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Kasiyah stayed behind in the jet, waiting for Maria as she had information on the two enhanced individuals on the field. "Lab's all set up, boss," Maria spoke towards Tony. "Oh, actually, he's the boss," Tony corrects, pointing to Steve. "I just pay for everything and design everything and make everyone look cooler." Kasiyah snickers quietly as she walked over to Maria alongside Steve. "What's the word on Strucker?"

"NATO's got him."

"The two enhanced?" Kasiyah spoke up in question. "Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Twins." Maria handed Kasiyah the table with information, continuing as Kasiyah flipped through it. "Orphaned at 10 when a shell collapsed their apartment building." Kasiyah frowned, walking out of the quinjet with Maria and Steve at her side. "Sokovia's had a rough history. It's nowhere special, but it's on the way to everywhere special."

They walked inside, Kasiyah handing Steve the table for him to see the information himself. "Their abilities?" He asks.

"He's got increased metabolism and improved thermal homeostasis. Her thing is neuroelectric interfacing, telekinesis, mental manipulation." Maria explains. Kasiyah understood what she was saying but Steve on the other hand, did not. Maria was quick to dumb it down for him. "He's fast and she's weird." Kasiyah chuckles as the elevator opens, the teen stepping inside as Steve passed the tablet back to Maria.

"Well, they're gonna show up again."

"Agreed. File says they volunteered for Strucker's experiments. It's nuts." Maria said, Steve stepping in the elevator and pressing one of the buttons. "Right. What kind of monster would let a German scientist experiment on them to protect their country?" Steve questions sarcastically, getting a small nudge from an amused Kasiyah.

"We're not at war, Captain." Maria states.

"They are." Kasiyah stated, the elevator doors shutting. Silence filled the air before Steve broke. "So, you bringing anyone to the party?" This was as usual, Steve's way of asking if she had broke up with Jay yet. And, he got the same answer every time. "We haven't broken up yet, Steve." To say nobody liked her boyfriend was a huge understatement. "Look, I really don't get why don't like him. Nat supports me." Kasiyah said, coming to her defense.

"We have our reasons, Kas." Yup, as if she hadn't heard that before. Kasiyah rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest. "Is he coming to the party?" Steve asks. Kasiyah pursed her lips, "Uh, I'm not sure. His ma is sick so he gotta take care of her but he's gonna try to make it." Steve nods, this wasn't the first time he heard this kind of excuse. They stopped at her floor, Kasiyah stepped out, waving a goodbye to Steve before heading towards her room so she could change out of her suit.

The teen was quick to change and head towards the lab to find Clint. She walked in, seeing Natasha look at the machine that was fixing up Clint. "Are you sure he's gonna be okay? Pretending to need this guy really brings the team together." Kasiyah chuckles, sitting down on the chair, she leaned over to pat Clint's hand, the older man shooting her a small smile.

"There's no possibility of deterioration. The nano-molecular functionality is instantaneous. His cells don't know they're bonding with simulacra." Dr. Cho explains. Kasiyah raised a brow, not really knowing what most of that means. She was smart but not that smart. Bruce noted Kasiyah's confusion and was quick to dumb it down. "She's creating tissue."

"If you brought him to my lab, the Regeneration Cradle could do this in 20 minutes." Dr. Cho says. Tony walks in with a tray of glasses full of green smoothies. "Oh, he's flat-lining. Call it. Time?" Tony jokes, handing Kasiyah a glass. At first she hated them, but over time they began to grow on her.

"No, no, no, I'm gonna live forever." Clint chuckles. "I'm gonna be made of plastic." Tony hands Clint a glass of the smoothie as Kasiyah scrolled through social media on her phone. "You'll be made of you, Mr. Barton. Your own girlfriend won't be able to tell the difference." Kasiyah glanced up at that, wondering if Clint would correct her. "I don't have a girlfriend." As that was quite true, it didn't mean he didn't have a significant other. Of course only select people knew about her.

"That I can't fix. This is the next thing, Tony. Your clunky metal suits are gonna be left in the dust." Dr. Cho comments.

"That is exactly the plan. And, Helen, I expect to see you at the party on Saturday." Tony spoke, leaning against the chair Kasiyah sat on, subtlety trying to take a peek at text messages with her boyfriend, Jay. "Unlike you, I don't have a lot of time for parties," Helen replies, before glancing down at her tablet. "Will Thor be there?"

Kasiyah snickers to herself, it was always funny when Thor got hit on. "He's taken, but I can totally kidnap Jane if you're interested." Tony nudges Kas in a scolding manner but secretly he found it really funny when she threatened to kidnap people.

"Stop threatening to kidnap people, Kas," Nat scolds.

"Y'all are no fun."

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"You need some help?" Nat stood at the doorframe of Kasiyah's room seeing the girl struggle to zip up her dress. "Sure." Nat smiled softly, walking over she pulled up the zipper. "You look very beautiful, Kas." Kasiyah smiled as she sat down on the bed, mumbling a "thank you" to the red head. "It's a shame, Jay isn't here to see you. He's missing out on a beautiful woman."

Kasiyah furrowed her brows, finding Nat's vibe to be off. "What are you keeping from me, Nat?"

Nat took a breath before slowly sitting down next to Kasiyah. "We may have put a tracker on his car." Kasiyah looked at the redhead in shock, the woman pulling out a tablet. "Wait- who is we? Y'all put a tracker on my man's car?" Nat purses her lips, "Uh, me and Steve. It was just for precautions in case he got kidnapped by a bad guy or something." Kasiyah rolled her eyes, of course Steve had something to do with this. But part of her felt that Clint may have had a part in this as well.

"You know how you said he was gonna be at his mom's?" Nat spoke, pulling up his location as Kasiyah nodded at her. "Well, he's actually in Queens, at a girl's house, who is definitely not his mother." Nat watched as Kas processed this, knowing what this meant. But, she wasn't gonna let this ruin her night. She had a party with all her friends there. Jay's whereabouts weren't her main priority at the moment. She'd deal with him later.

"You know what? I don't care. I'm not gonna let some punk ruin my night." Kasiyah said. She stood up, walking to her closet and pulling out some red bottom heels to match with her dress. Nat smiled sympathetically, watching as Kas slid on the heels, making her appear a bit taller. "Shall we?" Kasiyah held out her hand, Nat took it and followed her out. They went to the floor where the party was. Kasiyah separated from Nat to find her dad whilst Nat attended the bar.

"Dad!" Kasiyah shouted over the music, catching his attention. He grinned when he seen his daughter, pulling the girl into hug, holding her tightly. He had been worried sick when she went on that mission. But then again, he was always worried sick when she went on missions especially after the time she got shot in the arm. "You look beautiful. I was just telling the guys one of my War Machine stories." Rhodey said, Kasiyah pulling away to lean against the bar next to Maria. Thor and Tony also present as Rhodey continues with his story.

"But, you know, the suit can take the weight, right? So I take the tank, fly it right up to the general's palace, drop it at his feet. I'm like, "Boom. You looking for this?" Rhodey grins, expecting the two men to be impressed but they clearly weren't. Kasiyah pursed her lips, the awkwardness really becoming suffocating. Rhodey attempts to retry, looking for a good reaction. "Boom. Are you looking for-" he gave up, Kas chuckling to herself. "Why do I even talk to you guys? Everywhere else, that story kills."

"That's the whole story?" Thor questions.

Rhodey nods, looking a little insecure. "Yeah, it's a War Machine story."

Kas nudges Thor, giving him a look so he doesn't accidentally offend her father. Unfortunately, Thor was a very poor liar. "Oh, it's very good, then." Thor chuckles, but it wasn't very convincing. "It's impressive." Rhodey clearly didn't buy it, but appreciated the effort of his lie. "Quality save."

Kasiyah decides to change the subject to save her dad from further embarrassment. "So, no Pepper? She's not coming?"

Tony shrugs, giving a simple answer. "No."

Maria adds in. "What about Jane? Where are the ladies, gentlemen?" Kasiyah smiles, agreeing with the lady. "Oh, Ms. Potts has a company to run." Tony explains shortly. "Yes, I'm not even sure what country Jane's in. Her work on the Convergence has made her the world's foremost astronomer." Kasiyah raised a brow at Thor's statement, seeing this was quickly becoming a competition. Her theory was proven correct with Tony's reply. "And the company that Pepper runs is the largest tech conglomerate on Earth. It's pretty exciting."

Kasiyah shares a look with Maria, both of them sharing the same thoughts. "There's even talk of Jame getting a, um, Nobel Prize." Thor says, getting a look from Tony.

Kasiyah pursed her lips, looking down awkwardly. "Yeah, they must be busy, because the would hate missing you guys get together." Maria says sarcastically. "Testosterone!" The brunette coughs out, Rhodey pretending to be concerned so they can escape this interaction, or well, conversation. Rhodey escorts Maria away as Kasiyah steals a drink whilst Tony was distracted with that.

Thor smiles, "But Jane's better." The blonde comments.

Kasiyah hides the drink behind her back, finishing this competition between them. "Or maybe, Pepper and Jane are better than both of you." She shrugs, walking off to find someone else to talk to.

Kasiyah walks up the stairs, spotting Sam and Steve together. "Sam!" Kas grins, walking over. The two men glance over at her, growing a smile. "Hey, little speedster. You look amazing." Sam says, pulling the younger girl into a hug that she happily returned. "I didn't know you'd be here. How's the case going with the winter dude?" Kas asked, pulling away, she gave a small side hug to Steve who pulled the alcohol from her hand in the process.

"Cold. But we'll keep goin' until we get him." Sam answered, Kasiyah having referred to the Winter Soldier, otherwise known as Bucky Barnes to Steve. He meant a lot to the blonde so Kasiyah had also been helping out with the case, but she always came up empty handed. This guy was really good at hiding. "Well, after I finish up with training, I'm gonna help you out. I was thinking we could look in Romania. A friend called me, said they were on a mission and spotted a suspicious guy at the market. Said he had on gloves, two layers of clothing and long hair."

Steve took in the information, it did sound an awful like the Winter Soldier. And it made a lot of sense. "Okay. Well, once we get your powers under control. We'll check that out. Hopefully you're right on this one."

Kas smirks, nudging the two who were on each side of her. "I'm always right."

A few hours later, the Avengers were gathered around plus Dr. Cho, having ordered Chinese food takeout. Kasiyah sat next to Thor, her legs over his lap as she played with the chopsticks in her hands. Clint was doing the same, flipping them in his hands as they discussed Thor's hammer, Mjölnir. Clint clearly didn't believe the whole worthy thing. "But it's a trick."

"No, no, it's much more than that." Thor defends swiftly, Steve sitting on the left side of him.

"Ah, whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power." Clint mimicks the God, getting a loud laugh from Steve, Thor, and Kasiyah. "Whatever, man! It's a trick." Thor chuckles and gestures to his hammer that sat on the coffee table. "Please, be my guest."

Clint raised his brows, "Really?" Thor nods as Tony urges the man. Rhodey smiles in amusement as the archer stands up, making his way towards the hammer, "Oh, this is gonna be beautiful."

"Clint, you've had a tough week. We won't hold it against you if you can't get it up." Tony comments, getting a laugh from the group at the meaning behind it. Kasiyah rested her head against Thor's, watching the scene in front of her. "You know I've seen this before, right?" Clint says. Thor nods, both he and Kasiyah watching with amusement as the archer fails to lift the hammer. He laughs off the embarrassment, "I still don't know how you do it!"

"Smell the silent judgement?" Tony comments again. Clint gestures to the man, "Please, Stark, by all means." Tony clears his throat, standing up, he dramatically undoes his blazer. "Never one to shrink from an honest challenge." Clint moves to sit back down, "Get after it." Stark moves towards the hammer, putting her hand through the handle, "It's physics."

Kasiyah snickers to herself, knowing full well that Tony was absolutely not worthy. "Right, so, if I lift it, I then rule Asgard?" Thor nods, obviously knowing he wasn't gonna lift it, but chooses to muse him anyways. "Yes, of course." Tony smirks in a cocky manner before it eventually disappears when he attempts to lift the hammer, not unsuccessful. Tony let's go, pulling the handle off his hand, "I'll be right back."

Kasiyah laughs, playing with the chopsticks in her hands, Thor drumming his fingers on her leg. Tony returns, this time with a gauntlet to his suit. Tony attempts to lift it with the helps of the boosters, only to fail. That's when her dad joins with his own gauntlet, the two attempting to lift the magic hammer. "Are you even pulling?" Rhodey questions his best friend.

"Are you on my team?"

"Just represent. Pull."

"All right, let's go."

The teams laughs when they fail, and that's when they encourage Bruce to give it a shot. He does, yelling as he does, letting go, everyone is silent when he tries to act like the Hulk. Kasiyah can't hold her laugh, everyone turning to look at the teen. Tony smirks, "Okay, seeing how you love to make fun of us. Your turn. Go on, no pressure." Kasiyah scoffs, lifting her legs from Thor's lap, she stands up, brushing her dress off. "You don't have to if you don't want to, Kas. Don't listen to Tony." Rhodes says to his daughter.

Kasiyah brushes him off, putting her hand through the handle like Tony previously did. "If I lift it, I will be turning Tony into a goat." Kasiyah mumbles, Tony scoffing in offense. The teen took a breath before pulling, clenching her jaw, the hammer didn't give up, still remaining in place. Tony snickers at her failure. Kasiyah groans, letting go of the hammer, she sits back down, crossing a leg over the other. "Steve, your turn."

Steve smiles, standing up, Tony makes another comment. "Go ahead, Steve. No pressure." The man pulls up his sleeves before heading towards the magic hammer. "Come on, Cap." He pulled, the hammer moving ever so slightly with a small squeak, Kasiyah and Thor being the only ones to notice this. Thor laughs nervously when Steve fails to lift the hammer. "Nothing." Kasiyah glances at the blonde God, choosing not to say anything she goes back to playing with the chopsticks.

Stark clears his throat, everyone looking towards the last Avenger, Natasha. Bruce gestures at the redhead, "and, Widow?" Nat smiles, shaking her head, "Oh, no, no. That's not a question I need answered."

"All dereference to the Man Who Wouldn't Be King, but it's rigged," Tony says. Clint pats his back, agreeing with the billionaire. "You bet your ass."

Maria gestures to the man, holding her beer, "Steve, he said a bad language word."

Steve sighs, looking between Kasiyah and Tony. "Did you two tell everyone about that?" Kasiyah shrugs with a smirk as Tony goes on about his theory. "The handle's imprinted, right? Like a security code. Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints, is I think, the literal translation." Tony said. Thor nods, standing up, "Yes. It's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one." Thor lifts the hammer with ease, flipping it in his hand. "You're all not worthy." Everyone groans, scoffing at him.

Suddenly there was a high pitched frequency that rung through their ears, quickly did Tony look to see what it was. An unknown voice spoke up. "Worthy."

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a/n: i can't say how much i love this whole scene, they were all so happy 😭

who cheats on an avenger tho? 🧍‍♀️

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