A/N: So, we've passed the one year mark on this story and its only at about 6,000 words. That's pitiful isn't it? And I know that it's been about five months since I last updated, but I'm here now, and I hope that this chapter satisfies. Also, can we just all have a moment of glee for the next phase in the MCU!


"Well then," started Agent Coulson, "since you seem to know so much about who they are, why don't we let them know a little bit about who you are?" Oh no, I thought internally, I did not want to do this. This was always the worst part of school, standing up there in front of all the other kids and having to give the little spiel about yourself, except this is worse because it's Grandad Justice and my idol, Dr. Tortured Genius. I was going to have to think of something though because they were just standing there, looking at me with these curious and expectant expressions. "Hi." Great, of course I started off awkwardly, "I'm Jolene, Walker...Jolene Walker, and I'm a mutant." There, blunt and to the point, putting the M word out there. If they don't like it then, well, I don't know, but I won't like them that's for sure. When I came to out of my inner musings, I realised they were still looking at me expectantly, well, Captain Rogers and Dr. Banner were. Giving them a questioning look I asked, "Are you just going to keep looking at me or are you going to comment on the mutant thing? Most people usually go into the whole abomination speech, or they want to send me to be experimented on, or they just kick me out." That seemed to ignite something within both men and both of their faces took on reassuring looks. "No, Jolene, if I may call you that, we were just expecting you to say something else in terms of your introduction." Bruce assured me. "Oh, well, um let's see, I am 18 and a mechanic, I don't have a high school diploma, I read minds, I like chicken tikka masala, and I live in Montana." Their jaws dropped. I tried to work the whole mind reading thing into the middle there so maybe they wouldn't notice it, but judging by their reactions, I would say they did.

Steve, looking a mite suspicious, implored, "Mind reader? Does that mean you're reading our minds right now? Is that how you actually knew who we were?" Quick to reassure him-my how the tables have turned-I said, "No! No, most definitely not! I would never, well-at least not anymore-misuse my power like that. It would be dishonorable and it would make me the monster that people think I am when they hear that I'm a mutant." I stamped my foot down at the end, having got caught up in my passionate appeal. I mean, c'mon, of course I'm not going to invade the privacy of my idol and the world's first superhero. I doubt that Agent Romanoff would be any better than Director Fury, and Agent Coulson just seems too well meaning to infringe upon his mind in that way. I can get past walls, like the one in Fury's mind easily, but when I enter a mind and I see walls, unless it's absolutely vital, I'm not going to violate them like that. The wall is there for a reason. I've never met anyone that I couldn't actually access mentally, I've had some tough cases, but they were when I was young and before I decided that it wasn't my right to do so, they don't count.

Looking satisfied with my answer, the impossible soldier nodded and turned to leave with Agent Coulson. "Wait!" I yelled after the agent, "Aren't you going to tell me what I need to do? Like how you're going to put me to use in this, still unexplained by the way, 'fast approaching disaster'?" Turning back to look at me the older man said, "There's no time for me to, I have to take Captain Rogers..." I swear he blushed a bit when he said that part, "...to the bridge to see the Director. I am sure Agent Romanoff would not be opposed to briefing you on the situation and your role in it." And with that, he and The Captain were off. Dr. Banner was still standing somewhat awkwardly in front of me and when I turned to look at the red-haired agent now standing next to him, he gave me a sheepish smile, which I returned with a beaming one of my own-I mean, how could I not? "Agent Romanoff, could you please tell me why I'm here?" Scrutinizing me with her seemingly ever-present intense stare, the woman acquiesced. "You are here because the Director thinks that your superior intellect, in combination with Dr. Banner's and one other's, will help us locate the Tesseract more quickly. He also wants to use your powers to try and gather more intel on the madman that currently has said tesseract. And to answer your question, the tesseract is a cube of what seems like pure energy that we have little understanding in terms of how it works or even exists." Wow, that is a lot to take in. "You know I'm really not going to be much help on the whole locating the tesseract thing, right? I mean, Dr. Banner and this third party are plenty of brain power I'm sure." She just kept staring at me except now there was a little bit of annoyance in her look, "Well Miss Walker, we will just have to agree to disagree. I trust that you will do as is requested of you and now I will leave you to get to work on your task with Dr. Banner. Now, I've got to go fly a plane." As she was saying this, she was already on her way out the door and before I would even build my breath for a reply, she was gone.

It was just me and the Doctor now, no reason to be nervous or anything, it's not like he's my primary role model or anything. "Umm, hi, I guess now that we've been introduced, we better get hoppin' on that tesseract thing, even though I have no idea what I'm doing, because the attractive red haired lady scares me a bit...or a lot...like pants shitting a lot." Oh god, well, I am one classy broad. I closed my eyes in defeat and fully expected him to have just up and walked out of the room by the time I opened them, I wouldn't blame him, but surprisingly he was still there, just looking at me with a calm amusement. "Why are you just standing there?" I asked him a little hesitantly. This seemed to sober him up because he immediately got a more academic look on his face and told me, "Well, there's not a lot to do right now. I've already given them advice on how to find this madman, so now we just wait until they've found him and brought him in. Which I imagine will be pretty soon because I would assume that's why the Captain and agents Coulson and Romanoff left so abruptly." I nodded and decided to just walk around the room until something caught my interest. Dr. Banner seemed to realize what I was doing and wryly offered a piece of advice, "Why don't you play some Galaga?" This must be a dream. My favourite person is in the same room as me, and he's playfully teasing me. This is too much, take me away Yahweh. But it was reality, and in reality, I blushed because I am already shit in social situations, but I become a shrinking flower around cool people, or at least people I think are cool. Dr. Banner noticed this as well, and decided to sit down at the table. Looking at me imploringly, he said, "Would you like to sit and talk for a little while? I have a feeling that it's going to be a few hours before they get back, even if they did find him. I would like to more about your mutation, if that's okay with you." I stood there for a beat before I decided to carpe diem that shit because it's not likely that I will ever be in the situation again. "So, Doctor, what would you like to know?"

"First off, what all can you do? Is there a name for your powers?" He asked rather excitedly. "Well, from what I can find on the internet and through the books at the library, I have what they call Superhuman Mentality, which basically means that I have such a high intelligence level that my brain is in overdrive and I can read minds. Supposedly, with practice and patience, I can expand that to telekinesis and who knows what, the possibilities are pretty limitless, intelligence infinitum." Bruce seemed amazed at the prospect of limitless intelligence, and I could see him queuing up many more questions. "Okay," he said, "so do you know the exact names of these possible additions that you could attain?" Sighing slightly, I prepared for a long explanation.

"Well, I know that brain manipulation is a very likely possibility seeing as I can already access people's minds. It means that I could evolve to be able to control any and every aspect of someone's brain, including my own. I'm talking autonomic system, levels of hormones released, anything within the brain, so basically anything within the body. Then there's computer perception, that means that I could pretty much think like a computer, which would be pretty crazy, but I don't think I want that. Then there are enhanced inventing and scientific intuition, but those comes along with the super intelligence territory, you and most of the other geniuses in this work have these, think Tony Stark and Reed Richards. Mr. Stark also has, in my belief, mechanical intuition, he intuitively knows how mechanical devices work and he can just draw them up in his mind with little effort. That's why his weapons company was always so ahead of the others. I have this with cars, for sure, I bet if I put my mind-pardon the pun-to it, I' be able to apply it to virtually any other mechanical concept. Hyper intuition is another possible power. This one I'm not too sure about, I don't know much about it. I am sure that I have psychic shield powers though. I don't have definitive proof, but it seems like it would go along with the other powers I already know I possess. That's about all I know, and even all of that information is iffy. Wow, that was a lot to put out there. I'm sorry if I'm giving you an overload, it's just nice to be able to tell someone who will actually be able to understand these concepts."

I gave the Doctor a moment to process all of the information I had just thrown at him and, within a few minutes, he was beaming at me. I had never felt so proud of my mutation before. "Do you know what this means, Jolene?" He asked me enthusiastically. "What does it mean, Dr. Banner?" "It means that you could be the most intelligent being on this planet and you could be a superhero."


A/N: So, I know the timeline is a little skewed, but please bear with me. It is hard to work all this in without things getting a little funky. Also, I know that their location within the ship is messed up, but let's just pretend the lab and the conference room are the same place, okay? I hope you guys like this chapter and please do not hesitate to inform me about any glaring errors, or ask me any questions if something confuses you. Thank you so much guys! You are all amazing and I hope you will give this story a chance be you an old reader or a new one. I've already got some of the next chapter done and I'll tell you this, Jolene and Tony are going to meet and they will have a 300 words argument over Captain America. Hope you enjoy the teaser:)