A/N: Sorry that it's been so long, my friend just left school and I'm kinda screwed. We were the two people in our year who didn't feel the need to fit in with everyone and now it's just me. I never realised how difficult it is to be different when there is no one to back you up. Anyway, I'm feeling pretty negative and I hope that hasn't ruined my story. Enjoy

Disclaimer: Don't own.


"I told you to destroy the experiment Captain, and I do not understand why you could not follow through with the orders." Fury's voice echoed from the screen. Tony noticed that he looked pissed, but not quite as pissed as Steve. This was going to be good. "With all due respect Director, I could not 'destroy' a teenage girl who has done nothing wrong. The situation did not recquire such drastic measures to be taken." he was not backing down, and when Captain America decided that something is morally wrong, even Fury could see that he was not going to win.

"Fine, I will allow for her to be left alone under your care, but as soon as I hear that she has caused any problems I will be forced to step in." with that, his image disappeared.

"Well, now that's over with, let's forget everything that he said and move on!" Tony quipped cheerfully as they left the room.

Meanwhile, Tanaya was attempting to calm herself down whilst waiting for the team to come back from whatever business they had at the moment. She had just been told that there were things "that needed to be discussed" that involved them all. Maybe they want me gone, she thought to herself, no, don't be too negative. They have been nothing but friendly to me, this is just about something simple.

At that moment, they all entered the room and sat down around her. They all looked grim except Tony, but that was a normal occurrence so she wasn't worried too much.

"Now Tanaya, we need to decide on a few things. First of all, are you certain that you want to stay with us?" they all decided not to mention that there was little to no choice there, but Steve was just to polite to assume.

"Yes I am sure, you guys are great and I am really happy to be here." Was the firm response. Steve wuickly moved on, hiding his overwhelming relief at her answer.

"Ok, I think that we also need to enrol you in school as well. You seem to be a bright young lady and it is necessary for you to be in school." Tanaya tried not to show how panicked she got at the idea of going back to school. She never really fit in with other people and the thought of being picked on again was not very appealing.

Tony noticed that Tanaya seemed to be worrying and knew why. She wasn't exactly outgoing and would be an easy target for bullies, it was something that they would all need to keep an eye on for her. Deciding that she needed cheering up, he decided to interrupt. "Well, Cap here can take care of the school stuff for now. Good thing that you want to stay, or what I'm about to show you will have been pretty useless." With that, he whisked her up off the chair and into the elevator.

"Now you are on the same floor as Natasha" he announced as he pressed the 19th floor button. As they stepped off the fast moving lift onto the floor, Tanaya looked around. They were in a pretty open hallway with a living area at the end of it (still spacious even though it was smaller than the one that they all shared) and two dorways on either side of the hall. Tony took her to the one on the left and gestured for Tanaya to enter, as she did her jaw dropped.

All the walls were painted a deep red colour, with a bed placed against the far wall of the spacious room. There was a glass desk with a Macbook set up on it on another wall with a large clock above it. All of this was impressive, but Tanaya quickly ran over to the object that caught her eye the most, the bookshelf. At home, she had only been able to place her books in whatever random shelves were free. This bookshelf was massive, and was already partly filled with… No, how did he get these, she thought to herself as her eyes filled with tears. With shaking hands, Tanaya reached out and gently picked up the dark wooden box before sinking down to sit on the floor, box resting on her legs.

It could just be another set, it is not necessarily the same one, Tanaya reminded herself as she lifted the lid off the box and looked at the novels neatly organised inside. Deciding that she needed to check for sure, she lifted out the first book Dracula and opened the cover. Handwritten inside was a small message:

Happy Birthday Sam! I saw this collection months ago and

immediately bought it for you. These books might help you

when things are bad, I know how you prefer to take your

mind off things. With all my love, always,

Mum xx

At reading this, Tanaya was overcome with emotion and burst into tears, startling Tony and making him run over to help her. "I decided to do a bit of digging, and found that this was sold to a pawn shop by your sister" he murmured, "I'm sorry if it has upset you. I can get rid of it if-"

"No! I love it, I just thought that I would never have anything to remember her by. She died a month after my birthday." Tony realised it was a sensitive topic, but needed to know more.

"What about you father? Or your sister?"

"My sister moved away to another city with my dad after mum died. They said that they needed to set things up before I could move in, but I never heard from them again." She sounded strangely accepting and calm about being abandoned, and Tony wanted to comfort her. He carefully lifted the box off her lap and pulled her into his arms "I am sorry, but they are both idiots for not wanting you in their lives. Your mum would be proud of you, any mother would." They stayed there for a long time, and Tanaya realised that this was not the best way to christen the new room. At least more memories were coming.