A/N: Thanks for reading that last chapter! I hope you all liked it! This chapter will be about Ashley going on her first mission with Captain America and the Hulk. I hope you enjoy this chapter! I love your faces! Ashley's POV
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in these stories, I just own the plot.
First Mission
After I got up, I put on some decent clothes with a beanie and walked to the cafeteria I saw yesterday. As soon as I walked in, people were serving me they kept asking what I wanted to eat and I told them. When I sat down, Tony walked in and ordered then sat down across from me.
"Good morning, beanie, how are you on this fine Friday morning?" Tony asked me, biting into his toast.
"Good morning to you, robot, I am doing well. How are you?" I responded, before cutting up my omelet.
"Great." Tony said before he leaned closer to me and started whispering. "Listen, blackie, muscles one and muscles two are already after you, they were talking about it all night while you were asleep. Saying that muscles one would be the one to get you but then muscles two was saying no I am going to get her." Tony paused. "Are you keeping up with me?"
"No." I shook my head.
"Pay attention, owl, muscles one is Captain America and muscles two is Thor." Tony paused again, taking a sip of water, "Now, this is what is happening today. Nick has just offered a mission to Hulk and Captain and he wants you to go on it as well, because they want to see how you are in action. What I need you to do is be the star and hurt however comes in your way. Nick always watches the people on missions and so we will all be watching you three as well." He explained as he paused again to eat. I took advantage of his full mouth to talk.
"Nick Fury wants me to go on a mission? Really?" I started to get excited. "Okay, but why do you want me to be the center of attention, r2d2?" I asked suspiciously. He laughed.
"Excellent name, witchy, I would have never thought of that." Tony said before he explained. "Pepper Potts is coming today and I have told her about you and I want you to impress her."
"Thank you and who is Pepper Potts?" I asked.
"She is my girlfriend, kind of. She knows she wants me and we kissed after I saved the world, again…" Tony explained. "Anyway, she knows you and I want her to be proud of me for being your friend."
"So you are using me to get a girl?" I asked. Tony nodded. "We are finally becoming a team." I laughed, eating the last bite of my omelet.
"Alright come on, we should get upstairs so you can hear your mission." Tony said as we both gulped down our drinks.
"Ashley?" Bruce's voice came from behind us we looked around to see him. "Nick wants to see you upstairs." He told me as I turned back around to make my plate levitate to the trashcan and Tony winked at me.
After that, Bruce, Tony, and I walked upstairs to get the mission I knew Bruce and I were getting. I took the time in silence to think about what Tony had told me about Steve and Thor; Tony said that they were out to get me. I could see that, I was a girl obviously I could see that. But who did I like was the question. They were both great, I mean Steve was defiantly a gentleman and nicer, but Thor was sexy and strong. I mean they were both strong, but Thor seemed more… strong, anyway. I didn't know who I liked, if either of them.
What if Captain asked me on a date today? What about Bruce? I glanced at him, he told me yesterday to go to him if I needed anything and that he would protect me. I knew he would keep that promise. Could he protect me from this? The answer was probably no. I had to make the decision by myself.
We approached the door then and I went into the black room to see all of the superheroes and Nick Fury. Captain sat up straighter at my arrival and Thor got up. Nick, however, was the first to speak.
"Ashley, good morning, I have exciting news for you." Nick Fury told me as Tony once again winked at me and I sat down in the chair beside Bruce.
"What is it?" I asked, as if I already didn't know.
"Ashley, you, Bruce, and Steve are going on a mission to recover a ring." Nick Fury told me.
"We are going on a mission!" I was truly excited as I smiled at Bruce and Steve.
"Yes, you are." He laughed, "Now here is the objective you are going to go into enemy bases and get a ring with a gold band and red ruby." Nick Fury held up a picture and passed out one picture each to Steve, Bruce, and I.
Nick continued, "This ring is very important because it contains code hidden within the ruby. We need that code to see what Loki wants." I was confused who was Loki? Thor crossed his arms over his chest and sighed deeply.
"Who is Loki?" I asked Bruce quietly.
"Loki is Thor's brother. He went bad and became our villain and possibly the reason why you are here. We need to end him." Bruce replied very quietly so only we could here. I nodded slowly.
"Ashley we need you to apparate them to the location, but we still need to hide the fact that you are a witch." Nick explained.
"I am going to have to use my wand, Nick Fury." I told him.
"You apparated here yesterday without a wand." Nick seemed confused.
"I know, I can apparate myself without a wand but I need my wand to apparate the three of us." I explained slowly. Nick paused, thinking.
"Okay, but just put it away right when you get there. This is the location." Nick said as he handed me a small sheet of paper with an address on it. I nodded.
"Do we know where the ring will be?" Steve asked Nick.
"We don't know exactly but we do know that it is upstairs." Nick replied. "I am sorry that is not a lot of information." Nick apologized.
"How many guards do you think will be there?" Bruce asked, looking over my shoulder at the address.
"We don't know that either but if I were to guess about twenty or thirty." Nick replied we all nodded.
Steve and Bruce ran to go get dressed and ready.
"Ashley aren't you going to go get ready?" Catherine asked me.
"Isn't this what I am wearing?" I asked. Catherine shook her head.
"There is an outfit in your closet go change into it, quickly!" She told me. I nodded apparating to my closet.
In the closet, I saw outfit in the weapon room on a hanger. It wasn't provocative and for that I was happy. The outfit was black cargo pants with a sleeveless shirt and sleeveless jacket and long black gloves and some high top black shoes. It also had a strap to go around my upper thigh that had a knife to go in it and a holder inside my jacket for my wand and places to hide a gun, from what I learned yesterday.
I looked at myself in the mirror and shrugged. It wasn't provocative. I could run in it and it had extra protection. My arms could move freely and I could move my legs up enough to kick people in the head. I was happy with it as I nodded and apparated back upstairs.
I ignored everyone who looked me up and down and nodded. I looked at Steve in his whole Captain America outfit with the hood up as he shrugged. I nodded, laughing lightly at our silent conversation. Bruce was just wearing purple elastic pants and a black shirt.
"Ashley, I am glad that fits." Nick Fury broke my observations. "Did you put on the knife and guns with bullets?"
"Yes, but I don't know how to use a gun." I told him.
"Okay, I don't have time to show you how. You can just your martial arts skills, okay?" Nick told me.
"I will." I nodded.
"One more thing, Bruce, Steve, Ashley, I need you to put these on your ears so we can see and hear whatever is happening." Catherine said as she handed us a piece that was beige and connected to our ear and went to our mouth.
After that, I pulled out my wand, nodded at Tony, and then grabbed told Bruce and Steve to grab my arms. Steve grabbed my other hand as Bruce rolled his eyes and grabbed my elbow.
"Now, I want to warn you because it is a sensation that makes you feel as if you are suffocating, so be prepared for that." I told them as they nodded; I looked at the address, only thinking of that as I apparated to the location.
When we landed at the location a second later, both Steve and Bruce were breathing hard and fast. I quickly put away my wand and moved my hand over there chest to slow their heartbeats. I could tell that Bruce was losing control over his body.
"Bruce, calm down." I tried to calm him.
Steve was coming back and was looking between us.
"Bruce you have to calm down." I waved my hand over his chest again, knowing it was helping but not enough.
Bruce looked up at me and uttered the words, "Get back."
Everything happened very fast, Steve pulled me into his arms and ran me away. As well as Bruce looked at us as his shirt ripped off and green filled his skin as muscles rippled out and he grew two feet. The hulk was breathing very hard as he growled at us.
"Dr. Banner?" Steve asked, pulling me tightly into his arms. The hulk looked at us. "Dr. Banner, I need you to stay here while we go and find the ring. Remember our mission, Dr. Banner? I need you to stay here and block the exit as we find the ring."
The Hulk looked at us as he seemed to remember the situation and motioned with his huge hand for us to get going. Steve nodded and smiled at me as I became aware of our closeness.
"Get back to the mission!" Thor's voice yelled in our ears. "I do apologize Ashley." He whispered after.
After that, Steve laughed and set me down as we ran upstairs. We approached a room with the floor out and multiple small floor boards cut out, leading into an abyss of darkness, with a desk with many drawers in the middle of the room.
"This looks promising." I whispered as I heard Steve laugh and multiple people's laughs in my ear.
"Ashley, I think I should go," Steve said, looking at the floor. "I mean I do have more stability and speed than you." My eyes narrowed slightly.
"But I am littler than you, so I can get into the air and fit on the boards better than you." I told him. Steve looked back at me and saw that I was right.
"Okay, I'll let you do that but be careful." Steve nodded, but looked wary.
I nodded rolling my eyes and jumped onto the first floor board. I jumped across the room very easily and quickly. When I got to the desk, I almost jumped for joy as I started touching everywhere as I saw the inside of the drawers. When I touched the one that had the ring in it, I paused seeing who I had touched it in the last twenty-four hours.
Name: Loki Odinson
"That is interesting." I whispered to myself.
"What is? Are you okay?" Steve asked worriedly.
"I am fine. Loki was here within twenty four hours ago." I whispered, confused.
"Did you just say Loki was here?" Nick Fury asked me from the base.
"Yes he was." I told him as I reached inside the drawer to find a ring with a gold band and red ruby. "I found it." I smiled.
"Good job, now get back to Captain." Tony told me into the ear piece.
I nodded turning around and jumping from floor board to floor board until the last one. I realized that it had gotten at least five feet away from the door. I couldn't jump that far.
"Ashley, just jump I am right here I can catch you, just jump. You'll be okay." Steve was telling me as he reached out a hand to catch me. I nodded.
"Let me throw you the ring first." I told him as I tossed him the ring; Steve caught it and placed it on the ground beside his foot.
"Get as far back as you can on that square and then jump. Look. I am right here." Steve told me.
I scooted as far back as I could and reached out with my hand to grab his as I jumped. I would say I made it about three feet and as I started to fall, Steve caught my hand and pulled me across to him against his chest. I let out a small sigh of relief.
"You are safe. It is okay. I got you." Steve was saying as he pulled me into a hug and took me away from the abyss. "Are you okay, Ashley?"
"I think so, yes. Thank you." I whispered as I pulled away from him.
After that, Steve nodded, making sure I was fine before he looked away. It was awkward for a second until we heard a yell that had to come from the Hulk. We both looked at the floor when I went into the black room and saw thirty guards coming in and around the building. When I came back, Steve was shaking me lightly.
"How many are there?" He asked urgently. I picked up the ring from the floor.
"Thirty, in and around the building." I told him as he took my hand and ran out of the room with me in tow. We started to go around corners and threw hallways as I felt them coming again. "Here come ten on either side of us." I yelled at him as we stopped, Steve pulled out his shield as the guards opened fire.
Steve shield us both as ten came up behind me, I unhooked my hand from Steve's as I turned around.
"Protect her! Protect her, Captain!" Thor, Hawkeye, and Nick were yelling in our ears.
"She can handle herself." Tony said calmly. I smiled at that and faced the ten people.
"No magic!" Nick yelled at me, but it was too late.
During his words, I whipped my left hand back behind my back and launched it across my body, without my wand of course. What that did was make five men fly backward without anything touching them. I did it again with my right hand and the other five flew back and it also made a huge crack in the floor per side. I then unleashed my martial arts and they all were on the ground when I reached the end of the hallway. I saw that there were no more coming my way and also that the Hulk was finished with his men.
"Captain?" I called to Steve, he looked around stunned. "Come on." I told him as he finished off the last guy. He ran over to me and we ran back downstairs. I was shocked to see Dr. Banner back in his human form and smiling at us.
"Great job, everyone." Bruce told us smiling. "Ashley, are you bleeding?" He asked, worried.
Steve looked around at my arm and sure enough there was a large cut along my bicep. "Let's get you back to base, come on." Steve nodded, also worried.
"Are you okay to apparate?" I asked Bruce, not worrying about myself.
"I think so, now that I know what is coming. I will be fine." Bruce replied seriously.
"Okay, then let us try it." I nodded pulling out my wand grabbing Steve's arm and Bruce grabbed my non-hurt arm. We apparated and were joined by the rest of the avengers plus Catherine, Nick, and I saw Pepper Potts as people started to wrap my arm in gauze.
Name: Pepper Lynn Potts
Age: 35
Height: 5'07 ft
Occupation: Muggle
I came back to my arm wrapped up and people congratulating me. I also realized that Bruce was not changing even though he was breathing hard. Steve hugged me and I thanked him as he nodded and kissed my cheek. I hugged Bruce as well when he calmed down and thanked him he nodded as well thanking me too.
"Ashley, congratulations, I want you to meet Pepper Potts." Tony told me as he led me to Pepper.
"Hello, Pepper. I am Ashley Potter, lovely to meet you." I said holding out a hand to greet her.
"Hello, Ashley. Nice to meet you as well, I am so impressed by your power." Pepper said as she shook my hand. I glanced at Tony sideways and he nodded.
"Thank you, Pepper. I appreciate that." I told her as everyone else met Pepper as well. I walked up to Nick Fury.
"Ashley, that was incredible. I knew you would make a great addition to this team." Nick said slightly to himself. "Now that you are an honorary member, please put this bracelet on to signify that you are a part of S.H.I.E.L.D." Nick said, placing a bracelet around my arm.
"Wow, thanks. I feel so official now." I told him as he laughed. "Hawk! Look I got my bracelet!" I yelled at him as I held up my arm.
"Cool, Ash." Hawkeye replied. "I got mine two years ago." Hawkeye told me and I could hear Bruce dying from laughter. I joined in and the three of us laughed.
After that, I realized something very important. I realized that we were all family. Even if two of them were trying to 'get me'. Even if one of our family members turns into a giant green monster. Even if one had an eye-patch and even though Pepper just joined. Even if there was a freak witch that could see people from two miles away. We were family… Well a weird one at least.
A/N: Thanks for reading! ! It is seriously all because of everyone who keeps review and adding this story to your favorites is why i keepputting them up so fast. That is so sweet. Thanks again! Next chapter will be about Ashley learning how to use a gun, drive a car, and Loki being captured by the Avengers. I love your faces! Bye for now!
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