A Few hours Later – S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
"Stuttgard, Germany. 28 Konigstrasse." One of the agents informs them all once they had located Loki "He's not exactly hiding."
Fury turns to Steve "Captain, you're up."
As Steve leaves to go suit up Fury turns to Hill "I need you to go pick up our special guest."
Hill's eyes widen "You got her."
Fury nods "Scotland. Go fast. She'll be ready. The Captain's gonna need some help."
Hill nods and quickly makes her way out the control room and to the fastest jet they had.
Scotland
"So he can get the government off our backs?" Xander asks astonished, as Buffy finishes explaining the rest of what had happened during her meeting with Fury.
Buffy nods as she continues to pace around her office.
Xander sighs and rubs his forehead as he tries to absorb and process everything she had just told him "So basically he's blackmailing you."
"Pretty much." Buffy pauses and turns to face her friend as she leans against her desk "But..."
Xander raises an eyebrow "But what Buff?"
"I agreed to help him."
Xander's eyes widen and he stands, staring at her shocked "Buffy, what the hell?!"
Buffy sighs "I know, but Xander me helping him could save us from dealing with another twilight. We lost 15 girls during that battle with them..." Buffy takes a shaky breath as she forces the grief down "I won't let that happen again. These girls they're my family. They're your family."
Xander rubs his head, he completely understood where she was coming from but the underlying hint of fear and worry for his best friend was eating at him "Buff, the last time you went up against a God—"
"I died." She finishes as the words leave her, she automatically starts rubbing her knuckles where the scars from the night she was resurrected were still visible. The blonde glanced down at her knuckles before she forces herself to look away and shoves back down the memories of that night threatening to break free. Buffy takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself before she looks directly into Xander's eye "Xander we both know that if you were in my boat, you would do the exact same thing."
Xander looks at her sadly before hugging her tightly.
Buffy slightly stunned hugs him back just as tightly "Take care of the girls. And Dawn."
Xander chuckles "Yeah I'll look after previous Giant now Centaur Dawn."
Buffy laughs at that only to freeze at Xander's next words "Promise me. You'll be careful."
Buffy pulls away and offers him a small smile "I will. Plus I'm gonna be on superhero team thing-y. Not just me."
Xander smile before he realizes something "What about your dad?"
Buffy sighs and moves to lean against the desk again "Oh he's gonna pissed. I promised him I'd stay safe out of SHIELD's grasp. But I don't have a choice here."
"Buffy, I—"
Before Xander can finish his question Buffy's phone starts ringing, Buffy's eyes widen as she realizes it's not her phone but the phone Fury gave her.
"Avengers Assesmble." Xander mutters as he sees the look on her face.
Buffy rolls her eyes "That would be funny but you've used that joke before right before I went up against the vamp bitch Sunday in college."
Xander pouts "Dammit. Stupid Xander."
Buffy shakes her head in amusement as Xander tries to come up with more Avengers jokes before finally, she answers the phone "Hello Furry man."
Buffy hears Fury chuckle on the other end of the phone "Time to suit up, Miss Summers. We found Loki. Sent the god old captain after—"
Buffy frowns in confusion "Wait Captain—as in Steve Rogers Captain, I thought he was all frozen and stuff." Buffy looks over at Xander who had frozen at the sound of Steve Rodgers name and now looked like an excited child.
"Not anymore. I've sent Agent Hill to come and collect you on her way to Germany. It's time to go to war."
"Wait." Buffy says "I thought you were gonna come and get me if you think I'm just gonna get in a car with one your lackeys you are so dead wrong. Send Nat."
Fury sighs knowing he should have expected this type of reaction from her "Like you, I have a headquarters to run. And Agent Romanoff is currently with Captain Rogers."
Buffy sighs "Fine. But you so owe me and if this woman irritates me I'm so gonna kick your ass. Plus if you're tricking me, you know—"
"You'll kick me ass got it. Now look out the window your rides here. See you soon Slayer."
Before Buffy can get another word in Fury hangs up the phone, the blonde sighs before quickly looking out the window to see a SHIELD jet land on the moor.
"You have got to be kidding me."
Xander steps up behind Buffy and takes a peek at the jet before whistling, "Can't deny the man travels in style."
Buffy rolls her eyes "Guess there's just one thing I need to do now. Bye Xander." Buffy gives her friend another hug before heading for the door.
"Buffy!" Xander calls making her pause before turning to him "Could you get Captain America to sign my trading cards? Pretty Please?"
Buffy stares at him baffled before merely walking out the room astonished. The blonde heads down the hall towards her room. She quickly puts on her gear from the mission earlier groaning at the smell of demon blonde. She ignores the smell best she can before she quickly grabs her rucksack stuffing a few things inside before approaching the wooden closet in the back of the room.
Slowly she pulls the double doors open and smiles as the red glow is revealed.
She smiles at the Scythe before grasping it in her hand and heading out the door.
"Ms. Summers. I'm Agent Maria Hill. Director Fury sent me." Hill says as Buffy approaches her.
Buffy nods "Already know. I had a talk with your boss. We ready?"
Hill smiles before leading the blonde onto the jet.
As they step inside Buffy freezes and whistles "Wow. Very...agent-y." She mutters as Maria moves towards the controls.
"I suggest you hold on." Hill says before suddenly the jet zooms up causing Buffy to drop to the ground and land painfully with a 'thump.'
Buffy groans before standing and approaching Hill "Thanks for the warning." She says sarcastically.
Hill glances at the slayer "You may want this." She says before putting the plane onto autopilot and standing, she head towards the back of the plane and reaches into a small draw.
Buffy frowns in confusion before finally Hill tosses her a long black wig with a fringe and a pair of black sunglasses.
"They're yours." Hill assures her "Didn't have time to grab the suit, figured those would do for now."
Buffy frowns "How did you-
Hill sighs "Well stole them from Stark. You're in hiding Miss Summers, but don't forget you are Tony Stark's daughter. You're the world's sweetheart, that's why you wore the glasses and wig for all those years.
Buffy sighs before giving the agent a nod.
Hill offers her a small smile before moving back to the controls.
Buffy stands there and stares at the wig in her hands. The last time she had worn this she had been a completely different person,it was another time, hell another world altogether.
Buffy huffs to herself, she had hung up her vigilante days the day she left New York, she was supposed to be living her life. A normal life but then Dark Willow and the First had changed all that. Then all the Slayers were called, it was that moment that Buffy knew her life would never be normal but in that moment she had accepted that because she knew for once she wouldn't be the only one. The only girl in the world.
She built herself a new life one she was happy with, but now here she was again. Right back where she started.
Buffy moves and stares at herself in the glass of the window. She closes her eyes and slips on the wig before placing on her glasses.
Finally, she opens her eyes and sighs "Hello, again."
