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A/N: I am trying to get these up as fast as I can in between homework and study... Hope you enjoy! Please review with any comments/ideas :D
Tanaya and Natasha arrived back in time for lunch, which Clint cheerfully made almost every day. Walking toward the kitchen, Natasha told Tanaya to eat, saying that she had something to do before she could join her. Tanaya happily went off to join Clint inside, where he was cooking eggs benedict (Steve was already sitting on a bar stool near the bench). They both smiled at her as she went to the fridge and grabbed a Chinotto, no one ever understood her obsession with those drinks but Tony made sure to not let them run out. Clint always cooked enough food to serve an army, just in case Thor decided to join them one day (Tanaya wanted to meet this Thor, he sounded like he would be great to be around).
"So what did you get with Natasha? Aside from the gloves of course, they look awesome by the way" Clint asked, mixing together some sort of yellow sauce. Tanaya briefly explained what she got, and showed them both her favourite items of clothing, slightly apprehensive about what their opinion would be. They both seemed to approve, so she was content for now.
Meanwhile, Natasha entered Tony's work room where he was carefully going through the notes that the scientists working on Tanaya had recorded. "Tony, you've been looking at those notes since we got Tanaya out of that place. You're going to go mad soon." She sighed. Tony looked up, but didn't seem to want to stop studying the experiments. Obviously she had to entice him with another project, preferably something to do with Tanaya. He seemed to have developed a soft spot for her. He always visited her when she was on bed rest, and obviously cared a lot for her in a fatherly way.
"I have some ideas on how to design Tanaya's room, I am assuming that she wouldn't want to stay in the med bay for too long." That seemed to get his interest, as he immediately got up a holographic diagram of a room and started rambling. "Ok, I have an idea about the shape and size of the room that she could have. She doesn't seem the type to want a massive room, but I do want to get her a private bathroom, I also want to get her a good bed as she seems to have had problems sleeping in the past and I don't want her drinking like me, so should probably figure out some of her hobbies. What are your ideas?" he looked expectantly at Natasha, who quickly responded. "She seems to enjoy retro/modern style things and I think we should ask her about her hobbies over lunch. You need a break Tony." She didn't know at what point she started liking or caring about him, but she worried that he wasn't eating as much as he should. Tony eventually agreed and followed her out to the kitchen, whatever Clint was cooking smelt good.
They entered as Clint, Steve and Tanaya were beginning to eat a mixture of eggs, bread and salmon. Tony went over to Tanaya and kissed her head in greeting before grabbing a plate for himself and sitting next to her. It was clear that he cared for Tanaya, and was not afraid to show it. Natasha smiled at her before getting some food as well. "So, what are you into? We don't want you getting bored now that you are allowed to walk around on your own." Tony asked immediately, Natasha rolled her eyes. Subtle. "Well, I play the Xbox a lot, and love anime. I was paid out in school for being a nerd back in Australia. Oh, I also used to read a lot of Victorian novels like Dracula." Tanaya replied shyly, "But don't worry about getting any of this stuff for me, you've done more than enough" Tony agreed, and they finished their meals in silence. Tony left to go back to his work room first with a gleam in his eye. As soon as he entered the room, he rattled instructions off to JARVIS. He had a room to design.
"So Tanaya" Steve began, "if you wanted, I could show you around the Tower" so far he had been unable to get past the fact that he was going meant to kill her and seemed nervous. "Sure, that would be nice. Let's go!" Tanaya responded and followed him out of the room towards to elevator. Steve took her to the various floors that they all lived on, and made sure she knew where to go if she needed one of them. Soon, he walked her back to the med bay where she was to wait for Bruce to check up on her before leaving her alone after she refused to let him stay. "I'm sure that you have more important things to do, I am fine on my own for a bit." As soon as he was gone, she was at a loss as to what she should do. Suddenly, she remembered what Clint called them. The "Avengers". Couldn't hurt to do a bit of research, could it? "Um, JARVIS?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yes Miss Tanaya?" "Are there any computers in here?" she was directed to a tablet that was most likely designed by Tony and searched for Avengers. Immediately, numerous videos came up showing a group fighting what appeared to be aliens of some sort. When she looked closer, Tanaya recognised most of them. The comments on the video were all praising various people shown, with particular attention being paid to both Captain America (whom she assumed was Steve) and Ironman. Seeing him in action shocked her, it was obvious that she was meant to be as powerful as him yet, she was a failure. Natasha looked so lethal, a side that she hadn't seen yet and Clint was… Clint.
Who was the green guy? If he was one of the team, that meant it was either Bruce or this Thor guy smashing everything up. Wait, Thor was probably the guy in the red cape. Throwing lightning around. With a hammer.
How is this possible? Tanaya thought, I live with these people? She started to panic, this was a lot to take in. there was obviously something different with these people, and they had what seemed to be powers. Explains why they were so accepting, she thought. Everything started looking blurry, and it was suddenly very difficult to breathe. Bruce entered the room, and immediately saw her bent over a tablet and breathing quickly with her hands trembling. He was bewildered until he went over to her and saw what was on the tablet. All the colour drained from his face as he helped her onto the bed, murmuring soothingly as he did so. He turned away and quickly called Tony (he had demanded to be contacted first in any situation, and Bruce could hardly refuse him). This was not a good way for her to react, and he didn't know what she thought of them now.
