Ch.33
Disclaimer: I don't own any thing of Marvel, But I do own my oc's ok.
Italic means thinking or thoughts
Lyrics are bold
I felt someone started to play with the top of my head, only a few people did that. One being Summer, I looked up from where my head was to Summer smiling face.
"Summer?" I asked sleepy looking up to see Summer's eyes were open. "You're up!"
I shot up at once, happy.
"Yeah I'm up but I'm sore," Summer said. "Where are we?"
"Hospital," I said back. "I'm getting a nurse."
"Wait," Summer said at once. "Don't leave me."
"All I'm doing is hitting the nurse call button," I said. "I won't leave your side what happen?"
"Alex I don't want to talk about it."Summer said.
"It's ok," I said back gently kissing her forehead. "The most important thing is you're out of the coma."
"Wait I was in a coma?" Summer asked.
"Yes Summer for a while."I said back.
As a nurse came in.
"You called?" she asked.
"Look for yourself She's up." I said back.
"Well I need to run some test," The Nurse said. "I need to know what your relationship with the Patient?"
"Are you for real?" I asked. "I'm her sister."
"Alex it's ok." Summer said back
I gave Summer a look, she gave me one back.
"I need to get her doctor," The Nurse said. "Stay here."
She then left.
"God, she thick." I muttered.
"Did you call mom?" Summer asked.
"She'll be here by tomorrow, flying in." I said.
"That's good." Summer said.
As the doctor came in with the nurse, the look on his face was shock.
"Hello, Summer welcome back to the world of the living," The doctor said. "Oh, hello Alex."
"Hey doc," Summer said. "Well can I leave this place?"
"Well we need to check you out that there is no more problem to your health," The doctor said. "And the Police want to talk to the both of you too."
"Bring it." Summer said.
I smirked at Summer being corky.
"Well then we will bring the two police officers in first," The Doctor said. "Then we're run some tests."
"Sure." Summer said.
The doctor open the door to the room wider and two uniform officers came in.
"Miss. O'Hara," The first one said. "And you are?"
"Alex Sinclair," I said. "Summer's sister."
"Are you her legal guardian?" The second one asked.
"No," I said. "Our Mom is flying in She going to be here tomorrow."
"Understood can we ask you question instead?" The first one asked.
"Sure." I said.
"On the night of the attack where were you before the attack?"He asked.
"My boyfriend Mikey Walker and I were walking in central park," I said. "When that giant ball of yellow came out of nowhere, Mikey grabbed my hand and we ran back home."
"When did you come back to the apartment what time?" The second one asked.
"I don't really now off the top of my head maybe around ten." I said.
"Who called 911 after you found Summer?" The first one asked.
"Mikey." I said back.
"Thank you Miss. Sinclair," The second one said. "Miss. O'Hara we will be back when your mother is here."
"Understood." Summer said.
"Miss. Sinclair where does Mikey live?" The first one asked.
"Oh right He lives above Walkers Books." I said back.
"Thank you for your time," the first one said. "We will be in touch."
They then left, the doctor came back in. "Alright Summer you need a MRI to see if there is still pressure on your brain."
Summer gave me a worry look, I grabbed her hand.
"It will ok," I said. "I'll go with you if helps you calm down."
"Thanks sis" Summer said.
"Well then we're going to the MRI room." The Doctor said.
As the nurse came in rolling a wheelchair, I help Summer into the chair and walked next to her as we went into MRI room.
"I'll be right in the control room ok," I said. "Just take a deep breath ok."
Then the machine did what it did, I saw the brain scan of Summer's brain.
"Well it looks like the pressure is down but we're going to hold her over for the night," The doctor said. "The cuts on her arms will heal."
We were back in Summer's room; she was sitting upright with the bandages going up her arms with an Ivu pumping fluids into her body. I sat next to her in peaceful silence, Summer was watching everything.
"You do realize that Summer does have a spirit guide?" I heard Zila asked.
"I know," I thought back. "When she better I help her find hers."
"Alex you ok?" Summer asked getting me to look at her.
"Yeah I'm fine," I said back. "Just thinking."
A nurse popped her head in.
"I'm sorry to tell you Miss. Sinclair but visiting hours are over." The nurse said.
"But Alex can't leave what if the people that hurt me come back," Summer said at once. "Can she please stay for the night please?"
The nurse say the look on Summer face how worries she was.
"Well I'll ask the doctor?" The nurse said with a smile and leave.
"Really Summer I think you can make it for a night in the hospital by yourself." I said.
"I'm sorry Sis it's I just don't want to be here alone." Summer said back.
"I could always let Casper guard over you." I whispered to her.
"No I'll rather you be here." Summer whispered back.
The Nurse came back with a smile on her face.
"Well the doctor it's fine for you to stay the night," The nurse said. "Well good night then." She pulled the curtain closed, and left the room she gently closed the door.
Zila made her appeared, sitting next to me, I pulled my shoes off and gently rubbed my feet. Summer eyes started too closed.
"Summer go to sleep you need it," I said. "I'll be right here."
As lightning streak across the sky, Summer let out a little yelp.
"Can we share the bed I'm scared." Summer muttered not looking at the window.
"It's ok," I said softly and held her tight. "Now let the day just slip away
So the dark night may watch over you
Then the view silent, true
It embraces your heart and your soul, Nocturne
Never cry, never sigh
You don't have to wonder why
Always be, always see
Come and dream the night with me, Nocturne
Have no fear when the night draws near
And fills you with dreams and desire," I sang to her.
"Like a child asleep so warm, so deep
You will find me their waiting for you, Nocturne
We will fly, claim the sky
We don't have to wonder why
Always be, always see
Come and dream the night with me, Nocturne
Though darkness fades
It will give way
When the dark night delivers the day, Nocturne."
Summer started to fall asleep; I gently placed the back of her head on the pillow. The Nurse came back in with a pillow and blanket, Zila disappeared within seconds.
"Sorry to wake you up but here," She whispered. "I thought you might want this."
"Thank you." I said gently taking the pillow and blanket.
"I'll let you get back to sleep," the Nurse said. "Good night."
She left again; I put the pillow on the back of the chair. I started back down, pulled the blanket over me, and allowed sleep to take over.
Time Lapse
I woke to a scream, Summer was screaming and crying. I shoot up and grabbed her shoulders.
"Summer wake up it's a nightmare, your safe." I said.
I placed my forehead against her forehead. Her eyes shoot open to see me she started to cry more. I pulled my head off her forehead; she grabbed on to my arms and hugged me tight.
"No don't," She wailed. "Please don't leave me."
I gently sat on the bed and placed my chin over her head, as she kept crying. She fell back asleep with me holding her; I gently place her back down. I went to get off but she gripped my arms.
I lay down next to her and allowed sleep to take over once more. I felt a hand on my shoulder, I slowly opened my eyes to see Mom was there with a gently smile.
"Hey Mom," I said sleepy. "When did you get in?"
"Hello Sweetheart," Mom said back. "I got in about at eight, and rush here to see this your and Summer sharing a bed like you did went you were little."
I was able to slip thought Summer iron grip.
"She woke me up from a nightmare and she freak out if I was tried to get off the bed so I slept next to her," I said back. "What time is it?"
"Maybe you should go home, changed into some clean clothes and get some breakfast." Mom suggested. "Oh it's eleven a.m."
"Yeah I think so," I said. "I'll see later."
"Love you." Mom said kissing my forehead and let me headed back to the apartment.
I quickly changed into some clean clothes, I text Anna. We meet that her house and we went a local dinner.
"How's Summer?" Anna asked.
"The pressure on her brain is down," I example. "The cuts will heal eventually."
"So what can I get you too?" The waiter asked. "The norm?"
"Yes please." We both said.
The Norm was for Anna was two eggs over easily with harsh brown no bacon with whole-wheat toast and a cup of earl grey tea, while mine was two scrambled eggs with harsh brown, bacon and white toast. I always had chocolate milk and water.
"I was thinking." I started.
"Oh, god." Anna said back smirking.
I rolled my eyes.
"As I was saying I thinking I might get a tattoo." I said.
"Alex are you should sure about this?" Anna asked. "Once it there it's there for life."
"I know that Anna hear me out on this first," I said. "Ok.
"What the images?" Anna asked.
"Not images," I said back. "Words."
"Like what?" Anna asked.
"Courage, Loyalty, and Hope, or Wisdom, Justice, and Love." I said back.
"You mean want to get all of that?" Anna asked.
"I don't know." I said back
As the waiter, came back with our food.
"Enjoy." He said.
We quickly started to eat.
Time Lapse
I was back at that home, while Mom was having her time with Summer. I was sitting in the library thinking in the high back chair.
"What do you think Zila should I get a tattoo?" I thought.
"Well it's probably the shadow weaver in you." Zila said back.
"Care to tell me more about this?" I asked back.
"Well most shadow weavers would get a tattoo around eighteen or nineteen as a rite of passage into adulthood." Zila said.
"Why, the tattoo?" I thought back.
"I wish I knew," Zila said back. "You should probably eat something you realized you're on Hulk duty tonight with Panther."
"God damn it!" I yelled in my head. "I forgot again I swear I wouldn't remember my head without you Zila."
"I try." Zila said back.
I got up my chair and headed back into the apartment; I quickly eat something I could find in the kitchen. I changed into Shadow and ported to the mansion, as the rest of the team was getting ready to go for dinner. I headed down to the assembly hall where Hulk was standing looking bore and Panther was meditating. I quickly took a seat and started to scan for random evil, and started to play with shadows forming different shapes and things.
"Zila did my father have a tattoo?" I thought.
"Yes like most shadow weavers he did," I heard Zila said. "It was probably something personal like what you want."
"Like the words?" I thought back.
"Yes it's something that is important to you," Zila said back. "The fact that you want those things even through you has it already."
"Thanks Zila." I thought back.
"Shadow, earth to Shadow!" I heard Hawkeye shouted.
I blinked for a few seconds, and shook my head to see Hawkeye watching me with the others but Hulk and Panther were gone.
"Let me guess I zone out." I said back getting up from my chair and stretch.
"I'm guessing so." Wasp said.
I quickly follow them up and heard about the evening.
"Right," Miss. Marvel said. As the others laughed. "Oh, Man, you guys, you're so lucky."
"The Look on the Griffen's face, when he bit down on your leg." Wasp said smirking.
"Hopefully his teeth will grow back," Hawkeye said. "No one's going to take him seriously like that."
"I felt bad! He got those big puppy dog eyes," Miss. Marvel said. "Like I yelled at him or something."
"Well, next time the Hulk gets out of line," Wasp said. "We're sending you in. I think you can take him."
"What's so funny?" Hulk asked.
"Nothing." There all said back.
"I don't see any food." Hulk said.
"The Griffen attacked, Hulk," Cap said. "We had to leave dinner early. Sorry, pal."
"Lucky for you," Hulk scoffs. "I was stuck here with them. I'd rather be fighting."
That when I got the chill down my spine, Panther confirm that feeling watching the shadow.
"What are you looking at?" Hawkeye asked.
"Iron Man. He is standing in the corner, cloaked." Panther said.
We look to where Panther was looking at.
"Iron Man?" Cap asked.
He uncloaked himself and kept watching us.
"Uh. Tony? You in there?" Wasp asked. "What's going on?"
"I just got back from meeting with Nick Fury," Iron Man said as he eyes were glowing bright. "And I've got a quick question I need to ask. Is anyone here a shape-shifting alien?"
At the question my brain quickly remember the shadow of Cap's when he was walking to Zemo.
"What?" Wasp asked.
"You saw Nick Fury?" Miss. Marvel asked.
"Remember when the Kree showed up? Captain Marvel told us how they were at war with an alien race called the Skrulls," He said. "Well, the Skrulls are here and they can look like anyone. And Fury thinks that one of you has been replaced by one."
Wasp started to laughed we gave her a look.
"Wait. You're being serious," She said. "You've got to be kidding. That's just not possible we're…. We're us. We know each other; no one here is some alien imposter."
"You're holding back," Hawkeye said walking towards him. "Fury wouldn't have come to you with this, if he didn't have someone pegged."
"You're right. It was you," Iron man said. "He said you were the Skrull, Clint."
I watched as the others started to watch Clint in shocked.
"He can't be the Skrull," I thought to Zila. "he can't."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Hawkeye said backing up into the center of the foyer. "Wasp is right this is crazy I've saved this team more times than I can count I've helped save the world! I'm not some alien."
"Hawkeye… Clint. I need you to come with me." Miss. Marvel said.
"What are you talking about?" Hawkeye asked.
"I may be an Avenger now," Miss. Marvel said. "But I'm also an Agent of Sword. This is what we do. If Fury thinks you're one of these Skrulls, I need to bring you in for interrogation. Those are the rules." She gently placed a hand his shoulder.
"Don't touch me." Hawkeye growled pulling his arm away.
"Don't make me do this the hard way, Hawkeye." Miss. Marvel said making her hand glowed. "Look, there are rules, and without them…"
Hawkeye already had an arrow in her face.
"You can stuff your rules, Major." Hawkeye growled. "I'm not going anywhere with you."
Wasp shirked down and flew to the middle of them.
"Carol, Stop this! Hawkeye's one of us!" She yelled.
Iron man raised his arm ready to fight his repulsor started to hum.
"So much for Avengers, Assemble." Hawkeye said.
"All of you stop this!" Wasp yelled. "We're the Avengers! We're supposed to better than this. If we can't trust each other, then we've got nothing."
"T'Challa," Hawkeye said. "It's me, T'Challa you have to believe me. You know me."
"Iron Man is correct," Panther said. "If the Skrulls truly are here, any of us could have been replaced at any time. Look at Ant-Man's recent behavior who is to say that the Ultron incident was not intentional?"
"Hey!" Wasp yelled.
"No one truly knows anyone," Panther said as he walked away from Hulk. "Not that well." and he walked away.
Like at Panther quit the Avengers.
"I'm giving you one last chance." Ms. Marvel said walking towards Hawkeye. "Come in with me to Sword, we'll sort this all out."
"How about this?" Hulk asked. "If you don't put your arms down, you're gonna lose 'em. Hawkeye's with me."
"I've earned my place on this team," Hawkeye said. "And I've earned your trust, Stark. You and Ms. Rules here need to back off right now."
"I'm sorry, Hawkeye. You're going with Ms. Marvel," Iron man said. "One way or another."
"Stop this!" I yelled getting them to look at me. "This is like a bloody witch hunt this is not right."
"We'll find a way to determine if you're who you say you are," Iron man said. "And if you're not a Skrull, then you've got nothing to worry about, right?"
"Yeah? Unless you're a Skrull." Hawkeye said back. "Or Ms. Marvel is."
"Let's …. Everyone just breathe." Wasp said. "Everyone just…."
Hawkeye shot his arrow at us and got Iron man laser and Ms. Marvel blasted her laser, Hawkeye got out of the way while it bounce off Hulk. He fired four arrows, I quickly ported and landed on the stairs as Cap got Iron man out of the way and Ms. Marvel blasted two of the arrows and Hulk attacked, she dodged and started to attack fight other.
"Whoa," Wasp said. "She really is that strong."
Ms. Marvel eyes started to glow and more of her Kree energy and then they was a bright flash of light and create a Kree energy field that sent Hulk flying back.
"I can't believe you're doing this!" Wasp yelled, as she was level with Ms. Marvel. "We made you an Avenger we welcomed you in. We trusted you."
"Do you think this is how I wanted today to go?" Ms. Marvel asked back. "I have to do this, Jan this isn't just a hobby for me, this is my duty."
Hawkeye had shot another arrow at her it miss barley. She got her Kree power back around her hands. He went when too fired again but Iron man destroys the arrow, he went to fire another one. Iron man held the repulse up and when to fire again at Hawkeye but Cap and I quickly got in front of him, Cap active his shield while I got my shadow shield up.
"Don't do this, Iron Man." Cap said.
Iron Man landed, Cap turned off his shield and I made it disappeared. Cap and Iron Man met half way.
"I have to. I…" Iron Man said. "I can't trust you, any of you. Hulk and Wasp are already shape-changers. Captain America could have been a Skrull from the day we found him Ms. Marvel was working with an alien when we met her. And Panther… Panther was gathering information on all of us, he even hacked Jarvis for our files. And we just blew it off."
"We don't have any proof, Tony." Wasp said.
"I saw it," Iron man said as his facemask went up. "I saw Fury's Skrull with my own eyes. This is happening."
"If Skrulls really are invading, then the world needs us," Wasp said. "The Avengers can fight this."
"Panther was right to leave. I can't trust any of you," Iron man said walking away from us. "And if we can't trust each other, we can't fight anything." He turned to face us, his facemask was down and he started to fly off. "I started this team because I needed people I could count on and now I can't. The Avengers are over as far as I'm concerned."
He flew off. That left the rest of us. Hawkeye turned to Ms. Marvel.
"I'm not a Skrull," Hawkeye said. "And I'm not some flunky for Shield I'm an Avenger and if you're gonna try and take me in, you better be sure. You'd better be sure about all of us."
We all stood next to Hawkeye.
"This was supposed to be my welcome party." Ms. Marvel said and took off flying.
"I can't believe this is happening." Wasp said. "We can't let this be the end."
"Get real. Iron Man was right about one thing," Hawkeye said. "The Avengers are over."
"No," Cap said getting all of us to look that him. "This is what the enemy wants to tear us apart with paranoia and mistrust to win the war without ever firing a shot. Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not going to let that happen. Being an Avenger is the only thing I have in this world, and I'm not going to give it up that easy. I'll lead you if you'll have me.
He placed his hand out.
"If I leave, it's like admitting I'm guilty." Hawkeye said and placed his hand on top of Cap. "And that's not going to happen. I'm in."
"I'm not going anywhere. I made a deal." Hulk said. "Besides, what's some Skrull going to do to me?" Hulk placed his giant hand on top.
"Thank you Cap." Wasp said placing her own little hand on the top.
"Need I say anything?" I said. "I'm in."
Like that, we lose three members but the rest of us were still loyal to fight for everyone.
Time Lapse
As I got ready for bed I had ported back home. I knew that Cap was the Skrull but I couldn't say anything or I would bring that focus on to me.
"That is a problem to face tomorrow little wolf," Zila said. "Get a night sleep you need it."
"Fine Zila," I thought. "Guard the house tonight please."
"Don't I always watch over the house and you?" Zila asked joking.
"Like I don't know that," I thought back. "Night Zila."
"Night little wolf." Zila said back.
Ok the end of chapter 33 more to come please tell me what you think but be nice about it ok. Those lyrics are Nocturne by Celtic Woman.
Let me know which tattoo group I should use?