Part 5: The first attack
This evening we chattered a little more until Loki got tired. I wished him a good night and went to bed, when I left his room I felt just how tired I was myself.
Nat had told me where my room was during the break, and as I step in and turn on the light, I already like it. It is painted in (f/c) and pretty empty, but a bed, a table and a stand for a not existing armour are inside. I go to bed and fall asleep.
I wake up to Steve knocking on my door.
"Get up, (y/n)!", he calls. Then I hear him going to the other rooms.
I groan and take my time in my warm and comfy bed, then I follow his orders. As I go to the kitchen I remember that Doctor Strange is coming over today to have a look at me. My steps become more skippy.
In the kitchen I meet Tony, Loki and Bruce.
"Morning!", I greet happily and sit down to reach for the bread.
Bruce smiles and greets back, Tony nods with a full mouth.
I smile hesitantly at Loki. I don't know what he is thinking of me after our conversation yesterday. He looks at me but ignores me.
Not even a smile. But maybe he just slept weird, or he doesn't like Doctor Strange ... yeah, that could it be.
I spread honey over my bread and bite into it, trying not to be offended. Then I finish and butter my second slice. I reach for the jam. It disappears in a green shimmer and I see it besides Loki's plate.
I throw him a half amused half annoyed look and he smirks and pushes it over the table to me.
"Stop bullying (y/n)", Tony sighs. "She deals with enough already."
Loki rolls his eyes and his expression becomes bitter. "It was just a joke. For somebody who is so sarcastic all the time you are an interestingly slow thinker."
"Listen, Loki -", Tony begins.
"No", Loki says and gets up. "I wait for you in Gym 2", he says to me. Then he leaves and closes the door behind him.
"Don't worry, he is always like this", Tony says.
I give him a small hesitant nod and hurry to eat my bread. When I am finished I am still not sure about who is right in this situation. I mean it was just a joke. I stand up and leave quickly for the training.
Loki waits for me in Gym 2. We still have twenty minutes until 9 o'clock when Doctor Strange arrives.
"Will you show me the firework now?", I ask right away.
He looks at me and sighs annoyed.
I put my arms akimbo. "You told me you would! If you break your promise, I will ..."
Loki waits for my answer with a smirk. "What? Convince me with your super skilled magic powers?"
Now I cross my arms and pout.
He snickers and gets in a fighter position. "At the moment we focus on the magic ball and the net, like yesterday."
I wait for another moment, then I give up pouting and get in a fighter position too. We train until at quarter past nine, Doctor Strange arrives.
Loki stops his magic that is floating around him, blocking my attempts to hit him, and turns to the door. Then Doctor Strange comes in and the other Avengers follow closely. My face is a little reddened from the training but I try to make a good first impression.
I smile and shake his hand. "Good morning, Doctor Strange."
"Good morning", he says and returns that smile politely. "So you are the new Avenger."
I nod nervously and look at the others. Tony and Loki stand by my sides like bodyguards and the others are forming a circle around us. Then Strange begins to ask me questions. I try to answer them in the best and most professional way. And in the end it isn't really hard to tell him when my first 'accident' was and what I am feeling when I use my powers and etcetera.
"So your powers are linked to your emotions?", he asks nearly at the end of the questioning.
"Happiness, yes", I answer and smile brightly.
"Happiness ...", he repeats and sounds like he is thinking about something.
I throw him a questioning glance, but he shakes his head and stretches his hand out. "It was the right decision to bring you here and to let you train with Loki. I am looking forward to see which other powers you have inside you, (y/n)."
I take his hand and nod. "I am too."
Doctor Strange shakes everyones hand (Loki seems a bit stiff) and leaves.
The other six Avengers follow him and Loki and I stay in Gym 2. I look out the window and after a while I see Strange disappearing in a portal on the sidewalk.
"Hm", I say. "Sounded good, right?"
Loki throws another look down at the road. "I have the feeling he had a suspicion he didn't tell us."
"Maybe. But he approved of our training together. He said we made the right choice."
Loki looks at me and opens his mouth to say something.
I raise a finger before he can speak. "Don't say you don't approve, mischief."
He closes his mouth and smirks at the nickname.
We get back to training, but just a minute in, an alarm noise sounds through the building. I look at Loki startled as a lightbulb comes out of the ceiling and flashes the room in red light.
"That's an alarm", Loki says and lets his daggers disappear. "New York is being attacked."
We both rush to the door. "What do you mean, we are being attacked?!", I call over the alarm.
"It means work for us", Loki says. "Real work." His glance wanders over me. He snaps and with a green shimmer I wear a battle armour, in leather and similiar with his. Just that it is yellow on the edges. I look down and see the writing 'AVENGER IN TRAINING' red on my chest.
"Hey", I say and point at the letters.
He chuckles. "Sorry, this is necessary."
I look at him indignantly. "Wow. Great. Does that mean you can change my clothes like, in any way you want?"
He smirks at me as we walk quickly down the hallway. "What, does it bother you?"
"To be honest, yes."
He smiles and bends down to my ear. "I could also make your clothes disappear completely."
I stare at him with an open mouth. Then I shake my head and roll my eyes. "Mischief-maker."
Loki smirks and does a little bow before we reach the control room from where missions are started. "My pleasure."
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