Emily hadn't slept in days, it was beginning to get to her. The hastily grabbed a few knives and went towards a target. She through the knife and missed, she was exhauste
. Just then a knife come whizzing past her almost taking her ear off, the knife embedded itself in the targets chest, a perfect hit. Emily turned around to see who threw the knife. Her mouth hung open in shock. It was Arabella.
"Are you just going to stare at me?" She asked. She grinned running towards Emily and giving her a big hug. Emily completely toppled over.
"You look like hell." She said.
"Well, you would know." She joked, it was not that funny to Arabella.
"Too soon?" Emily asked. Arabella nodded.
"I think I need sleep, I haven't slept in days." Emily stated as she left the gym, she had a feeling Arabella needed some alone time. Once Emily left Arabella turned to the knives. She grabbed handfuls, a few cut her hands, she ignored it. Arabella viciously through a bunch and once, they landed in various targets. She looked at the one knife she had left. It was sharp, and she needed to stab something. Grabbing the knife, she approached a 200 Ib punching bag. She held the knife in her hand, gripping it tightly. She stabbed the bag again, and again. She kicked it and punch it, throwing it back and forth.
She stabbed it and screamed. She saw him approaching her as he unzipped his pants. She screamed again, this time louder as she kicked the bag. She stabbed the bag again, and again. She kicked and punched it. She needed to let go of the horrible memories she had. She wasn't in the gym, she was in the dark room, the light was pointed at her face. She saw him approaching her with a big knife, it cut into her skin, it caused blood to pour.
"Arabella! Arabella, please wake up!" A familiar voice said bringing her to consciousness. It was Steve.
Tony was asleep when Jarvis rudely interrupted him.
"Sir, I believe it is vital you come to the gym immediately." Jarvis told him.
"Why, do you think I'm fat? Because I will give you to some under privileged school." Tony threatened.
"It is about Ms. Stark, she seems to be suffering a PTSD." Jarvis replied. Tony didn't need to be told twice, he tore down the stars and burst into the gym, he saw Steve holding Arabella. Tony ran over.
"Sweetie, are you okay? I'm so sorry, this is all my fault!" Tony cried as he took her into his arms.
"I saw things again, I thought it was over, I can't escape it, The memories are everywhere." She sobbed. Tony knew exactly what she was talking about.
"How about breakfast and then we can talk about it?" Tony offered. Arabella nodded. Steve gave a curt nod before returning to his wraps.
Tony sat with Arabella as they ate their breakfast, well he mostly did the eating.
"Do the flash backs ever really go away?" Arabella asked Tony as she looked at her eggs Benedict.
"No, not really, I still have nightmares, your mother has been very patient with me, I wish I could get better." He sighed.
"They really do take away his appetite." Tony said looking at her untouched eggs Benedict.
"Yeah, after what I saw, I'm kinda grossed out." Arabella said.
"Well, I'm full. Bruce and I are working on a project down in the lab." Tony explained as he handed the waited a fifty dollar bill. Arabella zoned out a little as he explained the project while they left the restaurant. It sounded amazing.
"Sounds cool." She said as they got in the car. He smiled.
"Oh, it will be." He said as they drove off.
"What would you say if I told you that you could take down this guy." Tony said. Arabella looked at him.
"I would take him into S.H.I.E.L.D. and give him a very painful interrogation. He has hell to pay, on Earth and in Hell." She said.
"Never forget who you, stay sweet, I'm not saying you should just go and forget this a forgive the guy, but don't let this consume you." Tony said.
"I won't, I promise." She said. He smiled at her he parked the car.
Arabella sat in her room, she had to tell her father and mother the truth about what had happened. But how do you tell people you love something that horrible? Just then there was a knock at the door. It was James, he was sweaty and wrapped in a towel.
"My shower's not working, can I use yours?" He asked.
"Yeah, sure, anytime." She said smiling. He was the closest thing she would ever have to a brother. She went into her walk-in closet. She went through picking out a few nice things, dresses, shirts and such and decided to try them on.
When James walked out he saw Arabella staring at the mirror, she wore a black dress that fell to about half a foot above her ankles, it had a slit and was fairly simple, nothing fancy.
"You still wear those?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorta doing a wardrobe check." She explained. He nodded leaving the room. Arabella looked at her clothes before grabbing a lose black t-shirt and a pair of gray skinny jeans and pulled them on. She looked at herself in the mirror, she looked good, her hair hung loosely down her back, her eyes looked vibrant. She smiled and went down to her lab.
Nathan sat in the lab he shared with Arabella, he was very tired. Still, he kept working on a new sedative for himself. Just then the door opened. It was Arabella. She looked really good, and not just for someone who died, she really looked pretty.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey, watch working on?" She asked him peering into the microscope.
"A new sedative." He explained.
"Your doing this completely wrong, you'll put yourself in a coma this way, let me help you." She offered.
"Lead the way." He replied. She smiled grabbing a few vials and such.
"The problem is, you don't need to be knocked out, just the other guy. So in theory we just need to make the other guy unconscious for a few seconds." She explained fiddling around. He watched her work, it was amazing. A few hours later Arabella held a syringe full of blue liquid. She had beakers full of it behind her and the recipe was saved to Jarvis's data base.
"Hulk out." She ordered him.
"What, are you crazy? I'll hurt you!" He said. she smiled.
"No you won't." she said. Nathan felt the other guy rising up, quickly, all he saw was a flash of green. Arabella grabbed the syringe and stuck it in his leg, pressing the plunger. the creature froze before returning to Nathan, who was now nude. Arabella wrapped him in a blanket and carried him to his room.
"Hey, your mom and I want to have a family night, just the three of us." Tony said poking his head into her room.
"Cool, be there in a second." She said closing the computer lid. She walked down the hallway into the living room. Her mom and dad sat on the couch with a few boxes of Chinese food in front of them. She smiled sitting between them.
"I thought you said you'd kill us if you ever saw us eating on the coach again?" Arabella asked her mother.
"I rethought." She replied smiling.
"What movie are you guys up for?" Tony asked them.
"I am number four." Arabella replied. He smiled.
"Then that it is." he said pulling up the movie while Arabella grabbed the tofu lo mien. The movie started and she sat there eating with her parents. After a few bites she was full, she sat back and watched the movie. She knew what she had to do.
When the movie ended the lights turned on. Arabella looked at her parents.
"Not hungry hun?" Pepper asked eyeing her food.
"Not really, I need to tell you what Bruce and I really discussed." She said getting up and turning to her parents. Pepper scooted closer to Tony clutching his hand.
"You can tell us anything." Tony said squeezing Peppers hand.
"The videos didn't show everything. I was raped back there, it was the worst thing that has eve happened to me. But it gets worse. He got me pregnant. Thankfully Bruce noticed it, he removed it. He didn't think I could handle it, and he was right." She exhaled. Tears were streaming down Pepper's cheeks, Tony was shaking with anger.
"That Bastard is going to pay." Tony growled.