The Hydra Chronicles 1: Hunting Diana

Chapter 1: Avengers POV

(A/N: 

Okay, so I know that i said this would be on here and AO3 October 21st, but I couldn't wait anymore to post it. I finished the first two chapters and will be posting them today. My goal now is finishing this by October 21st, the date I had originally set to post it all. 

SURPRISE!!!

So without further ado, here is Chapter 1.)

Diana entered the Avenger's floor and looked around her in awe. There was technology everywhere, from tablets on almost every surface in the room, to holographic blueprints of machines and robots she had no intention of knowing how they worked. Right in front of her was a huge, white sofa with a beautiful oak coffee table in the middle, with a couple of television remotes, various magazines and several lone arrows resting on its surface. Directly across from the sofa was a huge state of the art television hung on the wall next to various pictures of each Avenger in frames arranged in a neat and orderly fashion. Diana was fascinated, she couldn't believe she was going to be living here.

After the fake robbery, she met with Director Nick Fury, who took her to SHIELD headquarters. After what seemed like hours going through the legal proceedings, she was made an Avenger. She had tried to gather her belongings back at her home but found it completely empty. Stark had some people pack up and sent to the tower. Part of her was peeved that strangers had been touching her things, but seeing her new home completely erased the feeling.

Now she stood by the windows looking down at the city. Despite being on the fifty third floor, she was still able to clearly see the ground. She saw the hustle and bustle of people clutching their shopping bags in one hand and their cell phones in the other. She saw people get out of their cars in the middle of rush hour traffic and start swearing at each other and shaking their fists in true New Yorker fashion. She saw street venders hand consumers their overpriced food. After a year living in the city that never slept, Diana still found it hard to adjust. It was loud, polluted and overpopulated, not like the tiny town of Forks that she had escaped from.

"I had your things placed in a room for you." A voice interrupted her reverie. It was Tony Stark, the infamous -or famous depending on your point of view- genius, playboy, billionaire, philanthropist inventor. Diana had always thought he was a bit self-centered and egotistical but having spent some time with him as she was waiting to meet with Fury her opinion of him changed. He helped calm her nerves when she became overwhelmed with the amount of information that was being thrown at her all at once. He helped her understand the legal jargon involved with reading her contract with SHIELD. She realized then that she had him figured wrong and decided to disregard the rumors and gossip surrounding the billionaire.

Diana continued to look out the window but gave Stark a nod in acknowledgement. She felt his gaze at her back, and then heard his footsteps walk away after a few moments. She felt out of place, awkward even as she looked out at the city, overwhelmed. She felt the concerned glances the other Avengers were throwing her way but felt no reason to turn around. She would face them when she was ready. After a while brooding, a set of footsteps approached her and stopped right beside her. She snuck a glance at the man beside her and grew even more anxious. Steve Rogers had that effect on people sometimes.

Steve had taken to Diana instantly maybe because she reminded him of Peggy or maybe it was something else, he had yet to figure out. Either way, he was drawn to the woman and when he saw she was still looking out the window withdrawn and forlorn, he knew he couldn't stand by and not do anything to help her relax. He seized the opportunity by walking on over and planting himself by her side.

For a few moments it was silent between them, Steve trying to find the words to say and Diana hoping he wouldn't say them. But her hope was short lived as out of the corner of her eye she saw him open his mouth to speak.