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Chapter 12

Over the course of the days prior to her awakening, Adrianna slowly became Edlyn. It was funny how one name, changed who you were.

Edlyn helped Steve with the modern time and one time, he asked how fast she was adapting. She merely shrugged and replied, "Maybe I'm younger I guess."

Natasha and Adrianna got along ever since their sparring match. The Russian would invite Edlyn out shopping, finding out she was barely surviving the day with the clothes she younger out of the women, told Steve she had was going out with a friend she met and Steve was reluctant to let her go.

But nevertheless, he let her go.

"So… you're a mutant." said Natasha as they both sat down for a meal. Adrianna now accepting of becoming Edlyn in the Marvel universe, nodded.

Natasha picked up some of her salad as she watched Edlyn pick up a fry. Munching it bit by bit like a Hamster.

"How...is it going for you so far? You know, after being defrosted and all." asked Natasha, as she stole a fry.

Edlyn licked her fingers with a quick lick, before taking a bit of her chicken. "It's good. I mean, it sucked not being able to walk by myself for a while and all, but hey-" she said, giving a short shrug, "All well is good when you're alive."

Natasha smiled as her phone went off. She answered it as Edlyn quickly ate her meal. After sipping her coke, Natasha closed her phone.

She gave a short sigh and stared at Edlyn, who looked at her innocently. "What is it?" she asked, tilting her head to the side a bit.

"Fury told Stark about you and now he wants to meet you." said Natasha, looking at Edlyn.

"Uh….ookay?" said Edlyn, her eyebrows furrowing a bit. "When?"

"Today."

"..." Edlyn stared at her before blinking, "Okay then."

And this is how Edlyn found herself, standing in front of a tall mirror. Despite, Natasha's advice not to dress up for Tony, Edlyn felt it was proper to dress the part.

No, it was not a dress or a skirt. Fury decided she would be a part of SHIELD and she might as well wear a god damn suit.

Coulson and Agent Hill were kind enough to provide her a suit as Agent Hill helped find the proper sizes. She was told by Fury, that Edlyn was thin but she didn't expect to find her that thin.

Edlyn wore a slightly dark red dress shirt, with a black turtle neck and a t shirt underneath. She wore a black suit that acted more of a blazer as she had buttoned it as best as she could. She wore dark pants with black boots that were only an inch off the ground.

She begun to tie the black tie around her neck, making sure it was on right.

Agent Hill led her to the designated vehicle where Coulson was driving. "Thank you." said Edlyn, as she inclined her head a bit with a small smile. Agent Hill merely gave a small smile and nodded, before watching Coulson take Edlyn to meet Tony. Edlyn had her hair in a low ponytail as she had one of her earbuds in her ear.

"Nervous?" asked Coulson, as they were slowly going to see Tony.

Edlyn tapped her chair, "Uh...just a bit?" she said, chuckling a bit nervously. "I mean, I kind of do remember popping in before and meeting Tony himself but-" she sucked in a breath, wincing. "I didn't make a good impression. Hopefully, he doesn't launch his repulsors at me." as Edlyn begun to think back. Around this time, Tony had already made his artificial heart and had become Iron Man.

Coulson gave her a small encouraging smile before they had arrived at the home of Tony Stark. They both got off and Coulson led the way. They had entered the home of Tony Stark as Edlyn took this moment, to look around and she heard a set of heels coming towards them. 'That must be Pepper Potts.' thought Edlyn.

Sure enough, the secretary of Tony Stark and girlfriend greeted Couslon. "Hey Phil."

"Ms. Potts. Good to see you." said Coulson, giving her a small smile.

"And you must be…" said Pepper as she turned towards Edlyn.

The girl pulled her earbud, before giving a smile. She held out her hand to Pepper as they shook. "Edlyn Maxwell, nice to meet you."

"Ah- you must be the one Tony is waiting to see. My name is Pepper Potts but call me Pepper." said the red head, slightly happy at how cute she was.

Edlyn winced a bit and chuckled nervous, her hand moving to the back of her head. "Uh...yeah...hopefully, we didn't go off the wrong foot…." said Edlyn as Pepper smiled. She begun to lead Edlyn and Coulson to Tony, who was in his lab.

It seemed Tony was having trouble with his suit as Edlyn deemed, 'He must be upgrading it'

"JARVIS, I decided it to be taken off so take it off!" said Tony as the three watched.

"Sir, it's not going to come off." said JARVIS.

"Well-"

Edlyn rose her hand towards Tony and concentrated. Electric pulse begun to tingle in her fingertips as Tony could feel the armor being pulled off. As if it was being magnetized.

the armor came off him harmlessly as they flew as his eyes followed. Pepper and Coulson took a step back, preparing for the armor to hit them. However, the armor pieces stopped and hovered in front of Edlyn, who smirked slightly.

Tony stared as Edlyn waved her hand, the pieces of armor being piled neatly on a table.

She lowered her hand before resting it. She held her hand in front of her, being business like but gave a smile to Tony while inclining her head.

"Nice to meet you Tony. Again." said Edlyn who smiled nervously.

"Well, if it isn't my pops' old friend." said Tony as he went to meet her.

Edlyn sighed before placing her hand on her temple, "Pops? Really? Well...you're not wrong." she said, admitting it .

"I see you've been defrosted and up and running." said Tony as he crossed his arms in front of her. "You look better not being stuck like a caveman in ice."

Edlyn shrugged, "Not fun. Feels like you have been dunked in ice cold water….wait no, that's exactly what happened." she said. Her hand immediately flew to her face, giving herself a face-palm.

"Hm….you seem shorter." said Tony, inspecting her closer.

Immediately, Edlyn's face dropped as she gave a voice of high pitch displeasure. Her hands begun to hit Tony, like a child having a fit as Tony was trying to escape it.

Coulson and Pepper could watch on in amusement, as Tony was being chased by the ESPER.

Once everyone had calmed down, they had all sat down. Tony had given Edlyn a book as he leaned in his seat, drink in hand. Edlyn picked it up and begun tracing it.

"For some reason, I remember my dad cherishing that book and said it was meant for a certain lady friend." said Tony, obviously not pleased talking about Howard. "I thought it was my mom's but-" he shrugged, "Now I know why my mom would giggle when I first thought that."

Edlyn opened the book as it revealed pictures. In the photos, were pictures of Edlyn and Howard. There were notes and drawings, as Edlyn let out a short chuckle. "Never one to give up, huh Howard?"

"What's-" said Pepper as Edlyn closed the book and placed it gently on the table.

"I told Howard who I was and he was too curious, testing what I could do and learning as much as he could." stated Edlyn as she took a sip of her Coke. "Even when I was iced...I guess he kept trying to get me to wake up."

"Who you are…? Aren't you an Mutant?" asked Tony, "Cause I clearly remember that you were an ESPER." Tony begun to remember the times when he was a kid and looking through the book, when he was bored.

Edlyn gave a tired smile before placing a finger over her lips. "A secret, Tony. Please, don't tell anyone. Only Fury, Coulson, and now you two, know I am an ESPER...well I guess some other people know too but other than that… I am known as a Mutant."

"So that's how you levitated the pieces." said Pepper.

Edlyn nodded as she sat in her seat. "Electrokinesis." she said. "Which means also Magnetism." as she lifted the metal cup, that held Tony's drink, as a demonstration.

"So that's why JARVIS kept reading off weird electrical frequencies." said Tony as Edlyn shrugged, as he grabbed his drink back.

"I suppose yeah."

"Since you're here-" smirked Tony as Edlyn felt something in her stomach churn.

'Oh dear...' she thought before vaulting herself off the couch and running as fast as she could.

Steve waited impatiently as he looked at the time. It was nearly midnight and there hasn't been any word from Edlyn.

'Calm down...Edlyn is a girl...she can handle herself...wait- what if she got herself hurt?! W-wait, I would know...' he heard the door being unlocked as he snapped his head up.

The door opened abruptly as he got up, seeing Edlyn wearing a suit that was clearly put on hastily. She was hunched over and when she stepped inside, she had slammed the door. Boots were taken off and left on the floor, as Steve went to greet her.

"Edlyn, where have you-" Steve stopped as he saw the pissed off face, that Edlyn wore. She made an irritated face before throwing rubbing off something that looked like...glittered and coughed out confetti. There was soot all over here and he could smell burnt hair.

"Don't you frickin ask. I'm pissed off right now and I'm going to sleep. Good night." she said bitterly as she headed for her room, slamming the door.

Steve could only stare at her bedroom door, bemused.

Note: I kind of imagined Tony messing with Edlyn with her electric abilities and creating an Iron Man suit for her, since she can provide her own energy for the suit like Tony can. =3=)y