Yay she is back with Lance but it seams that something is a little amiss. Let us see what will happen. I love being able to make your own schedule in school. I don't have to get up until 10am! So I can spend all night writing this story! XD but ya, there is much more to put here what with the time travel and the 4th of July party. Lot's of fun to be had!
I do not own the Avengers team they belong to marvel and Stan Lee (God bless him)
"Morning Alisha, how did you sleep?" Bruce asked from the kitchen.
"Like a rock, how else would I sleep?" She sassed, scratching at her bed head and walking over to look at what he was cooking.
"Pancakes with blueberries" Bruce answered her unspoken question.
"Cool, just as long as they are not strawberries. I am allergic" She said with a smile.
"Like mother like daughter. Guess you got that from Pepper. Is it a bad allergy?"
"Nothing like my mom's, my tong just get's itchy and numb. That's all." She said as she got some plates, utensils, jam, and syrup and set the table. She then went outside and gathered some purple and white wild flowers and put them in the middle of the table.
"Think we should wake Lance?" Alisha asked as she realized that Lance was not there.
"No, watch this" Bruce said with a wink, taking the pile of pancakes up the stairs. He went over to Lance's bedroom door and fanned the smell under the crack. A few moments go by before Alisha hears someone groan, the rustling of sheets, and a body hitting the floor hard.
The door opened and there stood a drowsy, bed headed Lance in all his boxer glory.
"Morning sunshine" Bruce and Alisha said together as Bruce held the plate of food away from his son. "Nope, you have to come downstairs to get some food."
Lances sleeping face turned neutral before he slammed the door closed.
"Ok, that was very strange of him. Is he ok?" She asked following Bruce back down the stairs.
"To tell you the truth, no. He has been like this for the past month. Standoffish. It almost seems like he is angry." Bruce said, serving himself some breakfast.
"Really? Why would he be angry?" Alisha asked as she did the same and poured syrup all over her pancakes.
"You. He thinks you are covering for Tyler. He has always thought that you are too nice to them and let them get away with too much." He said honestly, taking a bite of food.
"That's completely ridicules! He thinks Tyler did that to me?! Well in a way yes he did by keeping me from getting my serum, but he didn't know the repercussions!" She stammered while cutting her food up in frustration. "I mean if Tyler had done something to me, I would have called for him!"
"Like you did when Tyler was keeping your serum from you." Bruce said dryly.
Alisha opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again, and then sighed. "I can see your point. But still, Tyler wouldn't do something like that!"
"Well, his past is against him on this one. He is known for being very mean to you in every why. You should have seen Steve chew him out."
"Why did Steve chew him out? How did he know?"
"Because he saw the way Tyler secluded himself during the conversation that day, when Fury was telling you what would be happening."
"Oh, I didn't notice."
"Well yah, you where kind of out of it. Tony was more worried than normal if you can believe that."
"I actually can't. But I guess there are many things about my Father that I don't know" She said before paying full attention to her food.
The next week went by slow, without Lance there to talk to Alisha really didn't have much to do. Most of the time she would sit in the middle of the field of wild flowers and meditate. It was harder to get the same results as in Asguard, but she could still feel the tickle of other creature's minds, even Bruce when he unexpectedly came to tell her something. Bruce and Lance had gone on 3 trips so far, taking a jeep out into the middle of the woods.
A week after she had arrived she overheard Lance and Bruce arguing before breakfast.
"Lance, you know this is stupid to avoid the problem! You know she wouldn't let anyone harm her without a fight." Bruce said firmly.
"I don't know that! I would like to think so but I don't know! It's all Tyler's fault. He did that to her. He nearly killed her."
"He didn't know, just like you and Halder. He wouldn't have done that if he had known."
"How do you know that?"
"Because he may be a brat but he has a sense of humanity. He's a brat, not a murderer. Talk to her Lance, she wants to be with you while she is here."
Alisha peeked around the corner and could see that Lance was clenching his fists in frustration. She shook her head and headed back to her room quietly, only to open the door and make a fuss coming around the corner. She stretched as she came into sight and smiled.
"Good morning Bruce, and Lance. I didn't expect you to be up this early. Or even at all." She said, she also used her ability to see what he was feeling. What she felt was an overpowering anger that gave her a headache. An anger that was on the brink of overflowing.
Lance tensed and then marched past her and upstairs.
"Looks like he is still angry about that incident on the hover carrier." She stated, getting some frozen waffles.
"He needs to talk to you, but he is too stubborn to admit it." Bruce said, sitting down across from her. "Well, after this I am going to go to my garden and do some more spring harvesting"
"Sounds awesome, fresh food." She smiled and the rest of breakfast was spent in silence.
Alisha sat, once again, meditating. Having already figured out how to add her sword and shield to her suit. She had asked her father to transport her suit to Tyler's place so she could work on it. She had also created a proto type for a small time travel device that she had already begun to piece together and had asked him to send other things over there with her suit. She was getting into her meditation and yoga stride when she felt someone else's mind coming behind her. Anger and nerves.
"Hi Lance, haven't seen you in a while, how are you?" She said, coming out of her warrior pose.
Lance looked away, his hands clenching into fists. "Why did you let him off just like that?"
"Because he didn't do anything but keep something he didn't know about away. He didn't know what it would do to me" She said firmly, staring at him. She didn't want to piss him off any more then he already was but he needed to let it go.
Lance glared at her. "That's no excuse! You have always been easy on them! Letting them off without even scolding them!"
"Sometimes, self guilt is worse than the guilt put there by others. I could see that they did feel bad when I didn't chew them out. Plus I am not their parents; I had no right to scold them when their Mom and Dad would have done the same, making it not as important because hearing the same thing over and over again loses its importance."
"But you didn't even fight back!" Lance yelled, stomping his foot.
"Excuse me?! Never fought back?! I fought back when we were kids. I fight by with my words! I don't let them walk all over me! I tell them off! Don't tell me you have not seen that because I know you have Lance."
"You still let them get away with their shenanigans during your 11th birthday."
"Because I am sure that the Avengers rained hell down on them. I talked with them before we were bombarded. They had been beaten down fairly badly. Plus I did do something that made them regret what they did." She said walking over to Lance and staring at him.
"That's still no excuse. It was YOU that they nearly killed, NOT the Avengers. YOU should have told them off!"
"Well I was kinda unable to do that because I was knocked out. So someone else had to, as I am sure you did"
"BUT I DIDN'T HERT YOU! THIS IS ABOUT TYLER BEING AN ASS NOT ABOUT ME!" He yelled.
"Ok, ok it's about Tyler being an ass, which he is. But he would never try and kill anyone, especially someone he has known for his entire life whose father could bring down hell on him." Alisha said calmly, trying to make Lance see reason.
"I DON'T FUCKING CARE ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PERSON HE IS, HE NEARLY KILLD YOU!" Lance yelled. She could see his skin was beginning to turn green.
"Lance calm down. You need to calm down and listen." She said in a calm voice trying to get his attention again.
"NO, I WONT CALM DOWN!" he yelled and with that, Lance was replaced by Tank. Tank roared and then looked down at Alisha.
She stared back up at Tank, trying not to panic. She wasn't going to run or hide because then he would chase after her and probably hurt her.
"Ok, so Tank. Nice to officially meet you" She said with a smile.
"Why you not fight back?" Tank asked.
"I do fight back, more with my words. Because it makes a more lasting impression." She said. She was trying to stay calm.
"But they hurt you!" He said, slamming his fist on the ground. "They hurt you, I want hurt them!"
"NO TANK! I never let them get to me. I never let them hurt me. Yah Tyler may have punched me that last time, but I hit him back."
"STOP DEFENDING THEM!" Tank yelled in frustration. He picked her up and threw her from his anger.
Alisha went sailing thru the air, heading for a particularly solid tree before a green object came sight and lightly caught her. Hulk lightly put her down then stood up, glaring at Tank.
"No hurting little people when they no hurt you" Hulk said stomping over to Tank. Tank lowered his head, looked down, and growled.
"Little blue man didn't hurt little flying girl. Didn't know what would happen. Let it go now!" Hulk said, hitting Tank on his shoulder.
Alisha tensed up; waiting for a big fight, but Tank relaxed and nodded his head. Both of them slowly reverted back into Bruce and Lance. They looked at each other and sighed with relief. Lance looked a lot better as he ran over to her and helped her up.
"Are you ok? Did he hurt you?"
"No I am ok. He was just angry at how I was letting Halder and Tyler off so easily all the time."
"He's not the only one, but it was his anger not mine. I know you have been standing up for yourself, and that you really don't let them get away with anything. Tank just wouldn't let it go." Lance said walking back to the cabin with her.
"Yah, I was just finishing collection some veggies for tonight when I heard Tank. I wasn't worried, just annoyed, or Hulk was." Bruce said, holding the door for her.
"Yah well, I am glad he came when he did or I would have many broken bones"
"Yah I know" Bruce said with a smile. Everything seemed a lot less tense and everyone seemed a lot happier all around.
"So, I really want to know, what is Asguard like?" Lance asked at dinner.
"It's absolutely beautiful! It's practically like a fantasy land from a story book. It perfectly combines modern living with the nature around it. Practically everything you could imagine was there."
"Unicorns?" Lance asked.
"In a way, yes. Where were horses with horns on them, and flying horses, and even something that looked like a griffin. My inner child had a nerdgasm."
"So would mine. Where there dragons as well?!" Lance asked excitedly.
"Unfortunately not. I had to read a book about all the animals on that world but there was nothing that even remotely looked like a dragon. Sorry."
"Awwwww man that sucks. Though I think I want to go to Asguard for my next vacation." Lance said to his Dad.
"Well that may possibly be able to happen, on the condition that Tank and Hulk have battles with some Asguardians. They do love their challenges and love to be pushed." Alisha said with a smile.
"I notice that you actually have muscles on your arms. Did they put you thru training with Halder?" Bruce asked.
"Yes they did and I have discovered something. I can't aim worth a damn with anything but my repulcers or throwing knives. That and I can't do anything with heavy weapons."
"Well I can see the heavier weapons but aim? Really? I didn't see that one. You always hit your mark with the replulcers." Bruce said, clearing the table.
"Yah that's what I thought as well, but I can't fire an arrow, or a spear, or even a rock. I don't know what it is but yah." She shrugged. They continued to talk about what Asguard was like before both Lance and Alisha fell asleep leaning on each other on the couch.
The rest of the month went by faster than the first week. Alisha was even able to come with Lance and Bruce on their training trips every now and then. Alisha could ask Tank to do something or tell him to do something and he would do it as long as he saw a reason to do it. If she asked him to jump into a lake he was ask why, but if she asked him if he could get something to eat he would be off getting deer and other things without any questions. Most of the time though she would exercise to get her strength and stamina up so she would be prepared for when she started training with Natasha again. She wanted to show Natasha that she had improved a lot.
Tony called her every day asking how she was doing before Pepper took the phone from him, telling Alisha that they loved her and to stay safe, and then hung up. Now Tony would call her when Pepper was asleep, every night at 2am her phone would be going off. She got to the point where her answer machine message was "Dad stop calling me, it is 2am, I am sleeping, unlike you I love to sleep. Stop calling me and go to bed or I will call Mom right now, wake her up, and have her beat you up."
The last 2 days were spent like the last time she was there. Movie night with junk food and soft things all over the floor. All movies genera's except horror movies, the boys had learned from last time. They all slept in the living room that night, even Bruce. When the hovercraft arrived she was pleased to see Clint there in the driver's seat. She said her good buys to Lance and Bruce and got in, heading to Tyler's house.
She is now on her way to Tyler's place, hmmmmmm wonder what Tyler is going to do. I am still trying to decide what to do during the first encounter. He has had 2 months to think about what he has done to her in the past after seeing her condition, you think he is feeling like an ass and a hooligan now? Anyway, until next chapter!
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