Chapter 5 Mae's pov

Friday rang my alarm, the song Careless Whispers by George Michael, making me get out of the shower. I saw clothes on the sink with another note and made my way to them. 'Try these on darling~ Loki p.s. I was not in on the plan to wake you up, don't do anything to me- Bucky' I giggle and roll my eyes thinking 'these mans'. Sliding into the black and green pleated skirt, a black tank shirt, the green suspenders with gold clasps, and a black pair of thigh high socks with 2 grey lines at the top. I roll my eyes but leave them for now.

(Like this but with the extras added and the socks taller)

I make my way down to the kitchen with the help of Friday and start to make French toast, biscuits and sausage gravy. I set up the coffee pot to start and use the French press to make a pitcher of iced coffee for myself. I set out orange juice and water on the table, along with cups and plates for everyone. I use my powers to make a cup of iced coffee with extra caramel and simple syrup for myself while I stir the sausage gravy.

Just as I'm finishing and twisting the lid on my cup, green shimmers beside me, making me jump, losing my powers hold on my cup.

"You are very jumpy darling." Loki says with a chuckle, grabbing my cup before it falls to the floor. I huff and roll my eyes at him, reaching to take my cup from his hands. He pulls his arm up keeping it out of my reach and takes a sip, making a surprised noise while looking between the cup and me.

"Yes well that's what you get from being locked in a cage for the last 20 years or so of your life. Now give me my coffee back before you get hurt." I say with my hands on my hips.

"Do it Friggason. She will hurt you and you don't want to be on that end of her wrath. Trust me." Bucky says walking into the kitchen, coming over to me and kissing my temple. Loki hands me the cup still in a state of surprise.

"You have to show me how you created this, it's much better than what the team refers to as coffee." I smile and nod to him before grabbing Bucky's hand as he goes to leave. I make a 'shooing' motion with my other hand at Loki.  

"I need to talk to you about the 9s incident." I say, making Bucky look around quickly before telling Loki to leave as well. He does but stops just outside to listen to the conversation without anyone knowing. He didn't really know why he was so interested in this Midgardian but the feeling in his chest was too powerful to fight.

"You're talking about the 'soulmate' incident aren't you?" Bucky asks as I finish plating the food and wave my hand to make it appear on the table with a flash of purple.

"I am. I still can't believe I was stupid enough to even attempt it. Thinking back I'm sure that's why they were thinking so loud about it, to see if I could actually. I'm lucky all I got was that burn and broken rib, along with them thinking it didn't work, and being too dumb to realize half the marks on my skin weren't from them." I say with a shake of my head.

"Anyway, I'm now completely sure it at least attached me to them. Bucks, whoever it is has been through some real shit...like torture level shit. It was horrible to feel. I'm so glad they can't feel mine as well or it would have probably broken them completely. If the pain wasn't bad enough alone, I can also feel when they...find pleasure. Oh gods it's so awkward when that happens. I can't blame them but hell is it shit to go through on this end. Ugh Bucky I swear it's maddening." I say without looking at him, fiddling with my cup instead.

He grabs my hands as they start to shake, thinking about all the pain I've felt from the bond. He puts me up on the counter, pulling my head to his chest as I cry silently into his shoulder.

"It's okay Babydoll, it's all going to be okay. We'll find them and then you two will finally be happy." He says rubbing my back trying to sooth me. Loki slips away trying to understand the broken pieces of conversation he heard and figure out why it led to her crying.

I finally stop crying and jump down off the counter. I wash my face and ask Friday to tell everyone breakfast is ready. She tells me everyone is just making their way into the dining area. I grab my cup and Bucky follows me to the table.

"Thanks for making breakfast Luci. It smells wonderful." Bruce says as I walk by him. I nod and take a seat between Thor and Bucky, ending up across the table from Loki. Everyone starts eating as I grin at Loki, who raises an eyebrow in a 'what now?' kind of way. I hold up a finger to him as it glows purple softly before putting up all five fingers, lowering them in a counting way.

He looks around as I lower the last one, only for Wanda and Pietro to spit out their juice, coughing. They glare at each other for a few moments before slowly turning to look at me, as I casually eat my breakfast. The rest of the team is looking at each other trying to understand what just happened, while Bucky and Loki chuckle under their breath.

"Babydoll, do you happen to know what just happened?" Wanda asks slowly, as if slightly afraid.

"What do you mean? I was just sitting here eating my breakfast, ask Loki and Bucky. What happened dear?" I said innocently with a smile. The team looks at the two in question, who just smile and shrug in reply. Wanda and Pietro get up to get new cups when I call out to stop them.

"I wouldn't bother with that, it won't help anyway." I smile more as they stop and look at me. Bucky finally cracks and laughs loudly.

"Don't wake Babydoll up if she's sleeping. It doesn't end well and she is creative in her retaliation." Bucky finally manages to say after recovering from laughing, making the team look at me in question.

"All they can taste when drinking is salt water." I say, continuing to eat my breakfast.

"It will go away in a bit." I added after more staring. The team finally shrugs and returns the attention to their food. Its all going well until Tony decides he needs to open his stupid mouth.

"So shedevil...why are you wearing Reindeer Game's colors?" Tony asks, nodding at my outfit, causing me to choke on my coffee. I glare at Loki, who is smirking at me, while I try to get my breath back.

"Actually I was going for a Slytherin look but I think this one might fit me better." with a flash of purple the colors change to a dark yellow instead of green, and rose gold finishings on the belt instead of suspenders.

I change one of the lines on the socks to green and leave the other gray knowing they can't see those. Tony seems shocked for a minute before turning to look at Loki as a lie detector, who nods reluctantly not wanting to admit he put me in his colors.

Tony laughs before returning to his food. My eyes wander back to my own plate until I hear Wanda's thoughts from across the table. I drop my fork and stare at her, shocked to say the least.

Everyone looks at me because of the noise, as Wanda just shrugs her shoulders at me. She then smirks as her thoughts turn from 'they would look cute together' to 'she'd look good riding him' causing my face to go bright red.

I look down quickly and pick up my plate and cup, before walking swiftly out of the room to the kitchen. I clean up my dishes and refill my cup before going to stand in the doorway, Wanda's thoughts still playing loud and clear. I look at Steve, noting that everyone is now finished with their food, and nod my head at his question about if I'm ready to show the team my training.

I catch the knife Clint throws at my head and move my head to the side to avoid Natasha's bullet without breaking eye contact with Steve. Tony starts shouting something about his wall while Steve raises his eyebrow at me. I throw the knife back at Clint, making it stick out of the right side of his chair, while using my powers to push the bullet from the wall back at Natasha hitting her chair to the left of her head simultaneously with the knife in Clints.

This causes them to move their heads together at the same time, a loud crack ringing out in the quiet room. They both groan as Tony starts yelling about his stuff again. I huff and with a flash of purple, fix the walls, the chairs, and heal the two assassins heads.

"Let's do this babes, I have some internet shopping to do with sweetpea." I say moving to the elevator, leaving them even more confused as Friday responds.

"Yes we do Morningstar, I have everything set up and ready to go."

"Thank you sweetpea, you're the best." I smile and wave at the reeling team of superheroes as the doors close on the elevator.