This one was a break for me, I did not have to do too much research, but I decided halfway through writing that I just loved The Guardians of the Galaxy and had to include them on this adventure.
All of The Council is Original Characters, and Raithbourne is loosely based on two characters from Lord of the Rings. I also based Eloynne loosely off of another goddess, hope you all can catch onto that one.
I am sleep deprived, and exhausted, but this one is going to be an emotional roller coaster for my readers. Lilliana is my brain child, and I am putting her through the ringer for this one big time. I always wanted her to be mush more than the girl Loki and Thor picked off the streets of Seattle, and where Icarus Burning was the game changer for Loki, this is the game changer for Lilliana.
Hope you all love it, and I hope you guys know that I am building to something larger than life.
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Prologue.
Heroines, they are not born
They are made.
A phoenix forms, her ashes rise,
Expose their hell, break Satan's spell.
Fire purifies, it's redemption time.
Tori Amos – Flicker
Seattle, Washington. Twenty six years ago.
"Richard Hawthorne?" The nurse asked him, her crisp, uniform neat and her hair pulled back. He stood, looking at the woman and nodding, she motioned for him to follow her. And he did, he had no other choice in this and he was lost without his wife.
His red hair was a mess, his green eyes exhausted, he needed good news at this point. Ever since the news of her cancer, he had not slept much. Long nights and even longer days, filled with doctors, medicines, chemotherapy, vomiting, and then the horrific news of the pregnancy. His wife then had to make another choice: terminate the pregnancy, or let the cancer run it's course. She chose the wrong path in his mind, she chose to keep that thing inside her. He hid his feelings about it though, and he kept brave for her.
He followed the soft faced woman through the halls of Swedish Medical center, the windows to his right overlooking the Seattle night below him. Only a few months ago the WTO Riots had occurred, making everything a mess all over the city. Now, it was all quiet, the thousands of protesters gone and waiting for the next thing that pissed them all off so they could take to the streets again. Such was life in Seattle anymore, it was getting dangerous to sneeze in this city anymore.
She took him to a room, it was small, and there was a comfortable looking couch against the wall. She left the lights low, and smiled again at him.
"The doctor will be here soon, if you need anything just press the button on the wall." She said and smiled.
"When can I see my wife? When can I see Sakura?" He asked the nurse, and she only smiled in response.
"The Doctor wants to speak with you first sir, I don't have any other information." She said and left. He sank to the couch and buried his face into his hands, waiting again for any further news.
A few minutes turned into an hour, and he waited. He wadded a Kleenex in his hands and tossed it at the wastebasket in the corner. He repeated it again, looking for something to do, was she going to be O.K? Was that thing finally out of her? How much longer did he have to wait before some asshole came in and gave him some semblance of an answer?
Another hour ticked by, and he looked at the door, willing it to open. But it never did. Exhausted eyes closed, and he never realized that he had fallen asleep.
The door startled him awake, and he sat up. He rubbed his eyes, and the Doctor and Oncologist were walking in. Both of them looked sad, and they sat across from him, their eyes unable to meet his.
"Fuck." Richard said, burying his face in his hands again, he already knew what they were going to say. He already knew that the monster inside her had killed her, making him feel shitty for hating a baby.
"We did everything we could, but her body was too weak, she fought to see the baby though. She saw your daughter and smiled in the end, even named her. I would say she passed on, in a very good way, if there is such a thing." The doctor said, and he shook his head, scratching at his stubble. He wanted that thing dead, he did not want that girl.
"The baby is so beautiful, she is so sweet too, the nurses are feeding her and taking care of her. Your wife named her such a beautiful name as well." The Doctor said, trying to put some semblance of polish on it.
"That is not my daughter." Richard choked out and a nurse knocked at the door. A plastic cradle with her, and the Oncologist held it open for her to push it in. He pushed back into the couch and shook his head at the tiny pink wrapped bundle, the baby in it an abomination that killed Sakura.
"Sir, this is your daughter, her name is Lilliana Rose." The Oncologist said and they guided him to the cradle, the baby in it opened two violet eyes and looked up at him. It was a beautiful girl, but it would never be his. He did not want to touch that monster, he did not want anything to do with it.
"I can't have children. This is not my daughter." Richard said, revealing the one thing he never told his wife in five years of marriage.
"I'm sterile."
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Following was taken from SHIELD files kept on one Agent: Lilliana Rose Hawthorne:
The following documents are the property of SHIIELD, and are considered Top Secret, the following Agent is flagged as a high risk for suicide, and self destructive behavior. Please see synopsis and attached criminal record.
(Photo Redacted)
(Photo Redacted)
Height 5 foot, 0 inches.
Weight: 102 pounds.
Eyes: Violet.
Age: 25
Sex: Female.
Identifying Features: Eight pointed star birthmark under left ear. Right ear is pierced five times with a cartilage piercing, left ear four times. Belly button piercing she no longer wears, tongue piercing she also no longer wears. Tattoo of a Cherokee Rose on her right hip.
Race: Human, but DNA tests show a variation from human, may be due to enhanced abilities.
Expected lifespan: (Redacted)
Spouse: Loki, adopted brother of Thor. Race is Asgardian from an unknown female, and Jotun from Laufey, King of the Jotunheim, now deceased according to Thor.
Other Family: Thor (Brother in law), Odin (Father in Law), Unborn child of Agent and Loki.
Grandparents: Disuke and Komiko Sakura. (Disuke died of Pancreatic Cancer Aged 37, Komiko died of heart failure, aged 65.)
Daniel and Suzanne Hawthorne. (Married in London, England. Came to America after WWII, both died in a house fire, aged 78.)
Parents: Sakura Elizabeth Hawthorne. (Married, Richard Thomas Hawthorne. Died, Age 43 in childbirth, and complications from Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Richard Thomas Hawthorne(?): (Died age 54 in a vehicular accident on his Daughters fifth birthday. Halloween. Alcohol may have been involved.)
(Medical records of Father show that he had a very low chance of fathering a child, parentage is questionable.)
From notes of therapy intake meeting with James Rhodes:
Ms. Hawthorne is suffering from Post Traumatic Disorder stemmed from a traumatic childhood, and associated stresses related to combat concerning a mission she was on with the Avengers Initiative. She also presents with severe Claustrophobia, from an event of horrific child abuse while in foster care.
Her past is laced with a Juvenile Record, and is a high risk for re offense. Placed in a Halfway House for troubled youth, she began working for a criminal element until the age of twenty. The trauma of being told she had certain gifts, was hard for her and is lasting on her psyche. She is severely Anti-Social and it is hard to get her to trust peers. She fears abandonment, and is greatly fearful that her current boyfriend/fiance will become bored and leave her. He has given her no indication of this however according to her, and their body language shows a relationship that is in her best interest. I would recommend hospitalization for further treatment, but it is in her best interest to remain free.
She has six suicide attempts in her past, one requiring her stomach to be pumped to remove six thousand milligrams of barbiturates from her according to court records. How she was not hospitalized after that, I do not know. Her fourth suicide attempt left her with minor nerve damage in her right little finger, she is able to ignore this. She is a high risk for future attempts and I reported this to Director Nicholas Fury, he will forward my concerns to Thor to report to her current caregiver (?) Odin.
Her interests include horseback riding, reading, science, paganism, history, and embroidery. I told her to continue with her interests at her own speed, and to possibly add to her hobbies. She has shown an interest in learning to play the Piano, and I urge this as a creative outlet.
(Notes from meeting from Tony Stark, friend of Lilliana Hawthorne.)
She is a loose cannon with a great ass. (sic.) She is the only person in that relationship (Meaning Loki and she.), that I do not worry about.
(Steven Rogers declined comment.)
(Natasha Romanov declined comment.)
(Wanda Maximov declined comment.)
(Clint Barton Declined Comment.)
(Bruce Banner Declined Comment.)
(End of Report)
