"I have to get out of here before Fury regains consciousness," Shadow quietly planned her next steps.
Running after the squad to stop them would be pointless, even if they got the backing of Agent Hill, who was still waiting for them at the trucks.
"Oh, fuck it," Shadow cursed loudly, giving in to the energy that flowed through her body and she dissolved in blue light and fell face down into the grass outside.
''I've probably gotten out of practice since S.H.I.E.L.D held me there,'' she told herself as she rose from the floor and knocked the dirt from her dark gray hoodie and black leggings. However, just as she was standing, the portal exploded and the entire area collapsed. Shadow did not react fast enough, so she fell as well. Her fall was abruptly intercepted by a cold stone floor after a few moments.
"Oh my God!", Shadow heard a familiar voice scream and as she turned her face from the floor towards the noise source, she spotted Pepper Potts running towards her and kneeling beside her.
''Are you hurt? Where did you come from? What happened? ', Pepper overwhelmed her with questions, but before Shadow had a chance to answer her, Iron Man landed next to the two women:' 'Lilly, what are you doing here?' 'Lilly alias Shadow, too once a killer girl, sat up carefully before explaining the current situation to them: "I was in Cleveland in a SHIELD outpost, leveled by a portal review. A man named Loki stole the Tesseract and reversed two S.H.I.E.L.D agents, as well as a scientist. ''
While she was talking she got up with Pepper's help and sat down on a couch. At the same time, Tony was out of his suit and now knelt in front of Lilly to see if she had any injuries, but luckily, except for a few simple scratches, there was nothing to see.
Just when Tony wanted to ask who the request Loki was because he could get in one of SHIELD's labs and that, even with the Tesseract, JARVIS intervened: ''Agent Coulson of SHIELD is on the phone, '' whereupon Lilly groaned and put an arm over his eyes.
''I'm not here,'' Tony's excuse with a smile to Lilly was that she was only too happy to give back.
"Sir, I'm sorry, he doesn't give in," JARVIS commented, but Tony just said that JARVIS should make an excuse for being busy and his smile widening. Yes, Tony really liked Lilly, even when her first meeting with S.H.I.E.L.D was arranged to help Tony with the deadly problem in his chest.
''Sir, the phone. My communication logs were overwritten, '' JARVIS reported again.
''We should work on that,' 'Lilly said before Tony reached for his Stark Phone. "Stark, we have to talk," came the voice of Agent Coulson, and he sounded as if it were urgent. Of course, Tony tried to persuade him that he was not available, but then the elevator doors opened with a ping and Coulson stepped into the room.
"Security!" Tony shouted, making Lilly smile again.
''I just landed here a few minutes ago, how can you get away with it so quickly?'' Lilly wanted to know from Coulson after nodding at her. "Well, her work with us brings some benefits for us," he explained. "Probably the experiments that were performed on me," thought Lilly bitterly in her thoughts and her eyes darkened for a moment.
''I won't stay long. We just want you to look at this, Mr. Stak, '' said Coulson, holding out a SHIELD laptop that Pepper picked up on and then passed it to Tony, reluctant to take anything because she was on a Touch could explode, presumably occupational disease.
''Is it about the Avengers?'' Pepper wanted to know, but added that, of course, she knew nothing, as this initiative was kept secret.
"I thought I was not fit for that," said Tony, who had switched on the laptop and was now looking at the content with Lilly. "You're not the only one," Lilly added to Tony's statement about his suitability as Avenger.
''What's that? '', Pepper asked, who had now also gone to Tony, who let project the contents of the laptop in the room. "Homework," Lilly replied, not taking her eyes off the people's photos.
"I'm still flying to D.C today," decided the Stark Industries CEO, knowing that as a civilian, she could not help much and it would soon be dangerous out there. "Be careful," said Pepper in parting and hugged Lilly, "'watch' him," she whispered to Lilly, but Tony heard it.
''Hey, if so, I have to take care of her, after all, I'm the adult here, '' he intervened, to which Lilly replied: '' I only look like 16, I'll be 20 in just 2 months hey, I forgive you again because I know how bad your memory is, "she patted him on the shoulder and turned back to the documents.