12. Proving yourself
Hey guys, I decided to include the appearance of one more villain before Loki arrives, and let me tell you, in my personal opinion, it's one of the scariest villain's in the marvel universe ever, but obviously I am still working heavily on Dita and Steve's relationship. As for more flaws and loose ends when it comes to Dita's personality, the villains (Loki included) will bring out the worst in her, so to speak. Just so you all know she isn't perfect. And what of Dita's powers over water? You will just have to wait and see what becomes of them. As always, enjoy, review, favourite and follow, I just love hearing from you guys, truly makes my day.
As Dita stirred in her sleep, feeling the morning sun creep through the curtains in her room, she felt a part of Steve brush up against her. She couldn't help but giggle when she felt his hardness against the base of her back, his arms were still wrapped around her waist.
He hadn't let go of her all night, not that she would have wanted him too. It had been a fairly hot night anyway but the feel of Steve's warm flesh against hers didn't feel like too much, it still felt right, and comforting.
The vibrations from Dita's giggles felt so good against him that he woke up himself. Pulling her closer to him, she turned to face him and grinned further when she caught sight of his face. His impossibly long eyelashes fluttered gently as he tried to focus his vision on her. His blonde hair tousled and messy, mostly from when Dita had ran her fingers through it. Even after a whole night of sleep his lips were still slightly swollen from all the kisses they had shared. He was so handsome.
"Good morning beautiful" he murmured softly as Dita leaned in to kiss him, running her tongue along his teeth.
"Morning, did you bring an extra-long sword to go with your shield to bed, or are you just really happy to see me?"
Steve smirked. "I'm sorry, I just can't help it, you are just so beautiful, and I can't get last night out of my head. Not just, the love making but the entire evening. It was so perfect, all of it. I love you".
She stroked his cheek. "I love you too Steve so much. Now soldier, you got any stamina this morning because I have a mission for you? You are going to have to brave the biggest adventure and go deep, deep inside the dark depths of something or should say someone, you hold closest to your heart right now. I can see you are, up, for the job. Can you brave this mission soldier?"
Steve laughed but he didn't need to be told more than once, he moved to lay on her again and nuzzled her ear before whispering seductively in it. "Well you know, I would do anything for my country, and for this woman I love".
She moaned softly as he ran himself along her entrance a few times before reaching for another condom. Once he had secured one on himself he entered her slowly, watching as she rolled her head back and closed her eyes once the immense pleasure took over her again as Steve began to make love to her.
He captured her mouth in another kiss once more and Dita closed her legs around his waist, pulling him further inside of her, causing Steve to moan loudly himself. They kept a steady rhythm, not in as much of a rush this time to finish. It seemed just as full of passion despite the slower speed.
Their love making was soon cut short by a sudden intrusion. Tony walked in.
"Hey Lab rat, came to see if you wanted breakf… whoa! Did not need to see that" Tony called out before leaving the room as quickly as he had come in. Slamming the door behind him.
Steve looked away as Dita covered her mouth with her hand in shock, staring at the spot Tony had been standing in.
They looked at each other and maintained eye contact for a few moments before both bursting into fits of laughter. Tony Stark, the one time he would ever be lost for words.
"Oh gosh, I better go and apologize" she grinned.
Steve nodded and ceased his movements. She frowned at him.
"Why are you stopping?"
"I thought you were going to apologize?" Steve asked.
"I am but it seems a shame to waste an opportunity, seeing as we now have ourselves all ready and worked up" she replied.
He grinned like a small boy breaking the rules for the first time and moved down to kiss her neck as he continued thrusting into her. His eyelashes danced across her jawline as he ran his tongue along her neck calmly. She made him groan loudly as she teased him by squeezing tight around his shaft.
He moved up again to kiss her lips, sliding his tongue against hers as he increased the pace quickly driving them over the edge. She giggled again at the thought of Tony seeing them together.
"That was wonderful, now, I'm going to go apologize to Tony, you get ready and I will meet you down at breakfast ok" she grinned before kissing him again and sliding out from under him to throw on Steve's shirt from the previous night and the gym shorts she used to train in.
"You have no idea how amazing you look in my shirt" he smiled, resting his head on the pillow still.
She did a little twirl in it. "You know from some of the movies I have seen, you men seem to love it when women wear your shirts. What's the fascination?"
Steve shrugged and winked at her. "I don't know why but it really is a sight to see. Hey what if I wanted to wear that shirt for breakfast?"
"Too bad, I got it first. I'll pay you back by making the coffee and breakfast for us both".
Steve raised an eyebrow. "You cook breakfast?"
"Well I will pour some milk on the cereal for you, that's about it. I'll see you soon" she replied before skipping off to find Tony.
Tony was in the kitchen pouring a glass of orange juice. As soon as he saw Dita he pretended like he hadn't seen her and carried on.
"Hey Tony"
"Hello".
Dita smiled as she pulled out cereal bowls for her and Steve.
"So, I'm sorry you uh, walked in on me and Steve. Sorry you had to see that" she said.
Tony shrugged it off as Dita poured the cereal and turned the coffee machine on.
"I, yeah, awkward but that's ok. Least now we can all know you and Steve have all the correct anatomy, I for one was always worried Cap would be, different, after being in the ice for so long. However, you do owe me because I will never be able to get that image out of my head."
Dita nodded. "You have a deal" she smiled as she poured the coffee. Tony helped her take the cereal and coffee into the dining room where the rest of the avengers including Fury were already sat having breakfast themselves.
Steve walked in a moment later and sat next to Dita kissing her cheek gently as she handed him his coffee and cereal.
"So you two really are seriously dating now? It wasn't just a phase?" Natasha asked.
They both nodded in unison and then grinned at each other. To be honest, it was all enough to make Natasha feel a little sick.
"I would hope they are dating, after all the noise I heard last night, I assumed it could have only been you two. At least, I hope that's what all the noise was, otherwise there could be a human in huge amounts of pain groaning their heart out somewhere in the mansion" Bruce smirked.
"You heard us?" Dita asked.
Bruce nodded, and so did Clint.
"Oh gosh guys we are so sorry" Steve frowned.
They all shrugged. "It was going to happen sometime, Avengers working day in day out with each other, some of them were bound to start going out with each other" Natasha said.
Fury crossed his arms. "I am still not entirely happy about this situation, but seeing as you two seem to be doing what you want anyway. I have a mission for you both. Just so you can prove that this new relationship, won't stop you from defending the innocent people of the world".
Steve reached a hand under the table to rest on her knee, scared that she might cause another argument again.
"What's the mission?" She asked bluntly.
"There are strange things happening down in the sewers downtown. Three construction workers that were fitting pipes down there have been reported missing. Some witnesses spotted a strange red substance near one of the manholes, I want you to go check it out" Fury said.
"You want just me and Steve to go?"
"No actually, I was hoping you and Dr Banner would go? I figured a doctor would be useful in identifying what the strange substance near the manhole is, then once you have a sample, we can see what we are dealing with".
Steve frowned and looked from Dita to Fury, he wasn't happy about leaving Dita to face potential danger without him. She rested her hand on top of the one he had placed on her knee and nodded once at him.
"That's perfectly fine with me if Bruce doesn't mind" she smiled politely enough.
Bruce took of his glasses to clean them. "I guess I don't have much choice in the matter, besides, I am not leaving you to deal with whatever this mess might be alone".
Dita smiled, almost too excitedly for someone who had just been asked to embark on yet another dangerous mission before standing up.
"Right, I'll just get ready then" she grinned, Steve finished his breakfast before catching up to Dita just as she reached her room. She opened the door and Steve closed it behind him.
"You sure you will be ok without me?"
Dita rolled her eyes as she unbuttoned the shirt of Steve's she had worn and handed it back to him.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Don't worry I'll be back soon enough, heck I won't even be gone long enough for me to write and send of a postcard to you all about my adventures down in the sewers" she replied.
She washed quickly before throwing on the outfit she had been so desperate to wear for a few days now. Steve sighed loudly as she secured the holsters against her stockings and started placing the gadgets Stark had given her in them one by one. She decided not to take all of them, they would weigh her down. She decided on only the daggers and the explosives and of course a revolver.
As she placed her heeled boots on, testing the sharpness of the small blades that stuck out on the sides of them, he watched her intensely.
As she walked past him she reached up to kiss him quickly on the lips. He kissed back but as she pulled away he frowned deeply.
"Hey, Steve, look at me" she said, tilting his chin so he was staring back into her eyes. "I'll be ok, I love you alright, don't forget it".
He managed to smile faintly at her and escorted her downstairs to meet with Bruce. Fury had called a car for them but as Steve kissed her again before she got in she winked at him.
"You gotta teach me how to ride that bike of yours, I think it would be a whole lot stylish if we rolled up to events on that thing together right" she whispered.
"Any excuse to hold me closer" he smiled back at her.
"Am I that transparent?" She asked in mock disgust.
"Get out of here warrior, but get back to me in one piece ok?"
She saluted him playfully before jumping into the car with Bruce.
An awkward silence filled the car as the two avengers were driven to New York. Finally it was Bruce who decided to break it.
"So you and Captain America huh? That was unexpected?"
Dita shrugged. "I don't think so, Fury assigned him to train me from the beginning right? Maybe it's like that whole theory of whoever a new-born creature sees first is the one they love".
Bruce chuckled almost so quietly Dita barely heard. "That's, uh, the theory goes, the first thing the creature sees is the thing it associates with caregiver, a mother".
Dita smiled. "Oh, sorry, sometimes I get references confused. I guess it's kind of true though, I mean Steve does, care for me, just not quite in the same way".
Bruce nodded. "Yeah, guess so. Listen, don't tell Fury I said so but, I like that you guys found each other. Steve needs someone for sure, after losing everyone he knew and loved. And you, well you need someone too, it isn't good to be alone. I would know".
"I'm sorry about your condition Bruce, I can't begin to know how it feels for you. At least with the avengers, you are not alone, and you are certainly not the only one that doesn't fit in with the normal humans. I'm sure when the person you love comes along, they won't care about the other guy getting in the way, and they will love both sides of you".
As they approached the place of the weird sightings in New York Bruce smiled at Dita. "Thanks, I appreciate those words".
Outside a few people had gathered around the manhole to see what the fuss was about. Police were trying to corner it off and send people on their way.
"What seems to be the problem?" she asked one of the officers.
A weedy looking policeman who looked far too young to be in charge of anything answered her. "Hello ma'am, you must be the Shield workers. Uh, this weird red goo, is just spreading like wildfire, it only appeared yesterday and it's, it looks like it's going to get out of control ma'am."
Dita moved the police aside to see the manhole open, around it grew a dark red thick substance that looked like bloody veins, some of it had spread through the cracks of the cement, it even seemed to pulsate. Dita felt sick just looking at it. She was distracted by the people on the street mumbling and gasping.
"You all need to leave now please, let us do our job" she frowned. Her words were unheard and people continued to talk amongst themselves. Dita pulled out her revolver and fired a few shots into the air.
"I said you need to leave please, we will have this sorted out but you need to leave while we are still figuring out tactics to stop it from spreading" she called out. That seemed to clear people away sufficiently.
She turned to see Bruce kneeling down using a strange device to scan the goo.
"What is it Doctor?"
"I don't know, it seems to be just like blood, kind of like cartilage as well. It's harmless enough, but it's come from someone, or something in this case. Until we find the source, this think is gonna spread further. It's working as sort of a trail".
Dita raised an eyebrow. "Good, then it will lead us to whatever started this, and I'll hazard a guess and say it isn't anything good."
Bruce shook his head. She stared down at the open manhole. "I'm going in to take a further look, you got a wire so I can report to you from down there?"
Bruce nodded. "Yeah but Dita this could be dangerous".
"I know, I'm just going to look for now. If things get bad, if I spot anything out of the ordinary, I will call for back-up" she replied before jumping down into the manhole.
She turned her wire to Bruce on. "Can you hear me Bruce?" she asked as she turned a flashlight on.
"Yeah, loud and clear Dita. What's it like down there?"
Dita made a sound of disgust as she stepped in more of the cartilage.
"This place is like a blood bath. It seems to thrive more down here. It's not that dark down here, this goo seems to radiate a little light. Maybe it's radioactive. As for where the trail leads, it doesn't actually seem to have spread far down the sewers. It just, ends at a wall. Oh, wait a sec, the wall seems, weaker than the rest of the structure. I'm going to test something ok?"
Dita placed one of Tony's explosive devices down by the wall and then ran to cover. The explosion was relatively small but still big enough to blow a hole in the wall for Dita to see through, even crawl through.
She looked through to see the trail of cartilage ran further down the sewers.
"Wait a second, the wall exploded, it leads to more of this stuff. A lot more by the looks of things" she frowned.
"Dita are you sure you are ok. I don't know if it's such a good idea to go any further ok" Bruce told her on the intercom.
"I'm ok, I just want to see what we are dealing with, that's all" she replied.
Suddenly a high pitch inhuman noise sounded through the sewers, she couldn't even begin to place what had made such a sound.
"Did you hear that?" She asked.
"Yeah, it didn't sound friendly, something tells me you are definitely not alone down there" Bruce said.
Dita held her breath as she crawled through the hole to the hidden part of the sewers, trying not to breathe in any of the disgusting blood like substance beneath her.
"Bruce, just promise me you avengers have stuff that can clean off any stain right?" she asked.
He couldn't help but laugh. "Ok, sure, just, be safe. What do you see?"
She made her way through the narrow tunnel, trying desperately to avoid touching anything.
"More of this red crap. No sign of the missing construction workers yet, and no sign of whatever caused all this mess either".
They stayed quiet for a few more minutes as she delved further down the tunnel, but the silence really was too good to be true.
"Oh my god".
"What Dita, what is it? What's happened?"
She breathed deeply through the intercom and then found her voice again. "I found a construction worker. Bruce, this isn't good. There is nothing left of him, it's like he's had everything just sucked out of him, oh god it's horrible."
Another high pitched shriek filled the tunnel, it seemed to be getting louder, like it was drawing closer to Dita.
Finally Bruce heard her again on the intercom.
"Oh my god Bruce call for back-up now, get back-up, Bruce, get Steve now!"
Wow, that was chapter twelve, I am pleased to inform you Loki will be coming to earth very soon (yaaaay) but have you guys guessed who the villain hiding out in the sewers is yet? Let me know what you think so far. I really hope you guys are enjoying this story as much as I enjoy writing it. Until next time