Warning! This chapter contains a drinking game, so mature things may come up. No explicit things though. I think it will only be one mention of something inappropriate, not too bad. Just wanted to be safe. Still rated T.

Just in case I make chapters that focus on one of the other avengers instead of Hanji, I'll make this distinction now. The person who's name is in the center of the story in bold is who will be thinking if there are italics, even though it's in third person.


Hanji Zoe

When the blindfold finally came off, Hanji noticed she was in a small, confined room with the woman and man from before standing next to her. There was a faint rumbling, but all they were doing was standing.

We're probably moving. This technology is so fascinating! I've never seen anything like this!

Eventually, the buzzing and rumbling subsided. With a chime, the doors slid open. Hanji was uncomfortable, naked almost, without her 3DMG gear. It wasn't something she took off often, much less in (possible?) enemy territory.

The three stepped out into a bigger room, but Hanji still didn't have her goggles so she couldn't see much except a faint outline and blur. She narrowed her eyes to the window in order to see, and noticed they were incredibly high up.

This building must be taller than the colossal titan! I really wish I had my goggles.

A few people were sitting in the room, but she couldn't see them well at all. The woman with red hair was still studying her, she noticed. A flash of recognition crossed her eyes and she pulled Hanji's goggles out of her bag. Hanji took them, taking off her eyepatch and putting them on before putting her eyepatch on once more.

Things came into clear now, and she could see that the people in the room were watching her intently. The woman gestured for her to come in.

If they're after my research, then Anders knows how to decipher my notes. Levi will be a good commander. I won't give in.

An awkward pall fell over the room.

"Well, not to break the awkward silence or anything, but I'm pretty sure I can hear crickets." A man with tinted glasses spoke up. He was drinking coffee, she noted. "What's she doing here? Actually, no, who is she?"

"This is commander Hanji Zoe, she's been transported from a different universe."

"So not Thanos's lovechild." The man with the glasses drawled, looking to the man with the eyepatch, who ignored him.

Second time I've heard that phrase. Who is Thanos? Why is he so important. I'll figure it out sooner or later.

"Well then eyepatch," the man with the coffee turned to Hanji, "what's your deal? Not everyday you get sent to a different universe."

"I was trying to get to a pocket dimension in order to gain new resources for the organization I'm in." That's safe enough, right?

Before the man with the coffee could answer, the man with the eyepatch spoke up. "She'll be staying with you until further notice."

"I'm sure I could figure out a way to get back to where I came from if you give me the technology." Hanji spoke up, looking at him intently.

"It's not like we're in any rush-"

"Not a rush?" Her voice dropped dangerously low. "I'm at war, eyepatch! Casualties are coming in everyday! I'm here because of a mistake, not to hurt people. Just give me the technology and I'll figure it out." By the end, she was practically seething.

Silence dropped over the room once again.

"We'll work on it. But you're in this universe now, so you're going to have to listen to our rules. Understood?"

She glared. "Yeah, I got it."

"Well then," the man with the eyepatch started, "let's do some introductions. I'm Nick Fury. The one to my left," he gestured the woman with red hair, "Is Agent Romanov."

The rest of those who were in the room started to introduce themselves.

"Tony Stark, Iron Man."

So he's the one they were talking about. What's iron man though? An alias?

"Bruce Banner, The Hulk."

They also mentioned him. And the hulk? I guess they're code names.

"Steve Rogers, Captain America."

Hanji fought back a wince. He looked very alike to Erwin, and had that same presence of authority and unity that the previous commander had carried with him.

"Is that where we are then?" Hanji cut in. "America? Is that the name of the planet? Or a country?"

"America is the country we're in right now. More specifically, we're in New York City." Agent Romanov answered. Hanji nodded in response as they started the introductions again.

"Clint Barton, Hawkeye."

"Thor."

He doesn't have a codename. I should probably ask what that's about.

"Are the names you said codenames?" She questioned.

"They're our superhero names."

"Superhero?"

You mean like the ones in books? What kind of a universe is this?

"I'm assuming you don't have them where you come from. Basically, we're a team called the Avengers. We fight threats to earth using very different skill sets." Banner answered her.

She nodded in acknowledgement. "When do I get to start working on a way back?"

"A day or so. We need to make sure you aren't a threat. Until then, you can stay with these assholes." And with that, Fury left, leaving Hanji alone.

Another awkward silence broke out. "Hey, do you have any research material? Or books? Do you even have books over here?" She was genuinely interested.

"We do. We also have something called a TV. We can show you that if you want?"

"Sure!"

She was led over to a chair, where she sat down begrudgingly, tapping her feet against each other.

"How about a drama?" Banner suggested, to which Stark shook his head to.

"No, let's do a horror." That got a few murmurs of agreement.

A few turned to her, and she nodded in agreement.

The horror movie itself was actually funny to Hanji. After all she'd seen, gore didn't bother her and she laughed at a few of the jump scares, which she had a feeling freaked out the avengers even more.

The only thing that really got her was an explosion near the end. She winced, drawing eyes toward her because it wasn't meant to be a scary scene.

"Quick, get out of here!"

"Hanji-san!"

Moblit.

The well.

The glass.

Boom.

She was snapped out of her memory when the TV shut off, everyone leaning back. It was a flashback of a sort, she knew. The battle of shiganshina was constantly on her mind.

"Well," Stark started, "I'm in the mood for a drink. Anyone down for never have I ever?"

A few murmurs of agreement hit once again.

"Never have I ever?"

A grin met her in response.


"So, in order to play never have I ever, you need to have some alcohol." Romanov was already going to the bar to get some. "When it's your turn, you think of something you've never done and say it like this. For instance, if you've never gone skydiving, you could say 'never have I ever gone skydiving.' Anyone who has gone skydiving would have to take a drink. The person with the most drink left at the end wins. You can purposefully target people too. Any questions?"

Everybody seemed to understand. They all got out some glasses, and poured some of the amber liquid in.

It's better to go along with this. It could have been a farce the whole time, and who knows what'll happen if I resist. Plus, I can take a drink. And they might reveal something if they get drunk.

"Okay eyepatch, you go first." Stark gestured to her.

In the vehicle, I heard them say car. The thing I was riding in was a car. So...

"Never have I ever driven a car." The entire group, spare Thor, groaned. She grinned.

They all took a drink, and Banner looked mildly uncomfortable. It was his turn now. He looked to Stark, a clear sign he was targeting him.

"Never have I ever tried to hug something that was trying to kill me."

"One time!" Stark sighed and slugged down a drink. Hanji followed him.

"Oh?" Romanov looked to her.

"I was a titan researcher before I was a commander. I had these two titans, Sawney and Beane. Sawney was a bit more introverted, and I'd just stuck a spear in his eye, so I decided to give him a hug. He tried to eat me, but really I think he was just having problems expressing himself."

She got a few blank looks in return.

"He was really just a misunderstood creature. And it's not his fault he wanted to eat me!" She smiled, remembering him.

"Are you insane?" Barton asked, eyes wide.

"Abnormal. Anyway, who's turn is it?"

Barton raised his hand, thinking to himself for a bit. "Never have I ever done it with a dude."

Romanov, Hanji, and Tony took a slug.

"Tony?" Barton asked, snickering. Stark shrugged in response.

"I was experimenting. My turn! This ones aimed to you two!" He pointed at Romanov and Barton.

"Never have I ever tortured somebody." The two sighed, taking a slug. Hanji did the same. The two turned towards her.

"Really?"

Hanji nodded, but didn't elaborate.

"I guess it's my turn now." Romanov mused. "Never have I ever killed a titan."

Hanji took another slug. Her mind was a bit fuzzy now, but she could take it. She wasn't a light weight.

"What are they like?" Romanov asked her.

"Horrifying. But interesting. They have incredibly light bodies and are extremely hot. They're tall, and were humans before..."

Hanji started to go on a rant, which was met with wide-eyed looks.

"We can talk about that later," not-Erwin cut in. "Never have I ever gotten drunk."

"What? Really?" Hanji perked up.

"I have a super-soldier serum that makes me unable to get drunk."

"Aye, even Asgardian mead cannot do it." Thor spoke up.

"Asgardian?" Hanji questioned.

"It's another realm, not of this earth, but in this universe." Thor explained.

This place is crazy!

"Your turn Thor."

"Ah, yes. Let me see...this one is aimed towards you, man of iron. Never have I ever stayed up for seven days with no rest doing experiments?"

Tony and Hanji both drank, grinning. The other's looked at them disapprovingly.

The game continued for a while longer before she decided to turn into bed, she didn't want to get drunk and spill anything just in case they were lying.


Avengers POV

"So, what do you guys make of her? Talking to you Natashalie." Tony questioned, looking to all of them.

Natasha rolled her eyes and looked to Steve. "You remind her of someone." He frowned at that.

"How do you figure?" He asked.

"Whenever she looks at you she gets this look in her eyes, like she recognizes you. But then she remembers you're not who she's thinking about."

"And did you see that explosion during the horror movie? I think she had a flashback." Clint cut in, grabbing for another shot.

"She does come from 850. Who knows what kind of crazy mental health ideas they have over there." Bruce spoke quietly. Murmurs of agreement were met with this.

"She could just be batshit crazy-" Natasha swatted Clint on the head. "Hey! No, but seriously. Did you see the way she talked about those titan things?"

"What is up with that anyway? I mean, we all saw the recording of her interrogation. But that's a lot of material to cover. Does Nicky want us to wean some information out of her?" Tony asked.

"I don't think so. Doesn't mean we won't do it." Natasha answered as she grabbed a potato chip out of the bag.

"Capsicle, I bet you could do it. Since you, ya know, remind her of someone. Maybe a lost love?" Tony waggled his eyebrows.

Steve sighed, setting down his drink. "Tony-"

"No." Natasha cut in. "She looked at you with respect, maybe friendship. It wasn't romantic."

"She reminds me of my Jane." Thor said abruptly. "They should meet, for both are of great intelligence."

"Now that you mention it, that would be funny to see. Anyway, what is Hanji doing right now? I'm curious." He looked to the ceiling. "Jarvis!"

"Right away sir."

"Isn't that an invasion of privacy?" Bruce muttered, and got a few shrugs in response.

"Commander Hanji seems to be researching. Shall I pull up what she's looking at?"

"Sure, J. Lay it on me."

"The Commander has searched the following:

atomic-theory

cryptozoology

Quantum mechanics

Cars

time-travel

Tony Stark

Thanos

Steve Rogers

World Map."

"So nothing too interesting. Just the usual." Tony dismissed, waving his hands a bit.

"That's a lot of research to cover in what...twenty minutes?"

Tony shrugged. "I have more stuff in my history."

"For different reasons, I'm sure." Steve spoke.

There was a beat of silence before Tony spoke up. "Capsicle, did you just make a dirty joke?"

Steve blushed furiously. "Wha-no. No. That's not what I meant. I meant that she's trying to get acclimated to our world, when you already know it. If you were in her world you'd be researching too."

"Yeah, yeah. I'm sure. Legolas, pass the potato chips?"


Meanwhile in the guest room...

"The outside world! I'm in the outside world! I saw the ocean, sure, but this? This is crazy. There aren't any titans either. And look at all this technology! Yahoo!"


Next chapter coming soon. Comment down below new ideas or opinions so far!

To be fair, every single survey corps soldiers probably has some degree of PTSD after what they've been through. So I may be writing more of that. Maybe not. Next chapter will be never have I ever because I feel like it. That moment during the explosion on the TV was meant to hint at Hanji having a PTSD flashback.

RIP Moblit