CELEBRATION FEAST PART ONE
At the end we did go to eat that shawarma thing Tony told us about;
The place was mostly messed up,people still swiping and trying to make something of it,yet they were kind enough not only to let us eat,but to also let us have everything on the house. Tony whispered to us that he'd tip well.
“It's reawy gwood” ,i said with the food still in my mouth and Steve sitting next to me smiled.
“Meh,maybe we should have gone for pizza” ,Tony shrugged
“What's pizza?” ,i asked after gulping down the food and they all lifted their heads to look at me.
“Even I know that Pelimorrean warrior” ,Thor said,a hint of pride in his eyes.
“Yes,same here” ,Steve continued.
I felt a little too exposed so I continued eating,a little slower than before,taking some sips from this cola thing Tony ordered for me. It was sweet,too sugary,but new.
“Well,excuseme then” ,i lifted me brows,my eyes on my food.
“I'll explain it to you,Pelimorrean warrior”,Thor put his arm around my neck,his voice thick and his face filled with pride and some sort of obligation. I could sense Steve's gaze on us.
“Just please stop calling me Pelimorrean Warrior. It's actually kinda racist” ,i asked,unbothered by everything else as I continued eating.
“Alright then,little avatar it is”
“This is even worse-”
“You see little avatar- the pizza is a miraculous form of alimentation,a gift to all the Earthlings originated from the Italian cuisine”,he was sticking out his teeth as if he was explaining things to a toddler. Natasha and Barton were fighting off a laugh.
“It is stretched dough with cheese and pepperoni, and mushrooms and peppers and tomato sauce all things good and tasty on top”,he was moving his palm above the table to show me how it was spread out.
“And then- they cook it! So the cheese melts and becomes really chewy,but it's a good thing. Highest form of cheese if you ask me”
Thor continued his bubbling and I pressed Steve's hand from under the table,causing him to twitch.
Help me,i mouthed and he fought off a smile.
He leaned in,as discretely as possible until his lips touched my ears,chills running down my spine as he did.
“This is too fun to stop” ,he whispered and I clenched my jaw.
I strongly tapped my foot down and small spikes pierced Steve's sole.
“Ow!” ,he muffled,getting twitchy.
“What happened?” ,Tasha asked and I was smiling as I took a bite from my food.
“Nothing” ,he breathed out giving one strict look saying nothing more but message received.
Just then a buzzing sound came out of Tony and he picked up his phone,his nostrils snorting as he answered it and then putting it on the center of the table for all of us to see Fury's face inside.
“I chose to not the play the why-was-i-not-invited card here” ,he spoke in a muffled voice through the phone as the picture was moving on the screen,like he was inside it or something.
“Well,sorry boss but you know this was a those-who-actually-fought-the-aliens-at-the-cost-of-their-lives only thing,you know how it is” ,Tony said sarcastically.
“Of course it is Stark” ,he said in a monotonic voice. “But,much to your surprise I imagine, i'm calling for Pearse here”
“Who,me? Why?” ,i asked surprised. Had I done something bad again?
“Well,let's say I wanna make sure you won't flee away after this cute romantic dinner of yours”
“To go where exactly? It's not like I have a home expecting me” ,i said bluntly and I could swear everyone got just a little tense.
“That's what i'm talking about Pearse. I pulled some strings and found you a place to stay”
“Wha- really now?”
“Let me guess,in exchange of her forever loyalty to SHIELD of course. Am I right here Fury?” ,Tony butted in.
“I'm not a dog you know”
“Are you sure ? A puppy maybe?” ,he pursed his lips ironically.
“You two still at it? I gotta say Stark” ,Fury said,”I'd actually thought you and Pearse would get along more than anyone else on the team,seeing how you two are equallyirritable and annoying” ,i pursed my lips and Tony rolled his eyes and pretty much everyone else let out muffled chuckles.
Even Steve.
“As if” ,i snorted with a low voice.
“Let's just say that I wanna give you a guarantee here Pearse. I'll get you a place to stay,money free and all...as an officialagent of SHIELD” ,he continued.
“Why,i'm not one already?” ,i asked genuinely confused and I saw Fury getting a little dumbfounded.
“I fought off an army for you guys” ,i said getting one fry in my mouth, “ and got hit by Hulk” ,i lifted my brows at the doctor whom mouthed a sorry. “I think i've already earned my position”
“You didn't see that one coming ,did you boss?” ,Tony joked and Fury pursed his lips shut.
“So,that couldn't wait until we got back?” ,i asked
“Well excuseme for interrupting your luxurious dinner Pearse,but you can't really accuse me here,seeing how you're not exactly what we'd call a predictable character”
I just shrugged; he wasn't wrong.
“By the way,i hope you don't have any plans for the next two weeks” ,he continued.
“Why?” ,the doctor asked and turned the phone in order to directly see Fury.
“Well for one there's a hell lot of paperwork to be done here,since the Avenger Initiative has been proven to be in action as of now”,he started, “ And I am only assuming that Loki and the Tesseract won't be staying here with us”
“Of course not” ,Thor said in a strict voice. “Both Loki and the Tesseract are Asgard's business and will be dealt with accordingly in Asgard”
“And i'm fine by that,but not everyone thinks as I do. We will be needing statements,approvals,information on everything that happened in there”
“Oh boy..”,i huffed.
“Also..i believe we'll be needing a new facility. One for you as the Avengers now. I'm hoping mister Stark will be assisting us with it”
“Yes,yes of course. Talk it out with my secretary Fury,i'm sure she'll be happy to help out with any question. Mondays to Fridays nine am to eight pm,we dohave a schedule,why don't you google it?” ,Tony said impatiently. “We good here? We are,bye Fury” ,he waved at him before closing ending the call.
“That guy,huh” ,he shook his head.
After our meal we all headed back to DC,at the SHIELD headquarters,as Fury said we should.
Thor couldn't stay much longer and Tony wasn't really a man of much patience. He instead suggested we hold a celebration night,as Loki was already held inside a cell,cuffed and constantly guarded and the Tesseract was safe.
But first we needed to go inside and speak with Fury about the details.
He said we were free for the day,to rest or celebrate or whatever we wanted to,as long as we filled on some forms,mostly agreements about our cooperation with SHIELD.
In the end I had Maximilian examine me once more,mostly my hip which still hurt. Steve joined me and Natasha was staying in the room next to mine with Barton for a check up. As for Tony,he was waiting on us downstairs,having grabbed some coffee with the doctor. He said he would check his own body,he had no need for SHIELD doctors. Who could possibly argue with that man..
“You are fine,mostly,but don't forget what I said. Keep it easy,you are lucky to not have taken any serious damage or else you'd be-”
“Out for days,a week maybe” ,i hummed his words and he smiled softly.
“Exactly”
“I had no idea it was that serious. They only told us you had to be checked by a doctor,not that you were out cold” ,Steve mumbled.
“It's fine,it wasn't anything serious” ,i argued waving my hand.
“You had a fractured knee,three broken ribs and your right arm was as good as a broken stick” ,Maximilian recited strictly with lifted eyebrows and Steve gave me a look,his arms crossed on his chest. “Had it not been for that damned serum..”,he mumbled that last part.
“Whoa..you really did work some magic on me,didn't you?” ,he looked kinda shy. “Thank you”,i said it genuinely.
“What sort of serum?”,Steve asked,concern on his face.
“Oh,it's..something new. Experimental at this point,but her wounds were not fatal. I suspect there will be no major side effects”
“You suspect?”,he asked in all seriousness and Maximilian twitched,feeling somewhat embarrassed from what I could tell.
I had noticed that before,but Steve seems to be really respected around here. A veteran indeed.
“Stop bullying the kid Steve”,i huffed and got up from the bed i'd be sitting before.
“He seems older than you”,he noted.
“Barely”,i hummed. “Come on now,we got a party waiting. The good kind this time” ,i joked referring to the gigantic worm Tony brought to us before.
Steve sighed but followed along as we got out the room after I waved goodbye to Maximilian.
Down on the first floor,Tasha and Barton already there,waiting on us along with Tony and the doctor.
“Oh finally,the lovebirds have arrived” ,Tony remarked but none of us held enough power to even try and humour him at this point.
“Hey”,i said and he turned back as we all walked outside. “You do have a place for me to like take a bath and all,right?”
“Yes princess. You will take a shower,and you will have some clothes waiting for you,i'm not letting you in with this”,he pointed at my clothes,”..pirate like thing on”
I chuckled upon remembering Jean's comment about my clothing.
“I would like to keep them though. So,i have one favour to ask” ,i said as we were now completely off the premises,cars parked in front of us. Tony turned again,his look giving away his surprise.
“You have connections and stuff. So..i was wondering if you could make it possible for me to get more of these pieces. If the fabric would be at least identical,i'd be very grateful” ,i asked.
“Why would you want the same pieces of the same outfit? I don't get it” ,he said in bafflement,yet his voice was not ironic this time,nor did he comment on the grateful thing,thankfully.
“Everyone on my unit used to dress like this. It is how everyone recognized us as members of the White Guards. Reminds me of home” ,i confessed. Tony's face grew somewhat softer.
“Fine” ,he said and my face lit up.
“Really?”
“Yes,yes” ,he waved his hand,getting inside a roofless car. “As long as I get this favor ready to be checked out” ,he said in a light voice and I almost snorted. Of course.
“Thank you” ,i said as he got inside with the doctor.
“Yes,sure. Everyone got the address?”,he asked loudly and Barton and Steve both nodded okay.
“Want a lift kid?”,he asked me.
“No”,i said a little too quickly.
“You gonna ride with Romanoff and Barton?”
“No,with Steve” ,i said as if we had it covered and Steve turned at me surprised.
“And does Steve know? Cause he seems a little surprised”
“Well..i mean,i thought so..”
“I got a bike. As long as you don't mind-”
“Oh,cool! I've never ridden one before!”,i said in all excitement and he chuckled,lowering his head.
“This does it then. See you in New York people” ,Tony said and run off with an awful speed,leaving some dust behind,and so I coughed.
“That little..”,i mumbled waving off the dust.
Natasha and Barton were the ones to leave after him,Tasha laughing about something Barton had told her.
“How're you going?” ,i asked Thor.
“Well I..i already got a ride” ,he said and started swinging his hammer around.
“Oh. Right” ,i nodded
“See you there little avatar. Captain”
“Yes,sure” ,Steve said awkwardly and Thor flew up.
We approached his bike,an all black one with two wheels,which made me wonder if it's actually safe to be on,and most parts exposed.
He opened up the seat,my eyes wondering all over this miraculous machine,and got a helmet out before putting the seat back down.
“Such a bizarre structure..”,i mumbled.
“She's incredible; you'll like her” ,Steve said and abruptly put the helmet on my head,taking me by surprise.
“Her?” ,i asked as he clicked the chinstrap and I slightly twisted.
“Yup”,he softly tapped on my head and I felt the weight on the helmet pressing my skull.
He sat on it,one leg after the other,on what I assumed was the driver's seat and I wondered if it was really designed for two people to ride on it.
He had his legs opened,one hand on the handlebars and one on the edge of the seat ahead of him; his body laid back,and a smiled on his face.
“Hop on” ,he said in a carefree voice,moving his head as to go.
I approached it and tried to mimic Steve's movements,but I just couldn't do it right. Steve turned his key,his hand opening the throttle as the motor growled.
“Come on,it's easy. Don't be afraid of it” ,he was enjoying this,i bet my ass he was. “Put one foot on the footpeg” ,he guided me and so I did.
“Now lift your body. Put all your weight on the foot you're stepping on. Come on,don't be afraid,i got you” ,he reassured me. I felt like a child. “Put your hands on me,for support”
I grabbed him as he told me too,and was now mostly on the air,my other foot just kinda floating. He suddenly grabbed my calf,though gently and I twitched.
“Trust me” ,he whispered. His grip was tight as he slowly put it on the other footpeg and I finally sat down behind him. I tried to put some space between us,this was too awkward for me somehow.
“Get closer” ,he asked and he suddenly took a hands putting them around his torso.
“What are you-”
“Hold on tight. It's gonna be fast,you're gonna fall if you don't” ,he smiled. Oh,he was enjoying this.
“How fast are we talking her- motherf-”
Just then the bike began moving so fast I almost fell out,and so I grabbed Steve even tighter. I could see he was smiling.