn't like the notion of 'we', but swallowed a wave of fear and nodded.

"Excuse me, Tim, but I think you have the wrong person." A young woman with a vague English accent placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked confused for a second, met her dangerous glare, and shrugged.

"Boss said to look for this girl," He held up a photo of Karina. "And this is her."

The atmosphere suddenly went from chilled-yet-slightly-scary to tense in seconds. Karina got the sense that this woman was not someone to cross. Well, she was right about that.

In a blur of motion the woman flipped Tim to the floor, disarmed him, and soon was propelling the poor girl out of the shop and towards a cafe.

"Who are you?" Karina asked as soon as they were sat down and had caught her breath. The woman looked shocked for a moment, then her features settled calmly.

"Stark didn't tell you? I'm your bodyguard. I was meant to shadow you in case anything went wrong, so sorry if I've scared you." She replied earnestly.

"Not as much as Tim." She sighed; in response the woman smiled reassuringly.

"Don't worry - I don't think anyone will bother you now they know I'm here." She winked.

"What's your name?" Karina queried, taking a closer look and absorbing her appearance; she had dark blonde hair, hazel eyes and was dressed in a leathery bikers suit. Strapped to her legs and waist were an assortment of weapons, including knives and a few of what seemed to be smoke bombs. Her hands were gloved and held a pair of aviator sunglasses; she wore sturdy boots which Karina could see kicking a lot of ass. Literally.

"Agent Sabrine." She said, running a hand through her short hair, which spiked out at the sides. She reminded her of someone, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it...

"Now listen, I know we've only just met, but you should probably go back to Stark Towers and find the Avengers. And could you tell them... I know how to get you home. We don't have much time." The agent held out her hand. Karina was bubbling with questions, yet nodded silently and took it. Suddenly the scene around them changed, and she was outside the Avengers meeting room.

"You can tele-?" She stopped when she realized she was alone. The hum of engines told her she was in the helicarrier, and familiar voices led her to a door. She waited in the shadows, when Stark tripped out and zig-zagged down the corridor.

"Who's going to check he's not fallen asleep in the hallway again?" She heard Captain America say. She went to the entrance and raised her hand like she was in class.

"I'll do it."

Hope this is as good as the original!

Language... - Captain America