I'm sorry! I'm so so so so so sorry it's been so long! I've literally had 101 things to do and almost no time to do them all it. I'm doing my first year of GCSEs so I'm stressed out and stuff. If I'm not studying for a test, I'm sleeping and vice-versa. But here it is, the next chapter. It's pretty rubbish but it's all I could manage. Thank You for those who continue to read, I appreciate it so much!
"Pfft, that's impossible, that's impossible, and that's impossible…"
"Tony,"
"Yeah?"
"Shut up?"
"But how is that possible? Floating mountains in the sky! In the sky!"
"Tony, you are sitting in a room with a man who lives in a city in space and wields a hammer that can kill all of us in one stroke."
"But how can mountains float? Seriously, either there is no gravity in that particular part of the planet, or they are full of helium. It's impossible!"
"Tony! Shut up!"
"Make me!"
"Oh, believe me, I will…"
"Bring it on!"
And that's the day Tony Stark got beaten up by a woman. For the rest of the film, he sat, curled up on the edge of one of the sofas holding an ice pack over one of his eyes and mumbling under his breath.
"Wait, I don't understand. Why exactly are they fighting? Over a rock? Really?" Clint said with a tone of sarcasm in his voice.
Natasha sighed, "Are you really starting this again? Do you want me to make you cry like Tony?"
Tony's head shot up and he glared at Natasha.
"I do not understand either, friends. Why don't these blue humans just call forth the power of their gods and use it to smite their enemies?" Thor asked, genuine curiosity in his deep voice.
"Because Thor, this is a movie, it doesn't have to make sense. And most worlds don't believe in gods with lightning hammers that can also fly." Natasha answered rather sarcastically.
"But this world worships a tree…" Tony said, yet again, irritating the agent.
"No, they worship Eywa. They communicate to her through the tree's system." Steve answered, matter-of-factly.
Tony seemed annoyed at this, "It's hardly communication. They're talking to a tree with sparkly vines."
"It doesn't have to make sense! If you're not careful, I'll make you cry again." Natasha sneered, warningly.
"I didn't cry!"
"You did, however, get beaten up by a woman…" Steve interjected. He found this whole situation rather amusing, as did Ebony. She sat with her legs tucked up to her chest on one of the large, soft chairs and was giggling subtly, only an hour ago, she was nervous about joining the Avengers to watch a movie. She thought that she would be ruining their time and making the atmosphere in the room awkward, however, the group welcomed her and not once had the topic of her 'powers' or the fact that she found it hard to control them popped up.
"Natasha doesn't count." Tony murmured.
The assassin whipped her head round and let Tony have a dose of one of her piercing stares, "What?" She said darkly.
Tony's face drained of colour, "I meant you're too… brilliant? Yeah, too brilliant to be counted as a woman!"
"And by brilliant, he means deadly," Steve laughed, unaware of the death stare of Natasha boring into him.
Clint saw the oncoming danger and decided that an angry Natasha was not a good thing, "And by deadly he means drop-dead gorgeous!"
Ebony couldn't stop herself laughing as the group quarrelled about something so easily avoided. Bruce had suggested watching 'Avatar', which sounded like a good idea at the time, but being a scientist and having the brain that questions everything, Tony found it hard not to voice his opinions. Bruce, however, was much better at keeping his concealed. Thor simply ignored the yelling and continued to watch the screen in front of him; he smiled though at the snarky comments that were sent back and forth like a Ping-Pong ball.
A while later, the young girl made her way back to her bedroom. Her auburn hair bounced as she half walked, half skipped along the passage. The last time she felt this joyful, was years ago when she and her sister would spend their time chucking snow balls at each other in the winter. She hadn't felt this relaxed in a long time and as she accessed the room to her door and sat down on her bed, she realised that although everything was not okay, there was now hope. There was now something to work towards. And she wouldn't have to do it alone.
The rest of the Avengers, minus Bruce and Tony who had something to check on in the lab, walked merrily along the corridor to their rooms.
"I don't care, Clint! I could still beat you without my shield!" Steve grinned, trying to wind up the agent.
"Oh yeah? I doubt it," said Clint, slyly dropping a hint at the super-soldier.
Thor's booming voice echoed around them, "Silly humans, I could crush you both with just one fist."
"But Thor, you're a god! We can't beat that," Steve admitted.
"I could beat you though, Steve." Clint said, smiling.
Steve pushed him jokingly, which knocked him into one of the doors that lined the wall. "See that? I'm not even trying."
Natasha giggled, "I could beat you both with one hand tied behind my back…"
Both men looked at her and laughed, "Is that a challenge?" Clint asked.
"Only if you want it to be." She said with a hint of satisfaction in her voice.
"Well then, tomorrow morning during training. Steve, you going to join in?" Clint said, countering Natasha's stare with a look of his own.
"No, bad idea, anyways, I don't hit girls," he smiled before entering his own room.
"I will not take part either, I do not want to harm you," Thor said, stepping into the next room along.
"Well then, just us." Natasha smiled evilly.
"It looks that way. I'll see you tomorrow Romanoff, good luck." Clint replied, mockingly.
"Wait so what happens when they build up to the point when they are no longer supportable?" Tony asked. Bruce and himself were huddled over a diagram of a human with lines representing waves surrounding it.
"It becomes to much. Either the waves crush her from the inside of the field or they are all forced out of it." Bruce replied.
"So basically, she'd either implode or explode?"
"Yes, I believe so. But there is no need to worry. If we can teach her to control them then she can release them whenever she wants without any danger to herself or anyone else."
Tony scratched his chin, "How are we going to teach what we don't know?"
"I don't know yet. But we need to figure it out soon or she could be in trouble." Bruce replied, unsure. There was a moment of silence before Tony voiced his mind.
"How has she managed to deal with it for so long? She says she's had these powers all of her life but how has she managed to control them? Surely she wouldn't be able too…"
"That, Tony is a very good question. We need to try and get her to release the energy safely but properly and we need to figure out how to do this quickly, before something else happens."
So what did you think? Again I'm sorry for the delay and thanks to anyone who has read this far.
Especially I Know Love Hurts 2010, Lollypops101, Lorendiac, Kissbeforemidnight, Horizon Gus Watson and KuroHi91 for your support :)