If I had Failed ~Book 2 to If I went to Bayverse~

Chapter 6.

Blue and I followed the others outside to their ship. Captain Marvel can already fly and doesn't need to ride in the ship, hey wait a minute. She can FLY! Maybe she could teach me how to fly, or at the very least give me some pointers. But I think I'll ask her once we get back to Earth, because I don't want to be a bother. So Blue and I followed the Avengers into the ship.

We entered the ship into a cockpit, everyone else already sitting in a seat. There were no more open seats, so I just sat on the floor near Nebula. Her, Captain Marvel and Natalie were the nicest to me, unlike the guys. Blue laid down next to me, I began to pet along her back as a way to sooth both her and myself.

"Everyone buckled in?" Rocket asked.

Everyone but myself nodded. It seemed to be good enough for the bipedal racoon, as he started pushing buttons and maneuvering the ship.

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The ride back to Earth was a short and silent one. Blue and I were both quiet as the others looked around as we began the descent, but we stood up. The others stood as well and headed to the exit, we followed them out. The sky was dark and filled with stars when we stepped out into the night, Nebula and Black Widow turned to Blue and I.

"Welcome to Earth." Natalie said.

"Well, I mean Earth is my home. So more like Welcome back." I nervously said.

"Is that so? I never would've thought due to your machine parts." Nebula said.

"Earth was my home several decades ago, but now I watch over the galaxy." Captain Marvel came up beside us.

"By flying around and keeping an eye out for alien invaders?" I ask.

She nods.

"Cool! Soon I'll be able to fly too, thanks to these bad boys." I unfolded my wings to full extent.

They all looked at my wings, astonished. Nebula came closer to me and carefully touched them, testing which way they moved and which way they didn't. Well, this feels really weird. But I can say that it does help loosen my joints in my new wings, Blue made some squabbles as the blue woman messed with my wings.

"What the hell, who the hell is this?" I heard a familiar voice.

We turned and saw the one and only Tony Stark coming out towards us. The maker of Iron Man, one of my favorite Marvel movies. No doubt he's talking about me, I already look strange looking mostly Cybertronian with some parts still human. Such as my head and beneath my knees. The man was accompanied by his fiance Pepper Potts, I remained silent as they approached.

"Who is she and....why is there a dinosaur?" Tony asks, confused by the sight of Blue.

"I am Springlock, and this is my companion Blue. Had 2 others with me, but they're gone. I don't mean dead, I just don't know where they are." I said.

Blue squawked, startling everyone.

"Don't worry, as long as she's not snarling or growling, you're safe. She's a sweetheart." I pet her.

Tony was next to come up to me, Blue squinted and glared. I looked to her and shook my head, saying it was okay. Nebula let go of my wings as Tony then lifted my healing arm, examining carefully. Is everyone just going to wonder what happened to my arm instead of why I'm mostly robot now? I mean, that's more of a reasonable question.

"This metal isn't even from Earth, is it?" He asks me.

"No sir." I said.

Tony removes a shard of metal from my once amputated arm. The shard didn't match any of the colors of my armor, it was far too dark of a grey. Oh great, it must be from Lockdown's hook when he used it to remove my arm.

"Lockdown." I growled.

"What lockdown?" Black Widow asked.

"Not a what, but a who. He's the one who sliced my arm off at the elbow, don't ask why. But lucky for me, it seems to be growing back. I guess I'm a starfish now." I said at the end.

That earned a few chuckles from the others, and I did as well.

"Would you like to come inside?" Pepper asks.

"As long as it's not a problem." I say.

"Not at all. Come in." She said and gestured to follow.

I nodded and followed the others as they followed Tony and Pepper into Avengers headquarters, but Captain Marvel turned the other way. I looked behind myself and saw her starting to walk away, so I turned and walked to her.

"Captain Marvel?" I asked.

She turned to face me, "Yes?"

"Well...I wanted to ask you something." I said nervously.

"And that would be?" The woman asks.

"It's a little sudden for a stranger to ask this, but..could you possibly be able to teach me to fly?" I ask.