Aurora

Four

Two months after being enhanced by Bruce's hamster fire machine, Rory had already made quite a name for herself. The Firefly. She had fought alongside the Avengers in several battles, mainly against Hydra, and now she was sitting at the breakfast bar in the kitchen of the Avenger's apartment. Clint was digging through the fridge looking for something, Steve was cooking breakfast for everyone. The others were still asleep.

"JARVIS, what's on TV?" Rory asked the AI.

"At the moment, the morning news is being broadcast on channel one. On channel two is a documentary about wildlife in England. On channel three is a sitcom based in New York City-" began JARVIS.

"Channel two will be fine, thanks." she interrupted. Rory watched as the TV turned on but soon turned around to continue reading the book that was sat in front of her

Steve told everyone to come to dinner via JARVIS, and soon everyone filed in. Pepper and Tony came in first. It was rare for Pepper to have to be called in for breakfast - usually she was the first one up - but evidently Tony had begged her to stay, due to the fact he was practically being dragged into the kitchen.

Everyone else followed and soon the entire team was in the kitchen, chatting and laughing, and Bruce and Thor were enthralled in the documentary on the TV. Rory was half heartedly listening to the conversation whilst also reading, and she was only brought fully back to reality when there was a sudden outburst of hysterical laughter.

"The best part is, he chased us around the school when the pen exploded! He didn't even know it was us and he chased us!" Tony said loudly over the laughter.

"And during said chase, Tony ran into a glass door and I had to carry him on my back until we got to our dorm." added Rhodey.

"Yeah, and then we reported the teacher for trying to enter a student's dorm without sufficient reason, and he got canned." Tony finished the story.

Bruce and Thor were listening now and were also laughing. Rory shook her head fondly at her amazing dysfunctional family and returned to her book.

"And that, my friends, is the story of how Tony and Rhodey planted a bomb in their teacher's pen and got him sacked." announced Pepper sarcastically, earning a laugh from everyone.

Tony finished his plate of food and put the dish in the sink and then made a beeline for the door. He put on his jacket and a pair of trainers (they were actually Sam's trainers, but nobody cared).

"Where you going?" asked Clint, putting his dish in the sink also.

"I'm going to pick up a possible new recruit." explained Tony, pressing the button for the elevator.

Everyone looked at each other in excitement. It had been only two months since the last new recruit, which happened to be Rory. If they kept recruiting people at this rate, there would be more people in the Avengers than in the US armed forces.

Tony left the apartment and Thor watched at the window as he drove his fancy ass sports car out of the compound. Bruce headed to his lab, Natasha, Clint and Steve headed to the sofas and everyone else went to their jobs within the compound. Rory remained in the kitchen, as did Wanda who had been informed by JARVIS that it was indeed her turn to clean the dishes. She made quick work of it, though, and made to sit down on a beanbag in the sitting room.

The TV was now broadcasting the eleven o'clock news, and the four people in the sitting room were watching intently as a segment came on about the Avengers.

"We need to ask ourselves: do we really need the Avengers? According to the US government, the Avengers have caused more damage in the past three months than has ever been caused by any military movement in the past ten years." the woman said.

"Mute." shouted Clint angrily, standing up to go to his room.

"Clint, honey, sit down." pleaded Natasha, grabbing onto his forearm.

He took no notice and walked to his room anyway. Natasha, of course, followed him. Rory followed suit, standing up and heading down the corridor.

"Where are you off to?" inquired Steve.

"My room. I need some space." she told him, vanishing into her room.