Box Of Secrets - Zarif.

"Family is the most important thing in the world." - Princess Diana.

Katie didn't know where she was going. She just kept taking left and right turns, her legs basically moving on their own accord. All she knew was that she needed to get away.

Her mind was reeling, working overtime as she mulled over everything that just happened. Picks and pieces of her talk with Steve replaying in her head in flashes, playing over and over as if on a never-ending loop.

"You're right… You don't know me."

"But I want to."

"I want to get to know you. I want to be there for you. You don't have to be alone."

"I want to get to know my daughter."

This was one of those times when Katie's mental age and physical age started to battle each other.

Really, she was sixty-five years old. She was past the time of wanting people to depend on. She - in a sense - lived her life. She didn't want someone to fuss and pick at her. She didn't need that.

But, she was also a twenty-five year old. And there was nothing the twenty-five year old Katie wanted right now than a family. That side of Katie wanted someone to care for her and be there with her. That side wanted a parent around.

The problem with all this was, because Katie spent most of her life acting younger than she actually was, the part of her that wanted a family was strong. The twenty-five year old part of her often felt stronger then the sixty-five year old part.

Was she being overdramatic for not letting Steve in yet? Maybe.

But really, at this point in her life, her mother was really to only one who knew the real Katie Rogers, who knew Katherine. Hell. Katie didn't even really know who the really Katherine Rogers was anymore.

Because growing up, everyone seemed to know who she was before she even knew herself. There again, she was just like her mother. So anyone who knew what Peggy Carter was like knew what Katie Rogers was like.

She'd been in her late twenty's early thirties when she'd slowly started visiting her mother less and less.

People had started noticing that Peggy Carter's daughter wasn't aging, and they got suspicious. Peggy said she would move, but Katie knew her mother's life was there in New York with Katie's step-father and half-siblings - yes, her mother re-married, but she wasn't getting into that right now - so she told her not to. And soon, weekly visits turned monthly and monthly visits turned yearly. Now, Katie had to be extra carefully when visiting her mother, just so no one would get suspicious and prevent her from seeing Peggy all together.

But, that was Katie's life. She would have people in her life then slowly start backing away from them. She was so used to it now that, Katie didn't know how to be part of a family anymore.

"You look like you need to hit something."

Katie jumped - which was surprising because of her peaked senses - as she looked around.

Wow, I was really out of it, Katie thought as she looked to her left and saw a room that housed a number computers along with a big screen on the front wall. Natasha was leaning over one of the many computers, her hands stopped flying over a keyboard as she looked over at Katie.

"You okay?" Natasha asked, her eyebrows pinched together slightly as Katie slowly walked into the room and over to Natasha, plastering a small smile on her face.

"Yeah, of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be."

"You don't look okay." Natasha pointed out plainly as she stood up straighter.

Katie let out a forced laugh, hoping and praying in sounded convincing to Natasha. Really, she was stupid for even thinking she could fool the Russian spy.

"Natasha," Katie gave the redhead a smile. "I think I would know if-"

"Katie."

The smile on Katie's face fell as she watched Natasha raise an eyebrow, obviously not buying the lies Katie was telling. And honestly, Katie would be worried if she did fall for her lies.

"What are you doing in here?" Katie asked as she lifted her eyes to the giant screen in front of her, changing the subject.

"Trying to get as much intel as possible." Natasha replied simply as she clicked a few keys on the keyboard.

Images and files about Loki, Asgard and Loki's scepter came to life on the screen before Katie, and she had a feeling that this wasn't Natasha's first time reading over these files.

Katie's eyes moved from file to file, image to image as she tried to take in as much information as possible. Of course, that was hard to do when she felt Natasha's eyes basically burn a hole in the side of her head.

"How did the talk with your father go?"

"Wow," Katie's eyes life the screen and turned to Natasha, who causally went back to typing on the keyboard. "No beating around the bush for you, is there?"

"I'm serious, Katie." Natasha glanced up at the blonde for a moment before turning back to the screen.

"How did you…" Katie watched Natasha with narrowed eyes before she to clicked in her head. "Right. You're like, a master interrogator. Can't you make me a promise that you'll never use that superpower on me?"

Natasha sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose before dropping her hand and giving the blonde a pointed look.

"Katie."

'When you're nervous, you make jokes… Don't you?'

Steve wasn't the only one who'd figured out that fact.

Katie took a deep breath as she crossed her arms

"It… could have gone better."

Natasha didn't response, and Katie could only hear the sound of Natasha's fingers hitting the keys. It was silent for a few moments until Natasha finally spoke up, never taking her eyes on the screen.

"What happened?"

Her talk with Steve flashed before her once again in a matter of seconds as Katie sat there. She didn't respond as she closed her eyes, taking a deep breath in through her nose as Steve's hurt-filled eyes flicked before her.

Maybe, this is what she needed. Maybe having some 'girl-time' would make her feel better about everything and lift the weight she was feeling off her chest.

Plus, Katie knew better then to keep something from Natasha. She'd learned that the hard way.

"He," Katie started, stopping to clear her throat, eyes still looking straight ahead. "He said… He said he wanted to get to know me. That he didn't want me to be alone anymore. He…" Katie took a deep breath before speaking softly. "He said he wants to know his daughter."

Silence full around the room as Natasha stopped typing and the two girls were left to their own thoughts. And this was why Katie liked Natasha. She didn't push, not really anyways. She knew when Katie needed to talk to someone and to remain silent if needed.

"This is hard on you, isn't it?" Natasha spoke up after a few moments, gazing up at the blonde.

Katie let out a dry laugh. "You know, you're the only person to ask me that. Everyone else just assumes this is hard for me." Katie paused for a moment before looking up at Natasha, who was also watching the blonde. "But yes. It is."

Taking a deep breath, Katie shifting to glance to her hands suddenly finding her finger nails interesting as she spoke.

"I told him I needed more time." She told Natasha, pausing for a moment. "Growing up with mum, and everyone… I still had no one to really talk to or relate to. The thought of actually having someone I can relate to and talk to about my problems, finally after all this time... It scares me."

"I know how you feel, you know." Natasha said, but Katie didn't look up at her. "I didn't have anyone for the longest while. But, now…" Natasha paused for a moment, her eyes unfocused, before continuing. "It's nice to have someone you can talk to. And trust me, you don't want to lose that person."

Natasha stopped talking, but Katie still didn't look up at her.

She knew who Natasha was talking about, and she knew it was killing the red-head to not know anything about Clint. For that was who her go-to person was. Clint and Natasha were always together, when they could be anyways. They were partners.

"Talk to him." Natasha spoke up again as she turned so her full body was facing Katie, who looked up at her with a raised eyebrow.

"I already tried that, Tash." Katie informed the read-head. "Twice actually, and I walked out both times."

"Then try again," Natasha pushed. "And don't walk out. 'Cause, Katie, as hard as this is for you, it's just as hard for him. And at least he's trying."

Katie didn't response as she crossed her arms over her chest.

She knew this was hard for Steve. She knew she wasn't being fair to him. Because at least her life changed with her present during it. Steve, he went down in a plane having people he loved and called family only to wake up seventy years later with-

A daughter. He has a daughter. He didn't wake up with no one, he woke up with a daughter. He had Katie. But, she was pushing him away…

Katie's chest suddenly started to hurt again. She couldn't believe how selfish she was being. Then again, Steve was really like a stranger to her, so of course she was pushing him away. That's what Katie always did to strangers.

Taking a deep breath through her nose, Katie's thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Natasha spoke up straighter after clicking a few keys, making the giant screen go dark..

"You're lucky, you know that?"

Katie didn't say anything, she just continued looking down at the hands. But, she knew Natasha was right. She was lucky.

She was lucky because she had her father back. How many people could say that they grew up thinking their father was dead, only to have him show up sixty years later? How many people could say that they got a second change at being with their family?

"Besides," Natasha said, a lightness in her voice. "Most of the people on this team don't have parents anymore."

Katie head snapped up and she gave Natasha an unbelieving look, only to see the red-head had a smirk on her face.

"The guilt card," Katie rolled her eyes. "Nice, Nat."

Natasha shrugged, a smirk still on her face.

"Anyways, I have work to do." Natasha said. "The world is in danger after all, may as well start finding out what Loki's play is."

Katie raised an eyebrow as she started to follow Natasha out of the computer room and back into the hallway.

"Gonna use your interrogation superpower on him?"

Natasha looked over her shoulder. "Of course."

Katie shook her head, a small smile on her face before Natasha came to a stop and turned around, facing Katie as the two girls stood in the middle of the hallway.

"I meant what I said when you walked in," Natasha told her. "You look like you need to hit something."

Katie felt a smile start to tug at her lips, realizing what Natasha was saying. "And I feel like it too."

Natasha smiled. "When all this is over. We'll have to go boxing again."

"Yeah, so I can beat you."

"Really?" Natasha raised an eyebrow. "Felling confident, Rogers?"

"I don't know," Katie shrugged, a small smile on her face. "Maybe." The two parted after that.

Once again, Katie was wandering around the Helicarrier. Just taking left and right turns until she came up with an idea of something to do, or somewhere to go.

She didn't realize it earlier, but she had yet to get a room, so she'd have to find Nick later and ask him for one. Until then, Katie was actually fine with wandering around the Helicarrier, exploring the place.

She had finally managed to calm her mind down. But, she still couldn't help but think about what Natasha had told her, and how right she was…

No. For the next few hours, Katie wasn't going to think about anything to do with her life or Steve. She was going to take a few hours and relax. Then, and only then, would she even think about what she was going to do about that situation.

Honestly, Katie really did want to hit something. And she probably should have, it may have made her feel better. But, the talk with Natasha had distracted her slightly. She could make her way the gym, maybe. She could have asked Natasha to go with her, but she was off to interrogate Loki-

Loki.

A thought then came to Katie. What were they fighting against? This was obviously bigger than Loki. So, what were they fighting against? Surely not just the demigod. Katie was sure there had already been a meeting about all this, but she was late getting on the plane, so she'd probably missed it.

She'd have to ask Nick, or anyone really, about that the next time she ran into someone.

Walking down the hall, Katie was going to continue on exploring the Helicarrier when she walked passed a glass wall.

Looking in, Katie saw Tony and Bruce working on some computers and talking back and forth to each other.

She stood there for a few moments, watching them. Well, she was mostly watching Tony.

From afar - and when he wasn't talking - it was like she was looking at her Uncle Howard again. Actually, when Tony was back towards her, she half expected him to turn around and turn out to really be Howard Stark. And then Howard would spot her outside the room, smile brightly and gesture for her to come in, where he would show her what he was working on and even get her to help him, with the easy stuff of course.

But then Tony turned around, and she didn't see Howard, and her heart dropped a little.

She couldn't help but wonder what would have happened to Tony if she'd been in his life. Would he be like he was now? Would he still big the biggest pain in the ass Katie had ever seen and met in her life?

Cause that's the only word she could use to describe Tony. Asshole.

Then, a sudden horrible thought hit Katie.

What if, when Tony found out she grew up with Howard closely around, he'd hate her? What if he'd seen it as she got the childhood he should have had - because while Howard had been hard on Tony, he hadn't been on Katie - and hated her for it?

That's not your fault. Katie tried to tell herself. It wasn't really working.

Sighing, Katie looked down the hall in front of her. There was nothing special, just a long hallway with doors. So, seeing that she had nothing better to do, Katie walked up to the door of the lab.

Just as she stepped in, however, she saw Tony walk up behind Bruce and poke him in his side. Bruce jumped slightly and turn to Tony, shaking his head.

Titling her head to the side, Katie narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Are you nuts?"

Both Tony and Bruce spun around, only to find Katie leaning against the doorway, arms crossed.

"Funny," Tony spoke up, the corners of his lips tugging up slightly. "Your father was just in here and said the same thing. Though, you don't look have a pissed as he did."

Katie pushed himself off the doorframe and walked into the room, he eyebrow raised.

"Pissed?"

"I know right," Tony walked around the desk. "One would think that spangles doesn't have it in him to be pissed, but he does." Tony shook his head slightly as he walked over to one of the screen and started tapping it. "And to think, he's the man my father completely obsessed over."

"Tony." Bruce looked up from Loki's scepter, giving Tony a sharp look.

However, Katie didn't notice this as her head snapped towards Tony, eyes wide slightly as her heart started to beat a bit faster.

"What?" She meant to say something else, something witty, but that was the only word that would come out.

Tony, however, just nodded, not even looking up from his work. "Yup. Good old pops spent most of my life looking for yours. Searched everywhere for him. But, the closest thing he found was that stupid cube we're trying to find now, again." The bitterness in Tony's voice was hard for Katie to miss. "I'm pretty sure that's all my dad did with his life, try to find Spangles."

Katie stood there, frozen in spot as Tony and Bruce continued to work away at whatever they were doing. She wanted to say something, she just didn't know what. Still, she knew she had to say something.

"Well," She finally spoke, clearing her throat. "I'm pretty sure that's not how he spent his whole life."

At once, Tony and Bruce both looked up. Bruce, more so, with a curious look on his face while Tony narrowed his eyebrows slightly, confused.

"I knew him," Katie pointed out before quickly explaining herself. "My mum and your dad," She nodded at Tony. "They started S.H.I.E.L.D. together. So, yeah, I knew Un- Howard."

She really hoped Tony didn't notice her slip up, because she really wasn't in the mood to explain to him why she calls his father 'Uncle', not when Tony clear doesn't like his father too much.

Lucky for her, the confusion fell off Tony's face and a smirk took his place.

"Right. I forgot you're an elderly woman."

Katie just rolled her eyes, relieved that Tony dropped the subject, before she turned to Bruce.

"So," She said, walking up to the desk Bruce was working at. "What actually are you doing?"

"In simple terms?" Bruce looked up at the blonde who stood on the other side of his desk, a small smile on his face.

"Now, what makes you think I need it explained to me in simple terms?" Katie joked, a small smile also on her face and, when Bruce gave her a look, she laughed. "Yes, simple terms."

"We're trying to find the cube now."

"That much I knew," Katie laughed again. "Anything I can do?"

Katie watched as Bruce's eyes moved around the room, trying to find somewhere to put her, before the rested on her.

"I don't think so, Katie…" Bruce spoke, sounding unsure of himself, almost as if he felt bad because he didn't have anything for her to do.

"It's fine, Bruce." Katie smiled at him. "I don't think I'll be much help anyways. You and Tony seem to have your own thing going on here.

"Anyways, I have a question for you, mini Cap." Tony spoke up suddenly, looking over at Katie through the screen he was at. "When was the last time you actually spoke to papa Cap?"

Katie eyes narrowed slightly, taken aback by the question. "Ah, like, a hour ago."

"I think that your little talk is one reason why he was so pissed," Tony pointed out, but as Katie opened her mouth to say something, Tony continued. "What, I mean, you guys met when? A month ago? When was the last time you talked to him between now and then?"

Katie crossed her arms as she watched Tony with narrowed eyes, Bruce working on behind her, but she knew he was just trying not to be rude.

Was their talk really the reason Steve was pissed? Katie knew he had a right to be upset, but pissed? She just couldn't see it. Then again, maybe this was Tony's way of trying to get answers out of her.

However, as she continued to study Tony, she suddenly realized what he was getting at.

"How do you know?"

"You didn't answer my question."

"Three weeks." Katie spoke up, her eyes shifting to the floor before looking back up at Tony. "Three weeks ago was the last time I talked to and saw him until today. How did you know?" Katie told him, repeating her question.

"Easy really," Tony shrugged, walking around the screen and up to Katie. "When you got here, you hardly looked at him. And, when you did, it was only for a second. Plus, you also call him Steve."

"You could tell I haven't talked to… him, in three weeks because I call him Steve?" Katie asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No," Tony shook his head. "I can tell you haven't talk to him because you guys don't have a relationship yet. Therefore, you call him Steve."

Katie looked at Tony, her face relaxing as she uncrossed her arms before softly starting: "How-"

"I was the same way with my father," Tony told her. "I called him Howard a lot because we didn't have… the best relationship."

Katie didn't have anything to say to that as she looked at Tony, taken back slightly by him telling her something so personal. And his words broke her heart. Everything about the way Tony had been acting when they first met was suddenly making sense. Katie knew Tony wasn't the best at emotional connections, but he'd never been close to his father. And Katie wasn't close to Steve, so even though he was a bit oblivious, Tony would spot that.

Before she could open her mouth, however, a beep was heard from one of the screens and Tony walked over to it as Katie cleared her throat.

"What's that?"

"Oh," Tony glanced over at her with a smirk, all traces of their talk gone. "JARVIS was running a decryption program, to break into all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secure files. And it looks like it just finished."

Katie couldn't help the way her eyes grew wide. She didn't care much for S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore. Still, she grew up with S.H.I.E.L.D., she'd been around when they first started. So, to hear that Tony broke into the secure files, it rubbed her the wrong way.

"I'm sorry. What?"

"Now you sound like your father," Tony commented, his eyebrows pinching together before he looks over at Bruce. "You ever hear of Phase 2?"

Bruce looked up at Tony, shaking his head.

"Phase 2?" Katie spoke up, now interested.

"Yeah. Hey! You've been around forever," Katie couldn't help by roll her eyes at Tony's comment. "Have you heard of this?"

"No, I haven't." Katie shook her head as she walked over and stood next to Tony, reading the files.

"Well, looks like S.H.I.E.L.D. is hiding all kinds of secrets."

Katie gave Tony a look just as the door to the lab opened and Nick walked in, looking anything but pleased.

"What are you doing, Mr. Stark?"

"I was wondering the same about you." Tony replied, causing Nick to give him a hard look as Katie crossed her arms, giving Nick a look too, not that he noticed. He was too busy staring at Tony.

"You're supposed to be locating the Tesseract."

"We are." Bruce cut in as he pointed to one of the computer screens. "The model's locked and we're sweeping for a signature now. Once we get a hit, we'll have the location with half a mile."

"And you'll get your cube back, no muss, no fuss." Tony looked back at the screen, before turning back to Nick. "What is Phase 2?"

"Phase 2 is when S.H.I.E.L.D. uses the Cube to make weapons." Katie almost jumped as Steve walked in the door and slammed a weapon down on the table. "I'm sorry, but your computer was moving a little slow for me."

Steve shifted his eyes from Tony to Katie and they locked eyes for a moment, Katie narrowing hers slightly. He didn't look that pissed. More hurt and upset if anything. And Katie that that probably had something to do with her... Maybe anyways, it also probably had something to do with his talk with Tony earlier.

"Rogers, we gathered everything related to the Tesseract." Nick sighed, grabbing Steve's attention. "This does not mean that we're-"

Now, Katie was getting pissed. Was Nick really about to tell them that Phase 2 was nothing when it was obviously something. Something that they now knew about.

"I'm sorry, Nick." Katie spoke up as she stepped forward, turning around one of the screens as she glared at Nick. "You were saying?"

Nick's face turned hard he stared at Katie, only looking away when Steve spoke up. And Katie could see Thor and Natasha walk in.

"I was wrong, Director. The world hasn't changed a bit."

"Do you know about this?" Bruce turned to Natasha, who just gave him a look.

"You wanna think about removing yourself from this environment, doctor?"

"I was in Calcutta," Bruce pointed out, crossing his arms "I was pretty well removed."

"Loki's manipulating you."

"And you've been doing what, exactly?"

"Did you know about this?" Steve asked Katie as he turned towards her, eyebrows narrowed slightly.

"What? No." She assured him. "I don't know everything about S.H.I.E.L.D. just because I was there when it was formed. I've been trying to stay away, actually."

"Then what brought you back?"

Katie looked up at Steve through her lashes. He knew what brought her back, but the way his eyes pinched together and the way he was holding himself told Katie that now wasn't the best time for witty comments.

"I'd like to know," Bruce spoke up as Steve and Katie continued to stare at each other. "Why S.H.I.E.L.D. is using the Tesseract to build weapons of mass destruction."

Nick sighed, looking more pissed off with every passing second before he pointed to Thor and told them how it was because of Thor's visit to Earth that made them realize how out gunned they were.

"A nuclear deterrent," Tony snorted. "Cause that always calms everything right down."

"Remind me again how you made your fortune, Stark?"

"Technically, it's his father's fortune." Katie stepped in, causing Nick to point a finger at her.

"You. Stay out of this."

"I've tried." Katie glared at him, stepping forward. "But for some reason, you keep wanting to drag me back into all this."

"Forgive me for thinking it would be a good idea to let you know your father was alive."

"Guys, S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to be ready for a threat." Natasha tried to reassure them all. "They need some control."

Thor let out a dry laugh. "You speak of control, yet you cause chaos."

"It's his MO., isn't it," Bruce spoke up, truing to Nick as everyone fell silent. "I mean, what are we, a team? No, no, no. We're a chemical mixture that makes chaos. We're… we're a time-bomb."

"You need to step away," Nick gave Bruce a look, his hand resting on his gun.

"Why shouldn't they guy let off a little steam?" Tony spoke up from behind Katie.

"You know damn well why." Steve turned to Tony with a glare. "You're putting everyone here in danger by trying to make him snap."

"You humans are all petty," Thor told them all. "And tiny…"

"You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers." Tony stepped towards Steve. "Everything special about you came out of a bottle."

Steve glared even harder at Tony, both of them getting in each other's faces as Katie walked over to them.

"Okay," She raised an eyebrow at Tony. "Really, Stark?"

"Oh, you stay out of this," Tony turned his glare onto Katie, obliviously hostile like everyone else. "You're no better. At least Pops here was a planned experiment."

Katie took a step backwards, taken back as she eyes went wide with hurt and she gave Tony an unbelieving look, his words ringing around in her head.

Tony, however, all just realized what he said before his eyes went hard again and Steve cut him off as he was about to speak.

"Hey," Steve stepped in front of Katie slightly as he spoke up. "Leave her out of this, Stark."

Katie knew that she was pissed off and overly angry right now - what the hell was happening to them? - but she couldn't help by turn to Steve and take her angry out on him.

"I can handle myself."

Steve looked taken back by the harsh sound of Katie's voice and her glare that was now directed at him. However, his shock soon turned into confusion and anger as he narrowed his eyes slightly at his daughter.

"Sorry. I didn't know you didn't like people sticking up for you," Steve told her harshly, but it only caused Katie to glare at him a bit harder. "I mean, I don't know you, right?"

Katie snorted. "Yeah, well. Did you even think I don't want you to know me?"

Steve was once again shocked for a moment, but everyone so was worked up now that the angry just came right back. "Well, sorry I just assumed you'd want to know your own father-"

Katie knew that they were all very hostile right now, and she also knew she was really pissed for some unknown reason. The pain in her chest was too much and she just couldn't take it anymore. She couldn't stop the words from leaving her mouth.

"I don't want to know you!"

The room fell silent as the words left Katie mouth a little louder then she might for it to be.

Taking a deep breath, Katie crossed her arms as she spoke.

"I don't need a father, or anyone, okay?" Katie looked up at Steve, who was just staring at her. "I've been on my own for over thirty years. I don't need someone to look after me and treat me like a baby. You missed all those years."

Silence fell around the room. She didn't know how long it stayed, but it seemed like forever before she heard Bruce mumble something about some team they were. The whole time, Katie and Steve stared at each other.

She knew by the look on Steve's face and in his eyes that she just broke his heart. She could see the pieces breaking and feel the pain as if it was her own. And maybe it was. But, she just couldn't stop the words from leaving her mouth. And now, more than anything, she wished she could take them back.

Katie couldn't even look at Steve anymore as everyone around them started to argue again, getting more and more heated. Bruce started to snap a little, the scepter suddenly in his hands and that's when everyone realized why they were acting like this. As Bruce began to describe how he was indestructible, they all became aware of the power and manipulation of the weapon.

"Sorry kids guess you won't be seeing my party trick after all," Bruce told them, walking over to one of the computers that was locating of the Tesseract.

"Located the Tesseract?" Thor wondered as Tony spoke up.

"I can get there faster." Tony spoke up.

"The Tesseract belongs on Asgard." Thor pinched his eyes together. "No human is a match for it."

"You're not going alone!" Steve grabbed Tony by the arm to stop him from walking out the door, but Tony pulled his arm free.

"You gonna stop me?"

"Put on the suit, let's find out."

Katie stood there, listening as Steve and Tony argued back and forth, but she wasn't about stop it this time. Not after what happened last time she tried to help.

Slowly lifting her eyes, Katie found Natasha watching her with a concerned, yet hard look. Katie know Natasha was worried about her, but she was also going to get a mouth-full from the red-head. But, Katie couldn't help what she said, she'd said it in the heat of the moment.

Taking a deep breath Katie started to make her way over to Natasha as Steve and Tony continued to true behind her.

"I'm not afraid to hit an old man."

"Put on the suit."

"Oh my god."

Bruce's voice caused Katie to stop a few feet away from Natasha, as the two women, Thor and Nick gave him a look. Tony and Steve too into their argument to even realize he said something.

However, Bruce only just lifted his eyes to look at them when Katie was suddenly hit by a wave of heat and was flown backwards.

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