"Eight Months Later"
Second part of 'The Cat' series. Please enjoy and review!
It was a beautiful day in June and the sun was beating down on the heads of the people who were wandering around the streets.
Sitting in a cafe together was a teenage girl who had caramel skin, chest length raspberry colored hair and chocolate brown eyes and a man who was of African American ancestry who had facial hair and a brown eye while the second was covered up by a black patch.
The girl was wearing a yellow beanie on her head, a white camisole and jean shorts while she had pink flip flops on her feet.
As for the man, he was dressed in all black and even had a long, floor sweeping leather jacket on.
"I seriously don't understand how you can wear that in this weather. You must be dying in that." The girl, Davinia 'Davey' Motomiya, grimaced.
"You get used to it after a while." Nicholas 'Nick' Fury commented.
Just then, a waiter came over carrying a tray that had a coffee mug and a strawberry banana smoothie on it.
"Sate, koko ni shinshi no kōhī ga arimasu. Soshite josei no tame no sumūjī. Mō nani ka te ni ireru koto wa dekimasu ka(Okay, here is the coffee for the gentleman. And the smoothie for the lady. Can I get you anything else)?" The waiter asked.
"Watashitachiha daijōbudesu, arigatō (We're fine, thank you)." Fury dismissed.
Nodding at that, the waiter set the drinks down before he then left to take someone else's order.
Taking her smoothie, Davey took a deep sip and smiled at the sweet taste of the fruit.
"Okay, so what did you need to see me about, Nick?" She asked.
"I heard about your recovery from Romanoff and Barton. They said that you've had a few problems, but have moved passed them." Fury brought up.
Being reminded of the troubles she had experienced with coping with trying to rebuild her life over the last eight months, Davey sighed as she thought back to everything.
Her parents had enrolled her in school with fake documents telling them that Davey was their daughter whom they adopted since she had been in the system for quite a while.
Philip Coulson had helped the Motomiya family with the fake documents that stated Davey was originally named Davinia Katarina Petrova whose parents had died when she was a baby and had been at an orphanage in Toronto for years.
They knew having her labeled as a Canadian-Bulgarian child made the most sense since she didn't look Asian and had a slight Bulgarian accent when she pronounced certain words.
It had all been difficult when she enrolled into school and had to act like she didn't know anyone and had to deal with students talking about how she was Davis' replacement in the Motomiya family and in the DigiDestineds group.
Hearing this had angered her and it took everything she had to not attack the students who had said that, but she managed to keep herself under control.
"It was a bit difficult going back to school, being introduced to my old classmates as the Motomiyas' adopted child and not being able to interact with everyone like we used to, but the rest of the stuff has been okay. I'm still training and have even been teaching my friends how to fight to protect themselves." Davey said.
After watching the news and reading the news papers to learn exactly what was going on in the world, Davey had become worried that one of her friend were going to be attacked by the crazy people that were out in the world.
She wanted to make sure they could protect themselves and that they didn't have to rely on their Digimon to help them all of the time.
Ken Ichijouji and Cody Hida were the only ones who actually picked up on the training well enough, but that was only because they had past experiences with martial arts training.
"I see. And how have your family and friends been dealing with this?" Fury asked as he sipped his coffee.
"My family are completely okay with everything. The only thing they care about is that I'm back home with them. As for my friends... Things have been awkward. Especially when they tried to set me up on dates with different people. I told them not to bother since I wasn't ready to try that yet. Despite all of that, working on rebuilding my life has brought us all closer than we originally were." Davey explained.
Her friends were unsure of how to deal with Davey and were worried they would do something to offend her, but they all eventually worked things out.
Taking an interest in this, Fury took another gulp of his coffee before he then decided to get to the reason why he had come to check up on the girl personally.
"Look, Motomiya, there's something important we need to talk about." Fury said as he folded his hands on top of the table.
Narrowing her eyes at this, Davey leaned forward and stared at the man, curious to know what it was that he was planning.
"What's going on, Nick?' She demanded.
"Have you ever heard of Tony Stark?" He questioned.
"Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist?" Davey quipped.
That made Fury's lips pull up into a smirk.
If Stark were to use any way to describe himself, then those would be the exact words he would use.
It also made Fury worry about what it would be like having Stark and Motomiya meet and interacting with each other.
He already felt a massive headache forming at the simple thought of the snarky billionaire and sassy hybrid ever meeting.
"Yes, him. Last month, he came out as the super hero Iron-Man. Because of this, I went to go pay the man a visit and spoke with him about something I'm here to talk to you about." Fury said.
"And what is that?" Davey asked with narrowed eyes.
"It's called the Avengers Initiative. It's an idea, a project that Coulson and I came up with. The idea of it is to bring together a group of remarkable people so they can do some remarkable things together." Fury explained.
"Like the Fantastic Four?" Davey asked as she remembered what she heard about the team.
Izzy Izumi and Willis Stuart had both been fascinated with the story of the Fantastic Four since they were a group of scientists and astronauts who had gone up into space, and wound up having their cells mutated by a cosmic storm that had given them powers.
Later on, the group of four had started using their powers to help people and had even saved the world from an evil force called Galactus that was about to destroy the planet.
"Hell no! We rejected those spandex wearing pains in the ass." Fury scoffed.
"Y-You rejected the Fantastic Four? Why?" Davey asked in surprise.
She would have thought Fury would want a group of powerful people who were well liked by the public to join SHIELD and help them on missions.
"Because they cause more damage than good. There is always in-fighting going on with them and it causes them to mess up on missions. Storm and Grimm are both wildcards that constantly cause destruction while trying to save the day and I'm not in the mood to do any babysitting, which is what I would have to do if those bastards joined the Initiative." Fury explained.
"Okay, fine, I understand that. Anyway, who else has been accepted into the Initiative?" Davey questioned.
"So far, only Barton and Romanoff have been accepted. But you and Stark are both candidates for joining." Fury revealed.
That news made Davey's jaw drop in shock, unsure of how to feel about this sudden information.
She did want to be able to get back out there to use her new abilities for good and to help people, but she wasn't sure if she was ready for it yet.
Or if her family would allow her to do so.
"Why-Why-Why am I a candidate?" She stuttered.
Smirking, Fury leaned on the table and stared straight into the girl's stunned eyes, feeling amused that he had been able to catch the girl off guard.
"Because, from what I heard about this DigiDestined thing, you've saved the world before. You're used to being placed on a team with strangers and learning to get along with them to get the job done. Romanoff and Barton both believe you would be of great help, and I know you would be a good addition to the team with your skills." Fury said.
Leaning back in her seat, Davey was unsure of what to say or do that this moment.
She knew that Fury would want to use her abilities for something one day and now, here he was, telling her how he wanted to add her onto his little superhero team.
"I, um, I really don't know what to say here." Davey shrugged.
"You don't have to agree now. Besides, we're waiting until you turn 18 before recruiting you. Wouldn't want your parents hunting me down and killing me. And I'm pretty sure your father will do that." Fury smirked.
"There's a possibility." Davey agreed.
Thinking over what Fury had said Davey knew that in two months time, she would be turning 17 years old.
That meant she only had one year left until she was recruited to become a member of the Avengers Initiative.
Chugging down the rest of his coffee, Fury then placed down a few bills to pay for his drink before he then stood up.
"We'll be in contact." Fury said as he then walked out of the cafe.
Staring after the man as he left, his long coat swishing behind him, Davey couldn't help but scoff.
"Could you be any more of a cliché?" She rolled her eyes.
To be continued...
