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[ chapter ten ]

Andi didn't really have anything for her to 'suit up'. Unlike the rest of them, she had no kind of gear or outfit. Just her powers, which she had never actually used in this kind of scenario before.

Digging around through the clothes she had bought for herself when Clint took her out, she found a pair of black tights and a black T-shirt that was slightly more suited to her frame than the Stark Industries shirt she wore when she was indoors. It wasn't exactly battle attire but it would have to do.

Before she knew it, she was on a jet, along with the Avengers, speeding through the sky toward the Arican Coast. She had no idea how they got there so fast since it seemed like they were casually just floating from within the jet. It was some great technology, she had to admit that.

Soon enough, they landed at the shipyard, and the back of the jet opened up. They slowly started to file out, with Tony hanging back. "Banner, you're on call but hopefully it won't come to that," he said before looking at Andi. "You. Stay. Don't try to be a hero." And with that, he too was gone, leaving Andi alone with Bruce.

"I don't think they thought this through completely if they preferred having you in a contained jet with me rather than on the ship with them," Bruce said, and Andi assumed it was an attempt at humour. Which was admittedly funny.

Andi glanced to him before walking to sit down in one of the co-pilot chairs. "You should give yourself more credit," she told him softly.

Bruce tilted his head to the side a bit before shaking his head. "Not really. Maybe I could, if it was possible to control... the other guy. But it's not. At least, not always." He moved slowly to sit down as well, a seat away from her, but he was staring at a point on the wall behind her instead of at her. "What good is a superpower if you need someone else to help calm you down?"

"I think it's amazing," Andi said without hesitation, causing Bruce to look at her with a little confusion. "You've got the strength, and you've got the brains." She continued. "You're indestructible. If you were in control of that too, you'd be too perfect and heroes can't be perfect."

Bruce looked at her for a moment. "What makes you say that?"

Andi shrugged, but took a moment to think of her answer before responding. "I've been around people who have always strived for perfection. They wanted it in me. They wanted it in themselves. But they could never achieve it because it's kind of impossible. Only, they refused to understand that," Andi explained, meeting Bruce's gaze. "Seeking perfection... that's not what makes a hero. It's what makes people bad. Like Ultron, thinking he can perfect a solution for world peace. But you... You know you're not perfect. That alone makes you way better than a lot of people, even if you feel the need to smash stuff every once in a while."

Bruce looked at her long and hard for a moment, and he opened his mouth to say something, but before he could, there was some noise on the intercom. Both Andi and Bruce looked to the speaker and Bruce got up to press a button, allowing him to speak into a mic. "Guys?" He called out. "Is this a code green?" There was nothing but noise on the other end, but Andi guessed that things were not going well.