Getting Settled In
“Woah,” Ava says as she walks through the Avengers tower.
“Pretty cool. Right kid?” Tony asks her with a smile. Ava nods, grinning back. They were in one of the common rooms which were surprisingly empty during this time. She looks around at all the advanced technology and things her family could never afford to have.
“Hey, Tony. Bruce needs you- well, hello,” Someone says. She looks over to be met with Natasha freaking Romanoff. Ava’s eyes go wide as she sees the redhead.
“H-Hi,” Ava stutters out, trying to sound as if she wasn't nervous, but the former spy could tell she was.
“Who’s the kid, Tony?” Someone else says.
“Steve, Natasha. This is Ava,” Tony introduces us. They smile at her and Ava gives an awkward one back.
“She’s going to be staying here to train with us and to get control of her powers,” Tony informs them. Steve crosses his arms with a nod.
“What all can you do?” Natasha asks me. Ava lifts her hand and a purple energy forms from the palm of her hand. She nods with a raise of an eyebrow.
“What else?” Steve asks, wanting to know more about the teens' powers.
“I haven’t really figured it all out, but sometimes thoughts can get really loud and I can hear them. I also have this weird thing where time stops and slows down- I’m rambling.”
“You’re like Wanda then, right?” Natasha asks, ignoring the part where she said she was rambling.
“W-Wanda Maximoff?” Ava asks with a goofy grin. They nod with a slight laugh.
“I heard my name,” Wanda chirps, walking in with a bag of chips. Her accent slipped through a little. Ava blushes and barely misses the smirk Natasha had on her face for a split second. She was a big fan of the other teen.
“Who’s this?” She asks, curiously as she pops another chip into her mouth.
“I’m Ava!” Ava says a little too cheerfully. Wanda smiles at her with a nod.
Steve goes to say something and everything freezes around them besides Wanda.
“Shit,” Ava groans and then jumps when Wanda laughs.
“You do that a lot?” She hums.
“Yeah,” Ava says scratching the back of her neck awkwardly. "It only happens when I get overwhelmed and only certain people can freeze with me."
"That's actually really cool,” She says and everything unfreezes as Ava relaxes, calming down.
“Do your parents know about your powers, Ava?” Steve asks. She nods.
“Oh yeah, my brothers absolutely love it,” Ava smiles. Wanda smiles too at the mention of the other girls' brothers.
“So they know you’re here?” Steve asks.
“Yup, still have to learn stuff though so Mr. Stark and everyone else is supposed to teach me like how you guys teach Wanda and the others school subjects.”
“All right, you’ll be on the 12th floor with the rest of the younger ones,” Tony says, looking up from his phone.
“I’ll show you,” Wanda says and grabs her arm, pulling her away. Natasha says something about how they’re cute as they walk toward the elevator.
Both the girls walk into the elevator and she hits the twelfth floor.
“So how’s your family?” She asks. Ava gives her a half-smile.
“Dysfunctional, but they’re okay. People have it worse than me.” She gives her a slight nod. Ava takes a breath and then looks over at her, about to start spilling information about her life.
“My parents have been divorced for years. They don’t really like each other, but they get along for me and my sister,” Ava explains. "My sister and I only share the same two parents. My brothers are all my half-siblings." The elevator dings and they get off at the floor.
Three people were chasing each other around the main room. Ava laughs and Wanda tries to hide her smile at their antics.
“Pietro, give me back my phone!” A girl shouts at him.
“And mine!” A boy shouts.
“Pietro,” Wanda says in a warning tone and puts her hand out, stopping him from speeding around. He groans and hands them their phones back. He notices Ava and puts on a sly smirk.
“Well hello there, pretty lady,” He flirts. Ava raises her eyebrow, trying not to laugh.
“Pietro!” Wanda scolds and hits his arm.
“Sorry,” He mumbles. “I’m Pietro.”
“Hi! I’m Peter!” Another boy says.
“And I’m Kate!” A girl says.
“Yelena is asleep right now, but she lives on this floor too,” Kate smiles. Ava nods, giving her one back.
“I’ll show you your room!” Wanda says after a second of silence, everyone eying the girl in curiosity. They haven't had anyone new on this floor since Kate moved in. Ava nods and follows the brunette to the room that is hers now.
“My room is next to yours, so let me know if you need anything,” Wanda tells her. Ava looks around. It was much bigger than the rooms she had at her parents’ houses. It was beautiful though. Mr. Stark had told her she could change anything to her liking as soon as she gets moved in completely.
“Dinner is at 7 pm. School starts at 10 am and ends at 2:30 pm. We usually train after school, but sometimes before,” Wanda informs the girl. “Oh! Breakfast is at 9 and lunch is at 12:30.” Ava looks back at her and nods with a smile. It was only 3 pm right now so there were a few hours until dinner.
“Wanna hang out?” She asks nervously, messing with her hands. Ava grins. “Definitely.” Wanda leads her out into the main area where everyone was sitting on their phones or watching tv.
They take a seat on the couch next to the other teenagers. Kate looks up from her phone.
“So, what do you like to do for fun?” She asks.
“I like reading and writing. I mainly just do that. Sometimes I draw, but I’m not that good,” Ava replies.
“That’s cool. Wanda likes reading and stuff too,” Pietro says.
“We should all play a game,” Pietro suggests.
“Like what?” Ava hums.
“20 questions? Since you’re new and we don’t really know anything about you,” He says. Everyone agrees as Yelena walks into the room, rubbing her eyes.
“What’s up,” She yawns and then notices the new girl. “Who’s this?”
“I’m Ava,” Ava says.
“Cool. I’m Yelena.” She takes a seat next to Kate and Kate informs her of what they’re about to play.
“Okay, so someone will ask a question and everyone has to either answer it or take a shot. Who wants to start?” Pietro asks as he comes back with some alcohol.
"Where'd you get the alcohol, Pietro?" Peter asks him, scrunching his face up.
"Stark's stash, obviously. If you don't want to do shots then go get juice or something, Parker."
“I’ll go first to ask!” Kate says, enthusiastically. “What’s the weirdest dream you’ve ever had?” Yelena goes first to answer.
“I was on a boat and there were these talking yellow alien dudes. I thought I was about to get eaten alive, but they didn’t seem harmful. They looked like marshmallows if anything.”
“You mean you had a dream about minions?” Ava laughs.
“That movie scares me,” Yelena defends. Everyone laughs.
“Okay, I was swinging around the city like I normally do and I thought I had my suit on, but I was in my boxers and it was just really embarrassing,” Peter says, his face turning red.
“I was with Wanda under the sea and we were mermaids. We talked to the fish and sang songs,” Pietro says, trying not to laugh. Ava bursts out laughing, thinking about the twins as mermaids.
“All right. Well, I was trying to talk to the animals that were talking in English, but they were looking at me like I was crazy. I guess our languages were switched and I didn't know,” Ava says and Wanda snickers from beside her.
"I had a dream I was in Toy Story. That's all I'm going to say because I don't think that needs any further explanation," Wanda says.
The game goes on for another hour and a half. They were all getting to know Ava and she was getting to know them. A few shots of alcohol- and juice- were drunk as the questions got more interesting.