Chapter Ten: Full House
The welcome party had quickly come to an end once Fury had exposed Kit as the thief that had been able to not get one, but all three of the men during their encounters. She was never one to shy away from a confrontation, but being in a suddenly unfamiliar territory left her slightly on edge. But it was difficult to keep a straight face when all three men crowded her like parents, scolding a child.
It was like being on an episode of Full House, surrounded by Danny Tanner, Joey Gladstone, and Jesse Katsopolis.
Kit, don't do it, she thought to herself, now is not the time- Whatever happened to predictability? The milkman, the paperboy, the evening tv-
"Is she even listening to us right now?" Bruce asked as he waved his hand in front of Kit's face and didn't get a response. A smile had formed on her face and seconds later, she was humming to herself as she bopped her head to a beat.
With a roll of his eyes, Tony snapped his fingers until Kit focused on him. "Come on, kid, focus here."
Being brought out of the Full House theme song, Kit looked to see that Steve was standing before her, his arms crossed in front of him so that his bulging biceps took front and centre. She tilted her head to focus on whatever he was trying to tell her at the moment.
"When you take things from people without asking, it's called stealing and stealing is wrong."
Definitely the Danny Tanner of the group.
"Wow," she muttered to herself, " this really is an episode of Full House. Listen, I didn't even take valuable from you. Just a bunch of papers with chicken scratch on them."
Steve turned slightly red, shifting on his feet unevenly. "That doesn't make it right. I needed those notes."
"Why? Do you have a test coming up or something?"
Before Steve could argue with her, Tony pushed him out of the way. "You have my watch, don't you?"
This must be Jesse.
"No," Kit replied, " I did have your watch."
"Where is it now?"
"Somewhere in Colorado Springs more than likely. Things go quickly on the internet these days. But where it went after that, I cannot say."
"Oh really?" Tony rubbed his jaw for a moment to try and keep his cool. "And let's just say I took something of yours and did that, hmm?"
"Well, according to our friend over here," Kit whispered to him, " it's called stealing and stealing is wrong."
Bruce took a moment to look over at Fury, a questioning look upon his face. Part of him still lived in disbelief that the so-called Avengers functioned most days together to get things done, but to add another to the mix that appeared to be just as dysfunctional (and immature) didn't seem like the safest protocol.
"At some point, did a little voice in the back of your head tell you this wasn't a good idea?" Bruce asked him. " Did you listen to it at all or did you just flick it back to the shadows?"
"Dr Banner, she-"
"Is another version of Stark," Steve huffed, " At what point did this sound like a good idea? We can't even manage Stark most days!"
"You know, they do this all the time," Tony said to Kit, apparently forgetting his feelings about the watch for a moment to talk to her, " talk as if I'm not in the room."
"Look," Fury said in a stern tone, " the fact that she was able to target each and every one of you and succeed, made it crystal clear that this was a good idea. "
"I don't see why," Tony said, " please elaborate."
"There's nothing to elaborate on," Kit interrupted. "You're just pissed because someone off the street caught you with your guard down and got a watch off of you. That's probably why all of you are angry or upset. You deal with top shit all the time and surprise, the little criminals can take you for a spin still. I mean, it was just a watch, man. You're billionaire, cry a river, build a bridge, and get over it. I think you can manage to buy a new one."
Tony was fully prepared to continue bickering over his watch but Kit already turned her attention to Bruce, offering what appeared to be a soft and sincere smile.
"Now, Karma told me that I had to apologise for stealing that pizza coupon from you," she said, "so, I'm sorry about your coupon."
"You know, I was really looking forward to that pizza," Bruce told her. " I had the coupon for a reason."
"Yeah, I can imagine, but I'll make it up to you and get you one on me. Your choice of toppings and throw in some breadsticks if you're feeling wild."
"Oh, so you can offer him a pizza but I can't get a new watch?" Tony interjected.
"I have a Buzz Lightyear watch that you're more than welcome to have if it gets you to stop whining."
"That is so not the same."
Kit shrugged. "No, but when you press this button on the side, it lights up green and says "To Infinity and Beyond!" Which in my opinion, makes it a better watch. Although I'm gonna be real with you, I got some water on it once and since then it kinda muffles the "To Infinity and" part, so it kinda just yells "Beyond." But that's still cool, right?"
While Tony remained unimpressed with the trade of his Rolex for a Buzz Lightyear watch, the room fell silent just before the doors opened, revealing Kit's "friends" from earlier. They looked relatively surprised to see her there, along with Fury, especially the redhead who turned to Fury immediately for an explanation.
Fury addressed both of them nonchalantly. " Barton, Romanova, you remember our friend from earlier..."
"I was trying to forget," the woman replied. "Guess that's not happening."
"I'm afraid not," Bruce told her, " because it was just announced that she's training to become one of us now."
"What?!"
Once again, all eyes fell on Kit, who offered an awkward wave in their direction paired with a smile. "Long time, no see."
"Not long enough."
"This is Kit Dean," Fury introduced her, " she has already been introduced to the others. Kit, this is Natasha and Clint."
"How do we know that's her real name?" Clint questioned right away, noting Kit's smile grew wider. "Last time I asked her, she was able to throw out names with no hesitation. She said her name was Jasmine then it was Ariel White."
"Like the Disney princesses?" Bruce chimed in, bringing everyone to look at him. "What?"
"Another cultured man," Kit said, " who knew the Avengers would be so loyal to Disney?"
"No," Tony interrupted, " Barton's got a point. She gave us all different names, so how do we know it's her real name? Come on, Fury, you're not going to take her word for it, I thought better of you."
Before anyone else could add to the protest, Fury held up a file in hand to prove that he had run the information properly. "She checks out. That's her name."
Natasha was the first to reach for the file, opening it before shooting a look in Kit's direction. There wasn't much information on the woman, mainly several files pertaining to child services and missing child posters. The resemblance between the photographed child and Kit didn't appear to be confidential.
"You look so innocent in this photo," Natasha said to her, " what happened?"
"A little bitch called Life," Kit answered, " she kinda screwed me over early on. Are all of you done trying to pick me apart here? Can we call it a day, you know, head down that path of forgiveness?"
"Why should we forgive you?" Steve questioned. "You took things from all of us. You're the thief in the room and you hardly apologised for it."
"Oh, I'm sorry," Kit said looking over at him, " I didn't realise I was standing in a room with a bunch of saints. So, all of you have never done anything wrong in your life? Or maybe you have and you've apologised for every single mistake you've ever made? Wow, that's amazing! Allow me to get on my knees and start worshipping all of you for I am the only sinner in this room, correct?"
Never had such silence plagued a room but Kit wasn't done getting her point across.
"Yeah, that's what I thought. I might be the thief in the room, but what's the biggest crime that you've all committed? I don't think I'm the only one with a guilty conscious or a criminal record here. Fury said this was my chance to start over and I'm assuming this was the same path all of you chose for a free pass too. So, you guys want to step down from those pedestals for a moment and start over, or am I just wasting my time here?"
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