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Stark Tower: Trinity:

It had been a couple of days since the baseball game with Steve. Since then, we were much more comfortable around each other and I had somehow become his go-to person for anything he didn't understand. I think this mainly was due to the fact that he didn't get on too well with Stark, Banner confused him with long winded explanations, Thor was just as clueless as him, Lola wasn't the most concise person and Clint wasn't around too much. It didn't bother me too much and he was a quick learner.

Tony had generously provided us with a floor per person, fully equipped with a small kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom. It was bigger than my apartment with a much better view. I had woken up early this morning and walked out of the elevator into the top floor of the building where the communal kitchen was. We spent a lot of time in the main living room area of the tower, which was on the top floor. Everyone except Tony (who was always in his workshop or trying to get us drunk) devoted most of their time going through files, searching for any clues that could point us in the right direction to who had attacked the helicarrier. So far we hadn't come up with anything.

Bruce was the only one up so far; he was sitting at the breakfast bar nursing a mug of coffee and poring over some familiar looking papers.

"Morning!" I called over to him, and he jumped slightly giving me a guilty look.

"You're up early." He said, glancing down at his papers. As I neared I looked down and saw that they were some of my research papers. I raised an eyebrow at him and he smiled sheepishly. "I couldn't resist looking, I am sorry, once a doctor, always a doctor."

I chuckled at that and went to poor myself a mug of coffee. "I don't mind really, did you find anything interesting?"

"Actually, I thought of a few ideas for you." He said, turning the file back open again to the page he was at.

"Anything you can suggest will be much appreciated, I have been looking for so long that I think I lost the ability to be objective." I said, sitting on the counter across from him.

"Well, have you ever considered using Gamma Radiation?" He asked.

"I have, but the position of the tumour makes it difficult to target specifically without risk of damaging the outer tissue of the brain."

"Yes but you could use a gamma-knife surgery and it could target that specific point. If you use a high-dose exposure then the tissues that you may hit will have a better chance of repairing."

"Yeah, but Rothkamm and Lobrich used a different study than what this is. There is no way of knowing how the high doses of radiation would affect the brain tissues. They may become too damaged to send signals to repair itself."

"That is true, but you don't know that." He commented, "Why haven't you started a clinical trial yet? "

"I don't have enough research done, I haven't-"

"Yes you do, what are you waiting for?" He cut me off, looking me straight in the eye as he asked, "What are you afraid of Trinity?"

I looked down and sighed, "Do you know the percentage of people who die in clinical trials, before we get it right?"

He nodded slowly, "But I have a feeling that you know as well as I do, how many more people could benefit from this procedure. When it works." I nodded, "No one likes the trial phase, but it is a necessary part of the job. You can do it."

"Thanks." I said, and mean it. "I guess I will have to put that off now anyway, we have so much else to figure out and I have no idea when I'll have a chance to get back to my real job."

He nodded into his mug and passed me the file, which he had just been reading; apparently he had said all he wanted to say about it.

"That's true but being here isn't too bad is it? And have we made any progress yet?" he asked

I shook my head, "No its not." I said smiling "But we are getting close, Lola's hacking every powerful British person's computers daily. That has to be so beyond illegal but she is far too good to ever get caught."

"It scares you sometimes doesn't it." He stated knowingly.

"I don't know how you stay so calm through all of this." I sighed

"Well it isn't like I have much of a choice," He smiled ruefully, "and I think being around Tony has built up my tolerance for surprises and stress."

"I guess being around Tony you would have to build up some kind of immunity." I agreed.

"Doctors, how you wound me!" Tony's voice came from where he had just stepped out of the elevator.

"Speak of the devil." I joked, glancing at Tony.

"I would prefer Satan's little helper, it has a nicer ring to it." He answered, walking to the coffee pot, "Hey Doc, fetch my mug will you?"

I sighed and levitated his mug out of the cupboard towards him, "What did your last slave die of?"

"I didn't know you were dead, Trinity." Bruce chuckled as I whacked Tony over the back of his head. "Why do people always feel the need to do that?" He demanded.

"Maybe you just deserve it more than most." Bruce reasoned, trying to keep a straight face.

"I do not! JARVIS, do I deserve it more than most?"

"According to the number of remarks you make that warrant being hit on the head, compared to the rest of the avengers, yes, you do sir."

Bruce and I burst out laughing at the AI unit's reply. It had taken some getting used to hearing JARVIS's voice just coming out of seemingly nowhere, but it was another thing that became part of the daily routine, like hitting Tony Stark and discussing gamma radiation with Bruce Banner.

"Treacherous little…I built you from nothing" Tony began muttering as he walked to the computers set up in the corner waking them up.

Bruce and I just shared a smirk and I set about making myself some breakfast. Just an average morning for me now.

Okay, so I'm going to start off by saying Gamma Radiation is not - in any way shape or form - my forte. I used wikipedia in the hopes that it was right and would look semi-knowledgeable. Secondly, this is just a small filler chapter, I just had to have some doctor bonding and Tony somehow got himself in there too... Anyway, thanks for the continued favourites and alerts and, of course, reviews!

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