A/N: Hey sorry guys for not updating. I had camp and It's basically the start of the year for me. So CHILL, I didn't ditch this fanfiction

Enjoy…

A small problem?

After a while, Steve and Bruce noticed the girl's absence. She had been a while and they were becoming worried as to where she had run off to.

"Should she be taking so long?" Steve asked, looking to where she had disappeared down the hallway.

"Chill, she's a teenage girl. Who knows what they do in the bathroom." Bruce replied but there was a slight edge to his tone that Steve didn't miss. He knew Bruce was worried too.

"I'm going to go check on her." Steve said getting up from his seat.

Bruce raised an eyebrow. "We don't want her to feel like we're babysitting her."

"Well technically we are! I know what it feels like to be suddenly thrown into a new world, and trust me it's uncomfortable." Steve said his voice slightly rising from emotion.

"Relax…she'll be out in a minute. Give her 5 more minutes." Bruce sighed

"3." Steve reasoned. Bruce gave another annoyed sigh and ran a hand through his hair. Sometimes Steve worried too much. He was like an annoying father but you can't help but love him. "Spending time with Tony wasn't good for you." Steve said as he sat back down.

Bruce chuckled. "Trust me, no way in hell am I like Tony. I can only take him in small doses."

Steve nodded in agreement with a small smile. Silence fell, but not an awkward one. But the tension never left. Bruce absentmindedly looked out the window trying to occupy himself, Steve watched the people in the café. Sometimes they got odd stares but they were used to it by now.

Finally Steve gave up with trying distracting himself. "I'm going to check on her now." He said getting up.

"Good luck to you. I don't advise you go into the girls bathroom though." Bruce said still staring outside the window. Steve gave him an annoyed look. He was too proper and gentlemanly to do something like that.

He walked down the hallway that he saw Charlotte go down and came to a stop at the door that had the ladies sign on it. He knocked on it lightly and heard no answer after a couple of seconds.
"Charlotte, are you okay?" Silence greeted him and his eyebrows furrowed in confusion. He knocked again but louder and he got the same answer. Silence.

He turned the knob on the door and it opened. He stepped inside and saw the keys to the door on the counter. All the cubicles were empty and he immediately knew something was wrong. He ran down the hallway and entered the restaurant. He didn't care if he got odd stares, right now he only cared about where Charlotte had run off to. He tapped Bruce on the shoulder; he turned and looked at Steve expectantly. One look at Steve's face and he knew something was up.

"What happened?"
"She's gone." Steve replied

Bruce stood up quickly and gave him an alarming look. "What do you mean she's gone?" His voice rising attracting the attention of some of the people.

"I don't know. But she's not there."

"Do you think she ran away?"

Steve shook his head. "I don't think she would do that. After all she has nowhere to go. Let's go look for her. You never know she could have just wondered off. It's easy to get distracted."

Bruce led the way out the restaurant, the bill completely forgotten. They ran down the path trying to see if they could spot her. They couldn't see her anywhere amongst the crowd. Bruce looked around frantically trying to look at each and every person's face, but it's kinda hard with so many people around. He cursed under his breath in frustration.

Suddenly they heard screams nearby and they turned to each other at the same time. They ran towards the sound, Steve running ahead as he was much faster than Bruce. It was hard to run in a crowd when they were running in the opposite direction. He was trying hard in vein to not knock anyone over by accident.

Finally they caught up to all the cause of commotion and they saw that the cause was none other than the person they were looking for. Charlotte. What he saw both amazed and scared him. He could only watch as she closed her outstretched hand and the car exploded He turned to Bruce with wide eyes and he shrugged clearly unsure of what to do. What could they do?

They saw the girl stagger slightly and Steve knew she was about to faint. He ran as fast as he could, hoping he could make it in time to catch. His hands encircled her waist just before she made contact with the ground.

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Charlottes POV

I woke up in a soft bed, my head throbbing painfully. I could hear the faint sounds of machines beeping next to me and I turned my head slightly to see an IV hanging. My eyes widened at the familiar sight and my heart began beating rapidly. I tried to get up but felt cool metal locking my wrists in place. I also noticed the same around my ankles and neck.

No, please no. Please god why me? It's always me. What did I do in my previous life to deserve such cruelty? I've had enough of the torture. Doesn't he realise that it's never going to work. I'll always be a failed experiment whether he likes it or not.

I felt tears well up in my eyes and I shut my eyes willing myself not to cry over the inevitable. Why do I have to be so pathetic? I'll always be a failure. Once a failure always a failure the words of my dad rang loud and clear in my head. I sighed, self-pity will get me nowhere.

I opened my eyes and really looked at where I was. It was unfamiliar and gasped in surprise as I realised that I wasn't at home. I forgot all about the Avengers who saved me. But what I don't get is how I got here. I thought I was out with Bruce and Steve. I realised I was in the hospital but still the question remains, why? And why are they pinning me to the bed if they are supposedly here to help me? Are they the same as my dad? They only want me for my power? Questions whirled around my head and it didn't help my situation any better.

I heard the door click open and a lady who I had never seen walked in. She wore a white lab coat and had her hair pinned up into a graceful bun.

"Hello Charlotte. My name is Christina. Feel free to call me Chris. How are you feeling?"
I didn't respond.

"Do you remember what happened?" she tried again. I still didn't respond. I wasn't about to answer questions if she didn't answer my questions first. She sighed. "This will get us nowhere darling."

"Where am I?" I asked. She better answer my questions or I'm not going to cooperate.

"At a medical centre in SHIELD headquarters." She answered. Now that name rang a bell. "We're here to help you." she said in a gentle voice.

"Then why have you got me restrained?"

She looked a little uncomfortable and wrote something down on a clipboard that I had failed to notice. "I'll come back later to see if you need anything." She said and left the room.

An hour went past and all I had for company was the soft clicking of the clock. It was beginning to annoy me. Who knew a clock could drive me mad. Was this some form of torture or something? Because if it was, it was working.

A few minutes later, the lady walked in again but this time accompanied with Steve and Bruce.

"I brought you some visitors. I assume you have some questions. You may leave when you wish." She said before leaving the room.

"Steve! Bruce!" I said. "What happened?"

"You gave us quite a shock Charlotte." Bruce said with a small smile.

Confusion spread over my face. What were they talking about? Could someone please explain to me what the hell is going on? It feels like everyone is hiding something.

Bruce looked away and Steve looked over at me in concern. "I don't understand. What happened? Why am I in a medical centre in SHIELD? I'm pretty sure I'm healthy."

"We know you've been hiding something from us." Steve said. Now I was completely confused.

"Hiding what?"

"We know that you've been coughing up blood, and we also know you have special abilities." Steve said slowly.

Realisation came over me. So that's what he was talking about. I looked at him feeling a little guilty. "I didn't want to tell you guys because I didn't want to cause you any trouble."

"Remember we are here to help you." Bruce said

"How did you find out?" I asked

"When they ran a scan over your body they pretty much figured it all out." Bruce said. "I also had a hunch. I thought it unusual as how easily you adapted." Something told me that part of what he said was a lie.

I sighed; I guess I never was really any good at hiding things. I've never really had to hide anything in my life.

"No more hiding things from us ok Charlotte. If you want us to help you, you have to open up to us a little more." Steve said.

I nodded my head as much as I could. It was a little hard with this metal thing pinning me down. "Can you please remove these?" I asked struggling against it.

Bruce and Steve gave each other a nervous look but then they unlocked them. I sighed with relief and sat up in the bed. "Remind me to never come to a medical centre in SHIELD." I said. They chuckled but I could still hear the nervousness in their voices. I kept catching them glancing at each other. The nurse came back later and unplugged the IV telling me it was safe to leave.

"Let's go home." Steve said

I followed them out through the headquarters. We got back into the car and drove back to Stark Towers. We drove in silence and I looked out the window the whole way. It was night time and was weird seeing the city in the dark. It was pretty, with all the glowing lights and signs.

Stark Towers stood out from all the rest of the buildings. It would be hard to get lost if you lived there.

"Goodnight guys. I'm going straight to bed; don't wait on me for dinner." I said going straight to my room. I didn't feel like having to sit through dinner listening to them chat and argue.

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Nobody's POV

Bruce turned to Steve after she left, "I think we need to hold a meeting."

Steve nodded in agreement. "JARVIS call the team for an important meeting."

"Yes Mr Rogers." The AI replied

Tony had a room, which they always held meetings in. Usually they had meeting at SHIELD headquarters, but sometimes Fury came to them. Bruce and Steve walked into the room a few minutes later, surprised to see Clint and Natasha already in there. They were always the speedy ones. Clint had his legs up on the table, leaning back in his chair looking quite laid back.

"Where's Tony?" Bruce asked impatiently

"Late as usual." Clint replied in a bored tone. "We can always start without him."

Steve shook his head. "No, everyone must be here. This is important."

"Is Thor back from Asgard?" Bruce asked curiously, noticing a missing Thunder God.

"Sorting out problems on Asgard. Apparently there are quite a few at the moment. I feel sorry for the poor guy" Natasha said

"So what's the urgent meeting for." Tony interrupted as he strolled in.

They all rolled their eyes, already use to his constant tardiness. Bruce and Steve quickly relayed what happened earlier that day. But they still didn't have all the details as they had no idea what happened before because she doesn't remember.

"Let me get this straight. Basically Charlotte blew up a random car with her super powers." Tony snorted

"To put it bluntly, yes." Steve replied

"But why would she do that?" Natasha asked. "She doesn't seem like the sought of person to do just do something for no reason."

"That's the thing. We don't know why she would do it. And she doesn't remember so it's not like we can ask her." Bruce sighed

"Well from what we do know. She has abilities and I don't think she has complete control over it." Clint said

"Did you tell SHIELD?" Tony asked

"No, we didn't say anything. And the medical staff didn't pick up on anything unusual except for the fact that she's coughing up blood. I'm guessing its side effects from all the testing she had to go through." Bruce explained

"Then what do we do about it? We don't have anyone who could teach her how to control it." Steve said

Nobody knew what to say. They couldn't think of anyone who would be able to teach her how to control it.

Who could?

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A/N: Sorry to leave you hanging guys. Wanted to at least update even if it is a little short. Sorry for the late update. I'm sure to update soon.