Please read the first two books before you read this. Everything will be much easier to understand then :)
Make You Feel My Love
~Book III~
Disclaimer: I do not own the Avengers nor do I own the plot of Age of Ultron. All rights go to Marvel.
All I do own are my own characters and their stories.
~Prolog~
On the streets of Hell's Kitchen, a young girl was sitting, curled up, against the side of a tall skyscraper. The stars and the moon were shining down on her and the cold winter air was biting at her exposed skin. She had no home to go to even though the streets and buildings were clad with snow. All she had was the blanket wrapped around her and the old sneakers on her feet. Her clothes were filled with holes just like her shoes and none of her body was warm.
Every one of her breaths could be seen in the small fog that her warm breath created in front of her face. There was no one else outside now as it was Christmas. She knew everyone was inside in the warmth of their houses, their dining tables filled with delicious food and a fire burning in the fireplace.
The girl had had a home as well, a few months ago. Though when her grandmother got sick, she had been forced to sell it for money. The same thing had happened to her belongings and warm clothes. She did everything she could to pay the medical bills for her poor grandmother, though now, it seemed everything was going to end.
Suddenly, in the water vapor before her face, she saw something. For a moment, her breath was caught in her lungs as the thing she had seen was amazing. It had been the sight of a fire dancing in a fireplace, warming up its surroundings.
She was amazed about it, wanting to see it again. Taking in a deep breath, she breathed it out slowly so that the white cloud was there longer. This time, however, she didn't see a fireplace. She saw a beautiful Christmas tree with lights and decorations tingling and smiling over at her. Again, she was amazed and when the cloud disappeared, she took another deep breath, breathing that out slowly again.
This time, however, she saw no fire or tree. This time, she saw her grandmother's face smiling at her. She gasped, as it couldn't be true. Her grandmother was lying in a coma in the hospital, was she not? When the cloud disappeared and the vision of her grandmother didn't disappear, the girl smiled widely. The face of her grandmother floated away, her grandmother's body appearing as well.
Tears filled the girl's eyes as she reached out towards her grandmother.
"Take me with you," she whispered, her throat hurting as she said this.
Her granny held out her hand as well and just as the girl was about to hold her granny's hand again, a man walked through the vision of her grandmother, making her disappear. Instead of her grandmother's hand, she grabbed the unknown man's hand. She wanted to retract her hand, though her body was too weak and too cold to do as she wanted. Instead, the man looked down at her with an unreadable look on his face. The girl recognized him. He had talked to her before as she had searched for a job somewhere earlier that day. He had offered her to come with him though she hadn't trusted him, turning her back on him. Now, her body was too weak for her to object… Now, she had to come with him.
Six years later and the girl had grown and learned what the right and bad choices in life were. She had no real skills, apart from one. To fight crime. And she was pretty good at it.
She stood in the middle of a dark alley, four men lying around her, unconscious. Footsteps were heard behind her and she glanced back, seeing her dear friend walk over to her, panting from having helped her deal with the four robbers.
"That's four less criminals walking the streets," he said.
The girl usually didn't work with him even though they made a good pair. No, she didn't work with the Daredevil. She worked with the Avengers.
The both of them tensed up when they heard a strange noise coming towards them. Matt quickly walked over to her, pressing his back against hers. She lifted her fists up, ready to fight more criminals. Though, it wasn't footsteps that came towards them; it wasn't people.
Instead, it was a small metal ball hovering in mid-air that came towards them. It opened up its upper half, the two heroes relaxing as they recognized the ball. Tony Stark's face appeared in a hologram above the now opened ball, looking at the two of them.
"Sorry to interrupt. But, I've got something for you, Maria. I need you back at the Avengers Tower ASAP."
Maria nodded, the ball closing again, the hologram disappearing before the ball floated away from the two heroes. She turned to Matt.
"Sorry-"
"I know," he said, smiling at her. "Being an Avenger is a full-time job."
"Can you deal with this alone?" asked Maria, gesturing towards the four unconscious men.
One of them was waking up, groaning and placing his hands against his forehead where a drop of blood was falling down towards his left eyebrow.
"Of course," replied Matt before Maria gave him a quick hug.
"See you around," she said before starting to walk towards the end of the alley, kicking the robber in the head once as she passed him, rendering him unconscious again.
As she reached the end of the alley, where a dead-end existed, Maria clasped her hands together once, activating the new gloves Tony had given to her earlier that week. She placed them against the building's side, beginning to climb up as the gloves reacted to the brick material the building was made off, sending the same information to her new boots. Exactly how the gloves worked, Maria hadn't understood. Though she liked them, being able to crawl up the walls easily in order to get away in the dark without anyone noticing her.
Whatever Tony had for her, she was sure it would be just as awesome as those gloves.
Thanks for reading, guys! If you're new, welcome! Just, please note that you'll need to read the first two books before actually understanding any of this book.
Please, let me know what you think of this prolog. More updates are coming next week. Need to work a little more on the plot before I continue updating this :)