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A/N: Almost posted this without an author's note. Opps... Um... not much to say, Happy Holidays and enjoy!
Reviews:
ArtemisBAMF1218- I guess you didn't get this update by the end of the week. Sorry. But it is extra long, this time, to make up for it. About 2200 words or more.
I am glad Anna reminds you of Peter. I have always had some trouble writing him, despite him being the main character, mostly because of his fourth wall breaking and unique diction. I can write him from others eyes, but like at the end of the chapter where he appears I can only image him breaking the fourth wall and talking straight to the reader, I guess just a little harder for me.
That's what I was thinking when I wrote the Conners scene.
Sorry about Kanna, I will write some more Yue and Kai one-shots or something. I guess Peter and Ava are calm because Kai is a whole lot like Danny, who is a very... well... a good person. I guess they might see Danny inside of Kai.
To be honest, I haven't gotten that far like in the Collection.
I think the growth theme stays with me because like the reader I just watch the characters grow too. I just have to give them the basics of their looks and personality and they go from there on their own.
Guest- Here's the next chapter Enjoy!
morgn- If I understand what you are asking then here is the answer; Kai's story is complete. The One-Shots are kind of the side if that is what you meant. I hope that answers your question. If it doesn't Sorry about that, if you want to PM me go ahead. I hope that answers your question. Enjoy!
NyanWolf- Glad you enjoyed this chapter. They really are kids in their crazy future world. And I want to highlight that. I also loved writing the Conners scene, and I like his position in life. I guess Peter was just being careful, not wanting Anna to fall for Kai completely and then have her heart broken by the fact he may not understand what she is thinking or feeling. Alright, enjoy!
Chapter 3
So a lot has happened since Kai came to New York.
First off, he and his sister were attacked by demons from their home dimension. Something like that, anyway. So they both landed beds in the Medical Wing with that stunk. And that's how Kai ended up paralyzed waist down. The pure damage that he took was bad.
And that was also why Hope decided to head home and find a way to stop them. And Kai couldn't stay in his apartment without someone to help him until he healed and Hope didn't want him to be alone while she was gone, in case the demons came back. So that was how Kai ended up staying with my family for pretty much two whole months.
It was so hard to stomach my feels for him. But, I think I was in the clear.
During that time Kai learned he is Omnikinetic, meaning his power is Omnikinesis! He could manipulate anything which was strange. But, still cool.
And most recently, I built him a completely customized prosthetic leg, which I think he loved. And that was the most recent thing to happen to me. That was my science project! Which was last night to be exact, if I may add. And I am so pumped to get the results later this week hopefully.
Kai wasn't a training today. That was wired.
I knew he was pretty tired after the Science Fair, I went home and collapsed also.
But he normally showed up for Saturday morning training before going to Xavier's.
Hope hadn't seen him all morning either.
So I was making my way down to his room to check on him. Maybe he isn't feeling good or something… I mean he could still be asleep or something.
I look down the hallway and hope was standing in his doorway with her normal black tank, army pants, and combat boots.
"Hope!" I call running up to the red-headed sorceress.
Hope doesn't hear me.
"Hope! Hope! Hope! Hope!" I call until I finally stop; I am standing right in front of her.
I look in the room she is standing in the doorway of and I gasp.
It was Kai's room.
Hope's dragon was inside sniffing.
"What on earth happened in here?" I ask alarmed.
Kai's living room was trashed. The large window that looked over New York City was shattered and the glass was lying on the floor showing that the glass was broken from the outside, this was clear by the glass laying all over the floor.
"I am not sure," Hope says seriously. "Orson, is he here?"
The dragon looked up from sniffing and shakes its head no.
I look around the room startled.
"Any security footage?" I ask quickly.
"Sabrina's checking that with Coulson," Hope says. "Orson search, again," She commands as the dragon went around the room.
I watched Orson enter the room and sniff around.
And after a very thorough search, the other thing he could find was a huge pile of blood that had stained the rug in his living room and was also staining the couch.
His crutches had been left behind also. Lying on the ground, they looked scattered.
"How or what could have done this?" I ask standing next to Hope as she inspects the damage.
"Something big, clearly," Hope replies grimly. "But, I don't get the 'how' part of this. Kai is Omnikinetic. He can theoretically manipulate anything. Someone would have to be out of their mind to attack him."
"Every villain ever," I mumble.
Hope doesn't reply but continues to inspect his apartment.
Sabrina ran in a few minutes later, completely out of breath.
"Where's Hope?" She asked me. I simply pointed to Kai's room. I was still in the living room. Just looking at the broken glass and thinking about what super-villains might attack Kai.
Goblin came to mind first. I felt bad thinking about that. But I don't know why, he is in SHIELD custody. Ok, the size would match and he is reckless with this kind of thing. He would have his glider to reach this floor, which is also impossible! His glider was locked away will all the other gear of supervillains!
Doc Ock came second, he's been off the grid for a while. He also matches the size of the hole in the glass. And he would also be reckless in trying to capture Kai...
Hope walked out of Kai's room and motioned for me to follow.
After a quiet walk to a debriefing room, I took a seat in a chair. Hope was still too nervous to sit.
"Well," Coulson started slowly. "We checked the security footage. It wasn't touched."
I look to Hope, her face showed no emotions.
"And after also checking all cross references, we can confirm that Goblin was who broke into Kai's apartment last night," Coulson said watching hope with the rest of us.
Hope didn't move. I watched her and you could almost see it sinking in.
And then she said something nice and loud in Chinese. She repeated it several times.
I wanted to know what she was saying, but it was probably a good thing I didn't know.
"Ranting is good but could you maybe say a little bit in English so I could you know help you out," Sabrina says, patiently.
"putu-hs," Hope spoke.
"What would have been Goblin's motivates?" I ask quietly.
"We don't know for certain. All we knew was a few weeks ago Kai paid him a visit. But that's all we know." Coulson said.
Hope shut up for a moment and then took a deep breath.
"I'm certain I can track him down. I'll have Orson help me." She said after thinking. "Orson just spent a while smelling Kai's scent from the blood. He should be able to track it."
"I'll come. I can help you." I say quickly.
"Anna, I'd rather do this by myself. Kai, maybe you're friend, but he's my brother. I care more about him then you would know." Hope says placing a hand on my shoulder. "You can help me later, but I need this right now. I'll keep you updated, you were the last person who saw him before this happened." And with that, she leaves.
I hold my stomach and sink into my chair.
I care more than you know, Hope. I really, really, really like your little brother. He means a lot to me. I wish I would have told him how I felt by now. My cheeks go pink at the thought.
"Anna," Coulson said sternly. I turned to face him and Sabrina. "You were the last person to see Kai, which means you might have some information about him. I want to know everything that has happened in the past week. Everything you remember about him."
I look surprised. "Sorry Coulson, all I really remember was getting ready for the science fair."
"Come on, Anna. There has to be more than that. "Was he doing anything strange? Anything stick out about the last few days?"
I feel like I am on TV and I try to remember. "He was going to tell you about something today. The side of his head…" My hand went to behind my ear. "The chip! There was this metal chip embedded in his skin behind his ear, and it was doing something to him!"
Coulson thinks for a minute. "Anything in his head could easily mess with his powers, his powers are all metal. He is one of the mentally strongest people on the planet." He says thinking. "How long have you know about this?"
"I don't remember how long. But I think that it did something to his telepathy." I remember more, forcing my brain to think. "It knocked him and Xavier out during his last lesson."
"Cutting off his telepathy would be a smart move on a villain's part," Coulson said. "That would be shutting off his main means of communication."
"Anything else?" I ask him.
"No, that should be it."
"Anything I can do to help find him?" I ask nervously.
"Anna, I'm sorry. Hope's tracing his trail with Orson. We have SHIELD agents also working on this. For now, you just need to stay calm and be patient." Coulson tells me as he and Sabrina leave.
I didn't do anything the rest of the day. I was waiting on news. Hope showed back upat 8 o'clock. I had been worried all day, it was so hard to know there wasn't anything I could do.
I was up on the roof the minute Hope called in saying she was coming back.
She landed.
"I think I found something. Anna, you want to come with me and check it out?" She asks.
And I said yes right away.
I want Kai to get rescued ASAP.
I'm going crazy, all I know is the same villain that made him an amputee took him.
And that's bad.
Hope lands Orson by an abandoned warehouse. "You're kidding." I deadpan.
Hope shrugs. "Srood-eht-ffo-tsalb!" She commands and the doors fall to the ground at our feet.
I look at Hope in her costume and me in mine.
It was simple looking. It was boring. Plain white with a full face mask and come stripes
Hope- er... Spirit's costume looks much cooler than mine; boots, high-low shirt, cape, belt with pouches, off the shoulder spandex top, and a masquerade like mask. I guess that's what you get when you don't have your parents around watch you all the time.
We walk in Orson right behind us. Hope twitching at her side, she had apparently made some stuff she was eager to test.
And I was crossing my fingers that I would find Kai.
After walking around for a while, I was losing hope.
"Tiger, get over here." Hope's voice is scared. I didn't know she could do that.
I slowly walk over and gasp, covering my mouth.
There was what looked like an operating table hidden behind some crates and there was lots of blood.
There were what looked to be operating instruments as well. The walls in this area were all weird and deformed and one wall had two Chinese character on it.
幫我
"What's it say?" I ask.
"Help me." Hope reads. Kai must have been here.
I walk over to the table. "Maybe we should get a sample of this blood," I suggest.
"Yah, you do that," Hope says distantly. "Orson, search."
After a while we left the place was just trashed.
Hope said if anything it had been Kai's telekinesis throwing things around.
The scent was too strongly masked according to Hope to have Orson search any further.
That night I was lying in my bed. I didn't have homework. I was just thinking.
I was so looking forward to taking him out to eat today like I had promised him.
Our first "date." I guess; that's what it would have been.
And every time I had thought of it last night it seemed magical and perfect.
Me and Kai out somewhere; enjoying ourselves.
But now, that dream seemed…. It was gone.
I don't know when I will see him again.
If I ever see him again…
No, I swear, if I die trying I will find him. I have to.
"Anna, Honey? You ok in there?" Dad's voice calls through the door.
"I'm fine, dad," I call back.
He goes away, I can hear him leaving.
I just sit there and then a few minutes later I hear another knock.
This time, mom opens the door.
"Hey, sweetie," She says softly. I turn on my side so I don't have to look at her.
"I heard what happened with Kai," She says, it sounds like maybe I went through a breakup. The way she is doing this.
"Ok," I mutter.
"SHEILD's going to do everything they can to find him. Things are going to be ok. I promise." Mom says, she sits down on my bed and rubs my back. I purr comes from the back of my throat as the amulet glows at my side.
Mom pulls back the blankets and takes the amulet from me. "I should hold on to this for now," She says.
"Thanks, mom," I mumble.
"Look, if you need anything Anna, your dad and I are here for you." Mom says. "We don't want you all down in the dumps or anything. We want you to feel better."
"I know mom," I say to myself.
"I know it's hard when you don't think you can do anything. But you can have faith and hope, and just not give up. Ok?" Mom says.
"Ok, I won't give up on him."
Mom gets up. "Good night, Anna," she says and I can hear her closing the door behind her.
I look at the wall and slowly hot tears go down my cheeks.
What could I have done to stop this?
And that's how I cried myself to sleep that night.
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