Rebel // Captain America

8 - Turning Out

We get out of the car before I hear a voice resonating through the room. "Welcome back to the tower, Captain. Sergeant." 

"Thank you, Friday." Steve says before walking towards one of elevators. Bucky and I follow, the elevator ride quiet. I'm still worried that they're not going to like me. However, I don't have the option to run now. The elevator beeps before the doors swing open, revealing a room that's designed like a living room. 

"This is why I don't fucking play video games with you guys! You two decide to team up against me!" A redhead stands up, putting something down onto the table before turning around, noticing Steve and Bucky. "Perfect, the boys are back. Steve, Buck, you can play with them. They're being assholes." They step out, revealing me to her sight. "Oh. Sorry, I didn't realize they had a friend over. I'm Natasha." She says, sticking out a hand to shake. I take it hesitantly before she smiles. 

"Hey Nat, I'm gonna have a group meeting. Just fyi. Friday, let the team members know that there's a group meeting in 5 minutes." 

"On it, Captain." The voice says again. Within the next few minutes, people, and Sam, start to pile into the room, all managing to fit onto the giant couch. 

Once everyone was there, Steve walks in front of the group, waving for me to join him. "What's this meeting, Rogers?" One of the guys says, a dark goatee on his face and a look in his eyes. "Even if I like to see her in front of us." He winks in my direction before I roll my eyes back. 

"Down boy." I say, laughing before I see Steve straighten up. Oh no, Captain's mad.

"Okay everyone, this is Emily. She's going to be staying here for a little while. Her apartment was blown up by Hydra. I know you all have your questions. Hopefully Emily will be able to answer some of them." 

"Guys I'm here!" I hear coming from the hallway before I see the other guy from the other night, I think his name is Clint. "Woah, Emily!?" 

"Hey Clint." I say, smiling. "If anyone has questions, feel free to ask. I don't know how much I can help, but I'll try." 

One of the girls raises her hand before speaking in an accent. "Do you have any abilities?" 

I nod once before lifting my hand, making a ball of light grow. A few ooh and ah before I hear Clint make a comment. "Sam, why didn't you say that she had abilities?"

"I didn't know! I only met her a couple weeks ago!" 

Natasha raises her hand before I nod at her. "Can you give me a background? How did you know Steve and Sam?" 

"Long story. So, I work at a diner downtown. One night I was covering the late shift when a bunch of guys come in. Turns out that they were Hydra. So I decided to be a good guy and try to take down their base. I was taking it down until someone-" I look over at Steve before continuing, "-decided to stop me while I was doing it. Poor him ended up getting blinded for it." I finish, hearing the guy from earlier laugh. He sure likes it when I talk shit on Steve. "I went out to the club after to try to make friends and ended up meeting Sam. Next?" 

Another one of the guys raises his hand, he was a smaller guy and was wearing glasses. "How did you discover your powers?" 

"Oooh. Fun story. I had a boyfriend. It was our one year anniversary. He decided to start the party early with the next door neighbor." A couple of them make a noise, clearly they understood the reference. "See, they get it, Steve! I get it, you're old, but you really need to learn some stuff. Continuing on, I got pissed and threw a ball of light at his head." I laugh for a second. "Honestly, it sounds way more funny now then it was then. I missed anyways." I survey the room before I realize something. I don't know most of these people's names. "Okay, I'm going to need some names here. I only know 5 of you." 

"Anthony Stark, genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist. You can call me Tony." He says, smirking from his seat. 

"Bruce Banner. Green guy's in there somewhere. Um...you can call me Bruce?" 

"Thor Odinson, God of Thunder. Pleasure to meet you, Lady Emily." I blush a second before skipping over Sam, Bucky, Clint and Natasha. 

"Wanda Maximoff." She says smiling a small smile. She was a little hesitant so I smile back. "Nice to meet you. That's Vision." She says, pointing to the guy sitting next to her. He only waves at me. Nice guy. 

"James Rhodes. They usually just call me Rhodey. I don't live here, but you'll see me occasionally."

Steve steps up to me before clearing his throat. "There's others here, but they're in and out people. You'll meet them soon enough. Thanks everyone for being welcoming. That's it." People begin to shuffle away before I notice Tony coming up to me.

"Emily? I'll come take you to one of the extra rooms." He motions for me to join him as we walk towards one of the elevators. "Floor 8 is Steve and Bucky's floor. There's a spare bedroom and bathroom there. I assume you're going to want to be there with them? Since you knew them before coming here?" 

"That would be nice. Thank you, Tony." I say. 

"If you need anything, feel free to ask Friday. She's there for that kinda thing."

"Yes, Miss Blake." The voice resonates through the elevator. Damn, she's everywhere. 

We exit the elevator, walking into one of the floors. It was nice. Way nicer than anywhere I stayed on my cross country trip. We walk towards one of the rooms, door painted white. "I can get you a few things to make it more homey here, since you're going to be here a while. Whatever you need, feel free to tell Friday and she'll make me a list to order online for you. Any questions?" 

"Honestly no. I'll probably come up with something later, but this is a lot for me right now. Thank you so much." 

"No problem, Emily. I'm just a few floors away if you need me." He says, nodding before walking away. I walk into the room, seeing the king size bed. 

This is my new home now. 

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