(Hello, people! So, this is a new story of mine. Based on The Avengers! Or at least after the whole movie thing. It's all about Tony Stark, Steve Rodgers, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Something-Something (Still trying to remember his last name!), Thor, Nick Fury, and all the other's! PLUS, my OC. So, I shall quit my unneccesary talking. Typing, sorry. O.k. Read onto Chapter One!)
A/N First off I need to introduce my character... So, here we go...
Chapter One; Welcome To The Avengers
Contessa Sleep was never different. Bright blonde wavy hair going a few inches past her shoulders. A model figure and large blue eyes. She was once a strong, independent, and popular. See, her family has always been involved with the law. Not in a bad way! Her dad, Thomas Sleep, was a cop. Cheif to be exact. He always played Cop's & Robbers with little, 4 year old Contessa. She'd be the cop, always shouting her catch frase, 'Freeze!' Her dad would always scream and wail as he fell to the ground from an imaginary taser. Age 13, she'd literally freeze her beverages. Her mother would inite her friend's over. All were soccer mom's. Cheery, gossiping, soccer mom's. Contessa would be forced to hold the iced tea while they gossiped. Hours on end she'd keep the tea cold.
She'd only ever known about her freezing ability when an accident happened. She'd been begging her father to play Cop's & Robbers. He'd agreed after minutes of begging. They played and finally Contessa cornerd the bad guy. She grinned and held up her two fingers in hand gun formation. 'Freeze!' And boy did her father freeze...
The damage was critical. Her father wouldn't look at her. Her mother used her abilities to hold tea. And now at age of 24, a waitress. Ironic? No. She was hired because of her quick feet. See, she didn't just do waitress job's... She sometime's went into burning building's and helped out the police department of Chicago. She didn't really talk to the police or get assigned on a case but really, Contessa didn't care. The local newspaper considered her a heroine. Miss 'Freeze' Very original. Better than that Incredibles movie with 'Frozone' or whatever. O.k. Not better but different.
So, here she was. Lonely, pretty, waitress/heroine. What could go wrong...?
A/N So, now that we have Contessa's back story... We can get to the real story! Yay! Let's get this show on the road! Oh, and! Her powers are like the Incredible's 'Frozone' Like his. Continue!
"Hello, I'll be your server tonight. How can I help you?" Contessa smiled down at the elderly couple sitting in front of her. She didn't exactly like to serve the elderly, but she got paid of she was fast and served with a smile.
"Oh! Well, to drink. I'd like..." The man started, "Tea-nooooo... Just some coffee-no! Tea! I'll have tea!"
"Very well, and you, miss?" Contessa was so wising that Marcus was here with her blood results... Then she could finally get ansewers on how she became cold. Marcus was her best friend. He had brown hair swooping up in the front. Like a mohawk except there was hair on the side's. He was tan with brown eyes and had black framed glasses that he'd had since he turned 19.
"Just some coffee." The woman stated. Contessa smiled and turned around to walk towards the kitchen. She grabbed to glass cup's and filled one with tea, the other with coffee.
"Contessa! Table 3! There's a spill!" Contessa sighed as she obeyed her bosses orders. She grabbed a mop and set the two drinks down at the couple's table. The diner she worked at was nice. Small, and not as loud as the bustling city outside the glass window's. Crime rate's were suitably low on this block, making more people come here than any other restauraunt. Contessa cleaned up the small spill at Table 3 as the door burst open.
"Contessa! It's finished!" Contessa's eyes shot up and she grinned at Marcus. She pulled off her apron, grabbed her bag, and ignored her bosses threat's. She would gladly lose her job.
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"So, I compared it with other super hero's. You are a super hero, right? But, anyway. You have some strange cell's lurking about in your blood stream. See, this one? This is not supposed to be there. And it's blue! You have blue blood cell's. I've taken into consideration how they got there, but there are no solid lead's. One, your an alien. Two, someone expiremented on you. Was there any freaky guy that was everywhere but no one noticed him?" Marcus was a rambler. Once he got started talking about something he liked. He'd never stop talking. Never!
"No. No creepy stalker guy's... But, a blue blood cell!" Contessa sighed as she looked around the old warehouse. Being friend's with a super nerdy guy had it's perks. One, he could break into any security detail. Two, he had amazing tech gear. Three, he was very sweet. Four, smart-ness + super hero = SAVING THE WORLD. Granted it was somethig Contessa had never done before. And five, he had a huge warehouse. Simple and easy secret space to run and hide when being chased by some bad guys.
"O.k. Well, I have the police radio hooked up. And it's getting dark... Suit up?" Contessa grinned. She loved her job.
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"O.k. 3rd street! It's a burglary! You know that nice little jewelry shop? The one with the earring's my mom want's?" Marcus asked through the ear piece. Contessa smiled as she sped along the roof tops. Her 'suit' was pure white. Her mask was simple. Covering her blond hair with blue goggles conecting the sides of the hood. When she looked through the goggles, she saw escape routes, possible exits and entrances; all courtesy of Marcus Zimmermen. With boot's up to the knee and white fingerless gloves. The suit was always kept in an ice cold chamber pod to make sure that Contessa would be able to freeze enemies. The suit zipped up, but stopped just above her cleavage. Not showing to much, but showing enough.
"Gotcha! Hey, did you here about the sale there?" Contessa questioned.
"Yes! My mom was extatic when I called to tell her." Contessa laughed as she jumped down into the ally besides the exit of Gemmy's Jewelry.
"I'm here. Entrance?" Contessa asked.
"Your in!" Marcus cried as the door clicked. Contessa grinned and pushed the door open with her fingertips. She stepped in and jumped when her earpiece screamed. She heard footstep's running away. Great. Then she realized that the screaming was Marcus.
"Marcus! What's going on! Dammit! Ansewer me!" There was silence then Marcus's heavy breathing.
"There's a bunch of guy's here. Suit's and everything." Contessa groaned as she stood in the middle of the jewelry store with a shaking cop in front of her.
"Look. Before you arrest me. Can I have some water?" Contessa questioned. The cop stood shaking and nodded. Contessa moved over to the small water fountain with plastic cup's stacked on top. She grabbed a cup and filled it with water. She took a long drink and swished in her mouth before swallowing.
"Freeze!" She shouted. The man was instantly covered in ice. As well as the door and window's. The priceless jewelry was all coated in frost. Contessa grinned and skated out.
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"Marcus!" Contessa skated towards the warehouse and groaned. The building had at least 3 cars in front of it. All black with tinted window's. Contessa raced for the door. She burst in and froze the first two people she saw. Both wearing full body leather outfit's. One had red curly hair, and the other had blonde, messy hair.
"Halt! Who are you!" Her mouth dropped as she looked up at the tall, buff, blond man in front of her. Oh snap... She thought.
"Uhm... Contessa Sleep?" She sounded like she was asking a question.
"Is that really what human's are wearing these day's?" The man chuckled and shook his head. Contessa stumbled and fell back. "Oh! Here, let me help you up. Then you must leave." He held out a hand. Contessa tried to hide her smirk as she took his hand. He froze instantley.
"Thanks." She patted the frozen statue and quickly continued into her warehouse. She froze. Which wasn't normal. She spun in a circle and heard a whisper.
"Come here!" She dove over beside Marcus before anybody noticed her. The room was full. Their equipment was being taken away. Marcus tensed as he noticed his 'toys' disapearing.
"Marcus... Don't be dumb..." She warned. "Marcus!" She said quietly.
"Hey! You don't hold it like that!" Marcus stepped out of their hiding spot.
"Sorry?" A man with an eyepatch questioned.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit..." Contessa muttered over and over. These people were trespassing and Marcus was telling them how to pick up his equipment.
"Well... Your going to break it, and that has some important stuff on it." Marcus seemed to have lost his spunk and his voice was slowly getting quiter.
"Wait, this is your work?" A man I recognized asked. Tony Stark or Iron Man was in my warehouse stealing Marcus's equipent. Marcus must've noticed since he fainted. "Huh, that's never happened before."
"Sir! Agent Romanoff and Agent Barton(?) are frozen! So is Thor!" An agent entered frranticly. Contessa froze the ground in front of him and he slid forward until he was at the boot's of the man with the eyepatch. She clapped a hand over her mouth to stop her giggles. That was not supposed to happen.
"She's here." The man turned to another agent, "Spread out. Find her! She's frozen some of our hero's! We need them back!" Agent's ran in all different direction's trying to find her. Contessa pressed against the crate she was hiding behind. She closed her eyes to think.
"Found her!" Her eyes shot open and she screamed. A man she didn't recognize stood in front of her. He had curly brown hair with glassessitting crookedly on his nose. Contessa jumped over the crate and backed up.
"Don't come any closer!" Contessa tripped over something and landed on her butt. Her legs across the chest of Marcus Zimmerman. She fell back with a groan.
Marcus shot up and groaned. He looked to his right and grinned. Contessa Sleep sat there in all her glory.
"Hey Contessa. When did you get here?" Contessa stood up and dragged Marcus up with her.
"What do you want with us?" She demanded. Marcus tried to focus but he couldn't. He'd never felt connected to Contessa but right now, he felt something. Something he'd never felt before. He wasn't sure what it was, but it was making him want to kiss her right then. Despite the fact that they had gun's pointed at them.
"Stand down!" The man with the eyepatch shouted.
"What is he wearing? Are pirate's in fashion this year?" Marcus muttered just so Contessa could hear. She cracked a smile and he grinned in spite of himself.
"Look, we are with SHEILD and we are recruiting people with special talent's." Marcus grinned.
"SHEILD? I've heard of that. Avengers Initiave. I showed it to you." Marcus stated. "Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. There director." He pointed at the man with the eyepatch, "Must be Nick Fury." Contessa smiled at Marcus.
"Thank goodness you research." She stated.
"I try." He put an arm around her shoulder. Contessa stepped out from his arm.
"So, SHEILD? Special talent's. I got em'. But if you want me to come. I have one condition..." Contessa said.
"What?" Fury asked.
"Marcus Zimmerman has to come with me and have all of his equipment in his own office." She stated.
"Yes! Finally an upgrade!" Marcus exclaimed while jumping around.
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"I can't believe I said yes!" Contessa jumped onto her bed. Across the hall Marcus was making sure his lab was perfect. Contessa turned on her radio and smiled as the lyrics of 'Misery' filled her ears. Maroon 5 wasn't her favorite band but she enjoyed some of their song's. Her door opened to reveal Marcus dancing in. Contessa laughed.
"Your salty skin and how it mixes in with mine! The way it feels to be completley intertwined! Not that I didn't care, It's that I didn't know!" Marcus sang out. A knock caused them to both stop. Their eye's shot up to meet Nick Fury.
"Meeting. 5 minutes. Get changed." He ordered. Marcus 'oohed' as he left Contessa's room. She shut the door and pulled on the outfit that had been left for her. A full body black leather suit. Like the two she'd frozen first at the warehouse. She walked out of the room to see Marcus wearing a leather jacket with a white shirt and nice jeans. He grinned.
"What do ya think?" He spun in a circle.
"Stunning." She stated and began to walk down the hall. "Come on! We'll be late!" Contessa led the way down the hall's of the helicarrier. Guessing where to go was the hard part.
"Left or right..." She heard behind her.
"Right."
"Left." Contessa groaned and turned right. They continued on their way and sure enough, Marcus had been right. A table stood still and waiting. With multiple people sitting around it. Three men and one other girl. Nick Fury stood at the head of the table.
"Take a seat." He gestured to the two chairs at the end. We took a seat and Fury rubbed his eyes. "This is Avengers Team 2.0"
"2.0!" Contessa asked loudly.
"Yes, Ms. Sleep. Maria pass out the folders." The agent beside Fury handed a folder to everyone in the room. Contessa looked down at her folder. She opened it up and stared down at the first page. A picture of one of the females sat there and information below it.
NAME: Veronica Espenoza
CODE NAME: Indy
JOB: Teacher
AGE: 20
SEX: Female
ABILITIES: Invisibility
ACCIDENTS: 10th birthday. Disapeared. Invisible. Lost. No knowledge of her parents. Found 9 years later. Awake in the middle of a field. An expirement.
ACTIVE
The next page had another woman that was sitting at that very table.
NAME: Alexandria Case
CODE NAME: Switch
JOB: Chef
AGE: 19
SEX: Female
ABILITIES: Metamorphagus
ACCIDENTS: Mauled 3 hunters when in 'bear form'
Recent discovery. 17. Changed into a bear on a camping trip with friends. Friends are missing. Hasn't returned home since.
ACTIVE
Contessa turned the page and saw a picture of herself. She quickly read her report.
NAME: Contessa Sleep
CODE NAME: Freeze
JOB: Waitress
AGE: 21
SEX: Female
ABILITIES: Ice/Water/Freeze
ACCIDENTS: Caught by police, thought to be criminal & accidently killed her father 7 year old. Playing game with father. Froze him. Mother used her as a waitress
ACTIVE
Contessa hurried to read the next page. A boy was on this page.
NAME: Dylan Cosby
CODE NAME: Daredevil
JOB: Mechanic
AGE: 22
SEX: Male
ABILITIES: Strength
ACCIDENTS: Crushed house 3 when he lifted his parents and put them on the roof of his house.
ACTIVE
Contessa smiled at this one's accident record and turned the page.
NAME: Sam Rutz
CODE NAME: Doc
JOB: Scientist
AGE: 30
SEX: Male
ABILITIES: Fly/Teleportation/Healing
ACCIDENTS: Teleported his mother into the Atlantic Ocean Father kicked him out when he caught him flying in the back yard
ACTIVE
Contessa looked up and smiled at all the members. Only one more page.
NAME: Franklin Tanks
CODE NAME: Ricochet
JOB: Cop
AGE: 19
SEX: Male
ABILITIES: Invincibility to an extent
ACCIDENTS: Jumped off of the Eifle Tower
ACTIVE
"So, look's like everyone's done reading. Any questions?" Fury asked.
"Uh... yeah. He's not in here?" Franklin, Contessa guessed, pointed at Marcus.
"Oh! He's my..." Contessa looked at him crookedly.
"Sidekick. When we were in Chicago, I helped her out. Sidekick." Marcus confirmed. "Marcus Zimmerman." Franklin nodded. The door opened to reveal the one and only Tony Stark.
"Fury! What do we have here!" He asked loudly.
"The Avengers 2.0" Fury stated. Tony turned and looked us with an open mouth.
"2.0?" He closed his mouth, "I have to get the team. I mean- my team." He raced out of the room.
"That was Tony Stark. Or Iron Man!" Alexandria exclaimed.
"Yeah..." Dylan rolled his eyes at her. Contessa smiled at the two's glare-fest. She began humming 'Your Biggest Mistake' by Ellie Goulding. A song her mother used to sing to her.
"Darling, please. Try and sleep." Contessa giggled.
"Sing to me first." Contessa's mother sighed but sat down anyway. Contessa closed her eyes as her mother smoothed Contessa's hair back.
"Wipe the mud spray from the face, stop the engine, stop pretending. Wipe the mud spray from your face, stop the engine. Yeah, stop stop pretending... that your still breathing." Contessa smiled as she felt her mother kiss her forehead.
Contessa blinked when she heard multiple people enter the room. She grew tense and felt her cold sences kick in.
"Avengers 2.0! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!" Thor bellowed. There was silence in the room.
"Chill out, man." Contessa said suddenly. "Usually I don't feel the need to cool someone off." Thor's eyes hit her face and he groaned.
"That was so not fair! I was being a gentlemen. And you just freeze me!" He sighed.
"You took my hand. I was in the suit." Contessa stated.
"Yeah, the suit doesn't stop her powers from working. She has to be careful or else I would have been frozen at least 20 minutes. It's her one button." Marcus stated. "I designed it."
"I apologize." Contessa stated. "Now can we move on. I'd like to know-"
"You apologize! Ha! I don't believe you!" Thor chuckled as Contessa sighed.
"I. Am. Sorry." Contessa said. "You just can't handle a girl." Contessa smiled as she organized her folder. Suddenly a shout and Thor's hammer was an inch from her face in the table. Contessa stared at it and started shaking.
"Shit..." Marcus muttered. "Now you've done it. She's gonna kill you." Contessa growled.
"O.k. O.k. I'll be quiet." Contessa wipped her head and glared at Marcus before glaring at Thor. Her gaze was like ice. It was cold. Before anyone knew what happened, Thor was on the ground with Contessa on top of her.
"Do that again. I dare you." She stood up and started toward her chair. Suddenly she was grabbed by the waist by Thor, and flund through the glass. She skidded to halt and the silence that met her ears was deafening. She put a hand to her head and heard arguing in the room.
"How dare you!"
"Are you insane!"
"She's our team member!" All of this from her team. She smiled and walked towards the huge whole in the glass. Contessa walked in and grabbed Thor by the ear and dragged him away.
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"Where's Thor?" Marcus asked as she entered the meeting room with a smug smile on her face. A manly scream followed and a crash in the computer banks. Contessa took a seat.
"Where were we?"
A/N AHHHHH! Oh my god! It's finsihed! I am so happy! Personally I loved to write this. I also love reviews... ;) Anyway, I had to make Contessa have a little enemy. Later on I think they'll bacome allie's or omething like that. Character look's are going to be on my profile. Thanks for reading. REVIEW! 3