Chapter One

A Hero Appears

A dark skin female looked out over Malibu area with sharp icy blue eyes. Her dark Auburn hair blowing slightly in the breeze. Her outfit was a unique one, a black long sleeve under a blue corset like top held by a white color and white bands on her shoulders. She had long black pants with blue shorts over them. White knee high boots and a black mask that came from her neck up to her nose. She didn't mind if people looked at her weird or labeled her as a wanna be Hero. She just came out a month and a half ago from hiding after two years.

"Took me a while but I finally got the hang of it….Well I think I do." She talked out loud to herself.

She walked along the building line everyone once in awhile jumping the gap that came from the buildings being apart. She never really liked being down on the city streets but at the same time not being too high in the air. Glancing down she watched as a man carrying a little girl walked out of a store. Within moments she knew who it was, Tony Stark and his daughter, Audra Stark. Looking down at the two of them the female watched as they laughed and had a good time.

"No Taylor...that's a life you never can have…" The Teen, Taylor, Sighed.

A faint memory crept into the young girls brain of bringing that happy once. Shaking it aside she remembered the reason she moved...well more like RAN to Malibu. One it was safer there, two it was far away from them. And by them, it would be Hydra. Hydra had created a mutant serum that now ran through the teen's vines hers long with many other High School kids. A project known as Project 65.

Taylor though was different, she had the cure as well. And that Cure was not stabilizing in her blood just yet. Giggling cut through The Teen's thought process makin her look down at Tony stark and his daughter.

"Been a good girl for your mommy?" Tony asked his daughter he was now carrying.

"Uh-Hu! A really good girl!" Audra giggled out.

Tony smiled and kissed Audra's forehead. "That's my princess."

The Taylor's heart broke at the sight and she spat out, "Families, who needs them…"

Trying to get away from them she started to walk along the buildings again trying to clear her head. But She kept looking down to see Tony and his daughter. Eventually Audra's bright blue eyes looked up and stared at Taylor as she walked and jumped across the gap in a building. Taylor looked down their eyes meeting.

"OH CRAP!...wait I'm in my Hero form Bubblegum...she won't recognize me or anything." Taylor calmed down and broke eye contact with Audra.

Taylor jumped the gap of the buildings to hear Audra gasp.

"Daddy…?"

"What is it, Aud?" Tony asked his daughter.

It in a matter of seconds she pointed up at Taylor, who happened to be looking down again. Taylor didn't stop she kept walking trying her best to ignore them.

"She's doing that thing that Aunt Nat and Spy Guy does."

"Odd is she a new Shield Agent?" Tony asked.

Taylor rolled her eyes, She respected Shield and all they did but she didn't nor would she ever think about joining up with them. She started ignoring them more but she could still feel their eyes on her.

"PLease….Look away!" Taylor Prayed.

A car screeching to a halt caught her attention as well as Tony's.

"MUTANT!"

People started running away from a road making Taylor smirk now she can get to work. Jumping down she ignored the fact that she was being watched and landed right in front of Tony and his daughter. She bolted over and around the corner to see a male teen on fire.

"YEP definitely one of them." Taylor muttered out loud.

By one of them Taylor knows these Mutants as the H.S.M.'s High School Mutations. Taylor reached into her hip bag and pulled out three Ice blue bubblegum.

"Perfect." She smirked.

She wished she was faster at checking cause the Fire guy punched her across the face sending her flying on the pavement. Pushing herself off the ground, Taylor glanced over her shoulder sneering at the guy.

"DADDY Help her!"

"NO!" Taylor thought and turned to see Tony setting his daughter down.

The fire Guy threw fireballs at Taylor and at The Starks. Reacting, She threw the three gumballs having them explode and creating an ice barrier. Taylor smiled under her mask knowing they were okay only to be grabbed and thrown at the ice. Hitting it with her back she slide to the bottom and groaned a bit.

"Ow…" She muttered standing to her legs.

"RUN!" Tony muffled shouted from behind the ice.

Taylor threw a look over her shoulder giving him an almost "I got this" look. She turned back to the guy and charged. He threw a punch only this time she caught it and dug her heels in the ground.

"Leave...Them. Out of this." Taylor growled.

"WHY DO YOU CARE!?" He snapped at Taylor, "You and I are the same! the FEAR US!"

Taylor had heard this all once before, well more the once. She withdrew a fist and punched him hard in the face causing him to fly to the ground and him hitting it hard.

"Cause it's my job to protect others from others like us…" Taylor told him pulling out a glowing green gumball and placed it in his mouth, "There…."

Taylor stood and knew that they were behind her still. Glancing over her shoulder she gave an icy cold look to the Starks.

"He's down now...get him to a hospital...Also the Ice will melt just go back the way you came…." Taylor told them and jumped away.

"Wait!" Tony Shouted.

Taylor continued to jump from building to building to get away. Once far enough she looked back and collapsed to her knees.

"That was a little more than I expected…." Taylor thought out loud again.

Tony had watched Taylor go making him wonder, who she was and why a girl so young was out fighting Hydra's Mutants. A hand gripping his made him look down at his daughter, her blue eyes looking up at him in wonder. Gently he ruffled her brown hair before scooping her up in his arms.

"She's gone...Daddy who is she?" She asked him.

"Not sure, Aud...but I'll talk to Fury about her." Tony told her, "Let's go home."

He walked away holding his daughter close still thinking of the teenager from earlier. And the fact that she wasn't that old She looked like she was only 16 or maybe 15. Not only that but she was super thin. Almost like she hadn't eaten in days. Also even though she gave him and Audra a cold look, he could almost see a silent plea from her.