Loki looked up to see Seliena leaning over her sisters, Maple and Sally Stark. Who were arguing about something that he never caught. "Sally, you're the youngest. You don't get to join the team until you're twenty-one, remember?"
Sally made a face, crossing her thin arms over her chest. "Stupid rules," she grumbled under her breath as Seliena talked at Maple.
Loki envied the calmness Seliena took when it came to her siblings. Not an hour ago was she helping her brother, Shawn, in making a celestial bronze sword.
"Lady Seliena?" Loki cleared his throat, looking her straight in the eye as she looked over at him. "I was wondering if I may speak with you-."
"Listen up kids!" Tony ordered, bursting into the room with a smirk on his lips. "I am hosting a ball!"
Sally squeals and hugged Tony, everyone else was less than enthused.
"What's the occasion?" Raena, a vampiric sorceress, asked. Her electric blue eyes didn't glow with any sort of excitement. "A sort of welcome for Loki to the team.
"If it was up to you, Loki would be rotting in hell." Shawn interjected, wrinkling up his scarred nose. Jackie nodded, her black eyes narrowed in hate.
Tony sighed, rubbing his face. "It doesn't matter. Besides, it was Seliena's idea."
Seliena chocked on her water, coughing and sputtering at her father's words. "DAD!" She screamed in disbelief.
"It's true!" He exclaimed.
Loki, and everyone else, looks over at Seliena in disbelief, her cheeks a dark pink with embarrassment. "So what? I was trying to be nice." She muttered after a few minutes, looking down.
Loki smirked slightly as Thor glowered, this may work to his advantage.
Seliena's ball was already in the making an hour after its announcement. Pepper worked on the guest list, Tony on the food and drinks, Maple, Sally, Shawn, Raena, Jackie, and Henrietta worked on decoration, and Katarina was on outfits.
That left Seliena and the team wide open for missions until the party date.
Katarina ran up to Seliena as she was about to walk out the door. "Seli, wait!" She gasped, panting. "What colors do you want for your dress?"
"Dark blue and violet," was the quick reply. "Hey, let Dad know that I have left for my recent mission, be back a couple f days before the ball."
Katarina blinked. "A solo mission?" Seliena nodded. "Oh. Well, keep in touch?"
A clear sign that the mission was dangerous was when Seliena pursed her lips and nodded. "Of course," she muttered in a broken whisper.
Katarina sighed, shoulders slumping in defeat. "Be careful Seliena, whether you know it or not, we need you." She murmured as her sister disappeared out the door