Caly crawled over to Pietro's sleeping bag and began poking his cheek. After doing so for several minutes with no response, she gave up. She jumped onto her couch, pulled out a megaphone and--

"ALRIGHT EVERYBODY UP AND AT EM EVERYONE AWAKE NOW!"

There were muffled screams and yells of shock as the Avengers and company were startled awake. There were also a couple of thuds as Kori and Sam fell off their couches and onto the floor.

"WHAT-"

"WHY-"

"WHO-"

"CALY!!!"

"YES THAT IS MY NAME NOW SHUT UP I'M TRYING TO SPEAK."

Everyone fell silent, though many were giving her dirty looks. Caly smiled.

"Okay, so I've got a surprise for you guys. I'm opening the tower back up!"

Everyone looked confused. Caly sighed.

"It's just getting a leeeeeeeeetle boring here, all in our lonesome. So now, we can go places!"

Everyone continued to stare at her. Caly rolled her eyes.

"Alright, go back to sleep."

Sam and a few others happily obliged, while the others got up and stretched, grumbling quietly before making their way to the kitchen. Kori made her way over to Caly.

"I thought there were more people coming today?"

Caly nodded, pulling out her infamous clipboard.

"Yeah, they should be arriving... now!" She dashed out of the room, Kori close on her heels.

~~~

Outside of the building, two people sat on a conveniently placed bench.

One, a young teenaged girl, was doing what her generation did best: furiously tapping away at her phone.

The other, a slightly older male, was watching her fingers fly with slight awe.

Eventually, the girl picked up on this rather stalkerish activity and glanced up at the boy. She stared defiantly at him, a bit put out at his rudeness. In a typical friendly teenage manner, she asked: "Can I help you?" (In the most sarcastic way possible of course.)

They boy flushed slightly and shook his head as if to clear it. He gave her a grin that seemed to say, "Whoops, I did it again."

"Sorry, I just... got... how do you type so fast?"

The girl shrugged, smiling despite herself. "Erm, natural talent I guess?"

The boy nodded. "I'm Peter, by the way."

The girl nodded slowly. "Pepper. Nice to meet you." She jerked her hand in a lame attempt to wave then returned to abusing her phone screen. Peter rubbed his hands on his jeans and sat back.

"Nice chat," he mumbled. He thought he heard a snort at that, but when he looked, a sheet of hair shielded Pepper from view.

Suddenly, the doors of the vuilding behind them burst open, and two girls stumbled out, seemingly looking for something. When their gazes fell in him, their faces brightened and they rushed over.

Caly Carlson was well known to him; aside from her relationship with the superhuman Quicksilver, she had been the subject of media attention since her early teens. Peter had taken enough photos of her escapades to recognize her anywhere.

The other girl also seemed strangely familiar to him, but he knew not where from. Twas strange indeed-

"Alright, Petey, that's enough internal monologue from you."

~~~

Peter: What?

Pepper: *looks up* What?

Random teen walking by: What?

Kori: *sighs* You teenagers and your questions.

Pepper: Hang on a sec, are you guys Caly and Kori?

Caly: Yeah, why?

Kori: *smacks her arm* She's the fangirl idjit!

Caly: OH MY GOSH ARE YOU PEPPER??

Pepper: *laughs* Yep.

Caly: *whirls around to look at Peter* You found her! Well done Petey-pie!

Peter: Actually-

Caly: sssssshhshhhhhhhhhhh no one cares hush ALRIGHT WELL LETS GET YOU GUYS BACK UPSTAIRS BEFORE LOKI MAKES SOMEONE KILL HIM

Pepper: wait what