Chapter 4

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I gasp. It was Sam! She looked shocked, as she smiled ear to ear.

"Kate!" She yelled. I blinked; mouth dropped a big smile on my face.

"Sam?!" She squeals and pulls me into a hug. "B-But. I….Wha-, how?" I couldn't find my words til I look past, seeing Natasha smiling, still standing in the elevator.

"Ms. Rushmen told me about you and that you were still alive!" We pull out of the hug and I raised an eyebrow, but then receive a look from Natasha. That must be her undercover name. I thought. Cool! I look back to her.

"I can't believe you're still alive." I exclaim; looking her over. She gives me a confused look and a laugh.

"What do ya mean by that?" She laughs a little, slightly confused. My smile fades and I look to Natasha. She comes out of the elevator, giving a nod and then walks over to Pepper. I turn back, giving a reassuring smile.

"Here, follow me." She smiles and nods. Following me into the elevator as we climb to my room, I take a deep breath.

~0~

Sam looked close to tears. I told her about my parents, we were now standing in my room.

"Kate…I am so sorry." She pulls me into a gentle hug. I nod, resting my head on her shoulder. "I wish I knew, but after I moved. I didn't speak to your parents' mu-"

"Wait, you moved?" I ask, pulling out of her hug. She nodded.

"Yeah, we live a few blocks away from here." She says; a small smile appears on her face. I brighten up.

"Really!? That's amazing!" I say; putting a hand on her shoulder. She nods.

"It's no Frederick, but it's ok." I smile. We sit in silence for a moment before Sam speaks up again. "So, I have question." She starts. I chuckle, looking at her; an eyebrow raised. "Why are you living in Stark Tower!?" She laughs. I laugh too.

"Long story. A very, very long one." I admit. She shrugs, sitting crisscross on my bed.

"I got time." She grins. I open my mouth to begin and stop. Can I just start talking about the Avengers with her? I mean, I could accidentally give away classified info or what if she shouldn't be here in the first place? I got lost in thought. Sam snaps her fingers in front of my face and I blink out of my thoughts. "So…?" I stare at her.

"I'll be right back." I run to the elevator and push the button several times. It finally opens and I run in. As the door slowly closes I peek out to see if she was following than bring my head back in as it closes.

~0~

I run up to Clint and Natasha after I emerge from the elevator.

"What can I tell her?" I start. Clint raised an eyebrow. Natasha hesitates.

"Well, what is she asking about?" She says in a calm voice. I let out a breath.

"Everything." Clint chuckles and Natasha's assuring face went blank. She thinks for a minute.

"Can I get back to you on that?" She says sweetly. I nod and she drags Clint into the kitchen. I go over to the couch and sit down. I hear bits and pieces of their conversation.

A few minutes later Pepper comes over. I look up and smile.

"So, on a scale of 1-10, how long have you known Sam?" She asked. I smirk.

"11" She gives a little chuckle.

"So, you trust her with your life." She says. I give a nod, and then laugh.

"Let's hope it doesn't come down to that though." I say with a face. Pepper smiles; putting a hand on my shoulder before returning to the sitting area. Natasha walks over, along with Clint.

"Alright." She starts. I sit up straighter, waiting for a reply. "We'll go ask everyone if there ok with her knowing about them, and if everyone's in agreement…then you can tell her everything." Natasha says; a hint of sternness in her voice. I smile and nod.

I get up and run to the elevator.

~0~

A while later, Natasha had gotten everyone's approval. Now Sam and I were getting into the elevator, on our way to the communal floor.

We walk out once the door opens. I glance at Sam who was looking around at everyone. Surprisingly, everyone was here.

Clint was watching a new show airing on TV, Natasha was sending a mission report to that guy Director Fury, Tony was tinkering with the glove of his suit while making small talk with Bruce, Pepper was on the phone with someone from work, and Steve was reading a book, and having an occasional word with Clint.

Pepper looks up and smiles. So does everyone else. They all look at each other; Pepper puts her phone away and walks over.

"So, Sam." She begins. Sam makes a face, and then smiles. I chuckle. "We understand you want some answers?" She says a slight laugh in her voice. Sam glances at the people behind Pepper, than me. I smirk.

"...yeah..." She says slowly. Pepper chucked.

"Ok, well why don't you come meet everyone." Pepper leads her over to the sitting area. Natasha and Clint look up first, and then Steve does. "This is Natasha Romanoff. And-" Sam holds up her hands.

"Wait, you told me your name was Natalie Rushmen!" Sam says, feeling betrayed but smiling. Natasha just gives a small smile.

"And this is Clint Barton." She says. Clint smiles and holds out his fist. She shrugs and fist bumps him, grinning. I smile, I'm glad they're warming up to her, sort a. I chuckle to myself. "This is Steve Rogers." Pepper says; turning Sam around by the shoulders. Steve had stood up and held out a hand.

"Ma'am." Sam smiles, shaking his hand. I see her blush slightly and hold a hand to my mouth so I didn't laugh. "Tony!" Pepper yells to get his attention. He looks up, and so does Bruce. Bruce comes over first. "Sam, this is Bruce Banner." She introduces. Sam smiles and shakes his hand.

"Pleasure." Tony waves in her direction.

"Hi." And that was all. Pepper and I sigh.

"That's as close as he'll get to a proper introduction." I say, Sam giggled. Pepper looks around.

"Yeah, and that's everyone." She declares. I smile. Sam nods, looking at everyone, who was looking back at them. Sam looked at everyone for a second, turning and glancing at all the faces. He mouth was open like she wanted to say something. I knew she was catching on that I was kinda living with the Avengers. She continues to look and then her eyes widen.

"Y-your t-the..." She tries to get out. I grinned.

"The Avengers? Yeah. That's us." Tony says plainly, not taking his eyes off his glove. Sam gulped, and then a big smile appeared on her face. She ran toward me and grabbed my arm. I yelp as she starts pulling toward the elevator. We get in and it starts closing.

"Be back in a moment!" She says before it closes.

...

Everyone looks at each other.

"What was that all about?" Clint spoke up. Everyone shrugged.

…

The door closes and I look at Sam.

"YOU'RE LIVING WITH THE AVENGERS!" She screams; jumping up and down. I laugh, and nod.

"Yeah, Sam. I'm living with the Avengers." I repeat putting my hands on her shoulders to contain her jumping. She started waving her hands really fast and I chuckle. She starts taking deep breaths, she had a huge grin on her face and I couldn't start smiling. The door opens and we go to my room; opening the door, I close it behind us.

"Ok-" she walks over to my bed and sits down. I walk over, sitting next to her. "Just start from the beginning." She says. I nod; letting out a breath.

"Well...the day that SHIELD found me, they were on a mission; trying to take down the people that took me and several others, for-...a certain reason you don't need to know and I never really understood." She nods. "Yeah, so...uh, they were trying to find all of the hostages-including me- and Steve found me first..." I see her smile. She shoulders me.

"That must of made your day am I right?" She says nudging me. I look at her and laugh.

"You're the one who blushed when he said hi!" I laugh; bolding hi in my wording. She shrugged. "And plus, I didn't even recognize him at the time." I say. She raised an eyebrow.

"How?! He's Captain America." She says, sounding astonished. I stare off for a minute.

"I was being held against me will for 8 months, I wasn't playing the guess who game, Sam." I laugh. She giggled.

"So what happened next?" I think for a moment.

"Well, after I decided on going with them, I went to the Helicarrier thing, - or what her it's called. And-"

"Wait, wait-. Wait. When you decided on going with them? Why wouldn't you?" She says.

"No, you don't get it. I didn't know who they were. Even if they were nice to me at the time I didn't know who to really trust. I couldn't be sure they would treat me like they did." I say. She hesitates before nodding.

"I'm so sorry you had to go through that." She pulled me into a hug. I give a small smile.

"Well, at least there gonna let me stay here in the meantime." I say. She nods, after pulled out of the hug, them she raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean by mean time?" I sighed.

"I'm not living here forever Sam. I know there just keeping me here til I tell them more about why I was taken." She furrowed her eyebrows.

"We'll that sucks." She says. I shrug. She smiles and puts a hand on my shoulder. "At least you have them til that time comes." I smile.

~0~

After Sam went home, I went back to the communal floor. As I entered, I saw everyone looking in my direction.

I slow down. They didn't look mad, but not happy either.

"Ok, what did I do wrong? - Was I being too pushy about Sam? - or was it-"

"We're not mad Kate; we just need to talk to you about something." Steve says. I nod, walking over and siting on the couch. I look around, turns out, Tony and Bruce weren't here.

"So, I heard you talking to Sam." Natasha spoke up. I stop, my breath caught in my throat.

"What did you hear?" I ask, slightly mad, but didn't show it to much in my voice. They all look at each other.

"About you only being hear for a certain reason." Natasha says. I gave a nod.

"Kate weren't not going to lie to you, but your right." Steve says. "We thought that if you spent some time with people you could trust than it would be easier for you to get back out there." He says. I nodded again. I knew I would be here for a reason but not like this. I thought.

"I know that's not it." I look at him. He furrowed his eyebrows. "I'm not stupid. I know you all are trying to figure out my ability." I say. All of their eyebrows shot up.

I look at them; they looked defeated on that one. Natasha looked clueless for a change on what to say, Clint had his mouth open as to say 'ooh…busted!' And Steve looked clueless on what to say as well, Pepper was avoiding eye contact with anyone.

"I uh, I don't know what to say." Steve admits. I keep my eyes on him, and then look at the floor.

"You know if you had just asked me from the beginning I might have told you. But sense it was done this way, how do I not know you're trying to by my friendship, so you can report to Fury about my progress and if you can get rid of me yet?!" I say in a serious tone.

"Kate, it's nothing like that." Natasha says in a gentle voice. I shake my head.

"You might as well send me to a foster home now instead of later because I'm not telling you my ability." I get up and walk to the elevator. It opens and I go down to the lobby.

I run out the door and away from the tower.

...

They all sat on the couch stunned. Steve got up first and was about to walk toward the elevator when Natasha stopped him.

"Just give her some time. If she doesn't come back then we'll go look for her." He thinks about it before giving a nod and sitting back down.

There you go! That's a cliff hanger for ya! Check in to see what happens to Kate! The next chap is like a part to of this.