We got into the jet and arrived at our destination within an hour. We got out of the plane and I looked around me. In front of me was a very large and old facility consisting of several buildings which were all connected and as I looked around us at the surrounding grounds I saw that there was a large forest with a few hills in the distance, so no way to spot enemies until they were too close. I turned my gaze back to the facility and noticed that there were holes in the buildings and large gashes, there also was a lot of debris scattered around the buildings and the front of the facility also had many black stains, by the looks of it from fires, and I did not doubt that the inside would look exactly the same. Despite this the facility was still standing. When we got closer we saw the main entrance. The doors were automatic doors, but had to be forced open by Steve and Thor since the power was out.

Once inside we noticed a long hall. Steve then instructed the five of us to go on and search the facility, while he and Nat would remain at the entrance and stay on lookout for anything suspicious while also keeping an eye on the jet. The five of us then started to walk into the hall and I turned into my wolf and began to smell out the scent. I found it pretty easily and began to track it, the others following behind me and keeping a lookout for any uninvited guests. I led us through several halls, going in and out of a room once or twice as the scent had been in the room but had left again as well. About fifteen minutes into the tracking I stopped at the end of a hall, I turned both ways and sniffed a bit, before turning human.

"What's wrong?" Clint asked me, coming up to stand next to me. "The scent goes both ways" I said while turning to them. "I don't know which way they have taken it." "What if we split up and looked both ways?" Tony piped in, "it would be a lot faster than having to go both ways with the five of us". I nodded at that and the others agreed as well. It was then decided that Tony and Clint would take the left path, as Tony had his suit and it could help scan the area. Which left Bruce, Thor and me to take the right path. I knew they had sent both Bruce and Thor with me because they were the strongest as they were still worried that something might happen to me, but I didn't mind. We told Steve and Nat of our plan over the earpieces and they agreed while telling us to be careful and to immediately notify them if anything went wrong. I then changed back into my wolf and began to trudge down the right path, Thor and Bruce close behind.

After another five minutes of tracking, I began to faintly hear a beeping sound. Curious, I followed the sound, it became stronger and stronger as I came close and I only realized what the sound was when it was already too late. I jumped to the side, having no time to notify either Thor or Bruce as the bomb exploded. I was knocked back and felt a sharp pain in my back as it knocked the wind out of me. I took a few slow breaths and opened my eyes as the pain became more bearable. I looked at my surroundings and saw that most of the hall we were in had collapsed. With a lot of effort I managed to pull myself up, pushing some rubble off of me and checking myself for wounds. Nothing too bad, just a few scratches and cuts, nothing which couldn't be fixed by a few bandages.

Fear grabbed a hold of me as I suddenly remembered Thor and Bruce, I looked at where they must have been when the bomb exploded and went pale as I saw only debris there. I ran towards it and found Thor immediately. He was under some small chunks of debris and by the looks of it he was unconscious. "Great" I muttered to myself. Luckily he didn't seem hurt as I moved the debris around him away. However, I froze as I heard a roar behind me. "Oh no" that can only mean one thing. I ever so slowly turned around towards where the sound had come from and saw Bruce. He was still Bruce, but his skin had already turned green. "Shit shit shit" I said as I raced to him and kneeled next to him. "Bruce? Bruce can you hear me? Calm down, you're okay" I said as I quickly glanced him over and saw that he actually had a piece of steel sticking out from his arm. Well that is not going to help his anger I thought at the same moment as he grew bigger and I stumbled back a few paces as I was suddenly looking into the eyes of Hulk.

My hand flew to my earpiece to warn the others when I felt that it wasn't there anymore, it must have fallen off during the explosion. "Just my luck" I muttered as I very carefully eyed up Hulk who had yet to make a move. Call it bravery or stupidity, but I decided to make the first move myself. I spoke up "Hey Hulk, can you hear me? My name is Accalia and I am no enemy." Stupidity I thought the moment he focused his gaze on me and he took a step forward as I subconsciously took a step back at the same time. "Who are you?" he demanded. "Hulk does not know you, Hulk feels pain" he grabbed his arm where the piece of metal was sticking out, "Hulk does not like pain!" he said as he turned back to me. "I am a friend of Bruce" I said trying to calm him down. "I can take a look at your arm, you only need to turn back to Bruce for that, only then can I tend to it." However, it seemed that Hulk had different plans.

"No! Bruce is hurt, Hulk is hurt! I hurt you!" I wanted to say that I hadn't hurt him, but didn't get a chance to do so as he swung at me. I only had a split second and used it to turn wolf and jump away just in time to see Hulk smash a hole in the floor. "Hulk please listen to me, I am not your enemy" I tried once more. This however, only seemed to enrage him more as he didn't understand how a wolf could talk. Fine have it your way, I thought as I jumped away from another swing. I'd just have to knock some sense into him, though easier, much easier said than done when it comes to the Hulk. I used my speed to make sure that he never hit me, which frustrated him greatly. Then as soon as I saw an opportunity I jumped on him, actually pushing him back a bit and trying to reach his arm. He stopped this by twisting his body and trying to grab me, but I was too fast and was soon circling him again. He tried to hit me again and I used the opportunity.

Sorry, I thought in my mind as I bit down on the hand just as it came down, not too hard to break the skin, but hard enough that he felt it. He roared and jumped back, holding his hand with his other. That short moment was all I needed to jump on his chest and jump up so that I was now standing on his shoulder and arm. Not wasting a second I grabbed the piece of steel with my teeth and pulled as hard as I could. I could feel it moving and was already celebrating in my head, when Hulk grabbed me from behind and threw me down the hall. I landed against the wall and it hit the same spot on my back where it already hurt. Damn I need to stop making a habit out of this I thought as I climbed back to my paws with a bit of difficulty, only to look up and see that I had indeed successfully removed the piece of steel.

Hulk was staring at his arm "it hurts less now" he said. "I know, I removed the metal that was hurting you" I said while carefully making my way over to him again while limping slightly from the pain. "You friend of Hulk?" he said, confused, but at least not angry anymore. "Yes" I said as I wagged my tail, "My name is Accalia, I am a friend of Bruce as I said and friends help each other, so I made it hurt less" I told him. "Hulk has no friends, except maybe blondie" he said sadly. I almost snorted at the nickname for Thor. "Well would you like to be my friend?" I tried "I mean I am already friends with Bruce, why not you too?" I walked up to him and licked his hand once. He stared at me as he smiled "yes friends Accalia". I smiled as he said my name and I turned human. I held my hand out and it took him a moment to understand what I was doing before he returned the gesture and we shook hands. "Hulk it was really nice to meet you, but could I have Bruce back for now, we need him" I said. He looked sad as I said that, so I added "I will see you again later Hulk, I promise, my friend". He nodded as his eyes lit up at the last statement and as I put my hand in his once again, he began to shrink until Bruce was standing there.

"Well am I glad to see you" I said with a smile. "What happened" he said "you okay?" I told him about the bomb. "Then I found Thor knocked out" I said as I gestured to him, "and then you turned Hulk and now we are here." I rushed the last part hoping he wouldn't catch it, but of course he did. His eyes widened "I turned Hulk? Did I hurt you?" He said while he frantically began to look me over. I shook my head, "no I just became friends with him and then he turned back to you again" I said, not mentioning Hulk throwing me against the wall as it wouldn't help anyone. "Wait you WHAT?" he said as he froze in his movements and started at me in disbelief. "Yeah I did" I said with a smile "he is a great guy once you get to know him" I laughed and only laughed harder as I saw Bruce's astounded look.

"I don't think there is anyone you can't befriend Accalia" Bruce finally said with a smile, "but I am glad you befriended Hulk." I nodded in agreement, better, way better, to have Hulk as a friend than as an enemy. I had experienced the latter for only a few minutes, but I could still feel the results. I turned to Bruce "Are you okay? You had some debris in your arm." Bruce looked at his arm "Nothing too bad, it shouldn't cause any trouble after I wrap it." Bruce then tore some pieces off his shirt and wrapped his arm. "Look I think we really have to move on, I don't think this bomb was an accident" I told Bruce. He nodded "right". "What do we do with Thor?" I said as I gestured to the still passed out Thor. Bruce looked him over. "Well he seems fine, just knocked out, I think we should move on, the others must have heard this explosion and are probably already headed this way, they will find him, in the meantime we can find a way out." I nodded and we started walking. We followed the exit signs and ended up in a large lab, by the looks of it. We looked around inside the lab when I found a broken vial with the liquid on the ground. "They definitely had the liquid here" I told Bruce as I showed him the broken vial.

Just then the door at the end of the lab opened and the same guy that I saw at the Avengers' tower walked in, a big smirk plastered on his face. I immediately turned wolf and growled loudly at him, moving to stand protectively in front of Bruce. "Come now, there is no need for such hostilities" he said in a mock sweet voice. "Who are you?" Bruce asked. "Accalia and I are old acquaintances, aren't we?" he replied while keeping his gaze on me. "What do you want?" I growled out, not reacting to what he had just said. "Always so hostile, I have been nothing but kind to you" he said while shaking his head as if disappointed. "You mean like last time when you sent those guards at me?" I yelled. Bruce was beginning to look more and more confused as he didn't understand what was going on, but he kept quiet.

"Ah, now that was both a test and for fun, I didn't mean anything serious by it" he smirked evilly as he continued, "but as to answer your question to what I want, or what we want I should say" he paused shortly before going on "I really thought you should have figured that out by now, it is kind of disappointing that you haven't, really. I will give you one last hint to help you figure it out, but I won't spoil the fun by telling you our full plan if that is what you are thinking." I simply growled in response. "The hint is this" he said as if he hadn't heard me growling, he held out a vial which no doubt contained the same liquid as that we had been tracking. He shook the vial before speaking again "I think you have noticed that this fluid has no scent, except for you. To you this fluid has a rather strong and overpowering scent. There is a reason for that" he said before putting the vial back into his coat. "Now that is all I will give you, if you still can't figure it out then you are just in for a surprise with what is to come" he said while still grinning. Bruce looked really confused and like he wasn't sure what to do. The man started to turn around and back up towards the door he had come from. I hadn't moved an inch from my spot yet and neither had Bruce.

"Oh and before I forget" the man said as he turned to me once more "You have seen me twice now Accalia and you will see me again. Though next time you'll see me, I won't be leaving alone." With that he opened the door. As soon as he did, multiple men ran into the room as well as three dogs. Bruce didn't hesitate and changed into Hulk to take down the men, while the dogs sprang for me. "Bye for now Accalia" he said while stepping through the door. My eyes widened as I realized that he did not only know what I was, but also who I was. He knew my name, but how? Pain however, stopped my next thought as one of the dogs had latched itself into my back and I quickly shook him off with some effort. Hulk and I then pretty much teamed up and beat the men and dogs.

"Thank you Hulk" I said while panting from both the exhaustion and pain as the last man fell. Hulk nodded to me with a smirk, "Of course, friend, it was fun smashing together" he said and then he slowly turned smaller again and back into the form of Bruce. Bruce turned his head to me and noticed me breathing hard. I changed back to human and leaned heavily against a counter. Bruce was sizing me up with his eyes, taking note of both my exhaustion and injuries before looking around and noticing several medical beds. He nodded towards them and I followed his gaze. "Get some rest, I will stand watch and wake you if anything happens." I simply nodded too tired to argue and pushed myself off the counter, only to be caught in Bruce's arms as I stumbled and almost fell due to my exhaustion. He led me over to the bed and laid me down. As soon as my head hit the pillow I closed my eyes and darkness enveloped me.


Hey guys, as you can see I'm back with a new chapter. We are slowly reaching the end of the story, with only a few chapters left to go and I just wanted to say once again: thank you for all the support I get from you guys! They really are a big motivation to keep writing and keep updating. See you again for the next chapter lads and lasses! And as usual, enjoy!