The Avengers Academy

Chapter V

Sky woke up coughing. She was wearing grey joggers and a ribbed white tank top. She grinned. This was why the Avengers medics were the best. They knew her.

She got up and slowly walked around the white room. The bandage on her arm didn't affect her movement to much, but it was annoying. She considered ripping it off. She wanted to see how bad the damage was anyway. Stark walked in just then, and gave her a look.

"Don't even try it." He said.

"Wasn't gonna." Schuyler replied half-heartedly. Her head hurt a lot and having to think or speak wasn't helping.

"Go up to the conference room upstairs." Stark said, "There is a surprise for you up there."

She sighed reluctantly.

"Really," Stark said urgingly, "It's worth your time."

"Okay, I guess." said Sky reaching for the doorknob.

"Um," said Tony uncomfortably, causing her to hesitate.

"What?"

"Dress up a little." He pushed past her through the door she was holding open. She shrugged and went out, closing the door behind her.

The Avengers Compound was comfortable. Even walking through what was technically considered a medical bay, the hallways were carpeted with a greyish white that matched the walls. Along the halls length were signed posters from everyone from Muhammad Ali to J.K.Rowling. It opened back to a center room, which was like a living room but bigger and uninhabited, except for Vision floating uncomfortably in the corner. Schuyler crossed to the stairs and climbed them. Clint Barton stood on the sort of inside balcony over looking the living room talking to someone on the phone. He nodded at her as she walked by.

She walked down another side hall and entered one of the doors on her right. It was her room, set apart from the other kids rooms by her request. The inside was dark, but the furniture had orange L.E.D.s that lit up the room some. Her bed was on the right, directly across from the T.V. on the other wall. And they didn't get in the way of, centered at the back of her room, a glass case with a glowing orange back.  A Manikin dressed in black jeggings and a heavy jacket, made of a scale like material, with a circular emblem glowing orange centered on the jacket. The same symbol was elsewhere in the case too, on handles of guns or carved into the mounted katanas on the walls. It was also on a pair of black leather high topped converse, and the background of a Rolex watch.

She stood in front of the case for a few seconds contemplating just wearing her uniform. She decided against it, and dug through her closet till she found a dress covered in blue-green and magenta flowers, with a long black zipper down the back, and grabbed her favorite black heels, the ones with teeni black bows on the back. She changed quickly and left her room, ascending the last staircase to Stark's office. Who the hell could Stark have up here he actually thought she should dress up for? She opened the door but shut it again immediately. Oh, she got it now.