One of the team
1. Perfection
Hello readers, welcome to my newest story "One of the team". I decided to keep everyone happy by doing a story about Steve Rogers and an OC as well as one about Loki and an OC. The OC in this is VERY different from my OC called Daya in my other story. Imagine her with the moves of Ezio from Assassins creed, because that's how agile and skilled she is, just thought I would point that out for you guys. This story will include a whole bunch of marvel characters sneaking in appearances, so enjoy the romance along with the adventure. I would also like to point out that although Loki is in this story, the timeline in the avengers or any of the marvel characters is not accurate for how events occurred in the comics, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten all the cameos I wanted in. Also, the avengers in this have already "assembled" rather than meeting just before Loki's invasion. Let's get started, enjoy!
Fury walked through the long, hospital like basement of the Avengers new mansion in New York with Steve Rogers in tow. Steve had never seen Fury ever seem excited about something before, but he was almost running to the labs.
"I thought you said messing with Gamma radiation was out of the programs now? Because of what happened to Bruce, not to mention plenty of others" Steve asked patiently.
"This isn't gamma radiation Rogers, this is creating life, from a tiny strand of DNA we have managed to create the perfect human being. It's a miracle, people would kill for this revolution in science, and people could clone armies. We would have a lot of trouble on our plates. Even Oscorp or people like doctor Octavius haven't advanced this far."
Steve shrugged, he had only really just started to get used to life in modern day New York, let alone these huge advances in science. Heck, he was still an old fashioned Christian boy.
"How do you even know its human DNA? I thought you said Stark found it at the bottom of the ocean? It could be a fish?" Roger's asked.
"Well, we don't actually know if it's human DNA. Believe me it isn't a fishes DNA. Stark noticed it and saw it looked very different from anything he has ever seen, that much is true. We have only been able to run standard tests and nothing out of the ordinary has shown up on our systems, but who knows, there could still be a lot of surprises" Fury answered.
As Fury led him into the labs Steve noticed the large array of scientists looking particularly flustered as they fled around the room with their clipboards, pushing their glasses back on their faces trying to look busy. Steve saw the large cylindrical tank at the end of the room that seemed to be the focus of everyone's attention. A human was growing in the tank, wires and tubes attached to it, and then he saw, it wasn't just a human, it was a woman, and she was beautiful. She was beautiful and naked. Her eyes were closed, and she seemed to be in a deep, peaceful sleep.
Steve averted his eyes, his cheeks turning red. "You could have warned me agent Fury".
Fury laughed. "Here she is. Project Aphrodite, and isn't she perfect. Roger's you can look, she isn't conscious just yet."
"Aphrodite?"
"Yes, you know after the Greek goddess. She is the perfect specimen of human life, so I think her name is suitable" Fury said.
"I always thought Aphrodite had blonde hair? I mean she is beautiful but she doesn't look like an Aphrodite".
"Sorry if she doesn't fit the image you want Rogers, but we at Shield think she's pretty good. Even Stark thinks it's a great result" Fury answered the captain.
"How can she breathe in that? It's water right?"
"It's a formula Banner created, it's got added oxygen and healing properties in it, it helps her growth. It kind of works as cryogenic storage, except, she can physically develop when she's in it. Banner explained it without it sounding impossible anyway. We only started on this a week ago and she is already fully formed. Once she wakes up she won't be able to breathe in there, her human senses will kick in almost instantly. If she is as good as we all hope" Fury said.
Steve stared at her again, avoiding looking at her naked body. Her curly dark red hair flowed around her gently and her full red lips parted slightly, he wondered if she had drowned and people couldn't notice. It seemed so surreal to see a human just there, in a tank of fluid, floating peacefully. Stark had given him a cell phone a week ago and now he was staring at a man-made human being.
"So when does she wake up?" Steve asked.
"We can't be entirely certain, but Banner thinks it should be in the next few days. We have scientists monitoring her progress every day though, she is in safe hands. We can't afford to let her slip, we have never gotten this far before, and she has shown excellent survival skills already, and she's not even conscious yet".
"Well, she's very, pretty" Steve muttered.
"No Captain, she is perfection. I was thinking once she wakes up, maybe once we have gotten past the initial tests with her, you would help her, show her around. I figured you two would have a lot in common, new to this world and all that. What do you say?"
Steve hesitated, this could be a big responsibility, and what if she was crazy? What if she went wrong? What if she hated him? Her hands moved in the fluid slowly and Steve frowned over at Fury.
"Oh, that's ok, she just twitches sometimes. It's natural, she is probably dreaming" fury assured Steve.
"Dreaming? About what? She doesn't know anything yet" Steve said.
"I don't know Rogers, I'm in charge of the initiative, not a damn mind reader. Maybe she just sees colours, blurred shapes, and random things? So, what do you say, want to be her teacher?"
Steve nodded. "I guess it's worth a shot, it's not like I have anything to lose by doing it".
"I'm glad you agreed to it Rogers, you would be a better example for her anyway. I kind of think all of our work would go to waste if her role model had to be Stark, and yes, he already offered. I told him you would already do it".
"Great, so I have no choice really?"
Fury looked at the tank and then at Steve. "Well, no, not really. I just thought I would ask to be polite" he smiled before leaving Steve to stare at the growing human.
Steve stared at her a while longer, he finally gave in to curiosity and let his eyes wander over her body. She was tall for a woman he thought, with an athletic build. Long legs and, well he was a gentleman enough to not stare at the next part of her. She had a slender stomach with just the very faint outlines of a six-pack.
He had never seen a woman with even just the traces of one, but it looked good on her, she still seemed very feminine. Her shoulders were slender too and her arms were athletic looking as well. He had caught sight of her breasts, only briefly, they were seemingly perfect, he had never seen a real woman naked before, only some photos of pin-up girls Bucky had given him once as a joke. He didn't have much to compare to but she seemed perfect to him, just as fury had said she was.
As his eyes travelled up to her face, he stepped back in shock. Her wonderfully bright violet eyes had snapped open, and she was staring straight at Steve.
So that was more of a prologue then a real chapter, I know it was short. It was just to explain what "project Aphrodite" looks like and to introduce some of the characters and some of the connections they have to her. So Steve is going to be her teacher, stay tuned to find out how that goes. In regards to the projects appearance. Think of her hair in the style of Merida's from the new Disney movie Brave, but not quite as big and wild, but you get the idea. It also has tinges of purple in it and it's a dark red, not carrot orange. I wanted to make her eyes violet because a lot of OC's have normal eye colours.
I wanted to make her as unique as I could without it looking really odd. The hair therefore kind of goes with her eyes, but the purple in her hair is faint, not really obvious unless you stand really close. No outfit yet, she's just in her birthday suit, much to Steve's surprise. Until next time guys, review to let me know what you guys think. I appreciate it is probably too early to make it a favourite for you, but hopefully you guys will like it enough to add it to your favourites in the future