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"Protect the city, huh?" She frowned. "My power won't be much help in fighting. I'm pretty good with a gun, though, if I do say so myself, but if I'm actually going to need that skill, I'll have to practice with it more. Also, will I get payed? I mean, I'm still willing to do this if I'm not, but it'd be nice if I get some money in return." She glanced over at Nick, and grinned. "Why so quiet, boy?" She rolled her chair over to him, and then poked at him with her staff. "Is something the matter? Homesick?" She asked.

"Oh hey, what are your powers by the way? I dunno if you explained or showed anybody or not yet."Vivia said to Nick. "I'll show you one of my other forms in exchange?"Vivia offered.

I just stand there, leaning against the wall, listening to the conversation, waiting for a time to join in.

"Huh, uh, well..." Nick stuttered, this was exactly what he wanted to avoid, damn that Rowan for shifting everyone's attention to him. Still, from what he had seen so far it seemed that most of these people were friendly enough, and he guessed since everyone was sharing and he apparently was going to be working with these people, it seemed only fair that he'd open up as well.

"Uh, I have the power of Audiokinesis, in other words sound manipulation." Nick replied. "I can pretty much control sound waves, how loud or soft they are, where they go, and I guess I can fight a little with them too, haven't really had much practice in that department though." He admitted, really the only time he had ever used his powers offensively was when he saved some woman from being mugged on his way home from school.

"That's a new one."Vivia said. "Okay, well, you've already seen my shapeshifting. But I don't use my Harpy form for fighting."Vivia said hopping to the floor and popping her knuckles. "For fights I sue my Huntress form."She said. Soon Vivia began to change. Her arms and legs grew out, becoming more powerful. She was soon covered in grayish tan fur with black spots. From her forehead grew a pair of dark grey horns. A long powerful tail grew from the base of her spine. She grew a few feet, being much taller than everyone in the room. Her finger nails grew out and hardened into claws along side her toe nails. By the time she was done changing, her horns scraped along the room. She groaned, sitting down. "This is my Huntress form."She stated. "I've also got a mer... uh... fish form, but I don't like it. It's stinky."Vivia said.

"As for my powers, I can do just about anything. Except if I try to do too much at once, or anything for too long, I'll explode, and come back about five minutes later. But whenever I come back to life, I can't do much more than teleport short distances and create simple objects. Oh, and I can't die, no matter how hard anyone, including myself, tries."

Nick practically fell out of his seat at the sight of the monstrous transformation, sliding his chair back until it was up against the wall. "W-w=whoa, that is... insane!" Nick exclaimed. "Well, you certainly seem much more... combat ready than I am." He said, trying not to be rude, though that was difficult considering how freaked out he was. Nick listened to Leon's description of his powers, he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Wait, so you can have any power, any power at all?"

"The technical term for Mr. Robertson's power is Quasi-Omnipotence, any power he can think of he can instantly have, but he can only use one at a..." Coleson began to explain.

"And he can't die, can't DIE!" Nick interrupted, his voice becoming much more infuriated. "What the hell, why do you need me when you have someone like him!" He shouted, shooting a glare at Agent Coleson.

"W-well, sure Mr. Robertson's power is versatile, but like I said it has it's limits." Agent Coleson tried his best to save face.

"So what, it seems to me like you have plenty of other freaks to pick up the slack!" Nick rebuked, not even caring about being polite anymore. "Seriously, you come to my house, bug me for a whole month to join your crazy "superhero team", and by the looks of things you don't even really need me!" By now he was standing, and yelling at the top of his lungs. "You know what, SCREW THIS!" Nick shouted before storming out of the room. Agent Coleson pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head.

"I thought I told you not to scare him off." He said to Leon before going after Nick.

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Suddenly a new, strangely dressed woman burst into the room. She looked like she had been ripped from a different period of time, with her steampunk clothing and toolbelt. "LISTEN UP, FIVES!" She shouted. "A TEN IS SPEAKING!" She took a moment to wink at the group, then continued. "I'm Keltaina, your fabulously beautiful leader. You may adress me as Queen Kelta, or even Queen Keltaina if you feel like shaking things up a bit!" While she talked, she made all sorts of exaggerated hand motions and movements. Kelta clearly enjoyed the spotlight. She placed a hand over her chest and looked sympathetically out at the group. "You'll never be as pretty as me, but I'll love you all the same." She said, smiling at them.

"Well hello, Keltaina. Looking beautiful as ever." I smile and laugh, and I teleport Nick back into the room. "Calm down, kid. Like I said, if I do too much, I'll explode, and be practically useless after I come back."

Just before Nick could open the door Keltaina burst into the room, greatly surprising Nick, especially with her obnoxious introduction. Nick could only stare at her, his eye twitching at how ridiculous this woman seemed.

"Uh... I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that this is your leader." Nick said awkwardly. Agent Coleson let out a sigh.

"Everyone, this is Keltaina, the team captain for the Avengers Initiative, Keltaina, these are the new recruits, Rowan Malium, and Nick Kell." He introduced, gesturing to each member.

"Hey, I said I was out, no way am I going to stick around where I'm obviously not needed." Nick said, finally walking out the door, only to be teleported back by Leon. "Well isn't that why you're here, to learn how to not take on too much and not explode." Nick rebuked him. "I'm sure once you figure it out you'll be able to do anything I can possibly do and more, so forgive me if I don't exactly see where I fit into this place."

Rowan turned her head towards Keltaina, but immediately decided that she didn't like her 'leader' all that much. People who thought so highly of themselves had never been on her good side. She hoped that she'd learn to like her later, but for now, she decided that she could just ignore her whenever she could. She quickly walked over to Nick, and pulled him around to face her.
"Hey, hey! At least your power is better than mine! All I can do is tell the future, or see the past, and I don't even have control over which or when I see i! You can actually use your power in a fight, while I can't. If anyone here should be storming out of the room all pissy, it should be me. I'm probably going to die the first time we start fighting." She stated, and crossed her arms.

"Listen, kid, if you don't stop whining, I will nail you to the floor using your own teeth. The reason you were brought here is because there are things that we can't do. I can't do things for long. The rest of us can't do what you can."

"It's not just that." Nick admitted. "You guys obviously have no problem going out there and using your powers in public, but I'm just not like that. I want to be normal, I don't want to have these strange powers and go around fighting other people with even stranger powers, I just... I just want to live a normal life, and just forget how much of a freak I really am." He said solemnly, looking down in shame.

"With that said, it more than a little pisses me off that I was dragged in here when really I'm not needed, so please, can I just go home." He practically pleaded.

"Fine. You wanna go home, and live your boring normal life, then go ahead, and chicken out." I get up in Nick's face. "But when it finally gets through that thick skull of yours that this is a better life, we'll turn your ass away. You'll go back to your boring life, and do the same thing, day in and day out, and it'll drive you insane. And you'll wish that you had stayed. That you hadn't been a wuss and bailed." I take a step back. "Now get outta my face."

"Technically you're the one that got up in his face."Vivia siad after returning to normal. "And ignore Leon. He might be a dick about it, but the rest of us will understand if you opt out."Vivia said. "You have no idea how long it took Fury and his agents to convince me to come onto this contraption to begin with, much less join the team. Personally, I'd suggest you live your life how ever the hell you want to live it. Don't let Coulson, Len, or any one tell you how to live it."Vivia said. "But if you do leave, it was nice meeting you and freaking oyu out for a few minutes."She added.

"It just pisses me off to no end when people have powers and then shun them and act like they don't. I wasn't born with my powers, they were forced on me. I wish that I had been born with them, I wish I hadn't had to go through hell in order to get what some people have naturally."