Gone Like the Wind

A morning of bliss was waiting for me, or so I thought. I woke to an empty bed with the Black Widow nowhere to be found. Great one night of actual enjoyment could have just been a ploy to dig up dirt on me. Dig up dirt you say, god why would you say such a thing? Well I'm glad you asked because the evidence was littered all over the floors of my room. Every box that I brought up had it's contents scattered everywhere. I sat up in my bed checking the time on my phone and saw that it was almost nine in the morning.

"Shit! I'm gonna be late for my first ever Avenger's meeting" I say to yourself.

I quickly jumped up out of bed and scrambled to find some clothes in the carnage around the room. A Captain America t-shirt and a pair of gray sweatpants are the only things I could find. Somebodies definitely going to call out my attire, especially since it's my first day. This was going to be the worst first impression of all time. Then dressed in the worst casual attire possible I ran through the halls almost skirting by the meeting hall. When I entered the room I found that I was only the second person to show up, but it was the person I was most worried about being at the meeting: Captain America himself.

"Oh god"

"Sorry son, that's the man upstairs. I'm just a simple follower of truth, justice, and the american dream. You must be the new recruit from the Xavier Institute, I look forward to fighting by your side" Cap says with his arm outstretched for a handshake.

I shake his hand mumbling out a return greeting giving the worst possible introduction, "T-thank you s-sir, m-my n-name's-"

I stop mid sentence when I see the Black Widow enter. She avoids my gaze and heads directly for Captain America. They exchange friendly greetings and as soon as she makes her way to one of the chairs I notice a folder tucked away in her arm. She drops in a seat like a graceful dancer and flings the folder across the table until it slows down to rest in the middle of the table. And out of nowhere Iron Man materialized on the other side of the Black Widow in a random chair.

"Tony, we talked about this" Cap said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't wear the stealth suit indoors. It only scares your teammates, yadda, yadda" Iron Man says mockingly. "So, this the new kid's file."

"Yes. I gathered the information from a distance and some... first hand" Black Widow responds.

I turned my head so no one could see me blush at her statement. But that passes just as you realize what that means for what happened last night between the two of you. Of look of disgust towards Black Widow would not do this betrayal justice.

"I'm assuming from the newbie's reaction, you applied the technique I have been vying for every since our first encounter?" Iron Man asked.

"Let's get back to the purpose of this meeting Avengers" Cap cuts in. "Now Black Widow's methods are a little unorthodox, but they do produce results. And I'm sorry son if you took this personally, but we gather further intel even after the interview and that goes for everyone on the team."

Iron Man picks up the folder and starts flipping through the pages when he chimes in, "From what I'm seeing here your just as good as you were at the interview." He flips to the final page and stops to focus on it, "Damn, wish I had those powers."

My attention shifts to Cap as he claps his hands together. "Great! Then we can let him start his first official day. How about it Avenger, you ready to save the world?"

"It would be an honor sir" I respond in a salute.

"Great, typical Cap. Already he's got the kid at a hundred percent morale" Iron Man sighs. "Alright Widow, since you know him the most, why don't you get him to the training room?"

"I will try to bring him back in one piece" she winks at me.

She slowly gets up out of her seat and taps her way in my direction. And as she passes me I feel her arm brush mine. It feels electric, the bliss from last night comes back making me yearn for a redo. I follow her out like a lovesick puppy hoping to get some affection, but as I get into the hallway I'm given the blow that shuts down these hopes.

"I will be showing you to the training room and from there you are on your own. Last night was nothing special and don't get any ideas from it. I have done that tens of times for one reason only: to get information. To know who we were dealing with and what their motivations were, nothing more. I don't date and love is a means to an end" she explains.

"Damn, ok. So um... what am I doing in the training room?" I ask, trying to change the subject.

"You will find out soon enough" she answered coldly.

Once you got to the training room you realize instantly what your supposed to do. Because standing in the center of the room, brutally destroying a punching dummy, is the girl in pink from the elevator. Then the girl delivered a kick to the dummies' head cleanly knocking it off it's shoulders. Jesus, does she have super strength? She daps her forehead with a cloth and heads to grab her water bottle in the same direction we walk in. And she instantly locks eyes with me.

"So you want me to spar with her?" I point towards the girl.

"Yes and no" Black Widow responds with a little annoyance in her voice. "Yes she will spar with you, but you first need to fix her."

"Why would I need to fix-" you try to ask before your cut off from the sight of the girl in pink running towards you. You brace for impact, but you don't expect her to perform a jump hug. And when she wraps her arms around you she pulls you close to add a kiss with it. My first task as an Avenger was going to be cleaning up my own mess, ironic since that's all I did at the Xavier Institute. Great.