Hi everyone! Ok I now know how to work this site a little better. So I thought there was another way to add words after I uploaded the story... Theres not lol. So diclaimer, there is a gay relationship in this. Not sure yet how graphic I'll get with it but I'll let you know. I also do not own The Avengers or anything related to them. Please review so I can get better as a writer! Thanks, hope you enjoy!
"Antonio Tobar, you are under arrest and have the right to remain silent; anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you?" The policeman asked as he handcuffed the young black headed boy.
"Yes," The teen growled at the cop. The cop shoved the teen into the backseat of his police car and buckled him in and then sat down in his own seat up front and started driving.
After a few minuets of driving the cop finally opened his mouth to speak, "You need to stop doing things like this," He said quietly, "This is the fifth time this year, and it's only March! If you're going to keep doing this, why do you keep letting yourself get caught?"
"You've seen my home. You've seen my parents... parent." The teen said sadly. "Officer Carson, you need to understand that my home is just…my life is just…screwed up."
"I can't let you go. Even if this is the fifth time." He said.
"Ugh!" The young rebel groaned. Antonio took a deep breath before he spoke. "What part of 'I want to be thrown in juvy' don't you understand!?" The cop sighed, but remained quiet.
"Why?" The buff man finally asked.
"I'd rather be in juvy than be home. At least at jail I get fed, and have a place to sleep, and have a roof over my head." Tobar said quietly.
"Well, here we are. When we get in we're calling your parents." The sandy haired officer said.
"Parent." The teen quickly corrected him.
He brought the young criminal into the station and put him into a holding cell and took the handcuffs off his hands. Without saying a word he went to the phone and called his mother. Tobar sat in the cell with his head back against the cold, stone wall, rubbing his wrists to restart blood circulation in them from the tightness of the cuffs.
A few minuets later Officer Carson reentered the room. "Well you got your wish. Your mom refuses to come get you. Your staying here until someone comes for you."
"Wait…she's not coming?" Antonio asked, shooting his head into its upright position. "What the hell is she doing that she wont come?"
"I don't know, but she's not coming." He replied.
The teenager was shocked, his mom always came. Even though she didn't want him to come home, he was shocked that she wouldn't come and bail him out, like every other time. After about ten minuets a partially bald man walked in. He looked at the cop and held up a badge.
"I'm Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. I'm here to take custody of Mr. Antonio Tobar." He stated. Antonio looked at the man with a raised eye brow.
Officer Carson gave him a look. "Something wrong?"
"Shield?" Antonio said slowly, "As in Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division?" Tobar asked narrowing his eyes.
"Yes." Coulson responded shortly.
"Wait, this child is a felon. You can't just walk in here, hold up a badge, and take custody of a minor without his parent's consent." The cop said bewildered.
"Don't make this harder than it needs to be. We can take him by federal law." Agent Coulson said in a rushed manner.
"Fine..." The officer grumbled, defeated, as he grabbed a pair of handcuffs off his desk.
"We don't need him handcuffed." Coulson said. The cop nodded and put down the cuffs. He unlocked the holding cell and let the caught felon out. Tobar walked out of the cell making unbroken eye contact with Agent Coulson.
Coulson led him out of the building and into the backseat of his black mini van. Tobar buckled himself in and smelled the new car smell. Coulson got into the drivers seat and started to drive. "So you've heard of us," He said.
"Well…you're Shield. Well…You, Nick Fury, and well all the others…and the Avengers. I used to know a man who was kicked out of Sheild and became a normal cop. A few times when he was sober he talked to me about you guys." Antonio said drifting off into thought.
"Yes, well, we try to stay on the down low." He said.
Antonio suddenly became skeptical. "Wait…what does Shield want with me?"
"We'll debrief you along with the others when we get back to Headquarters." Coulson said shortly.
"I'm sorry…wait…what?" He asked, confused.
"We will debrief you on all of this when we get back to Headquarters." He replied simply.
Tobar took a deep breath, holding back all his questions swimming around in his mind.
The two were silent for a long time. The silence was awkward but the teen refused to talk anymore, as Coulson was clearly not up to giving any answers. After about an hour they finally arrived at Headquarters.
The two drove up to a massive gate where Coulson entered a short password. Antonio watched out of the corner of his eye as Coulson entered 1-0-7-7-8-7, causing the gate to slide away.
"Whoa," Antonio breathed as he saw more and more of the building. The building itself was massive. Easily a couple of mansions big, streching who knows how far back. On the sides of the building were what seeme to be Marines training in varius obsticle courses in the fading light. Antonio checked the time seeing it was 7:00pm now.
Antonio suddenly felt sick to his stomach, but refused to show emotion in front of this strange new driver. Soon it was time to get out. Antonio's eyes scanned everywhere, trying to take in what he was seeing. Coulson led him into a elevator and took him up three floors, they walked down a hallway and entered what seemed to be a conference room. Inside were 5 other teens. He sat down next to the only girl. She was your typical cute blond with blue eyes, but her hair seemed to be almost white.
"Coulson!" One of the boys yelled. He had dark brown hair, a smooth jawline and chocolate brown eyes. "Will you tell us what the hell we are here for now?" He slammed his fist on the table making two of the other boys jump.
Coulson paid no attention to this remark and sat down at the head of the table. "Now, I've gotten questions from all of you about why you are here and I will now answer that question. Each of you, 12 years ago today was taken from your parents. You were each induced with a special genealogical code. You all know about the Avengers, yes?"
Everyone nodded in response to Coulson's question.
"Good. Well, we had made a genealogical code that had each of the Avenger's genes in it. Each one had a gene of one of the Avengers that would be the strongest, making that person be like the Avenger who's genes came out the strongest in that code. Each of you has that in you. Each of you has a strong gene code that grants you the abilities like one of the Avengers. The Avenger you are most like is the Avenger you will be training under." He finished.
Everyone was silent for a minuet, taking in what he had said until one blonde boy spoke up. "Wait…I'm sorry, but…Training under the Avengers? One of them is a god. Two are highly trained assassins. One of them has had a version of the super soldier serum in them, one has a suit of Iron, and one is a Hulk." The kid stated bewildered. "They have abilities that we don't! We're not Super! We don't have powers or anything like that!" He said finishing in a huff.
Coulson remained calm. "You have the genealogical code much like theirs. You may notice that you happen to have the strength of Thor." Coulson said turning to the girl next to Antonio.
"What?!" The girl squeaked, embarrassed that all the attention was now on her.
"You're the apprentice of Thor. You might notice you come close to him in many ways, ways that aren't normal." He said, raising a eye brow at her. The blonde's eye's opened wide but she kept her mouth shut. "Now, I have to go gather them all. You remain here and talk amongst yourselves." He said then got up and left the room without another word. The room was silent for a minuet before the next word was spoken.
"What just happened?" Another boy asked, with brown hair that was cut so short his head just looked fuzzy.
"Apparently we're now each an apprentice of a certain Avenger…" A third boy said blinking slowly.
"How is this possible?" The blond girl said staring at the table.
"I don't know," The blond haired boy who had the previous outburst at Coulson. "Well…let's introduce ourselves so we at least know what to call each other. I'm Austin."
A boy with spiky brown hair spoke up next, "I'm Jimmy,"
"I'm Doran," Spoke a redheaded boy.
"I'm Kurt," The boy with a brown buzz cut said. .
"I'm Jessica," The blonde girl next to Tobar said.
"And I'm Jimmy!" A young looking boy with brown hair spiked up in the front.
Tobar sunk down in his chair, trying not to be noticed by the others. Thankfully for him no one did.
Austin spoke up again, "So…wait. Can we just take a moment to think about this: two of these people used to be evil. I'm sure we all know the story of those two."
"Of course," Jessica agreed.
"I know about the Avengers, but I don't know any their backstories…well I don't know Black Widow or Hawkeyes. It's pretty hard not to know Captain America's, or Thor's, or Iron Man's. " Doran said.
"Well…Where to start?" Kurt wondered, aloud.
"Well, there is Black Widow. She used to be evil. Trained since she was little. She finally turned good after a while and now she works for Shield. She's a master assassin. Her and Hawkeye are both master assassins. Hawkeye used to be evil but he turned good far before Black Widow. They used to work together when they were evil. Hawkeye was even sent to kill her by Shield, but he didn't kill her for some reason. As for The Hulk, well…he tried to remake the Super Soldier Serum by using Gamma Radiation but…it didn't really…work for him. Unless you say that it 'working' makes him turn into a giant green rage monster." Austin replied.
"Well then…" Jimmy said.
"Yeah..." Austin said. Suddenly Coulson reentered the conference room.
"Antonio, come outside. Time for you to meet Agent Romanoff." He said. The raven haired boy slowly stood up. He didn't know any of the Avengers' last names, except for Iron Man or Tony Stark, and Captain America or Steve Rogers. He quickly realized who he was about to meet outside would be one of the two master assassins. Tobar silently swallowed and followed Coulson out the door. Listening to the others teens whisper about how they didnt even see him when saying names.
Once outside Tobar found himself face-to-face with Natasha Romanoff, also known as The Black Widow.
Tobar's heart was racing, but years of showing no emotion seemed to be paying off today. He was face to face with a notorious master assassin, and his new master he would be trained by. He clenched his teeth together to keep his fear in check. Tobar had to admit he was scared, if not terrified, but the young boy wasn't one for showing emotion. Natasha stared at Coulson with a death glare. Until she finally lowered her gaze to the young boy. Tobar's feet froze in place as he made eye contact with Natasha. Agent Romanoff then looked back at Coulson. Tobar let out a small breath, surprised he was able to keep eye contact for so long, even if it was just a few seconds.
"Agent Romanoff, this is Antonio Tobar. He is your new apprentice. Take him wherever you like to get to know him. That is an order." Agent Coulson stated with a warning in his voice. Agent Romanoff continued to stare down Coulson then nodded slightly. The assassin turned on her heel and began walking away at a fast pace. Toabr quickly followed, trying to keep his shaking body in check.
"Wait," Tobar told himself in in head. "Why are you scared? She works for Shield. She can't harm you. She's not going to harm you. She can't, can she? Just take a deep breath and calm yourself. She can sense fear. She can sense everything your feeling. Since your going to be training under her you want to be the best you can, right? You want to be worthy. So prove to her you are worthy to train under her." Years of living almost in full solitude caused Tobar to talk in his head quite a bit.
Tobar felt a bit more confidence after his self-encouragement speech his mind came up with. The pair arrived at a door that read "Training Room B". "Oh great," Tobar thought. "She's going to get to know me in a training room." Taking another deep breath he followed Natasha into the room. "Wait…is she nervous? She works in training rooms a lot. Maybe she feels less nervous if we're in here. Wait…NO. The Black Widow doesn't get nervous…does she?" Tobar wondered. They sat down on one of the weight lifting benches and turned to face eachother.
"So..." Tobar began. Hoping to release some of the awkwardness he felt in the room. His voice quivered a bit when he spoke, but it was barely even noticeable. Little did he know The Widow took note of it.
"Hello Antonio," She responded, her voice showing no emotion.
Tobar sat quietly on the bench staring into Natasha's eyes. Natasha stared back showing no hint of her thoughts or feelings, making Tobar uncomfortable. Tobar had never not been able to read a persons eyes almost perfectly, and not being able to see what Natasha was thinking made him feel... vulnerable. Tobar suddenly realized that Natasha was completely breaking his guard. "This is what she does. She knows she makes people like this. She's practiced it. Mastered it." Tobar thought in a panic, "But I can't afford to show weakness." Tobar thought keeping up the trance.
Tobar slowly regretted his decision to keep the look up into her eyes. It was as if those green eyes were piercing into his brain, reading his every thought, and it was freaking Tobar out. There was no doubt in his mind that Natasha knew he was absolutely, utterly, terrified.
Tobar suddenly felt pain in his arm, he felt around and realized that his short nails had broken the skin on his wrist and blood was quickly pooling. Tobar quickly rubbed the blood off of himself and onto his jeans. He couldnt believe he made such a nervous move... Antonio quickly adjusted himself and put his wrist under his leg. Tobar watched when Natasha looked down and saw the blood, Tobar suddenly felt hatered towards himself. This was NOT the way he wanted Natasha to see him. "Natasha's gona see me as weak and small," Tobar thought sadly. Tobar looked down at his thighs, not allowing himself to look Natasha back in the eyes. Tobar couldn't, he was defeeated and humilieated. He was so fazed by the feeling of weakness that the pain didn't even affect him anymore.
After taking a moment to regain himself he looked back at Natasha and put on a very small nervous smile. "It's been amazing to meet you, Agent Romanoff. I—" The door suddenly opened. "Natasha," Bruce said. "Didn't know you were in here. We'll go somewhere else."
"No, its okay," Romanoff replied. "We were just about to leave anyway." Tobar let out a silent sigh of relief. He was just saved from more terrifying awkwardness, but then it hit Tobar, "Natasha said they were right about to leave. What were they going to leave to do?" Tobar felt himself growing stiff, afraid of being defeated yet again. Natasha stood up with Tobar quickly following, silently covering his bleeding wrist with his left hand, refusing to let anyone see it. It was already enough that Natasha, AKA the Avenger he was most terrified of, had seen it. As the dark haired boy followed Natasha out of the room, he got a good look at the redhead named Doran, who Tobar figured by the looks of it, was Banner's apprentice.
Doran was slightly taller than Tobar. He had on jean shorts and a plain white t-shirt. He looked like he had a football players build. Doran had short red hair that curled around his neck. Toabr took in everyone of his small features in the blink of a eye, storing them away for later use.
"Oh, dinner is ready. It's in Conference Room B. Pepper just came by with it. I know a few of the others are eating now." Bruce told her.
Natasha nodded in response and the assassin headed to where Tobar assumed was Conference Room B. Antonio was thankful to Bruce for telling them this. After a few minuets of awkward silent walking the two arrived at Conference Room B, where Tony Stark, Hawk Eye, Jimmy, and Austin sat around a round table eating. The two other kids were sitting next to their Avengers. Natasha took a seat next to Clint, or Hawkeye. Tobar knew he should sit next to Natasha, which, luckily for him, wasnt next to anyone else. Tony, Pepper, and Jimmy sat next to eachother on the opposite of Tobar.
It was awkwardly silent for a moment as food was passed to Natasha and Tobar. Being a vegetarian Tobar quietly asked for cheese pizze instead of pepperoni. Natasha asked the same and the two ate their pizza silently. Pepper finally broke the awkward silence. "Well Tony just told me about everything when I was coming in. I'm Pepper. I'm—"
Tony interrupted. "They know who you are Pepper. You're my wife." He said smirking. Pepper rolled her eyes. Natasha and Clint glanced at each other. Austin smiled slightly.
"Well I'm Austin, that's Antonio, and that's Jimmy." Austin said, acknowledging each of the other apprentices.
Tobar put on a fake smile, feeling Natasha read his face out of the corner of his eye. Instantly knowing Toabr's smile was fake and insincere. Luckily no one else could read a person like The Widow, except maybe Hawk Eye. "Hi," Tobar said quietly.
The dinner went on, as awkward as it was when it started. It got a bit less awkward when Steve, Thor and Bruce came i along with their apprentices. Coulson came in soon after everyone was done eating and told the Avengers where each of the kids would be living. They would each be living in a room next to their Avenger, except for Jimmy, because Tony didn't live at Shield with the other Avengers. A major weight was lifted off Tobar when he heard that they all got their own rooms.
Before they all left for thir rooms they were told they would be going to see their families for the last time tomorrow. Coulson went on to say how they would go home to pack up clothes and anything else they didn't want to part with. They were also given permission to decorate their rooms anyway they wanted, for they would be living their for quite a long time. Families would be avaiable to be visited on major holidays and birthdays. They were told they were also allowed to write home, but they were not allowed to reveal anything they were going to be doing. Finally the Avengers showed their new apprentices to their rooms, and told them to report to Cafeteria B at 7:00am the next morning.
The door was one that slid right into the wall. Natasha quickly showed Tobar how the different buttons next to the door worked. "Goodnight." Natasha said to her apprentice as she clicked the button to close the door.
"Night, Agent Romanoff." He replied as the door slid close.
The room turned out to not be a room at all. But a small hotel looking apartment. The door opened to a hallway that opened up to a kitchen on the left. The kitchen had a counter seperating it from the living room that you could see across. The living room had a nice big couch, a huge TV on the wall, and a big window. The hallway on the right went down to two doors. The one on the left opening in a big bedroom, complete with desk, wardrobe and king size bed. The door on the right led into a nice big bathroom.
Tobar walked around his new apartment in awe. Never in his life did he ever think he would own something so beautiful. Tobar walked into the bathroom and found a wash cloth to clean the cuts on his wrist.
"You need to find a way to get rid of this awkwardness with her," Tobar thought out loud. "You're going to be training under her for a while, you're going to need to find a way to break this. It's up to you." He told himself. "During training you need to do your best to prove to her you can be worthy of her. That will win her affection for sure."
With that Tobar silently slipped out of his clothes and crawled into his new bed. The unreal comfort of the bed alowed Tobar to drift into a beautiful, dreamless sleep.
For those of you who are really visual like me I made this Floorplan of the apartment the kids will be staying. projects If you read on a computer I can't find a way for this to work :( But when i try it on my phone it pops right up. Just click on For Avengers Story. So use that if you're interested! I Hope to have another chapter out soon! Thanks!