After Andie had gotten herself presentable, had some food in her stomach, and could walk, she was led down to the sitting room. Technically it was the sitting floor, because it took up a hole floor, but that wasn't really important. She was a little tipsy, as she got use to the new feeling of her body. Not many things had changed, but she now possessed all of the skills that Steve had, and her vision was much clearer. She even felt things differently.
When she walked onto the floor, lead by Pepper, everyone had a slightly worried look on their face. Andie smiled and plopped down into a vacant armchair.
"Bruce. Would you be so kind as to get me a stethoscope?"
He looked at her a little sadly. "Why?"
"I just to check something for myself."
He sighed but got up to get his. Andie got up and walked around. "So. I have been told some of the most surprising news ever. I just want to get a few things cleared up." Bruce came back and handed her the stethoscope. "Thank you Bruce." He nodded. "So, first of all, I am the daughter of Agent Coleson, who you, Loki, Laufeyson, killed." Loki just looked at the floor, but she continued. "It's sad that I never got to meet him, but he died for what I use to think was a good cause. But he didn't die the way I would have liked him to though. But, all, if not most, of my blood was replaced with his." Here she pointed to Steve. "As well as a little of his." She turned to Thor who shifted his gaze to Steve. "So what does that mean? Am I Steve's daughter? Thor's daughter? Are we just related by blood?"
She looked around. No one quite knew what to say. Finally Tony spoke up. "I think it's safe to go with blood relation. It's an odd case."
"Yeah. No shit Sherlock. And I wonder who's fault that is." She raised her eyebrow at him. "And I'm also part god." She looked at Thor. "Does that mean that I will all of a sudden gain a very big appetite?" This brought a small smile to his face. "I hope you will excuse me for doing this, but I can't resist." She held out her hand, and Mjölnir flew into her hand. Even Andie looked surprised at this. "I really didn't expect that to work!" Thor's face was priceless though, as well as Loki's, and the two brothers looked at each other in shock. "It's a nice weapon Thor! She swung it around a little and a huge breeze came thought the room. "It's not really my thing though. Anybody else want to hold it? No?" She gave the hammer back to Thor who still sat with a bemused look on his face. She put the stethoscope in her ears, and held it against the place her heart should have been. "We'll that is interesting. No beating, just humming." She sighed. "I don't particularly like what's happened to me, but I intend to make the most of it. And I also accept your invitation to be the next Avenger. If thats alright with you." She looked at Nick Furry. He shrugged.
"Well, technically you qualify, so I don't see why not. You will need a suit though. I'm sure Tony can work that out with you." Tony nodded. There was silence for a minute, then Thor stood up. "I wish you all the best. I must be going now. I am sorry, Andie, for what has happened to you, and I wish you well. Goodbye my friends. Brother, you are doing well. Keep it up." And with that he strode out the door. A few seconds later there was a flash of lightning, and some thunder.
Next, Nick stood up. I still have a mission for you, but given recent events, I think I will just send you all the file. I'm a call away if you need me. Andie, I am sorry. And I wish you the best of luck." He shook hands with them all, then took his leave as well. The rest remained looking at each other in silence. Loki just looked at the floor. Andie got up and looked at Steve. He just stood up and hugged her. She patted his arm.
"Well now we now why I'm so athletic, and can keep up with you."
"Now we know we know why you can throw a shield so well, and shoot. And think that both of those skills will somehow effect the suit? Tony nodded.
"I have something in mind. I may need a few materials though. I would ask you to come Andie, but I think it should be a surprise. Bruce, would you like to help?" He nodded and stood up with Tony.
As the two were leaving the room, and crossed it to go over to Loki, when suddenly the humming grew louder in her ears. The Tesseract energy was, excited. "What the-" she felt excited now. Everyone was looking at her. Her instincts told her to keep walking, so she did, she reached out and touched the wall in front of her. It was vibrating.
"Don't!" Tony and Bruce had turned back a little to late. Loki was standing up now. He could feel it, now that he payed attention. He closed his eyes, and smiled. The wall in front of Andie split open, and inside, on a stand, was Loki's scepter. I practically flew towards her, and she grabbed it, and the power of this little bit of energy hit her. She could understand why Loki had been drawn to it. It felt like it was speaking to her. It could read her.
Tony and Bruce came back over and gently, cautiously took the staff from her. Andie just stood there with a dazed expression on her face, while everyone exited the room leaving her, Steve, and Loki together. Steve sighed. He could see a pattern. Leave him with the incredibly sexy god and his blood related, well, blood related girl.
Wait, sexy god? Where had that come from?
Steve shook his head of the bizarre thought. Instead he went over to Andie, and hugged her. She didn't exactly hug him back. She had her arms by her sides when he wrapped his arms around her.'she did however, put her head on his chest and close her eyes. He was strong, and she felt safe with him, unlike Loki, who when she hugged, sent electric sparks of excitement and danger through her blood. She sighed.
"I'm going to go for a swim. I want to be alone."
She nodded to Loki and Steve before walking off.
"Oh Peggy, if only you could see what's happening." Steve mumbled sadly to himself. Of course, Loki overheard him.
"Who's Peggy?" He asked the fit soldier. Loki was the god of mischief. He needed a little fun, and something to take his mind off of Andie. He thought the soldier was cute, so the flirting had not been all in jest. He knew he was attracted to both genders. Plus a few that they didn't have here. It wasn't a problem to him, but it could be for Steve.
Steve turned to face Loki. "Why do you care?"
"Because you have a picture of her on your wall and whenever you look at it, you look sad. Was she your mother?"
"No. She could have been the perfect partner, but then, well, things changed." Steve missed her a lot. They hadn't gotten to know each other as much as either of them wanted to.
"Ah. And was she the only person who could be the "perfect partner"?"
"She was the only girl who I'd had a decent conversation with. But she was perfect."
"Well there's plenty of guys."
"What?"
Loki took a few steps forward until he was a foot away from Steve. "You could always choose a guy, Steve. I'm sure you could find one."
"What are you talking about?" Steve lowered his eyes and pretended to do the innocent act even though he knew what Loki was hunting at, and it made him get butterflies in his stomach.
"You don't have to be with a girl. There are guys who would be more then happy to be with you."
"Oh." Steve crossed his arms. "You mean people like you."
Loki smiled. "No. People aren't like me. There's only one of me, and whoever gets me is going to be very very lucky."
"So you saying I should choose you because your so special?" Steve dropped his arms. And looked at the hot looking god in front of him.
Loki shrugged then moved forwards. He put his hands on the soldiers shoulders, and let them run down to his wrists. He held his hands there, and felt the soldiers pulse quicken. He looked into Steve's eyes. He pupils were small. Those were good signs. Loki stepped closer and whispered in his ear.
"I'm saying you shouldn't let opportunities pass you bye." Loki then walked off smirking to himself, leaving Steve standing there slightly shocked, his pants suddenly tighter. They didn't call him Loki Silvertung for no reason.
Down at the pool, Andie swam and swam and swam. She burned off some energy. She climbed up the stairs to the diving board. It was only 14 feet high. She had never done more then a single flip before. She stood at the edge of the board and jumped. She attempted to do a triple flip. She landed with a smack to the water. She hadn't quite made the last turn, and she landed on her back. The sting of the water was quite painful, but it was what she needed. It felt good. She tried again, knowing what her mistake had been. She did it perfectly. Boring. She climbed again, and jumped. This time she just kept herself at the bottom, seeing how long she could hold her breath for. Two minutes and a half minutes. Double her normal time at her best. Not be. She let herself float to the surface. She decided it was time for a walk.
Ten minutes later she found herself standing outside of her so called "dads" office building. 9 west 57 street. She stared up at the building, wondering what he was doing and how he was feeling about certain circumstances.
20 minutes later she was walking down one of the many trails in Central Park. It was one of the deserted trails. Nice and quiet. Quiet until she heard the scream. She looked around. She saw a tunnel ahead of her. There were a few figures in their. They were beating something with sticks.
A large gang had surrounded a boy, and they were hitting him.
"Stop!" She yelled as she ran forwards.
One of the members stepped forwards, motioning for them to stop. The child lay on the ground sobbing. "Run!" She told him. The boy scrambled to his feet and took off running. She looked at the gang. There were about ten. They looked like they should be in collage. The man who stepped forwards, most likely the leader of the gang stepped forwards.
"And who do you think you are doll?" He asked, with a lopsided grin on his face.
"It doesn't matter. But you shouldn't go around picking on little kids." Andie turned her back and started to walk away. She felt a hand on her shoulder, and she tensed. She should have let them alone, but she couldn't have left them to beat the kid.
"Not so fast missy." The kid threw his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it. "Nobody tells me what to do!"
"Well I just did." She saw him motion to his cronies. She sighed. She drew her fist back and punched him as hard as she could. He fell down, holding his face.
"You whore!" He screamed. "Get her!" He yelled at his men. Andie shook her head.
"That wasn't a very nice thing to call me." She silently cursed her self for using so much energy. She wasn't armed, and didn't know if she could take on all of them at once. The men circled her, all attacking at once. She did a good job on them. She wasn't hurt, but they were attacking so fast, that she couldn't hit anywhere vital, and they kept coming.
Why hasn't the Tesseract energy kicked in yet?
She frowned. She closed her eyes to reach for the power, but that was her mistake. As soon as she closed her eyes, five of the men pinned her down. She struggled, but felt her arm bent up in a painful angle, and she was brought to the ground.
"Pin her down." Came the cool voice of the leader. She was immediately thrown onto her back, and the largest man sat on her chest, painfully pinning her arms behind her back and squishing them into the ground, and knocking the wind out of her. She couldn't see past the man who was straddling her chest.
"You are something, missy, but I think it's time we thought you your place. We might even keep you with the rest if our bitches if you please us."
No. Oh god. No. Loki, somebody find, me please.
Tony and Bruce had finished picking out materials they thought would be good for the suit they thought would work for Andie.
"JARVIS! Can you fetch Andie please?" Tony asked.
There was a pause. "JARVIS?"
"Andie is not present sir."
Both men in the room looked at each other worriedly.
"Did she leave?"
"Yes sir."
"Well can you find her?"
"She is not wearing any piece of equipment k could track her by."
Bruce pulled up security footage of the nearby area.
"Tiny! She stopped at a building. She didn't go inside- oh. It was the place her so called dad worked at. The last camera we have shows her taking a path in Central Park."
"Do you think she's okay?"
Bruce shrugged. I haven't got a clue. You should check just in case. Take Steve and Loki and go check."
"Why can't you go? Because I don't want to get mad about a small thing and rip up the park. Now go!"
"Alright." Tony grabbed his coat. "JARVIS! Have Reindeer games and Spangles meet me out front."
"Yes sir."
Tony, Steve, and Loki, after being informed of what had happened, began walking towards the park.
Andie felt her pants being slid off as well as her underwear. She was met with a breeze. Two other men came forwards, and held her legs apart.
Well, there goes my virginity. There's no stopping this. What happened to the Tesseract energy?
"I do hope you enjoy this. We can take our time, since no one is coming for you. So I have the first treat here." He crept closer. "Oh! A nice tight virgin! I love those!"
Andie felt something slide up where it shouldn't. She squirmed. Suddenly it vibrated. She let out a noise that was a mixture between a scream and a groan. This man had just thrust device into her, and it hurt. She tried to kick away, earning a punch from the man on top of her. Her head slammed back, and she tasted blood. She also felt her body tingling.
It's the feeling of doom
She felt the device being pulled out of her, and seconds later, raw fingers plunged into her. She screamed in pain, and suddenly the tingling was like a roaring wave.
It's not doom. It's energy
As the three Avengers walked through the park, they saw a boy come running towards them crying and bloody.
Steve, always the one with compassion, stopped the boy.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"There was this gang, and they were beating me up for something I didn't do. Then this really brave girl came along and stopped them. I fear the worst for her though."
The three were getting nervous.
"Hey. We can help. You may have seen us before?"
"You-your-your your Captain America, Iron Man, and... Hey! He tried to take over New York! I thought he was gone! He killed my parents!"
Loki changed form in the blink of an eye and slapped the kid.
"Do I look like the man who tried to take over the world? No. I'm agent Natasha. You were imagining things. Now could you lead us to where this girl is?"
The boy blinked slowly, trying to process what had happened. He nodded slowly, then led them off at a brisk trot.
Andie now easily overpowered most of the men she disarmed a man of his knife, and wasted no time cutting veins, stabbing, and breaking limbs. There were two men left. One kicked her in the area that had just bin abused. She felt the pain even through the energy, and doubled over, before popping back up and stabbing his face. A man grabbed her in a choke hold from the back, and she flipped him over, before stabbing him in the heart, and grabbing his concealed gun.
Idiot. He should have used it. Lucky me he didn't.
Andie pulled her pants on, and took the leader by his arm, and made him kneel. She cocked the gun and pointed it at him. He put his hands up. In surrender. Neither saw the four people watching the scene. Tony stopped them and pulled them to the side of the road. "I want to see how she handles this."
Andie glared down at the man. "Give me your phone." He handed it up to her, and she dialed a number. Tony's phone started to ring in his pocket. He flipped it open, and heard Andie's voice. She sounded cheerful. "Tony! Hey! Well, I was just uh, taking a little stroll in the park, and I happened to come across a group of the thugs. They seem to have gotten themselves injured pretty badly. Tony stared at the figure lying to him on the phone, but he smiled.
"Oh. That's a pity. Well, I'll see what I can do."
"Thanks Tony." She hung up, and threw the phone to the side. Tony motioned to the others follow closer so they could hear what she was saying to the man on his knees. The tunnel made the noise louder, so they could still hear without making their presence known.
"I should shoot you. I could you know. I will."
"Please! Please don't shoot! I surrender!"
"Is that what all of your victims said? All of the innocent people you've hurt?"
"Please! I promise I won't ever hurt anyone again! Just spare me. Don't kill me, please."
"Okay."
"Do you swear?"
"You have my word." The man looked relieved. But it was shortly lived. Andie shot him. Once in each leg, in each arm, then finally the stomach. It was cruel thing to do, but he was a cruel man. Andie felt a hand on her shoulder, and raised the gun instinctively. Then she realized it was Loki.
"That was a heartless thing to do Andie."
"I'm a heartless person Loki, and he deserved it." She saw the rest of the group standing at the entrance to the tunnel looking slightly stunned. She sighed. "How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough. Come on. We're walking back. I assume you have
somewhere to be?" Tony turned to the boy who nodded and walked off. "Andie you look awful."
"I'm fine. Really! I am! Lets go!" The others cast each other glances,of doubt behind her back. They were only a short way out of the tunnel when the last of the energy died away. Suddenly the pain hit Andie hard. "Shit." She fell on her knees. A broken rib, black eye, split lip, and her southern region. The pain was burning.
Steve rushed forwards and helped her to her feet. She brushed him off quickly. She just wanted a shower. "Andie! Are you sure your ok?"
"Clearly she's not." Loki snapped.
"Lets just get back. Bruce can bandage her."
"Thank you Tony! Speaking words of wisdom!" And she set off. She limped because of the pain. She found a nearby trash, and vomited. So Steve, against her protests, picked her up and carried her. He could see another pattern forming. And he didn't like it.
