Authors note: Sorry but I wont be posting as often any more as unfortunately for me the Easter holidays are over and I am now back at school. Hope you like the story so far :)

Chapter 4

Ali woke up an hour later and could hear the TV. She could feel her Mum beneath her but didn't know who else was in the room, so she opened her eyes.

Natasha knew when Ali had woken up. Her arms had been vices around her for the last hour and a half, so she felt it when they slackened.

"Сейчас мы дома. (We are home now.)"

She said it into her hair as she kissed the top of Ali's head.

Ali opened her eyes to find most of the Avengers sitting on the sofas watching her with worried glances. Bucky and Pepper were over by the kitchen.

She sighed in annoyance before saying really loudly as she started to try and pull herself up off the sofa,

"I am fine!"

Natasha's arms prevented her from moving which infuriated Ali even further. Pepper came over with some pancakes on a plate for her. Ali knew they were for her but didn't even touch them and instead glared at them as they were placed on the table in front of her.

hey were pity pancakes, and she did not want pity. She just wanted things to go back to normal.

"You need to eat, and we all had pancakes for lunch."

lint saw right through Ali and knew that what he said would get her to eat and he was right.

Ali's hunger won the battle in her head. Natasha allowed her to lean forwards and take the pancakes from the small table in front of her but helped Ali move so that she was now sitting next to her.

The pancakes were gone in minutes, but Ali could feel everybody watching her when they thought she wasn't looking. The TV was still on, but nobody was really paying attention to it.

As soon as the pancakes had been finished Pepper took the empty plate and walked back towards the kitchen.

Once the plate was gone Ali quickly stood up. It probably wasn't the most sensible thing to do after what had happened, but it was the only way that she would be able to escape the sofa without someone stopping her.

Her head spun slightly as she got to her feet but other than that she felt okay. Her head hurt but nowhere near as much as it had earlier, and she could only feel a slight ache in her left arm when didn't put any pressure on it.

Everybody was now watching her with even more worried eyes and weren't even trying to hide their stares this time. That was why Ali started walking towards her room.

Walking felt nice. She felt like she had just woken up after falling asleep for a hundred years, so it felt really good to be able to move.

Nobody followed Ali because they knew that they would just anger her further if they followed her. Clint however had plans to sneak into her room later and set up the beginnings of a prank. Natasha had already programmed FRIDAY to tell them if something happened.

Once Ali was sure that she was alone in her room and that no one was going to come in. She grabbed her phone from her bag that had been placed on her bed. Someone had packed up her things from her room at the Playground and dumped them on her bed.

Looking at her messages, Ali saw that she had 20 messages and 5 missed calls from Maya. Ali could hear Maya in her head and could tell that she was getting more panicked after each message she sent.

As quickly as she could Ali texted to say hi knowing that that message would convey to Maya that she was alive and hopefully relieve some of her stress.

I overused my powers, but I am fine.

Ali had told Maya everything ages ago. At first all Maya knew about was her family but soon Ali just felt that she couldn't keep it a secret any more so told her about her powers.

Maya was quick to respond.

You are my best friend Ali and even over text I can tell when you are lying.

I fainted and fell on my wrist. It isn't broken just sprained and doesn't even hurt but I won't be going into school tomorrow. Sorry.

First of all, don't apologies and second of all I think you should take more time off than that. I have to go but will text you later.

Okay bye.

Just before Ali started to head back to the sitting room, Clint dropped down from the vents after removing a panel of the ceiling.

t was almost dinner time and Ali were starving which she guessed was down to pushing her powers to the limit yesterday. Having Clint suddenly appear was somewhat annoy and made Ali hangry.

She continued to be hangry until she what he said sunk in.

"How about tomorrow at 8 we go and play a game of seek and stalk around the tower. Just don't tell your mum."

The idea of a game of stalk and seek made Ali positively glow with excitement. It was a lot like hide and seek but the hider only had 10 seconds to hide, and the seeker had to find them and stalk them for 5 minutes before they could be declared the winner. If the hider managed to shake them off for more than 30 seconds, then they would win. It had been so long since they had played that game.

Ali nodded her head with enthusiasm.

"I will meet you by the potted plant in the lab hall."

With a nod of his head Clint left the same way that he had come.

This was one of the reasons that she loved Clint. Nobody else would let her play the game after what had happened yesterday, and they would treat her with extra caution, but Clint would always stay the same and never treat her differently.

Once Clint had left, Ali waited 5 minutes before walking into the sitting room. Tony and Bruce had gone down to their labs and Pepper had gone away to finish some of her work. Everybody else were still sitting on the sofas, apart from Bucky who was finishing making dinner.

Dinner was amazing as always, but nobody would let Ali help. She got out the dishes to put on the table, but Steve took them out of her hands before she even took a step. Ali could tell that he was about to say something to her, but she shut him up with a glare. A similar thing happened when Bucky insisted on serving her and wouldn't let her serve herself.

As soon as dinner was over Ali practice ran to her room. If she had stayed in that room with them much longer, she would have ended up throwing something at their heads.

She changed into pyjamas and sat on her bed. She was much too angry to read but knew that no one was going to let her anywhere near the training rooms, so she put on a film instead.

What surprised Ali most as she sunk deeper into the pillows and duvet was how tired she was. She had been asleep for a whole 24 hours only a few hours ago yet she still felt like if she closed her eyes, she would fall asleep.

Halfway through the movie her eyelids started to close and within seconds she was asleep.