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Summary: Avery Blackwell is the younger half-sister of Pepper Potts. After the attack on New York city, she finds herself having to start of fresh after her home is ruined. When she can't seem to find a job under her circumstances, she turns to her sister. In working as her assistant, she finds new friends and someone who realizes she can't live without. Steve/OC

Chapter One

Two years ago…

For the first time in a long time, Avery Blackwell was terrified. It would be hard for anyone to read her reaction today, but she was frightened. Something told her that life would be different now, as if her life wasn't different before. Something major was happening to the city of New York, This was the city where she was raised, she knew these streets better than any other place in the country. Now, it was being demolished. Alien like creatures were coming out of a wormhole that was opened in the sky. As soon as she heard the first loud noise coming from outside of her small apartment she knew that she should run. Her better instincts told her to stay put and try and keep her, and her two year old son Logan safe. He, of course was amused by the planes flying so close to our apartment. She had to calmly cary her son away from the 'planes' as he called them. It was then that Avery made the best decision she could, she packed up all of her necessities, and her sons. With him in her arms, the two made their way down the stairs to the bottom level. The chaos ensued from there. The noises were louder, which caused Logan to become fussy in her arms. He wouldn't speak using his limited vocabulary, but she knew that these noises were not making him happy. Avery placed a kiss on her sons forehead, "Everything will be alright, bug," She told him, holding her son closer to her. She glanced outside to see if it would be safer to cross the street and try and find some shelter of safety, when she did, she could see large, black creatures walking down the street. Her green eyes widened, this had to be a really bad dream, she thought. Avery closed her eyes tightly before opening them once more.

No, this wasn't a dream. This was a horrifying reality.

She stood in the middle of the lobby of her apartment building dumbfounded. Logan was clinging to her tightly, his face was buried in the crook of her neck. It wasn't until she heard a male voice speaking to her that she shook herself out of her trance. "Ma'am, please go find a safe place to hide in." He explained to her. His voice was laced with concern considering that she had never seen this man before, nor he her. This man was different, he wore a blue suit with red and white stripes. He carried a shield in his hands that was red, white and blue, it had some dents and markings in it clearly from fighting against these aliens. As weird as aliens were to her, this was semi normal. After all, her half sister was dating Iron Man. "I'll come and get you when it is safe." He assured her. Avery nodded her head before watching the man run out of the building. She watched him leave, he looked back at her and gave her a little nod before running off to fight.

Avery glanced around and stumbled upon a storage closet, she found the light at the top and pulled the string, and turning on the light. She placed Logan down, and he immediately walked over to the mop and water. This was the first item that Avery removed from the closet, the next was the vacuum as Logan was frightened of the loud noise maker. She removed that from the closet and walked inside, she placed her things down and sat down. She reached inside of her black duffle bag that she had filled with Logan's toys. She took out a few of them and watched the little boy play with them. He became oblivious to what was going on outside. "Mommy, I hungry." Logan said to his mother after a few minutes of playing with, and throwing his toys. Avery smiled and reached into another bag of hers and grabbed some cheerios for him to snack on while they waited. He ate a few then went back to his toys. Avery could still hear the explosions coming from outside. It seemed like there were hundreds of them. She could even hear the buildings being destroyed throughout the city. They must have been a lot closer to the fighting then she would have liked. The blasts continued.

Then there was silence.

Avery wasn't sure if she should exit the storage closet or not. Something inside of her told her that the strange man was coming back to get her and Logan. While these thoughts raced through her mind, Logan was as happy as he could be playing on the floor of the storage closet with his toys. He was completely oblivious to the fact that there were potentially harmful people outside of the building and that the 'planes' were flying around outside. All Avery could do was wait, and keep her son entertained the best she could. Of course, he wanted her to join in the playing time in the closet.

What seemed like an hour passed by before she heard a knocking on the door. Hesitantly, she stood up and walked over to the door, she pressed her ear against it. "Ma'am," She heard the same male voice say. "It's safe to come out now," He assured her.

"Come on baby, time to pick up your toys," Avery told Logan. He began putting them back into the bag as she helped him. She placed her bags around her shoulder and picked up her son before opening the door. In front of her stood the same man who advised her to hide. She smiled at the tall male that stood in front of her. "Thank you," She told him. He gave her a sweet smile.

"It's not a problem ma'am, i'm just doing my job," He stated. Avery smiled back at him. Logan looked at the male that stood in front of him with curiosity. He soon wiggled out of his mothers arms and he got onto the ground and walked to the male. He looked up and reached up to touch the shield he held in his hands. Once the man noticed what Logan was looking at, he knelt down to his small height and held it out for him to touch. Logan reached out and touched the shield. Avery watched the moment between the two males unfold, the male then pulled his arm from the holders on the back and held it out for him.

"What this?" Logan asked the male in his little voice.

"It's my shield, to help protect me from bad guys." The man explained. "May I?" He asked, slowly flipping it over for Logan to see. "I put my arm here, and hold it. Would you like to try?" He asked. The little boy nodded his head furiously. The man helped Logan place his arms through his handles and hold the shield that was almost as big as he was.

"Mommy, look!" He said holding up the shield proudly with little help from the man. Avery had been watching the entire scene unfold with tears forming in her eyes. She smiled at her son proudly.

"Wow baby! Look at you, all ready to save the day!" She stated, Logan nodded his head before looking over at the heroic man.

"Tanks," He told the man before handing him back his shield. He walked back over to Avery and lifted his arms up as a signal for him wanting to be held. She picked him up.

"Thank you, for not only protecting us, but for protecting the city," She told him trailing off at the end of her sentence. He stood up from his kneeling position with his shield in his arms.

"Captain America," He told her.

"I'm Avery, and this is Logan," She told him. He nodded his head.

"It's a pleasure to meet you and your son ma'am. I'm glad that you two are safe, now if you don't mind. I have some business with the bad guys I need to finish up." He stated tipping his head slightly. "Ma'am, son," He stated before turning to leave the building. Avery smiled as she watched the male leave.

"Mommy why he go?" Logan asked her with a serious look on his face. She looked at her son.

"He had to go make sure that the bad guys were all gone."

"So we okay?" He asked, Avery nodded her head to tell the boy that it was okay. He smiled at his mother before she decided to head back upstairs to see if their apartment was okay.

It wasn't.

The windows in the small apartment were shattered. There were holes in the walls, everything they owned was lying broken and shattered on the floor. The television was face down on the floor, shattered. The coffee table was broken, the lamp was shattered, the kitchen appliances all had holes in them. She was convinced that if she left raw chicken in the fridge, it would have easily cooked due to the blasts of whatever they were shooting with. She didn't even want to go into her room or Logan's and see the damage that had been done there. Avery wanted to break down and cry, her whole apartment was ruined. There was no way that they could live there anymore. They were going to have to find a new place to live. She shouldn't even be up here checking out the damage the monsters had done. She turned around and began walking back the way that they had come in. "Why we no home?" Logan asked her. Avery looked at her son.

"We can't live there anymore. We need to find a new home." She explained as simply as she could. Logan stayed silent as she finished down the steps. She walked out of the building when she felt her phone ringing. She reached into her left jean pocket and answered her cell phone.

"Avery! Are you and Logan alright?" Her elder sister Pepper, questioned. Avery closed her eyes and nodded her head as if her sister was right in front of her.

"Yeah, we are fine, I promise." She assured her sister. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, Tony made me take a flight to D.C. You two should really go see him and stay there. He can keep you guys safe if these guys come back."

"Pep, he was probably has more things to do right now than protect his girlfriends little sister and nephew."

"Oh you know that he loves Logan." She argued, Avery shook her head knowing that she was right.

"Yeah but still. I'll just go stay with a friend for a little while. My apartment is completely ruined. I can breathe fresh air,"

"Well you always wished your apartment had a balcony,"

"Yeah, but I hoped that this wasn't how I would get it." She explained, hearing her sister agree. "I'll call you back later, I need to go find a place to temporarily live."

"Find Tony-!" She heard her sister yell before Avery ended the call. She didn't want to be a burden on anyone and she knew by involving her older sisters boyfriend that is exactly what she needed. Though, if he was the only option left, she would rather resort to talking to Tony rather than sleeping on the streets. Avery began walking with her son down the street and to the left where there was a park for him to run around in while she began calling around to see where they could stay.

When the two arrived at the park, Avery was shocked to find it completely trashed. Her heart broke, thankfully the smaller play structure was still in one piece. She walked Logan over to the smaller one before checking to make sure that it was still intact. It was. She set Logan down, "Go play for a little bit." She told her son, who went running off towards the play structure. Avery took out her phone and began dialing numbers of some friends, and some old friends. All of them said that the phone lines were down. This had to be because of what had happened to the entire city. Avery sighed, and groaned. She knew exactly where she had to go. Her sister was right, she needed to go talk to Tony. Thankfully the new tower in New York was within walking distance from her old place. She let Logan play on the play structure before calling him over to her. She then took his hand. "Ready to go?" Logan nodded his head and the two walked away from the old park and off towards the tower.

It didn't take Avery long to realize that the closer she got to Stark Tower, the more destruction she saw. Something told her that Iron Man was involved in the fighting as well. She wished that she had a car or something to distract Logan from the everything that lay in the streets and on the sidewalk. She eventually picked him up and carried him the rest of the way to the tower. Knowing his curiosity, he would have wanted to touch the monsters that now lay on the ground. After walking for fifteen or twenty minutes, she arrived at the tower. As soon as Logan saw it, he became extremely exited about it. "Uncle T! Uncle T!" He chanted, he couldn't quite say Tony yet, so T was working perfectly for him for now. Avery entered the building cautiously.

"Good Evening, Miss. Avery, Mr. Logan." She heard JARVIS, say from around her. "I am glad to see that you two are safe. Can I help you two with anything?"

"Can I talk to Tony? Is he here?" She asked setting Logan down on the floor. She folded her hands across her chest and looked up. Whenever she spoke to JARVIS, she looked up, knowing that his sound had to be coming from somewhere up there.

"Not at the moment, Miss." He informed her. "I will inform him of your presence. Please make yourself at home, I can unlock the room where you and your son stay when visit." He suggests. Avery smiled.

"That would be great, thank you JARVIS."

"Anytime, Miss. Avery. Once Mr. Stark returns, I will send him up to your level."

"Thank you," She stated walking with her belongings over to Logan who was standing at the elevator, waiting for it to open. Avery walked over to the door and pushed the up arrow. They waited only for a few seconds before the silver doors opened into the silver box. Logan went running inside of the elevator. He began reaching towards the buttons. Avery shook her head and pushed the button that would take her to the fourth floor. Once they arrived on the floor, Logan took off running towards his toys.

This floor was made for Pepper along with all of her work. She had asked Tony to make a living area for Avery and Logan in case they wanted to stay the night, or if Pepper was watching Logan. She had a place for them to stay as well. This level, had a main living area where Logan's toys were. Along with toys, there were a few couches and a large flat screen television on the wall. Off to the right, was a kitchen and an eating area. Walking further into the level, there was Avery's room, Logan's room and a lot of work space rooms for Pepper.

When Pepper first told Avery of the idea of having her own, she hated it. She didn't want to become Tony Stark's new charity case. She could handle things on her own, like having her own apartment, and her own job that had nothing to do with him, or so she hoped. Avery told her sister her opinions on the matter. Pepper chose to ignore her, saying that this area would also double as conference space for some of her meetings with people who had children.

Avery still didn't believe her.

Though now, she was thankful she had some place to be since her apartment was in shreds. While Logan began playing with some of his toys, she turned on the television and sat down on the couch. She was immediately greeted with video footage of what had happened earlier on in the day with the attack. As she predicted, there was Iron Man in the middle of the fight. So were some other super hero looking people, and of course Captain America. Avery watched the footage completely mesmerized by what had happened. The monsters, were actually aliens. That was the part she had trouble wrapping her her head around. She even watched footage of Tony flying into the wormhole that seemed to open in the sky with a bomb. Avery stood there with her mouth wide open, watching in complete shock of what she had seen. "Off," She heard Tony say from behind her. The television shut off and Avery turned to face her sisters boyfriend. In all honesty, he looked like shit.

"Tony, are you-" She went to ask but a small voice cut her off.

"Uncle T!" Logan shouted at the top of his lungs, Tony winced. Logan thew the toy that he had been playing with and ran towards the man. Tony leaned down and picked up the two year old who was ecstatic to see his uncle. He placed a smile on his face as Logan wrapped his arms around his uncles neck.

"Hey there little man," He said hugging his nephew back. He looked at Avery before saying. "I'm fine. Pepper told me that you two might be stopping by,"

Avery rolled her green eyes, of course she did. "Look, I don't want to be a bother,"

"And your not, Avery. I have known you for basically your entire life. Pepper started working with me when you were five, if you like it or not I consider you my family as well. You can stay here for as long as you like. Just don't make me regret those words." He teased, before walking over to her and giving her a hug and a kiss on the top of her head.

"I wont, thank you so much." She assured her with a slight nod.

"Pepper said that she would take a flight to bring her back here as soon as she could. Until then, what sounds good for dinner? Have you tried shawarma? I had it for lunch and it is incredible."

"You want it again for dinner?" She asked him raising an eyebrow."

"Good point, though you have to promise me that you will try it." He said, she nodded her head.

"Of course. How about pizza? I know Logan will eat that." She said to Tony, who nodded his head.

"Yeah, I forgot about the little man." Tony joked. Avery shook her head.

"I'm not sure anything will be open, and if so, all of the phones in the city are down."

"Jarvis?" Tony called out to the AI.

"I'm on it, sir." He stated.

"Incredible." Avery mumbled.

After several hours and full stomachs later, Avery sat on the couch watching a cartoon movie with a very asleep Logan in her arms. She didn't remember at what part of the film he had fallen asleep, but she was thankful that he was. Once the movie ended, she picked him up and carried him into the room that was his. The walls were painted a blue, the furniture was dark and modern. All expensive items for each of their rooms. She placed him into his crib and tucked him in, Avery was thankful that she decided to put him in his pajamas before they sat to watch the movie. She silently exited the room before walking back into the main living area. She proceeded to pick up after the mess of toys that her son had made. After making sure that was spotless, she headed to the kitchen to clean up. Tony had told her that he would do it, but since she was living here for the night or a week or however long, she thought she should help around. As soon as she finished cleaning up the kitchen, she heard the elevator doors open. "Avery!" Her elder sister called to her before running towards her, wrapping her in a tight hug.

"Pepper, i'm fine. I'm alive." She said to her. She wasn't sure when she had adapted to calling her sister Pepper and not Virginia. It was the effect of knowing Tony Stark she presumed.

"Thank god, and thank you for listening to me for once in your life."

"I didn't really have a choice. The phones were down and my friends don't live within walking distance like you two do." She justified. Pepper rolled her eyes looking down at her sister. If anyone saw the two on the streets, they would never know that these two were related. Pepper was tall, strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. Avery was short at 5', she had green eyes and brown hair. She knew that these facts were because of her mother.

"Whatever, I'm glad that you are here." Avery nodded her head. She always knew that this would be the safest place to go. "Do you want to start looking for places to live tomorrow? I can have Jarvis look up some places that are available." She suggested. As much as Avery would like that, she knew that this would not be the best time to look for a place. After all, most of New York was in ruins.

"Let's wait a few days and let things settle down before going out to look, but that doesn't mean that Jarvis can look around for me. I would love for him to do that. Just don't ask him right at the moment, I just put Logan to bed." Avery stated, Pepper nodded her head.

"Of course, I'll ask in the morning." She assured her sister. "I'll let you head to bed, see you in the morning. Night, Ave."

"Night." She told Pepper before she watched her sister leave the floor and head to her own. Avery turned and walked into her room. It was easy to tell that Pepper had all input into the design of Avery's room at the tower. The walls were beige but had a teal stripe that ran through out the entire room. The wooden furniture that was in the room was dark. The bed was low to the ground. Avery walked directly into the bathroom to take a shower.

Once she was out, she laid down on her bed and tried to wrap her head around what happened that day. Avery knew that she couldn't cry, as much as she wanted too. Her entire savings went into that apartment for her and Logan. Now that was gone. The city that she loved, she was born and raised in this city. Now, it had been torn to shreds by the monsters that had invaded. The apartment was supposed to be the place where she was going to raise her son. Once she had raised enough money for the two of them, she would find a nice small home for the two of them to live in. She wanted to give Logan a good life, and this was putting a knick in her plan. She would have to find another place to live, she couldn't stay here with Tony and Pepper for the rest of her life, and Logan's childhood.

She had enough in her account in order for her to find a smaller space than the one she was living in, along with affording that. In the long run, it might be a better choice to have a smaller space than where she had been living. Avery shook her head, she just needed to be thankful that she was alive along with her son. It seemed as though these two hit a low in their lives. She just needed to remember that things could only get better.

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