All the dialogue in this chapter is in Icelandic but it won't be like this every chapter, there is translation at the end notes. Please enjoy!
Yen Gael had been living in a cabin in Reykjavik for as long as she can remember, with only her guardian, Rikka and her pure breed Husky, Lazuli. Living on the countryside where the natural beauties were there to venture freely, as long as she had her faithful companion at her side to save her. It was a peaceful life that never actually seemed complete to the young girl, a full sixteen years of her life had recently passed by and as expected she felt incredibly different. However, nothing had changed physically, emotionally or psychologically. None of that, Rikka had even felt there would a grand shift in their ordinary lives.
Yen was sitting on top of one of the vibrant green hills surrounded by lovely arrays of flora, from time to time she would witness the liveliness of the fauna as well. But today was just one of those days, peaceful yet…stale. There was a light breeze that had passed by to play with her hair, she breathed out a sigh while petting the soft grey and white fur of her Lazuli on the right. Her left hand dropped down to keep her long dress from being pulled in the direction of the wind.
"Í dag hefur verið ansi látlaus, ha, Lazuli?" Yen inquired out loud, waiting for a reply from her two-tone eyed dog. His head perked up to look at her bored expression.
Ég veit ekki, He replied through his thoughts with a relaxed tone, ágætur vindur er á feldinum mìnum.
With a giggle, she rubbed the top of his head before lying down, "Þú eins og alltaf vind á skinn þitt." He barked in response and went to lay his head on her stomach, curling up next to her and soon they both dosed off into daytime dreams. The warmth they had both emanated was comforting, easily letting her eyes fall shut and take her mind off somewhere far away.
I could see glimpses of faces, blurring and focusing way to quickly for me to capture their features. I was surround by total darkness, all on my own with no one else around. But I wasn't afraid, there was something- or someone here, I can feel it.
"We're meant to protect…"
Protect…who was meant to protect. Is that me who said that? That's impossible.
A figure started to form in the distance, standing tall with power and pride. Her dark red hair reached her shoulders in a wavy texture, and deadly blue diamond eyes that contrasted her fair skin. She wore a full body suit with a dark shade of black with the slightest hint of a crimson tint, her utility belt held the symbol of a rose outlined with silver. Before I could reach out to touch her, she completely disappeared.
"Think of us as like, the all-female Avengers…"
A different voice, this time with a thick Scottish accent.
Another person appeared in front of me, a darkly-skinned woman who smiled with glowing golden eyes and ebony hair resembling the mane of a lion. She held this aura of ferocity, it was outstanding. Her outfit was like a faded beige leotard snugly wrapped around her form with an orange diamond-shaped pendant to the side of her chest. She immediately disappeared as well.
"So, we're a family…"
Who are these other people speaking? I've never heard them before in my life, where did they come from?
One final figure had appeared, she stood about the same height as me. Her skin was caramel toned going well with her dark hair cut short underneath a hood, I couldn't get a good look at her eyes but I'm sure a hazel hue. She had on violet robes with golden embroidery and a pitch black cloak that covered her head with a hood, a shining shard that rested on a silver cuff wrapped around her wrist.
Her image had changed into a new position instead of fading away, the others had returned as well plus me with them. We were happy, bright,if not, content smiles decorating our faces. Close together like a whole new family, not a nuclear one. But it didn't seem to matter, we were…healed, repaired. Complete. But there was an unknown figure with us that seemed to be like static, all I could catch was a mix of ebony and ivory locks. Even so, she fit perfectly.
"Exactly, and we'll stay together. I promise."
"Yen...Yen, vinsamlegast vakna."
She felt her shoulders being shaken to bring her out of a hazed consciousness, her eyes shot open to face Rikka who held a look of fear turned relief. There were bags under her eyes that Yen hadn't noticed this morning, or had her nap lasted longer than usual this time. She turned away to see she was no longer outside on the rolling hills with Lazuli at her side, the long grass had been replaced with the couch in her living room. The flames within the fireplace in front of her soft blue eyes were bright, it's fiery colors reflecting off her lightly tanned skin delivering warmth as well.
"Rikka...hv-hvað gerðist? Hvar er Lazuli?" She asked exhausted, her mind latched onto any bit of energy possible to sustain the lucid fragments of her dream.
"Hann er að prófa, þú ættir að vera meiri áhyggjur sjálfur. Þú hefur sváfum síðan í gærmorgun, það er nótt."
"Það var alveg súrrealískt." She had dismissed what Rikka said as she began to push off the couch and remove the blanket on her, however she was gently pushed back down and she made eye contact with Rikka.
"Hvað ertu að tala um?" She inquired worried.
"Draumur minn, það var eins og ... ég var að ná út fyrir eitthvað. Eins og strandar meðal margir, það var yfirþyrmandi enn uppbyggjandi."
Yen sat herself up and leaned her head on shoulder, she was still a bit light headed. Rikka seemed to reminisce a bit on what the teen had said before nodding, "Allt í lagi, segðu mér frá þessum draumi. Það sem þú sást, hvað þú heyrt ... hvað þú fannst." She had seemed to hesitate when finishing her sentence, nonetheless, Yen nodded in response and looked back at the fire drifting off into her recent memories.
"Jæja, það var aðeins myrkur í kringum mig. En það var ekki finnst kalt eða tóm, ekkert svoleiðis. Það var eins og ég var fljótandi í sjó á ekkert. Þangað til þessar dömur byrjuðu að birtast út úr hvergi, þeir voru allir mjög falleg og öflugur. Mér fannst heitt og hamingjusamur í kringum þá, eins og við myndum verja hvert annað."
Rikka hummed in response letting Yen continue, "Ég man sjálfur að segja að við vorum ætlað að vernda, eins og Avengers, hver þau eru. Eins og fjölskylda ..."
Rikka sat up straight at the mention of the Avengers, she had completely forgotten that Yen was not very connected to social media. She had never seen the Avengers in New York a little over a year ago, or when the corrupt A.I Ultron attempted to end the world in Sokovia and the Avengers had ended it. The farthest she had gotten to media was music, that's all.
Yen looked up at her guardian concerned, seeing as she seemed to come to a realization. Had she heard of them before?
"Rikka, þú ert allt í lagi?" She asked placing her hand on her shoulder, replacing where her head used to be. The blonde nodded in reply but hadn't faced her yet, she only rose from the couch and turned to the raven haired girl with a reassuring smile.
"Ég er allt í lagi, þú ert svangur? Enn þreyttur?"
Yen was a bit suspicious of her sudden mood change but nodded to her question.
"Gott, ég ætla að byrja kvöldmat, og eftir að þú þarft að fara í bað." She said jokingly as she placed a kiss on the girl's temple before shuffling towards the kitchen, leaving the psychic alone with her thoughts.
Er Rikka fela eitthvað frá mér?, She asked with her eyes staring after the sweater clad Icelandic woman, she quickly dismissed her suspicions and instead focused on her cryptic dream.
Dinner had been silent with the two girls sitting across from each other, the atmosphere in the room hadn't changed. However, (Y/N) couldn't help but feel a tad bit betrayed by the fact that Rikka didn't trust her enough with her discomfort earlier. The second she had excused herself from the dinner table, it took her no time at all to reach the bathroom upstairs. She switched on the light with the flick of the finger and illuminated the room, facing her reflection in the mirror with the pastel blue door and ceramic bath tub/shower in the background in a blur.
Ég trúi ekki að ég svaf í heild í tvo daga og enn ég er tilbúinn til að hoppa í rúmið, She mulled over in her mind as she dragged her fingers over the bags under her eyes, taking a deep breath in through her nose she began to take off her crumpled dress littered with creases and grass stains. Discarding it into the laundry bin hidden behind the counter and prepared her shower, clear water rush out of the shower head like rain. For some odd reason, the sound of rain calmed Yen at times.
In few short minutes her shower was finished and she had exited the bathroom in a bathrobe and damp hair, the light taps of her feet against the hard wood floor came off as a rhythm. One she was slightly distracted by before a rapid clicking stopped her in the middle of the hall, she turned her head in the direction of sound to see Rikka's door slightly opened.
Ætti ég...Her hand reached out to the door knob to close the door but hesitated, instead she pushed it open further to see the back of Rikka's head. Her eyes fixated on the bright screen in the dimly lit bedroom, fingers practically stabbing the computer keys on the laptop. (Y/N)'s eyes doubled in size at the image on the screen, and complete file of information. The words suddenly caught in her throat like they piled up in a crash, there was no doubt about it. It's, "...henni."
Rikka had jumped out of her seat with her neck snapping back the young girl to see the glint of fear within her deep blue eyes, however, Yen had dismissed this immediately and fearlessly advanced to see the file clearer.
"Það er henni konan frá draumum mínum." She informed her guardian with unwavering certainty, as if her dreams had been manifested into reality. Everything had been exactly the same; the tousled crimson hair, ivory skin, pale pink lips with matching eyes that resembled an ice cold fog of empty bleach blue. The only difference was her expression, she held no hope in her eyes, if there was light it was incredibly faint and clearly fading away. Face stone cold as if re-sculptured to stay that way.
"Yen, þú ert ekki ætlað að sjá þetta á öllum."
"En það er hún!" Yen exclaimed desperately at Rikka who in turn expressed urgency, they stared each other in the eyes with clashing emotions, "Hún var fyrsta konan sem ég sá í draumi mínum! Hver er hún?"
"Þú ert ekki upphátt að sjá þetta, ég get ekki sagt þér neitt!"
"Og hvers vegna ekki?!"
"Öryggisatriði!" Yen took a step back alarmed by Rikka's sudden outburst, it had frozen all her previous thoughts and feelings. The blonde realized her instinctual reaction and rose a hand to Yen who distanced herself again, she flinched at this response to her attempt to comfort the girl and reluctantly dropped her hand to her side.
"Það er kominn tími fyrir þig að fara að sofa ..."
The blue eyed psychic opened her mouth to retort but decided that was enough, Rikka had moved to the side to allow Yen to exit the bedroom and hurry off to her own. She stood alone staring at the spot where the teen had stood before heaving a sigh and circling around the other end of the space. It wasn't new that they would have disputes here and there, but nothing that breached Yen's sensitivity that much. The only good thing that had come out of it was now Rikka fully understood what had happened to the girl, at first she had her doubts but now she was sure.
Quickly picking up her cell that had been lying on the bed and quickly tapped a number on speed dial, she pressed the phone to her ear and wasted no time to speak once the other end was opened, "Director Coulson, it's Agent Leifsson. I have an important request concerning the interrogation taking place tomorrow at 13:00."
The air around me was thick with adrenaline, there was pain lingering through their minds. I stood on the other end of the window pane watching horrified at the sight before my eyes, her movements were lightning quick with no hesitation whatsoever. Cries of pain and agony rang inside my ears, I pulled at my hair in complete distress. My mind tried to reach out to hers but to no avail, there was something blocking me from connecting with her. I couldn't get her to stop!
Suddenly, she was hit with a strong voltage that made her collapse. A shriek ripped from my throat without warning even scaring myself, my heart beat stopped the second I had seen the look in her eyes. They were dead, like she was a puppet controlled by steel strings. My vision was beginning to blur with tears overflowing, slipping over the edge of my eyes and staining my cheeks. But it didn't feel like they belonged to me, were they hers?
I realized that our minds were connected, her consciousness fading away into shadows of nightmares. Some unfathomable or me to comprehend.
H-Help...please, kill me...
What?
...S-Save me...Save me!
Yen shot up from her covers in a cold sweat, her lungs taking in as much air as possible like she had just broken free from drowning in the sea. She ran a shaking hand through her messy hair as she looked down at her lap lost in her thoughts once more.
Hvað er að gerast við mig? Hvers vegna er ég að hafa þessar ... framtíðarsýn!
"Yen?" Her eyes darted to the door that had creaked open to reveal Rikka, however her attire was completely different. It was a full body navy blue suit like a uniform, with a familiar patch stitched to her shoulder. An eagle?
"Er í lagi með þig? Vissir þú annan draum?" She asked in a calm and soothing tone, her back leaning against the door frame coolly. Yen nodded rather frantically as her breathing slowly started to regulate, she kept her hand on her forehead to feel the faint sweat. Rikka nodded understanding how shaken up she was from this nightmare, before disappearing down the hallway she informed Yen.
"Ég veit að þetta er skyndilega en þú þarft að fá tilbúinn, pakki a poka og taka það sem þú þarft og hvað þú vilt ekki að fara á bak. Lazuli mun vera með okkur þegar við förum burt."
She was confused by this request and inquired, "Hvað? Hvers vegna? Hvert erum við að fara?"
"Að sjá að ráðgáta kona frá draumum þínum."
1. Today's been pretty plain, huh, Lazuli?
2. I don't know...the wind's nice on my fur.
3. You always like the wind in your fur.
4. Yen…Yen, please wake up.
5. Rikka…wha-what happened? Where's Lazuli?
6. He's resting, you should be more worried about yourself. You've been asleep since yesterday morning, it's night.
7. It was absolutely surreal.
8. What are you talking about?
9. My dream, it was like…I-I was reaching out for something. Like a strand among many, it was overwhelming yet empowering.
10. Alright, tell me about this dream. What you saw, what you heard…what you felt.
11. Well, it was only darkness around me. But it didn't feel cold or empty, nothing like that. It felt like I was only floating in a sea of nothing. Until these ladies started to appear out of nowhere, they were all very pretty and powerful. I felt warm and happy around them, like we'd protect each other.
12. I remember myself saying that we were meant to protect, like the Avengers, whoever they are. Like a family…
13. Rikka, are you okay?
14. I'm alright, are you hungry? Still tired?
15. I can't believe I slept through a whole two days and yet I'm ready to jump into bed.
16. Is Rikka hiding something from me?
17. S-Should I...her.
18. That's her, the woman from my dreams.
19. Yen, you aren't meant to see this at all.
20. But that's her! (She was the first woman I saw in my dreams! Who is she?
21. You're not aloud to see this, I can't tell you anything!
22. And why not?!
23. For your safety!
24. It's time for you to go to bed...
25. What is happening to me? Why am I having these...visions!
26. Are you alright? Did you have another dream?
27. I know this is sudden but, you need to get ready, pack a bag and take whatever you need and what you don't want to leave behind. Lazuli will be with us when we head off.
28. What? Why? Where are we going?
29. To see that mystery woman from your dreams.