So this is gonna be set in Marvel's Avengers Universe, with a few minor changes: Quicksilver is alive, Thor is hanging around the tower, Natasha and Bruce are a couple, and Tony and Pepper are together in this. Honestly, I think it'll be interesting because I don't know who will end up with my OC, so be prepared everyone!

If anyone wants to introduce their own OC for this story, then by all means, do so! I have little to no objections to this. Just give them a legitimate reason to be in the story, and either have a reason to join the Avengers or be part of the Avengers' Universe. In your review, let me know your OC's name, appearance, abilities (if any) and how/why they join the Avengers.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own, nor have I ever owned, any part of the Marvel Comics franchise, or Marvel Studios movies. Any and all parts of these two belong solely to Stan Lee. Any OC's introduced are my own creation or are the creation of those I have expressly invited to the story. They may not be used with my or their creators express permission.

Everyone was sitting in the newly rebuilt and refurbished Avengers Tower; Natasha and Bruce were currently sitting on the couch next to Wanda, while Bruce was busy painting his girlfriend's toenails a brilliant shade of scarlet that had been borrowed from Pepper, while Wanda was painting her own nails a a deep maroon color to match her fingernails. Natasha was giving her boyfriend fond smiles, all the while Tony, Steve, Pietro, Clint and Bucky were busy playing some game or other on the X-Box that they had gotten for the Tower. Everyone was surprised when Steve had brought Bucky, the Winter Soldier, into the tower and explained that his friend was now going to be part of their team...and like it or not, that was how it was going to be. No one really objected, except Natasha, of course; she didn't exactly relish the idea until he'd proven how trustworthy he really was to the team.

It had been during a mission where they'd raided a Hydra research base and found that there were records of an experiment, code-named AEGIS and they were currently waiting for Fury to return with news on who, or what, Aegis was. As of the moment, Wanda turned to Natasha and looked at her toenails, nodding in approval. "That is a lovely color...will you be doing your fingernails that color as well?" Pietro and Wanda's accents had lessened over the months of spending time in America, to the point where it was less pronounced as compared to before. "If Bruce feels like doing them, then yes."

Bruce looked up and gave a goofy smile, nodding; everyone had been surprised by the level of devotion that the two of them had shown each other. Wanda smiled, saying "It must be nice, having someone to do these kinds of things with." Natasha merely patted the other girl's hand, saying "You'll find yours...maybe sooner than you think." She nodded, giving discreet glances over to where the God of Thunder, Thor, was reading a book about Garfield, laughing uproariously beside their couch. She'd had a crush on the tall god, and everyone-except Thor-knew it; apparently, Jane had not been the woman everyone had thought she would have been, and had cheated on Thor with a colleague. Everyone had been surprised, but also upset for their friend and teammate...to the point where Jane had been shunned from any and all functions that involved the Avengers.

Jarvis-or rather, Vision now-chose this moment to walk in and say "Mister Stark, Director Fury is in the conference room, wishing to speak with everyone." Everyone stood up, though it was a moot point as Director Fury strode in and raised an eyebrow at Natasha and Bruce's canoodling. "Please, Agent Romanoff, don't stand...wet nail polish ruins easily." She blushed, swearing in Russian as her boss merely smirked at all of them. "Normally, I would be tearing each of you a new asshole for slacking off...but because Project Aegis turned out to be a serious bonus for us, I think I'll skip over that and get to the point." Bucky and Pietro stood up, though Wanda perked up immediately while still staying seated; the three of them had bonded quickly, having all be part of Hydra's experiments.

Fury stepped aside to reveal two agents with medic patches on their uniforms help support a limping young man who appeared to be no older than the Maximoff twins, both of whom were shocked when they looked at the stranger. "Avengers, meet Andrew "Aegis" Hunter...he was part of Hydra's experiments on enhancement, much like the twins." Everyone got a good look at the stranger: thin, pale skin that seemed almost creamy in color and complexion, with long blond hair kept in a loose French braid. Wearing what appeared to be clothing similar to a patient in a mental ward, he looked up to reveal a pair of startling golden eyes that were set in a heart shaped face.

All in all, the young man was beautiful...but seemed so delicate, they didn't exactly know why Hydra would have wanted him for their experiments. However, as soon as Thor stepped closer to the boy, he let out a small squeak of terror and immediately he was surrounded by a glowing sphere of golden energy that seemed to be transparent, but also visible enough. When Thor touched it with a single finger, he was thrown back into the wall while Andrew cowered behind the director; Tony seemed like Christmas came early, while everyone else was looking shocked that a tiny thing like Andrew had managed to knock Thor on his ass.

Sighing, Fury rubbed the bridge of his nose and said "That is probably something I should have mentioned...loud noises, intimidating figures, and sudden scares tend to cause him to do that." When Andrew looked around Fury's arms and noticed that he wasn't in any danger, the sphere of energy vanished as easily as it had appeared. "I think it also safe to inform you all that he has a few other abilities..." Handing a file to Natasha, who read it quickly while raising an eyebrow at what was listed, while Clint and Stark read over her shoulder, they all whistled. Steve and Bruce stood to the side, knowing they would be informed, while Bucky, Wanda and Pietro walked over slowly to the smaller man.

"Director, this lists force field manipulation, manifestation of a, quote, 'tetrahedral network in a face centered cubic lattice...' wait, he can turn to diamond?!" Stark said this, shocked beyond belief, while the rest of the group looked at the smaller man impressed. "Yes, he can...and it has only one singular flaw, located at the junction to where his spine meets his skull." Andrew was busy staring at the three other people, and everyone was shocked when he took a small step towards Wanda and was soon enveloped in a hug by the small woman, who wrapped both of her arms around him and started making soothing motions while Bucky and Pietro soon joined the hug.

"Wait, so if he has all these abilities, why is it that he came willingly to us? I mean, surely Hydra had done some form of brainwashing, like with Bucky and the twins." Steve asked this, not wanting there to be any surprises later; everyone else gave varying forms of consent...while Thor was doing his best to clear the daze from being thrown into a wall.

"That...was to be next on their schedule for me." Everyone but the twins and Bucky were surprised to hear Andrew speak. His voice was soft and almost delicate, an accent that was clearly Southern in origin; when everyone looked at the blonde, he started to blush lightly across his cheeks and the bridge of his nose, continuing. "They were focusing more on enhancing my abilities and combat readiness before they started conditioning me...they didn't want there to be any chance of rebellious thoughts upon completion of my training." Bucky took Andrew into his arms, which surprised everyone but Steve, Natasha and the twins; the four of them knew exactly what was going through the brunet's mind.

"And that is why we need to have a discussion about what you feel comfortable doing, now that you're here, Andrew." Fury said this softly, not wanting to startle the young man. "Actually, Director, that is something I think you'll find to be more suitable at a later date." Natasha stood up, her nails dry now and stood in front of her superior, daring him to challenge her on this. "I'll take over as his handler...with Bruce assisting me." Fury smirked, nodding in approval before saying "I thought you might say that, and while I normally would rather have someone like Maria or Coulson handling that, I think the two of you would be better suited for it. Also, I think it'd be best to have someone take him into town for clothes and other necessities. I doubt that anyone else's clothes here would fit him."

Tony perked up and gave the biggest cat-that-caught-the-canary grin he could muster. "I'll do that with 'Tasha, Bruce and the Wonder Twins...if no one else objects?" Bucky looked up and said firmly "I'm going, too...I want to go." Steve looked around and sighed, saying "Well, if Bucky's going...I'm going as well." Fury's lips twitched in amusement before saying "Alright. If anyone needs me, you know how to reach me." Striding out the room with a nod to everyone, he exited with the two medics trailing him, to which left Andrew in Bucky's arms while the twins smirked at Tony and said "Really, Stark? The Wonder Twins?" Tony merely shrugged and smirked back, saying "Better than the Tweedles."

So yeah, that's chapter one for ya! I'm really tempted to pair up Bucky and Andrew, or maybe have it be Pietro and Andrew...or maybe even Clint and Andrew. Ya never know. But, I think I'll leave it to a vote for my darling readers...leave a review to let me know your thoughts!

Here are the couples so far:

Natasha/Bruce

Tony/Pepper

Clint/TBA

Steve/TBA

Pietro/TBA

Wanda/Thor?

Bucky/TBA

Andrew/TBA