"No," I repeated.

"What do you mean no?" Scott Summers asked back, apparently not getting the message that I was not going to join the X-men; I had a fresh set of memories telling me why that was a shit idea, not helped by my older memories of what they would become.

"Why on god's green Earth would I want to join the most volatile superhero group in the country, whose place of residence is blown up every third month or so," I stated.

"It hasn't been blown up in over a year," I heard Jean say quietly while Laura and Logan were just looking at each other with awkward eyes as if daring the other to speak first. And I was a bit surprised to see him here as I was pretty sure he was now working with the Avengers, but I guessed he was visiting when they had been called to action.

"And you are proving my point," I said. "The place is supposed to be a school, and I pray for those kids who are going to be a ground zero for the next Onslaught or the next time you go Dark Phoenix?"

That seemed to hit right in the feels.

"You can't talk to her like that," Scott angrily said as he stepped towards me.

"Scott…" Jeane said, as it was clear she could not disagree with my statement. "It is a valid concern."

"But he…"

"We are going to leave."

"Yes, please do that," I said. "Do not need you, never will, and also to add, have you ever thought that maybe the reason that people hate you is because you are a bunch of self-absorbed pricks who think they are better than everyone else?"

I couldn't see Scott's eyes behind that visor of his, but I could tell that he was glaring daggers at me for insulting his wife. But I could only smile as I spoke the truth; the Pheonix was far from done stirring up shit like a clingy ex-girlfriend.

But that ex-girlfriend was one of the strongest cosmic beings in the entire multiverse, who was responsible for the creation of life itself.

"I like you, kid," Logan said as he slipped Laura a piece of paper. "Okay, everyone, we are done here, Exodus got his shit rocked, and they don't wanna come back with us, so we should just leave."

"But…"

"Now Cyclops," Logan ordered, and the mutant who would one day go on to become a fucking menace went left with other X-men in the Blackbird.

Leaving just us and the small audience of normies who were watching from a distance.

"You okay?" I asked Laura as the young mutant walked up to me, pocketing the piece of paper that she had been given.

"I am fine," Laura said. "Kimura definitely knows where I am now."

"And?" I asked.

"She is gonna wanna come and reclaim with the rest of Weapon-X," She stated.

"And?" I repeated, with Laura just looking at me in confusion. "Laura, I said I was gonna keep you safe, protect you from those that want to hurt you, but that doesn't mean I am going to be your fucking babysitter."

"I don't want you to be," She replied.

"Glad we are on the same page," I said. "Now let's go and see what if this Jen's apartment is just as good as the one I knew."

And again, fuck you, universe.

Or fuck you, Eternity, I guess. He was the embodiment of it and all, or should I curse the One Above All…

Shit, should I have warned Jennifer about the Green Door?

Nah, that shouldn't be an issue.

We were years out from having to deal with that shit, and hopefully, that could be cut off before it became an issue…

The same with a lot of other shit, why you gotta be like this, Marvel?

Xxx

Jennifer Walters entered Stark Tower, or as it was now known as Avengers Tower, as people knew that the newly re-formed 'New' Avengers operated out of led by good old Steve Rogers, for who didn't love and admire Captain America.

"Miss Walters, are you here to visit?" She heard the voice of the ever-loyal Jarvis, the buttel that had served Tony through thick and thin, how he hadn't permanently quit his job at this point in time as he was getting up there in age. The man in the middle of making sure the downtown pizzas that had been ordered for the evening weren't poisoned.

"I am here to talk to Tony. Is he in?" Jennifer asked.

"Yes, Mr. Stark is home at the moment with the other Avengers," The man answered. "Shall I tell them that you have come to visit?"

"Sure, got information for all of them," Jennifer said as she walked over to the elevator and started the ride up as she scanned the cards that gave her access to the top floors as most of the Avengers were friends of hers even if she wasn't a member of the roster, and Jennifer certainly wasn't going to be now as long as Stark was on the team, as Jennifer was gonna fucking skin his billionaire hide if he didn't do what she was gonna ask of him.

The Black Sabbath song – Iron Man played in the elevator as she rode it up, as the man had paid for a license to use it as his personal theme song as long as he was Iron Man.

At least he had good taste.

And halfway through the song, the elevator came to a stop, and she entered into a penthouse suit that served as the base for the New Avengers and the home for some of them, and even their family in Peter's case.

"Hello, Miss Walters; what can we do for you today?" The ever-polite tone of Steve Roger said as he sat at a table and was in the middle of trying to build a castle of cards.

"Yeah, Jen." She hated to admit it, but Tony Stark's voice was suave as he looked over his shoulder to look at her, a glass of whiskey in his hand. "You usually call ahead, and that is just to get a witness statement; you usually don't come unannounced."

"I have a reason for that," Jen said as she started walking over while the rest greeted her. "Earlier today, I came across some pertinent information I would like to discuss with all of you, especially you… Tony." She now looked down at him as he sat on the sofa, his head now craning to look up at her.

"About me? Is somebody using your firm to sue me?" He asked.

"No." She said, and before the billionaire playboy knew it, he was being lifted up into the air by his neck.

And immediately everyone reacted to the act surprising act of violence.

"Jen!"

"Jennifer!"

"Jen, what the hell!"

"Miss Walters put Tony down," Came the voice of reason that was Captain America, while Peter had his hand on her arm, his eyes clearly asking her what the fuck she was doing.

"I will," Jennifer replied. "I came here to tell you, Tony, that I know." His eyes got wide as he knew that was the only reason she would have grievances with him. "I know what you and your little club did to Bruce."

"Wait, is something wrong with him and Hulk?" Peter asked, and god bless his heart, as his thoughts of concern were for both minds that occupied her cousin's body. There was a reason Hulk said the Spider was his favorite.

"Tony, what did you do." Captain America asked the billionaire, who was squirming to get out of her grasp.

"Oh, you didn't know? Apparently, Stark and some of his friends, I assume Reed helped, went and sent Bruce on a trip through space without his consent to a plant where he could be safe and happy." She stated. "Six months ago."

"Stark, you fucking idiot," She heard Logan groan in mental pain.

"Arhghere," Tony tried to speak but only garbles came out.

"Jen, he is trying to speak, and he needs air," Luke spoke.

"Fine, I wanted him to get a little blue first," Jennifer said as she let go and dropped the inventor to the floor, who immediately started gasping for air.

"Fucking… Hulks…" He groaned as he got to his feat. "So, who told you? Namor?"

"No…" She answered. "And I am not going to tell you who did it; I am just here to tell you Anthony Stark. That you and Reed are going to make me a Spaceship so that I can travel to the planet my Cousin actually ended up on so that I can make sure he is alright and that the ship you used to send him away with doesn't explode and he thinks you tried to kill even after the fact."

Everyone got deadly quiet at that.

"He will do that, Miss Walters," Steve said, and she just nodded in thanks.

"Good, contact me when it is done," She said as she immediately headed back for the elevator, leaving the New Avengers in stunned silence.

"And the Stark fuck-up train doesn't end, does it?" Carol asked with a smirk on her face, having found it rather cathartic to see Tony having his actions come back to bite him considering what happened to herself about a decade ago.

"Tony, did you really have Dr. Banner sent into space? He is one of our greatest Heroes," Steve stated.

"And one our greatest threats," Tony defended himself. "You know the Las Vegas incident that happened after M-day last year?"

"Another Hulk rampage." Jessica said .

"Exactly and we decided for Earth's and Banner's own safety to send him to another planet where he could live happily, along with all he could need," Tony said.

"Without consulting him first?" Logan asked. "Real smart move of you, Einstein; I am pretty sure if you asked Banner first, he would have agreed."

"And now, if the big guy ever returns, he is gonna get his pound of flesh because if what Jen said is true, he didn't even go where you tried to send him," Jessica said with scorn in her voice as she was hugged by her husband.

"You fucked up, Tony," Luke added to his wife's statement.

"Yeah, you gotta make it right; you are supposed to be better than that," Peter said, hoping his mentor would realize that he had made a mistake and would atone for it.

"You're right, Peter," Tony said as he dusted himself off as he knew he clearly not going to be able to argue himself out of this bind. "I… am going to call Reed."

"The Pizza has been certified," Came Jarvis' voice and everyone looked over at the butler, who came carrying several boxes of pizzas. "Thankfully, Miss Walters declined a stay for dinner, or else we wouldn't have enough."

The room was silent.

"Did I miss something?"

"That you did Jarvis, that you did."

Xxx

A/N:

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