Spirit - Steve Rogers Story

- 1-

Tony was mixing up some drinks for the team, listening to Dr. Cho in the other room.

"There's no possibility of deterioration. The nano-molecular functionality is instantaneous. His cells don't know they're bonding with simulacrum."

"Pepper usually did this for me." Tony muttered to himself.

"She's creating tissue," Banner spoke in shock.

"I'm gonna need something stronger." Tony added a splash of vodka in his drink.

"If you brought him to my lab, the regeneration Cradle could do this in twenty minutes." Cho responded,.

"Oh, he's flatlining. Call it. Time?" Tony walked into the room where Clint was healing from his wound.

"No, no, no. I'm going to live forever. I'm gonna be made of plastic." Clint groaned, leaning his head back into the table.

Tony began handing all of his drinks out, "Here's your beverage."

Dr. Cho glanced at Clint, "You'll be made of you, Mr. Barton. Your own girlfriend won't be able to tell the difference."

"Well, I don't have a girlfriend." Clint said, winking at Natasha.

"That I can't fix." Dr. Cho teased. "This is the next thing, Tony. Your clunky metal suits are going to be left in the dust."

"Well, that is exactly the plan. And Helen, I expect to see you at the party on Saturday." Tony was holding a party for two reasons. In celebration of of finding the scepter and because Tony loved a party.

"Unlike you, I don't have a lot of time for parties." Dr. Cho hesitated, but continued in a smaller voice, "Will Thor be there?"

Everyone laughed at her, knowing Thor was oblivious to her long glances. Bruce glanced out the window, from across their workstation, he noticed their visitor had woken. He nudged Tony, nodding in her direction. They both finished up their conversations and stepped out and walked into her room. Clint and Natasha watched as the girl was sitting up looking around her room in confusion. Despite their curiosity of the new comer, they knew they had to watch from afar. 

- 5 minutes earlier -

It's time to fulfill your destiny young one.

Rei's head echoed to her before waking up. Slowly, she adjusted her eyes to the bright light that shown in her room. She peered around the room, it was quite small but cozy. Fitting enough room for the hospital bed she laid in, a small bench by the door, and a small side tables. Rei's first instinct was to reach for her necklace, ensuring it was still there. She still had it.

She sighed as she sat herself up on the bed. There was a large window, looking outside to the tall sky scrapers of New York. Rei smiled to herself as she could see the ant sized people below by just leaning over slightly. She turned to the opposite direction, noticing that the sliding door to enter the room was glass. She could see, from across the hall, that there was people surrounding a man laying down on a table. They seemed to be talking to themselves, looking at the machine surrounding the man. 

Rei knew she was safe, but who she was with was still a mystery. Outside of her room and the room of people, seemed to be a workstation. Messy, littered with small gadgets and files with screens hanging above. She noticed a long scepter sitting on the middle, with a glowing blue orb. Rei's eyes widened, realizing what power it had. She was fearful of what these mystery people were to do with it, and prayed to the spirits that it would only be good. 

She swung her bare feet down onto the cold metal floor, slowly standing. She was weak from the amount of energy she used, but knew she was going to be okay. Rei needed to make sure she had the strength to run just in case. Once she was standing, her eyes widened once more. The building was huge, full of people and empty rooms. Rei felt it all. She sat back down out of shock, wondering where she was.