9 8.New Friends and A Reunion

The team called a meeting in the high-tech lab, which is in the basement of Stark Towers (Avengers H.Q). There are two labs, there is a lab almost like a hospital and there is a lab for high-tech research or making weapons. Loki and I walked into the elevator and pushed the button to take us to the lab. We walked out of the elevator to see the Avengers, Director and Agent Fury, Agent Hill, Agent Coulson, and other people that I didn't know. "Agent Coulson, could you please introduce your crew?" Tony asks and I look towards Coulson.

"The people with me who volunteered to help are, Sky, Fitz-Simmons, Agent Melinda May, Agent Triplett, and Scarlet Queen is also known as Scar. She is one of our top Assassins in Shield."

"Hey Tony, where's Jarvis?" Scarlet asks.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you that Vision is Jarvis. It happened during taking down Ultron." Tony responds."I've been meaning to install a new A.I, but I never got to it."

"Well...since Director Fury wants me to join the Avengers Initiative, I brought my A.I and I was wondering if I could install Violet?"

"Sure. How did you create Violet? It took me years to figure out how to create Jarvis."

"I had a great science mentor, and before I left for Shield....I definitely did not hack into your computer."

"I am surprisingly more impressed than upset that you were able to hack me." Tony says while typing some stuff. "Done. It shouldn't be long before she's fully installed."

"Hello Scar, I have sensed several unknown people in your area, should I put the building under lockdown?" A female British voice asks.

"No Violet. We just have made some new friends." Scarlet says as she's typing and pressing multiple buttons on a high-tech iPad-like device. "I am going to need your finger prints and a picture of yourself so Violet can know each one of you, or she thinks your a threat."

When everyone had put in their finger prints and had their picture taken, we started to talk about the mission in very small detail.

"We are going to be leaving once our other friends are here. When we leave, we'll be on our way to Tokyo, Japan. There is a lab there, being run by members of Hydra and they are still going along with the Centipede protocol." Agent Coulson says looking very uncomfortable about the situation.

"What's the big deal with Hydra and you guys?" I ask curiously.

"For many years Hydra's Centipede Protocol has had their members trick people with superpowers into allowing them to experiment on them, promising them anything they want. They have also tricked people to let them put a high-tech device that almost looks like a centipede on them and it gives them superhuman strength. We have destroyed a lot of their facilities and labs, but they always relocate."

"How are we getting to Japan?" I ask curious about Transportation.

"We will be riding on The Bus. It's parked up on landing." Skye pipes in.

"How did you get a bus on the roof?" Bruce asks.

"How are we getting to Japan on a bus?" Sam asks equally as confused.

"You'll have to wait and see. Now when the others are here, I want everyone ready to board The Bus." Coulson says and everyone leaves to pack. I head to my room and I start packing, I'm almost done when Fitz-Simmons and Skye come into my room to help.

"How do you guys know each other?" I ask very curious.

"May and Fitz-Simmons were a part of SHIELD. I was a part of the Rising-Tide that was trying to get rid of SHIELD. Coulson found me and gave me a position in SHIELD for the skills I possess, in the best hacker they have." Skye says with a triumphant smile. "Ok, done. I think we're meeting in the living area."

We walk out to find everyone sitting around waiting and I sat down between Coulson and May.

"I heard from Hill and Director Fury that after The Battle of New York, you survived and vacationed in Tahiti. How was it?" Tony asks Coulson and I see that Coulson had shifted uncomfortably in his seat for a moment.

"Let's not talk about that?" Coulson says as he looked down to the floor trying to escape the conversation. There was a thud on the roof and everyone seemed to think our other friends are here. We all head up and I see my sisters, my niece, Mantis, Groot, and the other jerks.

"Aunt Galaxy!" My niece Starla yells as she runs into my arms.

"I haven't seen you in awhile. I missed you." I say hugging her, when I let go of the hug she put her arms up in the air. I picked her up even though she was 6 years old (Earth years).

"Hey Galaxy. I'm glad you switched sides. I hope the Avengers are treating you well." Gamora says and I nod.

"It's good to see guys. I'm just wondering if it was really necessary to bring your husband along, and the two other jerks." I say pretty upset.

"We insisted on coming alone, but the others just wouldn't stay, I even threatened them with a gun. I got it taken away though." Nebula says and I just start laughing out loud.

"Coulson, where's the bus?" I ask him once I had stopped laughing.

"It's right in front of you." Coulson says and starts walking over to a plane. I follow him up into the plane. There is a black van and an old red car. When everyone is in, the ramp closes. Tony looks at the old cherry red car, he moves closer to the car and he was about to touch it.

"Stark, don't you dare touch it." Coulson says and Tony stops what he was about to do. "Nobody is allowed to touch Lola." Coulson walks us over to a lab with some high-tech devices.

"This is the only lab on the plane. Stark and Banner, feel free to come down here and work with Fitz-Simmons anytime you like." He says and we head out of the lab and up a spiral staircase. "There is a small bar over in the corner." We walk into a small room that is separated by a glass wall. "Here is where everyone meets for mission meetings and updates." We walk into a kitchen area and Coulson doesn't explain that it's a kitchen, because everyone should know that (I mean there's a fridge, counters, cabinets, and a coffee machine). Coulson shows us to our rooms, which are pretty nice. "That is all, we're gonna let you guys settle in." Agent Coulson says and Director Nick Fury and Hill get off the plane.

I finally finish getting settled in, I see Fitz, Triplett, Skye, Coulson, and Steve sitting around a table. I walk over and join them, I sit beside Fitz and we start talking and laughing. We stopped once we saw that Loki and Tony were walking out of the kitchen area to join us. Loki sat beside me and Tony sat beside Steve.

"Can you talk about Tahiti now?" Tony asks Coulson and once again I see him tense up. "Director Fury said that anytime someone would ask you about it, your answer was?" Tony was trying to get Coulson to say something specific.

"I used to say that Tahiti was a magical place, but that was because I didn't know that truth. Tahiti isn't real, I was dead for days and they brought me back to life with a drug called GH-325.....I was awake when they used machines to give me fake memories of Tahiti. I begged them to let me die, it was a painful experience."

"I was also brought back to life with the same drug after I was shot in the gut twice." Skye pipes on the conversation. "I wasn't dead like Coulson though."

"I'm sorry." I said not knowing what else to say. I couldn't imagine being shot in the gut twice.

"Galaxy, Starla won't go to sleep. She said that she wants you to sing her to sleep, like when she was little." Gamora says and I nod, getting up I head to Starla's room.

"Aunt Galaxy, can you sing me to sleep?" She asks me and I nod my head yes.

"Close your eyes." I say and get ready to sing her old lullaby to her.