Three days had passed and Steve and Chris had spent a lot of time looking up the twins and relaxing. Stark had decided to throw a party to celebrate their success and everyone was invited. Chris was in her dorm getting ready for this party. Pepper was always loading up Chris's room with her old clothes. She knows her well enough to know she only own jeans and maybe some nice blouses. Chris pulled out a black cocktail dress and slipped into it. She looked in the mirror and there was a knock.
"Come in." Chris said.
Luckily it was Natasha.
"Hey Tash." She smiled.
"Hey. Having some troubles?"
"I don't really wear dresses. Or get dressed up. Or go out."
"Well lucky for you I know just what to do."
Tash did her hair in loose curls and her bangs pinned back.
"You're the best." Chris smiled at her.
"Well, I try." Tash laughed.
They walked out together to the main area where the party was being held.
Chris saw Sam and Steve talking and decided to join them.
"So how's the move to Brooklyn going?" Sam asked.
"If we could afford a place it would be going well." Chris said walking up to them.
"There's my girl. As gorgeous as ever." Steve kissed her cheek.
"Sorry I took so long. You know how much I hate getting dressed up."
"But you are always worth the wait."
"Well it would be rude of me not to let you go be a man and do manly things without your fiancé."
"No, please. I get to do those things all the time. Just stay with me for now."
"If you insist." Chris smiled at him.
They walked around and ended up hanging out with Thor, Tony and a bunch if veterans exchanging war stories.
"And here I was in the middle of the desert with no food no water and 1 mag. I'm out there for five days with no sign of life until I come across the group that blew up my convoy. There's probably 20 guys and I've got a small little 15 mag. I was almost ready to just pass them by and find the next town but then it hit me. The smell of food. Real food. I'm tellin ya don't stand between a girl with a gun that hasn't had food in days and a good meal. You will lose. Took them all down, grabbed some food and sat down enjoying a well-deserved meal." All the vets were laughing and Chris looked up to see Steve just smiling at her.
"Your girlfriends may run companies and be on track for a Nobel prize, but my girlfriend is the best." Steve said to both Thor and Tony before wrapping his arm around her shoulders and kissing the side of her head.
"Now I need a drink. What do you have?" Chris asked reaching for the glass.
"No, no, no, no." Thor said before she could grab Steve's glass.
"What?" Chris asked.
"I'm drinking Thor's stuff." Steve admitted.
"This was aged for 1000 years in the barrels built from the wreck of Grunhel's fleet. Not meant for mere mortals." Thor explained.
"You do understand that you gave this to my fiancé. A man who may have a fast metabolism, but unable to keep up with his fiancé." Chris said.
"Thor give her a little. She's right."
"Only one." Thor said.
He poured her a shot and she downed it.
"Oh god. One is all I need that was disgusting."
Steve and Thor laughed and Chris grabbed her beer to wash it down.
Steve went to go grab them both another beer and when she looked over she saw Natasha walking away and Steve talking to Bruce. Good. It was about time Tash and Bruce got together.
Tash and Steve were soon both by Chris' side.
"So, now that we're celebrating the end of our mission. When are you two getting married?" Tash asked them.
"Well, we didn't want anything big." Steve said.
"Yeah and we have everything we need." Chris smiled.
"I'd say probably here soon."
"I hope to be invited." Tash said with a smile.
"The Avengers are the only ones invited. We don't really have any other friends." Chris said with a small laugh.
"I'm so happy for you guys. I mean it's been forever."
"Trust me, we know." Steve said looking down at her.
After everyone else had left, the team just sat around talking. The boys and Chris were talking about the hammer. Chris was sitting next to Steve with his arm wrapped around her shoulders.
"It's a trick." Clint said.
"How so?" Thor asked.
"'Whosoever be worthy shall haveth the power.'" Clint said in his mock Oden voice.
"Then be my guest." Thor said gesturing to the hammer sitting on the table.
Clint stood up and walked over to the hammer.
"This is gonna be good." Chris said and Steve laughed.
"You've had a rough week no one will blame you if you can't do." Tony said
Clint grabbed the handle and tried to lift it up.
"I still don't know how you do it." Clint laughed and let go of the hammer.
"Smell the judgement." Tony said.
"Please, Stark, go ahead and try."
Tony stood up and unbuttoned his jacket.
"I'm never one to back away from a challenge. It's all physics. If I lift it, I rule Asgard?" Tony asked getting ready to lift the hammer.
"Yes." Thor answered with a smile.
"My first decree will be to re institute prima nocta."
Tony grunted as he tried to lift the hammer with no success.
"One second." Tony said and walked away.
He came back with the glove from his suit to try and get it up, but still nothing. He even had James use his glove to help him and still not even a budge.
Then Banner tried as himself and nothing happened.
"Your turn baby." Chris said patting Steve's chest.
"Okay." He said getting up.
"No pressure Steve." Tony said from his spot on the couch.
Steve rolled up his sleeves and looked down at the hammer. He began to pull and it budged a little. Chris looked over and the smile on Thor's face had fallen. Steve let go and Thor let out his breath.
"Nothing." Thor laughed as Steve sat back down next to Chris.
The guys looked between Chris and Tash.
"That is not a question I need answered." Tash said leaning back.
"I think I already know the answer." Chris said shaking her head.
"It's rigged." Tony said.
"You bet your ass." Clint said.
"Steve, he said a bad word." Hill said pointing at Clint.
"Did you tell everyone that?" Steve asked looking at Chris.
"The handle must be imprinted. So, whoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints can lift it." Tony concluded.
"Or there's a simple explanation." Thor said standing to grab the hammer. "None of you are worthy."
Everyone laughed until there was a high pitched noise. They looked over to the elevator and there was a machine standing there.
"How could you be worthy? You're all killers." It asked as it limped closer to us all.
"Tony, what's going on?" Chris asked not taking her eyes off of the machine in front of them.
"Jarvis?" Tony said.
"Sorry, I was asleep." The destroyed legionnaire suit said.
"Jarvis, reboot legionnaire OS. There's a buggy suit." Tony said.
"There was a terrible noise. I had to kill the other guy."
"You killed someone?" Steve asked.
"Didn't want to, but in the real world we have to make ugly choices all the time."
"Who sent you?" Thor asked.
"I see a suit of armor around the world." A recording of Tony's voice played.
"Ultron." Banner said as if coming to a realization.
"The one and only. I'm on a mission for peace in our time."
Then the other legionnaire suits came crashing through the walls. Steve kicked up the table to use it as a shield, but they hit it and sent both Chris and Steve flying backwards. They were attacking and they were all ducking. Chris jumped behind the couch and watched as Steve jumped on one's back and tried to disable it, but it slammed him into the wall.
"Steve!" Chris yelled and pulled out her gun shooting it as Steve fell to the ground. She helped him up and continued to shoot at the drones. Chris covered Steve as he saved Dr. Cho and grabbed his shield from Clint.
"Tony!" Chris yelled.
"I'm working on it." Tony yelled on the back of another legionnaire.
Steve caught his shield and threw it at the remaining legionnaire causing it to be sliced in half and fall to pieces.
"I know you all mean well. You want to protect the world, but don't want it to change. How do you save humanity if you doesn't evolve? The only path to peace is with the Avengers extinction." Ulrton said and Thor threw his hammer through it causing him to shatter.