I woke up to the sound of my cell opening. I rolled over and saw a woman with short, bright red hair where the control panel was. I slowly stood up, not sure of what to do. "Follow me." She said as she turned and left the room. I wasn't sure where she wanted me to go, but it beat this confined cell, so I followed after her.

I followed her down a few corridors. She was walking so fast, I almost had to jog just to keep up with her. As we passed some other people in uniforms, they would stop and stare for a second but then continued on their way. After walking down some more hallways, we finally reached our destination.

"This is your room. It's filled with all the basic necessities. We eat dinner in an hour in the break room. If you don't come, you don't eat." And with that, she left.

She shut the door behind me and I looked around my room. It just had a bed, nightstand, chair, dresser, and a desk. There was a little window pane on the far side of the room. I walked over to look outside and all I saw was clouds. Where am I? There was a little panel above the window that could block off the view. I decided to keep it open just so there could be a little more light in the room. I looked over in the corner and I saw a door that lead into the bathroom. I looked through the dressers but they were empty. Well, I guess I'm just wearing what I have on. I took off my clothes and hopped in the shower.

I let the warm water soak my body. It had been a long time since I have actually taken a real shower. I stayed in the shower for 45 minutes until I got out. I dressed back in my same clothes and started brushing through my now dry hair. I looked over at the clock: 1750. It must be in military time. So does that mean its 5:50? I remembered the woman telling me about dinner being in an hour, so I must have about 10 minutes. I didn't feel very hungry, but decided to go just in case that Fury guy got angry. I just got out of that cell; I didn't want to go back in.

I started walking down the corridors, obviously lost. Where the heck am I? All of the hallways looked exactly the same; how was I supposed to find where the 'break room' was? I turned the corner and accidently bumped into someone. He wasn't tall like Thor, but he had short light brown hair and gave me a dirty look. "Sorry," I muttered.

"You should be," he said as he brushed past me. I just stared at him as he walked down the hall. What's his problem?! I didn't even do anything! I kept walking through the hallway for another fifteen minutes until I found where I was going.

I peeked my head in. It looks like everyone had already eaten. Oh well, I'm not that hungry anyway. I thought. I turned to leave. "Come. Sit." I heard Fury said. Well, there's no getting away now. I went in and sat down. The whole room was silent. Fury spoke up again. "You're late."

"Sorry," I muttered. "I got confused."

"Confused?" Tony Stark chuckled. "You know this place like the back of your hand! How did you get confused?"

I was puzzled when he said this. "The only thing that I know like the back of my hand, is the back of my hand." I raised my hand to show him, then turned around and looked at it. "Which I don't know really well, either." I paused as what Tony had said finally processed. "What do you mean I know this place like the back of my hand?"

Everyone was silent. It finally dawned on me. "Are you suggesting that I'm…" I looked around as none of them made eye contact with me. Well, except Thor; he was still a little confused at what they were all getting at. I stood up. "I can't believe this! I've told you numerous times that I'm not Kylie, and so has Thor! What other evidence do you need?"

It was silent for a little while longer, then Tony spoke up. "How about parents? Friends?" he asked.

This question caught me off guard. I looked down as tears threatened to expose themselves. "I don't….really…have any." I said.

"What? Parents or friends?" when I didn't answer, I'm guessing he assumed both. "Who doesn't have parents?"

My body started to heat up as my emotions threatened to spill out. "I don't really want to talk about it." I said as my voice cracked. I felt the tension lessen and I ran out before I got any hotter.

"Way to go, Stark." I heard who I remember was Captain America as I ran back to my room.

-0-

I stayed in my room until about 2 in the afternoon the next day. I decided that I should at least walk around the building to get used to my surroundings. I was walking down a couple of hallways when I passed a lab. I looked inside and saw a bunch of equipment around. I know, this might sound nerdy, but it really fascinated me. When you roamed around from place to place like I did, you didn't really get to see all of the new technology.

"Hey, Maddie." I heard someone say. I looked over and saw Tony and some other guy on the machines.

"Hi…um…" I stammered.

"Oh sorry, I guess you really don't know any of us. I'm Bruce Banner. The red headed girl is Natasha Romanoff. I'm guessing you already know who Thor is. Clint Barton is kind of the quiet one; he's mostly just an observer." So that's they guy I ran into last night. Why did Clint have a problem with me. Or maybe he had a problem with Kylie… "Steve Rogers, otherwise known as Captain America, is the one who always looks a bit…lost." Bruce said.

I chuckled at that last part. "And I'm Tony Stark. Genius, billionare, playboy, philanthropist." Tony said.

I turned to Bruce. "Is he always this cocky?"

Bruce just nodded and I chuckled. "Apple?" Tony asked as he held up an apple.

I had to admit, I was a little hungry. "Uh, sure." I said as he tossed it to me and I caught it. I took a bite as I walked over to where they were sitting. "So, whatcha doing?"

"Sciency stuff. A little complex." Tony said trying not to hurt my feelings by basically calling me dumb.

I just walked over and looked at the screen in front of them. Oh, boys. Just you wait. I though with a mental smile. "Just looks like a bit of algorithms. I'm guessing your searching for some sort of rays according to this one. Gamma rays, possibly?" I asked as I looked at both Tony and Bruce.

They were shocked and exchanged glances. "Yeah," Bruce said finally speaking up. "How did you know that?"

"I'm kind of a math and science nerd." I said as I shrugged my shoulders and took another bite.

"Yes! Finally! Where have you been these past years?" Tony exclaimed.

I laughed at his comment. "Texas." I said nonchalantly as I continued eating my apple.

"What made you move from Texas all the way to New York?" Bruce asked.

"Just travelling, I guess. I never really stay in one place for too long."

"Then how did you go to school and learn all of this?" He asked.

"I just read up about it whenever I stopped by the library. Like I said, I'm a nerd. And I'm proud." I smiled. They both laughed. "So, if I'm allowed to ask, why are you searching for gamma radiation?"

Tony chuckled. "So you've picked up on the secrecy of Nick Fury." He said, answering my 'if I'm allowed to ask' comment. I nodded. "Well…" Tony began but an alarm started blaring through the Hellicarrier. Yeah I finally figured out what I was on, and trust me, I was not happy that I was stuck in a confined area like this.

Tony grabbed my arm and started dragging my out of the lab. I dropped my apple in the process. "My apple!" I exclaimed.

Tony reached in his pocket and tossed me an orange. "Here." He said.

I gave him a look. "Do you always keep food in your pocket."

"Yup." He said. I followed him and Bruce to wherever we were going and judging by the alarm, I don't think it's good.