-Katelyn's POV-

I rubbed my eyes as I sat up, seeing Shuri working in the corner. She hears me rustle around and turns to me, smiling.

"You're up!" She exclaims and sits in the chair next to me, grabbing a notepad. "Is it okay if I ask you some questions? It's alright if it's too early."

"No, go ahead." I nod, shifting around so I'm sitting up.

"Okay, question one." She starts. "Your powers seem to be based on something chemical, which seems fairly new. Is there anything you can think of that caused this?"

"Um... I don't know," I think, and it suddenly dawns on me. "That bastard," I mutter and she looks at me quizzically. "When I was kidnapped, the guy would inject me with something, that's why I can't stand syringes. I thought it was just to knock me out, but it must have had something else in it."

"Okay," she says as she quickly writes something on her notepad. "What does using your powers feel like?"

"Cold," I decide. "It doesn't hurt though, it's just really cold."

"The powers seem to come out when you get emotional, from what we've seen, mainly fear. Are there times it acted up when you were happy or angry?"

"No," I shake my head. "Just when I'm scared."

"Do you think you can do it on command?" She asks.

"I can try," I say nervously, focusing on getting the cold feeling back. I close my eyes and concentrate. After a few seconds. feel my hands get cool and I open them again to see the ice forming on them. I inspect them, not as scared as I used to be.

"Awesome," she grins and I laugh. "How do you stop it?"

"I don't know," I admit as it disappears again. "I just kinda think about it going away and it does. I have to be calm though." She nods and jots something down again.

"I think that's it," She says and closes her notepad. "Captain Rogers wants to talk to you, I'll go get him in a bit."

"Thank you, Shuri." I smile and she nods, smiling back.

"Of course," she says as she walks out.

I glance at the windows to make sure she's gone, and look back down at my hands. I will the cold to reappear, the small shards covering my hands. I hear distant footsteps and quickly make it stop, shoving my hands under the sheets. I see Steve walk in and he sits in the chair next to my bed.

"Hey, kid." he smiles and I return it. "You feel okay?"

"Yeah," I nod. "Do you know when I can go home?"

"That's what I came to talk to you about," he glances down for a second before looking up at me again. "Shuri told me what she learned from the tests and questions, and I think you should stay here."

"What?" I say in shock before shaking my head. "No. I can't. I have school, friends, Lilah will be worried sick. I can't stay here."

"We want to train you," he says, causing me to scrunch my eyebrows in confusion. "You have a lot of potential, and you could do a lot of good if you learn how to utilize them correctly. Wanda has similar powers, she can help you."

"I'm not dropping out of school and I'm not leaving Lilah," I insist and he looks down.

"Then come after school," he suggests, making me stop and think. "I know you don't want to leave your old life behind to live here, but at least consider coming sometimes." He continues to try and convince me. "You could do a lot of good, Katelyn."

"I'll think about it," I say after a few seconds, even though I know the decision's already been made. "When can I go back to Lilah?" I repeat and he sighs.

"I'll take you back," he says and stands up. I swing my feet over to the side of the bed, hopping down. 

"I'm still wearing Wanda's clothes," I point out and he turns back to me.

"You can give them back when you come for your first training session," he grins and I laugh. "C'mon, your sister's probably worried." 

I slip on my shoes and follow him out the door, making our way to the front of the compound. He grabs his keys and my backpack off a counter and we walk out the door, going to his car. He opens the door for me and I climb in, buckling my seat belt. I tell him our apartment address and he plugs it in to the GPS, the route estimated to take about twenty minutes.

"What school do you go to?" He asks, probably trying to make small talk and somehow twist it into a reason for me to stay with them.

"Midtown," I answer. "I'm a junior."

"Cool," he nods and I feel incredibly awkward, but that's pretty common for me. "What do you want to do after college?"

"I wanted to be a teacher, or maybe an artist," I admit. "But I guess I'm superhero now."

"I draw too," he says, looking over at me. "It helps with stress."

"Yeah," I nod. "I'd love to do it professionally, but I need to help Lilah as much as I can. I need to get a job soon, it's not fair for her to still support me on her own when I can make my own money."

"She's your sister," he assures me. "She loves you, of course she wants to take care of you."

"I know," I sigh. "But she's giving up her life to support me. It's not fair to her."

"I'd do the same thing," he looks at me. "If you really want her to not support you anymore, you could live at the compound." He repeats, making me suppress an eye roll. He was really trying to sell this thing. 

"Once again, I'm not leaving her." I reply. "I said I wished she didn't have to practically raise me by herself, not that I wanted to leave her."

"Alright," he says raising his fingers from the wheel in a surrender. "I'll stop."

We drive quietly for a few more minutes until we pull up to our apartment building I grab my bag and open my door, waving to Steve as I step out. I climb up the stairs, walking up to our door and knocking on it. The door flies open and Lilah engulfs me in a hug, making me squeak in surprise.

"You're going to explain everything, right now." She demands and I hold back a smile.

"I missed you too," I say sarcastically and she grins. I walk in an sit on the couch, trying to organize everything that happened in the last 36 hours into one timeline.

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Hello! I apologize for the lack of Peter content, but this part of the story will be focused mainly on Katelyn and her growth as a character. He'll still have a big part in it, but not as big as it used to be. I hope you guys liked the chapter!

Love you all lots!