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Chapter Two
Jade was sitting down at her desk in the lab, reading the information Natasha had given her when Angela suddenly sounded the alarm. "Jade, we're receiving a transmission." Angela said. "It's headed straight for the lab, but I can't tell what it is." Jade turned around in the chair to face the center of the lab, just in time to see a bright flash of light fill the room. Jade shook her head, blinking. When her sight finally cleared, she saw some kind of…creature in the middle of the room.
"Greetings." The creature hissed. "I am a herald of the great Chitauri Empire."
"What do you want?" Jade growled, standing up. Judging by the Chitauri's appearance, and the fact that she'd never heard of the Chitauri Empire, it was clearly an alien. And her past had taught her that, among other things, alien empires should not be trusted.
"You are Jade West, the so called Super Skrull, correct?" It hissed.
"That's right." Jade said warily. "What do you want?"
"The Chitauri Empire will soon conquer this pathetic planet." The herald told her. "But not everything on it needs to be destroyed. The Chitauri and Skrull Empires have long been allies. Join us in our invasion, and we will give you a portion of the planet to rule when we have achieved victory." Jade paused, thinking it over.
"Angela, have you isolated the signal you received a few minutes ago?" She asked quietly.
"Yes, I have. I still don't know what it is though."
"That doesn't matter. The important thing is-can you block it?"
"Yes, but it will take me two minutes to be able to block it for certain." Angela informed her.
"That's enough time." Jade said, standing up.
"I have waited long enough. What is your answer?" The herald hissed impatiently.
"You're not very bright, are you?" Jade asked, walking forward. "You should have done more research. That would have told you a few things. Like the fact that I killed the entire invasion force the Skrull Empire sent here a year ago. Or the fact that I'm a superhero by the name of the Shadow and that I protect the people of this planet from things like you."
"So you are rejecting our offer of an alliance?"
"Uh, yeah." Jade said with a smirk.
"Then you shall be eliminated." It growled, drawing a weapon roughly the size of a pistol. Jade was quicker though, and she threw a small fireball at its head. The Chitauri let out a howl of pain, dropping the weapon and Jade stretched out her legs, turned her arms into stone, and punched it in the head, dropping it to the ground. It started to crawl away, hitting a button on its bracelet, but nothing happened.
"Signal has been blocked." Angela announced. The Chitauri's eyes widened as Jade gave him a predatory grin, and it dove for the gun. Jade reacted instantly, turning her right arm into a blade and decapitating it.
"How did it find me?" Jade asked as she returned her legs to normal length and sat down.
"Well, you have been using your powers a lot lately." Angela said, her hologram form appearing with a thoughtful look on her face. "Perhaps these Chitauri have some sort of scanner that can find the unique biosignature of a Skrull." Jade sighed.
"Great, that's another thing to worry about." She complained. "Alright, scan me again. Before Natasha comes and picks me up, I'm going to need something to keep the Chitauri from finding me again."
"Alright, the scan is complete." Angela said after a minute. "I assume you want me to compare it to a scan of Tori and work from there?"
"You got it." Jade said, standing up. "We've got a body bag somewhere, right?"
"I think you have one under the sink." Angela told her.
"Thanks. I'm going to bag this thing, and then I'm going to pack my costume and some clothes. Alert me when you've completed the shield." Jade told her, walking over to the sink and pulling out the body bag.
"I'd recommend taking a shower as well, your arm is covered in blood and you still haven't bathed after your little adventure with Blade in the sewers." Angela said, turning off the hologram. Jade's eyes widened.
"Thanks." She said, nodding and walking over to the Chitauri's corpse. "I'll do that after I bag this thing." This would be the first time she'd seen Tori in six months, and she was not going to reunite with her girlfriend smelling like sweat, blood, and sewage.
One hour later
Natasha raised an eyebrow as Jade walked out of the mansion carrying a body bag and a large duffel bag. "Who's in the body bag?" She asked, popping open the car's trunk.
"An alien." Jade said simply, tossing both bags into the trunk and shutting the trunk.
"Another Skrull?" Natasha asked as they got into the car.
"Not exactly." Jade said, putting on her seatbelt. "How long until we get to wherever it is we're going?" She asked impatiently.
"Thirty minutes to reach the airport, and another two hours by jet from there." Natasha told her calmly, starting the car.
"Can I call my CEO and tell them I'll be gone for a while?" Jade asked. After the death of her father, which SHIELD had helped her clear up with the authorities, Jade had appointed someone else to run the company for her. Being the Shadow took up way too much time for her to run a company full time as well, especially a company as large as West Industries.
"She already knows." Jade rolled her eyes.
"Of course she does." She muttered, leaning back her chair. "Wake me when reach the airport."
Two hours and thirty minutes later
Jade walked down the ramp of the jet and handed off the body bag to two waiting SHIELD agents. She looked around the deck of the aircraft carrier in interest. "You must be Miss West." A tall blond man said, sticking out a hand. Jade took it, looking him up and down.
"Yep. And I assume you're Captain America?"
"Call me Steve. I get the feeling that we're going to be working together for a while." He told her with a smile.
"Fine, but you better call me Jade. Miss West makes me feel like I'm in school again." He gave a laugh and nodded, and they walked over to the only other person in civilian clothes, a nervous looking man standing off to the side.
"Dr. Banner?" Steve called out, the man turned around.
"Oh, yes. They told me you two would be coming." He said, sticking his hand out to shake.
"They told me that I'd be helping you find the Tesseract." Jade said, shaking his hand.
"Is that all they told you?" Bruce asked nervously.
"That's the only thing I care about." Steve told him. Jade nodded, smirking.
"Besides, I bet I could take down the other guy." She told him.
"Well, let's hope you don't have to test that theory." Bruce said.
"Gentlemen, Jade, I'd recommend you come inside now." Natasha said, walking up to them. "It's going to get hard to breathe soon." The three of them looked around in confusion as they saw all the other SHIELD agents running around, heading inside the aircraft carrier. A loud roaring noise filled the air, and they walked over to the side of the deck, looking down.
"Is this a submarine?" Steve asked, frowning.
"They want to put me in a pressurized metal tube with a bunch of soldiers? Great idea." Bruce said, raising an eyebrow. To their shock however, the noise was coming from three turbines that were rising from the surface, lifting the carrier out of the water. "Oh no, this is much worse." Bruce said, struggling to sound lighthearted. Jade turned around to face Natasha, grinning.
"I want one." She told the SHIELD agent.
"No." Natasha said simply. "Now come with me." She turned around, and Steve and Bruce followed close behind. Jade hung back a little bit, so as to not distract the others with what she knew was coming. Sure enough, she'd only barely gotten inside when someone threw themselves at her. Jade whirled around, catching Tori in a tight embrace.
"Aw, I wanted to surprise you." Tori said, disappointed, as she hugged Jade back.
"Vega, I'm still amazed that you turned out to be a competent SHIELD agent. Any more surprises would probably make me die of a heart attack." Jade said teasingly, flicking Tori on the nose.
"C'mon Jade, we haven't seen each other in six months, do you have to be mean?" Tori demanded, giving Jade a mock glare.
"Yep, it's part of my charm." Jade said with a smirk, pulling Tori into a deep kiss.
"Ahem." Natasha said, raising an eyebrow. They quickly pulled apart and turned to face the others, who were standing there. "I hate to break up the reunion, but Jade does have a briefing to go to." Tori blushed and Jade smirked. She wasn't embarrassed at all, and she really liked the shocked look on Steve's face.
"I'll see you later babe." Jade said, kissing Tori on the top of her head and walking down the hall.
Author's Notes
Uh, Jade? Why do you have a body bag? Why is it under your sink?
I wonder, do you think they told Steve about gay people, or did they decide it wasn't important enough to bring up? And does he have culture shock right now, even though it is still technically American culture?
I know that the Chitauri and the Skrulls aren't really allies in the Marvel Universe, but Jade doesn't know that, and the Chitauri were banking on that. And as for why the Chitauri didn't know about Jade killing the Skrulls, I doubt the Skrull advertised that their invasion force was defeated by someone they created to be a super soldier and her human girlfriend.
Thanks for reading guys! See you next time!