Poodle warriors: I always enjoy changing her age. In her original backstory I wrote I never established how old she'd be so I can fiddle with it a bit. Yup crazy tension indeed. Haha Thor will do everything he can to bring happiness to his brother and stop his spiral into evil.

Kurai-Tenshi015: :)

Doctor Loki love: yeah the gay comment was more taken as Loki being happy as the term wasn't always used as it is today.

Loki's dreamer: your in luck some Bruce and Amelia coming your way.

Akera writer of the night: I love Thor and Jane and I enjoy writing them too.

Chapter 14

Bruce was having a long conversation with Tony about the kinds of things most people would draw a blank on. He was currently sat in the jacuzzi just off to the side of the pool. When he actually visited Tony he had a good time. Tony could be a very enlightening person to be around when he wasn't trying to be a dick.

"Interesting theory." Tony said after he took a moment to think about what banner had said. "Have you ever considered writing your memoirs?" Tony asked. "You could call it 'me, myself and the other guy'." Tony flashed his foolish grin.

Bruce shook his head. Looked like Tony was out of smart conversation and was heading down his teasing sarcastic road. "I will never write a book about my life." Bruce told him with no thought involved. He didn't need everyone having inside knowledge of his accident and how the 'hulk' worked. It was bad enough they were making toys of him like he was some kind of super hero.

"I think I might write one." Tony said nodding. "Achieving Perfection." Tony spread his hands in the air at his made up title. He then looked at Bruce who was just staring. "No? A little too dull right?" Tony said and looked to start thinking about it.

"Mind if we use the pool?" Bruce looked to his right and saw Cephera, who looked much better then she had yesterday, and the new girl Amelia Harris coming from inside the house. Bruce instantly looked at Tony thinking this was his idea.

"Don't look at me I didn't invite them." Tony said instantly as if reading Bruce's mind.

"What?" Cephera was looking between them suspiciously.

"Nothing. Sure you and your friend can use the pool." Tony gave a smile. "Who's your friend?" He asked before they actually reached it.

"This is Amelia." Cephera told Tony and gave him a 'don't start look'. It seemed even though Tony had seen a picture of the girl before he had forgotten what she looked like. Bruce couldn't help but look them over. Cephera in her two piece purple and white bikini and Amelia in her one piece light blue one bathing suit. Amelia was a tall girl and kept fit by the looks of things, or starved from her previous life as she was pretty skinny but it didn't make her any less attractive. She looked to be a little uncomfortable just standing there. Her brown eyes looking slightly downward and her blond hair pulled back into a high ponytail.

"Nice to see you again Dr. Banner." Amelia greeted looking up. Bruce suspected her half dressed state to be her reason for her sudden shyness as she didn't seem so shy in the lab.

"Oh, the girl with the mind control power stuff." Tony said nonchalantly.

"And that's the kind of thing I warned you about." Cephera told Amelia smiling.

"You warned her? Well that's simply no fun." Tony practically huffed and Bruce held back his laugh. Cephera had known Tony enough now to work around his normal bull shit. Bruce wasn't sure if he could handle living with Tony for so long.

"I hear you're fitting in nicely at SHIELD." Bruce said ignoring Tony to speak with her.

"I'm doing ok so far." She replied with a half smile.

"I was worried you might have bailed after that attack." Bruce told her trying to be kind. He felt she needed to feel like she was needed. Like she belonged. He was glad to see Cephera had taken her in as a friend.

"I was frightened but the looks on the children's faces just made it impossibly to think of myself." Amelia answered looking thoughtful.

"I guess when dealing with situations such as that you need something to keep your mind straight." Bruce said agreeing and nodding.

"You can join us over here in the pool and chat Dr. Banner." Cephera offered. "Much more fun then Tony. Prettier company too." She was grinning wide.

Bruce laughed. "Stop trying to steal my date." Tony said shooing away the girls. Cephera took off in a dive into the pool and Amelia stood for a second and gave Bruce an almost shy smile and a little wave before disappearing into the pool as well. Bruce could hear the splashing and looked at Tony. "What?" Tony said.

"Nothing." Bruce shook his head. Only Tony could say something like that with a straight face.

"They're dating?" He heard Amelia whisper to Cephera and Bruce rubbed his forehead and gave an exasperated look at his friend.

"No that's Tony being an idiot." He heard Cephera sigh.

"What...I thought you weren't interested in girls." Tony said to Bruce waving off Bruce's irritated look.

"But I really don't want people thinking the latter either." Bruce informed him quietly so the girls didn't hear them.

"Well you have to admit she's pretty hot." Tony elbowed Bruce and suddenly Bruce felt like he was a teenage boy again.

"They are both very attractive girls." He whispered back.

"And both single." Tony pointed out. He wasn't being as quiet as Bruce would like for him to be. Bruce got that determined look on his face before he made to speak but Tony spoke beforehand. "I know, I know." Tony said. "No girls."

XxX

Bruce sat with Tony a while later enjoying a cold glass of Pepsi while Tony was on his fifth glass of...well Bruce wasn't sure what he was drinking but he knew it was alcoholic. The girls came in an hour or so after them and Tony was doing most of the talking. Amelia looked a little overwhelmed by Tony.

"Should we save her?" Cephera asked Bruce.

"I think so." He said. "Hey Tony it's getting late I'm going to head home." Tony looked up and frowned.

"But the fun just started!" He declared.

Bruce didn't listen to him he looked to Amelia who had turned her eyes on him when he spoke. "I'm headed back to D.C. if you want a lift." He offered.

Her eyes darted to Cephera. "I was going..."

"Going to take a jet back." Cephera finished for her but Bruce could tell it was a cover up. Amelia looked relieved.

"I feel ganged up on here." Tony said. "No one knows how to have fun anymore." They all ignored Tony this time.

"I'll take a ride. I like car rides." Amelia replied. Bruce smiled and they both quickly escaped Tony and his slowly escalating drunkeness. Cephera wrangled Tony down while Amelia and Bruce said very quick goodbyes. When they got outside Amelia started laughing. "Is he always like that?" She asked.

"What? Annoying, irritating, self absorbed, over bearing, no respect for boundaries..."

"Yeah all that. I mean Cephera warned me he can be weird but holy crap all those questions...and he barely gave me time to answer." Amelia was laughing and Bruce was happy to see she wasn't completely weirded out.

"You'll get used to him. Some people take more time then others." Amelia climbed into the car still smiling.

(Amelia)

Walking into the children's ward the next day Amelia was immediately pulled into Cephera's little office and the door promptly shut. "So?" Cephera asked all giddy.

"So?" Amelia shook her head confused.

"Did you enjoy your car ride with Bruce?" She nudged her.

"We just talked. He's a nice guy." Amelia replied seeing right where Cephera was headed. "Seriously we just talked. The first hour was him telling me things to expect in the future from Tony." She laughed and looked to the girl who had become something of a friend to Amelia.

When Cephera had invited her over Amelia hadn't been sure she wanted to go but she decided that she needed friends. She had become so used to being secluded with no one to talk to the past ten years she had almost let herself continue that way. Trusting was still difficult for her but Cephera was hard not to trust. The girl oozed good intentions.

"Do you like him?" She asked tiling her head and studied Amelia's face.

"He's cute and smart and funny. I guess maybe a little but I'm not ready to date anyone yet." Amelia shook her head.

"I know but having guy friends never hurts and if you guys were to grow closer then all the better." Cephera was hopping up and down excitedly.

"Wow, you need to lay off the sugar." Amelia told her grabbing her by the shoulders to stop her bouncing.

"Sorry." Cephera apologized taking a deep breath. "Ok change of subject. When are you going to agree to practice and hone those incredible mind power of yours?"

"I don't know." Amelia was a little less amused by this topic. Since she used her powers to calm all the kids at once she had been approached a few times about learning more and she wasn't sure she was ready for that either. Amelia was not sure she was ready for most things thrown at her though she did well so far.

"You know you'll need too at some point." Cephera told her.

"I know." Amelia leaned back against the door. "Hey you're one to talk. I don't even know what you do." Amelia chided.

"I copy magical energies." Cephera said wiggling her fingers.

"Right the other king of energy." They had explain the types to Amelia. She hadn't known anyone aside from Thor and Loki could preform magic. "So you can copy it."

"Yup. Copied Loki's the other day during the attack."

"So he's helping you train then?" Cephera stopped and stared confused.

"What do you mean?" She inquired standing straight and still.

"The other day I saw you guys exit the training building when I was in my room. I got a good view of the private yard from there. Granted he came out before you but I saw you after." Amelia watched Cephera's face turn red. "Oh. Not training then." Cephera's eyes popped up.

"What? No we didn't...I mean we weren't. He wanted to see what I could do so I showed him." She stuttered slightly. "And he is the last man I'd want anything to do with." Amelia put her hands up in surrender.

"Ok touchy subject moving on." She didn't like the tone now mixed in their conversation and opted for a better one. "So what's your secret for dealing with Mr. Stark? I've been doing some research on him and you've known him for a long time." Cephera's face changed again as she began go explain her view on Tony Stark. After a little while the shorter girl looked to have forgotten about the god of mischief. Amelia couldn't help but wonder what happened between the two of them.

When they left the office it was time to bring the kids for training. Amelia had begun to try and be around for this everyday and so she joined them. The kids seemed to love her and she loved the kids. She had been talking to Dr. Banner about them all on their car ride and he sounded happy that she was finding her own salvation.

Amelia meant it. Without the kids she might have ran the day they had gotten attacked. She always wanted kids of her own but now... Now she didn't know what she wanted. Her younger years eaten up in captivity. She was grateful for everyone she'd met so far at SHIELD. They gave her space and time to come to grips with her mental problems. She might never be the same again, small dark places made her want to cry and crowds reminded her of those who would watch her as she tried to preform her powers on dogs and cats. She was slowly working on herself. She took several mental breathers a day to remind herself she was safe.

She decided, thanks to Bruce, that she would take the offer for a shrink. She really needed to talk about her ordeal and it was better now then never. She wanted to have a clear mind always in case anything else happened in the facility and she needed to remain calm. Bruce had given her a card of someone he personally knew who didn't work for SHEILD. Amelia planned to call them after 'work'.