Some things stay the same
Tris
"Where should we start?"
Typical of Uriah to immediately trust someone. I elbowed him in the ribs and he cried out, bending over.,"Ow."
"You answer our questions, we answer yours," I carefully mapped their faces. They were all holding some kind of weapon apart from two girls- 18, 19? Couldn't be older than Four. The redheaded woman who had lowered her gun spoke, "Fine," she looked relieved that we would finally cooperate.
"Where are we?" Four asked as he shuffled closer to me.
"Earth." A man with metal armour replied.
"Yeah, no shit, I mean where?"
"Your from earth?"
"Your not answering his question," Marlene said, "And yes, duh where else?"
"Good. Your in Indiana."
"What?"
"Indiana, kinda big state. Middle of nowhere right now."
"We need to get back to the city."
"We can take you wherever," the woman answered, "as long as you answer some questions."
I looked at Four, who gave a stiff nod. "Okay"
Nebula
They say they are from earth, but dont seem to recognize anything. However, I conceded, Wanda was like this too when she first moved from Sokovia.
I turned to face her, and saw her looking carefully at the girl and boy sat opposite us. She whispered to me, "the girl looks around 16, the guy looks 18."
"What about the tats?"
"Well, I got my first at fourteen." She leans in to kiss me, and I let her gentle lips caress my cheek, adding a breathe of life my metal heart could not. Don't think like that. Wanda loves me. I know it because Wanda Maximoff doesn't lie, and she tells me she loves me every day.
I snapped back to reality to Stark's voice, "So. How old are you?"
"16," all but one of them replied, that one being the boy Wan had guessed to be older. "18" Wanda gave me a triumphant smile, and I rolled my eyes, "So where are you from?"
"The city," said a girl with a shaven head and a ring in her eyebrow.
"Ok, what city?" Stark asked, slightly impatiently.
"Chicago," the girl answers. I notice how her hand it bonded with a blonde girl with dark eyes. The girl is looking at me, alarmed. I'm not sure how long shes been looking, but I would geuss since she noticed me. I have her a smile, then turned my gaze to Wanda, giving her a quick kiss.
"We're just entering Chicago," Nat pulled on the controls.
The teens went over to the window, gazing out. They looked alarmed, however. "This isnt Chicago."
"What are you talking about, yes it is."
"This isnt our Chicago. This is different, where are the factions and the gates onto he city walls?"
"What?"
"You don't.... you dont have that?"
Bruce spoke up, at that point, "Tony, Simmons and I analysed the portal right before it closed. Were waiting for it to come through, but we have a theory," Bruce gestured towards the screen. "We think the portal came from earth, just not this one," Simmons continued, typing something. A beep came through, and she read the information. "Yes!"
"So they came from an alternate universe?"
"In a nutshell, yeah," Bruce answered.
Steve turned towards the teens, "How did you arrive? What happened?"
"We were following the river, and it lead to this portal which sucked us through."
"Ok. What did you mean by Factions?"
Uriah
This dude didn't know what factions were. Oh, yeah. Alternate Universe. Right. "Well, there was a lot of conflict in the city, so the founders created these factions to separate us. Theres Amity- the peaceful; Candor- the honest; Abnegation- the "selfless", they're just stiffs, though; Erudite- the smartasses; and Dauntless- the best-"
"The brave," Four interrupted.
"Yeah, yeah whatever."
"So are you all in different factions?" I snorted- imagine having friends in different factions- and shook my head, "All Dauntless," I said, rolling up my sleeve to show the Dauntless mark tattooed onto me.
"Right. What are all your names?"
"My names Uriah," I shifted on my feet, hating my name.
"Lynn"
"Marlene"
"Will"
"Christina"
"Tris"
"Four"
"That your real name?"
"Yeah." I sighed, we weren't getting anywhere. We already know Fours name is weird. The redheaded woman called behind her back, saying she was taking them back to it some tower.
The rest of the flight was pretty uneventful, but Mar kept on staring at the blue girl. I thought it was pretty cool. She was with the girl in a red jacket, they kissed a few times. I nudged Mar, and she drew her attention away from the blue girl as I spoke, "How're you holding up?"
"Well we're stuck in an alternative reality with no obvious way of getting home, in a jet full of weird people, so great." She gave a weak laugh. Lynn squeezed her hand.
"Ok we're coming in," the redhhead navigated the ship into a gracefull landing. The doors opened, and the science girl left with who I presumed was her girlfriend. The others escorted us out, and lead us to what looked like a living room, where a boy was sitting... on the ceiling.
Peter
Mr Stark left me a note, telling me he had a mission and would be home soon. I got myself an energy bar, and went down to train for a while. One shower and three hours of homework later, and I was sitting on the ceiling of the living room, waiting for the others to get home. Until they came through the door with seven strangers. I flipped down, but not before they saw. Mr Stark sighed, "Peter, you gotta stop doing that"
"What, sitting on the ceiling?" Asked one of the new people, with bronze skin and brown eyes. A girl with blonde hair grinned, and another one with a shaved head snorted. "Yes." Mr Sark answered. He moved to the front, and gestured for everyone to sit down. "I think introductions are in oreder, this is Peter. Peter, this is Marlene, Lynn, Uriah, Christina, Will, Four and Tris," he gesturered to each of them as he spoke
"Hi, I'm Peter. Peter Parker."
"Hi." Four said. They looked kinda weird- in a cool way- they were all dressed in black and they all had tattoos.
Mr Stark directed them towards the living room and told them to sit. Once we were all sat down, Mr Stark looked expectantly at them, "So. Wanna tell us everything?"
"I think we've already established that your world isn't quite like ours. There arent any Factions, you can leave the city, you know. In our world we have Factions- Erudite, Amity, Abnigation, Candor and Dauntless. When you are sixteen, you take a test to see which faction you are, then on choosing day you choose between that or the one you were born into. For example, Christina was born a Candor but chose Dauntless."
"I'm confused, why do you have different factions?"
"To keep the peace. Erudite are the smart ones, Amity are the peaceful, Abnigation are the selfless, Candor are the honest and Dauntless are the brave."
"Right. So what are each of you?"
"All Dauntless. You arent allowed to communicate with people from other Factions unless it's on visiting days if your family."
"What Factions were you all born into?"
"Tris and I were born into Abnigation," both of them shuddered slightly at the memory, "Christina, Candor and Will was Erudite born. Marlene, Lynn and Uriah are all Dauntless born."
"And the tats?"
"Part of initiation."
"Okay, so your all in Dauntless. How did you get here?"
"Well... They wanted to follow the River. Then that wierd thing sucked us in."
"So you didn't mean to come here?"
"No."
Mr Stark looked relieved, and went to talk to Nat and Cap. Wanda and Nebula were quietly talking, and Bucky was listening to the conversation going on between the others.
I looked at the new kids. They were talking together quietly, though I caught flashes of what they were saying: "....kick is out?", "....no, Four, that's slavery...", "....posh...."
Mr Stark finally addressed them, "We're gonna let you stay, as long as you dont prove a threat. Hate to say it, but our scientists are analysing the portal at the moment, and it doesn't look like theres any way back. You could train as Avengers, train as shield agents, or leave as soon as you gone of age."
They looked slightly shocked at this info dump, but recovered quickly, "Can we train with you?"
"Yes."
"Okay."
The rest of the evening passed with intros and stuff, and Mr Stark showed them their rooms,saying they would start tomorrow.
Four
I woke up in the surprisingly comfortable bed, and panicked before I remembered the events of the past day.
I knocked on Tris and Christina's door, and the latter opened. When she saw who it was, she rolled her eyes. "Tris, Fours here!"
"One minute!" Her voice came from the background.
We entered the kitchen together- Christina had told me that Lynn and Marlene had already gone in, and the others were still sleeping.
Halfway through pancakes, Will and Uriah walked in. Uriah looked bleary eyed, contrasting with Will, who looked like he had been up for hours.
"So where's the training room?" I asked, addressing the woman Stark had introduced as Natasha.
"I'll take you. Wanda and Nebula are already there," she grinned, "morning people"
The gym was spacious, the ceiling high and the walls wide. We all made a beeline for the targets. I noticed the two girls there, sparring. They were very good, better than any of us.
"Stiff, wanna be brave?" Tris rolled her eyes at the nickname, but walked over to the target, standing in front of it. I threw my knife, barely nicking her ear. She raised her hand to the cut, and rolled her eyes, "Every damn time, Tobias. Your doing it on purpose"
I smirked, "maybe"
We carried on training for the rest of the day. Wanda, we learned, has super powers. Red stuff. Pretty cool.
All in all, it didnt feel that different from a normal day training. Except for the fact we're in an alternate reality. Small differences.