Author's Notes: This chapter starts out a little bit slow but towards the middle of it, it starts to pick up some much-needed speed. Emily has been hiding something from her friends and twin brother, Seth. They all find out that Emily has stage 4 leukemia before her love interest, Daniel Davidson takes her to the nearest train station in order to keep his promise to her.
Chapter Four: An Life or Death Mission: Part 1 of 7:
Five minutes later at the police station, Emily was dreaming a very peaceful dream in Grandpa Andrew's office after most of the detectives had gone home for the night when Seth sneaked into the building to watch his twin sister with a blank look on his face. Three seconds later, Seth left a note for Emily telling her where to start searching for the evil lair at any time in the next couple of days before he left the police station just as silently as he had arrived. Thirteen minutes later, Emily woke up to find the note in question which got her to quietly whisper the following words, "Seth, you are so very welcome once I figure out a way to rescue you and Jay from our parents' murder. I must have been sleeping when you sneaked into the police station to check in on me last night." As she looked at the note that she was now holding in her left hand as both Daniel and Sarah came walking over to me with puzzled looks on their faces as I told them that Seth came when we were all fast asleep and left this note with an address on it. That was when Doctor Strange appeared and took one look at the address which got him to realize that we were going to need backup in the form of the Avengers.
Emily knew that she was about to meet some of her favorite superheroes for the first time in her life at some point, so she immediately said to Doctor Strange, "Can I come with you, please?"
He simply smiled at me as he answered by saying, "Yes, you can come with me, Emily. Daniel and Sarah, you two are in charge until we come back with the Avengers, do you understand me?"
Both Daniel and Sarah simply said in return to Doctor Strange, "Yes, sir. Please be careful out there, you two."
Doctor Strange and Emily both smile at them as we said together at the same time, "We will just fine, guys. See you in twenty-five minutes from now with backup."
A time portal opens up in front of Doctor Strange and both him and Emily walk through it to appear just outside of Avengers Tower and Emily immediately knew that she was where she belongs but first the Avengers who were waiting for them want to talk about the murders and other strange things. As Emily entered the room with Doctor Strange, Wanda and Vision both said to Doctor Strange with puzzled looks on their faces, "Why is this girl with you, Strange?"
That got Emily to immediately introduce herself by saying, "My name is Emily Annabelle Smith and I was born with ice powers that just got both of my parents murdered and my twin brother kidnapped by their murder, so I would like it very much if you did talk about me like that. I am sorry if I am sounding a little angry, I get like that every single time someone asks any of my friends that question, all right."
Right away, Wanda and Vision both sadly said to Emily with understanding looks now on their faces, "We should not have said those words in front of you, Ms. Smith."
Emily very quickly said with a slight smile on her face, "That is all right. By the way, I already know most of your names no thanks to my father who was way nicer than my mother. My father was a scientist, by the way. Where are Tony and Rodney at?"
Right away both Tony Stark and Rodney walked over to Emily who showed them her hands which were covered in ice at this very moment as she said to them, "I think that we are in big trouble right now, boys. Would you agree?"
Tony Stark immediately said in agreement as Emily backflipped into cover as her twin brother, Seth entered Avengers Tower while using his lightning powers, "You are correct for a change, Ms. Smith. What is going with Seth?"
Doctor Strange answered for Emily who immediately walked over to Seth to fight him using her powers as she created a new ice spear which she used to cut his right arm to point that he glared at her as he said angrily to her, "You are going to pay for that, you bitch."
As soon as he had said those words, Daniel appeared along with Sarah who knocked out Seth while Daniel knocked out Jay Halstead before anyone could get injured. Doctor Strange smiled as Emily said to both Daniel and Sarah, "Thanks for both for the help with these crazy heads, guys."
That got Daniel to immediately held out his hands to Emily who took them both in hers as he looks over at Wanda and Vision, "Hi, grandma and grandpa. I take that you met Emily aka the Ice Ninja of Doom. Do not murder me again, by the way, Emily."
Seth woke up laughing as he said to Emily with a slight smile on his face, "Be nice to poor Daniel, Emily. Or should I say loveable twin sister of mine? You got in a good hit this time around, by the way."
Emily laughed as she hugged Seth as she said to him in return, "You should not be the person talking right now. Am I correct, Daniel?"
Wanda and Vision simply smiled as Daniel walked over to Seth and used his water powers to heal his injuries as he said to Seth, "I do happen to agree with your sister on this, Seth. How are you feeling besides getting your ass kicked for a nice change?"
That got Seth to look up at Daniel with a glare on his face as he said to him in return, "Oh, you are going to be paying for that one, Daniel Davidson! Well, never mind, I think that Emily is keeping me from tickling you to death right now with her ice powers yet again."
Wanda looked over at Emily as Emily's eyes turned red as she said to Seth, "You better be nice to Daniel, Seth because I think you know not to mess with my friends by now."
Right then, Detective Jay Halstead woke up to see that Seth was looking over at Emily in horror which got him to laugh as he said to Emily, "Calm down, please, Emily. Seth does not mean to make you angry like that."
Emily immediately looked over at Jay Halstead as she took a very deep breath before running out of Avengers Tower in silence with tears in her eyes. The wall of ice disappeared ten minutes later which got both, Daniel and Seth, to share matching looks of worry with each other as Jay asked in shock the following question, "Did I just say something that made her upset?"
Wanda answered the question for both Daniel and Seth in her usual tone of voice, "I do believe that Emily is just blaming herself for what happened to her parents, Jay. She is right now outside in one of the parks, by the way, Daniel."
Daniel simply nodded his head over at her as he left to check on Emily in the park while Jay sadly looked over at Seth who hugged Sarah Voight who kissed him on the cheek. Seth immediately turned bright red in color as he smiled at Sarah who said to Jay as she hugged him very tightly, "Emily love Daniel a lot, Jay. Speaking about love, did you know that I have seen Erin at the police station a lot of late. She is worried about you like crazy. Not that I do not blame in anywhere, shape and or form, Detective Halstead."
Meanwhile in the park near Avengers Tower, Emily was playing with her long hair as she sang the song that her mother used to sing to her every night before to, she started to blame Emily for everything that goes wrong in their family's lives when she heard Daniel Davidson said the following words as he sat down next to her, "Emily, I am here for you no matter what happens and I truly mean that. You do know that I really love you, by the way. Jay was just trying to calm you down so that Seth could also calm down. I should not have said what I had said earlier to your twin brother and I want you to be there when I apologize to him in person just in case, I said the wrong thing, pretty please with sugar on top and a cherry, I might as well add."
Right away, Emily said to Daniel as she laughed a little bit before looking right in his brown eyes, "I will come with you as long as Detective Jay Halstead does not remind me about what happened to my parents and my trust problems, Daniel. It is bad enough that I have to deal with my twin brother, Seth with the help of you and Sarah and not cause any trouble when it comes to my ice powers and my gloves which are in need of repairs before our next case."
Daniel immediately said to her, "Calm down, beautiful. You are worrying too much about things that you do not need to worry about at this very moment, do you understand me?"
Emily quickly stopped talking and silently nodded her head to understand before teleporting back to the police station where she went straight into the locker room and put on her original gloves until her favorite pair was repaired. Then she went to the gym and started to practice some of her old fighting moves by herself leaving Daniel alone in the park near Avengers Tower until both Sarah and Seth showed up to see what was taking him so long. Seth looked Daniel right in the eyes as he asked the following question with an angry look on his face, "Where did Emily go this time, Daniel?"
Right away, Daniel sadly told Seth that he told Emily to shut up and to calm down at the same time which got Seth to very quickly realize that something was most definitely bothering her like crazy right now. Sarah knew that Emily was hiding something very strange from them all but until she decides to tell them what the matter with her is, there is nothing that anyone can do. Over at the gym next to the police station in the city of Chicago, Emily was still practicing her old fighting moves when Grandpa Andrew Jackson came inside to watch her with a slightly worried look on his face and Emily turned to look at him in silence with her usual smile on her face. He immediately said to her, "What is the matter with you today, Emily? The others told me what had happened in New York inside of Avengers Tower between you and Detective Jay Halstead."
Emily immediately answered his question by saying the following words with a sad look now on her face, "Grandpa Andrew, there is something that I have not told you yet. Can you keep this a secret from the others?"
Grandpa Andrew simply nodded his head as he said to Emily in return, "Of course, Emily. What is it?"
Right away, Emily told him that she has stage 4 leukemia and that she is having trouble with her ice powers. She showed him her hands which were covered completely with ice. Grandpa Andrew Jackson very carefully hugged Emily as she sighed as Sarah showed up at the gym and said to her, "Emily, why are you doing over here right now?"
Within six seconds, Emily answered Sarah's question as carefully as she could without crying, "I have been hiding something from you and the others, Sarah and I do not know how to say the words that I need to tell you for you to believe me about this, but I have stage 4 leukemia and I am scared right now."
That is when both Daniel and Seth entered the gym and hugged me together as Sarah and Grandpa Andrew Jackson just watched from the sidelines. Daniel whispered into Emily's ear the following words, "I meant what I told you earlier about loving you, Emily. I will always be here for you no matter what happens between us, beautiful. Do you want me to come with you to the hospital?"
Right away, Emily simply whispered into Daniel's ear in return as she hugged him as tightly as she could while her twin brother, Seth stepped away from the two lovebirds with his usual grin on his face which got both Sarah and Andrew to laugh at the sight right in front of them, "Yes, please, Daniel. Thanks for asking me that question. I am really scared right now."
Fifteen minutes later at the nearest train station to the police station, Emily was sleeping in Daniel's strong arms when one of the workers said that there is a slight delay for the next two hours which got him to silently whine a little bit as he kissed Emily on her forehead before pulling out a chapter book to read. Seven seconds later, Emily pulled out her sketchbook and drawing pencils with which she started to draw one of her very special flowers while Daniel continued to read his book with his usual smile on his face. Meanwhile across town at a new crime scene, both Sarah and Seth were talking about Emily and Daniel in a whisper while Doctor Strange and Detective Andrew Jackson were taking pictures with the others, Seth was the first person to say, "I knew that Emily was hiding something from me, but she has always been shy around me for some very strange reason, Sarah. I think that it might have something to do with our mother blaming her for everything."
Sarah immediately said to Seth in complete understanding of what he is trying to tell her, "I understand Seth, but I would have thought that she would have told you something about this. I did not know that your mother had told her to speak to anyone about her health even if she could die from it at any time."
Back over at the train station, Emily looked over at Daniel as she said to him in a whisper, "Handsome, I need a hug, please."
Daniel picked up Emily in both of his arms after very quickly putting his chapter book away in his carry-on bag as he whispered back to her, "I will hug you once we are onboard our train and I have to run so that we do not miss it so hold on tight, beautiful."
Emily very quickly kissed Daniel as he started to run in the direction of their train as fast as he could and they both barely made it onboard the train with any time to spare. Daniel sat down with Emily in his lap who looked up at him as she said to him, "I am super tired right now, Daniel."
Immediately he said to her as he pulled off his jacket and covered Emily up, "Try to get some sleep, Emily, I will protect you from any harm."
As Emily went to sleep, Daniel looked out of the train window to see someone wearing an ice blue cloak firing at our train and he immediately covered Emily with his whole body as the train came to a very loud and sudden stop over to two hours away from the nearest hospital in the city which got him to immediately wake up Emily who very quickly ask the following question, "What the bloody hell just happened to our train, Handsome?"
Right away, Daniel answered Emily's question by saying the following words in return to her with his usual look of pain on his face, "I think that I know who is trying to murder us, Emily. There is someone out there wearing an ice blue cloak and has powers just like us who are trying to keep us from doing something to stop whoever they are. My cell phone is completely broken. Can I use yours to tell the others about what I just learned, pretty please with sugar and a huge cherry on top?"
Emily held up her cellphone to Daniel who immediately called Sarah who answered right away by saying the following words to the both of them, "What the hell is going, you two? We just saw a news report about someone wearing an ice blue cloak with powers just like us blowing up a train. There are over seventeen calls coming into the station right now and my father is starting to bark orders like a dog at even me and Seth. Seth wants to know if you guys are all right."
Emily very quickly says to Sarah Voight as Daniel carried her in his strong arms over to the nearest building while he was running as fast as he could, "We are mostly all right for right now. Daniel's cell phone is completely broken at this very moment, Sarah."
Right away, Sarah said to Emily with a loud sigh in return, "The Avengers are on their way to you right now, girl. How are you feeling right now, by the way?"
Emily looked up at Daniel who immediately answered Sarah's question for her by saying the following words to Sarah, "Sarah, Emily is having trouble breathing right now. I am trying to get her to the nearest hospital as we are speaking. Bye for now."
He ended the call just as Clint Barton showed up to help out wherever he could by holding out his hand to Daniel as he said to him with a worried look on his face, "Need some help, Daniel?"
Daniel immediately said to Clint Barton as he grabbed his hand while hugging Emily as carefully as he possibly could without hurting her, "Yes, Clint. Be super careful since I have Emily under my arms right now."
Clint was super careful as soon as Daniel mentioned Emily and both Wanda and Vision came running over to the nephew who immediately was happy to see them both. Vision looked down at Emily as he said to Wanda, "Wanda, I think that Daniel needs some help getting Emily to the hospital for medical attention."
Wanda took a very quick look at Emily as she whispered to Daniel something which got him to very slightly turn red for a couple of seconds before he took off running in the direction of the nearest hospital as fast as he could. Twelve minutes later as he entered the hospital, Daniel walked right over to the main desk and said out of breath completely to one of the ladies behind the desk, "My name is Daniel Davidson and I had to carry my girlfriend, Emily Annabelle Smith who has stage 4 leukemia and is having trouble breathing right now."
Author's Notes: The next chapter will start up where this chapter ended with Daniel Davidson trying to get a doctor to check on Emily Annabelle Smith. It is going to take me a couple of days to write the chapter in question but it will be worth the long wait.
