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Chapter 8:

I sat over my friends' body, Kalais floating over my shoulder. I had helped the medics transport, Coulson, to the on-board morgue my helmet once again covering my features so they wouldn't comment on how I was blue, didn't want to risk a poorly timed pun.

"I didn't know him all that well personally but I know he was a good man," a voice from behind me said "and you know me even less," I replied not bothering to turn it hadn't taken me long to grow used to this person's voice. "Well I can't deny that, but I do know that you gave Fury the tesseract. Odds are there was a reason for that" the man said and I shrugged "it was an energy source, that consistently produced energy without too negative of a bi-product, I wanted to give humanity a chance to progress themselves," I told him still not facing him.

"Good, then it's time to suit up." Captain America said with confidence I turned although the only thing resembling eyes was the slit on my dawn helm, he decided to take that slit as confusion, "Loki has an army coming we're going to stop him. Romanoff, Barton, and Stark are already getting prepared" The Captain said I stood up almost a head taller than the man, Kalais following staying just above my shoulder.

"I figured something like that would happen, but I'm already suited up," I told the man and started walking out of the morgue after all if there's one thing I had learned from my many years is that the loss of one life shouldn't lead to the loss of more. "What are you waiting for captain we're just walking here we don't know where to meet the others," I called back to the man while making my way towards the hangar.

"How are you adjusting to the new time period Captain Rogers?" Kalais the ever-friendly lightbulb asked. The captain looked towards him surprised I chuckled "right never introduced him, this is Kalais he's my ghost" I told the man he opened his mouth paused then simply said "okay."

I looked at him for a moment, then turned forward and let out a single laugh, "looks like you acclimating to this time pretty well, still this is familiar to men like us" I told him as we came to the hangar.

The captain once again opened his mouth to speak, likely to ask my meaning but was interrupted by a woman with red hair "I see you found our shadow man," she said lining up next to him a man with a bow and quiver following suit.

"I always wondered where Fury got the cube I'm kinda glad we didn't just find it at the bottom of the sea, that always seemed a bit boring" the bowman added "well glad I could entertain," I told the bowman as we walked into a quinjet.

A lone Shield soldier stepped up to our group looking to say something the captain stepped up too "son, just don't" was all he said and the young man looked from him to the rest of us smiled and walked out of the quinjet. "Smart kid" I added while the spies went to the cockpit me and the Captain too opposite seats in the back.

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"Stark's already on his way odds are we'll meet him on the ground," Captain said moving up towards the cockpit while he did so I turned to Kalais, "time for you to go back to the Argo," I told my fragile lifeline his light shining on my helm.

"I'll have to agree this sounds like it'll get explosive which is never a situation I want to be in. Good luck though and be sure to show them what a Guardian is capable of," Kalais said as a transmat effect surrounded him.

I stood and joined the others in the cockpit, "Where's the ball guy?" Barton asked while I walked up "he headed home, the guys more of a thinker than a fighter" I told them quickly asking another question "where are we headed?" they looked at me almost surprised at the fact I didn't know.

"New York, Loki plans to use the cube to open a portal over Stark tower, to bring his army the Chitauri to earth" Romanoff informed me I nodded "hmm didn't know it could do that," I said pulling out Malfeasance emptying and reloading it so I had a full magazine for when we hit the ground.

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"Stark we're on your three," Romanoff called out as we flew into New York airspace "What did you stop for Drive-thru? Swing up park I'm gonna lay them out for you" Stark replied sounding frustrated, "ah it begins," I said and The Captain looked at me confused but our attention was taken by the sound of a minigun revving and firing taking out this still unknown enemy.

The ship swung maneuvering around the buildings coming in line with what I assume was the Stark building as It had Star on the front of it.

Loki came into view fighting with Thor and the gun revved again ready to unload a storm of bullets. When Thor got knocked back that storm was unleashed bullets hitting both the ground and Loki himself who treated it as if it was just rain in an actual storm.

Loki focused on us for maybe a second while he pointed his now longer spear at us. While I was questioning both how he made it long and why he was pointing it at us, the spear began to glow then fired a burst of energy ripping through our right-wing.

The ship spun towards the ground, we all braced for impact, unsurprisingly though it wasn't my worst landing. As the crash landing came to an end we all got up and moved to the towards the back of the jet, Clint pressed a button which I assumed is what led to a whirring noise as the back opened up a crack letting the sunlight in as we all prepared for the combat that was to come.

We ran out of the ship and jogged up the bridge all while watching the humanoid creature's wiz around. My arm shot up my hand cannon gripped, I fired twice while a speeder passed over us a taxi behind us exploded when the speeder landed on it.

"They aren't that tuff individually, but clearly they have numbers and we still don't know about their firepower" I spoke walking over to the downed craft grabbing one of the rifles. "Stating the obvious much aren't you; we took out five of those on the way in," Barton said I cocked my head in his direction he just continued smirking.

Rogers tapped his hand on my armor to get my attention, I looked to him and he pointed up as a large armored creature swam out of the hole and into our atmosphere, I dropped the spear. "So, Barton if everything is so obvious, What's that?" I questioned looking to the archer.

Without hesitation he responded with "that would be the common sky whale" I continued to stare at him. "You and I are going to get along great," I told him continuing our conversation as foot soldiers launched off the flying whale.

"Stark you seeing this," rogers called over the comms ignoring the banter between myself and Barton. "Seeing, still working on the believing. Has Banner showed up yet?" Stark strained out while flying around towers.

Instead of responding The Captain looked out across the civilians in chaos. "go help them we can handle these things" I said anticipating his worry he looked back and I looked between the other two with me and nodded, "in fact, I'm happy to do it" Barton added pulling out an arrow and releasing it into the head of an alien a spray of bullets exiting shredding surrounding enemies.

Rogers nodded and jumped off the bridge leaping off in the direction of some police officers energy blasts on his tail.

The three remaining here began an offensive the two assassins splitting off from me fighting their way to a bus. I turned around to cover our rear I counted six Chitauri landing I pulled out Malfeasance and started charging towards them. I fired while running towards them the first two shots took out the two closest with headshots, the third was a body shot to the one just behind them he was wounded but not dead another two body shots finished him.

I holstered Malfeasance with my right hand and grabbed badlander with my left. Although I didn't immediately use it as I slammed my shoulder into the closest one focusing the power of arc energy and blasting it apart, then without losing my momentum put badlander to the next ones chest pulling the trigger vaporizing it instantly, to follow up spinning and cocking the shotgun I fired into the last one killing it immediately.

After the quick kills, I turned to see how Hawkeye and Black Widow were doing. They were pulling civilians from a bus I started sprinting back over to them returning badlander to its position on my back, "Kalais I need you to switch badlander out for bug out bag and get me abide as well" I asked on the run over he didn't respond immediately but as I began to slow as I got closer to them badlander disappeared replaced by the submachine gun.

I looked to my left as a group of speeders flew towards us I sped up again and slid to a stop in between the speeder and the two assassins, a few blasts missed us in the barrage but I took a few though my shields flared and shut down temporarily and my helmet took a direct hit knocking me onto my back and cracking it.

I immediately shrugged off the blow and stood again ripping off my damaged helmet reaching in grabbing my communicator then throwing the broken helmet at the nearest Chitauri knocking it onto it's back. I looked down at the communicator in hand watching it spark a bit. The captain leapt back onto the bridge joining the fray. Lightning followed frying any remaining Chitauri.

Thor landed albeit roughly and we all walked towards the center of the bridge when we were in speaking distance the first thing that was said was "you're blue" spoke by Romanoff, I looked at her and raised an eyebrow "yes, I am" I asked prompting her to continue "okay" was her simple reply, I didn't think that would be the end of it we just had other things to deal with right now.

"What's the story upstairs?" the captain asked Thor, glossing over how I am blue "the power surrounding the cube in impenetrable" Thor said, I assume Iron man said something to the captain but I couldn't tell anymore as I was trying to fix my communicator. Rogers started his battle plan but was immediately interrupted.

The putter of a motor is what got our attention as bruce banner rode up on a motorcycle in a new shirt. "So this all seems horrible," Banner said getting off his motorcycle, Romanoff stepped up "I've seen worse," she said, banner apologized for what I assume was the hulk debacle "no we could use a little worse," she said negating the apology.

"Stark he's here just like you said," the Captain said pausing for a second and turning to watch Iron Man fly around the corner of a building that was immediately knocked over by a sky whale that was right behind him. "I don't see how that's a party," Romanoff said as the whale charged at us. Banner turned and started walking towards it.

"Dr. Banner it might be time for you to get angry," the captain said moving forward in concern. Banner turned back towards us without breaking his stride "that's my secret. I'm always angry" he said turning his body shifting becoming larger, shirt ripping, and skin turning green, I wonder if that hurts? He slowly turned and drove his fist into the incoming space whale.

The armor on the whale, cracked and broke off as it began to compress, flipping over the Hulk. I watched it begin to fall, Iron man flew forward launching a compact missile into some exposed flesh. I didn't move in reaction to the explosion just closing my fist to protect the already damaged communicator from the thrown space whale viscera.

The Chitauri surrounding us began screeching at the loss of their carrier. I stepped back into a circle with the others, the Hulk roared in response to the challenging aliens I used arc energy to try and shock the communicator into working again the bolts arcing between my free hand and the palm the communicator was in.

I placed it back into my ear after the energy integrated with it, while Stark spoke "call it captain," I looked up and watched two more space whales fly down out of the portal. "All right listen up until we close that portal, our priority is containment. Barton, I want you on that roof eyes on everything, call out patterns and strays. Stark you're on the perimeter anything gets more than three blocks you turn it back or turn it to ash." The captain said getting the two of them moving.

Barton looked to Stark "mind giving me a lift?" he asked the metal covered man he nodded "right better clench up Legolas" he told him grabbing the back of his quiver rocketing from the ground carrying Barton with him.

"Thor you gotta bottleneck that portal, you got the lightning, light the bastards up," Rogers told the hammer-wielding man who spun said hammer and throwing it he himself being pulled off the ground. "Jason, go where your needed look for landing areas and clear them, but keep an ear for if Barton calls for specific areas," Rogers told me and I nodded looking to Romanoff with her small pistols I grabbed the submachine gun from my back and held it out to her along with a few spare clips she took the clips in her free hand attaching them to her belt then grabbed the gun itself clipping it next to the magazines.

Nodding to the two I turned and jumped from the bridge my boosters kicking in at the last moment to save my knees. I charged forward wiping out my cannon firing rounds whenever a Chitauri came into range the rounds tearing through the armor killing them or damaging them the bullets exploding afterwards providing finishing blows or overkill depending on where I would hit them.

I leapt over a car and thundercrashed forward vaporizing half a large group I grabbed abide the return with my left hand keeping malfeasance in my right and cleaved the scimitar like blade through two on my left and fired Malfeasance forward the bullet ripping through the last Chitauri immediately in front of me.

I returned my sword to its place on my back, a static came through my communicator "Jason we got an office building being occupied odds are there are civilians inside, we also got a bank with civilians cornered," Hawkeye told me over the radio, I paused for a second.

"What's closer to my position? I asked the man "The office building from what I can tell they have a few hostages and have been climbing the floors, It seems they're setting up a forward base" Hawkeye responded I nodded, "Cap you mind handling the bank?" I asked the man already running towards the building Hawkeye sent me.

"Yeah I'm on it you just don't let them get a foothold," he told me quickly sounding out of breath, "okay let me know if you need back up," I told the man as the skyscraper of an office building came into sight.

Two guards stood outside they didn't attack anything around them they just stood there, meaning they're protecting something. I observed for maybe a second to see if more would come before standing and firing Malfeasance killing the first one with a headshot immediately the second one lowered itself to the ground but two rounds through its torso knocked it onto the ground.

I walked past the two creatures putting a final shot into the struggling form of the one that I had shot in the chest. I reloaded while walking through the doors watching as Chitauri moved about the room I assumed they were setting up a forward base of some kind.

They noticed me very quickly but their shock gave me enough time to grab the sword from my back with my left hand. I twirled my cannon in my right and they charged me, I charged too, unloading the magazine of malfeasance aiming for the ones in the back which were smart and decided to use their range against me. The bullet shredded two of six snipers the bullets exploding with their death, the ones charging I didn't have time to count so instead I swung my sword the blade cleaved anything that got in its path.

Another three bodies dropped to the ground, a sniper fired at me I brought the blade back my grip on it tightening as the energy shout hit the blade and bounced off. I didn't have time to handle the sniper directly as I was swarmed with more ground troops, I jumped back clipping malfeasance to my lower back, as soon as I landed, I charged forward again.

Arc energy crackled from my arm as I slammed into the closest charging Chitauri. The wave of energy following killed the other few immediately behind. I kept the momentum from the charge, reaching forward with my free hand grabbing one of the aliens just outside of the arc wave by the throat I hoisted him up in front of me. While using the one as a shield I swung my blade carving and burning anything that got in its path a few shots from the snipers slammed into my armored meat shield killing him very quickly.

I tossed the body aside and threw a pulse grenade up to the overlook right at the feet of the shooters. The subsequent explosion either killed or disoriented those above. A shot from behind me dispersed on my shields, I immediately spun once again swinging my blade cleaving those around me. Freeing malfeasance from its hold I fired killing the one who shot me.

I twirled Abide into a reverse grip raising forearm to block a Chitauri swinging its blaster at me I pulled Malfeasances trigger twice and watched the last of the grunts drop to the ground.

A recovering sniper took a shot at me, the blue energy cracking the ground to my left, another shot the blast was diverted by my blade my grip tightening once again, a third again stopped by a sweeping strike from my blade, It didn't get a fourth shot before Malfeasance tore through its skull.

With the last enemy combatant around me down I replaced my sword to the maglocks on my back. I emptied the cylinder and reloaded my cannon while moving towards the stairs, putting my finger to my ear I informed the others "the lobby is clear moving on" I told the others moving to the window not expecting or needing a response.

"Kalais take energy from the shields and boost the radar scan the rest of the building, and hack the cameras, make sure no civilians are mistaken for Chitauri," I told Kalais moving to check the snipers bodies. "it's done if something comes up on the radar, I'll check it out with the cameras then report back," he told me complete seriousness in this situation.

It didn't take long for Kalais to speed through the scans and cameras "21st floor there's a stockpile of munitions. Below that there are at least 12 civilians cornered and being used as shields. Finally, by my count eight combatants in all, four on each floor" Kalais told me and I looked back towards the elevator.

"There will also be some of those speeders flying low and passing by in a few seconds" Kalais added quickly I immediately turned back to the window and charged towards the glass. The first of the crafts passed by while I smashed through the glass the second one right on its tail.

The pilot met the entirety of my body mass and was knocked from the craft I grabbed the controls with my free left hand and pulled my self onto the speeder, immediate shooting the Chitauri on the back and straightening the vehicle.

My mark was flapping in the wind as I ascended quickly, "Kalais, as you know there aren't numbers on the outside of the building so tell me when I get to the 21st floor" I told the ghost, he didn't respond waiting for the right moment.

"Now" was all Kalais said and I leveled the vehicle out charging directly for the glass building. I destroyed the window with the speeder and crushing the first Chitauri underneath it. I jumped off the speeder while it continued its path, the other two of the remaining were standing by a few large crates, third was standing by the elevator. I fired another two times killing one more Chitauri by the elevator.

"You're right above the civilians," Kalais said, to which I immediately jumped tossing a sticky grenade onto the crate by the other two Chitauri on this floor. I aided gravity in my fall with by boosters to smash through the floor below causing some debris to fall with me.

I landed in the middle of the group of hostages and threw both my arms out the warm sensation of my light flowing from my body as the ward of dawn erupted around the group just as an explosion above us went off.

The force and energy blasted both out the side of the building above us and came down the hole I made being deflected by the shield surrounding us blowing the Chitauri around us away from the dome. "Stay here" I shouted after the explosion finished, I jumped out of the dome and executed two of the downed aliens via my foot. I shot the furthest as it struggled to get up. The last one was able to stand before my blade met its skull.

I wrenched the sword out of its helmet and head allowing it to drop to the ground, the Ward of Dawn slowly faded from existence leaving the people it shielded and a circle of unscorched floor. "Is anyone hurt?" I asked the group I received no vocal confirmation only a few people shaking their heads. "okay use the stairs and make your way down to the basement" I told them before turning around and looking out the now glassless window.

As soon as I turned, I began a sprint towards the window and a sky whale making the same charge towards me and the building I inhabited. I leapt out the window and my body sparked, arc energy surrounded me and propelling me towards the gigantic creature.

We collided its enormous head met my undaunting fist and the arc energy I was charged with exploded the metal making up its armor turning red from the energy likely also frying its brain as it began to fall with me following.

A man riding a hammer flew by grabbing my arm, as we flew past a battalion of Chitauri Thor threw me at them. I landed with a roll grabbing my sword from my back as I came out of the roll, I spun cutting down the Chitauri around me, Thor landed behind me his lightning killing the aliens behind us.

We both faced forward at the foes I gripped my sword with both my hands breathing heavily, Thor smiled on my left. I looked at him then his hammer then my own blade and an idea came to mind. I pointed my blade forward; Thor took his hammer and swung the hammer barely skimming the top of the blade the solar energy mixing with his lightning. When the hammer reached the tip of the blade the energy fired off towards our enemies, the lightning and solar energy decimating anything in its path.

With the immediate enemies destroyed I placed the sword on my back and breathed deeply. I heard Thor let out a happy grunt, but We didn't stop to talk as a sky whale flew over us, Thor spun his hammer and flew off, once again taking Malfeasance out running to find the next enemy to gun down.

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I was very confused as I watched Iron man fly into the mouth of a sky whale. The following explosion from within that whale and the shiny form of Iron Man sprawling towards the ground told me all I needed to know as I started my sprint to where Stark had landed after having been thrown by the explosion.

As I sprinted down the street, I watched Iron man getting swarmed by Chitauri, I carefully took aim and began my assault. I aimed for body shots doing a significant amount of damage letting Iron Man slowly stand. He began firing off repulsor beams from his palms to help thin out the numbers.

As I got closer, I grabbed the sword from my back and slashed downwards, to follow I twirled my blade and continued to cut down everything in my path stepping, slicing, charging, but never allowing the enemies to gain ground on me.

I placed Malfeasance back on the locks holding it to my person. I kept my blade in my hand being careful with how much ammo I used from Malfeasance as these creatures didn't utilize the materials to replenish my stock in combat I would need to wait for a transmat from the Argo and I didn't have the time anymore to stay in one place for Kalais to get a lock-in order for it to send.

Luckily though a sword without energy is still a sword, meaning I was able to keep up my attack going and cutting down the aliens that came in range of the sharp tip making my way to Iron Man as he slowly began to stand. I got close enough and I watched one of the Chitauri in front of me go to stab Stark in a quick reach I grabbed the creature's head with my right hand and crushed it in my titanic grip.

I moved forward still breathing heavily and pulled Stark to a standing position, "thanks blue man group," stark said while standing I nodded to him not completely sure what that was but went with it anyway.

"Stark you hear me you have missile headed straight for the city; payload can wipe out midtown" Fury's breathless voice urgently called over the comms. My eyes widened with this fact before I could comment on it a Chitauri charged Starks back I pushed him out of the way and swung my blade cleaving its head from its body.

Unfortunately, it was able to strike with its rifles speared point on me, effectively impaling me. More Chitauri started to follow the last one's path in charging us, so I turned to Stark "go handle the missile, I'll take care of this" I told him breaking the lower part of the rifle off, his armored head nodded and he flew off into the air.

I turned facing the oncoming creatures, I pulled the spear out holding it in a reverse grip, I flipped it and threw it letting it embed itself into the forehead of the closest Chitauri. I roared and charged those that would attack me. I swung my blade with one hand and used my free hand to physically crush and break anyone who got past the reach of my blade.

"I can close it; can anybody copy I can shut the portal down," Romanoff said while I beat another alien to death. Captain America was quick to respond with "do it" only to be interrupted immediately by Stark "no, wait" he told her. I cut down another with my Abide and kicked one into a car while captain America continued the debate, "Stark these things are still coming" he added and I couldn't agree more as I slammed my hilt into another creature's the force crumpling it like a can.

"I've got a nuke coming in, it's gonna blow in less than a minute," Stark told him the situation I dropped my blade to catch a spear that was going for my other side, I reached forward with my right hand, grabbed it's head and threw it into a nearby bus stop.

"And I know right where to put it." Stark said I looked towards the hole in the sky expecting that to be what he meant.

I looked down at the blood dripping from my wound then bent down and picked up my dropped sword replacing it to my back and held out my hand "Kalais I could use some repairs?" I asked my friend and he appeared in my hand his shell shifting I made sure to cover him with my own body his shell broke apart and a wave of light exited him and my body glowed for a moment as I felt my wound close.

I looked to the hole that bridged an army to our world as a small trail of smoke showed Iron Man enter it. Kalais disappeared and I started a long run back towards the area our fight started. On my run back I grabbed a Chitauri and was going to smash it into the ground when it went completely limp in my hand. I dropped it out of sheer surprise as I hadn't done anything to kill it yet.

I stood back up looking to the portal listening when the Captain said "close it" I watched the portal furl in on itself as it began to close and the glistening armor of Iron Man falls from the nearly closed portal. I chuckled and sped up my sprint heading towards the point.

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I arrived just as Stark asked if anyone had kissed him, Rogers just said, "We won," Stark smiled and tried to sit up a bit, but the weight of his powered down armor was too much for him. Instead, he just laid back saying "yeah woohoo we did it, let's all just not come in tomorrow, just take a day," Stark said I laughed while walking towards them.

Surprisingly he was able to turn his head to me, "You ever try shawarma?" he asked me "nope but I think it was on the list Coulson gave me of things to try," I told him he looked back to the others and pointed to me "I got one more for shawarma," he said Rogers laughed.

"Hold it you two we aren't done yet" he added Stark didn't take that lying down besides the physical lying down, adding "and then shawarma after," he added I held out my hand and Kalais appeared above my palm "you mind getting him out of that?" I asked my friend "mhmm" was all he synthesized as a glowing beam left his eye and connected to the armor.

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We stood over Loki Hawkeye pointing a drawn arrow at him. He held up his hands in surrender saying, "I'd like that drink now?" I moved forward to finish the job, but Thor put a hand on my chest "the Asgardians will judge him," he told me, I begrudgingly nodded not wanting to start a fight with him.

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We had split up for a few days, I had retrieved the gear I loaned and lost that day and left the cube and Loki situation to Thor who decided to take both with him to Asgard, I would've kept the cube but having two extremely powerful object on the Argo was a recipe for disaster and there was no way I was going to return it to Shield.

Meeting up to see off Thor and the imprisoned and gagged Loki made the loss of the cube very worth it though I remained in my armor with the helmet now repaired as we watched the colorful beam take them away.

I tossed Rogers a commlink so he could contact me if need be and watched everyone go their separate ways, "Kalais take us back to the Argo" I asked him the transmat effect surrounding the two of us and beaming us into my ship giving me a view of the vastness of space and reminded me that I needed to prepare so much more if anything like this ever happened again.

I turned away from the eternal view of space and headed towards a workbench to begin preparations, so I didn't lose another friend, just as my longest friend floated over my shoulder in silence.

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"So, your blue, an alien, and shoot lighting?" Tony Stark asked me taking a break from the shawarma he was eating. "yes I'm blue, yes I'm an alien we're called the Awoken, and technically it's arc energy but yeah I shoot lightning" I replied to him wondering why in the world this place was still open after an actual alien invasion.

"huh, and you just gave the cube to Fury, what 20 years ago?" Stark asked me I nodded taking a bite of the food, "you were right Stark this is a fantastic dish," Thor bellowed eating. "How long have you been working with Shield?" Romanoff asked me "since I gave Fury the cube, asked him to keep me a secret," I told her and she nodded.

"And when did you and Thor meet?" she added, Thor with a mouthful answered, "We met by having a fantastic but small bout," I nodded and told her "he means I punched in the face after he threw his hammer at me" she nodded looking confused.

"Do you have a spaceship?" Clint asked me his bow leaning against his chair, "mmhm" I mumbled with a full mouth, I swallowed and added "I have a big one in orbit, and a few jump ships I use when in atmosphere," he smiled "could I fly one of those," he asked his arm got swatted by Romanoff "what?" he asked and she reminded him "we only met Jason a few hours ago and you're asking if you can take his space ship for a joy ride" she told him off.

I snorted "definitely not, don't want you to accidentally smear yourself on mars," I told the archer and he nodded in acceptance. "What about that little guy that follows you around you called him a ghost what is he?" Rogers asked me and I nearly choked before swallowing my food.

"Kalais is going to be so pissed I didn't call him," I said rubbing a bit of sauce off my glove and holding out my palm letting Kalais transmat in above it. "Hey, pal you Rogers was curious what you are," I told him trying my best to fool the supercomputer, that I invited him to this small victory party. He blinked at me his outer rim spinning likely in contemplation.

"Well captain Rogers I am a ghost," he told the man who nodded along Stark had stopped eating and was openly staring at Kalais, it was banner that asked the next question though "what is a ghost?" was what he asked, Kalais' light brightened.

"Well you can think of me as a supercomputer with a personality, but I don't have a body of flesh and blood and never had one so therefore as a being with consciousness but not a true body I am a ghost," Kalais told him and the man nodded along I looked at the captain to see a lot of confusion on his face I just chuckled at him.

Stark opened his mouth again "I have a lot of questions for you but first does he stay in your room when you sleep like a night light?" he asked with a smirk I snorted and Kalais' eye dimmed a bit, " I would appreciate it if you didn't call me a nightlight Mr. Stark" Kalais asked him I chuckled again then swatted the ghost's shell "calm down you lightbulb he was just joking I told him" Kalais' light brightened again and moved to converse more with Dr. Banner I sat back to finish the food my friend had recommended.