Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel or the Avengers and or some of the other references in here. But I do own my imagination which created this story and some of it's characters; Caitrenn, Maria, Nana, Mr. Tibbles, Matt, Michael, and Billy, among a few other characters.
Thank you for reading hope you enjoy ^^!
A chilly winter wind swept through a dark alley, making a young child shiver in their coat while they softly cried, hugged their knees and buried their head. They suddenly heard soft footsteps and their head shot up to scan the alley, revealing the child to be a small girl with matted, dirty, ginger hair and bright green eyes. A person wearing torn dark jeans, black sneakers, a grey hoodie, small black backpack and sunglasses walked in her direction, the hoodie was pulled over their head, revealing nothing. They won't be able to see me... She reminded herself, but scrunched into a ball anyway out of habit.
The person stopped in the middle of the alley They can't see me. They can't see me. They can't see me. She repeated to herself. The person continued walking, but towards her. They knelt down in front of her, pulled their hoodie back and took their glasses off, revealing a girl who looked in her late teens early twenties, with long ginger hair tied back in a ponytail, her emerald green eyes looking directly at her "Hey, are you alright?" She asked soothingly. The little girl gasped in surprise and scooted backwards. "What's wrong? Hey," she touched the girl's shoulder, and she flinched away from the contact. "It's alright, I'm not gonna hurt you."
She didn't normally trust anyone, but for some reason she knew she could trust her "... How-how can you see me?" she asked meekly.
"What do you mean?" she asked confused.
"You shouldn't be able to see me. I'm supposed to be invisible right now."
The older girl held back a smirk "I have special eyes," she smiled playing along.
"R-really?"
"Yep! My name's Maria. What's yours?"
"I-I don't have one..."
Maria frowned "You must have a name. Where's your mommy and daddy?"
She shook her head "I don't have any of those things..."
Maria felt tears prick at the corners of her eyes, "What do you want to be called?"
"... I-I don't know..."
"How about Caitrenn?" Maria offered.
"Th-that sounds good..." She said unenthusiastically.
"Or we could pick another name?" Maria asked.
"No... I like it... I-it's just... Nevermind..."
"Hey, do you need a hug?"
"A-a hug?" Caitrenn asked confused.
"A hug," Maria smiled comfortingly. The girl nodded, so Maria gave her a hug. She soon realized Caitrenn was crying "Hey," she said stroking her back, "What's wrong?"
"No-no one's ever- hu-hugged me before..."
The child's admission made Maria hug her tighter, and tears flood her eyes, spilling down her cheeks. When they both stopped crying, Maria asked, "Would you like to go home with me? We'll get you cleaned up, fed, and you'll be able to sleep in a nice warm bed."
The girl shook her head "Y-you won't be safe with me..."
"And why's that?"
"Because people are after me, and they'll hurt anyone who gets in their way..."
Maria looked at her concerned "Who's after you? Why?"
"Its better if you don't know. I don't want them to hurt you..."
"Hey, I'm tougher than I look!" Maria smirked, "And my family will be able to protect us."
"I-I don't know..."
"Hey, I'll protect you. I promise."
"A-alright," she said reluctantly. Maria picked her up, pulled her hoodie back over her head, put her sunglasses on and started walking home, out of the maze of the alley.
On the way out she saw a dark haired girl about her own age sitting beside a dumpster and stopped. "Hey, do you need anything?" Maria asked.
"N-no, I'm okay."
Maria reached into her pocket and pulled out her wallet, fishing out three twenties. She closed the wallet and handed the money to the person with a smile "Here's sixty dollars consider it a Christmas present."
"Si-sixty!? Hey I can't take-!" She was interrupted by a wall next to them tumbling down in a heap of rubble, and sending them to the ground because of the impact.
"I told you!" Caitrenn wailed from underneath Maria, who shielded her from the debris.
Maria coughed "I-It might not be-." she started before something grabbed her from behind and lifted her into the air knocking her glasses off, and making her hoodie fall back, giving her an unobstructed view of her assailant.
"Oh! It's you again! Here I thought you might be another one of the homeless trash!" a man-sized purple cobra hissed. "The perfect hostage!" it said squeezing her tightly, making her limbs grow weak and black spots form in her eyes. Maria tried her hardest to reach into her pocket and pull out a weapon.
"Maria!" Caitrenn cried.
"Let her go!" the homeless girl shouted.
The King Cobra turned to her "Says who?"
"I-I'm warning you!" The cobra laughed at her with a horrible hissing cackle sound. Maria finally got her hand to wrap around the hilt of her dagger, pulled it out and stabbed as hard as she could into the snake's body. He screeched in pain and dropped her to the ground, making her head bounce off some of the rocky debris littered around the alley. Caitrenn watched horrified as a crack formed on Maria's temple and blood seeped onto the rock. Maria blinked hard as she refused to let herself blackout, struggling to get up.
"Maria!" Caitrenn said rushing towards her.
"R-run!" She managed, before darkness swept over her, making her body go limp. The dark haired girl finally made her decision and breathed in deeply, when she exhaled, smoke spread from her mouth, swamping the area and forming into people and creatures who started attacking the King Cobra with various weapons.
She breathed in with a gasp and ran over to Maria, picking her up, as the smoke filled the area "Kid! Follow me!" she called. Caitrenn ran after her as the girl carried Maria, unknowingly leaving Maria's wallet behind. They ran for a long time before they stopped at a row of large dark red bricked buildings topped with a green roof, with the ocean backing them. They all looked worn and abandoned, the windows were shattered and the doors were boarded up, the one closest had a sign that said, "No Trespassing". Down the side of the buildings were their names, she could see Warehouse 6 far to her left, with more beyond it, the others she could see were numbered all the way up to Warehouse 14, strangely though, Warehouse number 13 was missing. She looked around but didn't see it.
"Wh-where are we?" Caitrenn asked worriedly I should run! I don't know this girl! What if she tries to hurt me? She looked at Maria, I-I can't leave Maria...! I just can't! Why? Why do I even care about her? She could hurt me too...! But, I trust her...
"It's my home. I live in number 6," The girl said walking towards it.
Caitrenn followed nervously. Making conversation she asked, "Wh-where's Warehouse 13? I-it's missing."
"I don't know," She shrugged, she turned quickly and smiled "I just remembered, we haven't introduced ourselves! The name's Omlet!"
"Omlet?" Caitrenn giggled, relieving her anxiety slightly "Why are you named after eggs?"
Omlet grinned "That's just my nickname! I don't go by my real name anymore..." She said sadly, then perked up, "So what's your name?"
"M-my name's... Caitrenn."
She smiled "Good name! And this is Maria?"
"Yeah."
"Is she your mom?" Caitrenn shook her head, "Really? She looks like your mom... Your sister?" She shook her head again, "Then what is your relationship?"
"W-we just met. S-she said she was gonna protect me... She couldn't even protect herself..."
"When the wall exploded she did protect you. She got hit with flying chunks of rock and plaster. She must have been still recovering her senses from the shock and rocks, when he grabbed her, so she didn't have much time to react," Omlet assured her.
"She-she did protect me...?"
"Yeah, but it's not your fault," she smiled at her reassuringly, after a moment Omlet mused, "Who do you think she really is? The guy said he knew her, he said she was 'The Perfect Hostage'. She must be the daughter of someone extremely important..."
"L-l-like a military officer?" Caitrenn asked fearfully, she'd had bad experiences with the government in the past.
"Or the president. Who knows! We definitely won't know until she wakes up," She looked down at Maria's bleeding head If she wakes up... Omlet added silently. She hastened her steps, going to the side of the building, a broken window was there, the glass was all swept aside and there was a cloth draped over it. Underneath the window was a closed dumpster and a box, Omlet climbed up carefully and climbed through the window with Caitrenn behind her.
Inside it was quite dark, Omlet flipped a switch and light illuminated the area, revealing a small cot with some blankets in the back corner, a desk and chair with some mechanical things on it next to the window to her right, a bookshelf past that with various worn books and a door on the left wall, it was someone's old office that she turned into her room. "Shouldn't the electricity be cut off?" she asked as Omlet set Maria down on the cot.
"I tweaked with some things and got it working again," She said as she opened a drawer and pulled out a medical kit. She pulled out a washcloth, "I need you to get this wet," she said handing it to her, "There's a bathroom down the hallway on the left. Only the faucet and toilet are in working condition so far."
"O-okay..."
The King Cobra hissed at the Avengers as they subdued him, Captain America stood back from the others watching, then noticed something, a wallet on the ground and a small object next to it, he picked them up and examined the object. It was a small black machine about the size of a matchbox, that had an indented oval red shape on the front the size of a fingerprint, and a clip on the back. He recognized the object immediatly, it was a Panic Button. He grew fearful as he opened the wallet, the first thing he saw was a driver's license, the name read 'Marianne R. Stark'. He quickly turned to his friends and the King Cobra "Tony! You need to see this!"
"What is it Cap?" he asked walking towards him.
Captain America held them up so they could see. Tony paled, fear and worry making his chest tighten violently and his body grow cold. Immediatly pure hatred shot through him making him grab the King Cobra's collar "Alright, what the hell did you do to my daughter!?" he asked venomously.
Cobra laughed at him "Wouldn't you like to know!" he smirked.
Tony punched him in the face as hard as he could, only making King Cobra laugh harder as blood trickled out of the side of his mouth. Cobra looked down to the ground "You know I'm surprised you fools didn't notice the blood..." he grinned. They all looked to where he indicated and saw a chunk of stone, with a large amount of crimson liquid on it.
Tony erupted in fury "You son of a *****!" he said launching a full out assault on King Cobra, making the Hulk have to pull him off and hold him back. "I'll kill you!" He seethed as he struggled against the Hulk's grasp.
"What did you do to her?" Captain America asked, "Where is she?"
A young Avenger appeared interrupting the scene, he was a younger looking version of Hawkeye, only with longer hair that went a little past his ears and bright green eyes, "The cops are on their way," he looked at the scene "What's going on?" All in a matter of seconds his eyes took in the scene. He saw Iron Man being held back by the Hulk, his eyes traced the line of some of the other Avenger's to the blood on the ground, then to Maria's wallet in Cap's hand, her Panic Button rested beside her picture which seemed to stare at him. Nausea mixed with a numbing cold swept through his body filling him with fear and rage. He notched an arrow and aimed it at King Cobra "What did you do with my girlfriend!?"
Hawkeye stepped in front of him "Calm down-."
"Get out of the way dad!" He warned.
"No. We'll find her, don't worry."
"Dad," He growled, "Get out of the way."
"No, Nighthawk!" He said as he forcibly tried to remove the bow from his son's hand, though with some difficulty since he had a deathgrip on it, "If you kill him we'll never find her!" Hawkeye reminded him and Iron Man. The boy loosened his grip, and Hawkeye wrenched the bow from his hand.
Nighthawk curled his hands into fists, clenching as tightly as he could, to keep himself together. King Cobra laughed at them all "The pitiful Avengers!"
"Where is she?" Cap repeated.
He smirked as his tongue shot out of his mouth to lick the air "This is too good -!"
"Where is she!?" Tony asked.
"I don't know," he shrugged with a smirk "But wherever she is, I'm pretty sure she's bleeding out by now..."
Iron Man struggled to break free, at the same time Nighthawk snapped and launched himself at the snake "You *******!"
Black Widow threw a trip cord at her son, while Hawkeye tackled him pulling his son's arms behind his back. "Get off me!" Nighthawk struggled.
"You need to calm down! Remember your training! You can't think clearly or make wise decisions if you let your emotions take over!" Hawkeye reminded him.
"What would you do if it was mom!?" Nighthawk shot back.
"I'd still have to think clearly."
"We're not going to get any more out of him," Cap said "We need to do a search, she couldn't have been taken far." He directed all of the Avengers, except Iron Man, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Nighthawk. Thor had the duty of taking away the King Cobra, who was laughing hysterically. "You two need to calm down," Cap said. "Hawkeye's right, your rash behavior could get her, yourself or others killed!" the two stopped struggling. "You two need to have a clear head if we want to get Maria back alive."
Tears escaped Tony's eyes "She's my baby girl... It's my fault. All my fault! If I hadn't-."
"Stop it, Tony. It's not your fault and crying isn't going to get her back," Cap said, "We need to start looking, the more people searching the better."
"A-alright..." Tony said.
"Yeah," Nighthawk agreed.
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P.S. The chapters might be broken a bit oddly, I didn't write this chapter by chapter .