Indies's Story

Chapter Two: Settling in and learning rules

During the first week of Indie being in the compound, living with the Avengers and getting used to this new life, Indie would always stay very close to Steve and did not want to leave his side. This did not bother Steve at all as he did expect this, however how Indie was going to behave in the next couple of weeks would test each of their patience. The Avengers very quickly knew that Indie was a perfect, understanding, patient, loving, loyal, kind, playful, mischievous and cheeky little girl with a massive personality and a whole lot of heart and would speak often of her parents and the types of missions and battles that she was involved in along with her powers as well. Everyone also could agree that Indie was such a joy to be around and had the most perfect and amazing sense of humor. 

It did not take long for Indie to get completely settled into her new environment; however, Indie would still be quite attached to Steve and would still follow him around constantly. This was due to the fact that Steve was the one that approached her first to check up on her to see if she was alright, asked to get to know her, comforted her and allowed her to sleep in his room. So naturally Indie was immediately drawn to Steve and became very attached.  

After exactly a month of The Avengers taking Indie in until they were able to find both of her parents, Indie had settled in perfectly and everyone was getting ready for bed. Once everyone did that, they said goodnight and headed their separate way to their own bedrooms. Indie and Steve did what they did each night, which was reading books together and talking until they felt tired. Once they got comfy, Steve gave Indie a massive hug and kissed her cheeks and forehead before saying goodnight with Indie doing the same thing before Steve turned off the night. This night in particular was going to be a very interesting night indeed.

After Indie and Steve had been sleeping for a good three hours, Indie started tossing and turning and then suddenly sat up breathing heavily. Indie then got out of bed and started looking around the room before calling out to her parents asking where they were. Steve immediately woke up and sat up when he realized that Indie was frantically walking around the room calling out to her parents. Steve immediately turned on the light, got out of bed, rushed over to Indie and pulled her into a hug while comforting her. 

When Indie realized that she had just woken up from a nightmare, Indie jumped into Steve arms, gripped onto him tightly and starting crying. "Hey Indie, shh, shh, shh, it's ok, I'm here, it's ok, just breathe, you just had a nightmare, you are safe with me, I'm here, you are safe with me Indie." Cap said while holding her tightly. 

After Cap was holding Indie for about a good five minutes, Steve got Indie to take a couple of deep breaths "Hey, Indie, I'm going to need to you look at me and we are going to take a few deep breaths. Just whenever you are ready sweetie." When Indie was ready, she copied Steve's breathing patterns until she started to calm down. After Indie calmed down, Steve just continued to sit on the floor and held and hugged Indie for another ten minutes. 

After ten minutes had passed, he stood up while still holding onto Indie and hopped back into bed and started to sing her one of his favorite songs which was Baby Mine from Dumbo. Steve felt Indie's whole body instantly relax and her breathing changed, and Steve gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead. Once Steve finished the song, he laid down with Indie without letting her go and gently stroked her head. After Steve knew that Indie was fast asleep, Steve went back to sleep, while still being alert. Indie had been through so much that no one her age or anyone in fact should go through this, Indie was just trying to get though each day trying to find her parents. It truly was heartbreaking; however, everyone was still hopeful, and no one was going to give up or stop until both of them were found. When The Avengers went into battle, none of them expected it to lead to this, however they would not change it for anything.