Chapter Four Disclaimer: I'll own the Avengers when pigs fly...hmmm, good idea...(a.k.a. I don't own Avengers)

When the quinjet landed, Piper instantly started scanning every person's mind for possible enemies and to learn everything she could about S.H.I.E.L.D. She had refused to do this to her drivers or Coulson, because they might get into trouble for it, if anyone ever found out they had given away agency secrets. No matter how much say they had in it.

In a few seconds, Piper had learned where they were. The jet had landed on a 'helicarrier' or a flying aircraft carrier. Soon, the helicarrier would be taking off.

Upon exiting the aircraft, Piper was met with a young red haired woman – Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. the Black Widow, according to everyone else's thoughts about her.

"Welcome Cap, Coulson." She turned to Piper. "And…?"

"Piper."

"Pleasure to meet you." Natasha replied to Piper's rather brusque answer.

The spy faced Agent Coulson and murmured something about going to Fury. Piper surveyed the close edge of the helicarrier uneasily. Water had always been an issue since her dr-

'Don't go there.' She stopped herself from making a grave mistake.

Natasha strode in front of the two new arrivals. "So, Captain America. There was quite the buzz around here, finding you in the ice. I thought Coulson was gonna swoon. Did he ask you to sign his Captain America trading cards yet?"

"Trading cards?" the captain asked in disbelief.

"They're vintage, he's very proud." Natasha responded teasingly. With a glance at Piper, she spoke again. "What about you, Piper? How are you gonna help us?"

Piper shrugged, her expression closed. "I can do most things physically possible for men and many things that are not." She stared challengingly at the spy. Anyone probing into her personal information was enough to make her incensed. "So don't ask me."

Natasha flashed a questioning look at Steve, who only shrugged helplessly. "Like what kind of things?"

Piper swung to stop directly in front of the spy, intent on showing the agent just what she could do easily. Already, Piper had picked an important item from Natasha's mind and was knowing it. Learning it. Then she made the air molecules, the matter, in front of her condense into the object. It was a picture of a little redhead girl with her parents, framed with fake gold and black wood. Piper handed it to the startled agent and turning on her heel, she stalked off.

Natasha stood staring numbly after the retreating girl, before lowering her gaze to the picture. It was her….and her parents. This picture had been taken so long ago, she hardly remembered it. 'How did that girl know about it?'

"Ma'am? Agent Romanoff?" The captain prompted.

She shook herself. "Have you met Dr. Banner?" she asked, changing the subject. "He's right over there." She pointed out a gray haired man with glasses coming out of another quinjet.

Steve noticed the change in subject, but he didn't push it. The two headed over. "Dr. Banner."

Dr. Banner turned to see them coming. "Oh, yeah. Hi. They told me you'd be coming."

Steve shook hands with him. "Word is you can find the cube."

Bruce huffed a bit. "Is that the only word on me?"

Steve smiled easily. "Only word I care about."

Piper used information from the others on the deck and on her way to find the path to the bridge. With this info, she also built a map of the facility in her head. The bridge itself was incredible, but she wasn't given enough time to look around before a deep voice spoke her name.

"Piperijanay. Pleasure to meet you." Piper stiffened at the name and turned to see a black man with an eyepatch at the main platform. "Where is your escort? Agent Romanoff?"

Piper found the man's mind to be extremely hard to navigate, but she found his name. "Director Nick Fury. It's just Piper." She spun slowly to scour the room with her focused glare. "I don't need to be shown around."

"I'm glad you agreed to help us." Fury spoke deliberately, trying to measure her character.

"I did it for my people." Piper confronted the man again. "I'll do anything for them. That's why I'm here."

The Director nodded slowly, studying the slight girl in front of him. "I know." He jerked his head at one of the agents on the bridge. "We have a room where you can get cleaned up. Agent Hoffman will show you to it."

Piper interrupted. "I know where it is."

Fury narrowed his eye at her. "How?"

She smiled, but it held no amusement or warmth. "I thought you knew my abilities. Take a guess." She whirled and began towards her room….heading the right way.

Fury dismissed the agent, shaking his head. 'She reads minds very efficiently. She'll be the first against Loki when we get him.' He decided, then turning his attention to the screens before him.

Piper found her room and cleaned herself up, changing into a specially made uniform for her, consisting of black Swiss army pants and a black tank top. Her black combat boots now held two knives each and her belt could carry two guns with bullets to reload. Her forearms were covered by her own personal protection: leather pads wrapped around them and the palms of her hands. Without the grime on her face and the ratty clothes, Piper looked very lethal and deadly.

She sat on the floor with her legs crossed in front of her, palms flat to the cold surface. Piper was converging her energy to its highest potential and fully unlocking her abilities. To live in the city, Piper had to tone down her energy output. Living in the world was dangerous when she was an immense energy keeper.

When Piper opened her normally dark eyes again, they were a luminous, vibrant green – a visible sign of her potency and power.

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