Lady-von-Strife: Thank you, and for the review. :)
Sorry this chapter is going be a bit short, I explain why at the bottom. Enjoy.
Chapter Three: "Wait! What?"
So, I didn't faint again: which is very surprising considering that this was more shocking than being able to pick up that hammer –which I wasn't very happy about. I blamed everything that was happening on that hammer. I think I would have been happier if I had never gone near it.
I clenched my hands to stop the lightning. "Well, I am going to go and crawl in a hole," I muttered wanting to run away from the room full of "gifted" people and go think to myself for a while.
"Mjölnir seems to have gifted these powers to you, though I am unsure why." Thor spoke up. "This has never happened before."
"So. I can manipulate lightning?" I asked, trying to get my head around this.
"That seems to be the extent so far, though you may have also gained some other powers," Fury explains. I turned to him and he gave me a sharp look. "We have to run some more tests."
"No. That is okay," I said, slowly walking backwards – towards the door. "I'll rather not become a guinea pig."
"Agent May, it was an order. Not a request," Fury spoke sharply. I stopped walking towards the door and held my ground. I clenched my fists and narrowed my eyes at him.
"I agreed to be a technology analyst. I didn't agree to be experimented on," I argued back, hoping that someone else would be on my side.
"She has got a point. She has just discovered this out so you shouldn't push her into anything." Thank god for spandex wearing patriotic war-world heroes like Captain America who spoke up for me. "It's her decision." I sent him a smile to show my thanks to him, which he greatly returned. Fury looked at Rogers, then back at me as if he was thinking hard about something.
"Fine, but I want reports on any progress and development. We need to make sure that you stay an ally rather than a threat."
"Well with this treatment you're not really persuading me to stay. Annoyingly I did throw away my life for S.H.I.E.L.D and I am not going to just let that drop due to this development," I stated, knowing that being a part of S.H.I.E.L.D wasn't something you could just drop. It was a life choice that you carried through until death. A choice I sometimes regret. I mean, I love what I do within S.H.I.E.L.D and all of my work – knowing that it was going to help the greater good. But I did miss the family I had. The family that I had to fake my death to so I could cut all ties off from them. It was a hard choice, but a choice I stuck by. I also had to leave some great friends. One thing I learnt about this job also: you didn't really have time to make friends. "Just know, that if you come towards me with a needle, I will throw whoever out of a window." And with that half-lame attempt at a threat, I walked out.
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"Come on. You must be slightly curious as to what you can do," Stark poked me again to gain my attention as I continued to type away whilst we sat in the office with Dr Doom's work in front of us again.
"Not curious. More I-don't-want-to-accidently-blow-my-head-off," I replied, trying to get off the topic. I was curious. I couldn't help it! Wouldn't you be if lightning sprung out of your hand? But I didn't want things to change.
Hell to that. Everything changed the moment I touched that hammer. "Okay! Fine!" I screamed, springing from my chair and scarring Stark as I saw him recoil. "Why not?" He then grinned and told me to meet him in the training room that was set up for the Avengers whenever they were on the Helicarrier.
When I got there I saw Stark, Rogers and Barton chatting, though that stopped when they spotted me. "Right, try and create lightning again," Stark instructed me as I asked what I was suppose to do. I took some steps back from them and held my hands up, imagining power forming in them.
Nothing happened.
I tried thinking about lightning in my mind.
Nothing happened.
I wasn't even sure how it worked. I started forming my hands into all different positions (probably looking like a weirdo) in hopes of somehow forming lightning.
I sighed and clicked my fingers. I almost facepalmed when small strands of lightning danced around my fingertips, growing and creating bolts zapping all over my hands. I stared at my hands with a mixed expression of shock, joy, confusion and glee. It felt…almost good having power. But that was a thought I kept to myself, as I didn't want to seem like I was going to go all evil and super villain on them.
"Well done Sparky," Stark clapped, almost sarcastically. I frowned at the new nickname.
"It's pretty impressive," Rogers spoke up. I looked to see him staring at my hands in fascination. Barton just smirked, though I was surprised that he hadn't run away to his little nest yet.
"Thanks Rogers," I smiled, returning his good nature. Stark didn't deserve it due to the sarcasm.
"Steve," he bluntly replied. I nodded in recognition, having to remember to call him Steve from now on. It was like a system embedded into Agents that you call everyone by their surnames. I don't know why they enforce that. Respect maybe?
"So, Sparky. Now we need to see if you can do anything else," Stark explained.
"Strength?" Barton, finally deciding to speak, suggested. I looked a little unsure, but Stark didn't when he pressed a button and A GIANT SLAB OF METAL CAME CRASHING DOWN TOWARDS ME! I quickly jumped and rolled out of the way.
"Warning next time!" I screamed as I stood back up. "Are you trying to kill me?"
"Element of surprise," Stark grinned at me. I cocked an eyebrow and sighed. Lucky for me, before they continue to try and kill me by different means, Fury's voice came over the intercom.
"There is trouble in downtown New York City. Agent May, I want you to go with them."
"Wait! What?"
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I really need ideas. Where do you want me to go with this, cause I know it is pretty slow at the moment.
-Do you want her to be good and kick some ass?
-Or turn against the Avengers, getting pissed off at them?
-Bring in a different villain? Even bring back Loki?
-Start a love interest?
Just PLEASE help give me some simple ideas so I have a slight idea at what I should write for this. :D
