Jay!

AJ blinked, her head pounding as something hovered over her. No, not something, someone. She closed her eyes tightly and opened them trying to better her vision and saw that it was Thor crouched over her, "Adelyn, can you hear me?"

She nodded, sitting up slowly with the help of Thor. "Where's Loki?" She held onto the side of her head, feeling crust from blood. The wound had healed itself, just like they always did, but there was a lump of blood crusting into her hair now.

"He's gone. He jumped onto one of the Chitauri crafts while I was wounded." Thor touched his side.

"Are you okay?" She asked, looking to see that there was a tear in his clothes as well as a little blood.

"It's not the first time Loki has stabbed me." Thor answered, standing up and grabbing onto AJ's hand to lift her up as well.

AJ would have to ask him about that later, but for now she let him lift her. "Have you seen my friends?"

Thor nodded, keeping his hand on her to keep her steady. "They're on the ground."

AJ nodded, blinking her eyes again to try and adjust to her surroundings. Loki was gone. The portal was open, and she was pretty sure she had just seen a giant ass space ship fly by. "I think I missed some things."

Thor nodded his head in agreement, "Horror, destruction, death." He listened.

"Yeah," AJ drew out the word. "I'm gonna need to catch a ride with you down to the ground. Take me to Steve?" She asked.

Thor moved his arm to wrap around her waist and pulled her into his side. "Hold on tightly." He told her. AJ did as she was told, gripping onto him and felt the air knock out of the after he began to swing his hammer in the air and they were picked up off the ground by the force of it.

AJ looked down at the ground and saw Steve, Natasha, and Clint, completely outnumbered by the Chitauri surrounding them. "If you do that lightening thing while holding onto me, am I gonna get shocked?" She asked.

Thor chuckled, "I don't think so. If you do, it will only be slightly."

"I'm willing to take the risk. Take those bastards out!" She told Thor who listening to her, sending lighting to strike the Chitauri. She wasn't shocked, there was just a little tickle against her skin and her hair was affected by the static. But that was it. Thor dropped down onto the ground, arm still wrapped around her as they landed.

"Jay!" Steve shouted when he saw her.

She held out her hand, "I'm good." AJ said as she helped Thor stand. The pain from Loki stabbing him was either bothering him, or when he summoned lightening, it took more out of him than he had thought, either way, AJ moved her arm around his waist while he moved his own arm around her shoulder now. "You got it?" AJ asked Thor once he was steady.

He nodded, able to stand on his own now.

"What's the story upstairs?" Steve asked Thor and AJ.

"The power surrounding the cube is impenetrable." Thor began to explain to Steve.

AJ heard Tony over the comm system, "Thor is right, we gotta deal with these guys."

Natasha and Clint made their way over to them, both looking tired but relieved to see AJ. "How do we do this?" Natasha asked.

"As a team." Steve said, looking up at the tower.

"I have unfinished business with Loki." Thor said in a grim tone.

"Yeah?" AJ turned to see Clint adjusting his arrow heads to ready them for more. "Get in line."

"Save it!" Steve scolded Clint, "-Loki is gonna keep this fight focused on us and that's what we need. Without him, these things could run wild. We got Stark up top, he's gonna need us to-" He stopped when they all heard the sound of a bikes engine pulling up, their eyes going to where they now saw Banner arriving. AJ shook her head in disbelief. She had thought for sure that Banner would run as far away from this as possible, not wanting to put himself in that kind of environment ever again. The group walked over to where Bruce was getting off the bike.

"So," Bruce said, looking around as he walked forward to meet them. "This all seems...horrible."

"I've seen worse." Natasha said, looking at Bruce.

He swallowed hard, focusing on Natasha. "I'm sorry."

"No, we could-" she smiled a bit, "-use a little worse." Bruce nodded his hand, understanding what Natasha meant.

"Stark, we got him." Steve said over comm.

"Banner?"

"Just like you said."

"Then tell him to suit up. I'm bringing the party to you."

AJ looked up to see Tony flying towards them, the giant space ship she had seen earlier following close behind him, knocking into a building when Tony rounded a corner.

"I don't see how that's a party." Natasha said, looking up at the ship.

AJ looked over to Bruce as the ship began to skim the road as Tony flew lower. "You ready?" AJ asked him when it began to head their way.

He took in a breath and began to walk away from them and towards the ship.

"Dr. Banner," Steve said as he took a step forward, watching him leave. "Now might be a really good time for you to get angry."

Bruce looked back, clearly amused by Steve's words. "That's my secret, Cap." He stopped and looked to them all. "I'm always angry." His shirt ripped off as he began to transform into the Hulk, his large fist flying at the nose of the ship (which now looked more like a creature than ship,) and smashed it onto the ground, stopping it from moving forward. The Hulk pressed down hard into the ground to keep it from moving, the street breaking beneath causing the ship/creature/thing's body to lunge forward from the back, crashing right towards them.

"Hold on!" Tony said over comm.

He blasted a few missiles at it causing it to explode. AJ ran backwards and towards Clint, raising her hands up in the air to create a shield of ice to keep them from getting burnt. She could see through it that Steve was using his SHIELD to protect both himself and Natasha. Thor on the other hand simply took the hit.

The Chitauri all screamed as it died.

"I think that was their mother." AJ said as the ice thawed. She and Clint walked over to where Steve, Banner, Natasha, and Thor were just as Tony flew over to them. She stood in the middle of Thor and Clint and listened as Hulk roared. She could hear Thor readying his hammer while Clint brought out his bow and took out an arrow. AJ moved her hand to her gun holster and pulled it out, aiming it at the Chitauri who continued to scream out.

Both AJ and Natasha looked up at the sky watching as more of those creatures, and hundreds more Chitauri came out of the portal.

"Guys," Natasha said,

"Maybe it wasn't the mom." AJ said, eyes trained on the sky. "Those things sure look nasty."

"Call it, Captain." Tony said.

"Alright, listen up. Until we can close that portal up there, we're gonna use containment. Barton, I want you on that roof," He pointed up to a surrounding skyscraper. "-Eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash."

"Wanna give me a lift?" Clint looked to Tony in his Iron Man suit. "

"Right." Tony grabbed him by the back of his shirt. "Better clench up, Legolas." And the two of them disappeared into the sky.

"Thor, you gotta try and bottleneck that portal, slow 'em down. You got that lightening, light the bastards up." Steve said to the God of Thunder.

Thor began to swing the hammer and took off as well.

Steve looked over to AJ and Natasha. "We stay on the ground, keep the fighting here." He then looked to Banner. "And Hulk," He called out, "Smash."

Hulk gave a downright terrifying grin right before he jumped, taking out dozens of Chitauri warriors in the process that had been on the sides of the building he crashed into. From the ground, AJ could see Hulk grabbing onto them, either smashing or throwing them.

AJ looked around, seeing all the damage. "If we actually survive this," She said, causing Steve and Natasha to look over at her. "-Clean up crew is gonna be pissed."

"Oh, please, you made a bigger mess on your first solo mission." Natasha scoffed.

"I resent that." AJ replied with a smirk.

"Let's finish the banter later, ladies." Steve said, but AJ could see the corners of his lips twitching up a bit, trying to fight a smile from forming.

AJ looked up when she heard thunder, seeing the bolts of lightning were coming from the very top of the Chrysler building. It struck towards the portal, taking out all of the Chitauri that tried to go through it.

The Chitauri jumped at AJ, Natasha, and Steve, knocking them down onto the ground. AJ grunted as one of the aliens held her down, forcing her to stay on the ground. But she was able to get her hand out from under the creature and grabbed onto its neck and watched as the creature turned into an ice sculpture as she kicked it off her, causing it shatter when it hit the ground. Steve was running over to her and helped her up, they both looked over to see Natasha grab one of the Chitauri guns, shooting at it. Steve ran over, jumping over a car to get to her and the red head quickly swung around and aimed the gun at Steve.

Natasha quickly stood down and began to lean against a car. "Captain, none of this is gonna mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal."

AJ walked over to them, "Tony's missiles couldn't even penetrate that thing." She reminded Natasha.

"Our biggest guns couldn't touch it." Steve agreed.

"Well," Natasha looked up at Stark Tower, "Maybe it's not about guns and missiles."

They both followed her gaze, "You wanna get up there, you're gonna need a ride."

Natasha made her way over to the other side of the overpass. "I got a ride." She saw an incoming ship heading her way. She then looked to Steve. "I could use a boost though."

Steve took a step back, understanding what she meant. "You sure about this?" He asked, holding his shield steady for when she would jump off of it.

"Yeah," Natasha said as if it were no big deal. "It's gonna be fun."

AJ chuckled, shaking her head. Natasha ran at Steve, kicking off of a car to land on his shield and AJ watched as her superior officer was boosted into the air just as one of the ships flew by, grabbing onto the belly of it as it flew away. AJ looked to Steve who looked absolutely impressed, only to fall back a bit from the blast of explosion near them. She looked over to her right to see that more of the Chitauri warriors were coming towards them and trust out her hand, sending a cold wind to knock them back.

She looked back to Steve who look equally impressed by what she had just done. He smiled, opening his mouth to speak but AJ stopped him.

"Yes, I know. I'm very impressive. We can discuss it after we kick some ass."

Steve laughed and nodded his head in agreement and followed after AJ who ran towards more of the Chitauri warriors on the street.

AJ had managed to grab one of the guns they Chitauri used and fired at them while Steve fought with her, back to back. Tony landed by them and reflected a repulse blast off of Steve's shield, taking out the surrounding warriors and then flew away.

AJ and Steve ran forward towards more incoming warriors and AJ fired at them, sending a few of them to the ground only to be tossed back hard by one of them shooting at the gun. "Jay!" Steve shouted, when she managed to sit up, she saw that Steve was on the ground, knocked down by one of the warriors. She ran over and jumped on its back, moving her hands to the sides of its face and turned it to ice, yanking up hard and decapitating it. Steve looked up at her with wide eyes she got off the warrior just as it fell. AJ held out her hand for him to grab and he took it, letting her help him stand.

"Captain, the bank on 42nd, past Madison. They cornered a lot of civilians in there." Clint said over comm.

Steve looked to AJ who nodded her head. They'd go together. "On it." Steve said and they both made their way to 42nd street.

AJ stayed outside, keeping more Chitauri from entering the place while Steve dealt with the ones inside. She used her ability to shoot cold winds at them to keep them from entering, sending them flying into the surrounding buildings.

"Nat?" AJ said over comm, "You good?"

"Just going for a leisurely drive, Frost."

AJ chuckled but quickly stopped when she heard an explosion and watched Steve fly out of a window, landing belly first onto the car right in front of her.

"Steve!" She shouted, running over to him. "Oh my god," AJ watched as he slowly tried to push himself up, "Can you stand?"

He nodded, but AJ still helped him down, letting him lean against her for support. They both stood and watched as the people left the bank, firemen rushing the place to help anyone still inside. AJ looked up at Steve and he looked down at her, "Are you okay?" He asked her.

She nodded. "Can you stand on your own?" She asked him. He nodded but didn't move to let go of her. She let him lean against her with his arm draped over her shoulder and his head hung low. "You did good, Steve." Her voice was soft, but she knew he could hear her over all the chaos. "You saved those people. You did good." She said again, wanting him to really hear it.

Steve breathed in deeply as he looked down at her and then stood up straight, dropping his arm from her shoulder. "Let's go." He told her.

AJ followed closely after him, a Chitauri warrior shot at them and Steve shielded them both from getting hit, sending the blast flying back at the warrior. Thor landed behind them and they all began to fight off the Chitauri that now surrounding them. When they were close enough, AJ was able to physically touch them and turn them into ice, swinging her leg around to kick the creatures, shattering them. AJ turned and saw Steve get blasted in his chest, knocking him down on his stomach. She ran over to him just as Thor helped Steve to his feet.

"You ready for another bout?" Thor asked just as AJ made it to them.

Steve was breathing hard, sweat pouring off his face. He was using too much of his energy, too much strength, if he kept going this way – he'd get himself killed.

"What," Steve breathed out, "You getting' sleepy?"

"Steve, please, pace yourself a bit. Thor and I can handle most of them."

He shook his head. "I'm good." He assured her, standing up straight.

Thor held out his hand and his hammer returned to him.

"I can close it!" Steve and AJ heard Natasha say over comm. "Can anybody copy? I can shut the portal down!"

"Do it!" Steve ordered Natasha.

"No, wait." Tony cut in.

"Stark, these things are still coming!"

"I got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute." Tony told them. AJ looked to Steve in shock. Dammit, Fury. How could he let this happen? But...he wouldn't let something like that ever happen – he'd never nuke an entire city even with the danger everyone was in. He believed in the Avengers Initiative, he believed that they could save the human race from Loki. No, Fury wouldn't do this.

That left the counsel. AJ squared her jaw. "Can you put it in the water, Stark?" AJ asked.

"Oh, Ice Queen, I got the perfect place to put it."

The portal. He was going to fly it through the portal. "Tony, no!" AJ began to argue.

"Stark, you know that's a one-way trip."

"Save the rest for the turn, J."

"Tony, please! We can find another way!" AJ begged. But he didn't respond. Tony flew above them, holding onto the nuke and headed towards the portal up in the sky. AJ look to Steve, grabbing his arm. "Stop him!"

He looked at her way sad eyes, "I'm sorry, Jay."

AJ covered her mouth with her hand as Tony disappeared into the portal.

Howard Stark kept her alive, he preserved her body to keep her from dying back in the forties and now she was awake and couldn't save his only son. Something she had sworn to do. AJ had picked Tony for the Avengers Initiative. She said his name – she was the whole reason he was even a part of this thing and now because of that, he was going to die. Howard saved AJ just so she could be the reason his son was going to die.

The Chitauri around them began to collapse, the creatures in the sky falling to the ground as well. AJ looked around and saw that they were all dying. Tony had saved them.

She looked up at the portal, praying, no, begging some higher power that Tony would be flying down through it. That he'd fly down to where they were on the ground and make some snarky remark about anything and everything. He'd make fun of Steve and his outfit or call AJ Ice Queen and she wouldn't even be irritated! Because he'd be here.

But he was nowhere to be seen.

AJ looked over to Steve, feeling his eyes on her. She looked away and closed her eyes, knowing what he was going to say next.

"Close it." Steve told Natasha over comm.

The portal began to close.

I'm sorry, Howard, AJ said in her head, eyes closed.

And then she heard Steve say something I disbelief. "Son of a gun!"

AJ opened her eyes and looked up at the sky, seeing Tony falling in the air. "Oh my god"! She breathed out. He had made it! He was...falling very fast. "Why isn't he stopping?" AJ asked.

"He's not slowing down!" Thor said as Tony fell through the air, he began to ready his hammer to fly up to catch him, but Hulk appeared, jumping in the air to grab Tony, gripping onto one of the skyscrapers and then slid down the side of the building before he crashed on the ground Thor, AJ, and Steve.

The three of them ran forward just as Hulk tossed Tony off of him. Thor got to Tony first, ripping off Tony's Iron Man face plate.

Steve got down on his knees, pressing his ear to Tony's chest, still covered with Iron Mans gear. But Steve was enhanced, he'd be able to detect a heartbeat better than any of them. When Steve moved back up, AJ saw that the arc reactor on Tony's chest was not glowing.

His heart had stopped. "No," She whispered, getting on her knees as well, slumping down next to Steve.

And then Hulk began to roar loudly at Tony, the sound causing the ground to shake violently. Tony jerked away, somehow Hulk had scared him awake. He looked up at all of them, shocked. He gasped, opening and closing his eyes while looking around. Tony looked back at them. Hulk roared again, pounding his chest.

"What the hell?" Tony said. "What happened?" He looked to Hulk, Thor, and Steve. "Please tell me nobody kissed me."

AJ laughed, shaking her head. This is exactly the kind of thing she wanted to hear from him. Hell, she'd listen to him recite the whole damn dictionary because it would be a reminder that he was alive.

"We won." Steve told Tony.

"Alright." Tony said, "Hey!" His voice raised slightly as if he was celebrating, "Alright. Good job, guys. Let's just not come in tomorrow. Let's just take a day. You ever tried Shawarma? There's a shawarma joint about two blocks from here. I don't know what it is, but I wanna try it."

"We're not finished yet." Thor reminded them.

Ugh. Loki.

"...And then Shawarma after?" Tony asked.

AJ laughed again, looking down at Tony. "Yes. And I'll even put in on SHIELD's tab." She sat up, as did Steve, he helped Tony stand as well.

"SHIELD has a tab at Shawarma?"

"You'd be surprised at how many agents eat there, Tony." AJ said, patting the back of his Iron Man suit once he was standing.

Tony nodded, looking to Stark Tower. He made a face. "You mind if we uh, take the elevator up to the penthouse?"

Steve and AJ laughed, Thor even smiled. Hulk on the other hand just stood there breathing hard. AJ wondered how long until he'd turn back into Bruce.

They took the elevator up the penthouse, Clint meeting them on the way and Natasha already waiting for them upstairs, a gun pointed at Loki who was unconscious, smashed into the ground.

AJ looked to Hulk and raised her brow in amusement, "Smashed." He told her.

She chuckled, "I see that."

In the situation they were in, AJ probably shouldn't feel so giddy. But they had just saved the world and Tony was alive! Yes, buildings were destroyed, probably man homes too, and there would be a death count – but they would never become slaves to Loki. Wasn't that reason enough to celebrate a little?

AJ had gone to care for Dr. Selvig by the time Loki woke up. When she came back into the penthouse, Thor was putting some sort of device on his wrist so he could escape. Loki watched as she walked into the room, his eyes never leaving her as she walked past him and over to Steve.

"What's the plan to deal with him?" She asked quietly.

"Thor wants to take him back to Asgard. Make him pay for his punishments."

Clint took a side step and was next to AJ. "I could put an arrow right between his eyes in a second and we'd never have to worry about him again."

"No," Steve said with a sigh, "Loki didn't only cause problems in our world. He has to pay for what he did on Asgard as well."

"Yeah," Clint reluctantly agreed. "I'm just saying it'd be easy."

"And it is tempting, Steve." AJ added, smiling up at him. Steve shook his head in amusement, chuckling softly.

They took Loki to SHIELD's headquarters in New York and kept him contained for a week, Fury fighting tooth and nail with the council to let Thor take Loki back to Asgard.

They didn't agree.

Fury would let Thor take Loki anyway.

Something felt off about SHIELD to AJ now.

A place that had been her home since waking up in the future now seemed like a complete stranger. Fury gave her credentials back, telling her that she wasn't allowed to quit. That had made her smile, that man had become family to her.

And with the only living family member alive that she knew of absolutely hating her, AJ could use all the family she could get. Even if it was just her friends.

Natasha, Clint, Steve, and now Tony, Thor and Bruce had become her family. Going through all they went through bonded them for life. Even if they went on their separate ways...it didn't matter. Because AJ knew that when one of them needed something; they'd all come running to help. Because, as said before, they were a family now.

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ONE WEEK LATER - CENTRAL PARK, New York

Thor was taking Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard where they both belonged, locked away where no one could ever get to them.

AJ watched as Thor brought Loki, the God of Mischief bound and gagged. He looked furious, his vanity and ego easily bruised having everyone see him this way. AJ stood next to Steve, watching as Bruce carefully placed the tesseract in a protective cylinder. Her eyes drifted over to see Natasha whispering something to Clint, the Archer wore sunglasses, but his eyes were on Loki. Whatever she had said to him causing him to give into a smile, more cocky than friendly. It made AJ smile as well.

But then she looked at Steve, who was glaring daggers at the Tesseract.

He had died trying to protect the world from it. Or, protect the world from anyone ever getting their hands on it. AJ knew he felt anger towards Howard for taking it out of the water – but Howard saw a future so advanced that it would make a better world. AJ wondered if the reason why he kept the Tesseract was out of selfish reasons. Howard wanted desperately for AJ to wake up and because of the advanced technology (though it took a couple decades) she finally woke up and survived. Maybe he kept it to save her? Or maybe he really did just want a better tomorrow.

Either way, it was gone now.

And they would never have to deal with it again (hopefully.)

AJ placed her hand on Steve's forearm, giving it a gentle squeeze. He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath before he could muster up a smile. She smiled back at him and his smile became more genuine. He wrapped his arm around AJ's shoulder and lead her near Thor and Loki so they could watch them leave.

AJ gave Thor a soft smile that he returned before the sky opened and he and Loki disappeared. The group all began to say their goodbyes, Steve and AJ walking over to Tony, who shook Steve's hand but hugged AJ tightly.

"I get it." Tony told her as he let go of her.

"Get what?" She raised her brows.

Tony simply shrugged, "Why my Dad went to the extremes he did to save you. I mean, you're not that bad, Ice queen." He winked and then walked over to the driver's side of the convertible, Bruce got in the passenger's side.

"Call me that one more time, Tony, and I will turn you into a popsicle!" She playfully threatened causing Tony to laugh before he revved the engine and sped away.

AJ waved goodbye to Bruce as they past them, he smiled and waved back as well.

She looked over to Clint and Natasha who were leaning against their own car and bit down on her lower lip.

"You wanna ride back to the apartment?" Steve asked, causing AJ to turn and face him.

She frowned, dreading what she had to tell him. "I uh," She cleared her throat, "I'm actually not going back to the apartment." She told him.

"Oh." Steve looked down at his feet, shuffling them a bit. "When will you be coming home?"

AJ took a moment before she spoke again, "I'm not."

Steve's eyes snapped back to look at her. "What do you mean?"

"SHIELD's council has some concerns about me not being able to stay calm under pressure – after what happened on the Helicarrier...there's no hiding that I have powers anymore." She shrugged, "They want me stationed in DC at a SHIELD compound where I can retrain and be observed."

Steve shook his head, "They can't do that!"

"Fury already lost that battle, Steve. And after letting Thor leave with Loki and the Tesseract, he doesn't need them gunning for him anymore than they already are."

He crossed his arms over his chest. "Well, then I'm coming with you."

AJ closed her eyes, please, Steve, don't make this any harder than it already is, "-You can't." She smiled, her eyes watering. "I can't have contact with anyone except for those helping me train for the next few months...but I'll see you again, Steve."

He shook his head, "Jay, I'm coming with you. They can keep me out of the compound, but they can't keep me out of D.C. I'm going whether you like it or not."

"Steve," She tried to argue.

"-I don't want to be in Brooklyn if it doesn't have you in it. I'm with you, Jay."

AJ closed her eyes, nose flaring as she tried to hold back her tears, "Till the end of the line." She whispered. It was something Steve and Bucky always said to each other.

She lost Bucky.

But she still had Steve.

"It's going to be a while until you can visit, Steve." AJ told him, opening her eyes and looking up at him.

Steve smiled, glad that she was no longer arguing with him on this. "I'm a pretty patient guy." He reminded her.

AJ playfully punched Steve in his arm and shook her head. "Go back to the apartment and pack your things up – and some of my stuff too. When Natasha and Clint get back from taking me to D.C, they'll help set you up with a place in the city." She told him. Steve smiled, looking down at AJ. God, she was gonna miss him. She moved forward and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, standing on her tip toes as she hugged him, "-Don't be too much of a pain for Fury while I'm gone, okay?"

Steve laughed, hugging her back, arms wrapped tightly around her middle.

They said their goodbyes and AJ left with Clint and Natasha, watching as Steve became just a dot behind them.

They arrived in D.C a few hours later where AJ was brought to one of the secure compounds.

A woman in a white medical coat who had long blonde hair, thick dark brows and intense blue eyes was waiting for AJ when they walked into where she'd be staying.

"Agent Frost," The woman greeted her, "Did you have any trouble locating the place?"

AJ shook her head, "No."

"Yeah, we just put the address into google maps." Natasha said sarcastically from AJ's side causing the woman to look over at her with a smirk, raising her brow.

"Hmm," She looked over Natasha, "At least that means you will have the address saved for the next time you stop by." She continued to smirk. "I assume you'll be coming back, yes? Or perhaps I'm just hoping."

Oh, the blonde was flirting with Natasha. This would be amusing.

"Eventually." Natasha said slowly, almost sounding flustered.

Both Clint and AJ looked at Natasha, both shocked and amused with the blush forming on the woman know as 'Black Widow's cheeks.

"Good." She winked at Natasha before looking back to AJ. "My name is Dr. Connor." She introduced herself, holding out her hand for AJ to shake. "But you can call me Jordan."

AJ left with Dr. Jordan Connor, looking over her shoulder at Natasha who was glaring at Clint, him, Clint probably said something to tease the redhead because the scowl on Natasha's face was enough to make AJ chuckle. This woman had hardly said anything to Natasha and she was already so flustered. Since she's known Natasha, AJ had never seen her like that. Men, women, anyone Natasha had shown interest in – it was all so easy for her. She'd bat her eyelashes or run her fingers through her hair while flirting to get what she wanted and they would be the ones stammering and blushing.

It seemed like Natasha finally met her match.

Oh, yeah, this would be very amusing.