YAY THE RAIN IS BACK! It hasn't rained here for the past 3 months and I missed it SOOOOO MUCH! I could smell the moisture in the air and it spured my creativity and filled my juices. I got right to work on this chapter while listinging to the rain sloshing down on my roof.

So, we left Alisha and Tyler in the past, in Iron Man 2 world, with Alisha going to go into an interview the next day. Lest see how she did.

I do not own the Avengers team the belong to marvel and Stan Lee (God bless him)

"Alisha shut your alarm off, I don't have to get up early to take care of Sly so turn it off" Tyler moaned from the other room as Alisha's serum alarm went off.

She stretched, took a drink of water, and walked out of her bedroom. She was always dressed when she had come out in front of anyone except her Mom and Dad, but since they were sharing an apartment she let her pajama joy shine. She was wearing red short shorts with a gold tank top and black slippers when she came out of her room.

She walked over to the fridge, reached in for her serum and applied it. She turned back around and saw that Tyler was staring at her, his eyes half opened. "What? Do I have any extra appendages growing out of me?"

"No."

"Then why are you looking at me like that" She said, placing her hands on her hips and shifting her weight to one side.

"You have very nice legs, I had never seen them before so, yah, and a nice ass" He said turning back around and was dead asleep before his head hit the pillow.

"Uhmmmmm…ok that happened" She said in a slightly concerned voice. He hadn't looked awake at all so maybe he was talking about something or someone else. She looked down at her legs. She had shaved them last night and they looked like they always did, average with a little bit of runners muscles. Since it was 7am, she got changed into some stretchy pants and a tank top and took a little jog around the block for an hour.

She started having the feeling that she was being watched about 24 minutes into the jog. She looked behind her and could see no one fallowing her but she still kept her guard up. She looked again 5 minutes later and noticed that a silver convertible sports car was following behind her. She looked at the license plate, about to take down the number in her head and call the police when she recognized the number and immediately turned her head away. It was her Father's car, her Father was following her. She went a little faster; the car sped up a bit, after 4 more minutes she slowed down to a walk, hoping to get him bored. Seems like her Father was very persistent.

"Hey hot stuff, what do you have planned for the rest of the day." He asked after rolling down his window and winking at her.

"Interviews." She stated, still not looking at him. She was trying and concentrating very hard on not showing any sign of how completely disgusted she was and how vulgar it is to be hit-on by her Father.

"Why don't you skip them, call the boss and tell them you are with Tony Stark. I am sure they…"

She interrupted him. "Not…interested"

"Ouch, that hurt. Got some sting to you don't cha. Come on, taking a day off won't kill you. I have a nice place, we could have something to eat, and if we happen to have sex after then so be it." He said with a smile.

"Tony, I don't think she is interested." Happy said from the passenger seat.

"Shut up Happy, you are making me look bad." Tony whispered.

"Um I don't think you need him to successfully accomplish that Mr. Stark" Alisha said with a fake smile on her face, not making eye contact.

"Who asked you?" Tony said.

"No one, though I don't need to be asked to state an observation." She continued.

"Wow, thoughts are some big works." Tony said sarcastically.

Alisha stopped and looked at her Father. "If a word like 'observation' is a big work to you Mr. Stark, then how the hell did you become such a genius? Can't be by attitude because yours reeks like rotting meat that's been cooked on a car engine." She sassed.

Happy burst out laughing next to a stunned Tony Stark. "Well if you didn't want to hang, you could have said no."

"I did say no, but I guess the words 'not interested' are too big for a genius like you to understand." She said then continued walking.

"Can I get your number? A woman like you is a rarity indeed!" Happy yelled after her, an impressed look on his face.

"Na, but I do think you will be seeing more of me." She said with a smile.

Tony just stared. "What just happened? Did I just get turned down? Did my ass just get run over by a steam roller?"

"Yes and it was beautiful! How does it feel?" Happy asked. Tony was still following Alisha down the street.

"It feels awful. I guess this is how you feel all the time." Tony said. "Sure you don't want to change your mind?"

"I'm sure. See you later!" She said and turned the corner.

She waited till the car was out of sight before she let all her disgust out then placed her hands in her face and shook her head. Now seemed like a good time to head back, take a LONG shower, and get ready for her interview. When she walked through the door she was met with Tyler in an apron and masterfully moving around the small kitchen.

He looked over at her when she closed the door and stopped. "You look like you just puked."

"I think I should have but I didn't want to degrade myself anymore then I had been without my own consent." She said grabbing a plate and putting some of the food he was cooking onto it. "I just got majorly hit on by my own Father." She said in disgust.

Tyler looked at her then burst out laughing. "Your Father hit on you! HAHAHAHAHAHA oh God I wish I would have been there to see it."

"Well you where to busy sleeping after you made the comment of me having nice legs and a nice ass." She said taking a big fork full of eggs and shoving it into her mouth in anger. She heard stillness behind her, turned around, and saw that Tyler was stock still. "But I think you meant someone else. I mean you where practically still asleep." She said.

"Yah, practically asleep" He repeated and continued to cook something up.

After she took her shower, keeping her hair dry, she put on some light makeup to enhance her sharp features and her eyes, got her suit on, and waited for 9:28 to arrive. Once it did she met her ride right as it was pulling up. She hopped in and was ready for her interview.

"Good Morning Miss. Aurora. I am glad you weren't late" Pepper Pots said as she stood to greet her in the front of the mansion.

"I am glad too. This morning was a bit unnerving." Alisha said with a smile, shaking her Mother's hand. It was so strange seeing her Mother now and thinking that she doesn't know what was going to happen to her in less than 6 years.

"So, I see you have had some business management schooling, but only had jobs at lesser companies. Why is that?" Pepper asked, she went straight for the jugular.

"Well Miss. Pots, I worked in tough jobs first to build up work experience so I know what the other employees are going through so I may compensate for that, and to gain good strong references. I tried out for an assistant's job, but they said I needed references and job experience."

"Always a good idea to know how the entire business works and I see you have been trained in martial arts as well, you have many talents Miss. Aurora. I was wondering…"

"Miss. Pots. I am sorry to bother you on an interview, but someone is here to have you and Mr. Stark sign a form making you CEO." JARVIS said.

"Thank you JARVIS." Pepper said, and then stood up. "Don't mind him he…"

"Is the computer Mr. Stark invented to run the entire house and help him in his Iron Man suit. It's very fascinating." She said, standing up with her.

"Yes, would you care to come with me? We can continue the interview on foot."

"Of course Miss. Pots" Alisha said, following her. They opened the front door and there stood Natasha Romanoff.

"Hello, I am Natali Rushman, here for legal documents." Natasha said. Alisha tried very hard not to call her on her bluff. She didn't know that Natasha had been a part of this.

"Ah, yes. Ladies, please follow me." Pepper said, heading down a wing to the fitness room. Tony was having a boxing match with Happy at the time. They walked in as Happy and Tony where practicing in a boxing ring. They both stopped and watched.

"You, red hair black pants, front and center." Tony said, pulling up the top rope.

"I'm sorry he's a bit…" Pepper said.

"It's ok" 'Natali' said, handing the folder off to Alisha and going up. Alisha took it and went over to stand next to Pepper. She didn't look at it because she wasn't hired yet.

Tony came down and looked at her. The hairs on the back of Alisha's head where standing on end, but she said "Good afternoon Mr. Stark."

"You wanna go up there as well?" Tony asked.

"No but I will take winner" Alisha said aloud, looking at Natasha and Happy. They both gave a thumbs-up and went back to talking.

"I want to see how you handle yourself if you are going to be Pepper's assistant." He said, looking her up and down.

"I bet you would, especially after this morning's little run in" Alisha said professionally.

"What happened this morning?" Her Mother asked.

"While I was going for my morning jog, Mr. Stark came up and, quite obviously, asked me to skip my interview and 'hang' with him. Obviously I turned him down and told him I had interviews. He kept persisting so I had to use drastic measured." She said to Pepper.

"What did you do?"

"I basically steamrollered him into submission, verbally of course, with sarcastic remarks." Alisha said with a smile.

"Did she really?!" Pepper asked, staring at Tony.

"Oh, this was…the interview. Wait you are that girl?! Wow you clean up nice. No Pepper, she didn't." Tony said, looking Alisha up and down again and she rolled her eyes.

"Yes she did! And, might I say, it was a perfect work of art." Happy said from the ring.

"Well, that is impressive." Pepper said, smiling at Alisha.

"Now let's see if you can do it again." Tony said with an even bigger smile.

Alisha pinched the bridge of her nose before they all herd a crashing sound. Looking over they saw that Natasha had Happy pinned.

"Ok my turn. Do you mind Miss. Pots?" Alisha asked.

"Actually I would like to see if you really were trained in the martial arts, then maybe I will only need to hire one more body guard." Pepper said, taking the folder from Alisha.

She smiled, took off her heels, and then climbed into the ring.

"So, how good are you?" Natasha asked

"My master didn't give out belts if that's what you mean but I was trained by the best." Alisha said as they circled each other.

"And who would that be."

"Natasha Romanoff" Alisha smiled, taking a stance. She could just see the glint of surprise in the well trained neutral face of her future trainer's eyes. Natasha took her stance as well and then went for the first jab at Alisha's feet.

Alisha jumped, not being able to jump back and saw that Natasha was aiming a punch for her head. Alisha blocked it and jabbed her foot at Natasha's side. She flicked it away. They where testing each other. Little jabs and blocks, seeing what the other could do. Natasha then jumped at Alisha, aiming for her shoulders. Alisha side stepped to be met with Natasha's foot on her shoulder. Alisha grabbed her ankle and twisted under, flipping Natasha. The spy easily landed on her foot again, but not before she was hit in the side by Alisha. This harder, trying to find a week spot fighting went on for about 3 more minutes before Natasha got Alisha in a thigh hold. While Alisha was on the ground with Natasha on her chest, she brought her legs up and crossed them in front of the spy.

They turned and rolled to try and get loss before Alisha said "I may be a little paranoid, but it looks like Tony Stark is about to press a button. I wouldn't put it past him to have a giant tank of water above us, or mud, to pour down and make this more interesting. What do you think?"

She could see Natasha looking over at Tony and nodded her head. "Ok, let go in 3, 2, 1." They both let go and rolled off just as Tony pressed a button. Seconds later a pile of clear liquid came falling down from the ceiling.

Alisha went over to it because it smelled sweet. She placed her finger in it and licked it. "Coconut flavored watered down syrup. Now that is new, but along the lines of what I was getting at." Alisha said, smiled, and looked over at Natasha. "Nice fight Natali, tie?" She asked, sticking out her hand.

Natasha looked at it, and then shook it. "Tie, I hope to be seeing you again, real soon."

"I know you do. I am looking forward to it." Alisha smiled, and then went back to Pepper.

"Well, obviously you can fight. I already called your references and they gave you applauding reviews. I believe, Miss. Aurora, you have yourself a job as my assistant. Now let's see if you can keep it." Pepper said, extending her hand. Alisha smiled and shook it.

"What's first on the agenda." Alisha smiled.

"Make me a coffee." Tony said.

"Sorry, I don't work for you Mr. Stark. And you have two hands and no business to run. Can't you make it yourself? Or is that also too much for you to comprehend." Alisha asked, sarcastically. She saw Pepper smile a bit and heard Happy laughing in the ring. "Would you like a coffee Miss. Pots?"

"No, but thank you. I would like you to interview the next few people that are coming in to be Mr. Starks assistant. Here are their applications and here is a list of the qualifications and what they need to be able to do." Pepper said, handing her 3 folders and a list of qualifications.

Alisha looked them all over, memorizing each face and their application. "Should I ask what they think of Mr. Stark? Just in case they have no spine to stand up to him and help him get things finished?"

"Hay, I am standing right here! And I want Natali." Tony said.

Both Pepper and Alisha turned to face him and said "No."

"That is a good idea Alisha, you had better do that. If you need me I will be upstairs working." Pepper said.

"I forgot to mention, I don't have a car Miss. Pots. I don't know when I will be able to afforded one so, yah unfortunately not everyone in this room is made of money." She said, catching up with her Mother.

Pepper took out a piece of paper and wrote down a number. "Until you have a car, you can call Happy and he can give you lifts as long as it is business related."

"Yes ma'am." Alisha said with a smile and went downstairs.

4 hours later, Alisha came up and knocked on a door. "Come in."

"The interviews are over Miss. Pots."

"And."

"Well, the first one didn't have any credentials to stand on. I asked her a few simple questions and…I am going to be honest she was high. Like higher than the roof, high so I turned her away."

"Good idea. That's the last thing Tony needs right now."

"The second interviewee was practically dressed in a way that made it look like she was selling herself. I think she was expecting to be interviewed by Mr. Stark. Plus the fact that she had no idea what to do when you are to make appointments for anyone so I turned her down."

"Good. What about the last one."

"She was 45 minutes late. Considering how late Mr. Stark is and how much you have to go through to get him to anywhere on a decent timeframe I turned her down. Her excuse was traffic. I looked up her address and the traffic report and all around here there was no traffic at all." Alisha said, sitting down.

"That's a good idea, but now we have a problem. Tony has asked Natali to be his assistant and she said yes." Pepper said, looking at her cell phone.

Alisha sighed. "Well, he is Tony Stark. When has he ever done as he was told."

"To true. Thank you Alisha, for your help today. I can also see that your judgment of people is more based on facts and how they present themselves then what they are wearing and how much of a brown noser they are. You may go home; Happy is waiting right outside for you. Come to Stark industries at 9am tomorrow." Pepper said then took some papers off her desk and started reading them.

"Thank you Miss. Pots. Have a nice night and be safe." Alisha said, getting up and walking to the door.

"You can call me Pepper is you want."

"I am sorry, but I will call you Miss. Pots until I get to know you more. It's a force of habit. Good night." Alisha said and then went downstairs to find Tony there. "Mr. Stark."

"Soooooo, how where my interviews?"

"I am sure you would have loved them, which is partially why I let them go and Miss. Pots agreed with me." She said, walking to the front.

"Awwww that's too bad, well looks like Natali can keep her job then.'' Tony said triumphantly.

"Yes, I just hope that doesn't bit you in the ass down the road." Alisha said while she opened the front door and walked out with the last word. Happy was at the bottom of the steps with a black sleek car there.

"Miss. Aurora." He said, opening the door for her.

"Thank you Mr. Hogin, and thank you for driving me. I really do appreciate it." She said sliding in.

"It's no problem at all. Those where some sweet moves you pulled in the ring this morning. And I still can't get over how you trolled Tony into the ground."

"Thanks Mr. Hogin, I have trained with a very talented master since I was young. And I have had to deal with people like him since I was young as well. It's like second nature." She said, then gave him the address and was back at her apartment by 5pm.

She opened the door to find it dark inside. "Tyler? You here?" she asked into the dark while putting her jacket on the nearby couch. She turned on the lights to find herself in the middle of confetti and a sign saying congratulations. She looked around and saw that Tyler was nowhere to be found. "Oh you better not have had a party and left me out of it." She growled out, heading for her room to change.

"No he didn't. He actually just left to get some more calibration food." Natasha said, walking out of the shadows.

"I was expecting you to ambush me in the car, but to each their own. I know you have questions Miss. Romanoff, and I will answer them as best I can."

"You fight like me so I can guess you know my style, but how?"

"Because you trained me, I was not lying about that."

"I don't know you, but I know that Alisha Aurora is an alias name. Who are you?"

"I can't tell you that because it may ruin the current space time continuum." Alisha said, sitting down on the couch and taking off her heals.

"What do you mean currant space time continuum. Are you saying that you are from the future?"

"Correct, I am. Once you see me again in the future, you will know why I couldn't tell you who I was. Now I know you are part of the organization SHEILD and are currently watching Mr. Stark to see if he could be a member of the Avengers Initiative so we both know each other's secrets. All I am doing as Miss. Pots' assistant is trying to get some money because I am stuck here until I can find enough power to charge my travel device to get back to my time." Alisha said in a calm voice. She watched Natasha's reaction. "The only reason that I know what I know is because I know you from the future. I am not looking to harm anyone or get in anyone's way."

"I believe you, you are not giving any signs of lying, but I will be watching you, closely." Natasha said, then got up and went out the door.

"You don't change a bit Natasha." Alisha said smiling. It was nice to have some sort of constant in this time, something she could ground to, something familiar. Alisha got up and walked into her room, getting changed into her lazy pajamas. Some long fuzzy pajama pants and an old high school t-shirt that was a size to big for her. She washed her face and walked into the other room, and sat down on the couch.

About 34 minutes go by before the front door opens again. "Ok time to get started on some Fajitas." Tyler whispered to himself.

Alisha waited until he set the bags down before saying in a high pitched pleased voice "Oh that sounds delightful!" Tyler jumped and slipped on the polished tile, hitting the floor hard enough to make the room shake and the downstairs attendant yell to keep it down. "Tyler! Are you ok?" She asked, running over to him and kneeling next to him.

"Yah I am fine, I was going to surprise you with a congratulatory feast, but I guess it's not going to be a surprise now." He looked so down with disappointed.

Alisha smiled as he sat up so he was right next to her. "It's ok; I don't like big surprises anyway. My Dad ruined them for me during my 13th birthday. It was a disaster. Besides, it's the thought that counts" She said with a smile before kissing him lightly on the cheek. "Now let's cook us up some Mexican food!"

Tyler smiled after she kissed him, making sure not to show Alisha. He didn't really know why she could bring out this softer side of him, plus the other side of him so easily. It was strange. Tia and Tera had helped him out a bit but they didn't tell him everything because, they said, that he had to learn it for himself. He got up and started chopping the veggies.

Under carful surveillance and continues ordering, Alisha cooked up the chicken and veggies. For once, she didn't burn anything. "I DID IT! Wow I feel like I could cook anything now!" She said taking a little taste of it from the pan. "And it's not that bad."

"Well, congratulations again. Now let's eat." Tyler said serving up some chips and salsa as well.

The rest of the night was spent with Alisha telling Tyler about her day at work. How her Mother had become more lenient over time, how her father was a complete ass and a player in this time, and how Natasha had not changed at all. After dinner Alisha took her serum and sat down on the couch.

Tyler was cleaning up the confetti and plates in the kitchen. Since Alisha had done the cooking, he would clean up. Once he was finished, he walked around the couch only to find that Alisha was fast asleep on it. "Hey, Alisha, you are sleeping in my bed."

"mmmhmm" Alisha said in her sleep.

Tyler sighed and looked down at the youngest of the young avengers. Some of her locks of hair had escaped the pony-tail on her head and where covering parts of her peaceful sleeping face. She looked a lot younger and a lot more relaxed when she was sleeping. For some reason, she had always looked a bit older then she really was, mainly because she acted like it and she knew she could.

Tyler smiled, knowing that he preferred this face to the face she had when she was awake, even if it was rather cute when she really smiled and laughed. He hooked his left arm under her legs and wrapped his right arm around her back. He picked her up like she weighed nothing, which was accurate considering his strength, and walked over to her room.

In her sleep, she pulled her arms up and wrapped them around Tyler's neck, letting her head rest on his shoulder.

He brought her over to the bed and gently set her down and pulled the blankets over her. He saw her smiled in her sleep, roll to the right, and sigh as she drifted deeper into sleep. Tyler smiled to himself as he walked out of her room and slowly closed the door behind him.

Sooooo, Tony was being a creeper to his future daughter. I wonder what he would do if he found out. Probably think that he would never have kids. But, thanks to her mothers training and experience with him, she handled it very well. YAY ALISHA! So looked like Tyler and Alisha are getting along fairly well. That's always a good thing. Any questions or concerns you have, don't be afraid to ask or state them! Please review!

I just realized that this is a very long chapter. I LOVE THE RAIN!

LOVE TO ALL