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Here we are at the end of our road trip. Enjoy.

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Chapter Fourteen

Stark Tower

End of the Battle of New York

Hermione walked over to Loki. He lay prone in the indented floor right where the Hulk had left him. Smiling she went over to the Hulk, hugging him.

"Great job, Hulk," she murmured. "You smashed him beautifully."

"Puny god," he muttered, but hugged her nonetheless. "Stay here. Keep safe."

Phil joined them with his gun in hand, watching as Hermione assure the Hulk that he was a good guy. Soon enough the Avengers joined them and soon were circling around the fallen god.

He spoke about wanting the drink he had been offered even as Hermione stepped closer to him. He glared at her even as she asked, "Do you recall what I said to you? That there would come a time when I would tell you something?"

He looked at her in anger. "I'm not a dolt. So yes, I recall…"

Her foot lashed out, kicking his head so that his head hit the floor hard. She went over to him, yanking his head up by his hair as she snarled, "Ants are far more powerful than you'll ever know. You should stop underestimating them." She slammed his head back onto the ground, stepping back over towards Hulk as she told him, "You're right." Glaring back over towards Loki, even as Hulk was smiling broadly. "Puny god."

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Stark Tower

Three days later…

Hermione should have known that Phil was up to something when he approached her with Tony and Bruce in tow. It had been three days after the battle of New York and she had been going out to help with the cleanup. The others would join her from time to time to help out as well. Mostly Clint, but he had left to go back home that day and he wasn't looking so good. With any luck, Laura would be able to help him along with his issues of having his mind controlled by Loki.

She was in the middle of getting cleaned up when Tony, Bruce and Phil came into the guest room she was using at the tower. Hermione looked at all of them, as she was wiping the water off of her hands and face. They all looked very serious—even Tony, which made her wonder what was going on.

"I've been reassigned," Phil told her. "I won't be needing an admin where I'm going." That hit her hard.

"Okay," she said quietly. "What are you going to be doing?"

"A mobile unit…"

"A Bus," she murmured to which he nodded.

She didn't hear them speaking for a time. Tony was speaking to her as was Bruce, but nothing was coming through. She looked to Phil, asking, "Do you have a pilot yet?"

Her quiet words cut across what the other two men were saying, stopping them from speaking.

"Not yet," Phil answered. "Why?"

"Get Melinda May," she told him. "I wouldn't trust anyone else to have your back."

"I'll do that," he said.

"I'm going to miss you," she told him. "You're the only ninja I like."

That had his lips twisting into a very subtle smile.

"Will you come visit me even if I'm being all sciency and stuff?"

"Yes, you know I will."

"If only for the coffee, right?"

That had him going over to her and the two hugged. They said their farewells and he went on his way. Hermione sighed heavily, as a part of her life came to an end and a new part was about to begin.

"So are you taking the job?" Tony asked her.

"What would I be doing?" she inquired of him.

"Double checking math, I'll start publishing your writing and actually making sure more than Bruce and I read it this time, and you'll be keeping me out of trouble!"

She blinked at him and looked over to Bruce, "Is that a part of your job description as well?"

"I'm pretty sure he had it put into the contract while I wasn't looking," he answered. "Well?"

"I get a place to live where you don't care that I write on the walls."

"Sure. Not a problem," he answered, but paused and asked, "You write on the walls?"

"And you don't?" she shot back.

"That's what computers are for!"

"True, but if you wake up in the middle of the night, you actually have to go to your labs, don't you?"

"No. Like I said that's what computers are for."

Rolling her eyes, she said, "And the pay?"

"Will be well worth it," Bruce was the one to answer.

Sighing she replied, "Okay. I'll work for you. What do you say we go over to Henry's and we celebrate me getting a real job outside of SHIELD?"

"Sounds like a plan," Tony said. "And after that you're getting a tattoo!"

Smiling casually, she said, "You first."

The End!

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And that's all, folks! Thank you, everyone, for joining me for the ride. The journey was made all the more fun because of the company. Take care and may the winds of good fortune blow your way.