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Sammy's POV
I woke up to the sound of Thriller by Michael Jackson blasting from the speakers in my room. Last night, someone had installed a TV in my room while I was out with Jenny and Darcy and they had also left behind a white MacBook for me to use, not doubt thanks to Tony.
So I went online and created a play list on iTunes for Jarvis to play in the mornings, and WALA! Waking up to music.
It was then that I remembered that I had a freaking mission today and bolted out of bed, tripping and almost face planting into the toilet accidentally on the way.
Half an hour later, I grabbed the black Jansport backpack I had packed last night and skipped out of my room and into Jenny's.
"WAKE UP BUTTERCUP! WE GOT A MISSION TODAY!" I sang and then suddenly realized that Jenny wasn't even in her room.
"Jenny?"
"In the bathroom!" she called and I rolled my eyes, skipping towards the partly opened door.
"Are you ready?" I asked curiously and Jenny nodded. She was dressed in dark black skinnies, black combat boots, and a dark green v-neck. Her long black hair was pulled into a high pony tail, leaving her bangs down to frame her face and her green eyes popped because they clashed so violently with her shirt. I on the other hand was wearing light blue skinny jeans, a soft, cotton grey v neck and my plain black converse. I had left my pink blonde hair down in natural waves like I usually do because I'm most comfortable that way. Only the outfits we were wearing weren't as normal as you thought. Tony had specially designed them so that the shirts and jeans we wore were freaking bullet proof…I guess that's technology for you.
"As ready as I'll ever be," she responded while grabbing a dark green Jansport that she had packed last night, "You?"
I nodded, smiling, "Let's go."
On The Roof
Still Sammy's POV
"Yeah this is thriller, thriller now," Jenny and I bobbed our heads to the beat of the music coming from the speakers of one of Tony's many privet jets.
Speaking of Tony, the said man was currently dancing to the Michael Jackson song, shuffling in between the seats with his hands in the air. It was honestly very comical because...well Tony's a grown man who can not dance. Not to mention he was wearing the Iron Man suit.
It was then that Steve...or I guess I should call him Cap considering he was currently wearing his Captain America suit, walked into the jet, his mouth already open as if he was going to say something but one look at Tony caused him to shut his lips and shake his head.
"Where's Jarred and Tristan?" I asked curiously.
"Right here babe," I heard Jarred's British accent before I saw him.
He and Tristan walked in the jet and I swear, I almost swooned at how gorgeous Jarred looked. Ugh no, just shut up Sammy.
Jarred was wearing a pair of black skinnies, some black Converse with a dark red tank top that showed off his muscled arms and clashed amazingly with his hair. He had a gun strapped to his waist as well, along with what looked to be a pair of really bad ass oversized night vision goggles on his head.
Tristan wore similar clothing, with dark jeans, sneakers, and a blue v neck, only he had two long, thin swords strapped to his back. I didn't even have to glance at Jenny to know that she was ogling over Tristan, much like I was over Jarred...or at least I was trying not to...
"I guess we're ready to go," shrugged Tony, and we all nodded until I remembered something.
"Wait!" I stabbed my pointer finger in the air, getting everyone's attention and almost poking out Steve's left eye, "You guys all have cool weapons and we don't. What if we have to like… fight...am I supposed to seduce the enemy with my awkwardness or something?" Everyone chuckled with the exception of Jenny, who just shook her head smiling.
"We have some extra ammo in the back," Tony nodded his head towards the end of the jet, "Check for some while we prepare for take off."
Jenny and I made our way past everyone and towards the back, where we shifted through some metal cupboards until we came across the extra weapons. I couldn't help but smile when I saw a sleek, black Desert Eagle MK XIX. I wasn't smiling just because it was a gun, but because of the memory behind it.
This was one of the main guns I had used to fight Loki in the battle of New York, and the reason I recognized it was because of the two inch long scratch, etched on the right side of the handle that was made during one of the explosions.
"What're you smiling about?" Jenny's curious voice brought me out of my thoughts and I shook my head.
"Oh, it's nothing." I strapped the gun to my thigh and another one on my waist, adding in some extra ammunition as well. I found a pair of brass knuckles and slipped those on my right hand as well.
Jenny had gotten herself a gun as well, a nice looking Colt Custom 1911, along with a bad ass looking knife strapped to her thigh and some extra bullets.
After we deemed each other battle worthy, we made our way back to the front of the jet, plopping down in the comfortable, leather chairs.
I wonder how long it'll take to get from New York to Mississippi.
Jenny's POV
The second Sammy plopped down in the leather chair, she was out like a light, sleeping away like a kindergartener at nap time. Ugh, if she's gonna sleep then this ride is going to be boring. As. Fuck.
Looking around, I spotted Tristan and stood up, walking towards him, passing a sleeping Jarred on the way. My legs wobbled slightly because the jet was moving so fast, but I didn't fall over like Sammy might have.
He looked up and smiled at me, scooting over so I could have a seat.
"Hey."
I smiled, "Hey."
Hmm…maybe this ride won't be too boring after all.
Sammy's POV
I hopped out of the jet, stretching my legs like no tomorrow. Tony said it had taken just about an hour to get from New York to Mississippi and I had practically slept the whole way there. Oh well.
We parked to jet in what looked to be a sort of murky field in the middle of nowhere. Tony wasn't kidding when he said swamp. We were surrounded by thick, tall trees mostly covered in moss. Bushes littered the muddy ground and the air smelled softly of something woodsy that I couldn't identify. Tony led the way, holding what looked to be a sort of high teck GPS, and we all followed in silence.
I ducked under a tree branch and stepped over a large bush, my Converse sinking into the dirt and making a squishy noise as I followed Jenny.
We were all gathered in what looked to be a sort of clearing with thick bushes and grass that reached our shins. There was a small sort of pond that looked to have more mud then water in it and some where, I heard a frog croak.
"Why are we stopping?" I asked what everyone else was already thinking.
Tony fiddled with the GPS before speaking, "Jarvis says the lab was supposed to be right here. Where I'm standing..." he trailed off and we all looked around.
All I could see were trees, mud, and wildlife...no secret science lab in sight…
"Maybe there was some sort of mistake in the coordinates?" asked Jenny and Tony shook his head.
"That's impossible, we were supposed to—"
"Look!" It was Jarred who cut off Tony and we all stared at the spot Jarred was pointing to, which was right under Tony's feet.
It was then that I noticed the thin, barley visible outline of what looked to be...a trap door?
"The lab is underground!" said Jenny, stating the obvious, "That's genius."
"Good work Jarred," Steve nodded at him and he grinned back.
Tony bent down and brushed some mud away from the ground with his hands while we all crowded around him. Eventually, he found what looked to be an old fashioned brass knocker with a padlock on it.
I pulled out my gun and shot at the lock before anyone had a chance to blink. The bullet skillfully went through the middle and the lock cracked in Tony's hands.
He shot me an annoyed look and I grinned.
"You almost shot me," he accused even though we all knew my aim was near perfect.
"I broke the lock didn't I?"
He huffed and opened his mouth but Steve beat him, "Just let it go Stark."
"But-"
"No."
"But she-"
"Stark," Steve sounded a lot like the cranky mother hen that we all know and love, "Just let it go and open the door."
Tony let out yet another huff and tossed the lock aside, opening the trap door and shooting me a dirty look when the thought I wasn't looking.
There was a thin, metal ladder going down underground into what looked to be never ending darkness. Even from all the way up here, you could still hear the faint drip drip drip sounds of leaky pipes and smell of antibacterial hospital scent that emitted strongly from the lab.
One by one, went down the ladder, the darkness enveloping us like a warm blanket. It was colder down here, I noted as I took my spot next to Jenny.
Steve managed to find a light switch somehow and he flicked it on. After the lights sputtered and coughed, one by one they came on, until we could clearly see where we really were.
I wrinkled my nose. It was much like the creepy, stereotype science labs you see in the movies. We were in a large, white metal room that had stainless steal tables littered with papers and old lab equipment that people hadn't bothered to pack up, almost as if they were leaving in a hurry. There were over turned chairs and smashed computer screens and only one other door, which stood at the very end of the room.
"Someone must have been in a hurry," Tony stated exactly what I was thinking as we all cautiously walked around the room.
I hummed "Thriller" by Michael Jackson once more as I picked up a stack of newspapers and my eyes widened slightly. The date was from a few days ago, meaning that whoever was here was present sooner then we thought.
"Look at this," called Steve and I dropped the newspapers and turned around.
We all crowded around him as he flicked through some files labeled Top Secret.
Most of it was written in code, or just plain old science gibberish, but I made out a couple phrases like, "Experiment GA-1" and "termination" and stuff like that.
Tony on the other hand seemed to actually understand the mysterious code and he shook his head slowly, as if he couldn't believe what he was reading.
"What is it?"
Tony grabbed the files from Steve flicked through the pages, "They...they were experimenting on kids."
"What!?" Steve's eyes widened and I felt a pang of sorrow for him. Even though he took the super soldier serum by choice, he still knew what it felt like to be...you know, under complete and total surveillance 24/7.
"It says right here," Tony pointed to a thick looking paragraph full of what looked to be written in either Greek, Latin, Spanish, or all three combined. Huh...I never was any good at language.
"They ran tests on different levels of radiations...on these kids..." Tony flicked through the files faster then I thought possible, "They captured them while they were young, locked them up and experimented on them."
"Why would anyone do such a thing?" asked Jenny, shaking her head.
"I think they wanted to recreate the super soldier serum," Tony bit his lip, suddenly looking a hell of a lot older then twenty five.
While everyone else was absorbed in the files Tony was practically raping with his eyes, I decided to look around a bit more. My eyes somehow found the mysterious door at the end of the room and I realized that I walking towards it.
Hmm...I wonder if Narnia's behind it.
Jenny's POVWe all crowed around Tony, elbowing each other like school children to try and get a look at the papers that no doubt read gibberish to us all. Oh well, curiosity's a bitch.
That was why we never heard the footsteps behind us. Or the whispering. It was only when a large ball of fucking fire flew our way that I realized three things. 1) We were not alone. 2) Sammy was missing. And 3) I really had to pee.
Tony threw the files down and we all dived behind a near by, overturned desk as more fire balls flew our way.
"What the hell!" yelled Jarred as he tried to take a peak, only to have his face almost burned off.
Tony ducked to the side and shot energy blasts from his suit at the mysterious fire thrower.
Steve dove behind an empty metal crate, using his shield to protect himself and Jarred pulled out his gun, shooting wildly as if he was a trigger happy energizer bunny.
Someone grabbed my hand and I turned to see Tristan, who was pulling me in the direction of what I assumed safety was.
"Lets sneak up behind them," he whispered in my ear and I nodded.
While Tony, Steve, and Jarred shot at them, Tristan and I split up, each of us going around opposite sides of the room.
I jumped here and there, avoiding the steadily growing fire and taking cover whenever I could find it. It was then that I spotted the people responsible for all of this.
Holy shit.
There was a redheaded girl, about my age, furiously shooting fireballs in Tony's direction. She must be one of the experiments! Next to her was dark haired guy, who looked a little older, crouched down and looked as if he was concentrating really hard.
He yelled something at the red headed girl which I couldn't hear over the roar of the flames and she nodded at him, screaming something back.
Then it was all over.
Quite literally I mean.
The fire, the heat, it was all disappeared. As if it was never there before. Of course there were burn marks and the left over smell of barbequed science equipment not to mention a hell of a lot of smoke, bit the fire was all gone.
I caught Tristan's eyes from across the room and he made a shushing signal, putting a finger to his lips and motioning for me to be quite and get down. I immediately ducked behind a burnt table and held my breath, my heart pounding in my throat.
It was silent for a minute before the guy spoke, his voice sounded deep and kind of calming, like the ocean...wait, what the fuck am I thinking? Ugh shit up Jenny, you have to pee. You have weird thoughts when you have to pee.
"Who are you people?"
His voice echoed across the room and I heard Tony cough, "We mean you guys no harm. We—"
"Oh yeah dipshit! No harm? Please, that's what they all say; tell that to the bullet holes through my shirt!" It was the redheaded girl who spoke, her voice sounding sarcastic and totally pissed off. Ouch Tony, you never want to piss off a redhead. It might just be the last thing you do.
"We're not here to hurt you guys!" shouted Tony again, "We didn't even know anybody was here. Look, we're kind of the Avengers. Earth's Mightiest Heroes type of thing. Maybe you've heard of us.." he trailed off and I rolled my eyes.
Tony, you are an idiot.
Sammy's POV
Of course I have to miss all the action. Of course, because it's just my luck.
I peaked from behind the door (which might I inform you, did not have Narnia behind it), hearing Tony yell something about being part of the Avengers. Idiot much? You never tell the enemy who you really are. Then again…I'm not even sure they are the enemy.
From my spot behind the door, I had a perfect view of the red head and the other guy. They were about five feet away and I could have easily shot them down if I wanted to, but of course, I chose to wait like the retarded seal I was.
"Wait? The Avengers?" it was the girl who spoke, "Are you like...legit?"
I put my hand over my mouth to muffle my giggles. I liked this girl already...even though she tried to kill us...well you know what they say about first impressions...
...Umm...no I don't...
Okay...so anyways.
"We really are the Avengers," It was Steve who spoke, his deep voice echoing throughout the large room, "Honestly, we can prove it."
The redhead and the boy whispered to each other for a few seconds before the guy stood up, saying, "Come on out with your hands up."
Watch any good cop bad cop shows much? I would have laughed if we weren't in such a crappy situation.
One by one, Tony, Steve, and Jarred came out. I saw Tristan come out from behind a table at the other end of the room along with Jenny, all with their hands up. They slowly made their way towards the center of the room, walking slowly and cautiously.
Hm…I guess they were kind of in a sticky situation…
The girl had a fire ball in each hand and her eyes held a fierce sort of fire as well. Spirit.
Sound familiar?
"Look, we're here on SHIELD business," said Tony, I noticed that he had ash across both his cheeks and his suit was charred as well, "We thought the lab was deserted until we found the files. We can help you guys."
"You're…you're Tony Stark…" the girl spoke slowly, as if trying to process what was happening, "And you're Captain America."
The one and only, I thought dryly.
"Yes," Steve nodded.
The fire slowly dimmed and then went out from the girl's hands, "How did you find us?"
"Our team of scientists," I noticed the two strangers wince slightly at the word "scientists" but no one else seemed to notice, "-Found extreme radiation signals coming from here. We came looking for something that popped up on the radar and instead we found you guys…" Steve was speaking slowly and keeping his voice calm, as if he didn't want to say the wrong thing to set them off.
"Look," Tony sighed, running a hand through his hair, "We know what happened to you guys. What they did. And we can help you. SHIELD is always looking for new recruits. But you just have to trust us…okay?"
The two strangers looked at each other and some sort of silent communication went through them until the guy nodded slowly, "Yeah…er…okay."
Tony grinned and Jenny and Tristan exchanged relieved glances. I guess it's time to make my entrance. I slipped out from behind the door silently, while the red head spoke again.
"My name's Margaret Moore but everyone calls me Mars and this is my brother Adam." She nodded to the black haired guy. I couldn't see what they looked like, considering they had their backs to me, but I did catch Jarred's eye and a look of relief crossed his features when he saw that I was alive and well. Aww…
Tony opened his mouth but I cut him off, getting everyone's attention and making a few people jump, "Can I just say that I love your hair Mars. It's gorgeous," I let out a giggle as her lips formed an "o" in shock, "My name's Sammy by the way. Sammy Knight: poptart ninja, part time Avenger, and all time Harry Potter nerd."
