Hello everybody! I'm so sorry it has taken so long to update Lily. I've been battling writer's block and am unsure of where I am wanting this story to go. None the less, I shall continue Lily and hopefully it'll be a story you all love! As always, please read, enjoy, and review! Also don't forget to check out my other fanficition: Music to His Ears (My first ever time writing a fanfiction with Loki!) Thank you all so much!
Chapter 6
Orientation
It had been a few weeks since Lily had been attacked by HYDRA in the middle of New York. Per Doctor Strange's orders, she was not participating in sparring but was training her powers with Wanda and Vision. Over the weeks, the two avengers had showed Lily that she could actually fly using her abilities and that she could control the energy, allowing her to form it into weapons. After one particular exhausting day of training, Lily came trudging into the shared living room and plopped face first onto the sofa. Tony was the only one nearby to hear her as he poked his head out from the kitchen. He grabbed his cup of coffee before going to sit across from her in the arm chair.
"What's the matter lightbrite?" Tony asked, causing the teen to groan at his new nickname for her.
'Exhausted.' Lily replied as she turned to look at him. 'Though I don't mind Ms. Wanda and Mr. Vision pushing me. I found out I can focus my powers into a ball and throw it so it bounces around to hit enemies.'
Tony couldn't help but laugh at how much Vision was rubbing off on Lily, since she now was so formal with everyone. He took a sip of his coffee, fiddling with a bracelet in his hand.
"That's pretty cool kid." Tony smiled, tossing the bracelet at her. "Try this on."
The thin piece of what Lily assumed to be silver landed on the table. She sat up and carefully grabbed the item, sliding it onto her wrist.
'It's pretty.' Lily smiled as she looked at the delicate bracelet on her wrist.
"Tap it twice." Tony instructed.
Lily tilted her head but obeyed, tapping it twice. Soon, nanites poured out of the bracelet covering her whole body up to her neck. It seemed to form a suit similar in material to Peter's Spiderman suit but was gold and purple. Lily stood up and ran to the nearest reflective surface to look at it. She spun around, looking at every detail of the suit. Tony just smiled as Lily ran over to him and hugged him tightly.
'Thank you so much Mr. Stark.' Lily thanked him mentally.
Tony chuckled as he patted her back. "No problem kid."
Just then, Wanda and Vision walked into the room. The pair smiled as they saw Tony and Lily. Lily could sense them enter and quickly returned to her seat on the couch.
"Lily, there is someone I would like for you to meet." Wanda stated as she stepped aside as if to reveal someone.
However, no one was behind her. The witch rolled her eyes as a blue streak of light zoomed behind her and stood in the empty spot.
"Hello there." Pietro's thick accent greeted as he actually walked over to Lily.
"Lily, this is my twin brother, Pietro." Wanda introduced. "Pietro, this is Lily, the newest Avenger."
"It is a pleasure to meet you." Pietro smiled.
Lily smiled back, unsure if the Pietro was aware of her only being able to use telepathy for now. She just waved at the silver haired man before her. The speedster quirked an eyebrow before he finally understood, sitting beside the teen. Wanda had told him how Lily was just like the two of them.
"It's ok Lily." Wanda smiled. "He knows."
'Hello Mr. Maximoff.' Lily telepathically greeted the Sokovian with a smile.
"So I heard my sister has been helping to train you to use your powers." Pietro stated as he reclined more against the couch. "And just call me Pietro."
'Mrs. Maximoff and Mr. Vision have been helping me to control them.' Lily nodded.
Tony cleared his throat, alerting everyone that he was in fact still in the room. Pietro just rolled his as he diverted his icy blue eyes to the billionaire. It was no secret that the Maximoff twins were still uneasy around Tony, but had grown to slightly trust him.
"Well now that that little meeting is done, why don't we all go show the other's what Lily has learned from her training?" Tony suggested.
'Do I have to?' She groaned the question.
"I think it is an excellent idea." Vision chimed in.
She was already tired from her training, but a part of her was excited to show the other's what she had learned. However, Lily rose from her spot on the couch, knowing that the billionaire would not take "no" for an answer. Tony smiled as he stood up as well, the small group moving to the training facility within the compound. All of the others were already gathered there, looking to the door as the small group entered. Lily noticed that everyone was in their standard uniform.
'So… how do we want to show everybody?' Lily asked as she looked at everyone.
"Oh that's simple," Natasha smirked a bit as she stepped forward, "You'll be sparring some of us. Don't worry… We'll go easy on you."
Lily nodded as she stepped forward, one of her hands glowing with golden energy. Steve, Natasha, and Clint stepped forward opposite of her. Lily could feel her heart racing as she waited for them to make the first move. Clint drew an arrow from his quiver as Natasha was the first to lunge at Lily, who created a shield with the energy to block the series of kicks and punches from the assassin in front of her. Her navy eyes saw a glimmer from the corner of her eyes. She couldn't react in time as Steve's shield crashed into behind her knees, causing the teen to fall backwards. Clint fired an arrow at the downed teen; however she caught it in a ball of energy and launched it at Steve. With that distraction, she was able to create two whips of energy from her hands. Steve launched his shield at Lily once more, charging behind it at her. She used her whip to deflect the shield as the other whip wrapped around the soldier's ankle, tripping him. Lily was unaware of Clint sneaking up behind her until his bow was around her neck as she was in a choke hold. Lily gasped in pain, her neck still having stitches from the surgery.
"Not bad kid… but you let your guard down." Clint criticized as he kept a tight grip on his bow.
Lily let out a strangled gasp as she clawed at the archer's arms to release her. Her eyes began to glow as her whole body became engulfed in golden energy. Moments later, a large arc of energy radiated from her, knocking everyone and everything down in the room. The windows shattered as glass flew out of them. Lily fell to her knees, panting lightly. Her navy eyes scanned the room, suddenly fear filling with fear as she saw the destruction she had caused. She stood up and ran out as everyone was just getting to their feet.
"Lily wait!" Wanda called out as she stood up. "Pietro… go talk to her."
Pietro stood up with a groan as he sped out of the room. He slowed to a stop just outside of the compound, icy blue eyes scanning the surroundings to try and find Lily. Small whimpers caught his attention as he walked over to a large tree near the edge of the compound. Curled up into a small ball was Lily. He sat down beside her, his larger pale hand ruffled her silver hair.
"You know… you really kicked ass back there." Pietro tried to lighten the mood.
Lily shook her head as her navy eyes were focused on the ground. They all probably hated her now. She was trying to control her powers… how could she let them get out of control?
'I messed up.' Lily admitted to the older male. 'I was supposed to show them that I was in control of my powers… but I showed them that I have as much control as the day they rescued me.'
Pietro chuckled softly. "Lily… if we all could fully control our gifts then we would have no need to train. The only one to accomplish that is probably Vision. Even my sister has troubles with her powers. It will all take time."
The Sokovian stood up, brushing his pants off before offering a hand to Lily. She looked up at him, accepting the hand and standing too. He quickly picked her up bridal style and sped back to the others. The two arrived in a haze of blue light before he stopped and set her down.
"Don't scare us like that again Lightbrite…" Tony put a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you ok Lily?" Wanda asked with concern lacing her voice as she looked at neck to make sure Clint didn't hurt her.
'I'm fine… I'm sorry I messed up.' Lily apologized to everyone.
"You didn't mess up Lily." The witch smiled sweetly at the teen.
'But…'
"No buts that was an amazing display of your powers and we all couldn't be any more proud of you." Vision interjected.
Lily felt a huge relief, smiling happily at the praise from her mentors. Clint walked over to her, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Hey sorry about that, I honestly forgot about your surgery." The archer apologized.
'It's ok Mr. Clint.' She smiled in response.
"Welcome to the team kid." Natasha clapped a hand on her back.
