the strongest avenger

sixteen

Talia waited patiently as Steve drove them to some airport that had a long ass name that she couldn't remember. The ride was painfully quiet and it took the girl a lot of energy just to keep quiet.

Eventually they made it to the airport and pulled into a parking spot near a white van. Steve and Sam immediately got out, followed by Talia and Bucky stumbling out of the tiny car.

"Cap." Talia smiles as she sees Clint Barton shaking hands with Steve.

"You know I wouldn't have called if I had any other choice."

"Hey man, you're doing me a favor. Besides," He jerks his head towards Wanda. "I owe a debt."

Talia swallows thickly as she looks at her friend. Her friend that went into her mind and took her memories. Wanda looks down, away from Talia.

"Thanks for having my back." Steve says to her.

"It was time to get off my ass." She says.

"How about our other recruit?"

Talia and Bucky move to the other side of the car, the girl leaning against the driver side's door.

"He's rarin' to go." Clint slides open the van. "Had to put a little coffee in him, but he should be good."

The man inside, jerks awake and sits up slowly. "What time zone is this?" He asks as he stumbles out of the van.

"Come on, come on." Clint pushes the man slightly forward.

The man does a double take as he takes in Steve. He starts shaking Steve's hand. "Cap-Captain America!"

"Mr Lang."

"It's an honor. I'm shaking your hand too long," Talia chuckles. "Wow! This is awesome."

He stops and turns to Wanda. "Captain America. I know you too. You're great! He turns the other direction towards Talia. "I don't know you, I'm Scott."

"Tal."

He nods at the girl and then looks back at Steve. He places his hands on his shoulders. "Jeez. Ah, look, I wanna say. I know you know a lot of super people, so thinks for thanking of me."

Talka chuckles again and looks over at Sam. "I like him."

Scott looks to Sam then. "Hey man!"

"What's up Tic Tac?"

"Uh, good to see you. Look, what happened last time when I..."

"It was a great audition, but it'll never happen again."

"They tell you what we're up against?" Steve asks.

"Something about some psycho assassins?"

"We're outside the law on this one. So if you come with us, you're a wanted man."

"Yeah well what else is new?"

Talia smiles and can't help but think that one day maybe her and Scott would have a lot of fun.

"We should get moving." Bucky says.

"We got a chopper lined up." Clint chimes in.

An alarm starts blaring and a man starts speaking in German.

"They're evacuating the airport." Bucky translates.

"Hey, I want to learn German too." She elbows Bucky in the side and he rolls his eyes at her.

"Stark?" Sam says and Talia groans.

Steve lets out a breath. "Suit up."

With that, Talia goes around to the trunk and pulls out her suit. She finds a pillar to change behind, startling slightly when Wanda comes around too.