Avengers: New Blood (Peter Parker)/ A.M

2. Aye Captain

Once they reached the landing area, the Avengers were already getting out of the Quinjet.

Andria was standing next to her aunt when Dr. Cho joined them.

The first one to come out was Clint on a stretcher and Natasha along with Bruce Banner by his side.

When they came closer, Dr. Cho joined them and Andria was ready to do the same, but her aunt stopped her when Natasha spoke.

"He's fine, do your job!"
"Let's go, Andria," Maria said and the two got inside the Quinjet.

Thor walked past them, throwing a few curious looks between the two women.

Andria didn't even mind.

It was probably because of their different appearance. Although they were both lean and fit with big blue eyes and dark brown hair, Maria was always dressed up and with her hair in a perfect bun on the base of her neck, except if she was on a mission. On the other hand, Andria preferred more casual clothing and she always wore her long wavy hair down and a bit messy.

"Lab's all set up, boss," Maria said, looking towards Tony Stark's direction.

He turned to her, getting up of his seat.

"Oh, actually, he's the boss. I just pay for everything and design everything and make everyone look cooler," he said to Maria, pointing on Steve Rogers who was still wearing his Captain America suit.

Andria smirked, hearing Stark's sassy comment, but quickly followed Maria and Captain as they started walking to the elevators.

"What's the word on Strucker?" He asked.
"NATO's got him," Maria answered quickly.
"The two Enhanced?"
"Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Twins. Orphaned at ten when a shell collapsed their apartment building. Sokovia's had a rough history. It's nowhere special, but it's on the way to everywhere special," she explained, while Andria spotted pictures of the twins and Sokovia during the whole time Captain was scrolling down the tablet.

The twins, actually, looked just one or two years older than her.

"Their abilities?" Captain asked again.
"He's got increased metabolism and improved thermal homeostasis. Her thing is neuroelectric interfacing, telekinesis, mental manipulation."

When Maria finished, Captain was staring like he hadn't understood a thing of what she had just said, so Andria decided to make it simple for him.

"He's fast and she's weird," she said, getting Captain's attention.

"Have we met before? Because I don't think I know you," he said.

"I feel a bit offended Nat and Clint haven't mentioned anything about me, but I'm Andria Hill. Her niece," Andria said, pointing at Maria, while exchanging handshake with Captain.

"Really? I didn't know you had a niece," he turned to Maria again.

"I took her in when my brother and his wife died. She just started working full time here at Stark Industries...And she helps Fury sometimes too. Actually, she's the one who's been bringing intel about HYDRA and Strucker all this time. She figured where the scepter was," Maria said and Andria rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Yet, you guys didn't even think about letting me get it myself," she said, meaning her aunt and Fury.

"That's the Avengers' job. You aren't old enough or ready to deal with something so dangerous," Maria said, her overprotective side taking over.

Andria just scoffed and turned to Captain that was waiting patiently for them to finish their little argument. He had a hint of confusion in his eyes as he eyed Andria head to toe, but she would have sworn there was also something like interest.

However, the confusion took over and he asked the question Andria was expecting.

"Well, how old are you?"
"Fourteen. And yes...I dropped out of school because I didn't like it and this...is more of my thing," Andria explained, gesturing towards the whole Avengers Tower.

"Well, okay then. Anyways, the twins are gonna show up again," he said, getting in the elevator.

"Agreed. File says they volunteered for Strucker's experiments. It's nuts," Maria said.

"Right. What kind of monster would let a German scientist experiment on them to protect their country?" Captain said sarcastically, pressing the button to go down.

"We're not at war, Captain," Maria said.
"They are," He pointed out, before the elevator's doors closed.

"Well, he's kind of right if you want my opinion," Andria said, leaving her aunt alone.