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They landed on the roof of a really big building. It was as tall (if not taller than) the tower on Air Temple Island. Korra gaped at it for a few moments before Tony grabbed her shoulders and steered her out of the aircraft.
"Is this yours?" Korra blurted finally.
"Yep," said Tony with a smirk. "This is where we all live. The Furious One instructed us to, and I quote, 'get that menace off of my aircraft and don't let her back on until she can control her destructive tendencies.'"
"Nice guy," Korra deadpanned.
"You get used to it," said Clint.
They led her into a box with sliding doors, and Tony pressed a button on the wall.
"What does this do? Is this some kind of—" Korra gave an eep and clung onto Dr. Banner's arm as the box started moving. Tony of course thought this was hilarious, until Korra turned to him with a fierce glare.
Steve chuckled from somewhere near the back. "Don't worry, Korra, I did the same thing."
The doors slid open to reveal a large room with a TV, several couches and chairs, and a wide space leading to a kitchen. There was a hallway to the side that led elsewhere.
"Korra, welcome to the Avengers living quarters." Tony stated, sweeping his arm out in front of him. "Of course, you aren't really an Avenger, not yet, but oh well." He shrugged.
Korra nodded. She evaluated the space. It was big and clean, but she could definitely tell that there was a certain hominess to it.
She stood there somewhat awkwardly, as everyone else dispersed to their separate activities. Natasha took pity on her, yelling over to Tony, "Where do you want me to put her?" Tony waved back carelessly. Natasha rolled her eyes before motioning for Korra to follow her. They walked down a long hallway that had doors leading off to other places.
Natasha stopped at a room and threw open the door. "This is where you can sleep. I assume Tony will help you fix it the way you want it soon, but until then just settle in. You can come find us whenever your done."
Korra walked into the room, shutting the door behind her. There was a bed in one corner, and a chair in another. A door led off to a small washroom. A dresser stood against a wall. But what Korra absolutely loved about the room was the huge window that covered a good portion of the opposite wall. In front of it was a very wide window seat.
Korra threw her backpack carelessly to the side, before striding across the room and plopping herself down on the seat. She struggled for a moment with the latches on the window before sliding it up. Korra then proceeded to stick her head all the way out the window.
It was perfect. The sun was almost all the way set, and the sky was a blaze of color. There was a crisp breeze blowing right off of the ocean into her face, and the salty air put her at ease. She closed her eyes briefly, realizing how tired she was. It had been a long day.
Korra decided it was probably a good time to meditate. She crossed her legs, put her hands on her knees, and closed her eyes. She emptied her mind, and tried to find that tiny connection to the spirit world.
As she relaxed, she slowly began to list sideways. It had been a very long day. Korra was asleep before her head hit the cushion.
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Korra awoke the next morning to the croaking of a bird. She cracked her eye open, not really wanting to move from the comfortable, curled up position she was in. A gull sat in the open window, staring at her. It cawed again, making her wince from the loud noise.
She sat up and stretched, noticing that the sky was tinged orange, but the sun was already up partway. She stalked out of the room, sliding down the hallway barefoot. It was really quiet, actually.
Upon walking into the kitchen, she saw that Steve was the only one up. He was sitting at the table, reading the newspaper. He looked up when she came in.
"Good morning."
"Morning," Korra yawned. "Where is everyone else?"
"Sleeping," replied Steve. "Clint and Natasha will probably be up soon, Bruce should be here in an hour, and Thor will probably sleep a little longer than Bruce. Tony will sleep past noon."
Korra rolled her eyes before plopping into a chair. Steve stood, walking to the kitchen.
"Coffee? Juice? Milk?" He asked Korra.
"Coffee? Korra questioned.
"Its really bitter. I wouldn't recommend it if you haven't ever tried it before."
"Hmmm… juice then."
"Apple or orange?"
Korra puzzled over it a minute, before looking helplessly at Steve. "I don't know. Pick one for me."
Steve grinned at her cluelessness. He then poured her a large glass of an amber liquid. Korra sniffed it intently when he set it in front of her. It smelled sweet. She took a small sip.
"Whoa! This is amazing!" Steve chuckled at her. Korra then drank the whole glass down. At that point, Clint and Natasha stumbled into the room, yawning. Steve folded his paper and set if off to the side. He stood and headed back into the kitchen, Natasha following him.
"Pancakes?" she queried. "Sure," said Steve. Clint chimed in from the couch, "With bacon!" Korra watched as the tower slowly came to life. As soon as the bacon started cooking, Bruce staggered in, sniffing the air. Thor followed soon after. Steve and Natasha flew around the kitchen, cooking up enough food to feed a small army. Which, Korra mused, is what we have here.
"Hey Korra, could you go wake up Tony? I assume you can handle it." This was a challenge, Korra could read it in Clint's eyes. She smirked back evilly. "Oh yeah, I got it."
She walked to the sink, twisting the knob to loose a stream of water. She gathered an orb of liquid before racing down the hall to the room foolishly labeled 'Tony's Lair'. Opening the door, she saw the billionaire sprawled across a huge bed. He was on his stomach. From the door, Korra directed the water until it was hovering in a thin sheet over his back. She pushed her hands down suddenly, then closed her fist to freeze the water.
There was a decidedly unmanly shriek from the occupant, and Korra bolted, laughing. She raced to the kitchen, where she sat herself down in a chair and proceeded to grin like an idiot. Seconds later, a very unhappy Tony Stark barreled into a room, with a turtle shell of ice on his back. Everyone stared in shock for a moment before Bruce snorted, and then everyone else erupted into laughter, and Thor patted (pounded) Korra on the back.
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After breakfast, Korra helped wash the dishes. It was actually very easy for her, seeing as she just had to suck all the dirty stuff into an orb of water, and then the dish was dry. Bruce put them away.
Tony was irritated at her for the way she woke him, but even he had to admit that it was a good prank. As revenge, he gave her a very long and boring tour of the tower, and asked her how she would like her room to be decorated.
"Blue!" was her immediate answer. He shrugged, not really caring. Then he showed her the pool.
Korra's eyes lit up, and she barely even had time to kick her shoes off before she was in the water. She moved herself into her waterbending postures, practicing. Tony rolled his eyes at her, before leaving her to work in peace.
Korra practiced for a long time before she made herself an ice float, and laid back with her eyes closed. A sudden shaking and a distant roar reached her, and she furrowed her brow. The shaking grew closer, and her blue eyes widened as the wall in front of her shattered, and an angry green monster charged in.
Korra threw up a shield to block flying stone, but let it drop soon after. Another roar ruffled her hair, and she flinched.
"Hulk smash!" the monster roared.
"Uh…" Korra said. "Ok?" Lifting her arms, she summoned water…
And that was how the rest of the team found them fifteen minutes later. Korra, sitting on a block of ice in the pool, forming block after block of ice for the Hulk to happily smash to bits. Gradually, the Hulk calmed down and shrank back to Dr. Banner. Tony gave a groan as he surveyed the damage. Korra smiled before sweeping her arm and stomping her foot, bringing the shattered rock back into a wall. Another sweep and all the water was back in the pool. Tony gaped, along with everyone else. Korra bent herself dry.
"What?" she asked, seeing their faces. She pointed to herself. "Earthbender. Waterbender. Easy." Thor was the first to recover.
"YOU ARE A VERY POWERFUL AVATAR, YOUNGLING." Korra rolled her eyes. "Anybody could have done that, Thor."
Tony shook like a dog, before clapping his hands together. "Ok. Thanks for fixing the wall. Anyway, Thor, Steve, and Korra need to come with me so that they can have a technology lesson."
All of them groaned except Korra, who looked slightly intrigued. They all trooped down to Tony's lab, where he sat them in a chair and handed around various devices.
"Now, this is an iPod…"
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An hour later found Tony banging his head on his desk. Thor had long since wandered off to raid the pantry, but Steve was still around. He was watching the entertaining scene of someone who was more clueless than him when it came to modern things.
Granted, Korra could pick up the way to work things relatively quickly, but some things just freaked her out, or she would ask so many questions that Tony would want to pull his hair out. Like now.
"So how come this phone has twelve buttons, and this one has a whole lot, and this one only has one? Why is that? And why is this one bigger when it is more modern?" Korra seized a remote from the table in front of her. "And what about this? Is this a phone with no screen?" She punched the buttons, and a huge TV flickered to life.
"Tony? Is this a phone?" Steve fell off his chair laughing, ignoring the glare that Tony shot him. "That's a television, Korra."
"Oh. Ok." Korra pressed a few buttons, flicking through channels happily. She clicked by animal planet, and suddenly stopped. "What is that?"
Steve frowned at her. "It's a rhino."
"That doesn't look like any komodo-rhino I know."
"A what?" squawked Tony.
"A komodo-rhino. You guys have weird animals here. No ostrich-horses or anything."
"I'm not even going to ask…" mumbled Steve.
Korra resumed channel surfing, flicking by CNN. She stopped as the 'Breaking News' clip flashed across the screen. She turned the volume up so she could hear.
"… reports of a strange animal in Central Park are coming in. It seems that a large animal is roaming the area, however it is not harming civilians. Police have been called in to deal with it, as has Animal Control. Here is some cell footage."
There was a blurry clip shown, but Korra gave a gasp. Tony lifted his head up. Korra had gone white as a sheet, her blue eyes huge.
"Korra? Are you alright?" Tony sounded concerned. Before Steve could reach out to steady Korra, she had bolted running straight up the stairs.
Tony turned to the TV in confusion. On the screen was a huge white dog, but it had huge front paws. On its back was some kind of saddle.
"Come on, Cap," said Tony, striding over to a car. "We have to go after her. That thing could be dangerous."
Korra raced as fast as her feet could carry her towards the center of the city, her heartbeat pounding in time to her thoughts, oh please oh please oh please.
Somewhat of a cliffie. Hope you liked it!