The Dark Heart(B.Barnes)

8: Dude, Your Eyes Are Blue

{Song: Monster by dodie}

~Edited~

By the time I had gotten back into the main living room area almost everyone was up too. Nat was sitting at the counter reading something off of a tablet but once she saw me enter the room she stood up. 

"I have a question for you." She says as a greeting. I raise an eyebrow at her and she takes this as permission to continue, "I wanted to head over to the training room and was wondering if you would want to join?" She asks. But before I could reply Thor and Clint interrupt with a mix of laughs and garbled words from where they had been lounging on the couches. 

"A few of us have a bet going and we need you to find out who wins." Nat explains as she rolls her eyes at the two boys. I scan through their minds before looking at her in surprise, "Oh, well I guess I could show you guys what I can do. I've been practicing a bit the past few months while I was in hiding but I haven't trained too much since I escaped HYDRA." I explain. 

Nat gives me a wide grin before linking our arms and leading me towards the training rooms, "Hey FRIDAY can you let everyone know that Ali will be demonstrating her abilities in the training room?" Nat yells out loud. 

I glance at her in confusion but understand what she just said when an automated voice replies with a "Yes Miss Romanoff." before a small echo of the same voice comes from the kitchen and down the hall that led to the bedrooms. 

"I don't know how comfortable I'll be with a crowd watching me." I mutter to her as Thor and Clint roll off the couch and follow us. 

"Oh don't worry, Rhodey left last night and Pepper is at work so it will just be the Avengers who live here full time, no SHIELD agents. So not that many people." Clint pipes up from behind us, my arm tightens on Nats' arm but she just gives my hand a reassuring pat before letting go as we enter the training room. 

I move to the middle of one of the mats before spinning around to face the three people, who have suddenly turned into nine people as everyone but Bucky has joined us. I cross my arms across my chest and tap my foot against the floor to expel some nervous energy. 

"Why don't we start small, I know you can morph into other people." Nat suggests. I nod and slowly shake out my limbs before thinking about who to change into. I felt the prickling surge onto my skin as my body shrunk into the form of the little girl from the Jurassic Park movie we had watched last night. 

"Whoa." Barton muttered out loud before he chuckled nervously. I looked over at him and sent him a smirk before flawlessly morphing into him. "Okay, very funny." He rolls his eyes and I copy him, "Okay, very funny." I say in his voice. Thor's laughter rings around the room as he claps the real Barton on the back. 

"Okay so, question." Tony calls attention onto him as he was typing away notes on his tablet, "When you change into someone, do you get their abilities too?" He asks. I shake my head as I transform back into myself. 

"Not that I know of. The first person with abilities that I had morphed into was Pietro... but I still  couldn't run at his speed. I do get their weaknesses and strengths other than that though. So for instance, if I were to turn into the Hulk I would be as strong as he is but I would also have to deal with the anger. Or when I turn to metal, I'm physically metal." I explain and Tony nods before typing up some more notes. 

"Can you turn into an animal?" I hear Barton ask before snorting, "Imagine her as a cute little bunny!" He elbows Thor as they laugh at the idea of me being a forest creature. Nat groans before shoving Barton into Thor, causing both of them to tip over and sprawl out on the floor. 

As Thor was knocked over, I get a clear view of Bucky who had joined the group and was hanging back, leaning against the doorway. I immediately felt exposed again but Nat brought my attention away from him.