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I freeze, unable to move out of panic.
“Who are you?” a distinctive and familiar female voice growls at me.
“I’m Y/N” I stutter out.
“JARVIS, alert the others to a break in on the common floor.” the voice commands. I gulp in a breath hoping that Tony would come to my rescue again. Wait, when did I start thinking of him as Tony and thinking like some damsel in distress? I think to myself as I hear multiple pairs of footsteps headed our way. I hear a thud of metal, similar to the sound from last night before I passed out.
“Stand down Rosa Klebb, you too Centennial Man.” I breathe a sigh of relief as the gun is removed from my temple.
“Another one of your conquests Tony?” the feminine voice questions.
“In his dreams” I mutter.
“Oh so you do have a sense of humor?”
“It helps when I’m not med panic mode”
“Well Capsicle, Kitty Cat, I got us another stray… and I will have you know that Pepper and I are doing just fine thank you.” he trails off. I continue to stay stock still, staring at the wall above the stove, unwilling or unable to move.
“Hey kid, you’re gonna burn my tower down. And after I just put it back together too.”
“Shit” I scramble to turn off the burners before turning around to face my audience. I’m not surprised by the faces that were staring at me, more surprised by their appearances. The Black Widow stands almost directly next to me wearing leggings and a sweater but her hair is tied into an uncharacteristic messy bun. My eyes shift from her to Captain America, who clearly was woken up by the alert from JARVIS. His dirty blonde hair is sticking out in different angles and he is wearing flannel pajama pants and a t-shirt that read ‘my friend went to space and all I got was this lousy t-shirt’. Clutched in his hand is the shield in all its glory.
“Hi” I say wiggling my fingers in greeting, “I was trying to make breakfast for you and Dr. Banner” I start to ramble gesturing to Tony “but I think I may have burned the eggs. But I think I can save the bacon and make a new batch of pancakes. Captain Rogers, Miss Romanoff, would you like some as well?” I look at the two heroes in turn addressing them. At their names Steve raises an eyebrow and nods, while Natasha holds an unreadable mask over her face.
“So who exactly are you then?” Natasha questions me, eyes slightly narrowing as they pass over my form.
“Umm, I’m Y/N” I wave again anxiously. “You don’t have to worry about me, I can get out of your hair.” I rush to take the completed food off the stove and plate it. Once I get the food on the plates I shove my hands in my pockets and start to head out of the kitchen.
“Wait a minute Avatar. You aren’t going anywhere, besides where would you go?” I freeze at Tony’s question and turn around blinking slowly.
“You’re right of course” I huff “This being a dream and all. I don’t have anywhere to go.” At this Steve glances at Tony with a look of bewilderment and even Natasha raises an eyebrow for a moment, but just as quickly her face is an unreadable mask.
“She thinks she’s dreaming and that we all,” he gestures to himself and the others, than around in general, “are fictional characters in movies and comic books” I nod at his brief explanation.
“I have Cyclops coming in later to talk to her.” Tony assures Natasha. “I don’t think that she’s dangerous to us, besides her whoosh thing.” as he says this he makes a gesture of throwing his hands in front of him.
“Is that why you keep calling me Avatar?” I demand, glancing at my hands in cautious curiosity.
“Did I make that guy fall?” I ask Tony.
“More like made him fly!” Tony exclaims in child-like glee.
“What guy? What happened?” Steve questions, eye bouncing between the two of us.
“Well Merlin here,”
“I’m not magic, Tony”
“Do you prefer Kida?”
“Y/N. That’s my name”
“Well Kida here,” I roll my eyes and turn to finish assembling the breakfast for everyone, “was walking down the street and these guys started harassing her. Luckily I was patrolling nearby and went to help. But she pulled out some crazy air-bending moves and sent the guys packing. I only got there as she passed out.”
“Fury will definitely want to talk to her.” Steve mumbles looking at me and then at the plate of pancakes that I slide his way. As Tony finished his recap of the previous night he turns to look at me,
“Kid, are you going to get any rest after this?” I shrug my shoulders in response and go to hand him a plate, before I get too close I remember his aversion to being handed things and set it on the counter in front of the man.
“Please make sure to eat something and not just drink coffee.”
“Wait, how did you?...” He looks between me and the plate.
“I told you, I know you.”
“Well, then you know I’m going to keep annoying you to rest.” I stick my tongue out at him and gently place a plate in front of Natasha.
“That's rich coming from Mr. I haven’t slept in 72 hours.” Tony shakes his head at my jab, ignoring the truth within it. Natasha nods at me and turns to Steve for easy going morning banter. I pick up the last two plates and turn to leave the kitchen.
“Where do you think you’re going, Avatar?” Tony asks my retreating form.
“I’m bringing this to Dr. Banner, I’m assuming he’s in his lab. JARVIS, could you give me directions to Dr. Banner’s location please?”
“Of course, miss.”
“That’s another thing JARVIS, it’s Dr. not miss” At this comment I continue out of the room and miss the look of shock on Tony’s face and the smug grin on Natasha’s, while Steve consumes the pile of pancakes.