Disclaimer: Don't own but I wouldn't say no to having a Pietro or a Bucky in my life jsut FYI.

A/N: okay, originally I was going to have this chapter be a bit longer but I decided that ending it as I did was best and that I would just split it into two instead. I hope you guys like it and I promise there is some Pietro/Norah action in this that I hope you all like!

Chapter seven

There has been many times lately that Norah has spent dwelling on the past – on her past before being taken in by Tony three years ago. Norah thought about her mother and sister and the things that they had said to her when they found out that she was a Mutant, she thought about the things that they had said to her that resulted in her deciding that running away was the best course of action and Norah thought about what had happened to her before she ended up at Xavier's Institute. Norah enjoyed the years that she spent at Xavier's even if she didn't think they were teaching her how to use her powers in the way that best suited her and how she understood her powers, but she did love it there and felt as if there was finally someplace that she was accepted without any doubt. It was at Xavier's that she had meet Kitty who was a petite little thing that barely reached five foot, and she also met Kitty's Russian born boyfriend Piotr who was at least six foot eight with massive muscles and made both Norah and Kitty look as if they were hobbits in comparison.

It was hard for Norah to come to the decision that running away was what she needed to do; she loved her mother and her sister more than anything in the world, they were always there for her when her father wasn't, they were there when her father forgot they were supposed to have a day together, they were there when her dad ended up not going to her school play and were there for every disappointment with her father and every time she had a bad no matter what the reason was. Norah knew it was more than stupid of her to decide to run away at the age of fifteen but she knew she couldn't stay with her mother or sister anymore since they believed that she needed to get 'fixed' by a doctor – to get rid of her powers. And so she went on the harrowing adventure of running away from home at the age of fifteen with only her great-grandfather's old army duffel bag full of anything and everything that she couldn't leave behind and the things that she would need in order to survive running away.

What Norah tried to not think about with all her might and what she ended up remembering once every blue moon was the incident….the horrific incident that had happened in St. Louis when she had trusted someone who she thought was genuinely concerned for her but ended up not being all that concerned and in fact had vile plans for her. Norah had been unbelievably gullible then, naïve and innocent.

A sudden loud knocking brought Norah out of her memories and into the present but before she was able to answer the door Tony barged in and seemed to swagger over to where Norah was sitting on her bed and plopped down onto it like a five year old kid. "Norah!" he said with a grin on his face but if Norah looked closely at his eyes she could see the turmoil that lingered in them, turmoil over the Ultron situation and what they now needed to do. "How my favorite daughter?" he questioned boisterously.

At that Norah raised a brow at him, "Tony," she said to him. "I'm your only daughter." She deadpanned to him.

"Exactly, that means you're always my favorite." Tony pointed out to her and then gave her a sudden look of concern, a look that to any outsiders who were not Tony, Pepper or Norah looked foreign on his face. "Were you crying?" he questioned lowly, almost whispering it.

Furrowing her brows in confusion Nora reached up and gently swiped beneath her eyes and felt tears, she didn't even realize that she had been crying. "I…I guess I was." She said lamely.

"Hey," Tony said as he sat up on Norah's queen sized bed and looked into her dark eyes in concern. "What's going on in that moderately intelligent brain of yours?" he questioned which made Norah give a small laugh.

Turning to look at her father figure Norah gave a quirky smile, "Moderately intelligent?" she questioned him as she sent him a 'really, you just said that' look.

Tony grinned at her as he bumped his shoulder against hers, "Well you're smart, no denying that. You had to be in order to graduate early with honors, but you're not on the genius level like someone as amazing as me." He said and gestured to himself arrogantly.

When he said that Norah just gave a soft laugh and shook her head at him, "Sometimes I wonder how me and Pepper are able to take you." She told him offhand and then wiped at the remaining tears that were on her face, hoping that none of the others would be able to notice that she had been crying even if it was unintentional.

"Because you guys have the patience of a Saint." Tony responded without hesitation and then looked at Norah with the concerned look of a parent. "Are you okay Norah, really? If you don't feel like you can go to South Africa with us it's okay, we can handle it." He told her sincerely.

Norah shook her head, "Nah, you guys are stuck with me until this is all done and over. I can do this, don't worry Tony." She told him honestly, a ghost of a smile on her lips. "I was just dwelling too much on the past. No need to worry."

"Nor-"

Before Tony could even get her name out Norah clamped her hand over his mouth, "Nope. I'm fine Tony, promise." She told him with a serious look on her face, silently telling him to drop the subject and move on.

Tony stared into Norah's eyes trying to figure out what exactly about thinking about the past made her cry without realizing it, but he wasn't an idiot and knew that if he pressed her for the information that she would lock up or would lash out at him. Norah was a stubborn thing and if she didn't want to share information with another person then she wouldn't, it was something Tony admired and hated all at the same time. Tony hoped that whatever it was that was bothering her wouldn't distract her from the mission they were heading out on, it wouldn't be good for her to get distracted by her thoughts when they were about to go and face Ultron.

"We're heading out in twenty, get your ass up and dressed and meet us at the Quinjet." Tony said to her and then gave her a quick hug, so quick that it seemed as if it didn't even happen, and then left Norah's room without another word.

Once Tony had left Norah looked down at her clothes and gave a sigh and reluctantly agreed that wearing a simple sports bra and yoga pants were probably not the most ideal pieces of clothing to wear when there may be a possibility of fighting, so with that Norah quickly dug through her closet before deciding on something to wear. Norah had decided on a pair of grey shorts that ended between her upper and mid-thigh and had a sort of army style to them, a pair of wide calved black boots that reached up to almost her knee and then she pulled on a loose fitting tunic length turquoise colored shirt that's sleeves went to her elbow and was then ready to head on out to South Africa.

~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_ South Africa: Shipyard ~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~

Norah was hiding in the crevices of the second level of the ship and was able to look down to the lower level where Tony, Steve and Thor were confronting Ultron, Pietro and Wanda. Natasha stood a few feet to the left of Norah and Clint was on the opposite side that the girls were on and was looking down below at what was unfolding before them.

No matter how much Norah tried to keep her eyes from being drawn to Pietro's figure she simply couldn't help herself; it was as if she was the moth and Pietro…well Pietro was the flame that was burning and trying to attract Norah's attention. Norah knew that staring at him like she was and memorizing every inch of him was a bad idea and not just a bad idea, no, it was a very bad idea that she knew without a doubt that Tony and the other's would totally disprove of her doing. But Pietro was a very attractive man who was around Norah's age, he had a sexy as hell smirk, his accent was a definite turn on and well, Norah was fighting a losing battle.

"Norah," Natasha whispered suddenly, looking at the younger blonde haired with shock when she realized that she liked the male Sokovian. "Really?" she questioned and gave Norah an admonishing look when she gained her attention and then subtly nodded towards Pietro who was on the lower level and was standing beside his sister. "He's-"

Before Natasha could finish her sentence Norah interrupted, "I know." She said quietly and ignored the look of disappointment that the red head was sending her and instead slumped her shoulders forward and gave a heavy sigh at her predicament.

Natasha looked at her friend in concern, "You know that you can't do anything Norah, right? You can't try and make anything come from….this crush that you have on him. You can't date him Norah," Natasha said as she looked at her younger friend. "I get the appeal, I really do. He's cute and has an adorable accent but you are wi-"

Norah cut her off once again and gave a pained smile, "I know. I'm with the Avengers. Trust me Tasha, I know." She enunciated to her with a frown on her pale face. "He's the bad guy who decided to side with Ultron and I'm the girl who is with the Avengers. It would make for horrible family reunions and beyond awkward Christmas dinners." She joked with a half-smile on her face that didn't seem to be all that genuine. "I wish things were different, that he wasn't doing….this," she said with a wave of her hands. "I wish that I was just a girl and he was just a random guy that I met at the bar or something instead of me being a Mutant and him being an enhanced human that was experimented on and who I ended up meeting during a raid on a Hydra facility. It's not fair." She uttered, a glare on her face and a scowl n her lips. "I know I can't do anything Natasha."

Hearing the tone that Norah had used when she said that Natasha turned discreetly and studied Norah for a bit and realized that the life she has livened with Tony and the other Avengers has affected her and not all of it was for the good. Natasha knew that Norah loved the life that she had with Tony and Pepper, that she had with the rest of the Avengers. Norah was more than thankful that SHIELD had found her in Romania and offered to help her with her powers three years ago, she was thankful for meeting Tony in Fury's office, she was thankful that Tony had paid for her to finish her degree even if she did complain about him doing that a lot, she was thankful that she didn't have to worry about bills, she was thankful towards both Clint and Natasha for teaching her how to fight and use weapons – even if she would rather not use weapons. Though Norah had found a family with the Avengers it was different than interacting with people who are around your own age and the sort that went to Tony's parties weren't exactly the sort of people would want to be around for more than a minute or two. The life that Norah lived made it hard for her to get much social interaction outside of the Avengers.

Natasha sighed internally, No matter what Norah shouldn't have to live her life like that. Norah should be able to go out and meet people her own age who she can get along with and who don't want to get to know her simply because she was Tony Stark's daughter, she should be able to have a normal life and be able to go and hang out with friends who weren't trained on how to kill other people and she definitely shouldn't have to be dragged out on missions by Tony and the others all of the time – Pepper hated when they did that. Norah should be able to have a normal life and should have the chance to find a person to have a relationship with like everyone else did.

Instead Norah ended up finding a guy that she found attractive and interesting by going on a mission to take down Hydra, a guy who ended up being on the wrong side of things.

"What's the Vibranium for?" Tony asked, which brought Natasha and Norah's attention back to the current situation.

"I'm glad you asked that," Ultron said with a smile in his voice. "Because I wanted to take this time to discuss my evil pla-"

Before they were able to hear the rest of Ultron's sentence he cut himself off and then pulled Tony towards him with some sort of magnetic force, while that was happening two other robots that were being controlled by Ultron came out of nowhere and attacked both Thor and Steve at the same time. Then, not even moments later did a group of Klaw's men come barreling up the stairs and then split up so that they could attack where Tony, Steve, Ultron and Wanda and Pietro were and also attack where Norah, Natasha and Clint were.

"Showtime girls." Natasha said with a sly smirk and then looked ahead at the men that were making their way towards her and took out her guns without any hesitation and then shot at them.

Hesitating a moment, Norah took a deep breath to help her gather her courage – she didn't go into dangerous missions like this one too often – and then Blinked herself into the fight with Ultron, with the robots that he was controlling and having fight against her and the other Avengers…and with Pietro and his sister Wanda. Doing her best to clear her mind Norah Blinked herself to the lower level and right in front of a robot that was a few feet from her, the robot approached her in a threatening fashion but before it had time to get within five feet of her Norah flicked her hands out at the robot and made it crumble into a pile of pieces of metal as it hit the wall that was directly behind it. Cocking her head to the side Norah thought that was kind of anticlimactic, but before she had the chance to turn around and either Blink herself to another spot on the ship or to run after the robots or Klaw's men Norah was flung into a bunch of cargo boxes.

Shaking her head to regain her senses Norah looked up and saw a robot stalking towards her, but instead of being afraid like most normal people would be – people who weren't Mutants – Norah looked at the robot with a scowl of annoyance on her face. Before Norah even had a chance to Blink herself behind the robot so that she could use her power on him Steve appeared before her and shoved his shield into the robots neck, kicked it in the stomach and then used where the shield was lodged in its neck to lift it off of the ground and then slam it down with all of his super soldier strength which effectively killed it.

"Steve." Norah reprimanded as she looked at him with an unamused look on her face as she propped her hand on her hip. "Remember that talk we had about you letting me fight my own battles and where you promised to stop treating me like a kid who doesn't know anything about fighting?" she questioned but didn't give him time to respond to her annoyed statement. "This is one of those times."

At that Steve gave a sigh, "Sorry. It's a habit." He told her to which Norah rolled her eyes and then turned and waved her hands at a robot that was coming at her and Steve and not a moment later the only thing that a person would distinguish the pile as a robot was the head that was laying a few feet away.

"Try to reel that habit of yours in, will you?" Norah suggested with a pointed look.

"Hey girls," Tony said over their ear comms. "If you two are done painting your nails do you think you could actually, you know, help fight." He said a bit out of breath.

In response to that Norah shook her head before Blinking herself away from where she and Steve had been and back into the fight, "Tony, if anyone is the girl here it would be you." She pointed out to him and then ducked behind some kind of machinery as a robot soared over her head and imbedded itself into a wall – that was definitely Thor and his hammer. "After all, you are the drama queen."

There was a sigh, "Do you two always have to banter over the comms like this?" Clint questioned in annoyance.

"Yep." Tony said before there was a crash sound come over the comms. "Well that hurt a bit." He said.

Norah shook her head at her pseudo father and then got her head back in the game, glimpsing to the side she saw a blur and knew that it was Pietro but for some odd reason he wasn't trying to take her out but instead was concentrating on taking out the others. As much as Norah tried to ignore the jittery feeling in her stomach and as much as she tried to not smile she couldn't help it, she knew she had an effect on him when they were in the woods other than the obvious attraction. He wouldn't be avoiding fighting her if he was only attracted to her, attraction could only go so far.

Slinking along the wall Norah was making her way towards where she knew there was a stairwell that led to the second level of the ship, she thought that if she could get up and above where the fighting was that she would be more of use – she could just blow the robots up from her vantage point. There was a small problem though, between her and the stairwell was Klaw's men all decked out with guns galore but all Norah needed to do was sneak a peek at the level above them so that she could Blink herself up there and use her molecular combustion power in order to blow all of the robots that Ultron was controlling into nothing but smithereens.

Just as Norah was about to step out from her hiding spot she felt warm hands grip onto her shorts clad waist firmly, a male voice that she definitely recognized uttering in another language and then she was being zipped through the ship and into a secluded and abandoned room at lightning fast pace that made Norah's eyes and brain hurt from trying to keep up with it. Stumbling a bit once Pietro released her Norah leaned her back against the wall that was closest to her and then she looked into Pietro's blue colored eyes which were looking at her playfully, a smirk spreading across his face.

"What the hell!" she said in annoyance at the Sokovian, her eyes narrowing at him.

Before Pietro had a chance to say anything Thor's booming voice came through on her ear comm, painfully. "Norah? Are you in need of aide?" he questioned.

Norah's eyes widened when he said that, "No! No, I'm fine." He said through the earpiece as Pietro slowly walked towards her and watched as she talked to her teammates in amusement. "Just got a bit of a surprise from a few stragglers. Nothing I can't handle." She told him as she watched Pietro carefully and also began to slide along the wall, away from him.

"Norah." Tony said in concern for his adoptive daughter. "Do you need help? I can send boy scout after you." He told her seriously, referencing Steve and his all American attitude.

At that Norah scrunched up her face not wanting anyone to come and help her at this precise moment, obviously Pietro went through the work to grab her and tug her away from the fighting for a reason. "It's nothing I can't handle. Promise. Don't mind me." She said to him off hand as she carefully watched Pietro as he made his way closer and closer to her at a slow and careful pace which she could tell was bothering him, but for some reason he wanted to take his time in approaching her.

"If you need help-" Steve began to say and Norah heard a grunt from him.

"I'll give word, yes, yes." She said impatiently and then muted her comm and let her arm drop to her side and then looked over at Pietro with a raised brow in question to which his smirk only widened in amusement at Norah's curiosity.

For a few moments both Norah and Pietro just stared at one and another, they were at a standstill so to say. Norah was curious and uncertain as to why Pietro had dragged her into this room that was a bit away from all of the fighting that was going on and Pietro was curious about Norah and was hoping that they would have a chance so that he may talk to her again, his sister would not agree with him in that sense but it was as if it was a need…talking to her again that is. He needed to talk to her again.

"Pietro." Norah said bringing the Sokovian out of his thought and to her.

Cocking his head slightly to the side with curiosity, Pietro stared at the girl who had wild and curly blonde colored hair that looked like a mixture between honey and white blonde. "You have an….advantage?" he questioned, a bit uncertain of the word. "Over me. You know my name but I do not know yours. Will you give me your name?" he asked looking at her with sincerity.

Norah hesitated for a moment before relenting, "Norah." She said to him simply as she watched his every move, she may be attracted to him, unbelievably attracted but that did not mean that she lost all common sense and trusted him.

Pietro smiled at that, "Norah, that is not your full name I do not think. Is it?" he questioned her curiously.

"No," Norah admitted to him grudgingly. "Eleanorah Sjoholm." She admitted and figured that if he really wanted to know her full name that he could just ask Ultron anyways so might as well tell him the truth.

At that Pietro gave a smile, "Eleanorah, that is pretty name moj mali bik." He said and then not even a second later he was face to face with Norah, his hands resting on either side of her face as he looked down at her from his taller stature, a smirk on his lips. "You do not play fair." He said as he looked into her dark brown colored eyes.

Norah pushed herself back into the wall as much as she could and looked at Pietro with genuine confusion, unsure of what he meant by that comment. "Unfair? I don't know what you are talking about." She told him

Okay, so that was a bit of a lie. Norah had a moderately good idea of what Pietro was talking about when he said that she didn't play fair but she couldn't be certain that he was referring to the incident in the woods that happened between the two of them; she had joked, teased, bantered and kissed him and then left him lying on the ground and headed back so that she could get an injured Clint back on the Quinjet.

He gave her a reproachful look for that comment, "Do not play coy." He told her and leaned a bit closer so that there were only a few inches between their noses. "You left without giving me time to respond."

Norah tried, she really did but she couldn't help but let a small smile appear on her face at the put out expression that on Pietro's face. It was in Norah's nature to tease people though, like she did to him and left before he was able to respond to the kiss she gave him. It made life…interesting, that was for sure.

"Sorry." Norah said as she looked into his blue eyes that seemed to trap here there in her spot.

When Norah had said sorry to him Pietro couldn't help but chuckle a bit at her, it was obvious from her tone of voice that she wasn't all that sorry and probably enjoyed teasing him like she did back in those woods in Sokovia. Silly little American, two can play that game.

"You do not sound sorry," Pietro responded as he leaned c loser to Norah so that there was only a hairsbreadth between the two of them and made it possible for him to be able to smell the sweat on her skin and feel the heat from the warm weather of South Africa radiating off of her skin. "Now I will not give you time to leave or talk."

That made Norah curious as to what he was about to do, kidnap her? No, he didn't really seem like the kidnapping type especially since she could Blink out of wherever it was that he might be hypothetically kidnapping her to. "What are yo-"

Before Norah had the chance to finish her sentence and question Pietro what he was talking about he swept in and pressed his lips to hers in an unexpected kiss, something Norah definitely was not expecting whatsoever. Norah tried hard, she really did try to reason with herself and tell herself that this shouldn't be happening and that this was a bad thing that was going on no matter how good it felt and how tasty Pietro's lips were, it was a bad thing that was going on but Norah couldn't convince herself of that. Instead of pushing herself away from Pietro like any normal person would do who was in control of their emotions, like Natasha would do and any of the other Avengers who ended up being kissed by one of the bad guys, Norah welcomed the kiss whole heartedly.

Norah didn't just welcome the kiss though, she pushed herself away from the wall and pressed her chest into Pietro's front and slithered an arm up his chest until it reached its destination of grasping a bit of his silver/blonde hair that was at the base of his neck while her other hand splayed across the middle of his side. Pietro grasped her hair tightly which was in a ponytail at the back of Norah's head and then trailed his other hand along her side and then around her back before slipping his hand underneath her shirt and splaying it across her lower back and pushed her further into him so that he could feel her breasts press up against him.

Breaking the kiss for a moment Pietro looked down into Norah's dark colored eyes and gave her the chance to run away from him if she chose but instead she stayed where she was, grinning he leaned down towards her once again. "Vi ukus začina i toplote." He muttered to her as he kissed beside her mouth, over towards her ear where he gave a gentle tug with his teeth, and then made his way down to her neck and kissed there as well but before he could do anything else Norah forcefully pulled him up to her level by the collar of his shirt and kissed him heatedly and playfully bit at his lip.

Giving a groan of pleasure Pietro wasted no time in lifting Norah up and pressing her up and against the wall which took but a few seconds for him with his enhanced speed; grasping Norah's hair tightly but softly he tilted her head until it was at the right angle and began to once again kiss up the hollow of her neck at a torturous pace, kissed just under her chin and kissed on both sides of her lips which made her give a whine of impatience which he gave a small laugh for before he finally settled his lips on hers once again and kissed her heatedly while his hands slowly made their way down her shoulders, skipped completely over her breasts, down her sides before finally settling on her short clad bottom and lifting her just a bit more and pressing her further into the wall.

Whining a bit, Norah hiked her leg over Pietro's waist while the other dangled off to the other side which resulted in her being able to feel a certain part of Pietro's body quite well, more than well in fact and that made her feel just that much more hot and definitely turned on. Almost lunging forward in an animal like fashion Norah grasped Pietro by the side of his face and pulled him to her and kissed him deeply, tasting him and breathing in his intoxicating scent that was strictly Pietro – warmth, earth, heat and man.

Moments passed, it could have been minutes or hours as far as Norah or Pietro were concerned but soon they were interrupted by the sound of the fighting from their particular party growing closer to where they were making out at. Pulling out of the kiss both Norah and Pietro looked at one and another for a moment before reluctantly Pietro let Norah back down onto her own feet and stepped away from her, a look of sadness in his eyes.

"It is too bad." Pietro said to her as he looked towards the closed door. "If we were not on opposite sides-" he began.

Norah smiled, "Then there would be less clothing involved." She joked. "I'm with the Avengers and you are with….him." she said in a repulsive way.

Instead of responding to her tone Pietro stepped forward quickly and pressed a kiss to her lips one more time, "Until next time moj mali bik." He said as he stared down at her left forearm where there was a tattoo and to her upper left arm which also had a large tattoo from the shoulder to almost the elbow. "Perhaps next time I will find more of these, yes?" he questioned as he traced the red peony on her forearm and then before Norah had a chance to respond to him he disappeared.

When he had left Norah leant heavily against the wall of the room and breathed deeply, she….she couldn't believe that that had just happened, that she and Pietro had stowed away into a room and made out like teenagers rather than the twenty-something year olds they were. As much as Norah wanted to stay in that room and act like a girl and giggle like a weirdo she couldn't, she had to get back out there and act as if she and Pietro hadn't just been kissing and fight Ultron alongside her friends and family.

So with that Norah pushed the door of the abandoned room open and jumped right in.

~_~_~_~_~_~~_~_~_~_~_ Author's Note ~_~_~_~_~_~~_~_~_~_

Hope you all enjoyed that I sure enjoyed writing it! As always, reviews are more than welcomed.

translations:

Vi ukus začina i toplote : You taste like spice and heat

moj mali bik : my little bull

quote: The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.

Eli Khamarov

What does it mean to be a superhero? We're all fighting for the better good. But, at the same time, I think what stands out is, as superheroes, you don't give up; you don't surrender. I think that's what makes a superhero.

Ellen Wong