Hey! Thanks to Swansong, Evie Mcphey, Infinityworlds and Ninja of fallen sakura for reviewing, again, it means a lot.

Sorry for not updating for the past two weeks, but I've been on holiday.

See chapter one for the disclaimer.

Luke barely had time to take in the fact that he was on board the 'Tri-carrier' as Fury called it before he was whisked away to a another room by fury, after a brief introduction to Coulson..

Looking around the massive room, Luke was impressed. "Where are we?"

"My office. Take a seat."

Luke did so hurriedly. "Where's Iron Fust?"

"In Coulson's office getting his de-brief." Fury explained. "Water?"

Luke drained it in one as Fury watched. Once he'd finished Fury started. "Right, here's how it's going to work. I'm going to ask you three questions. And I want you to answer them honestly. Think you can manage that?"

Luke nodded, although he was a little tense at the thought of a test.

"First up. What are your powers?"

Luke blinked. Was that it? He could answer that one easy. "I'm strong. I can easily lift a car, I don't break my bones easily, and I recover from illness pretty quick as well…"

"How quick?"

"I once broke my tooth and it healed within an hour, and a broken arm only last overnight." Luke said, with just a hint of pride.

"And…"

"I'm pretty agile, I can run pretty quickly. Well, when it's not up 10 flights of stairs…oh, and I'm invincible of course." He added that last one after a short pause; it had become so normal to him by now he almost forgot about it on occasions.

"Invincible?" Fury echoed, disbelievingly, raising an eyebrow.

"My skin is bullet proof."

"How do you know that?"

"I was shot at once; it got my arm but didn't go into the skin."

"Interesting." Fury said, deciding to gloss over the fact that his friends child had been shot. He had to keep a professional distance if this was ever going to work. He was the leader of a massive organization; he couldn't seen to be playing favorites. "And how did you get these powers?"

Luke paused, before replying. "My parents ship got attacked by Zodiac. They gave me some of this serum they'd been working on before telling me to jump of the ship. It must have given me powers."

Fury nodded, that sounded exactly like the serum Luke's dad had told him about before they disappeared. "Alright final question. Why do you want to be a hero?"

Luke answered immediately. "I want to help people defend themselves. I hate it when people just pick on others for the fun of it, if being a hero helps someone I'm all for it."

"Okay, now, do you think you can work with Iron Fist?"

Luke once again paused, momentarily thrown by the question. "What?"

"You heard me. Do you think you can work with Iron Fist? In order to be a team you need to get on. I know expecting you to get on every minute of every day is a bit too much to ask for, but you still need to be able to work together, do you understand?

"Y-yes. I thought you said there were only going to be three questions?"

"I changed my mind. Now, there was some hesitation there. Some stuttering. Why?"

Sweet Christmas, this guy would make a brilliant integrator Luke thought to himself, shuffling in his seat a little.

"Well…?"

"Just something he said when we met, it doesn't matter." Luke added, realising how childish he sounded and hating it. He hated immature people.

"Yes it does, because you two can't work together efficiently if you're still holding a grudge, now in a couple of minutes I'm going to let you out of this room and I want you to find Iron Fist and talk to him, got it?"

"Well erm…"

Fury shot him stern look. "That wasn't a suggestion that was an order, okay? I will lock you in a room myself if needs be, do you understand?" Obviously Fury wouldn't do that, but it seemed to get the point across to Luke who sunk back into his chair a bit and nodded sheepishly. "Good. Now go."

Luke did, suddenly aware of how sweaty he was. He walked straight out into the entrance to the tri-carrier where Iron Fist was sitting on the floor with his eyes closed.

The black one of the duo hesitated, mentally debating what to do and weather to call Fury and tell him that Iron Fist had apparently gone into a coma. However he was saved from embarrassing himself when Iron Fist opened his eyes and said in that calm voice.

"Ah, you're here. I was told by Coulson to wait for you. I was told we were to 'air out some grievances?"

"So Coulson give you the same talk?

"Yes. Now, what is the matter?"

"Erm…" Luke had never felt so uncomfortable in his life. He was a guy, guys didn't 'air out their grievances', they just didn't. Then again both Fury and Coulson were right; the team-to-be couldn't function if they didn't sort this out. "What did you mean when you said 'A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness?"

Iron Fist got to his feet, saying. "I meant that when we met you appeared to be annoyed about something, I was attempting to get you to talk about it."

"By insulting my strength?" Luke wanted to slap himself after that sentence. He sounded like a child!

Thankfully Iron Fist didn't seem to mind. "I was not insulting your strength I was referring to your fear of showing emotions and keeping them bottled up inside. It is not healthy, you should take time out each day to consider your emotions and let the stress of the day out. Have you ever tried meditating?"

"Is that what you were doing just?"

"Correct."

"Then no."

"Never mind. It is not for everyone."

Luke suddenly found himself smiling, being drawn to Iron Fists calmness and honesty. "Hey, if we're going to work together I think we should properly introduce ourselves. I'm Luke Cage." He subconsciously took his sunglasses of when he said that.

Iron Fist hesitated for a second before taking of his mask to reveal shoulder-length blonde hair that took Luke slightly aback. "I'm Danny Rand."

Luke gave a small frown at that, the name sounded familiar…however he pushed it to the back of his mind. "Cool. Hey how bout we go explore this ship? There's probably loads of cool stuff in here…"

Fury watched from the door of his office. After hearing them talk he nodded to himself before closing the door and walking back to his desk. They'd be alright…he was sure of it.