The flight to Germany was kind of silent.

Well, save for Tony talking to various people over the phone. It was probably because of that — and the importance of those calls — that Andi chose to stay quiet for the duration of the flight.

And it was also because she was nervous. And anxious. And worried. There was a lot going through her mind about the whole situation with Steve and Bucky and the Avengers in general, and it didn't help that she was now sitting two feet away from the guy she'd had a crush on for the past year who also happened to be the masked vigilante that came to her rescue not that long ago.

How paradoxical was it to have a crush on a guy who's alter ego was related to a spider — one of the few things she hated?

In any case, that largely contributed to her silence as well because she wasn't sure what he was thinking, and she didn't really know what to say. Whether Peter was thinking the same thing or not was unknown to her, but he had chosen to stay silent as well, for most of the flight. It was only when they began to feel some slight turbulence that he got up from his seat.

He'd been up at front, facing Happy, while Andi stayed right at the back, looking out at the window. All she could see were clouds, so it wasn't much of a view, but it was still nice to look at. When he began walking in her direction though, the view outside the plane hardly mattered.

Some turbulence threw off his balance a little and he stumbled forward, grasping the top of another seat for support. He gave her a half smile before making the rest of the trip much quicker and finally taking the seat in front so he could face her.

"Hey," Peter greeted her, and she shifted in her seat a little nervously. "So this is pretty crazy, right?"

Andi managed a small smile. "Crazy isn't exactly the word I'd use but yeah," she nodded.

Peter pursed his lips. "So you probably have loads of questions."

"And you probably do too," Andi countered. They'd both discovered things about one another that they never would have expected. At least, Andi never would have guessed that Peter was Spider-Man. Whether he had his suspicions about her or not wasn't something she had a clue about yet.

"Are you mad at me?" He asked next, which honestly surprised her.

"Mad at you?" She echoed. "Why would I be mad at you? You have this important secret weighing down on you. I understand not wanting to tell anyone. Besides, you weren't the only one keeping a secret."

Andi definitely had several moments when she wanted to confide in Peter about her abilities, but she'd decided against it because she had no idea what that would do to their dynamic. And she didn't want that to change.

Peter had a look that Andi assumed was relief, and it made her smile a little wider. "So," she spoke again, clearing her throat. "Does Ned know?"

Peter shook his head. "Nobody knows. Nobody was supposed to find out, but somehow Mr. Stark did," he said, glancing back at Tony who was still in deep conversation with someone over the phone.

Andi doubted Tony would have even had much trouble trying to find him. What bothered her was they he knew and never told her. She didn't know how long he knew, of course, but he still found out at some point and thought that it mattered if he took her along in the hopes that it would help his cause.

"This is about to become a bloodbath, isn't it?" Peter said after a short moment of silence between the two of them.

Andi chewed her lower lip and nodded. "Yeah." She didn't want it to be that way since she was pretty much standing against one half of the only family she's ever had and she was still pretty confused about where she really stood.

But Peter was right. It was definitely going to be a bloodbath. Andi didn't look forward to what would happen as a result.

The plane had landed soon enough. Andi had continued talking to Peter for the duration of the flight. It wasn't as awkward as it had been back at his house when they'd both experienced huge revelations about each other, but things were still a little tense because she wasn't sure how things would go when they headed back home after all of this.

Andi also worried about whether she'd have a home to go back to after all of this, given how everyone was divided.

For now, she was meant to gear up for battle. Tony took off almost as soon as they landed, with not much explanation as to where he was going. Happy was in charge of getting Peter and Andi to a hotel, where they were each given a room.

Andi went straight to hers only to find a black box set on top of her bed. She walked over to it curiously and lifted the lid to find a note inside. What was underneath the note looked familiar, but she chose to read the small piece of paper before she investigated further.

Congratulations. You're in the big leagues now. 
— Tony

Andi smiled a little and set the paper aside before lifting the dark, khaki coloured suit from inside the box. It wasn't a full outfit like before. This was more like a hooded coat. It was light and it fit her perfectly. Surprisingly, it allowed for easy movement too, which Andi tested out by trying to sprint across her room and nearly dashing into Happy when he came in to check on her.

The shoulders had small compartments to store seeds, like her old suit, and it was already filled. The coat was also fire resistant — another test of a lesser known power. Perhaps it was a bold move to hold her hand against the fabric while she had bright blue flames along the tips of her fingers, but it worked out in her favour since the coat wasn't eaten away by the fire.

She was surprised, and impressed, by how much the suit had been catered to her, specifically. She herself wasn't aware of all the things she was capable of doing, or what it all meant. Her powers didn't always compliment each other either — she could break down the structure of buildings and cause fissures in the ground, but she could also create plant life and an odd coloured fire.

There were many questions she wanted answers to, but she wasn't anywhere close to answering them. Part of her kept thinking back to that one moment when she thought she'd been dead, shortly after defeating Ultron. The hooded figure she met seemed to be sure about when he'd see her again. Maybe he knew more about what she was capable of too, and how she was capable of it all.

Andi made a mental note to dive back into that investigation once all this was said and done.

She just hoped that when this was all over, there'd still be a family to fall back on, but at the moment, the situation looked grim, and Andi could feel her optimism slowly fading. 

A/N : A better look at Andi's suit will be revealed in the next chapter!