Chapter 9:
AN: Here is the next chapter…..enjoy.
Alex eyes fluttered open; she could see the sun between the buildings as she stretched. Then it hit her. She was sitting on a building; Alex pulled her feet up quickly; at first startled by her location then remembered what happened the night before and walked over to where the ladder was and climbed down. Once she got to the window she pulled on it…..but it didn't more. Someone had locked it. Alex huffs, then pulls out the knife her mom gave her and gabs it at the window; shattering the glass. Alex turns and does a roll into the room. Once inside, she got dressed into a black tank top, and some dark blue skinny jeans, then walks over to her night table and grabs her phone. It read 11:34. Alex walks to her door and quietly opens it. The hall was dimly lit by the lights and it was quiet. Alex walked down the hall to the elevator and pushed the button to go down.
A few minutes later, Alex emerges from the elevator and walks into the kitchen/living area. Natasha, Clint, Tony, and Pepper were standing at the kitchen counter along with Thor and Jane. All the teens were on the couches. Natasha turned and saw Alex, her eyes grow big and she walks over to her and embraces her in a strong hug. Alex stumbles in surprise, and then lightly hugs her.
"Where have you been?!" She says a bit louder than necessary. Alex gives a confused look.
"I was on the roof." Alex shrugs. Natasha doesn't weaken her worried gaze.
"You were on the roof? Why?" Alex crosses her arms.
"I just needed some time alone."
"Some time. Well you were gone for 10 hours!" Natasha's voice beings to quieten. Alex's eyes widen a little.
"I didn't know it was that long, I just fell asleep that's all. I'm fine." Alex says. Natasha sighs.
"Next time, tell us where you're going ok?" She says. Alex nods. Liz walks over and leads her to the couch, she hands her a plate with a pop tart in it.
"You ok?" She asks. Alex nods, then takes a bit of the pop tart, quickly realizing how hungry she was she took a few more bites.
"Just needed some time alone." Alex says. Liz nods. Skye scoots over to her.
"I can't believe Stephanie got that on tape. I'm so sorry you had to see that." Skye says with regret. Alex shrugs with a smile.
"Don't worry about it, its fine." Alex reassures her. "I guess word would have gotten out at some point anyway." Skye slowly nods. Then Kate walks over so she's in front of then.
"Why don't we visit the coffee shop? It's a lay low kinda place." Kate says. Skye nods, then Liz.
"You want to?" Kate asks Alex. She turns to them, then smiles.
"Sure, why not?" They all got up and headed for the elevator.
AVENGERS
Alex sat in the car with Skye, Astrid, Kate, and Liz. They were on their way to coffee shop for a break from avenger related madness. They had actually given Alex a tour of New York City before going to the coffee shop. They all got out of the taxi and walked into the shop. The smell of coffee and other pastries filled Alex's nose as they went to a table by the window. Alex sat down and ordered water, while everyone else got some fancy coffee. Liz turned to Alex.
"So would you be ok talking about the incidents? You're kind of a mystery to all of us besides Skye." Liz says with a smile. Alex nods, and then takes in a breath beginning her long story.
"Well I guess it was any other day, Skye was at my house when it happened. The two guys broke in and-"Kate buts in.
"And you killed them like a badass!" Alex smiles and nods; even there was a more fitting explanation. The waiter walks up and puts down there drinks. Liz takes a sip of her latte.
"Ok, continue…" She smiles. Alex begins again.
"After the guy shot me, I woke up in the infirmary, and it is a bit fuzzy from there, I was dazed the whole time, I remember my parents walking in and trying to explain and I shrugged it off." Alex says with a hint of regret. Liz nods.
"What about when you snuck off? I heard it was your idea but who else went?" Astrid asks.
"Well first I was sneaking off, I ran into Steve, then he wanted to come and Coulson flew the jet and then I got a call from someone…" Alex whips her head around to Skye. She chuckles before she continues. "And once I got there I was riding when we were attacked. If they weren't there I'd probably be dead." Alex says with more regret. They all nod. Alex decides to change the subject. "So tell me about what goes on around here, what school do you go too?" Alex asks. Liz's head shoots up a huge grin on her face.
'Oh, I can tell you all about that!"
"Oh boy…" Kate says.
"So we go to a normal school actually, but there are undercover agents working there so we do have some means of protection if something ever happens. The principle is a SHIELD agent too. So are some of the L.A., History, and Art teachers. There is this one girl though, she is like the queen; or so she thinks.-"Liz says. Astrid's eyes widen.
'Oh, don't get started on her!" Astrid says with annoyance. Alex gives a nervous laugh.
"What, who is this chick?" Liz starts again.
"Her name is Jessica Hardwick. She thinks she's the queen of the school." Liz says in disgust. Alex nods, not liking the sound of this chick. Then Liz looks behind Alex, Alex gives a confused look before she looks behind her, following her gaze she sees a girl flirting with a boy at the counter. Alex looks back at Liz.
"Is that…?" Alex says. Liz nods.
"Yep." Alex gives a confused and pathetic look.
"She looks like a Barbie-wanna-be!" Alex says with a chuckle. They all start laughing, and then they stop, looking back in horror. Alex stops laughing and looks at them confused, then realizes.
"She's right behind me isn't she?" Alex whispers. Liz nods. Alex gets out of her chair and turns around. Jessica was glaring at Alex with icy eyes.
"I'm sorry, were you talking about me?" She says in a sweet voice. Alex looks at her, seeing two girls behind Jessica. Must be here posy. Alex grins.
"And if I was?" Alex challenges. She gives her a tight smile.
"Then I would give you a nasty look, but I see you already have one." Jessica says sweetly. Alex holds back slapping her across the face. Alex gives an airy laugh.
"I guess the only way to know is for you to look in the mirror." Alex says. Jessica gasps, and the two girls behind her make disgusted faces. They all roll their eyes, and then they turn tail and walk away. "Yeah, keep rolling your eyes, maybe you'll find a brain back there." Alex finishes before they walk out of the shop. Liz, Kate, Astrid, and Skye walk up to her.
"Dang girl! Nobody steps up in front of them!" Astrid says.
"Yeah! You better watch yourself, they get pretty nasty." Kate says. Alex shrugs.
"It's no big deal…" Alex says. Liz shakes her head.
"Yeah it is! You have no idea what you just started!" Liz says with a nervous laugh. Alex shrugs again.
"Guess I'll just have to live with it." She says confidently. They all nod, and then laugh.
"Ok, why don't we get back, it should be about dinner time. " Alex nods along with Skye before they all head out the door and call a taxi.
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Alex and the others got out of the taxi, and walked up to the door of Avenger tower and into the elevator. Minutes later they walked out of the elevator and into the main eating and living area. Tony was fixing something at the counter (As usual) and Pepper and Natasha were cooking something. Liz walks up to her dad and sits down with him while the others walk over to the TV. Alex goes over to her mom; she gives her a hug before looking over her shoulder. Natasha smiles, she was mixing something.
"Did you have fun honey?" Natasha says. Alex nods.
"Yeah, we went to the coffee shop and I got a tour." Natasha nods before taking the mix to the other counter. Alex walks over to the couch, seeing the others (now including Liz.) watching something. Alex sits down next the Kate.
"What's this?" She asks. Liz turns to her.
"Pacific Rim, it's my favorite movie!" Liz says. Alex nods. The commercial finishes and the movie comes back. Then hands come over Alex's eyes and she freaks, pulling the arm over her head she throws the person over her head and onto the coffee table, she was up in an instant holding a fist ready to punch.
"Wait!" Then she sees it's just Nathan. She sighs, and then pushes him off the table with a thud. "Ow!" He says, sitting up he gives Alex a scary look. "What the hell was that?" Alex glares at him.
"You should know, don't ever do that to me again." She says. Then Danny and Arthur walk around the couch laughing hysterically. Alex then turns her glare to them. Nathan looks at them.
"You said it would scare her!" He said. They laugh nodding.
"No, we said if you do it then it might scare her." Danny says in between laughs. Nathan falls back on the rug with a thud. Danny puts a hand on Alex's shoulder.
"Man we accepted you to do something but nothing like that!" Danny says. Alex grins before turning back to the screen. Then pepper and Natasha walk over with plates, Alex leans up seeing one of her favorite meals; stir-fry.
Alex's mouth began to water as they set down the plates. Alex picked up a fork and knife and began to eat along with the others.
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Once everyone finished eating, Alex and her parents made their way to their floor. There floor was the one that was near the top of the building. It was how she got to the roof.
Alex said goodnight to her parents and went to her room. Alex climbed into her bed and stared at the ceiling. Somehow before she came here, here parents new so much about her, they had a window put in the ceiling so Alex could stare up into the stars as she lay in bed. She soon closed her eyes and fell asleep.
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Alex woke to Kate's face inches away from hers.
"Good morning sleepy head!" Kate says, Alex yawns and sits up, forcing Kate's face away. She stretches then hops of the bed.
"Why are you in my room?" She asks in a dry voice. Kate shrugs.
"Well, everyone is down stairs and there are pancakes….. So why wouldn't I come get you?" Kate says. Alex smiles before running to the bathroom. She comes back wearing yoga pants and a t-shirt. They then head for the elevator.
Alex and Kate arrive to level 10 and walk into the kitchen. Gathering some pancakes and strawberries, the head over to the couch were everyone else was sitting. Alex sat next to Arthur and Kate sat next to Nathan; while Liz, Skye, Danny, and Kate sat on the other couch.
Arthur finishes chewing and turns to Alex.
"So are you like a SHIELD agent?" Arthur asks. Alex finishes chewing and thinks for a moment.
"I guess so, I mean I'm not an official agent yet per say but I should hopefully be getting a license for SHIELD missions if I run into trouble with cops or whatever." Arthur nods.
"Were all agents too. We don't go on many missions alone, but we do accompany other agents on missions." Arthur says. Alex nods.
"Sounds like fun." Alex says. Liz and Nathan look up at Alex.
"Nathan and I have our own suits that we use on missions. They aren't equipped with many weapons, but we have the beams." Liz says; eyes sparkling. Alex smiles; nodding.
"Yeah, and we are working on our own designs too in secret, so don't tell our folks!" Nathan whispers. Alex smirks and nods.
"My lips are sealed." She relies, and then sticks another bite of pancake in her mouth. Nathan smiles before taking his plate to the sink. Then Danny looks up from his plate.
"We never did find out, what weapon do you fight with?" He asks. Alex finishes chewing.
"I have a bow, but I also use my hands when necessary." Danny nods.
"So you like a mixture of your parents?" He grins.
"Yeah I guess you could say that." She grins back, and then turns to Liz.
"So what's today's schedule?" Liz finishes her pancake and looks up.
"Well let's see….." Liz pulls out a pad and starts looked at a ma of NYC. Alex takes her plate to the sink while Liz was in deep thought. Then a thought hit her. This wasn't part of the plan. Alex stops at the sink, her mind being overwhelmed with thoughts. The plan was to get off the carrier, and when she had the chance, to sneak out and find the truth herself. But sense meeting everyone wasn't what Alex had in mind, this would be far more difficult then she had planned.
Alex walked back to the couch and sat down. Liz pulled up a picture of a big building.
"There's a new movie that just came out, want to go see it?" Liz says showing Alex a pic of a movie theater.
"Sure, that's sounds fun." Alex agrees with a smile. Liz nods, and then shows the others. "When's the next showing?" Liz scrolls down the page.
"At 10:30 tonight. We can wonder the city for a bit for the day then head over if you want." She says looking at Alex, then Skye.
"Cool! Looks awesome!" Skye says. Alex nods.
"Ok then! Nathan, if you guys want to come that's alright with us." Nathan nods, along with the others. "Alright then! Let's get dressed and meet in the lobby in Fifteen minutes." Alex and the others nod and leave the room.
AVENGERS
Everyone had been wondering the city for the better part of the day and they were now on their way to the movies.
Alex followed everyone to the theater and they waited at the doors to get in. Liz pulled out her phone. It read 9:50.
"We have a sometime and we should get a good seat by the looks of the line." Liz says seeing there were only two people in front of them. They all nod, pulling out the remainder of their lunch they started to munch on it.
30 MINUTES LATER…..
The line began to move, everyone had their trash, Alex decided to volunteer.
"Here let me have the trash, I'll go put it in the dumpster." Liz gives a regretting look.
"No, let me, there's probably a trash can inside." Alex shakes her head.
"There's one right there, I'll meet you guys in." She says, taking their trash and walking out of line, she turns back seeing them walk in and goes down an ally to a dumpster. It was a good thirty feet away so Alex sped up. Throwing the trash in; she turns around and begins the walk back.
Alex was about halfway when something smacks against her head, and she's knocked unconscious.
