I was chopping fruit, planning on making a fruit salad for the rest of the avengers. I was meticulously slicing a banana until the knife slipped and blood began to flow from the back of my hand.

"Shoot" I quickly dabbed my hand, making sure that no blood got into the food.

"Excuse me" a voice said. I jumped, than realized that it was JARVIS that had spoke.

"Yes, Mr. JARVIS? Is something wrong?" I started to panic.

"You see Ms. Mavis-" I interrupted him.

"It's just Mavis". There was a brief moment of silence.

"Of course. When the knife slipped and blood began to flow from your hand," I quickly realized what he was getting at.

"One second please" I quickly walked into the bathroom and shut the door. No cameras in here right? "Let me guess, you scanned the blood and searched through the database, trying to see if I would be a threat to your creator, Tony". Another moment of silence.

"Well, yes actually, you're absolutely correct. Your file is mostly hidden, and rest...The rest seems like that's all you wanted to be shown, like you chose what information was in the database. And it was heavily encrypted too. Encrypted just enough so that only Sir would be able to get past, and even then just barely."

"So all you want is for me to state my intentions, because you are unsure of them yourself?"

"Precisely Mavis" I smiled to myself. Many had asked JARVIS to refer to them as equals, but JARVIS's programming had forbidden him from doing so, he had to address them as Ms. or Mr.;I felt happy that I had a little more control over him.

"JARVIS, let me make myself clear. My top priority is to keep all the avengers safe. Their safety is of more concern then mine. However, I've lived a long life. I've made many enemies. By revealing exactly who I am, would be threatening the safety of the avengers, which in turn is threatening the safety of the whole world. I do not wish this. I have what I would consider good intentions.
You know who I am, please, for the good of the avengers, do not tell them what you know. We'll keep this between you and me, ya?"

There was a brief moment of silence, JARVIS was running algorithms and formulas, trying to understand what I meant and whether I would threaten the safety of Tony Stark and the rest of the avengers.

"Yes Mavis, we shall keep this between us"

"I'm assuming that Tony is not a pervert and doesn't have cameras in the bathroom. However, clearly seeing as I am talking to you right now, there are microphones. Please mute the microphones for the period of time that we were talking. It is in the best interest of Tony that he doesn't know who I am, and that he doesn't know that you know who I am. Lie to him, hid the evidence, I don't care. The only way to best ensure his safety is that he doesn't know"

"Of course, Mavis"

"Thanks JARVIS"

It was dark outside, maybe 3 in the morning. I was in the dining room sitting at the island facing the kitchen. I was sketching a blueprint for... well it doesn't matter really. Suddenly I heard footsteps. I looked up, snapped my notebook shut and froze. Standing at the doorway was Bruce, also frozen with shock that someone else was here at this hour. It was clear that none of us expected the other to be here; it was also clear that we wanted an explanation from the other without having to give one ourselves.

"You ask me no questions and I'll ask you no questions" I said.

"Deal". He came and sat beside at the island. We sat in silence for a few minutes. "Have you heard of the theory of general relativity?" he asked me after a while. I nodded.

"Einstein's theory, that scientists believe might be the secret to unlocking time travel" he nodded.

"There's a little more to that though" he started to explain the speed of light and properties of time and I listened, interested in what he had to say.

This soon became a daily occurrence. We would sit at the island, neither asking the other what they were doing up so late. He would talk to me and explain quantum mechanics and kinetic theories while I would ask questions. It was clear that I was intelligent: after all, my IQ was the exact same as Tony Stark's. Bruce didn't know this; he didn't need to know the specifics.

However, I didn't know much about science; 12 years is not a lot of time to learn, especially when most of it was spent running away from top secret espionage organizations with control complexes. Either way, we became very close acquaintances, dare I say even friends.

Until, we weren't.

It was like a typical night in the Avengers tower, I was sitting at the island, waiting for Bruce Banner to finish his work, like I had every night for the past three weeks. He did not disappoint.

"Dr. Banner" I nodded to him as he entered the kitchen.

"Please, call me Bruce". We had greeted each other in the exact same way for three weeks. He had a look on his face though, I hadn't seen one like it. "Listen, I've been thinking," I held my hand in a gesture that encouraged him to continue, but I was afraid of what he was going to say.

"You're 12 years old, while I understand that you need less sleep than most children, you can't go forever without rest.

"And," he said, just as I opened my mouth. "And, I know for a fact that you haven't slept in over three weeks" I was starting to get angry. I thought we had made an agreement not to interfere with the other's personal lives?

"Please," I scoffed. "I took a huge nap yesterday" I lied. I really didn't like lying but I didn't want Bruce Banner constantly on my tail about the amount of sleep I was getting. Bruce raised an eyebrow at me.

"JARVIS", he called out to the ceiling. My eyes widened as I realized what he was going to do. "When's the last time Mavis got any sleep?"

Please don't say anything JARVIS, please, please, please.

Did Tony install mind reading capabilities in JARVIS?

"Mavis fell asleep for 5 hours, 3 weeks and 4 days ago, Dr. Banner" said JARVIS promptly.

Apparently not.

Bruce Banner looked at me in shock. Apparently he was expecting me to stay awake for less than that.

"It's really not a long time" I blustered. "Honestly, I'm fine" Bruce Banner growled at me. Tread softly, Mavis

"It's fine?!" he asked incredulously. "It's not fine! The average human being can go 2 weeks without sleep before dying! You need to get some rest!" Bruce Banner seemed angry and I made the huge mistake of pushing him further.

"It's doesn't really matter Dr. Banner" my eyes widened at what I had done. Dr. Banner started to swell, his skin turning green, his shirt shredding to pieces.

Great job Mavis, make the Hulk mad.

Before the Hulk could hurt anyone, I looked him in the eyes. They were green, like emerald. I began to whisper in his mind.

Calm, Banner. Think calm thoughts.

I hummed a song that only he could hear and slowly, the Hulk began to revert to the form of Dr. Banner. He was shirtless, I took off my sweater and handed it to him. He put it on, looking at me with wide eyes.

Great job Mavis, now he knows about your powers.

"You-" I cut him off before he could continue.

"Yes that was me, yes I can do it again. You will not ask me any questions, you will not tell anyone what happened. You still maintain as much control over the Hulk as possible, when the Hulk is unleashed, I can calm him down again. Capeesh?" he nodded slowly, still processing what had just happened.

"I'm going to go to sleep" and with that, I made my way to the elevator.