Chop Suey Chapter 2, a thor fanfic

FanFiction

Just In

Community

Forum

Monster by Upir

Movies » Avengers Rated: T, English, Romance & Adventure, Loki, OC, Words: 30k+, Favs: 49, Follows: 34, Published: Jun 6, 2012 Updated: Jul 19, 2012

21Chapter 2: I suggest you take it

Nick Fury sat in a large, soft chair at the head of the table. The table was cold and dark, and hard as his face. His one good eye peered up at the girl sitting across from him. She was young; it was painfully obvious. The meek, slouching posture, nervous leg twitching - she was very far from her comfort zone. Fury sighed and ran his dark fingers across his sweaty brow. He wasn't sure what to make of the situation - she had potential, of that he was certain. But how much potential? Would it be enough to overshadow the prospect of her being a very large liability as of this moment? He studied her more, furrowing his brow and gritting his teeth. She raised her eyebrows but said nothing. Fury finally broke the silence.

"Lyanne Brooks."

She merely continued to stare back at him, head lowered, expectant. He continued.

"You've made quite a name for yourself," Fury said evenly, but Lyanne could hear the tenseness in his voice. He picked up a clean, freshly printed file with her name on it, and several photographs. Most were of her as human, rather plain-looking with her long dark hair and deep brown eyes. The others, well - the others she still wasn't sure about.

"I didn't mean to hurt anybody," she said pleadingly.

"No, but you did."

She sighed and looked down at her fingers again. When would the claws reappear? Who would she hurt this time? Would she ever learn to control it?

"I can understand how you're feeling right now," he said.

She looked up and made eye contact, a somewhat disbelieving expression on her face.

"Oh, I do," he countered. "You're not the only one's who's left a trail of destruction behind them. Most of the things you went through weren't even all that noticeable. Broken home, several petty crimes, a couple of fistfights. Nothing that would really show up on anyone's radar, though. Until recently, that is. You have no idea the amount of attention you have suddenly attracted to yourself - and not very good attention, either."

She suddenly began to cry. It was soft and quiet, but Fury reacted as though she had screamed across the table at him. Fury having seen her transformation into a beast firsthand and hardly reacting was strange enough, but seeing him awkwardly and angrily shoving a box of tissues in her direction was unreal. She took one and smeared it across her cheeks so hard it burned. She hated appearing weak. But she would do anything at this point not to experience what she felt they had in store for her.

"I think you've got some issues you need to work on. But I also think that you're capable of doing so. You've caused enough property damage to keep a hundred tradesmen in business for a year - I'd like to see you channel that into something more constructive, not destructive."

She nodded. Anything they wanted her to comply to, within reason, she would. Whatever they asked. Prison, menial labor, office work, whatever they needed. She had told him that, begging for him to let her go, but her captors had kept their silence until now. She hadn't been mistreated in the slightest - regular food, water, some books, TV - they only restricted her from leaving the cell in which they had placed her, which still wasn't bad. She had a queen-sized bed with warm sheets and several thick pillows. Lyanne couldn't remember ever having slept better in her life. But she knew that this wasn't merely a social call - she had caused millions of dollars in damages, not to mention scared the residents of her last town half to death. She half-smiled as a show of good faith.

Whatever will be, will be, she reminded herself. When things got terrible or out-of-hand for her, when things looked at their worst and the smallest ray of sunshine was seemingly millions of miles beyond her reach, she merely reminded herself that no matter what, she would continue. No matter what tortures or horrors came her way, she would remain with her feet planted on the ground, weathering the storm of pain and misfortune that always seemed to follow her around.

"I'd like to make you an offer, Miss Brooks. And I sincerely suggest you take it."

« Prev Ch 2 of 29 Next »

Review

Jump: Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29