[Avengers] Assembling the Team

[Blink]

As the quinjet began to rise up into the sky, Blink watched the reactions of her new teammates. She was sitting in the back of the aerial vehicle, up against the wall on the port side. This jet reminded her a lot of the X-Jet that she used to utilize back when she was a member of the X-Men and the Exiles. This was a bit roomier, though, which made sense considering the Avengers had a much larger budget. She thought about how much Omnilium Vision must have had to use to create such a large, functional vehicle like this. He obviously had quite the memory to do it from scratch. Blink shifted a bit on the hard seat to push the fabric of her uniform down. She didn't want to wear an Avengers outfit, so she was kept on the light green baggy cloak she'd been wearing since Dante's Abyss.

"Holy cheese n' crackers, we're so high up!" The bunny was saying. Blink glanced over with her green eyes to see the excited furball standing up her tippy toes to get a look out of the window. The quinjet was just starting to move over the water, away from the tower, as  the girl named Judy Hopps watched with big excited eyes. "This ocean is almost as big as my farm!" She looked over her shoulder at the pink teleporter as she spoke. Claire smiled back at her, feeling it was rude not to. "Isn't it awesome?"

"It is pretty awesome," Blink agreed, standing up to take a look herself. "Can you see that high?" She had a little chuckle under her breath as she pictured that  view from the other side of the window - anyone looking in would be able to see Judy's long ears.

The cheerful demeanor of Officer Hopps faded a bit as she took the short joke on the chin. "I can see fine, thank-you-very-much!" She jumped up to briefly see the view through the annoyingly high port hole, but then dropped down dejectedly as she realized she was indeed too tiny to really see the view in all of it's glory.

"Oh..." Blink began, realizing what her humor had caused. "I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I'm sorry." She had genuinely been asking if the bunny could see, but had instead insulted a girl that right now was one of her allies. "Look, I can help you. Check this out." The teleporter created two small pink orbs of energy into her palms and transferred to the space in front of Judy. They formed two portals: one was right in front of Judy, on the wall under the window, and the other was right above her, facing outwards. Now, Judy Hopps could see out of the window through the portal right in front of her.

"Ohhhhhhh wowie!" Judy said, as excited as she was the first time she glanced at the tall window. The view was even cooler now, as the Quinjet was buzzing swiftly over the water and islands underneath it at a high speed. For a moment, Blink observed the silence from the little bunny cop, as she was lost in the view right in front of her. Then, Judy looked over her shoulder again and smiled a big toothy grin. "Thanks!"

"Ms. Ferguson, a moment?" Blink glanced over to see Vision standing next to Captain America at the helm of the Quinjet. She turned to say goodbye to Judy, but the young police officer was back to watching the ocean fly in front of her through the portal-window.

"What's up?" She asked as she approached the duo.

"I am about to depart for my part in the mission," Vision was explaining. "I will disable the security system and you will be able to teleport the group in, undetected."

Blink nodded, though inwardly for was kind of annoyed. She wasn't much for stealth, and this sounded pretty boring. Not to mention she was being used for her ability again, instead of as a full part of the team. Even though it was completely justified and understandable, she still hated feeling like the 'getaway car,' constantly shuffling people around. "When will we know when you're ready?" She asked, keeping her inner complaints in check.

"I'll give the word," Rogers said aloud, joining into the conversation. "I'll be leading the ground team."

"Says who?" Claire challenged.

"Excuse me?" Asked the Captain.

"For now, let us trust in each other and the roles we've set forth," Vision interjected, obviously sensing the brief tension. Blink fumed inwardly for a moment. Captain America or not, she had just as much leadership ability as anyone in the jet. "Then, once the hostages are safe, we can discuss roles in the future. Is that satisfactory?"

Blink chewed the inside of her lip as she nodded, though clearly didn't like how that conversation went. Once again, she did the opposite of what she wanted to do, and just agreed with them. She could feel the eyes of Captain Rogers on her as she moved back to the aft part of the Quinjet, clearly now wary of her. Even Judy (who was no longer looking at the view and had listened to the talk) and Hal Jordan from his quiet seat on the starboard side, was staring at her.

"I will see you all on the other side," Vision said, and then disappeared. He phased through the deck of the jet, and down towards the island underneath them. That was when Blink realized they must have been over their destination.

She quickly rose again, this time looking out of the starboard window. Sure enough, they were over a large island with an omnious-looking runway connecting a couple small buildings to a beach. She surmised that this underground bunker was likely right under those buildings. It looked easy enough to get in and out. She had actually promised Vision she could get the group underground, but she had embellished the  truth: she wouldn't be able to portal anywhere she hadn't been. So she'd have to get to the buildings first.

The idea of waiting to be told when to go started to seem less and less appealing. She could only see two armed men down at the end of the runway, near the buildings. It was be so easy to teleport down, take out those two knuckleheads, and break the hostages out quick and painless.

She noticed that Judy was talking to Rogers about her part of the plan now, but the man known as the Green Lantern was looking at her. "What?" She asked, kind of annoyed at his rude staring.

"You're in deep thought," Hal said to her. He wasn't wrong. "What are you about to do?"

Claire backed up from the window. Judy Hopps and Steve Rogers were looking at her now, having heard what Hal said to her. "I'm going down there. I don't need any help. There's only two of 'em."

"What? Are you crazy?" Judy asked, wide-eyed again.

"Blink, don't-" Captain America was saying.

She didn't hear the last part because she dropped a pink portal right underneath her and disappeared into it. If they wanted to follow, they would need to utilize the teleport-scar that was left rather quickly, or else there only down would be to land or parachute.

On the side of the portal, Blink dropped onto the ground right in front of the entrance to the larger of the two buildings. She spun around, looking for the two guards she'd seen earlier.

She found them. The two blonde humans in pinstripe suits were standing in front of her. One of them had a long rifle-looking weapon with a thin barrel. It only took a moment, but a sharp dart was shot from the tip and landed right into the normally much-faster Blink's shoulder. She took a moment of pause to reflect on her terrible decision-making, and then fell to one knee.

One of the guards (the one without the gun) held up his radio. "Tell Carlton that we got an intruder."

"We know already!" Came the voice on the other side of the gadget. "Someone just disabled our security!"

Blink wasn't sure what annoyed her most. The fact that Vision's plan was working and she just screwed it up, or the fact that...no, never mind. That was one what annoyed her the most. She knew that the second she succumbed to the tranquilizer and her head hit the pavement underneath her.