Chapter Ten
When the elevator arrived at the communal levels of the tower and the doors opened Tony immediately looked around searching for his baby sister, but she wasn't there.
"JARVIS, where is Gabby?" Tony asked his AI
"Lying on the couch to left of the television, she has been asleep for the past five minutes" the AI responded.
When Gabby woke up she was shocked to see that the once empty living area was now filled with six new people and then Loki, Bruce, Steve and Tony. She suddenly felt anxious and wanted to disappear or at least go back to sleep until they left. She slowly sat up noticing Bruce was sat next to her watching her every move very closely. She felt an arm wrap around her waist and gently begun to hold her up and stroking her hip bone in some form of comforting motion to keep her calm.
"They don't bite I promise" Bruce carefully whispered into her ear.
She suddenly realised that everyone's attention was on her. Six pairs of new eyes all focusing on her. She felt a blush creeping up her cheeks as Tony carefully moved from the love seat him and Steve were sharing to come and sit down next to her, he could see her fight or flight mechanism was very close to going off and no one knew what would happen. He leaned in closer "Is there anyone we could call for you?" he carefully whispered expecting Gabby to say no but she nodded.
"Pass me the phone" she whispered back as Tony pulled out his cell.
Melody very carefully dialled the number she knew off by heart even if she hadn't rung him in a while.
"Hey, it's Mel" Gabby carefully said into the phone "can you come to Stark tower please" she asked hoping he would agree to visit her. "Okay sees you soon"
"He'll be here in about 10 minutes" Gabby said out loud, avoiding everyone's glance.
"Okuay, meet the rest of the team" Tony said trying to make his baby sister look up, it wasn't working.
The elevator door slid open revealing an angry looking Loki "why the hell you didn't tell me that Melody was awake and that you had moved her to the living area?" he yelled at the Avengers.
"Loki?" Gabby whispered staring at the black haired ex-god who was wearing a green hoodie, black skinny jeans and converse that slowly walked over to the couch and sat on the floor in front of Gabby.
"Anyway back to the team" Tony said "this is Pepper Potts , my personal assistant, best friend and CEO of Stark Industries" Tony explained pointing at a strawberry blonde woman wearing a white skirt suit and heels "This is James Rhodes or Rhodey my other best friend, also known as War Machine" Tony continued on gesturing to the man in an air force uniform "That's Clint Barton also known as Hawkeye and his boyfriend Agent" gesturing to a blonde man and brunette man who were sitting one of the other couches.
"Phil Coulson, agent of SHIELD" the brunette man said.
"That's Thor, my adopted brother and god of thunder" Loki said pointing to a large blonde man "and Natasha Romanoff, my other best friend and assassin, Black Widow" then the redhead who was making coffee in the kitchen area.
"Hi, I'm Tony's baby sister" Gabby said quietly.
"Don't you have a name?" Phil asked looking at the young girl trying not to scare her.
"We are working on it" Tony jumped in to defend his sister. Both Tony and Melody noticed the strange stares they received from the rest of the group so Tony instinctively continued "at the minute it's Gabby but she was called Melody by the Chapman's and Gabriella Sophia by the Starks. It may take a while to organise"
"Miss Stark, your guest has arrived. He's currently in the elevator on the way up to the communal level" JARVIS said as soon as Tony finished speaking.
"Thank you JARVIS" Gabby responded.
"Any clues on who it is or do I have to wait like everyone else?" Tony asked his baby sister who immediately shook her head so Tony shuffled closer to her and began tickling Gabby's sides until she couldn't breathe.
"Stop that Tony" Bruce yelled from the kitchen area "you might make her worst"
"Yeah, yeah I get it" Tony sighed rolling his eyes at his science bro "Tasha please come an collect your grumpy, boring half and teach him how to have a good time" Tony teased.
Just as Natasha was walking towards Bruce the elevator door slid open revealing a man who was about six feet tall with light brown curly hair who was wearing a green waistcoat, purple shirt, trousers and coat with brown shoes and purple gloves. He had white face paint and black eye make up with a large red drawn on smile. Everyone turned and looked towards the elevator and the man inside.
"Hi, I'm looking for Melody" the man said looking boldly as he briskly stepped out of the elevator.
"For the love of God couldn't you dress like a normal person?" Gabby growled from her seat next to Tony on the couch.
"Sorry I was at work" The man replied slowly walking closer to Gabby. He leant down almost as if to kiss her before Gabby slapped him on the cheek.
"Like hell you're kissing me looking like than" Gabby said
"How long is this going to take?" the man asked impatiently still staring at Gabby who quickly looked towards Tony and then across the room gauging the rest of the avenger's reactions. They all looked slightly scared. Bruce's grasp on Gabby had significantly tightened since the man had walked in, Natasha and Phil had their guns aimed at his back, Clint was ready to shoot, Loki was playing with an energy ball, Thor had his Mjölnir raised. Rhodey had disappeared and had probably gone to collect his War Machine suit.
"Yeah, it could take a while, go wash that rubbish off your face and come back here, JARVIS will direct you" Gabby said still staring at him before turning to the rest of the avengers "the rest of you calm down"
As the lift doors closed and the lift began to move down the levels the avengers all lowered their weapons and slowly relaxed again.
"So who is he?" Tony asked looking at his sister.
"He is my best friend; we started dating about three months ago but he's been working away." Gabby explained to her big brother.
"And he came all the way here on a whim" Tony asked
"Yeah, he's working on a movie further down the road" Gabby explained as the elevator doors slid open.
"Hi, is this better sweetie?" asked the man as he walked over towards Gabby who was now gently nodding as he bent down and placed a kiss on Gabby's lips.
"Brother present" Tony spat staring at the couple.
"We can fix that" Steve whispered into Tony's ear gently shuffling closer kissing his boyfriends cheek and slowly working his way up towards Tony's mouth. Tony started reciprocating very quickly.
"Everyone this is Heath, my boyfriend" Gabby began as all the Avengers apart from Steve and Tony were looking at the man who was now stood by the couch "TONY" Gabby growled as Tony and Steve continued their make out session on the couch. She fit in perfectly.
"Sorry Gabs" Steve apologised as a blush crept up his cheeks.
"Its fine Steve, where was I" Gabby said turning to the rest of the people in the room "this is Heath my boyfriend; he's an actor from Australia"
"Hey" Heath said "how are you guys?" the avenger quickly mumbled affirmative responses to Heath who was settling down on the couch next to Gabby.
"Hi, I'm Pepper, Mr Stark's CEO and assistant" Pepper said walking over to the elevator "but I need to go back to work now, I'll see you tomorrow Tony"
"See you later Pep" Tony said leaping up from the loveseat to give her a hug "now Pepper has gone does anyone want food?"
Well that started the conversation up pretty quickly now everyone was arguing about what food they wanted. After about an hour of all the avengers arguing about what choice of food they all wanted they settled on some pizza from Tony's favourite pizza parlour.
"What toppings?" Tony asked the group in front of him, he regarded them as family so already could effectively guess what the avengers would choose.