Chapter 2 Back to the basics


If anyone was in the park at 2 in the morning, they would've heard screams from above and saw the night sky light up with blue light. Well, anyone who watches the sky saw it light up blue.

The trio landed in a pile on the ground.

"I hurt," Amelia said.

"I feel you," Isabella agreed.

"Neither of you had two grown woman land on you," Justin grumbled.

"So?" They said simultaneously.

"Ok, can you to get off of me?!"

Amelia rolled off the top of the pile then Isabella followed soon after her. The girls got off of the ground and dusted themselves off. Justin got off of the ground and stretched.

"Where the hell are we?"

"I… I think we're in New York," Amelia answered, looking all around her.

Isabella frowned at this new development.

"How exactly did we get here?" Justin asked.

Isabella stood completely still, thinking of how they would have gotten here. Her eyes widened in realization.

"The cube,"

"What?" Justin and Amelia said.

"The cube, that you two indirectly knocked over. That's how we got here,"

"What was that cube made of that it brought us to New York?"

"I don't think this is our New York. Look." Justin said, pointing to something in the distance.

The girls turned to where he was pointing.

Isabella gasped.

In the distance was a big building with STARK in fluorescent blue letters on it.

"Holy shit! Are we in a movie or something?" Amelia questioned.

"If anything we would be in the Marvel Universe. Anything involving Stark most likely is,"

"So that cube must have been the Tesseract," Justin concluded.

They sat in silence for a little while.

Isabella nodded slowly.

"Yes, it most likely was," Isabella agreed.

"Great, what are we going to do now?" Amelia asked, irritated.

"We can pool our money together and buy a room at a hotel," Isabella suggested.

"I don't have any money. I spent it all on a ticket to Cali," Justin said.

Isabella dug her hands in her pockets and pulled out some crumpled bills.

"I have …. 30, 40. I have about $55,"

"Cool that should -"

"I got $500," Amelia said nonchalantly.

"Why do you have so much money on you?!" Justin asked with a furrowed brow.

"Why not? I like to buy a lot of stuff. Particularly food. You know that,"

Justin nodded to that. She chose food over nearly everything else. The best way to lure Amelia is with food.

"The best form of action is to find a cheap hotel for tonight then try to find work tomorrow,"

"Work?! What about getting home?" Amelia asked.

"Do you know where the Tesseract currently is? I didn't think so. Our best bet is to blend in as best as we can for now, then try to find our way home,"

"The Avengers could help us but as you know just going up to Stark tower and saying we're from another dimension isn't going to work. They might see us as hostile," Justin said.

Amelia sighed.

"I guess it's back to the basics,"


Else where


Lights were going on and off. People were freaking out. It was chaos.

"Jarvis, what's happening?" a man asked.

"The Tesseract has given off a large amount of energy."

"Tesseract? I thought that thing was in Asgard," He said.

A phone was ringing somewhere.

"Nick Fury is calling."

The man sighed.

"Answer it,"

"What the hell is going on, Stark?" The eyepatch-wearing man said.

"The Tesseract has decided to make itself known, after two years of being in Asgard," Tony answered.

"Could this be Loki?"

"How should I know? Shouldn't you be asking Goldilocks?"

"Thor is in Asgard dealing with some stuff. Everyone else just about dispersed. Banner is off in some third world country, Romanoff and Barton are on a mission, and Rogers is on a mission. You are the first to know and you will start finding the Tesseract,"

"Sir, yes, sir," he said with a mock salute at the end.

The call ended.

"Jarvis, run scans and try to pinpoint the location of the Tesseract,"

"Right on it, sir.


With the trio


The three of them found a pretty good hotel with the money they had. They were currently at the store buying something to eat.

"Isabella, can you make some Chicken Alfredo?" Amelia asked.

"I mean I can but why can't you make it yourself?"

"Because I'm lazy and I like the way you make it."

"Justin?"

"Huh?"

Justin looked at them with raised eyebrows and wide eyes.

"What were you looking at?" Isabella asked coming to stand next to him.

"Oh, the newspaper. Apparently, the 2nd Anniversary of the Chitauri attack is coming up." Justin showed the newspaper to her.

"Really now." She grabbed the paper and looked at it.

A picture of Chitauri on the ground was the front picture.

"That's not much to go off of. I'm sure more has happened since then," Amelia chimed in.

"That may be so, but how much does the general public know?" Isabella questioned.

Amelia nodded.

"True, they wouldn't be told much if they don't need to know."

"Or what 'they' think the public shouldn't know," Justin added.

Isabella looked from her left then to her right. She leaned forward, the other two leaning in too.

"We should go. We're talking about stuff we shouldn't be in public. We don't know who might be listening. Grab the things we need, then we leave."

The other two nodded then split up.

They grabbed the things they thought they needed, cashed out, then left.

"Ok this stuff should at least last us a week. Hopefully one of us has a job by then," Isabella said.

"I still have a good bit of money," Amelia said.

"Not for long beautiful."

A man in a mask stepped out of the alleyway in front of them. He had a knife in his hands.

The trio looked at each other.

"Iron Man lives not too far from here yet you still do this?" Amelia said.

"And I'm sure Spider Man does his rounds," Justin said.

"Who cares where they are if I kill you first?"

He thrust his hand forward, trying to stab the closest person, which was Amelia. She grabbed his hand, forcing it open. The knife dropped, she kicked it away. She held his still bent hand in hers.

"Maybe you should rethink your life choices,"

He spit in her face.

It was an immediate reaction. Her hands lite up with lighting, electrocuted the unsuspecting man. He fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Now let's get the hell out of here before someone sees us with this guy," Amelia said.

They started walking away from the scene.

"You didn't have to do that, Amy," Justin said.

"But I did. He spat in my face. That's a no-no."

"What's behind us is behind us… literally. We should just focus on getting to our temporary home and not getting mugged for a second time," Isabella said.

"Yes ma'am," Amelia and Justin said simultaneously.

They continued their trip in silence until they reached their 'home'.