REALLY... ONLY TWO VOTES? DOES ANYONE UNDERSTAND THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM? AND IT'S A TIE... OH WELL, COIN FLIP: HEADS PETER/AVA, TAILS OC/AVA... PETER/AVA WINS. SURPRISES AWAIT FOR YOU NOW, BUT DON'T WORRY, BLACK TIGER WILL NOT BE ALONE FOR LONG... IT JUST WON'T BE AVA. SIT BACK, RELAX, AND READ.
Chapter 4: Interrogation Room and Training Room
"We caught the ringmaster who kidnapped you," he said "if you want to watch the interrogation."
I stood up, "I'll be there."
The interrogation room was smaller than I thought. It was a small room with mirrors on the floor, ceiling, and walls. Inside, there was a single table with two chairs on either side, the ringmaster sitting in one.
"That room must take forever to clean." I told myself. I stood outside a two-way mirror and watched the interrogation.
A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent stepped in the room and sat down, "Caleb Connors," he pulled out a file "you are a ringmaster for the New York Circus, is this correct?"
"Yes." He said rubbing his head.
"Is it true that last Saturday you captured a live human, tortured him, and made him perform on your show."
Caleb laughed, "Is something funny?" the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent asked.
"Is that what this is about," he asked "my lawyers can deal with this."
"Animal abuse is one thing," the agent said "human torture is another."
"Human," Caleb shifted in his seat "have you seen what the Black Tiger can do? He once tried to escape by beating up a guard. We had to use the elephant tranquilizer to get him to a new cage made out of pure titanium."
"Was that necessary?" the agent asked.
"You didn't see the guard." He said.
The agent brought out pictures of the burn marks on my back. "Do you recognize these images?"
"Yes," he said "they are taser marks." He said.
"Not all of them…" he said "some are burns from cigarettes." He pointed to certain pictures.
Just then, Caleb's lawyer came in… and I decided to leave.
I left for my room. The hours passed; I meditated, I took deep breaths, and I could eventually change to a tiger at will.
"BLACK TIGER," a speaker whirred to life "YOU ARE SCHEDUALED TO GO TO THE TRAINING ROOM, FURY HAS A TRAINING SESSION PLANNED FOR YOU."
"Oh joy," I said "people willingly beating the snot out of me… reminds me of freshman year."
The training room was huge, easily the size of a football stadium, smooth metal surfaces covered a majority of the room.
"Before we begin," Fury said through the speaker "I'd like to ask you a few questions."
"Shoot." I said.
"What job do you think you could have on the Helicarrier?" he asked.
"I could clean." I said.
"Seriously?" he asked.
"I like to clean," I said "but I do my best in the laundry room."
"You wouldn't like to be a leader of your own team?" he asked.
I held back for as long as I could, but then I started to laugh uncontrollably. After I stopped, I looked at Fury, "Have you seen me try to lead people? I swear to you… I tell them to zig, and then they zag."
He grunted, "This is a program created by one of the staff members… it is labeled 'Juggment Day'."
Lights faded, a voice said "Juggment Day: Easy… begin."
The lights flashed back on, New York was in ruins, the sky was grey, and there were no people.
"What happened here?" I asked myself.
A destroyed newspaper stand nearby had a newspaper still on it. I walked over to it, the headline said, "HEROES DEFEATED: JUGGERNAUT LEVELS MANHATTAN!"
"Oooh…" I said to myself "that's why they call it 'Juggment Day'."
I felt a strange feeling in my brain, "My brain is tingling… WOAH!"
I ducked just in time for a car to fly over my head. I turned to my left and saw a man dressed mostly in red.
"Yeah," he said "I'm the Juggernaut."
"Thank you for the introduction." I said.
The ground beneath me rumbled as he charged. The world seemed to slow down as he got within ten feet of me. I jumped over him in a leapfrog manner.
"Unstoppable… yes," I said "quick… not really."
"I'll show you slow!" he yelled. He picked up the nearest car, and threw it at me.
I ran forward and slid on my knees, and slid under the car.
"You're not really making your point clear, Juggsy." I said.
"Don't you know who I am?" he asked pounding his chest "I'm the unstoppable Juggernaut!"
"I think you said that already." I said.
He growled and charged at me, "I need to find a weakness… I'VE GOT IT!"
I jumped over him and unclasped one of his helmet clasps, "One down, three to go."
I repeated that cycle three more times, and on the fourth time I pulled off his helmet and threw it away. I then held onto his back and punched him as hard as I could, and the Juggernaut fell with a thud.
"I hope you peeps were watching that, because I am NOT going to do that again!" I said "Or will I?"
"We have the fight recorded from multiple angles," Fury said as the hologram faded, the LMD was twitching on the floor "so we can see that any time we feel like it."
"Thanks," I said "I'm going to make lunch, you guys want anything."
"It's just me up here," Fury said "and no."
"See ya later, Fury." I said.
++MEANWHILE, ON THE OBSERVATION DECK++
"He might be perfect for recruiting a certain cat-woman that I know of." Fury searched through his files.
"Nick Fury: matchmaker," Agent Hills stood behind him, "I want to believe it."
"This is not a matchmaking mission," he pulled out the file "Tangaroa Island, east of Australia, a mostly uninhabited island with a rumored Lion Guardian that protects the island. I got curious and looked into it. In every carving made of this Lion Guardian pictures her as a lioness with a strange, claw-shaped mark on her fur." He handed Agent Hills some pictures of wooden carvings made by the natives.
"I believe that whomever she is," Fury continued "I think that she could be an asset to S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Hmm…" Agent Hills "the weekend isn't for another four days… if only we could…"
++FOUR DAYS LATER++
For the past four days I had been looking forward to this weekend at the beach, it would give me time to learn more about the team, but I would rather be by myself.
++SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THAT++
Nova (Sam) was the first to leave the ship, then Peter, then Iron Fist (Danny), then Power-man (Luke), then me.
The coastline was beautiful, several heads were carved out of stone, and then it was a dense forest beyond the beach.
"Well," I clapped my hands "you kids have fun, I'm going full tiger and exploring this jungle." With that, I became the tiger.
"No, wait!" Peter said. But I was already gone, "Great," he looked over his shoulder "leave me with them."
A volleyball came at him, he caught the ball, and he caught sight of Ava in a pink bikini. "And there's nothing wrong with that." A grin formed on Peter's face.
