The Avengers

Chapter 1: A Normal Day

I woke up in bed to the sound of the bin men outside my window carelessly tossing bags of rubbish about. I drew back the curtains and peered, dreary eyed, through the window. I saw my cat Geoffrey playing in the front garden, chasing a butterfly with not a care in the world. Then I heard the screech of car tires, a large navy blue van skidded to a halt at the top of my road. Men in S.W.A.T-like gear filed out of the vehicle, followed but Dr. Octopus. I knew at once I had to get my family out of there. I threw on some clothes and ran downstairs.

"Did you hear that John sounded like a car accident!" my mum casually said to me. I whirled round to face her with a look of urgency sprawled across my face. "We need to get out of here now! Get everyone up and out." I turned to the wall on my left and found the hidden switch beneath my T.V. I flicked it and the wall in front of me revolved on a pivot revealing a large gun rack. "John, tell me right now what's going on?" My mum looked at me bewildered by what she saw before her. "Look I don't have time to explain but right now we are all in grave danger, you need to trust me." She looked at me then at the gun rack. "Ok…" She hurried upstairs and got the others up, I peered out the window, the men were knocking on doors and busting them down if there was no answer. They were looking for me. I turned my attention to the gun rack, what would I need? I grabbed my "go bag" in it was three different passports, an encrypted phone, cash and a Glock pistol. I then grabbed an m16 and slung it over my shoulder.

My whole family were downstairs now, their faces painted with confusion and fear. I addressed them, "Look I haven't been completely honest with you guys, I am an agent working undercover for Shield and have been for the past two years. Right now my cover has been compromised, so we need to get out of here ASAP!" The each looked at me, wide eyed in disbelief. My two brothers, my sister, her friend and my mum all just stood there. "We have to go now, follow me." They did as they were told. I ran into my back garden and hopped the fence into my neighbours'. Then I smashed through their back window with the butt of my gun. I heard a gunshot. My family reacted instantly, ducking their heads down. I knew I should help, but my family were the priority so I carried on. I made my way through their house into their garage. My sister found the keys on a hook next to the door and unlocked their car. We all piled in, with me in the driver's seat. I heard our houses door being knocked on. Before setting off I turned around to face my family, they all looked mortified, "These people are after me, they will do anything to get to me for what I know, and that is why it is essential we get away. We don't have much time before they get to us but before they do is there anything you would like to say?" No one spoke. "Right, let's get going then; buckle in because this is going to be a bumpy ride."

I put the car into reverse and drove backwards a yard or two. Then I clicked the button which began opening the garage door. When it was about half way I span the wheels up creating a cloud of smoke. I then let go of the break and went speeding through the garage door chipping the bottom of it. We sped out onto the road slamming into one of the doctor's men. I turned the car round and sped off down the road. I could see Dr. Octopus ordering men to get into the van and chase me down. I accelerated way passed the speeding limit and onto the motorway.

I joined the traffic and accelerated further to overtake the cars in front of me. Swerving in and out of the various lanes I glanced at my wing mirror and saw the blue van was not far behind. I put my foot down and tried to widen the gap, but it was no use, they were closing in. We were in the outside lane and there was a junction coming up. I took it, span round the round-a-bout, cruised across the bridge and drove onto the other side of the road. I knew it was risky but I had to do it. I raced up the wrong side of the motorway against oncoming traffic. Various car horns sounded, but I ignored them. Luckily for me my reflexes were impeccable so I managed to weave my way in and out of the cars. The van took the exit and was on the hard shoulder, almost parallel to me, just what I wanted. I powered down the motorway, causing them to speed up. A head of me I saw my chance, a gap in the barrier separating the two sides of the motorway. I crossed the lanes and narrowly avoided a collision with a rather large lorry. My evil counterpart was not so lucky, they slammed into a 4x4 truck and spun off of the road.

We had escaped, for now. I looked at my brother in the rear view mirror, "Dan, reach into my bag, there should be a phone in there, got it?" My brother fumbled around in the bag and emerged a few seconds later with a small, black mobile phone. "Great, now turn it on and unlock it, the password is 0247. Next go into the contacts and phone Nick Fury, put it on speaker." The dial sound filled the car as everyone waited in anticipation to see what would happen next. "Hello…" Nick Fury's deep voice emanated from the phone. "Director Fury this is John Chase code 2120, requesting immediate evac to the helicarrier. I am here with five civilians who are in danger as they have been spotted with me. Fury stayed silent for a few seconds, "Look John we need you out of there now, you are too valuable. I'm sending a jet to your location now." I replied "But sir that wouldn't be able to take all of us!" "Look the helicarrier is over New York right now, it would take us 24 hours to get to you." Fury explained. "No Nick, I'm staying here with my family, I can keep them safe for 24 hours, just make sure you are on time." Nick Fury agreed, and then signed off.

"If we are going to remain hidden you are all going to need to follow a few rules; first of all, no using your phones, they can be tracked. Secondly, no using any credit cards, they too can be tracked. Finally, do exactly what I say when I say it. Got that?" A few mumbles resembled a yes. "I know this must be strange for you but for now this is just the situation." The rest of the journey we sat in silence. I drove for about five hours up the country to Leeds. We stopped off in a hotel and decided to stay there for the night. I had my own room and had told everyone else to stay in theirs, so I had plenty of time to myself. I began wonder what it would be like if I told them about my power. I hadn't had to use them so far so