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[ chapter four ]

There was a woman waiting on the landing deck, so Andi's gaze travelled to her almost immediately, instead of taking in the sight of the place completely. The dark haired woman eyed her curiously, but turned onto Tony the moment he exited the jet as well. Already, one of the Avengers had been wheeled off in an emergency, the red-haired Natasha following closely behind. Thor left with the scepter, and Steve stood close by.

"The lab is all set up, boss," the woman told Tony, holding some kind of electronic board in her hands. Andi glimpsed pictures of the Maximoff Twins, as well as a picture of herself. They'd reported about her.

"Oh, I'm not the boss. He is," Tony nodded to Steve who went to go stand by the woman. "I just pay for everything. And design everything. And make everyone look cooler."

"Agent Hill," Steve greeted the woman without batting an eyelid. Apparently, this was usual behaviour for Tony. "What's the word on Strucker?"

"NATO's got him."

"And the twins?"

That made Andi listen more attentively. What became of them? Had they fled? Were they planning an attack right now?

"The twins were orphaned at ten, when a shell collapsed their apartment building. They've been active in protests since then. Apparently, they volunteered for the experimenting." Agent Hill explained.

"And their abilities?" Steve prodded further, likely to know what they were dealing with. That was where Andi cut in.

"Pietro is really fast," she explained, not knowing if there were technical terms for it. "And Wanda... well she can do a lot of things." Not unlike herself. "Mess with your mind, move things with her mind. She has the power of the stone in that scepter."

Steve looked at her, as did Hill and Tony. "And you do too?" Steve clarified.

Andi nodded slowly.

Tony decided to step in. "Hill, I think you can fill Steve in on the rest. I'll go show our little guest where she'll be bunking for the night and then make my way to the labs," he gestured for Andi to follow, and she did so without hesitating. He seemed in a hurry to get out of there but Andi got the feeling that was more to shield her from further interrogation than anything.

With no other distractions, as she followed behind Tony, she got a better look at the facility, which was definitely the most high tech building she had ever been in. Then again, she had never seen much more than the facility she was kept in for her entire life, and even there she was mostly confined to a cell. This was all incredibly new for her. And it was admittedly quite amazing.

"You have any idea what you want to do, now that you're out?" Tony asked Andi, as they entered an elevator and began to descend a few floors. Andi made sure to keep track of which floor they had come from and which one they were going to because she didn't want to get lost, in case she chose to do some wandering later.