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OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING
"Senator Organa-Solo?" an officer asked.
"Yes, is this the shuttle?" Leia asked
"Yes, and where will I be driving too," the officer asked.
"Could you take us to the Imperial Palace" Leia asked.
"Of course Senator." the officer said, while opening the doors to let everyone in.
"Umm…where are the wheels?" Banner asked.
"Is this thing floating?" Clint questioned.
Han looked at them oddly before turning to Leia. "Are you going to ride home with me or…" Han trailed off as he saw all the expressions of everyone with the exception of Anakin looking around in shock, some of them pointing at things with so much wonder and Anakin looked as he was quietly snickering at their confusion.
"You know what scratch that just makes sure they make it to our building without getting lost." Han told Leia. "Ok..I'll see you later.'' Leia told Han, as she quickly reached and gave him a peak and smiled, letting go of Han's hand so he could go get their speeder to drive home.
Leia then climbed on the shuttle and sat next to Anakin. Steve had the window seat and briefly looked up to acknowledge her, and gave her a smile. Then swiftly turns away to admire the sky line.
Leia POV
I can't believe he really is here, I thought I had lost him, but he's back. But he looked so much older, the last time I saw him he was just a small little man, a few years from turning of age now he looked as if he was a man well into his adulthood. It had only been 10 years, but still it feels like forever. I have so many questions for him. Where has he been? What have you seen? Why didn't you reach out to me? Why do you look older than you should be, he even looks older than Jania?
"You are doing that thing again." Anakin said suddenly.
"What do you mean?" Leia said. Anakin chuckled "that thing where you go down a spiral of questions, if you have a question you can ask I'm not hiding maybe it'll help us both into figuring out what…exactly happen." Anakin finished off quietly like he used to do when he was unsure of what was the right way to respond.
"Very well then.." Leia was getting ready to respond when all of sudden the man with blonde short hair shouted "are we flying?!".
" I don't think this is a good idea for the big guy" the man with black hair and glasses. What big guy? I was about to ask when Anakin responded, " Banner you will be alright trust me, it's like riding a car back at home, it's just…" Anakin added slowly "goes up, down, right to left, and forward and backward."
All five eyes looked at him fear. "Ok if that scares y'all just imagine as if we are on the Quinjet and enjoy the view, it's like no other."
"Sure, enjoy the view while we ride on a flying bus. OK?!" the man with short black hair.
"He has a point, the view is nice. Just look at how tall the buildings stretch into the sky." the red-haired girl said. "Fine," the black hair sighed. Leia just smiled and laughed at how much grown people can complain, kind of reminding her of the old days when the rebellion was trying to fight an Empire with very little resources, causing many of the rebels to complain of the condition they were in or the resources the rebellion lack, especially during their time in Hoth, where everyone complained about the temperature.
She quietly whispered to Anakin, " I really must learn your friend's names, I feel odd welcoming guests into my home without knowing who they are."
"Of course, I could give you another crash course or would it be easier for each to reintroduce themselves to you." Anakin asked.
"Maybe just a quick crash course will be better, I don't want to take their attention off of the skylines, they seem distracted for the moment I would not want them to realize once again that they are in mid-air." Leia said.
"Ok. we could start with him." Anakin finished by pointing to the man with short blonde hair.
"That's Clint Barton, his alias name is Hawkeye, easy to recognize since most of the time he carries arrows slung on his back with a bow on his side." Anakin finished off pointing too said bow and arrow.
With all the emotion of seeing her son again she had failed to notice that each person carried objects with them, she even failed to notice the circular board that had been slung on the back of her son. Maybe she will ask him later about it.
"Next we have Thor Odinson." Pointing to the man with long hair and gracious features.
"He's the only one with an accent, and he could always be seen carrying a hammer at his side, just try not to lift it then a whole debate will erupt."
"Why would a debate erupt about picking up a hammer," Leia asked, not understanding how a hammer could cause such an uproar.
"Will as it turns out his father cast a spell on the hammer after banishing Thor from his kingdom for disobeying him and being arrogant and careless. The spell was placed to make sure that only someone worthy enough to lift the hammer would then possess the power of Thor, it just mostly the power of lighting." Steve finished off.
"Interesting,"Leia said. "Either that or he is just pulling our leg and has a unique way so he could be the only one to lift it."
"Pulling your leg?" Leia asked confused
"Oh, sorry I forgot it's an expression, just meaning we are not sure if it's totally true or just an exaggerating of the situation. The man with the glasses, that's Dr. Bruce Banner, he is quite intelligent but usually keeps to himself you will often see him alone. ." Anakin said.
"The red head beside him is Natasha Romanoff, she worked as a spy for the government program named Shield." Anakin told her.
"Lastly, the man with short black hair and the chest piece, is Tony Stark, he is quite intelligent as well, but is egoistic and arrogant, and usually calls everyone by nicknames, you know now that I think of it he reminds me a lot of someone." Anakin trailed off.
"ok .. I think I can remember that. Your father is much better at memorizing people's names after meeting them only once, maybe it's something you pick up after having to watch your back constantly and working for the Hutts." Leia stated
"What about you, how would you describe yourself, are you the same Anakin that would fix any machinery he could get his hands on, going head first to any problem to try to help others, or is there something different such as that." Leia said, pointing to the shield.
Steve looks at what Leia is pointing, before saying "Well, I'm not quite sure, maybe I'm just the same kid that was eager to save people during the Vong war, or maybe I have changed. I try to do my best, but sometimes my best isn't enough to save people. I just know that I was given an ability unlike any other and a second chance, and there must have been a reason for these gifts, maybe I was meant for something more all along. Perhaps fate was always going to separate us, maybe I was meant to go to a galaxy far from here, because everything seems like pure luck, or maybe it was always my destiny" Anakin trailed off looking out the window once more into the distance.
"Or maybe it was that Solo luck, dad always told us about. I don't know but the situation I have been in since leaving here, I shouldn't have been able to survive them…..Yet I did." Anakin said.
Leia was stuck in thought, he had grown, he seemed different more mature and had a bigger understanding of life, her little Anakin would have just brushed off being place in the position to help others as a regular day, now he seemed to understand of the power of helping others it is not something to take so lightly. Once upon a time Luke was concerned about how Anakin always used to dive into missions without much of a second thought, he had said it was a dangerous line to tread, I wonder what would he say now.
They arrived at the Imperial Place, and Steve could not believe it looked so much like it used to.
"That's where you live." Banner said awe struck completely written in his face.
"It's bigger than the Stark Tower," Clint said.
"Careful, there Barton, you're going to make Stark cry." Natasha said.
"No, I'm not going to cry, but it's impossible how your plans were approved. My plans were only approved after I took off 8 floors from my originals plans for Strak Tower." Tony said.
"Well, things are a little different here than what is usually considered the norm, there are some cities that are completely suspended in the air. You should see the inside." Rodgers said.
All avengers were too shocked at the mass sizes, Steve described the building in this world.
As they docked on the landing pad. CP30 was already standing there, having been sent by Han, after relieving of his duty of caring for the smallest Solo.
"Your Highness… Captain Solo asked me to assist you in walking up the guest for the evening up to the room." CP30 said.
"Look, he sounds like Jarvis." Thor shouted. "That's impossible. JARVIS is handcrafted by the smartest and best hands capable of crafting such fine machinery, there is no possibility that his intelligence could be replicated." Tony argued.
"Excuse me…I am fluent in over seven million forms of communication, my circuit board most certainly would not be compared to this Jarvis droid of yours. I am capable of surviving missions, helping out on the Millennial Falcon, caring for children, and being able to learn any planet's traditions I am told to learn." CP3O stated.
Steve was trying so hard to cover his laughter from Tony, but was failing miserably. "Its Ok. SeeThreepio, don't take offense, it's just he hasn't seen any droid such as yourself." Steve commented.
"Oh ok, that makes sense, and you are ."
Before Steve could answer, Leia responds for him, "This is Anakin, you remember Anakin my son, CP3O."'
"Oh my, I thought we were never going to see you again, Master Anakin. Well it's nice to be able to greet you once more." CP3O said, with a little delight ring in his voice. Which should not have been possible since droids aren't supposed to have emotion.
"Yeah, I could say the same, about you SeeThreepio, I even missed you while I was gone." Steve says as he gently grasps CP3O's shoulder.
"These are a few friends of mine, SeeThreepio, I hope you don't mine their company." Steve added
"No worries, Master Anakin, I can handle any guest that has stayed in the Solo residency, I am certain a few more won't be too excruciating." CP3O said. "Well, come along, let me show you all to the Solo residency." CP3O said, while gesturing the group to follow along.
They all walked inside the lobby of the apartment and were surprised by the species they saw inside. Which were a variety of different species they had never seen or thought even existed. Many of the Avengers stared too much at the other beings, offending a lot of the beings, walking by.
"Don't stare." Steve said slowly.
"How do you want us not to stare, Rodgers, those are aliens. " Stark said with a bite.
The Avengers continued on their path to Solo's residency, without trying to stare too much; however, they did have trouble with that.
Hope you enjoy this new chapter. And Thank you all for your support.