It was lunch hour Ana was just coming out of her favorite café with her usual takeaway fare of a sixteen ounce green jasmine tea and a turkey sandwich on rye with a raspberry jam pastry when it started. A blue stream of light erupted from the top of her work place, Stark tower, the blue stream of light tore open a hole in the sky and creatures began flying out of it and shooting people. Ana sighed wondering where her boss could be at this moment and set down her lunch, took off her high heeled shoes, and tied her hair back revealing a set of pointy ears. Her work attire of a gray A-line skirt and white blouse with a matching vest was not appropriate for what she was about to do but Ana supposed that she would have to make due. With an air of practiced calm she began directing panicky people to stay inside as she made her way towards the epicenter of the madness. It was going to be a long day.

Ana fought. The opponents she faced were taller than the average human, spoke in clicks and had strange gray wrinkled skin. Their weapons were advanced and the creatures were fast and strong, and Ana had no weapon of her own but a knife small enough to hide under her skirt, but still Ana fought. She was smaller than they were but she was also faster and more flexible, she moved through battle smoothly going quickly from one opponent to the other. She gained injuries, bruises along her ribs, a cut over her left eye, a long scrape along her right leg as well as a sprained right ankle but she ignored it, pushed past it and continued to make her way to Stark tower. It barely registered when her boss went zooming over head with a missile and she didn't even she him fall but she knew when they had won because the creature she had been clinging to and poised to kill dropped of its own accord and sent her tumbling down underneath of it. By the time she had wriggled out from under it and gotten to the top of Stark tower she was exhausted. She also found her boss trying to slowly extract himself from his armor, and one nearly naked man with 5 other people in costumes all waiting in the lounge. Ana blinked and stared for a moment before announcing her presence to her boss,

"Mr. Stark?" Anthony Stark billionaire-genius-playboy-philanthropist hopped up out of his chair one leg still in armor and walked over to her

"Pixie! How are you doing? Alright? Have you been fighting? Naughty little pixie, of course you have been you and your mutant powers." At this Ana sighed and rolled her eyes "Ooh!" Stark said as if noticing for the first time "Your ears are out, are you angry, you only let your ears out if you're angry."

Again Ana sighed "No Sir I am not angry only a little annoyed, you know how New York gets during an alien invasion, the traffic getting here was horrific. I assume that you had something to do with all of this Mr. Stark?"

Stark winced "Oh you're pissed. Well I'll have you know that it wasn't all me this time, they all had something to do with it and technically its really all his fault" he said pointing to the man in green and gold armor "Prince Loki over there is the one that called those grey guys here." Ana only sent him a mildly half amused half annoyed look and stepped passed him out stretching her hand to the man in red white and blue,

"Captain" she greeted him "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Pixie, aka Ana Mathews Ms. Potts and Mr. Stark's assistant. Please let me know if there is anything I can get you."

Steve shook her hand and nodded to her respectfully "Mam" he said "Are you alright?" he was eying the visible injuries on the small dark haired pale woman before him. She shook her head and smiled at him

"I'm just fine thank you, like I said I ran into a bit of traffic on my way over here" she greeted the rest of the Avengers and Loki with the same quiet politeness. When she reached Natasha she smiled and gave her a wink after shooting a look at the pouting Stark Natasha laughed

"You always were my favorite intern" and gave Ana her real name. She reached Bruce Banner last, not batting an eye at his state of undresses and after names were exchanged gave him a small shy smile and said

"I think clothes are in order Dr. Banner, some of Mr. Stark's things should fit you. If you would like to follow me?" She began to lead the way to a small hallway and stopped in front of her boss

"I assume that S.H.I.E.L.D will be here soon sir?" Tony looked up

"Yeah probably"

"Alright then. JARVIS, would you please let me know when Phil gets here…" Ana stopped noticing the stricken look Stark gave her.

"Ana Phil isn't coming."

Ana blinked once in sudden understanding, "Oh." She said simply before it seemed all the life drained out of her momentarily, she lost her posture and seemed for a moment as if she were about to collapse. Stark reached a hand out to steady her but as soon as her touched her she jerked back and came to life again. "I see" she said shakily "JARVIS belay that last let me know as soon as any SHIELD agents get here, inform me if Director Fury is with them and restrict their access until I am there to escort them please. Thank you."

With that she limpingly lead the way out of the room.