Hey!

So before we begin, I'd just like to clear up a few things. Firstly, her powers. She was born with them and she did kind of know about them as a child. They work according to how she's feeling, if that makes sense. As for the teleporting, she doesn't know about that at this point. Her telekinesis only really started developing when she was a teen. If that doesn't really clear things up, feel free to message me.

To OkieDokieLoki, thank you so much for the review. It really helped me to see my mistakes and learn from them, so I really do thank you. About Penny, she's a very small character, so I don't really want to go into too much detail. I want to focus on Ellie and the Avengers. She's mean because Ellie is an outcast. I'm not sure if that's good enough reason, but in my high-school it is. I based Penny on this girl at my school. She's just naturally mean.

I hope that makes things easier to understand.

Thanks for those reviews and I hope my story doesn't explode this time.

Enjoy.

By the way, this chapter takes place WAY in the future (not like 100 years, but like six or seven)

I DO NOT OWN THE AVENGERS!

And there will be some mild language.

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6 August 2013

21:45

Avengers Tower –New York City

"Excuse me, but back in my day, we didn't have any fancy machines –we had to wash and dry our very own dirty dishes," Steve defended himself from Stark's stories. He was telling everybody about the time he caught Steve trying to figure out how to use the dishwasher. The story seemed to amuse everybody, including Stark, who brought it up whenever he had a chance. To him, it would never get old.

"You're right," Tony sighed, tilting his head to the side, "but trust me, if you saw what I saw; you'd find it funny too."

Pepper rolled her eyes. As much as she loved Tony, sometimes his ego got the best of him. "Who's hungry?" she changed the subject. Almost the entire room jokingly raised their hands.

"Thank God. I thought I was the only hungry one here," Clint said, gulping down the last of his drink. "Make that four pizzas, extra pepperoni and cheese and a large Pepsi. Anything for you guys?"

Natasha smacked the back of his head, sarcastically laughing. "How do you guys eat so much? It's unnatural. Especially you and Thor."

"The other guy doesn't even eat as much as you," Bruce agreed. Tony commanded Jarvis to order food for everybody. They all placed their orders one by one, and when it was Maria's turn, she ordered two sets of food.

Once that was over and done with, Steve was the first to notice that she ordered an extra meal. "What?" he smirked, "S.H.I.E.L.D doesn't feed you enough?" he joked. She sighed and ignored him.

"I hope you don't mind, but I brought a guest. I'm sure some of you, namely Stark, have already hacked into our system and read her files. She'll be training with you as from tomorrow."

Tony scoffed slightly as he poured himself another drink. The rest of the gang looked at each other to see if anyone knew who the mysterious guest was.

"Ellie?" Clint asked as he leaned back into the couch. His eyes went from Maria to the sudden opening elevator doors in a second. Maria stood up and went to the door, waiting for the guest to step out and be escorted.

Everybody stopped what they were doing and watched. The guest was a young woman. She had dark brown wavy hair and chestnut brown eyes. She was wearing dark blue skinny jeans with a pair of longs brown leather boots that ended below her knees. Underneath the loose army jacket, she was wearing a dark gray t-shirt.

As she got closer, the bruise below her eye and the cut on her bottom lip became clearer. She also had a scar on her left eyebrow that had been there for a while.

"Am I late?" she asked awkwardly, glancing at her watch. "Sorry."

Maria smiled and beckoned her to move closer toward the rest of the team. The woman was nervous –almost scared. The group in front of her wasn't just any group of people –it was the Avengers; the guys who saved the world.

"This is Agent Ellie Dixon."

"The Poltergeist," Stark corrected, clearing his throat. Maria glanced at him for a second and continued.

The first person to react or say something was Thor, who stood up and nodded once. "Greetings," he nodded, bowing slightly. When she stuck her hand out to shake his hand, he just took it and gently planted a kiss on her knuckles. She felt a bit stupid at first, but couldn't help herself from smiling. His mop of wavy, golden hair ended just past his shoulders. His smile was warm and sincere. She shook his hand, not knowing what else to do. After all, he was the Almighty Thor; the famous God from Asguard. He was practically a myth.

After Thor, Steve stood up. "Ma'am," he nodded once and shook her hand. His blonde hair was pushed back. She watched as he grasped her hand and with his and shook it, then her eyes darted to his, brown on crystal blue. Deep inside, it took almost all of her self control to not bombard him with a million and one questions. He didn't tear his eyes from hers for a second –only when she let go of his hand. He sat down again and waited for her to greet everybody else.

Bruce shook her hand after Steve. She knew all about how the Hulk and Bruce- what it took for him to get mad. That was a bridge she never wanted to cross. She never wanted to have to fight him. As he shook her hand, he could feel her skin trembling ever so slightly. Despite the big smile on her face, he knew how nervous she was. He tried his best to ignore it. She didn't shake Tony's hand. The two just exchanged nods of acknowledgement. Pepper, however, rushed to her side to welcome her and even handed her a drink. Ellie didn't have to introduce herself to Clint and Nat- they already knew who she was. Both agents pulled her into a brief hug before Clint scampered off the other side of the room.

"What's with the um…," Natasha asked, studying the fresh bruise on her cheek.

"I got into a fight with this asshole."

Clint, who was standing at the bar, poured himself another drink and chuckled. "Did you get him?" he asked her and moved back the centre of the room, where everybody else was.

"Yeah," she sighed, "I did."

"That's good," Tony interrupted, scrolling through her file on one of his devices, "but I'd like to know more about what else you can do."

Pepper's smile disappeared as her eyes glared at him irritably. "Tony," she scolded, "Be nice."

"No no. That's why I'm here, right?" Ellie said, glancing at Stark and taking another small step forward, "I can teleport, I'm pretty sure that I can control things with my mind and I can kick some serious ass."

"What do you mean you 'think'?" Bruce asked her as he beckoned her to have a seat. She opened her mouth, but Stark beat her to it.

Tony sat down opposite her and picked up his glass. "She can't control it yet."

"Stark," Steve snapped, "I think we should let her introduce herself."

Tony shrugged and agreed to keep quiet as she spoke.

"He's right, though," Ellie agreed with him, "I can't control my telekinesis, but I know that whenever I need it most, it comes."

"Well if you can kick ass, which I know you can and put up with Stark, you'll fit right in," Nat butted in, taking her glass to her lips. "Besides, Pepper and I could really use another female around. These guys are getting sort of nosy."

Ellie smiled and set her glass down. Drinking wasn't really her thing. She hated the taste of alcohol. "So…are there any questions?"

"Yes," Stark replied almost immediately. Everybody looked at him, begging him not to shoot her down with questions. He got the hint from Pepper, who was already mad at him for just not showing up to his public appearance earlier on during the day. "No," he nodded and smiled.

"If you don't mind me asking, how did you get your powers?" Bruce asked her as she took another sip.

She took one final gulp before responding. "Well I was born with them," she said and bit her bottom lip, "As a kid, I knew there was something wrong, but I mean, I was just a kid. My powers only ever worked according to my emotions so if I was really angry, things just flew around and if I was happy, everything stayed put."

"So your emotions control your powers? Interesting."

She took a deep breath. "Yeah. So if anybody pisses me off, good luck."

The room filled with buzzing chuckles. It made her feel more comfortable. She finally sat down on one of the couches next to Thor. As she looked around, she noticed that none of them were wearing their gear. Even Thor was dressed in jeans and a dark red t-shirt.

"So do you have any questions for us?" Clint asked her.

She shrugged and scrunched up her nose. "Do you guys do autographs?" she joked.

Again, there was a short, erupting boom of laughter. Even Maria was smiling. "Don't be like Coulson, now," she smirked, glancing at Steve. Everybody looked at Steve.

"W-what?" Ellie asked, not catching on but grinning anyway.

Stark patted Steve on the back jokingly. "Well Cap over here has his very own fanclub, run by our very own Agent Coulson."

"No way…Phil?!"

"Way," Nat laughed and crossed her legs. "He even has vintage cards."

Ellie laughed. She could never imagine Coulson acting that way. He did a damn good job of hiding his secret obsession from the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. She never would've guessed. She opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it again. She didn't want to embarrass herself.

"What?" Clint asked her, noticing.

She bit her lip again. "Nothing." Thankfully, he let it go. There was a moment of silence before someone broke the ice.

"So," Maria slurred and clapped her hands once. "The plan is for you to join the Avengers. You think you can handle it?"

Ellie looked around the room. All eyes were on her. She had two options -to walk away or to stay seated. A part of her just wanted to run. Not because she scared, but because she knew what she would probably never be as good as them. Their team already consisted of a billionaire Iron-Man, a super soldier, a Hulk, a God and two lethal assassins. What good would she bring to the team?

But then, if they could help her to control her powers, perhaps she'd be an asset instead of a liability. Maybe, there was a chance that she'd make them a little bit stronger and in return, they'd make her a better person. That was a chance she was willing to take.

She looked back at Maria and smirked.

"When do we begin?"

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