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5.
The nightmares again. Loki. The aliens. Her father's cries. His face stained with grief. His voice telling her to run. And then the face of a woman she didn't know. She was dressed strange. Like someone from a different time. Who was she? Why had she never had a dream about her before? Her screams.
"Who are you?!" She cried.
"WHO ARE YOU!"
And then a voice, a distant voice calling her back to the world of the living.
"Madam. Madam."
Anne woke up. No one was in the room, but a voice kept calling her.
"Who, who are you?"
"My name is Jarvis. I am an Artificial Intelligence designed by Mr. Stark."
"Oh... Nice to meet you, I guess."
"Miss Knight, Mr. Stark reminds you that breakfast is at nine and beckons you to awake."
"Great, tell him I'll be right down."
"As you wish, madam."
The girl rubbed her temples and slowly got out of bed and headed for the bathroom to take a shower.
That woman in her dream. Who could she have possibly been? Something told her she knew her, but Anne couldn't associate her face to anyone she had known.
When she finished she went to her giant new closet to pick out some clothes to find all of her old ones replaced with millions more.
"Uh... What the frick?"
There were clothes of every kind and style invented in the past hundred years.
Not being able just then to choose, she picked out a pair of plain blue jeans, a black t-shirt and to top it off, she put on one of her dad's sweatshirts and headed down stairs. She would definitely have fun exploring the closet later on.
When she got to the dining room it was after ten o clock and everyone had already gone, but a stack of pancakes had been left for her. She devoured them and went looking for the others. In this way she could explore the tower a bit too.
She entered many rooms full of gadgets and technological stuff she knew nothing about, she even managed to find the swimming pool, the computer room, the costume room, but no Avengers.
"Wow, this might be harder than I thought... This place is huge."
Finally, she knocked on a door and someone said: "Come in!"
She recognized Natasha's voice immediately.
"Hey, sorry to intrude, but where is everyone?"
"You're not intruding, come on in." She said while slipping on a very sexy black dress and zipping up.
"Steve's in the training room, Stark is... Somewhere trying to be smart as usual, Banner's..."
She blushed a moment, but then regained composure. But not quick enough for Anne not to notice.
"Probably with him. Thor had to go back to Asgard and me and Barton are just about to leave for a mission in Monte Carlo."
"Thus the dress."
"Did you have any doubts?" Said Nat smiling with a sassy attitude.
"When are you guys gonna be back?"
"In a week if everything goes well, why?"
"No reason."
That wasn't entirely true. She didn't know anyone there but them and she already felt like an intruder as it was.
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll get along with everyone."
Anne sighed.
"I hope so."
"You know, I'm sure Steve wouldn't mind training with you. But if you beat him, please do make a video this time."
The girl laughed.
"Will do! But where's the training room?"
"Fith floor, first door on the right."
"Thanks. See you next week I guess."
Nat smiled and Anne left, wondering how many missions they had to go on being SHIELD agents. Suddenly, she was REALLY thankful she didn't accept THAT offer. This way she could easily get to know her partners before she fought at their sides.
She was a bit disappointed about Thor, though. Asgard... Where had she heard that name before? She knew it was a mythological land and all, but that's not what bothered her. She had actually HEARD it before.
Now wasn't the time to think about that though. Anne put on some good exercise clothes and went down to the training room.
When she opened, she found Steve punching the punching bag so hard until it fell from the ceiling and he had to put another one on. This is when he noticed her watching him.
"Are you just going to stand there?" He asked with a smile.
"Sorry, I didn't want to bother you."
"It's no bother at all."
Anne blushed and went up to him.
"Natasha said you might want to train together."
"Are you sure? Have you ever fought?"
She nodded giggling, sensing the sarcasm in his voice.
"I beat Black Widow."
Steve smiled.
"Well, lets see how you do with me."
They both got into position and started fighting. Anne used her usual routine. She let her opponent start the attack and egged him on for a while, making him believe he could actually win. But strength wasn't everything.
He tried punching a few times, but Anne just ducked. He tried tripping her, but she jumped. Every move he made, she would avoid it. Finally, when it seemed he had no more to give, she started her own attack. It took her two seconds to end the fight. She simply ran up against the wall, kicked backwards and pushed against him so hard that he fell straight to the ground.
"Wow... That was way easier than I ever thought it would be."
Steve just laughed.
"Wow you are really good." He then held out his hand, and Anne grabbed it to help him up, thinking him an honest opponent, but she was mistaking. As soon as she got hold of his hand, Steve turned the tables and she found herself back against the floor the great Captain America slightly above her laughing. Anne couldn't help but blush and laugh herself. Finally, they both stood and agreed they would train together from now on. They both had to work on things that the other had. Steve had to work on his technique and coordination, while as Anne had to work on her being predictable.
By the time they finished, it was almost one and they were both starving.
Bruce and Tony were waiting for them at the dinning table with mexican takeout, discussing something that nor she or Steve understood.
It happened suddenly. First, an alarm went off, then the building started going under lock down.
"Something tells me that can't be good." As soon as she had finished saying this, she noticed that they were all gone. When they got back she noticed they had all suited up. So she ran to her room, but couldn't find her suit anywhere. But that didn't matter anymore, because two seconds later she found herself facing a man with shoulder length black hair, blues eyes full of malice and green robes.
Loki.
"Hello again."
Meanwhile, Steve found himself facing the same threat, only that it was Schmidt. At first he had started to panic, but then he had started fighting with all his strength.
Tony was facing the Mandarin.
The curious thing was that the men they were facing were dead. This was what frightened them the most.
The only one that wasn't fighting was Bruce. Though his father was standing right in front of him, he just refused to fight. And this was because he was trying to figure out what was causing these hallucinations.
"You know, your father was a good man."
Anne did not let her anger cloud her mind. She attacked calmly. She had complete control over her feelings.
But each attack went ill and Loki kept inflicting her more than she.
He cut her arms, legs and stomach with his dagger and just watched her trying to keep calm and attack at the same time.
"I still remember his cries. How pathetic you human beings are."
This time, she tried a more frontal attack, but even against this Loki defended himself easily and while she was trying to punch him, he grabbed her arm and broke it.
Banner had figured it out. They weren't human, but they weren't hallucinations either. They were robots and it took him a few moments to shut them down, but when he did they were all very thankful. Steve and Tony hadn't ever fought so desperately. It was then that Steve noticed Anne wasn't there.
"Where's..." But he never finished that sentence.
All of a sudden they heard her scream and started running immediately up stairs.
"So weak... So pathetic! Poor little Anne! Who's going to take care of you now?"
But Anne didn't give up. She didn't know where his strength came from, but she was better. She HAD to be better. She tried to kick but he just twisted her by her leg and broke it. She screamed again.
"Tell me Anne, who's going to save you now that your father is dead?"
"We will!"
The three came running in. Tony distracted the robot just enough for Bruce to disable it and shut it down, while Steve ran to help Anne.