A Broken Crown

Chapter Nine- Gear Up

The chapter image is Alex's mission suit.

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I woke up and walked over to my closet. It had been about a week since I had become an official Avenger. Nothing had really changed. After opening the closet I looked at the clothes Clint had got me a couple days ago. Clint thought I needed more variety in my wardrobe, so he took it upon himself to get more clothes for me. Apparently his idea of variety was lots and lots of flannel, jeans, and boots. Who'd have thought Clint had a country side to him. I picked out an outfit and got changed.

Once I was dressed I looked over at the clock. It was 10 am. I was surprised that I had been allowed to sleep this late. Usually either Nat or Clint was banging on my door around 8 am telling me to get moving. A beep from my phone caught my attention. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and looked down at it. There was a message from Clint. The message said,

"We have a mission today and Steve decided that you can join us. Meet in the hangar at 1:30  in your mission attire. You will find your mission attire in a locker with you name on it in the lab. As a reward for your first mission Nat and I have decided to give you the day off. Spend the day as you please. Congrats on your first mission kiddo.

        Love, Clint "

I was excited! Finally I would get to go on a mission. Since it was only 10 I had three and a half hours left to myself. I decided I would play the games Clint got me until 12. Then I would eat lunch. After that I would go check out my new mission suit. That would give me enough time to gather everything and be at the hangar on time. 

I walked over to the mini book shelf next to the tv. There I found the games Clint had got for me. Among the games were: The Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Batman: Arkham Knight, Star Wars Battlefront, and Mortal Kombat X. Eventually I decided The Witcher 3. Grabbing the disc out of the case I moved over to the PS4 Clint had gotten me. I gently put the disc in the console. Before I started playing I set an alarm on my phone for 12 that way I wouldn't play too long. With the controller in my hand I started playing the game.

The tone of my alarm snapped me out of the game. Pressing the touchpad I paused the game. I turned off the alarm with a flick of my finger. Then I pushed the power button to turn off the game. With a gentle toss I sent the controller flying backwards onto the soft mattress.

I got up and left my room. Man it still feels a little weird to think of something as mine. After a short walk I walked into the surprisingly empty kitchen. I made some nachos and put them into the microwave to heat up. When the microwave went off I pulled the nachos out and started eating. Nachos were my favorite food besides pizza. Something about the delicious smooth cheese on the crunchy chips spoke to my very soul. When I was finished I picked up a napkin and wiped the nacho cheese off of my face. I'll be the first to admit that I am a very messy eater. 

I glanced up at the clock. It was 12:30. Some people might think that 30 minutes is not a quick lunch, but I disagree. I can take about an hour to eat. What can I say? I am a slow eater. Once my face was clear of nacho cheese I headed over to the elevator.

I said, "Jarvis please take me to the mission floor."

Jarvis said, "Of course Miss Alex."

I was proud of myself. I only flinched a little bit this time because of Jarvis. Hey you take the victories however small wherever you can get them.

The elevator dinged to signal we had reached the mission floor. The doors opened to reveal the high tech floor. I walked out of the elevator. My feet carried me to the locker room area. There was a new locker in the back with my name on it. I walked over to it and placed my right hand on the scanner. A beep emitted from the scanner and the door opened silently. I was kind of disappointed if I'm being honest. I expected the scanner to like burn as it took my dna or something and there to be a cool hydraulic hiss as the door opened.

The door opened to reveal my mission suit. It was awesome. There was a plain black long sleeve shirt, pants, and boots in a small drawer. On a mannequin there was a black leather vest, black leather fingerless gloves, and iron bracers. Engraved in silver on the vest was two crossed swords behind a pair of wings. 

I put the outfit on. It fit perfectly like it was made for me. The leather slipped easily over my head and onto my body. I pulled on the gloves and they felt smooth against my skin. I moved around to test the mobility of this outfit. The outfit moved easily allowing me great mobility. 

I noticed a red button on the left side of the inside of the locker. So of course I pushed it. Be honest if anybody saw that button they would push it. A little hole opened up below the mannequin. The mannequin sunk into the hole. With a hiss a mini weapon rack rose up where the mannequin was. On the rack was the modified back sheath and the two katanas I had gotten at my party. I had wondered where the katanas had disappeared to. I strapped on the sheath. With a shrug of my shoulders the sheath slipped down comfortably onto my back. I reached into the locker and grabbed the katanas and slipped each of them into the sheath.

I walked over to the mirror. In case anybody was wondering the mirror was right next to Thor's locker. I was surprised by just how much time Thor spent in front of that mirror. Staring back at me in the mirror was a strong regal female warrior, a queen.

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