Bruce's P.O.V:
I woke up early in the morning to prepare breakfast and ask Emily if she had anything planned for today. To my surprise, the lovebirds were still sleeping and protected by the watchful eyes of the rest of the team. Everyone was eyeing Emily as if she
was an expensive porcelain doll. Steve looked amazed; Tony went back to monogamy after Pepper, Clint, well it was hard to tell since he had a serious face as did Natasha, but she thought the interesting part would be after they wake. "Banner, so this
is the mysterious girl Tony has been protecting from the press?" Natasha broke the silence.
"Yes, her name is Emily D'Morgana. They have been dating for almost seven months, and I would love if you guys left the room before she wakes up." I said.
"May we ask why?" Steve said.
"Well…how can I put this gently…"
"Don't sugar coat it," Tony whispered with his eyes closed. "She almost got kidnapped."
The others were shocked to hear Tony's words. They badgered him questions like if the kidnappers wanted some sort of ransom or if it was some kind of revenge against him. He flat out told them the kidnapping wasn't because she knew him, but because of
something he wasn't going to ask her until she feels she can trust him. Emily moaned in pain as she adjusted herself on Tony's arm.
"Can you all go now?" Tony added.
Tony hugged Emily and saw the team leave. "What do you think she'll want for breakfast?"
"The leftover pizza." Tony and I looked over at Emily. Did she hear what they all said?
"Before you say anything, yes, I knew they were here so I pretended to be asleep. I got pretty good last few years."
"Sorry Babe," Tony said. She shook her head and place it where the reactor used to be, then she sighed and got up.
"I gotta go back to my apartment, people might have taken my things by now…" Emily said.
I looked at Tony to step up and say she could stay here, but he chickened out. I sighed and stepped in. "Ems, Tony wants to know if you would like to stay here?" I asked. "We have a tough security system and we have an Artificial Intelligencebutler
that could help you with all you need."
She looked at Tony, "You mean it? I can stay?" Tony smiled and nodded. She hugged him real tight. "Thank you so much!"
"All we have to do is replace all the things you had in your apartment and…"
"No," She interrupted Tony. "There are things that I need that are important…" I looked at Tony and then back at Emily.
"Why not after breakfast, I go to your apartment while you and Tony get you some new clothes and decorations for your room." They both nodded… It's like I'm raising two kids now… I took Emily to the kitchen only to find everyone spying on us.
"I guess you couldn't resist."
"Jarvis was never informed if that was a private conversation." The Black Widow said with a huge smirk on her face. "And we are waiting for the mighty Thor to arrive."
"Ems, go to Tony, I'll-"
"What's the hurry doctor?" Clint said. "Introduce this lady, she is dating one of our teammates." He had a smug face on like he was up to something.
"As I told you before, her name is Emily. Emily these are Steve, Clint and Natasha. They are part of the team I told you about." I notice that her eyes were changing from a light blue to a white like blue. "Anyways, the pizza is in the fridge."
"So, Emily, what do you do for a living?" Natasha said.
"I'm currently unemployed due to some circumstances," She answered coldly. I think she knew Natasha was trying to get some information from her.
"Are you one of Stark's?" Clint said. "You seem like one of those gothic geeks who won't shut up about him like he's some god."
"Sorry, but I'm not that kind of girl." She was still replying coldly. They do deserve it… Either way, she's not looking so good, her breathing doesn't seem unstable.
"Are you going to ask me something?" She said that to Steve.
Steve seemed shocked, he never got that treatment ever since he was thawed. "No, ma'am, I don't believe I will."
"Good, let's keep it that way shall we? With all of you."
She took the pizza out of the microwave and tried to leave but was stopped with more questions. They were really personal, they asked her things she was avoiding to tell Tony these past months. Her breathing began to worsen… She's having an anxiety attack…
I try to stop them, but they kept on going until she collapsed. I carry her to Tony since he is the only one to calm her down. Then when I got to Tony's room he was surprised to see Emily in the state she was. "Try to calm her down," I said.
Tony brushed away her purple hair off her face and started to soothe her. He looked deep into her eyes, and noticed the changes of color her eyes had, but he seems to be more impressed than scared. "Have I told you, you have wonderful shades of blue?"
Her breathing seemed to get back to normal each passing second. "You're the first one to compliment my eyes… all the colors of my eyes." She smiled.
I smile, "I'll be heading to your apartment now." I left those two alone since they needed to talk about what happened, and she needed to explain everything she was hiding from Tony and me.
