The avengers. I thought as I laid with my feet up against the wall staring in disbelief at my phone. Earths mightiest hero's.
I was reading an article about them. There real. I've seen Tony Stark (ironman) flying around New York, and trust me I've heard all about captain America and Thor... And the hulk, my dads obsessed, so are the kids at my school. And I mean, I think it's pretty cool we have all these amazing people fighting for us, but the hulk in New York? He could do more damage then good.
I stood up, pacing.
Why were they here? There must be something pretty bad going on.
"Ava!" I heard my dad call, "it's time for school!" I sighed. I was in grade 12. Which means lots and lots of homework. It was almost graduation though, only a few more weeks. "Ava your going to be late!" He called again. I slowly got up and walked over to my dresser. I put on a blue shirt and jeans. Then I went to the bathroom and brushed through my hair, putting it up in a messy bun. I splashed some cold water on my face, trying to rub the sleep form my eyes. When I got downstairs I found the house was empty. My dad had already left for work. I walked over to be fridge to grab some milk. On the fridge was a note from my dad. It read:
Had to run out early to catch the avengers in action. Here some money for the bus. Love you. -dad
I sighed. My dad was a reporter, which meant he always had to leave to go catch things in action. I grabbed the bus money and drank down my milk.
I looked toward the clock, it read 7:56. I'd have to run if I wanted to catch the 8 o'clock bus. I grabbed my bag, stuffing the money in my pocket, and headed out the door.
It was a beautiful morning. The sun was rising, creating a golden illusion across the sky. I breathed in the fresh air, then began to jog towards the bus stop. I got there with 2 minutes to spare. I checked my phone again and saw a message from Danny.
Danny: hey! Your dad texted me asking me to pick you up at the bus stop at 8:00. See you then!
Ah Danny. He'd always been there for me. Some people thought we were siblings. We both had dirty blonde hair, looped noses, dark blue eyes. We weren't siblings though. Just best friends. I think it bothered him more then me, but oh well, we're both used to it. I checked my phone for the time, 7:59. It turned 8:00 just as he pulled up in an old blue truck he bought when he got his drivers licence.
"Hey!" I said as I climbed in.
"Hey" he said back.
"Thanks for coming on such short notice." I thanked him.
"No problem, I'm happy to." He gave me that look when I knew he was deep in thought. "Did you hear about the avengers?" He asked.
"Did I?" I said sarcastically,"you do know my dad right?" He laughed.
"Yeah, I thought he would be excited."
He said.
"You think?" I said smiling.
"Earths mightiest hero's!" Danny said in a fake accent. I laughed.
"Shut up." I said smiling.
We got to school at 8:29. 1 minute before the bell rang. It was a normal morning, math, history and chemistry in the morning. I had lunch with Danny at 12:00 until 1:10. We talked about seeing a movie after school and what books we were going to read over summer.
The lunch lady turned on the tv. This is what happened.
An unknown race has invaded New York. The avengers are trying to keep these invaders under control, but these aliens might be to strong, even for them.
It was my dad. He was on the scene as the unknown race spilled through some kind of portal.
"Oh my god, it's your dad!" Exclaimed Danny. I nodded breathily heavily. I swallowed hard. What are those creatures? I thought. Suddenly one of the creatures came behind my dad and shot him. His face contorted in pain, then his eyes rolled back and he crumpled to the ground.
"No!" I screamed. That's when the school evacuation alarm went off. Teachers started streaming into the lunch room.
"Get to the basement!" One yelled.
"Hurry!" Another one yelled.
"C'mon, we have to get to the basement!" Danny yelled over the alarm, pulling me towards the door. I stared blankly at the screen.
"He... He's dead, my dad... My dads dead." I said, in shock.
"Ava we have to go!" Danny said, ushering me forward.
"This morning, he was drinking coffee in the kitchen, being a nerd as usual, now he's dead." I said.
"I know, but we have to go anyways." He said. I nodded and let him lead me to the door that led to the basement. Just before we reached the basement door, I ripped myself from Danny's grasp and dashed out into the hall, running towards the door, that led outside. "Eva!" He yelled but I just ignored him. I burst through the doors just as ironman flew over top of my head with a group of the aliens flying behind him. Everything was on fire. Cars were turned over. Buildings were smashed. It was like I was in a slow motion haze. I tried to remember where I saw my dad, it was just by stark tower. I thought. I looked around trying to find it. Got it. It was close enough to run there.
I started to run full speed, making sure there were no aliens in my path. I rounded a corner, and saw a group of aliens not 10 feet away from me. They saw me too. They made a most disturbing snarl and I slowly backed up. The one in the middle lifted up its gun and pulled the trigger. I prepared myself for death. But it never came. I waited. But nothing happened. I opened my eyes and saw captain America, blocking the bullets with his shield.
"Run!" He yelled, "go hide." I started running to stark tower once again, being more carful this time. I saw some aliens here and there but always hid until they got distracted by something else. Once I reached stark tower, I saw my dad. Crumpled in a heap on the street. I felt tears stinging in my eyes as I ran to him.
"Dad?" I said as I knelt beside him. I shook him slightly. Tears started streaming down my face. "Please dad, dad? Don't be dead." I pleaded. I brought his head in my lap and sobbed.