Hi again! Oh my god, thank you so much to everyone that followed/favorited this story. 11 followers may not seem like much but seeing as I didn't think anyone would like this story, it made my day to get such a surge of response. Sorry this chapter is a little short, I promise the next one will be longer!

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from the Avengers or the Marvel Universe, I only own my OCs.

Chapter 3 - Meeting the Avengers

"Tell me that wasn't the most brilliant thing you've ever seen, Tony!" a muffled voice insisted excitedly.
"It's definitely intriguing," another voice muttered.
"Bruce, the question was for Tony," the first voice reiterated.
"Yes but he hasn't said anything for the past 20 minutes," a third voice grumbled. This one sounded female.
Alexia slowly opened her eyes, utterly unprepared for the bright light and white furniture the room contained. The group around her grew silent when they noticed she was stirring. When she could finally open her eyes long enough to gather her bearings, she saw six figures lounging around her bed, which was clean but slightly uncomfortable. They were all staring at her intensely, something which she hated.
Lexy was thinking of something witty to say when a flash of pain erupted in her brain. She groaned and went to grab at her hair before realizing that there were tubes attached to her forearms. She went to take them out when a hand stopped her. She looked up and saw a familiar face looking at her with a friendly but worried expression.
"Uh, hi! I'm Steve Rogers, we met in the park," he introduced gingerly.
"Ok," she replied evenly.
He was slightly taken aback by this answer and removed his hand from her wrist. She was about to speak when she noticed a glass of water sitting in the table next to her. Alexia grabbed it and drunk it all in one. That was when she remembered what had happened. She winced when she was reminded of the depletion of energy she had felt but then she glared at the group. All Lexy knew was that she had been kidnapped and forced to fight some kind of robots before waking up in what seemed to be a hospital surrounded by strangers.
"Where am I and who are you people?" Alexia snarled uncharacteristically.
"You're on the Helicarrier, ok? You're safe here. We're the Avengers," a man with tan skin and dark hair announced.
Alexia closed her eyes as she remembered who they were: a group of heroes that had saved the city about a year before. At the time, Alexia had been in Scotland on vacation, but it had made international news and everyone was raving about it when she got back. Plus, the damage was clearly visible to anyone in New York around the time.
"Oh, so he does talk," one of the others mumbled before speaking up to introduce himself, "Clint Barton."
"Yeah I know who you all are, now," Lexy muttered, "Why exactly am I here, why was I forced to destroy robots and... What is a helicarrier?"
"The Helicarrier is HQ of S.H.I.E.L.D," came a voice from behind the group.
They turned to see Nick Fury. Alexia sighed.
"About time I saw someone I actually recognized," she whispered, more to herself than anyone else.
"Sorry about that, Miss Brookes, but you needed to be serious about escaping to show them your full potential," he apologized.
"Did I miss something?" Clint queried.
"Miss Brookes caught on that we were following her a while back, so she just told us basically everything we wanted to know and said that if we needed any help, we would know where to find her," Fury explained.
"Actually I didn't notice, my fish did," Lexy blurted out, "... Which sounds crazy upon reflection."
"Care to explain, sir?" Steve asked, turning back to Fury.
"Well maybe if you had all listened in the meeting we wouldn't be in this situation. You never let me explain what her abilities were," he responded gruffly.
"I can control water, bend it to my will yadda yadda. I can communicate with aquatic animals, I can breathe underwater indefinitely and I am a pro at swimming and diving," Lexy recalled proudly, "I have some fish at home who told me when someone trespassed."
"... Those truly are unearthly powers, Lady Brookes. Are you sure you are from Midgard?" Thor questioned.
Before Alexia could answer, Fury got a call from someone and excused himself. Lexy smirked when realization hit her.
"What are you smiling about?" Natasha snapped.
"There's a goldfish out there," she grinned.
It took a moment for the others to comprehend what she meant. Bruce was the first to understand.
"Who's he talking to?"
"Coulson? That's all the fish heard. Something about someone called Coulson, you guys and... Something about a siren," Lexy repeated, bewildered by the random string of words.
The Avengers immediately dampened at the thought of the lost agent.
"Man, this fish needs to calm down. Oh great, and now he's forgotten what he was doing. They are probably the most unreliable... You guys alright?" Alexia frowned as she turned to see the sombre expressions on their faces.
"Coulson was an old friend of ours. He isn't here anymore," Steve explained hesitantly.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Lexy murmured.
It was strange. They seemed to be in genuine mourning but Fury had been speaking as if Coulson was still alive.

Again, sorry that was short. Also, Coulson doesn't have a role in this story (though I can add him in if you want me to), I just thought it would be a good way to show that the events of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD are happening about now. Anyway, please review and, if you liked it, follow and favorite! Thanks to everyone who has already done so!

P.S. I have privately been writing a Spider-man fanfic. The characters' personalities are a mix of Ultimate Spiderman, Amazing Spiderman and my own take on them. I wasn't planning on publishing it until I had finished about 5 chapters but if any of you are interested, I can publish it now. It may be a little slower to upload than this one, though. It is a Peter Parker x OC and the OC has fire-based powers (kind of the opposite to this character). Review if you'd like me to publish it!