p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background-color: transparent;"After changing into your own suit while Tony nagged you from the other side of your bedroom door, you headed to training where the others waited. They seemed impatient to begin and gave you warning looks as Tony and you finally arrived. Bruce was once again in the control booth and as he began the countdown, you and the team got into position. This time there were twice as many dummies accompanied once more by a bombard of wooden pellets. This time you decided to work on your force field while also keep your flames alight. You also worked on your gun skills, finding you weren't as rusty as you thought. The session ended in a mess of dummies and wooden pellets, as you felt mentally exhausted from the exercise and the others looked just as hard done./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Well, I think my head is going to explode." You said tucking your gloves into your belt./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""My muscles are screaming." Nat said as she leaned against you and you gave a tired groan. "Let's go back to my room and try not to die." She joked as you walked out of the gym, leaving the men to their own devices. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I can't promise that." You said as you dragged yourself along the hall./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" You got to Nat's room, the two of you stripping out of your sweat drenched suits. Nat left you sprawled in your underwear on the bed as she went to shower and you let the cool air embrace you. As you listened to the buzz of the shower in the adjoining room, you heard something in the hallway but just ignored it. The noise sounded once again and so you figured a small peak couldn't hurt. Sticking your head out the door, you saw nothing, but heard the noise once more. You looked up and down the hall and decided it was safe to take a few steps out. As you neared the noise, you found the source to be a vent cover vibrating from the blast of air emitting from it. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" You kicked yourself for being concerned and returned to Nat's door but realized that it was locked. Shit. You could hear the shower still going and knocked as loud as you could, but it was futile. You were stranded in the hallway with nothing but your panties and sports bra. Just when you though it couldn't get any worse, you heard footsteps coming from around the corner and you knocked furiously on Nat's door. But the shower continued to buzz and you realized it was too late. You turned as Steve rounded the corner and you tried to cover yourself with your hands. Steve stopped as he saw you and his cheeks glowed redder than you had ever seen them before./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Uh," He stuttered trying to figure out where to look, "I-I-I..."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Turn around, Steve!" You almost shouted, but didn't want to attract any more attention. Steve covered his eyes at once with his hand and turned his back to you./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I didn't mean to look...but I wasn't expecting you to be-." He said embarrassed./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I didn't expect to be out here either." You banged on the door once more. "But I locked myself out. Nat please." You heard the shower stop and waited for Nat to realize your mistake. "Listen Steve," You said, trying to make it less awkward, "Don't worry about this whole...debacle, we'll just act like it never happened." You reassured him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Of course, never happened." He said, rubbing the back of his neck and you knocked again. The door finally opened and you rushed in, "Later, Steve." You yelled behind you, closing the door as quickly as possible./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Steve?!" Natasha said./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Just-never mention this again." You said, colouring as she laughed./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I can only try." She said, tossing you a tank top and sweats from inside her dresser./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" Dinner went by as usual, although you kept catching Steve giving you awkward stares and the other guys sneaking their own prolonged gazes. The rest of the night was much of the same as you hung around in the living room gazing out the giant window at the incredible view, the stars and moon shining down peacefully over the red and yellow lights of neighbouring building. Being exhausted from the arduous training, you decided to retire earlier than usual and fell into a heavy sleep, weighed down by your sore muscles and aching head./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" You dreamed of nothing but a pitch black as you were swallowed up by the world of dreams. Slowly, as you subconsciously felt dawn approaching, the black faded away and you were lying on your bed, wide awake. You stared at the ceiling, you realized you couldn't move, that you were weighed down by some unseen force. All that you could hear was your own soft breathing as you struggled to break free. If you could have, you would've jumped when you heard a familiar, sinister voice from beside you. You couldn't even move your head to stare at the dark haired demi-god standing above you, but soon enough you could see Loki's pale face staring down at you as you fought for any sort of movement./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" He touched your cheek, surprisingly gentle, and you felt helpless as you saw the unsettling light behind his eyes. At this, you forced yourself to scream and the dream fell away as you awoke for real this time. You sat up in bed and looked around; no sign of Loki. You sat in bed for a few more minutes building up the strength to get yourself up. Finally, you pushed the covers off and crawled off the bed, sweeping the loose hair out of your face. You looked in the mirror hesitating as your eyes seemed to be alight and as you focused, you noticed that the metallic silver had travelled to even more of your hair. Instead of a few roots and strands, their was now a thick streak disturbing your natural colour./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" Blinking at yourself in the mirror a few times, you kicked yourself and began your morning ritual of brushing your teeth. Please with the spotlessness of your pearly whites, you stretched your arms before turning the bathroom handle. As you entered your bedroom once more, something inside you shouted and you slowly walked across the soft, rich carpet. As you heard something move behind you, you turned but found yourself blinded, first by a blue flash and then sinking into an unconscious black./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Well, I think my head is going to explode." You said tucking your gloves into your belt./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""My muscles are screaming." Nat said as she leaned against you and you gave a tired groan. "Let's go back to my room and try not to die." She joked as you walked out of the gym, leaving the men to their own devices. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I can't promise that." You said as you dragged yourself along the hall./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" You got to Nat's room, the two of you stripping out of your sweat drenched suits. Nat left you sprawled in your underwear on the bed as she went to shower and you let the cool air embrace you. As you listened to the buzz of the shower in the adjoining room, you heard something in the hallway but just ignored it. The noise sounded once again and so you figured a small peak couldn't hurt. Sticking your head out the door, you saw nothing, but heard the noise once more. You looked up and down the hall and decided it was safe to take a few steps out. As you neared the noise, you found the source to be a vent cover vibrating from the blast of air emitting from it. /span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" You kicked yourself for being concerned and returned to Nat's door but realized that it was locked. Shit. You could hear the shower still going and knocked as loud as you could, but it was futile. You were stranded in the hallway with nothing but your panties and sports bra. Just when you though it couldn't get any worse, you heard footsteps coming from around the corner and you knocked furiously on Nat's door. But the shower continued to buzz and you realized it was too late. You turned as Steve rounded the corner and you tried to cover yourself with your hands. Steve stopped as he saw you and his cheeks glowed redder than you had ever seen them before./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Uh," He stuttered trying to figure out where to look, "I-I-I..."/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Turn around, Steve!" You almost shouted, but didn't want to attract any more attention. Steve covered his eyes at once with his hand and turned his back to you./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I didn't mean to look...but I wasn't expecting you to be-." He said embarrassed./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I didn't expect to be out here either." You banged on the door once more. "But I locked myself out. Nat please." You heard the shower stop and waited for Nat to realize your mistake. "Listen Steve," You said, trying to make it less awkward, "Don't worry about this whole...debacle, we'll just act like it never happened." You reassured him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Of course, never happened." He said, rubbing the back of his neck and you knocked again. The door finally opened and you rushed in, "Later, Steve." You yelled behind you, closing the door as quickly as possible./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Steve?!" Natasha said./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""Just-never mention this again." You said, colouring as she laughed./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;""I can only try." She said, tossing you a tank top and sweats from inside her dresser./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" Dinner went by as usual, although you kept catching Steve giving you awkward stares and the other guys sneaking their own prolonged gazes. The rest of the night was much of the same as you hung around in the living room gazing out the giant window at the incredible view, the stars and moon shining down peacefully over the red and yellow lights of neighbouring building. Being exhausted from the arduous training, you decided to retire earlier than usual and fell into a heavy sleep, weighed down by your sore muscles and aching head./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" You dreamed of nothing but a pitch black as you were swallowed up by the world of dreams. Slowly, as you subconsciously felt dawn approaching, the black faded away and you were lying on your bed, wide awake. You stared at the ceiling, you realized you couldn't move, that you were weighed down by some unseen force. All that you could hear was your own soft breathing as you struggled to break free. If you could have, you would've jumped when you heard a familiar, sinister voice from beside you. You couldn't even move your head to stare at the dark haired demi-god standing above you, but soon enough you could see Loki's pale face staring down at you as you fought for any sort of movement./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" He touched your cheek, surprisingly gentle, and you felt helpless as you saw the unsettling light behind his eyes. At this, you forced yourself to scream and the dream fell away as you awoke for real this time. You sat up in bed and looked around; no sign of Loki. You sat in bed for a few more minutes building up the strength to get yourself up. Finally, you pushed the covers off and crawled off the bed, sweeping the loose hair out of your face. You looked in the mirror hesitating as your eyes seemed to be alight and as you focused, you noticed that the metallic silver had travelled to even more of your hair. Instead of a few roots and strands, their was now a thick streak disturbing your natural colour./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"span style="background: transparent;" Blinking at yourself in the mirror a few times, you kicked yourself and began your morning ritual of brushing your teeth. Please with the spotlessness of your pearly whites, you stretched your arms before turning the bathroom handle. As you entered your bedroom once more, something inside you shouted and you slowly walked across the soft, rich carpet. As you heard something move behind you, you turned but found yourself blinded, first by a blue flash and then sinking into an unconscious black./span/p