AN: Hello my lovely readers! Have you seen the new Age of Ultron trailer... Oh my god I'M SOOOO EXCITED. I can't wait to see it, and as a British person, we get it a week before America!
Anyway back to the story, I can't believe it's chapter ten already? Where do the weeks go?
Chapter ten
I watched calmly as Iron Man came to hover outside of my ruined apartment. He surveyed the hole in the glass, which was practically the whole wall, and then the rest of the apartment. I couldn't tell what he thought of any of it because of the metal face plate. I didn't know if he had seen Deadpool yet either.
"Nice that you could be bothered to turn up," I teased. I was a bit miffed that Iron Man had waited until now to help. The threat was virtually over. I say virtually because there might be back up. "Were you playing Guess the Villain again?"
"...No," He lied. I chuckled. "Well we were, until we heard where the attack was happening."
"You're a bit late, I'm afraid." I said, looking down at the helicopter below. "I've already dealt with that."
"Yes, I see the burning helicopter below." Iron Man commented. "Hey what's Deadpool doing here?" I looked behind me. Deadpool had moved out from behind the sofa.
"Um... He's with me," I decided. "Is anyone else coming?"
"Now that you mention it..."
I leaned to the side and peered out from beside Iron Man. I saw the Avengers Quinjet soaring over to the building. I was pretty sure Natasha was piloting it, but I wasn't sure who else was there. Flying in front of the Quinjet, however, where two incredibly worried dragons.
"Uh oh." I muttered. Drakki roared and Hiss barrelled towards the hole in the wall. She barely avoided knocking me down. She wrapped herself around my legs, covering me with sharp, spiky coils. She bared her fangs at both Deadpool and Iron Man. Drakki landed and did the same thing, wrapping her tail around Hiss' coil and bared her fangs. She made a low sound that sounded like it was a mix of a roar and a hiss.
I tried to keep myself from touching Hiss' coils since I was still in my Jotun form. I could give them a nasty ice burn if I touched them even for a few seconds. It was painful on Asgardians and fatal to mortals. I didn't want to find out what would happen to dragons.
"Girls, girls, I'm ok!" I said holding my hands up. "I'm fine! I'm alive!" I tried to make them see that there was no danger. I soothed them until they had stopped growling and hissing. I stepped out of Hiss' coil when she had calmed enough. They even let Iron Man land and take a closer look at the apartment. I assumed he glared at Deadpool, but I couldn't tell because he hadn't flipped his mask up.
"You're apartment is well and truly destroyed." He decided. "It'll take a while to repair everything if you're not willing to do it by magic."
"I'm not." I said. Tony still couldn't quite believe that magic was a real thing. He was convinced that it could all be explained by science. It probably could but mankind just doesn't have that kind of technology yet. The way I saw magic was that it was energy. The way I saw magic was that it was energy. I took most of my magic from Yggdrasil, the world tree. It touches everything in the nine realms and it is the reason why certain people have magic. People like me. However it takes the energy I consume to wield magic. If I perform a particularly large or difficult spell, or any spell I haven't tried before, it drains my energy, leaving me incredibly hungry afterward. When I was originally training with Amora I ate so much that I nearly went bankrupt. I was hungry all the time.
"If that's the case then you're going to be stuck without an apartment for some time." Iron Man said.
"Great, where am I going to stay in the meantime?" I asked.
"Just so everyone knows I didn't do anything." Deadpool said with his hands up.
"Why are you here?" Iron Man asked.
"We're having a movie night!" Deadpool gestured to the still running TV. Iron Man looked at me.
"Impromptu movie night," I corrected.
"Whatever," He said, unimpressed. Trust Tony not to worry about a thing. "Hold on, I'm getting something from Natasha." He said. I waited. "Yeah she's telling me that you now have to stay at the Tower."
"Wow, really?" I asked. I loved the Tower. It was so cool. It was super high tech, with all sorts of gadgets I could have fun and mess around with. There was the penthouse, where the Avengers hung out for most of the time. The penthouse also had a landing spot and a huge balcony where I could just hop on Drakki and fly straight out of the Tower rather than having to climb several flights of stairs first.
There was also JARVIS, who I liked just chatting to. It was like chatting to Wikipedia. You could ask JARVIS anything and BAM he would answer. He was particularly helpful when I was baking and I didn't have a recipe. Plus there were holographic projectors and hundreds of TV channels so I could never get bored. I was like a kid in a toy shop when it came to the Tower. You know those really awesome stores where you could go in and mess around with everything.
"Ohh, can I come?" Deadpool asked.
"No," Iron Man said bluntly.
"Don't you have your own place?" I asked a little kinder.
"Yeah, but it's not as cool as Avengers Tower." He replied.
"No," Iron Man repeated.
"You guys are no fun." Deadpool whined.
"When can I go?" I asked Iron Man.
"When are you ready?" He replied. I glanced around the apartment. My sofa was still on fire and it had begun to rain outside. The wind was blowing hard, so it was making everything wet. I would guess that it was quite cold in the apartment, but I couldn't tell in my Jotun form. I was practically boiling.
"I'll need some time to sort everything, but I'll be round with Drakki and the rest later tonight." I decided.
"What about your tiger?" Deadpool reminded me.
"Oh, where is he?" I muttered suddenly remembering.
Hiss slithered to the edge of the hole. She whirred her teeth to get my attention and gestured down to the bottom of the street. I went to the edge and looked down, being careful to control my balance. There he was. Mr. Rhododendron sat patiently on the street side. He gazed up at us, illuminated by the fire from the helicopter. The SHIELD agents that had turned up to clear everything up paid him no attention. They were used to an unusually aware tiger by now. I waved to him.
"Well, now that's all sorted, I've got to go." Iron Man announced. He walked to the edge of the hole. The Avengers' Quinjet turned in the direction of the Tower. "Try not to get yourself killed kid." He said and shot off into the sky. He left a burn mark on my carpet. I sighed.
"Hey, lil lady? It's getting kind of cold in here." Deadpool said and rubbed his arms. I blinked and looked down. The puddles of rain had started to freeze over and frost was crawling along the carpet in a circle around me.
"Oops." I said. I was about to turn back into my human form when I remembered the sofa fire. I sent a quick blast of ice its way. The fire was snuffed out and in turn the entire corner of the sofa got covered in ice and frost.
I changed back into my human form and shivered. My body spasmed slightly; straining to turn back into my Jotun form. I clenched up, trying to control myself. When I finally did I turned to Deadpool.
"Are you going to help me clean this up or are you just going to leave?" I asked him.
"Oh no, I don't clean up mess, I make it." He said.
"That you do," I agreed."If you are going, then let Mr. Rhododendron in when you go."
"Who said I leaving by the stairs?" He asked and walked out of the apartment.
I grumbled. I went into the other rooms to check for any other damages, but it was all fine. Mr. Rhododendron joined us after a few minutes. I smiled. Deadpool might pretend not to be thoughtful, but I could tell he was.
I turned off the TV then left the creatures in the living room and went to my bedroom. I hauled the suitcase out from under the bed and started packing for the Tower. I packed for about a week's stay, but I didn't know how long the repair for the apartment would take. If I didn't have enough cloths then I would just go on a shopping spree with Natasha and Pepper. I liked the sound of that.
Coming from a care home meant that you didn't get stuff whenever you wanted. You had to wait for someone to hand some cloths down or you'd have to spend the days doing chores around other people's houses to get the money you needed. I learned quickly about who would give me jobs and be nice to me whilst doing so. Not all kids were as well behaved as I was.
I checked my suitcase, humming to myself. I counted how many pairs of socks and underwear I had. I went on the counting the tops and jeans, then onto PJ's. I checked the socks again and then threw a couple more pairs in for good measure. I hated not having enough socks. I went around the apartment, picking up my phone, the charger, my kindle and some of my well loved books. Yeah, I had a kindle and books. The kindle was a gift to myself, I had already had quite a collection of books at that point. I threw my iPod and headphones into the suitcase as well. That was another gift to myself.
I grabbed a landline from one of the coffee tables that hadn't been tipped over and dialled the Avengers Tower number. As it rang I went around the living room, stepping over dragons and tigers and righting furniture.
"You've reached Avengers Tower, may I take your call?" JARVIS asked politely.
"Hiya JARVIS, its Ink." I said.
"Hello Miss Rabinovich, Mr. Stark told me that you would call." He said.
"Did he now?" I asked. "Well, tell him that I'm coming over in a few minutes, I've nearly got everything ready." I picked a few papers off of the floor and put them on the drawing desk.
"Shall I prepare a room for you?" He asked.
"Uhh, sure." I said. I wasn't sure how much JARVIS could actually do at the Tower, since he was just an AI, but from the sounds of it, he could do a lot.
"I will inform Mr. Stark and the rest of the Avengers that you will be arriving soon." JARVIS said. "May I ask of your estimated time of arrival?"
I straightened up, "What time is it now?" I asked.
"It's nearing 11 o'clock in the evening." He replied.
"Tell them I'll be round at 11:30 or so." I said. "I'll drop off my stuff and then I'll have a ride around on Drakki for a bit."
"Of course, Miss Rabinovich," JARVIS said.
"Nice talking to you JARVIS," I said.
"As always it's been a pleasure, Miss Rabinovich." JARVIS replied and the call cut out. I hit the end button and put the landline down. I looked at Hiss, Drakki and MR. Rhododendron.
"Wanna take me to Avengers Tower?" I asked, brandishing my suit case. Hiss grumbled, knowing that I would have to bungee cord the thing to her back to carry. Mr. Rhododendron grumbled.
"I just walked up ten flights of stairs." He commented. "Are you really going to make me walk to Avengers Tower? My paws are aching already."
"Well, I can't bungee cord you to Hiss..." I trailed off. I could leave Mr. Rhododendrn here. He certainly wouldn't be walking by himself... "Drakki could carry you to the Tower if you really wish."
Mr. Rhododendron sighed. "I suppose that must happen."
"Great." I said smiling. "Now that's all sorted I need to figure out how to get this suitcase to the Tower." I thought for a bit.
"You could just bungee cord it to Hiss and make her carry it." Mr. Rhododendron suggested.
"Oh, awesome idea." I said. "Stay here whilst I go dig out my old bungee cords."