The Changing Avenger

by sarahsted

Sarah Sutton is your average 26 year-old, except for the fact that she has a molecular condition that allows her to transform into anyone or anything.. One day she gets the opportunity to become a recruit for the Avengers, an elite team of heroes who protect the Earth from threats too dangerous for any man to stop alone. Once there, the famous Captain America takes Sarah under his

1. Introduction

"You can have a seat in here, someone will be with you shortly." The woman from the front desk said, escorting me to a small lounge area where I was supposed to wait to meet someone about becoming a recruit for -- wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. I should probably start by telling you who I am. So, I'm Sarah Sutton, I'm 26, and I live in Brooklyn, New York. (Gee, sounds like my online dating profile..) I'm originally from New Jersey, but I moved to the city for school when I was 18. Didn't really get too far at college though because when I was 19, I somehow developed some kind of molecular disorder that screwed the structure of the cells and atoms in my body. Apparently I'm the only known case, so there wasn't anything to do about it except to either become some sort of human lab rat, or stay at home alone and do nothing. I chose the later. So, I could go into all the scientific jargon that barely sounds like english, or I can tell you the short hand, easy version of it.

I'm a shape shifter.

(Sorry if I let down the scientifically inclined people out there, I'm just trying to get this done quick)

I know, it sounds pretty crazy, but well, that's my life.. heh.

For the first few years, I couldn't control anything, so I was constantly turning into random people and things. Of course, that drew a lot of attention my way, and it was mostly negative, so being the angsty teenager I was, I cut off all in person interaction I had with friends, family, and just the general outside world; locking myself in my apartment like a hermit. For the past 6 years, I've spent most ot my time learning to control the changes caused by the molecular condition. I also joined an online self defense class, because why the hell not, I do live in New York after all. Now that I've gotten a pretty good handle of the shape shifting thing, I do have to say, it does come in handy sometimes too. Don't get me wrong I'm not doing anything "nefarious" or illegal, it's just good for prank phone calls and as a cool party trick for voice "impressions" or whatever (not that I've ever gotten to use it as a party trick, but still). I guess I somehow caught someone's attention though because the other day I got a weird phone call from a blocked number asking me about my "abilities", then received an address in Upstate New York to go to; which is how ended up here.

So now that you know the basics, let's get back to the important par