So i am sorry for how long this chapter took. I really wanted to have this one and two others done by Christmas but I guess I didn't realize just how hard it turned out to be to write Madeline's POV. During the time that I was writing this chapter I also read The Invisible Man and I was surprised by just how selfish the invisible man really was. I tried to do the same here with Madeline, because it's got to be very impactful in your life when you are the only one who knows that you're there all the time. So I hope you enjoy this chapter (despite the long wait), I don't own Avengers or Hetalia. Also please review, I love hearing all of your wonderful feedback!

Chapter 10
True Love's kill

With the long night over, Liv returned to the Avengers Tower, unbeknownst to her guardian or the other heroes. Jarvis let her in without question know, after her past two nights there. She carefully stepped through the building, fully aware of Tony's traps that activated at night to ward off intruders (although Liv reckoned that these were really Natasha's traps, even though Jarvis gave his creator credit).

She almost felt like a thief in the night as she pulled up a chair to observe the Avengers and UW's two captives. Each staring at the one way window in the soft padded rooms. Knowing someone was out there. Liv had no doubt that Black Skull was able to feel her presence there. And still, all the girl could do was sit and watch members of her team stay awake through their third night in a row. Knowing she would soon fall asleep, and begin school once more in a tired blur the coming morning.

If only there was a way to free them.

Madeline W Jones was just about done with this. Fury was still missing. Carlos had began to message her once more, attempting to meet up with her in private. Her cafe had been closed for a couple days in a row, right after the grand opening and a chef had quit. Alfred was still fanboying to her in private about working with Captain America. And lastly, she couldn't help but to think of Francis since his surrender. She'd seen him in his room before, but had left without sparing her beloved even a word.

Perhaps it would be best if she met up with Carlos. At the very least he understood her, and listened whenever she had something to say. He would pretend not to notice if she suddenly went invisible. He was a good friend even if he did mistake her for Alfred sometimes. He was one of Maddie's few friends after all. Besides him there was Gwen, Ivan, and the rest of UW and um well um, well Maddie was sure there were more.

She wouldn't count the Avengers as friends yet. Actually she was still mad that Tony had flirted with her, repetitively actually. And sometimes Steve didn't hear her and even forgot she was there the moment she faded out of view. Natasha had almost killed her when Maddie had been going to talk to the spy (make another friend) and had accidentally turned invisible. On the other hand, Hawkeye didn't even seem to regard her existence at all. While she had thought Bruce would have made a good companion, even when she wasn't invisible he was too absorbed into sci-fi stuff and never heard her. Thor would have been nice to hang out with, expect he was really loud, too much for Maddie's kindred soul.

It wasn't that she was bad at making friends. No, not at all, in fact she would have been voted for the friendliest girl in school. If anyone had remembered her during the vote. As for her powers, instead of merely making her invisible, it was more like they erased her existence the moment she got embarrassed, or angry, or sad, or happy, or sometimes when she meant to. Like now. Which was a super bad moment considering she was prepping for the day's cooking. Good thing no one else was at the Maple Leaf yet (did you already forget, that's Maddie's cafe).

Kuma, her big, fluffy, white as snow, Great Pyrenees, raised his head and looked at where she was, though she knew the dog couldn't see her. He was a gift from Francis four years ago. He had long since realized Maddie's habit of disappearing suddenly, and would normally stare at the spot she had vanished from until she reappeared. Maddie liked that. Kuma never forgot about her. She didn't think Francis would either.

A trill of something, akin to happiness, maybe as close as she'd gotten since Francis was taken, resounded in her the moment Gwen was forgotten. She felt bad afterwards, but just being able to witness someone else experience how Maddie felt was brilliant. Although, even when she was forgotten about, Gwen had still gotten more attention from Francis that Maddie.

Of course, unlike Gwen, Maddie was use to being forgotten. Sure it'd been scary when it'd happened to her as a child, and her when father had forgotten to pick her up from school with Alfred, or make her lunch, or that one time when she'd been left at Walmart and every time she had gotten the attention of the employee at customer service she'd turn invisible again, embarrassed. But by the time she'd gotten to the facility she'd gotten use to it.

Her and Alfred had only been there for a couple of years when they were found. Kidnapped half way through seventh grade and rescued by SHIELD and the team during the summer before they would have started tenth. It wasn't that bad when the scientist weren't doing testing on the duo. Maddie's handler, for they often kept the twins separate, was a kind, elderly lady, and the head scientist. She never forgot Maddie either.

When UW had first rescued the twins, the only thing Maddie had wanted to do was stay. Sure there were some painful tests, but then Maddie would have always been remembered. If not by someone, then by the reports on her and even when she was invisible they knew she was around. After Francis had been taken, the only thing she had wanted to do was have someone who could see her, who could remember her.

Well to be fair, Arthur, Kiki and Liv could all see her once she turned invisible, and carry on a perfectly good conversation with her. The problem was that they never had time, or, in Kiki's case, using their powers could hurt them. So maybe, just for today, Maddie would try to be a bit more social.

The cafe opened up on time, and most of Maddie's staff showed up, despite last night's snowfall. Maddie put her chefs in charge of the kitchen, updating them on everything she had prepped and took up the position of hostess for the morning shift (the hostess who was supposed to be working had called in sick).
The breakfast shift went well, with little trouble, and no unhappy costumers leaving. Even better, no superhero business came up. And, best yet, Madeline Williams Jones had lasted the whole day so far without turning invisible once. When lunch hour arrived, the cafe was packed, Maddie spent her time aiding in the busy hostess on shift, and aiding the waiters as they went about their work.

It was beautiful. And everything Maddie had spent her life to accomplish. Leaving an unforgettable impact on many, through their taste buds. Just as Francis wanted. Although he wanted a romantic, five star, dinner kind of place, on the top floor of some fancy hotel. Once they freed him from Black Skull's control, Maddie had not a single doubt in her mind that he'd get to work on sprucing up the Maple Leaf.

It was a normal day, until a red haired woman stepped into the Maple Leaf. A certain Natasha Romanoff. Madeline was, luckily, only wiping down a table and turned invisible the moment she saw the spy. No doubt Black Widow was here for her. Business had thankfully slowed, and Maddie took a couple of deep breathes until she appeared again, intercepting the hostess on duty and telling her to give Natasha (she'd pointed at Natasha instead of using her name) one of the private rooms in the back.

After checking in with each of her staff members, and making sure they were all on track, Madeline joined her fellow hero in the private room. When she entered the spy was flipping through one of the leather covered lunch menus. She barely looked up when Madeline entered and so the invisible girl took a seat across the table from her co hero.

They were silent for the longest of times. The only noise coming from a waitress who took their orders (Maddie ordered hot chocolate with maple syrup added, while Natasha ordered a plate of pancakes with a side of a strawberry parfait). "Kirkland informed me your pancakes are to die for," Natasha stated, breaking the silence in between the two.

Madeline was so startled to hear the spy speak, she nearly turned invisible. Well she did, not completely but her body did become translucent for a moment. "I want to try something, but I am going to need your help," Natasha stated, having waited for Madeline to reappear completely before she spoke again. "Alfred would probably be better for whatever you have in mind," Madeline replied. They stopped for a second as the waitress came in and delivered their orders, disappearing again. Madeline prided her restaurant's speedy service.

"You will be much more suited for this, no in fact, your the only one who can do this. I believe that in order to awaken Agent Bonnefoy from Black Skull's control, he is going to need you," Natasha confessed.

Madeline really wished she wasn't in this position. Natasha had explained the plan to her, but before anything else, they first had to get the cameras in the cells turned off. And the only one who could do that was one Tony Stark. When she had first heard of the plan, Madeline had nearly started crying. Okay you caught her, she did start crying, after turning invisible first. But all the same, she was prepared to do anything to save her beloved.

And so she sat close to Stark on the couch at about ten at night, as he finished his tenth shot of Whiskey (god how was he able to drink so much), in the hour. She was faking drunkenness, as she had began to serve Tony each time his glass went dry. Every couple of minutes through his speech he would reach over for his glass as he told her about Iron Man. Good thing he hadn't noticed she had stopped drinking a long time ago.

"What's up with your curl?" Tony questioned suddenly. "My...curl?" Maddie asked, then she blushed, thinking of the one strand in her hair that never seemed to cooperate, not that she put much effort into it, because of well, because of that. "Yeah, it's just so, loopy," Tony replied. Oh for crying out loud, Maddie didn't know if he was pretending to be drunk or really was.

"Can I touch it?" Tony asked. Maddie resisted the urge to cry (yet again) but giggled instead. "If you do something for me," she replied, "Can you turn off the cameras watching Francis. Just so I can talk to him alone for a little bit?" She was not going to cry, she was not going to cry.

"Sure," Tony replied, then reached over and sharply tugged on the curl. A blush covered Maddie's cheeks instantly, she hoped Tony wasn't able to see that. And she took a second to fidget uncomfortably, then he released. "Jarvis, turn off the cameras watching Bonnefoy and Carrideo for three hours," Tony requested before promptly passing out.

Maddie immediately jumped up and into the car outside the apartments the two teams were staying at. Liv was in the backseat already, hopefully caught up and believing in the whole thing. That was what their whole plan relied on. Liv's belief warping ability and how they could trick the younger girl into believing that they had truly discovered the way to free Toni and Francis.

Well that was the main reason why they hadn't told the rest of the group. By fooling Liv into believing them, no matter how they had explained they could have freed them, she would be using her powers unconsciously. That was something Chiara didn't approve of, and Maddie felt bad about betraying her friend. But she needed to save Francis, she needed someone to remember her.

It was a quick drive to Stark Tower with Natasha behind the wheel. And the car was silent as they drove through New York, none of them daring to break the silence at the sheer hope that this would work. They'd told the high school student that Natasha had broken into one of the 2p's bases on this world. When going through their computer files she'd found a way to free someone from Chun Yan's mind control. True love's kiss.

Sure it was fairly cliche, but Maddie wanted to help Francis directly, free him from the spell he'd been put under, so to say. The plan was perfect in one of the cheesy romantic ways that Francis would love. "Hey, shouldn't Chi be here too, in order to wake up Toni?" Liv suddenly asked. Ah, Maddie knew she hadn't remembered something. "Agent Varges was supposed to come with us, however she received a last minute call from her sister concerning an important matter and was unable to attend. She will do this tomorrow morning," Natasha replied without a moment of hesitation.

They pulled up behind Stark Tower, and entered the building, nearly running into the elevator, as they stood, waiting for the doors to open, Madeline quickly wondered if the stairs would have been quicker. She was so close to get Francis back, to getting her Francis back.

The elevator dings as they reached their stop, the doors gliding open on their tracks. The lights in both cells were turned off, the two prisoners most likely sleeping. Natasha keyed in the code to Francis' room and allowed Madeline in, closing the door after her. The quiet Canadian girl knew that Natasha and Liv were watching her from the other side of the one way glass without looking. She crept towards Francis' bed and leaned over him. She brushed a lose piece of blond hair behind her ear, bent down, and kissed him.