Chapter Ten: A New Threat. Here we go, I hope you enjoy this chapter. This is something new I'm gonna bring into this story. Be sure to review and follow the story so I know what I need to fix. Now read!
I lay back on the bed in my room just thinking about the conversation I just had with Nick Fury. I never told him exactly who I am or why I was kidnapped but I think he's still suspicious but I know I lied perfectly. Lying is sort of a hobby of mine. The only thing I'm dreading is when Tony realizes he met me at the Stark Expo and then I'll have more to worry about. I close my eyes and continue thinking over his words.
Fury asks me to sit down in the lonely chair in the room center and I did. He starts walking a circle around me his eyes examining me. After a few minutes I yawn out of boredom and he glares at me.
"What?" I reply, "I'm bored, ask what you wanna ask before I get tired enough to fall asleep."
"I want honest answers, not lies or cryptic messages, why did you break into the bank in the first place?"
With a sigh I decide to answer this honestly. "I needed some money okay, I'm fifteen I'm to young to get a job."
He stops in front of me. "Shouldn't your parents be worried about money instead of you, a child?"
"My mothers dead, and has been for five years and my father doesn't know I even exist."
"Mothers name."
"Vanessa Wallace."
"Fathers name."
"I don't know." Lie.
Fury looks at me with his one good eye, mouth drawn in a straight line. I think he knows I'm lying, but he doesn't press the issue anymore. He continues walking around my chair.
"When were you kidnapped, what were you doing in the first place?"
"I was taken while leaving-" I come to a stop.
Thinking about what I should say without revealing to much. "While leaving a convention or something as such."
"Who took you?"
"I-I'm not sure the group never told me their name."
"Wait a minute, if you don't have parents where are you living?"
I bite my lip and reply sheepishly. "An Alley. It was a lot nicer than you might think."
"Did you meet anyone while captive that could be a threat to S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
"No." There's another lie.
Jedidiah doesn't know that S.H.I.E.L.D. covered up Obadiah's death only that it was covered up. So long as he doesn't figure out who was involved in the cover up then he isn't technically a threat. The only one that may be in danger is either Tony, Pepper Potts, and well, me considering I blew up the suit that they wanted.
"May I be dismissed sir?" I reply, pouting my lip in a childish way.
"Fine."
A knock on my door draws me out of my thoughts. I sit up just as the door comes open and Natasha Romanoff steps inside. Slowly, I pull myself into a sitting position as she sits down at the foot of my bed. I bet this is about what she'd said earlier. Her words still clear in my head as if she only just said them instead if being said almost three hours ago.
"I think I just figured out another, I know who you remind me of."
"What do you want?" I asks, pushing her words to the back of my mind. The only thing running through my head is: keep quiet. Don't say anything that she can use against you. To late for that because I already told Fury I broke into a bank. I'm pretty sure it's a felony but then again that may only be the case when you do it with the bank actually being open, I don't know all the laws regarding breaking into banks.
"Okay," she finally speaks, "I know you don't trust me."
"Duh! I'd be an idiot if I did."
"However, we don't have to be enemies."
"I'm not so sure about that, clearly you don't like me Agent Romanoff."
"We don't have to be formal, call me Nat" she extends a hand.
Smiling a little, I shake it. "Panic, now what secret of mine did you figure out?"
She looks at me. gets up, and pats herself down revealing she has no recording devices on her and sits back down. Nat waves for me to lean in closer so I do and she tucks the hair over my ears behind my ear and whispers into it.
"You're Tony Stark's daughter aren't you. Clearly he doesn't know but I can tell."
"P-Please don't tell him" I choke out. "He can't know, not ever."
Nat sits back and looks at me, almost shocked.
"I was right?"
I nod at her sadly before pulling my knees up to my chest. She sets a hand on my knees and says: "I promise I won't tell him. Friends?"
"Friends."
Just as we are about to hug the light flicker and the deep twisting knot in my stomach tells me something's wrong. Then the lights go out and the room is pitch black. Nat's walkie-talkie goes off and she turns the sound up.
"Agent Romanoff," it's Fury, "Are you there?"
"Yes Sir, I'm with Panic in her cell."
"Come down to the conference room, bring Panic with you."
Nat gets up, pulling me up with her. She leads me to the door which she has to pry open with my help as all the electricity is out. The halls are dark and silent, not footsteps are heard except mine and Nat's. When we reach the conference room the voices are loud, almost shouting. All the noise is driving me insane.
"Shut up!" I scream, air bursting from my lungs. The room goes deathly silent. That's when the panels in the room come to life with a face appearing on them, but not like he's outside, but more like he's inside the panels themselves. The man has black hair with a dragon tattoo curling up from his neck and ending on his right cheek, just below his eye and his skin is blue.
"Hello Avengers, I am Nereza, leader of Vortex."
"What do you want then Nereza?" asks Fury.
Nereza laughs lightly. "All in good in time Director, there are a few things I have to show you first." He then turns his gaze to me and lets a wicked curl form in his lips. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Panic."
"How do you know my name!?" I snap, more angry than Fury was speaking.
"Jedidiah told me you were feisty but I didn't expect this. He's furious with you. How a fifteen year old child like you managed to escape, I'll never know but then again, my dear partner has never been very smart."
"Who's Jedidiah?" Fury asks, but I'm not sure whether he's talking to me or Nereza.
"Why don't you have Panic tell you, I doubt she told you why she was kidnapped in the first place. Have you gone in search of it yet?" he asks me. I know exactly what he means. The birth certificate the Obadiah supposedly had.
"None of your business" I reply.
"Well, goodbye then, we'll be seeing each other again very soon Avengers." With that the screen goes black and the lights flicker back on.
"What the hell just happened!?" It was Tony. I turn and notice everyone's eyes on me but I only shrug my shoulders. I have no idea who Vortex is but I don't think they're friendly. Things just got interesting.