I AM BACK! I finally finished those four stories, and now I am working on my short stories I will try to finish up to cut them down even more!
All the rights still go to the same people! Nothing has changed from where I left off!
I am trying to refer to the Avenger's by their names in this one, see what people think about it. What do you think? Is it better with their names, or their superhero names? Tellz meh!
Enjoy! R&R
"And you didn't want to tell me this before?" He asked, more hurt that she didn't trust him enough to know. He clamped his eyes shut, trying to tamper that feeling down before it got out of control.
"I didn't tell anyone! The only one who knew was Sierra!" Crystal argued, seeing the hurt in his eyes that made her feel guilty. "I was just imagining how any of you would react if you found out. I was scared I would lose you guys. I wouldn't be able to stand the thought of losing you or anyone. I finally had people that accepted me…..I didn't want to ruin that…"
She pushed away from him, making him open his eyes and look at her. Guilt shot through him as he saw her head downcast to the floor, her shoulders shaking, and the tears that were on the edge of her eyes, but couldn't fall over. He stepped forward towards her, wrapping his around her shoulders and holding her head into his shoulder.
"We would never leave you, even if we had learned about this." He mumbled into the top of her head. "They accepted you being the daughter of Nightmare. Don't you think they'd accept this if they accepted that?"
"But this is worse than just being the daughter of that man…." She hiccupped, fear engulfing her at the thought of their reactions. Her mind was turning against her at the rejection she saw from the rest of her friends and the adults that treated her like family.
He pulled her back slightly, cupping her face so she looked at him. "Look at me." He told her strictly, watching the tears finally spill over and run down her cheek. His eyebrow twitched at the tear, before he ran his thumb under her eye, wiping it away. "You have to have more faith in us than that. We're not like everyone else." He smiled at her warmly, reassuring her. "We're superhero's after all."
She let out a small laugh at his simple joke. "That still doesn't make it better." She, rested her head on his shoulder again, finding him calming.
"You'll never know until you try." He whispered, running his hand along her hair. He wasn't good with these kinds of feelings; he never knew what he should say or do. "Come on, let's go try it out."
Crystal felt his hand trace down to her own, gripping it gently. He pulled away and turned around, tugging her gently with him so she was heading towards the living room. Crystal pinched her cheeks, trying to get the puffiness to go away. She stopped him just outside the door, trying to gather her wits. Francis turned to look at her, waiting for her deep breath to blow out.
"Hey!" Clint said, waving at his son. "What's going on?" He asked, looking at Crystal behind him who seemed to be trying to hide.
Francis looked back at her, tugging on her hand to bring her out from behind him. He nudged his head to the adults that were in there, along with the team who were updating the adults on their training inside the rooms. Crystal's uneasy feeling knotted in her stomach, but with a glance towards Francis who was pushing her onwards, she breathed in deeply. She began by telling them the story of the 'Angel of Light', and explaining to them in a bit more detail about how it was a map of her life; her past, present, and future. She watched as their brows furrowed when she told them about her being either the protector or the destroyer of the world. She explained to them how at the point she was now with her power, she could become the destroyer.
Much like how Francis pointed it out, the adults also caught the part where her life would end; but she could only nod to their questions of the story. She told them the same as she told Francis, how she hoped the ending would not come true. The knot in her stomach became larger as the room grew silent, the adults either looking at the ground, or giving glances at one another. The team on the other hand didn't know what to think as they stared at their hands and at the walls.
Crystal took a step backwards, her instinct to run away trying to take her over. Francis put a hand on her arm, stopping her before she turned around. He stood his ground next to her, staring down the adults with hopes they'd understand and prove him right.
Thor walked over to her with strong steps, making her flinch from his powerful aura that came off of him. He reached out his hand towards her, and she reflexively ducked her head down waiting for him to do something to her. Instead he put his hand on her head and patted it, ruffling her hair slightly so she looked up at him.
"You've had a lot on your shoulders little one." He said, patting her head once more. "You don't have to shoulder it alone anymore."
She looked around at everyone else, watching as smiles crept over their faces as if this is what they wanted to say, but didn't know how to word it. Crystal's eyes flooded with water before they spilled over and trailed down her cheeks. She hiccupped as her shoulders hunched over, her body wracking with sobs. The knot melted in her stomach, and it seemed as if her heart soared out of her in awestruck joy.
Thor didn't know what to do as she cried in front of him. Clint stood up instead and walked over to her, knowing how it felt to have such a heavy weight be on your shoulders. He pulled her in to a comforting hug, patting her head and back. She had never cried so hard before, but it seemed she couldn't stop herself after the weight had been taken off. It was like a plug popping off to a drain and everything came flooding out of her through that drain.
"We'll change that 'destiny'." Natasha said, walking over to Crystal and pulling her in this time, petting her hair. "After all, destiny can change."
Crystal nodded into her shoulder, bringing her hands up and wiping off the tears. She pulled back and patted her cheeks, trying to cut the puffiness out and make herself liven up. She put on a smile and let out a small chuckled, thinking of how she looked at the moment. "Well that was embarrassing. I probably look like a mess now."
"You don't look so bad." Sierra said, linking her arm with Crystal's.
"Only like you got mauled by a dog." Rowan said, smirking at her with a chuckle.
Pepper pinched his ear hard as she cut him a warning look. Rowan winced and grabbed her wrist apologizing repeatedly until his mom let go. She pointed a finger at him, daring him to say another word to her.
"You are too much like your father," She commented, cutting a look at Tony as he chuckled on the other side of her.
"The ultimate team! A team sticks together no matter what." Fury told her, crossing his arms and putting on a serious face.
"Aw, Fury has a soft side." James said, making Crystal let out a laugh at the face Fury gave him.
"What I tell you?" Francis smirked, putting an arm around her shoulders and squeezing.
"I should listen to you more often," She teased, patting his hand on her shoulder.
"We'll defeat any enemy that comes after us. Never leave a man behind….or woman…" Steve corrected seeing the women glance at him with a raised eyebrow.
"And we defeated Ultron anyway!" Pym said optimistically.
"We also have the Hulk. The big guy has a…..irritating respect…for you." Bruce said, trying to find the words of how the Hulk felt towards her being able to force him back.
"That's…helpful?" She chuckled a bit, unsure of how to interpret Hulk's respect.
"Well, if you need comforting, I'll gladly do so." TJ said with a smirk before Lily brought her foot forward, knocking his foot out from underneath him and making him fall backwards onto the floor.
"Just ignore him." Lily told her, stepping on his chest to keep him down.
"You deserve every bit of that." JJ said, laughing at her brother's fail.
The room erupted into laughter at TJ growled and tried to roll around. He didn't dare use his super strength against Lily for fear of hurting her, but at the same time she was solid with trapping him there on his back.
"All you have to do is say 'Please'." Lily told him with a smile, acting innocent as if she wasn't doing anything.
"Please." TJ grumbled, looking up at her with a pout. She opened her arms up while she lifted her leg off of him and set it down on the
Toruun let out a small chuckle, trying to compose herself. "Aye, the girl has a strength over ye."
TJ sat up and mumbled under his breath as his ears turned red. "I can take her whenever I feel like it."
Fury's phone rang loudly, interrupting everyone before he answered it, nodding his head and making short answers. Finally he hung up and let out a sigh, looking at the adults with a look of defeat.
"My superiors said that they need the Avengers to come back." Fury said, clapping his hands together. "They're sending me the places that need your help."
"Do we get a mission?" Azari asked, feeling excited that they may get another one.
"I don't know yet. Right now all they told us was that they need your parents." Fury said, trying to make it less harsh.
"It's so boring here!" Bridget complained, plopping backwards on the couch with a groan.
"You'll have to deal with it for a little while longer." Tony told her, giving her a stern look that a parent would a child.
The crowded room filed out quickly with the Avengers following Fury and getting their coordinates of their separate missions and the Young Avengers going to other rooms to find something to do.
"You alright?" Sierra asked, sitting with Crystal and Lily out on the porch.
Crystal looked at her, giving a shrug with a blank face. "I….don't know what to feel."
"That's to be expected. After all you've had that on you forever huh?" Lily asked, seeing Crystal nod and make a duck face with her lips as she thought about her emotions.
Crystal stood up and walked to the railing, lifting herself up and sitting on it with her legs on the inside. She looked over her shoulder out to the environment. "But, all in all, I feel….light. Haha, if that makes sense."
"I feel as if our father should come any moment now to ruin everything." Sierra said with a sigh, dropping her shoulders.
"It does seem that's what he's best at." Crystal sighed with her.
Francis walked out onto the porch with Rowan and TJ, putting his finger to his lips telling them to be quiet. Crystal had her eyes closed as the wind blew, her heart flying into the wind like a bird, making her feeling like she herself had her wings out.
"Why did you guys get so quiet?" She asked, turning her head.
Crystal screamed and fell backwards as Francis was suddenly right there in front of her. He reached his arm behind her, keeping his hand on her lower back so she didn't fall off the porch completely.
"Don't do that!" She breathed, lightly hitting him in the chest. "You scared me half to death!"
He laughed and leaned forward with his hands on either side of her legs, resting on the porch. He smirked at her, loving her pouting face. Crystal glared at the guys behind him too as they chuckled at her almost accident. She caught eyesight with Rowan and looked away, deciding she was more interested in Francis than Rowan.
Sierra looked at Rowan with a pointed look, making him sigh and put his hands in his pockets. He walked over to the two of them, standing slightly to the side so she could see him. "Listen, sorry for what I said before. It was too much."
Crystal glanced at him, her anger towards him still there since he keeps patronizing her, but seeing the honest guilt on his face for what he did. She nodded, making him smile slightly and turn to Sierra.
"Hey, there's a lake down there." TJ said, jerking his chin to the woods out there. "How about we go for a swim?"
Crystal glanced at all of them, a smile stretching out on her face saying she wanted to go. "Only if we stay quiet. It'd get to loud and crowded if everyone came."
They all nodded and smirked, finding it a game that they wanted to win. It didn't take long for everyone to put on swimsuits and their cover ups, and then head outside towards the lake. The lake was huge! On three sides there were tree's and rocks, but on the last side opposite of them, there was a huge rock wall that reached up fairly high, and falling from the rock fixture was a large clear waterfall.
"It's beautiful!" Crystal said with a gasp, running to the edge of the lake and dipping her toe in to check the water temperature. It was warm, not too cold, but not too warm either. "Feels great!"
The guys took no time to strip off their shirts and jump in, splashing the girls and making them squeal in argument at the sudden onslaught of water. Lily shook her head, throwing off her cover up dress to show a white one piece suit that had a small circle carved out in the middle of her back. Sierra removed her tube top and skirt to show a pink string tankini that had a bow tying up where the middle of her chest was. And finally Crystal removed her tank top and denim short shorts to show a strapless blue bikini top that twisted in the middle for a fuller chest look, and a string bottom.
The guys weren't laughing now as the girl's hung their cover up's over the tree's to keep drying. Instead their eyes were all over the three of them, ogling them so much the girl's could feel it.
"Why don't you take a picture if you like it so much?" Sierra said sarcastically, feeling self conscious with them watching her.
"Let me just grab my camera then." Rowan said with a smirk, the guys nodding behind him in agreement. Francis and TJ jumped out of the water, following Rowan to his bag and watching as he set up the camera.
"I was just joking!" Sierra complained, her face red as she immediately went behind the rock and hid.
"Hey! Come on. The last thing we want is our pictures taken in swimsuits." Crystal said, wrapping her arms around her stomach to cover herself up more.
Francis and TJ grabbed Crystal and Lily, pulling them forward and forcefully putting their arms down against their sides. Rowan set the camera down on the rock and ran over to get Sierra.
"You don't want a group photo then?" He asked, seeing the disbelief on her face as she realized they were playing the girls.
The girl's finally relaxed, seeing the crude joke played on them. Crystal wrapped her arms around Francis, putting her head on his shoulder as she smiled at the camera. Sierra put an arm on Rowan's back as he put an arm around her waist. And Lily grabbed TJ's hand, surprising him, and making him smile as she wrapped her arm and hand around his arm, leaning her head on his shoulder with a smile. The three couples closed in to one another, making sure all of them got in the shot. The flash and click went off as the timer finally ended, taking the picture with all of them.
"I want a copy," Crystal said, looking at the picture over Rowan's arm.
"I'll make one for all of us." He said with a nod.
Rowan walked over to the guys and showed them before putting the camera up again in his bag. Crystal tapped Sierra and Lily's hands as she smirked and nodded her head to the guys. They seemed to all understand as they walked over.
"That was a really cute picture don't you think?" Crystal asked Francis, pushing her chest against him with her hands on his stomach. "We could always do one with just us though."
"Maybe you guys picked this location just so you could…set the mood?" Sierra pitched in, putting a hand on Rowan's arm and the other on his chest.
"A private picture for each of us sounds nice." Lily said, placing both her hands on TJ's hips.
"Sounds like a good idea." Rowan said, smiling at Sierra's pushing.
"Good," Sierra said with a bright smile.
"But first," Lily said, taking a step forward with the other girls.
"How bout ya'll cool off?" Crystal said, as her, Lily, and Sierra pushed the guys backwards and into the lake with a splash.
The sputtered to the top, wiping the water out of their eyes and staring at the girls in surprise. They shook their heads and smirked as the girls giggled and high fived from their plan being successful.
"Why you," Francis muttered with a smile, reaching out and grabbing Crystal's hand before pulling her into the water with him.
Rowan smirked, diving under until he was to the drop off at the shore, and jumped up, grabbing Sierra by the waist and leaning backwards into the water. TJ swam to the edge, lifting himself out of the water and racing towards Lily before scooping her up into his arms and jumping into the water with her in his arms.
"Now it's time for you guys to cool off." TJ said with a loud laugh.
They spent their time swimming around in the clear water, diving down and going beneath the water fall. At one point TJ even dared to try and climb the waterfall, but ended up misplacing his foot and falling back down into the water. A splash war was initiated at some point by one of the guys, and it ended up as a free for all on who could splash more.
They spent all their energy at the lake, finding it a good way to pass time while the adults were away. Sierra and Rowan had climbed back onto the shore and were resting in the sun that was heading downward. TJ and Lily had found a small spot by the shore where it was shallow enough to sit and lean back, almost like a chair. Crystal had sat on the rock behind the waterfall, where a giant open-mouthed cave sat. She looked around the walls, seeing the water reflect on the walls with its light blue color.
"It's been a fun day." Francis commented, swimming over to her.
"That it has." She laughed, watching him turn around and lean back between her legs, using said legs as a prop with his arms over them.
She ran her fingers along his hair, feeling the small water droplets fling from the hair and hit the water below or her hand. It seemed like the walls were sparkling with the light reflecting through the waterfall and to the waters, and then onto the walls.
"So, Sierra says you're feeling better," Francis said, turning himself around once more so he was still propping himself up by her legs, but was facing her this time.
"Yeah, I do. It's odd. I know I feel lighter and better, but at the same time, I don't know what to feel because this hasn't ever happened before." She told him, looking down at his face that was watching her so intensely. She smiled down at him, leaning over and kissing his lips gently. "Thank you."
He blinked a couple times before smiling back at her. He placed his hands on the rock landing, lifting himself up out of the water till he could place a knee on the rock between her legs. He leaned over her, making her fall back on the rock with him over her.
"What are you doing?" She giggled, feeling self conscious in only her swimsuit, and having him shirtless above her.
"Taking my prize for doing something so good." He said, flashing his teeth at her, making her shiver.
He leaned down, capturing her lips between his. The instant heat that sparked between them engulfed both of them, intensifying the kiss to another level. Francis propped himself on his elbows as he closed the space between their bodies, letting the heat spread to their bodies as well. Crystal wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him as close as she could.
He licked her lip, and instantly got access to her mouth as she complied, letting him move her tongue aside and wrap around it lovingly. She opened her eyes, catching a glimpse of his brown ones that seemed to look deep into her. They seemed to pull her in and her leg wrapped around his calf in affection.
"Oi! We should head back!" TJ shouted loudly, making both of them pull apart.
They looked at one another, realizing what they were getting caught up in. They laughed and separated, jumping into the water and heading back to the others on the shore. Francis leaned down, pulling Crystal out of the water as he stood on the shore, handing her her clothes that were dry now.
"Let's plan to do this again sometime." Sierra said, taking Rowan's hand with a smile.
"I agree," TJ said, taking Lily's.
Crystal raised an eyebrow, bumping Francis and nodding to the two couples who were suddenly lovey dovey now after the triple date. She smiled at him and twined her fingers with him, happy everyone was getting the ending they'd want…..for now at least.