Chapter Seven: Avengers Tower

Eight hours, forty-five minutes, twenty seconds, and fifty-six milliseconds later, we finally made it to the tower. Not Stark Tower, but one with more grandiose than that-Avengers Tower.

At a whomping 250 feet high and ran entirely on solar power, it was the best place in the city. I walked through the double doors, only stopping a moment to give the doorman a hug.

"Stan! Stan hi, how are you?" I said his name twice because he seemed not hear me the first time after the hug.

"Well, Miss Parker, I am doing very well. Thank you for asking."

"You're welcome Stan. See you later!"

We all walk towards the elevator and Stan's twin brother Lee waved. I smiled at the man. My friends were dumbfounded.

"What floor Miss?"

"Fifty-six if you please, Lee. How are you?"

"Very well Miss. Your Aunts Pepper and Natasha are making dinner tonight, so beware of Louis Prima blaring through the speakers."

"Thank you for the heads up Lee."

"You are very welcome Miss."

The elevator's bell rang to signal our destination. Lee opened the door for us and bowed to say goodbye. "Goodbye Lee. Have a nice night!" I said the the old elevator operator as the doors closed. I saw the confused faces. "Lee is Stan's identical twin." I said and walked to the kitchen.

A strawberry-blonde looked up and screamed. She ran and gave me a hug. "Uh, Pep, I think you are choking the poor girl." Aunt Natasha told her vivacious counterpart. Aunt Pepper released me reluctantly and Aunt Natasha gave me a hug. "Well, are you going to introduce us to your friends? Hi Bruce." Aunt Pepper said a bit prodingly. I roll my eyes and point to Alqamar and Hermione.

"These are Alqamar and Hermione. The boys over there are Bucky, Draco, and my biological brother Harry. Now what's for dinner?"

"Well, Pepper and I made Italian, Chinese, Spanish, American, and Russian foods. Thor and Clint are arriving with a surprise. What they are, you will just have to see." Aunt Natasha said with a devious smile.

"Natasha, I hear Alexei crying." Uncle Bruce said to his wife after giving her a kiss.

"I'm on it, Vrach."

"Who's Alexei?" I asked the two.

"Your baby cousin." Uncle Bruce said to me with a smile.

I broke into a full on grin at the thought and felt Bucky put his arms around my waist. He kissed the top of my head and then spun me around. I heard someone cough. I turned to see Mom and Dad smiling at me. They came and gave me a hug. My friends introduced themselves. We all smelt the five different ethnic dinners and my mouth watered. Next thing I knew, Clint and Thor came into the room with shawarma (the victory/special occasion dinner food of my family). "We hath cometh baring the great food of shawarma!" Thor bellowed to all of tower's residents.

I led the group of unlikely guests to the large table and told them to sit wherever. Bucky sat next to me on my left. Draco and Hermione sat next to each other across from Bucky and me. Then Harry sat on Hermione's right and Alqamar sat on my right. Steve took his normal place as left hand at the head of the table, while Aunt Pepper took the right hand spot. Uncle Tony took the head and Dad took the seat next to Steve. Thor sat next to Uncle Bruce, who in turn sat across from Natasha. Aunt Natasha sat next to Mom, who sat across from Dad. And finally, Clint had his customary seat at the end of the table in between Harry and Alqamar. Thank gods no one else is coming tonight. I thought with a wry smirk.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's eat!" I said after a few minutes of just staring at the food. The adults had no need for any more invitations. Hermione looked at me as I went to grab some Chicken Franchese and a portion Russian stew that I cannot pronounce the name of. Most of my UK school friends just stared at us and I rolled my eyes. "Take whatever you want. The food doesn't last long with an Æsir Prince and now two super-soldiers eating with us. Don't be shy. Oh!" I just thought of someting. "JARVIS?"

"Yes Miss Artemis-Rose?"

"Play My Mix Playlist please!"

"Of course Miss."

The song that kicked off the evening was "Dammit" by Blink-182. Soon conversations were in full swing. Harry and Alqamar were speaking with Clint, while Hermione was asking Uncle Tony what technological advances he made for the tower. Thor was regaling to a captive audience about his most recent adventures in Åsgard. Steve looked particularly interested when Darcy Lewis was on one of Thor's quests. I elbowed Bucky so he could see his best friend's face whenever Darcy was mentioned.

Bucky bit his cheek in attempt not to laugh at his friend. I decided to put my brotherly-figure on the spot. "Hey Steve! Maybe you should go to Åsgard with Thor to meet up with Darcy again. I mean last time she called me, she was preparing for her Trials. Speaking of Darcy's Trials, how did she do Thor?"

"Lady Darcy did well. I speakest the truth, Princess Jane and my lady, Sif, hath trained young Darcy better than I."

"Well good for her! I will pay Darcy a visit when I go see Granny Frigga and Grandad Odin. How are Granny and Grandad?"

"My King and Queen farewell. They are excited about your upcoming visit."

"I can't wait to see them either. What about Loki and Jane?"

"Loki and Jane freed Jotunheim from its eternal damnation in ice and snow and now rule as king and queen there. They are still a prince and princess of Åsgard and Princess Jane is expecting a child."

"Really? Janie is going to a have a baby! Yay!"

In the corner of my eye I saw a beam of gold light tinted with all the colors of the rainbow come down onto our balcony. "Guys, look!" Everyone's eyesight follows my finger to see the Asbru Bridge vanish leaving scorch marks and one Xena-ed out Darcy in its wake. I grinned. "Alright Bucky and the Brits, we should let Darcy and the adults talk while we play videogames. Follow me please."

I led all of the guests down to the rec-room on floor forty.