I woke to Tony shaking me awake. "Watts! Watts! Get up!" he yelled at me.
"What?" I asked groggily. I was in my bed, yellow light from the street lights shined in the windows silhouetting Tony's face.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he asked angrily. I stared at him my breath caught in my throat. I knew what he was going to say but didn't want him to say it.
"What?" I asked not looking him in the eye.
"Invisible? You can turn invisible?" He questioned me aggressively. Steve told me. I was a fool to trust him. I was a fool to trust anyone and get comfortable here.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." spouted sharply. Getting out of bed and walking to the kitchen to make coffee. He followed closely behind me.
"Yes you do. Steve told me. He told us all." hit the kitchen counter with his fist. I flinched at the sound and turned. His eyes were wide and fierce.
"Well he doesn't know what he is talking about." I said pouring the green mountain coffee into the filter and placing it in the top of the coffee maker.
"You thought you could just go around spying on us? Sneaking where no one would know you were there. You thought we would be ok with that?" He shouted.
"I never spied on anyone!" I shouted back.
"I don't use my ability at all. Contrary to everyone's belief I don't want to sit invisible in a corner all day and watch you shower, or masterbate, or fuck, or whatever. I want to live my life not watch everyone else's." I yelled in frustration.
My coffee pot beeped. I turned to shut it off. "So you admit it. You can turn invisible." He said lowly.
I grabbed a green mug from a hook hanging above the coffee maker. I poured myself a cup making him wait for an answer. As I sipped slowly all I could think was, I can't believe Steve ratted me out. I can't believe I trusted him. So much for honesty.
"Yes, fine. I admit it." I grumbled holding the mug closely.
"Come with me." Tony said grabbing my arm spilling hot coffee all over me. I yelped in pain dropping the mug on the laminate kitchen floor. He grabbed my arm forcing me to the door.
"Tony you're hurting me." I said struggling to break free of his grip.
"Mutants can't feel pain." he said shoving out my front door.
Standing there was Nick Fury in his black trench coat looking intensely down at me. Natasha and Clint stood to his right holding their weapons at the ready. Steve was to his right in full Captain America gear holding his shield out to me as if I were about to shoot him. "
You're in a lot of trouble Sarah. Cuff her." Fury said casually. Natasha moved toward me gun raised to my head.
"Don't try any funny business." She said going behind me and cuffing my wrists. They led me down the stairs and out of my building where a dozen cop cars were parked erratically red lights flashing. A swat truck opened up and a team dressed in combat gear filed out quickly. I turned back to Natasha who was holding my hands behind me
"Where are you taking me?" I asked nervously.
"To headquarters. We have some doctors who need to run tests to find out what you are." she said disgusted.
They led me to a black van. I had to get away, once I was in the car it would be too hard to try and escape. Just before they lowered my head to get me in the van I turned invisible and ran.
I heard shouting and guns firing, the bullets whizzing past my ears. I made it out from the cop car barricade and made a straight line for the subway. I ran as hard as I could trying to stay invisible, a power that goes in and out without practice. I turned the corner at the end of the block and saw the subway stop. I ran toward it but tripped and hit the ground hard. I felt a heavy weight on my back.
Steve's voice whispered in my ear"You can't get away from me, mutant." I cried "No!" as he lifted me effortlessly and dragged me back.
"I trusted you." I screamed through my tears. He laughed mockingly. "You are a threat to national security. You really thought I would let you go?" He chortled.
He threw me into the back of the black van and I hit the hard metal floor with a thud.
"I hope you rot in there." Tony sneared at me before slamming the van door and darkness overtook me.
I sat up dripping sweat in my my bed, in my apartment. I looked around anxiously to see I was all alone, still in my work uniform, curled up in the position I was in this afternoon. It was a nightmare. This one was different. This nightmare was new.
Instead of my old life coming back to haunt me, it was my new one. I breathed heavily finally catching my breathe. I got up feeling remarkably free and thankful to move around where I liked. I walked to the bathroom, shed my sweaty uniform and hopped into the shower.
I turned on the water, it spit out at me in low pressure, hot water dripped down my body and felt heavenly compared to the wet, heavy mess I was sleeping in.
As I washed I thought about my next steps. Should I run? Running from the Avengers may be impossible, shield especially. Should I tell them all?
Now that Steve knows it may only be a matter of time before they all do anyway. It might be better to tell them and head them off at the pass, before they can make any bad assumptions about me.
But then they might try to experiment on me like in my dream. Shield has been known to do these things. And that is the last thing I wanted. I stood letting the hot water drip over me, lost in what to do.
Maybe I should ask Steve what he thinks. He is the only person who knows my secret and how the group would react to this news. He is my best chance at trying to find a safe way out of this. If he was still on my side.
I thought about him in my dream pinning me to the ground and how betrayed I felt. I didn't want to feel that way about him. I liked Steve.
Sometimes I thought I more than liked Steve but I never let those thoughts stay too long. He was an Avenger after all. I saw how often Pepper and Tony were apart due to his Avenging, and I never wanted that kind of relationship. The constant worry, feeling of helplessness, waiting. I hated waiting. I liked solutions and action, I guess that's why being an engineer was my calling, figure out the problem and fix it.
I turned the water off and stepped out of the shower stall. I wiped the mirror free of steam and looked at me bare clean face. My brown eyes looked tired, dark circles surrounded them, making me look more like a creature of the night than human. My brown hair began to wave around my face. I stared at my reflection for a while before I finally decided on my plan of action. I would talk to Steve first then decide to run or talk.