A/N Second Chapter! It's nice to see that people are actually reading this. Sorry this chapter is so short promise the next one will be longer! Don't forget to leave a review!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers, only Erica.

Eric looked around the lab studying the computers and screens. "This is going to be interesting," Erica mumbled to herself.

"Tell me about it. Oh and..." Bruce pointed to a screen on the other side of the room,"We can rule out Western North America."

"That is wonderful. Shall we split it up Doctor Banner, I will take the southern hemisphere and you can take the North?"

"Okay, sounds like a plan."

They quickly went to work seemingly consumed by it, however Banner occasionally glanced over his glasses to study Eric. He realized she prone to talking to herself. He wondered whether there was a thought in her head that didn't get muttered out loud. She hummed a lot but never any specific genre of music; she would begin with what sounded like opera then to 80's pop. She was strikingly beautiful. She had black hair kept up in a short ponytail. Her pale skin brought attention to her unique eyes. They were huge doe eyes, beautiful and portrayed everything that went through her head. However this wasn't the most unusual part about them. They were violet with a ring of electric blue daring to come out.

She seemed to have forgotten that Banner was there. Which made him feel slightly more comfortable. People around him were usually tense; it made him feel better to see someone so lax.

"Erica Adler," Banner said aloud.

"Yes Doctor?" Erica looked up to him. Bruce couldn't help but stare at her eyes, they were unnaturally beautiful.

"Oh nothing, sorry." He added curiously, "Your name, it's very familiar."

Erica tugged at the back of her ear. "You might have read about an Erica Holder in an article. It was my cover name when I was Astrophysicist, I have discovered a few things."

A bell rang in Banner's head. He took off his glasses gesturing to her, "Yes. Dark Matter, right?"

Erica gave Bruce a very formal head nod as she mumbled something under her breath. She was so proper. Bruce figured, SHIELD had done this to her, he ran his tongue along his bottom lip.

Erica looked down, her cheeks blushed. "I tried to hide it, but I was very excited upon hearing your name, Doctor Bruce Banner. I have read a lot of your essays."

"Well thank you, although I can't say I am the proudest of scientist." Banner bit his cheek, the other guy was nothing to be proud of.

Erica assumed what he was thinking. The poor man was tormented by his alter ego. Bruce heard her mumble a few things then finally say, "A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery."

Banner looked at her, this girl had not a clue about what a monster he was. He smiled at her anyway, the quote familiar to him, "James Joyce?"

She nodded her head and began to hum again. She began mumbling low to herself, "M51, or NGC 519423. 30 million light years away. 60 thousand light years across..."

"What are you doing?" asked Banner, he hoped she wasn't a complete nut case, there were already enough on the ship.

"Oh, sorry Sir but I go over things in my head... to keep me occupied."

"And what were you going over now?" Banner was a bit skeptical.

"I was going over galaxies, specifically the Whirlpool Galaxy."

"Ahhh, That makes sense now." he paused contemplating whether he wanted to try to continue their conversation. "So, how long have you been on the ship?"

"I came to the lab the minute I got on board. What about you doctor?"

"I arrived this morning, about the same time as the Captain." Banner let out a sigh.

"The Captain?"

"Captain America," Erica looked at him blankly, "the huge guy walking around confused."

Erica laughed a bit as she came to realize who he was talking about, "He stood out a lot compared to the rest of the ship. Especially with all the people walking around in the leather suits around here. I wonder how long it takes them to put those outfits of theirs on."

Bruce laughed as he put in some coordinates on the computer screen. "It would also explain why it's so cold in here." Erica looked at Banner and gave him a huge smile. Perhaps working here wouldn't be so bad.

Bruce wrote down the results from his and Erica's little "science experiment" however his job wasn't very hard due to the fact that Erica was very good at what she was doing.

"Oh very interesting spike in energy levels there..." Erica groaned, "I do not think the machine can sustain a lower charge than what it is already at."

Banner took off his glasses, rubbing his eyes. "You sure? We're almost there." He let out a heavy sigh and swirled his tongue against his cheek.

"Well... I could tamper with SHIELD's tech a bit and perhaps..."

"I'm sure Fury will be very happy to hear that we mess with his stuff." Banner said sardonically.

"Yes... and that vein above his eye would bulge out..." She began mumbling to herself.

Bruce laughed, he did recall on several accounts Fury's vein popping out. Erica began to laugh with him.

"Okay, Mr. Banner want to hand me a screwdriver?"

Banner gave her the Phillips head, and her attention became fixed on the machine. Halfway through screwing back on the main cover she stopped. Erica looked up quickly, confusion spread across her face; her stomach growled.

"Hungry?" Bruce smiled at her over his glasses.

"A bit," she looked down embarrassed.

Banner took off his glasses and gestured her out of the room. "Shall we?

Once again, super sorry it's so short. They get longer I promise! I'll probably try to update every Tuesday and Thursday, but if you think I should update on different days tell me. I'm not sure when I'll be posting the next chapter it will be soon though. Thanks for reading!