A/N- Okay people, this is the last chapter you all get until all the votes have come in for the title. I'm either going to end it when I get at least 10 votes (right now there are 6) or on September 20th (where I am, it's August 25th. Have fun with that!
Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel.
I slunk into my target's 'safe house'. I scoffed. If you're hiding from Night, don't hide somewhere dark! I used the shadows to hide me, sliding past the guards. Ha, they didn't even know I was there. Smiling, I walked right up behind my target. I stabbed him through the heat with my sword, and grabbed his body as it fell. I smirked at all of his guards.
"You're really bad at your job." I said, before taking the body, and leaving.
I reappeared at my current employer's headquarters, and let the body drop in front of him. I smirked as he flinched. "Dead enough for you?"
He sat up, and nodded. "Here. Three grand." He pushed the money over to me.
I scowled. "We agreed on five. Where's the other two thousand dollars you owe me?"
My employer shook his head. "Three grand. The deal was, you take care of him, and the body. I don't believe that-" he gestured to the dead body "-doesn't look taken care of."
I growled, and stabbed a knife into the table. I snapped my fingers, and the body disappeared. "There. Now, give me my money, before you make the world's best assassin your enemy."
He nodded quickly, and slid the money over to me. I smiled. "Very good. I hope to do business with you again."
I used the shadows to take me away.
I was walking through the park, when I saw firetrucks roll by, their sirens screaming. I didn't have anything else to do, so I followed it, figuring I might be able to help out a bit. The trucks went to a building a few blocks off of Broadway, to a flaming apartment complex. It didn't take the firemen long to evacuate everyone, but there was a screaming mother trying to get back in the building. I ran out, taking this as my cue. "What floor?"
"Third," she whimpered.
The fireman helping her looked at me like I was crazy. "You can't go in there, kid."
I smirked. "Eh, I've faced worse than a little fire. Someone had to do it."
Before anyone could stop me, I shadow-leaped up to the third floor, and started calling out for her. I found the little girl- no older than six- curled up in a closet, trembling from fear. She launched herself at me, grabbing on with everything she had. I murmured in her ear, telling her that everything would be okay. I didn't have enough shadows to leap us out, but I could put a small shield around her. Looking around,I saw a window nearby. It was the only exit left, so I jumped out, rolling when I hour the ground, using my body to shield the girl from the impact. I came to my feet, and set the girl down. Her mother came running over, saying thank you over and over.
I waved the praise off. "It was nothing."
I was startled when the girl hugged me. I looked down, and saw her staring up with wide, adoring eyes. "Thank you, Nocte."
I gave her a confused smile. "Of course. How do you know my name?"
"You live with the Avengers. You help fight bad guys!" She frowned. "Well, you used to. Why don't you, anymore?"
My smile became sad, and I crouched down to look her in the eyes. "Well, I still fight a bad guy. He's my daddy, and he is very evil. But, the Avengers- my family- kept getting hurt while they were helping me. I didn't want them to get hurt, so I fight my daddy alone, now."
She gave me a confused look. "But, you shouldn't. If they are your family, they should help you. That's what families are for. To help you, even if you don't want them to. What if they get even more hurt without you there?"
I was silent. She was, of course, right. I just felt like it was more complicated than that. I took a deep breath. "Listen, I have to go. You just be careful, and stay with your mommy, okay?"
"Okay!" The little girl skipped happily over to her mom, and I leaped home.
I thought about my conversation with the little girl. Peter's words also bounced around in my brain. Remember why you fight. Why we all fight. I popped in my earbuds, and turned on my iPod. I knew what I had to do. The song that came on just reinforced this, and I started singing. The upbeat tempo gave me energy, and I started dancing, as well.
"Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me
Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
Everybody's worried about me
In too deep
Say I'm in too deep (in too deep)
And it's been two years
I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
Still believe
Yeah, I still believe
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me
A lot of fight left in me
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
This is my fight song (Hey!)
Take back my life song (Hey!)
Prove I'm alright song (Hey!)
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong (I'll be strong)
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me.
No I've still got a lot of fight left in me."
A/N- Okay, I have this music playlist full of a bunch of songs that I really like, that I have to listen to, or else the story ends out being really really dark. So, that's why I keep putting song lyrics in.
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