Chapter one: A Brief Walkthrough

Steve POV

I sighed as I walked into the meeting room. Fury had called us in here to meet the new Avenger. 'I wonder what his powers are. They must have been pretty amazing to capture Director Fury's attention.' I leaned back in the chair and crossed my arms deep in thought.

Everyone was already in the room save for Tony and Director Fury. They were, no doubt, with the new member of the group. Natasha was silently sitting at the table next to Clint. I noted that there was some serious silent communication going on between them. Thor had a rubix cube and was getting frustrated by it. Bruce was silently watching the man, rather amused by the expression that adorned his face.

I was startled out of my reverie by Tony walking in. "I'm back guys! Hope you didn't miss me too much." He stopped and stayed in the entry way. Fury had already walked in and was leaning against the wall. I smiled and shook my head.

"No, it was just rather quiet without you here. It was actually quite nice." Bruce chuckled as he spoke to Tony. Tony just rolled his eyes before gasping as he was walked through.

A woman with curly brown hair was standing there in a pair of jeans and a white shirt with floral print. "Lo siento senior Tony, you were in the way and wouldn't move." Her voice was smooth with a slight Spanish accent.

Fury motioned to each of us in turn. "Miss Bloom, this is Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov, Dr. Bruce Banner, Thor, and Steve Rodgers. " He turned to us. "This is Terresa Bloom."

I nodded in her direction. "Ma'am." I smiled politely and sat forward. "What exactly do you do aside from goes through people?"

A rather small, shy smile adorned her face as I began to float. "Since you asked Mr. Rodgers, I am specialized with controlling the movement of the air, hence why you are floating."

Thor began applauding as he saw my face, a mix of shock and awe. Director Fury chuckled. "Would you like to spar with her Thor?" It was like the man could just read Thor's mind.

Thor shook his head, taken aback by Fury. "I don't want to risk hurting her."

We all were taken aback by her smirk. "You wouldn't be able to touch me Thor." Apparently, she had a competitive streak in her.

He grinned. "Fine then, I will spar with you."

Once we all gathered in the sparring area Thor bowed in her direction. "Don't say I did not warn you that you might get hurt." He smiled apologetically.

She chuckled. "Didn't I tell you that you wouldn't even touch me?"

Thor let out a loud cry and charged her, only for his fist to go through where her body should have been. She smirked and pushed him back with a column of air. He hit the wall making nearly the entire room shake from the phenomenal force. In the midst of his confusion at not hitting her, he had dropped his hammer. It began floating in the air. It was then flung in his direction and landed at his feet. Thor's jaw dropped. "How…?" He stood up, signaling the end of the fight. "You are truly amazing Miss Terresa. I applaud you."

I blinked in shock as I looked on. Natasha smiled proudly as Terresa walked back in without a single scratch, while Thor had a scratch on his face. His arm was around Terresa as he hugged her. "Welcome to the team."

I smiled before Tony walked up and elbowed my side gently. "She is powerful for being so cute." For some reason, Tony calling her cute irritated me.

I smiled and shook my head. I had taken in the fact that her jeans hugged her hips perfectly, as well as how her shirt showed off her curves, without being risqué. "I never doubted that she was strong. Director Fury is hard to catch the eye of. You and I know that very well Mr. Stark."

Terresa managed to slip out from under Thor's arm smoothly before walking over to stand next to Natasha with a small blush from all the attention she was receiving. Tony chuckled. "She is a shy one, but once she gets to know someone, she is so much more talkative." It made me wonder how close Terresa and Tony had become on the ride back to Shield HQ.

I smiled. "Natasha isn't as imposing looking as we are. I do believe I should go and talk to her." I was wondering what compelled me to tell the womanizing billionaire that.

Tony smirked at me. "Awwww! Captain's got a crush!" He put his arm around my shoulders.

I blushed slightly. "Shut up, Tony." I did find the girl rather attractive. She was much more modest than most of the women I had met so far, and I liked that. I tried to get out from under Tony's arm without making him feel bad.

Tony pushed me towards the girl. "Go get 'em tiger." The man had quite a sense of how I felt. That is probably why we became friends in the first place.

I shook my head and walked over to where Terresa and Natasha were. "Ma'am, I wanted to formally welcome you into the Avengers." I stood in a relaxed state, but, in reality, I was nervous.

She smiled. "Thank you Captain. It an honor I wasn't actually expecting." Her posture led me to believe that Tony was correct about her being shy.

I smiled warmly at her. "How did you capture Director Fury's attention anyway?" From the other side of the room I heard Director Fury asking Tony why he didn't take after my example and call him by his official, respectful title.

She blushed at some thought before speaking. "Well, I was in Germany at the gala that the president holds every year. Some men rushed in and tried to take the President away. I actually moved them, kind of like I did to Thor, into the wall. Eventually they went unconscious and the guards could take them away."

I blinked in silence for a second, shocked. "You did this by yourself?" I shook my head. "Why didn't anyone try to help you?" It appalled me that no one would help a lady when she is taking on a group of armed men at a gala with armed guards.

She chuckled softly, bringing me out of my alarmed mind. "There was no need. As you can see, I can take care of myself Captain."

I smiled at her. "Please, just call me Steve. There is no need to be so formal since you are one of us." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Natasha nudge Clint while looking in our direction with a smile. Clint shook his head with a grin.

"Well then, Steve, you can call me Terri. While being called 'ma'am' is a refreshing change, it is formal and it makes me feel old. I'm only 25." She smiled at me, her hazel eyes glinting. Her phone began playing 'The Charleston 'making her jump. "One moment. I have a text message. She pulled out a red, white, and blue phone. She smiled and replied to whoever it was, then put it away.

Tony gave me thumbs up and walked off to find Pepper. Fury walked over to us. "Well, how do you like the base?"

Terresa smiled at me. "It's one of the larger places I've visited. Quite impressive none-the-less."

Fury gave a small smile. "Captain, why don't you show her around?" he looked at me with a smile I hadn't seen before.

I nodded. "Of course Director Fury. Shall we begin the tour then, Terri?" I held out my arm, which she took.

"We shall." She followed my lead with her small, soft hand on my arm.