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Chapter 3

Harriett nervously paced the large bare room one the Helicarrier grimacing, and wondering where her two best friends are. The Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, Nick Fury strolled casually in and Harriett immediately stopped pacing, staring at Fury as he stared calmly back.
"What do you want Fury? And before you say anything where is Amy?" She asked and Fury raised an eyebrow.
"Miss Brookes is in a room down the hall and I can assure you that she is fine – a little scared and shaken up but fine. And for the first part of your question, you are here because of a very obvious reason. Two girls randomly appear out of nowhere in a private gym while another appears in Stark Towers – it's a little on the strange side, wouldn't you agree?" Fury asked and Harriett whipped round to stare at him, eyes wide.
"Who's the girl who appeared in Stark Towers?" She asked quickly and Fury frowned.
"A young woman your age by the name of Miss Lewis." Fury said and Harriett's eyes dropped to the floor.
"Gracie…" She muttered, relieved that her best friend of four years (which is a long time to become best friends with someone – they were practically sisters and knew each other inside out) was nearby. "Is she okay?" Harriett asked and Fury suddenly caught on.
"You know Miss Lewis?" He asked and Harriett scoffed, rolling her dark eyes.
"Please. We've been best friends for over four years – I know the girl inside out." Harriett sighed and Fury nodded.
"Okay. Agent Hill, please fetch me Miss Lewis and bring her to Compartment 104." Fury said, hand on his earpiece, presumably and Harriett let out a tiny squeal of happiness.
They waited in silence for a few minutes, before the door opened and Grace threw herself at Harriett, hugging her tightly, grinning. Harriett hugged her back, desperately and they released each other to study the other. Harriett realised with a jolt, that either her best friend had shrunk or she herself had grown taller – she hoped that she'd grown, but then dispelled the thought. Small was fun.
"Where's Amy?" Grace asked immediately and Harriett shrugged.
"I don't know. Fury separated us both – I just hope she's getting on okay. Hey, I wonder when Thor will get here – if we change too much, we could change the whole movie. Do you think he'll get here the same time?" She asked and Grace shrugged.
"I don't know. We'll just have to find out." She said and Harriett nodded as Fury watched them curiously. He'd gathered that the two girls must've been a fan of the movie that was his life and he left silently, to see if the other girl, Amy was also a fan.

"Why Avengers? Why not Doctor Who or Buffy? I mean, seriously?" Amy asked, as she stood in the corner of a room identical to both Harriett's and Grace's. "The one fanfiction that I know nothing about has to be the one that I get stuck in? Ugh, at least Grace, wherever the hell she is, and Harriett know what's going on at the moment – for all I flipping know the bloody world could be dying, getting attacked by some maniac with a shiny stick! Jeez!" Amy ranted, annoyed and a little hysterical, banging her fist against the wall…
"Ow!" She whimpered quietly, giggling to herself at her own stupidity as the door opened and Nick Fury walked in, eyebrows raised. She stood straighter immediately, eyeing the gun in his belt nervously as he studied her.
"You're friends seem to be 'fans' of the 'movie' which is our life." The Director commented and Amy smiled.
"Yeah, we love the movie, all of us… It's very entertaining and the superheroes are very… Erm, charismatic." Amy stalled, looking around edgily but trying to keep a neutral face – she didn't fool him but he let it slide.
"So, what exactly happens in the movie?" Fury asked and even though Amy didn't know properly, she knew not to tell him anyway – she'd watched enough Doctor Who that playing with time was bad and therefore could not tell him. So, she decided to have a little fun.
"Loki and Thor become friends again and you all sit round a campfire drinking cola." She grinned and Fury sighed.
"Miss Brookes, this is not a laughing matter; we need to know how to stop Loki and we need to know what happens. It would be great if you could help us." Fury explained and Amy shrugged.
"I'm sorry but if you mess with time, bad things happen. I've watched enough Doctor Who to know that." Amy said and Fury looked at her strangely.
"…Okay… Well, do you know what Dr. Banner, aka the Hulk's first name is?" Fury asked curiously; he wasn't convinced that Miss Brookes was actually an Avengers fan and this question was the easiest he could think of and would test if she was a fan or not.
Amy froze and she quickly racked her brains, trying to remember every conversation that she'd had with Harriett about the Avengers but she could only think of one name.
"Is it Steve?" She asked timidly and Fury kept his face impassive.
"Yes." Fury nodded.
"Really?" Amy asked, her face lighting up.
"No." Fury scoffed, rolling his one eye and Amy pouted, slowly sinking to the floor, beginning to cry and whimper. Harriett and Grace forced their way into the room, and Harriett's face darkened at the sight of her best friend and 'younger sister' crying on the floor. Grace quickly grabbed Harriett's arms, trying to restrain her best friend from ripping off Fury's head – and from experience she knew that her best friend definitely would try.
Amy got up from the floor, wiping her eyes and Harriett stopped struggling as Amy sighed, looking at Harriett and Grace, completely distraught.
"It wasn't Steve." She whimpered, before leaving the room and the other two girls looked at each other, before running after her, bewildered.
Harriett grabbed Amy's arm and she stopped, smiling sadly and the brunette pulled the younger girl into a tight hug, her protectiveness kicking in.
"Hey Snow-girl, it's going to be fine." Harriett assured the girl, using the nickname she came up for her, whilst playing 20 questions, as Amy whimpered onto Harriett's shoulder and after a while she pulled away, nodding, wiping her last remaining tears away and forcing a smile onto her face.
"Course it is – as long as us three are together, we can do anything, can't we?" Amy shrugged and the two girls laughed, as Fury came up behind them.
"Fury, we need some clothes." Grace said without looking at him and he frowned.
"Okay, I can get Agent Hill and Romanoff to lend-" He began but Harriett cut him off.
"No offense, but we want our own clothes. We need to go shopping."
"Miss Carter, we are on the Helicarrier, 30,000 feet in the air." Fury said and Harriett turned to glare at him.
"I couldn't care less if we were on the bloody moon! We need to go shopping, preferably in New York." Harriett snapped and Fury sighed.
"Fine. But as soon as we call, you have to come straight back." Fury ordered and the three girls nodded, grinning sneakily at each other.