Here is the final chapter to this particular creation. It was a challenge to write and I'm glad I could share it with you readers! Pretty please tell me what you think in the box below and comment on my other works as well. Much love to you all!
I skip down the stairs to the lab and punch in the access code. "Welcome, Miss Beth." Jarvis automatically responds as the door slide open.
"Thanks, Jarvis." I say. I walk into the main lab area to find Bruce and Tony rearranging stuff on the holograph screens. It looked pretty cool.
"Dang it! Looks like I forgot to change the password again!" Tony mocks as I walk over flipping open my workbook. Bruce chuckles as he types something on one of the floating screens.
"Psshhh. You guys love my interruptions. Besides, I could probably weasel the new one out of Jarvis anyway…" I reply.
"Ha! Jarvis wouldn't dare. I created him." Tony says.
"Sir, my loyalties lie with all of the Avengers and Beth. I will give her any passwords she may need." Jarvis replies, a hint of smugness somehow coming out through the electronic voice.
"Ha-HA! Jokes on you!" I laugh. You guys wanna help me with this?" I ask.
Bruce puts on his glasses and looks at the page I hold out to him. "Geez. How did you do your homework when we were MIA?" he asks.
"I really don't know." I reply honestly. "I can't believe I passed…"
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I finish lacing up my sneakers and walk out of the gym's locker room to find Clint and Natasha sparring in the boxing ring. It was amazing how in sync they were. Neither of them actually hit the other because their opponent would anticipate and block their attack effortlessly. In a way, it was beautiful.
"Hey Clint!" I yell. "Can I practice with your bow?" I ask as I walk over to it hanging on the wall.
"Sure thing, Beth." he replies without losing his focus on the fight.
"Thanks!" I say as I strap the quiver around my back and step in front of one of the targets.
I miss. Horribly. So bad, the arrow hits the wall.
Natasha laughs. "Looks like you're a little out of practice." She jokes, continuing to spar without missing a beat. Those two were ridiculous.
"This is the first time I've held the thing since y'all left. Cut me some slack would ya?" I reply as I take another shot, hitting just outside the bulls eye. "Look, I'm already improving."
"I would prefer if you wouldn't refer to my bow as "the thing". It's a very expensive and amazing piece of weaponry." Clint says.
"Puh-lease." I reply. I release another arrow, which lands straight in the bulls eye. "Ta-da! I've got my mojo back!" I brag to my housemates.
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I step into the kitchen to find Thor and Steve sharing a box of cinnamon Poptarts sitting at the bar. I grab a pack and lean on the counter across from them.
"How was school?" Steve asked between bites.
"Pretty good. Made a 97 on my essay in English. Had tacos for lunch." I reply, breaking off a chunk of Poptart and popping it in my mouth.
"Well done Beth!" Thor congratulates in his enthusiastic manner. "Sir Jarvis! Please alert the rest of our family of this wondrous news!" he asks.
"Of course Master Odinson." Jarvis replied. A moment later, Tony's voice comes through the speakers. "Hey Thor, you don't have to alert us of every little thing. But, way to go, Beth!" he says. Bruce jumps in, "Yeah, good for you!"
A sweaty pair of assassins walk into the kitchen and grab water bottles from the fridge. "Good job!" Natasha comments, and Clint nods in agreement as he gulps down his water.
Things had finally gone back to normal. Or as normal as our little bunch could get. Had I mentioned how much I had missed them?
