It turns out that "team building" was fighting a SHIELD created goo-monster and his baby goo's in an old airplane hangar with the new guys. As stupid as the goo-monster is he was surprisingly difficult to kill. I ducked behind my SHIELD as a lump of glowing green plasma was shot in my direction. I scanned the scene trying to form a plan. Hawkeye and Ravenwing were shooting at the thing from ledges near the top of the ceiling on either side of the monster, in the same positions on the ground SilentNight and BlackWidow were shooting at the creatures legs and the Captain was beside them throwing his shield. Iron Man and Iron Angel circled around the things head blasting at it. The Roar and Hulk were handling the miniature goo monsters behind us. A voice came over the radio.
"I think that dark spot in its chest is its heart." One of the guys, I think it was Hawkeye, announced over the intercom. It gave me an idea.
"Guys I think I have a plan, Angel can you swoop down here and pick me up?"
"I'm low on power; I don't think I can carry someone else right now."
"I can do it." Iron Man interjected.
"Great, come down here pick me up and fly me towards its heart. Hawk, Rave, Night, and Widow can you guys keep its arms and legs occupied for a while.
"Got it." They called together through the com.
"If I may ask what's the plan." Captain America said, suddenly appearing beside me.
"I don't have time to explain it, you'll see."
"We've got a problem," Iron Man announced, "there are too many goo-nies in the way I can fly above you but not low enough to pick you up."
"Go ahead and fly over I'll give her a boost." The Captain replied. Iron Man got closer and The Captain linked his fingers together. I put my foot in his hands and he lifted me up into Iron Man's arm. As we got closer to the heart of the monster I slipped one of my bracelets off my arm and into my hand. The bracelets doubled as grenades and were probably the coolest thing about my stupid outfit.
"How far towards its heart do you want to go?" Iron Man asked from behind me.
"As close as you can get, and go as fast as you can too!" He looked unsure. "Trust me!" I added. The speed picked up and before I knew it I was right at the things chest. I thrust the arm that held the bracelet forward, as Iron Man continued to charge. My arm broke through the gooey chest and I dropped the bracelet.
"Get back!" I yelled. Immediately the thrusters switched directions and were shooting backwards at a break neck speed. We were moving so fast I could barely see it when the monster exploded and showered the hanger with glowing green rain.
"Good work guys." Fury's voice came over the com.
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We had to report to the conference room immediately, which meant that I was sitting here in my stupid uniform covered in green goo as Fur ypointed out the high's and low's of the training exercise.
"Miss America, good job coming up with a plan and getting both teams to work together." I nodded not trusting myself to say anything that wasn't, 'so can I go get a shower now'. "Dr. Banner, Miss Shift, you two made an excellent team in taking down those smaller creatures." "Unfortunately this exercise had repercussions that we did not expect, because of the creatures chemical make up some damage was done to some of the lower floors. Everything is fine except for…"
"Our floors." I interrupted him; we lived on the three lowest floors in SHIELD.
"Unfortunately, you are correct, so all of you Defenders must find a place to stay for a while until it can be fixed."
"How long will that take?" Kathryn asked.
"Anywhere from two weeks to a month." We all groaned.
"They can stay with us." Stark interrupted our misery.
"What?" I asked surprised.
"We have lots of room at the tower and two weeks isn't really that long of a time so you guys can stay with us until your rooms get fixed." I wasn't sure if he had any ulterior motives for offering us shelter, or if he was just temporarily going insane, but there was no way I was going to pass up free housing. As long as the rest of the guys were okay with it. I looked into my team members eyes. They seemed to be having the same thoughts as I was so I nodded and turned back to Stark.
"We'll take it."
