Steve knelt down to the unconscious teenager and took her pulse. He nodded at Tony who had lifted his visor.

"I can't believe the great Captain America knocked out a kid. How old is she anyway?"

"17 at the most"

The super soldier picked the girl up and walked down the corridor.

"I'll take her to holding, then we can find out how she got in."

"Cap, I think she needs to go to the med bay, look at that ankle"

He nodded at the swollen joint that had turned an angry red. The Captain nodded and started walking again.

"How could she have gotten in? If she had snuck in the alert would have sounded long before she got to the workshop, it's like she just appeared!" The Captain theorized.

Tony murmured something about dimensional gateway.

"What?!" Steve shouted "I told you to shut that off!"

"And I did, but I kind of turned it back on again."

"Tony," the soldier growled.

"Sorry?" He said meekly, then perked up again. "I'll tell Bruce to set up the med-bay."

The Captain just sighed and marched onwards. Behind him Tony spoke to the AI, telling him to get Bruce to medical.

In the med-bay there was a single bed set up. Bruce was standing near it prepping a heart monitor. Steve set the girl on the bed and used the straps to restrain her.

"What happened to her?" Dr Banner asked.

"Capsical hit her with his shield." Tony smirked with this.

Steve shot him a glare

"I'll take a blood sample." Bruce said as he drew blood out of a vein in her arm.

As he did this the two assassins drifted in.

"Who is she?" Clint asked.

"I've taken some blood to match to the Police database," Bruce said while he wrapped up the girl's ankle.

"I doubt you'll find her on it, Tony turned his dimensional gateway back on," the captain said angrily.

There was a chorus of 'Tony's and 'Stark's.

"I can't believe you Stark, not only have you brought a liability for S.H.I.E.L.D but also a potential threat!" Natasha shouted.

Tony started to defend himself.

"Well we don't know she's a threat, and besides, she's only a kid."

"I was deadly at that age!" Natasha responded.

Bruce- ever the one to avoid conflict- suggested "Why don't we just ask when she wakes up? She could be enhanced and that was how she got in."

"Anything in her blood to suggest that?" asked the red headed assassin.

"Well there is something I can't identify," Bruce stared harder at the screen. "And some sort of drug, looks like a painkiller."

"Probably how she ran on that ankle," Tony said, who was soon glared at for his interruption.

The Avengers heard a groan from the bed, their mystery intruder had woken up.

Valkyrie slowly became aware of voices around her, but the words were indistinct and impossible to catch hold of. She remembered being hit by something metal, that must've been when she fell unconscious. Now she was trapped with no way out, strapped to a bed. At least her powers weren't bound, that meant her captors were mortal. What was she going to do?

We could destroy them, blast them into a million little mortal pieces. Whispered a voice in her head. Let me out and we could.

No.

Why not, it would be fun. Darquesse and Val destroying this new world together.

Still no.

How long do you think you can contain me? I'm part of you.

You're not. Now shut up.

Or what? Darquesse whispered mockingly

I'll stop using magic.

No, you wouldn't, you love it too much.

Try me.

Darquesse went silent, finally and Valkyrie felt her head ache in full force. She let at a groan, and opened her eyes and saw five people looking at her.

I'm screwed she thought and Valkyrie could have sworn Darquesse laughed