The cage opened again. David ordered me to sit next to him, put the leash on me and started walking. Every morning he would come to my cell, leash me and walk around the jet with me like a darn pet, rubbing in the fact that he had total control of me. The only part that hadn't worked out were my eyes, after a week they'd turned back to red again, scaring the crap out of David when he released me. But he still controlled me, only my changing eye colour had failed. It had been five weeks now since David had taken me and I had last seen the avengers.
Apart from my "morning walk" he'd let me out of the cage to deal with his errands. I was often let out near a facility with specific orders to steal a piece of technology, which had been going surprisingly well. Security wasn't that tight and my speed aided me immensely. The only other time when the cell would open was during the night. David would come to the cell and knock me out with the same fluid that Henry had used at the avengers' tower. I'd wake up hours later, still in my cage. That was until one night, when I had woken up after he'd drugged me. Either he'd lessened the dosage or hadn't paid enough attention because I wasn't in my cage. I was laying on a table in the middle of a room and wasn't wearing my collar. There were tubes attached to my paw. I sniffed, Yellow-X, so that's how he kept me under control. Movement had startled me and I had noticed David as he held a rag to my nose and I had fallen unconscious again.
Today seemed different, however. I noticed that David and I weren't walking towards the jet's hatch, but the testing area. "Yes, we are not stealing anything right now." He stopped and crouched down "You actually only need to steal one more piece for me later today and then we're done." That worried me. Whatever he was building, it was apparently almost done. We walked into the testing area and I saw a dog in the middle of the room.
He walked towards the dog and made me sit near it. "You'll like this." He said to me as he left me there. He pushed some buttons and a spray turned on. I sniffed and it smelled like Yellow-X, but somehow it was different. I heard a growl behind me and before I could move the dog had pounced on me. "Wow boy" I thought as I threw him off me. "What's gotten into you?" The dog snarled savagely and readied another attack. This time I was ready and I evaded him before meeting him head on. I got two bites in before David said "Stop." I stopped and closed my eyes waiting for the dog to rip me apart, but nothing happened? The dog was standing still too. My eyes widened with realization. "Neat right? I changed the formula, using your DNA and the Yellow-X to build a new liquid, Yellow-X 1.0." He walked towards us and pet the dog.
"Yeah great." I said "Instead of controlling an enhanced wolf, you can command a mutt around, well done." I snickered. David grabbed my scruff and threw me into the wall. "Your big mouth will be the end of you some day." A hatch opened and ten more dogs walked in. The spray turned on again and I caught on quickly enough. However, the dogs growled at each other as much as at me. "Attack that wolf." David commanded. All dogs moved their gazes towards me. "We can talk about this right? Dog to uhh wolf?"
That was a no as I dodged the first dog. Within seconds the others were on me. I fought back the best I could but their constant bites were beginning to weaken me, my left front paw gave out. "Heel" David said. The dogs and I moved to him. "Wolf, follow." I walked with him, slightly dragging my left front paw from the pain, as we left the lab. "As you can see" he said "The time for me to take over the world has finally come. I am far beyond wanting recognition for my work now. This world is cruel and the only way to win is to be the cruelest and smartest guy out there. I can control any dog with this serum. When they take in Yellow-X 1.0 they become feral and will attack anything around them. Only when I command them, will they stop attacking and listen to me."
"But that will be a massacre!" I said. "Millions of people own dogs. You can't possibly reach them all and command them." "I don't have to." David answered "I will tell the people that I can save them from the dogs, but only if they give me control over the world. I suppose they won't listen, but either way I'll release the liquid. Everything is already in motion and it is currently set to spread throughout the world two weeks from now. I'll mix it into every water access point that exists and people won't even know they've given it to their precious pooches until their lifelong companions turn on them. However, I have become impatient recently. With the accelerator you're going to steal for me today I can change the launching time to three days from now."
I stared at him in disbelief. I had to stop this. Millions of people would die and David would take over power. "It won't work." I said "You'll be stopped." "By who mmh?" He answered "Dogs are everywhere, because people love the darn creatures so much. The police, the military even world leaders have dogs. Once important figures start falling, chaos will rule and I'll be made world leader within moments. But that's enough now. You don't even need to know any of this. All you need to do is hop on out and get me my accelerator once we land."
Suddenly alarms started beeping. "What is …" Something impacted and the jet shook heavily. "Sir, our engines have been hit. We're crash landing." David ran to the computer and looked at the screen. I wagged my tail, Tony! The iron man suit was flying around the jet, shooting at its defenses. "Those bastards. Fine, I'll take care of them first. Come Accalia, time to greet your friends." He walked up to a machine and got in. The robot activated and he stayed inside it as the jet crashed and I was thrown around before we finally stood still.
Ugh, I got up and shook my head, I was pretty much okay for having crashed with a plane just now. The robot moved and David looked unscathed. "Follow" He said. I followed the robot towards the hatch, where it stopped and David got out. "Now" he said "Time for a sweet reunion, don't you think?" He grabbed a small box from his pocket and jammed a communication device into my ear. "That'll do. Let's see how happy the avengers are that their buddy is unscathed and not under the influence of Yellow-X." I looked at him, what was he talking about? Wait, my eyes. They'd turned back to red, but the avengers didn't know that. Oh no. I looked at David and he saw the realization. "Good girl" He said "Turn human and walk out of this plane, oh, and don't speak a single word." I had to follow his orders and started moving. The hatch opened and I walked out.
I looked to my left and my heart sank. There they were, all of them, waiting for me. Please no, I thought. Tony was the first to walk towards me as he opened his faceplate. "Hey kid. Are … Are you okay?" He made cautious steps in my direction while I stood still. "It's okay, it's us. You remember us, right?" He slowly moved towards me until he could almost reach me. "Hmm I would've liked an avenger that you could've immediately killed, but I suppose he'll do. Accalia change into your wolf and kill the avengers." No I thought, please no, but my body was already moving.
I turned into my wolf before Tony's eyes and latched onto the hand he was holding out to me. My teeth met metal and dented it before I jumped back and started circling him, looking for a weakness. "Wow, Accalia, easy, it's us. You're safe now." From the corner of my eye I noticed that Steve had moved closer, a mistake. I sprinted towards him and he was barely fast enough to raise his shield and throw me back. The shield hit my injured paw and I fell to the ground with a whimper before getting up and growling. "She's injured." Clint said. "Look at her paws and back, they're covered in scratch and bite marks." Natasha walked towards me. I turned my attention to her and jumped when I saw a chance. She evaded fast enough. I landed and turned for another pounce, but an arrow exploded in my face, sending me backwards. "What the hell was that for Nat. I don't want to hurt her." Clint said. "I'm sorry, but it confirmed my suspicion. She's wearing an earpiece and receiving orders. She's still under his control."
We all turned as we heard a laugh behind us. "Well spotted miss Romanoff. Accalia heel." I returned to David's side as he came out of the jet in his robot suit. "I would offer you the chance to join my side, but as I don't think you'll take it I'm going to make this very simple." As David said this his men came out of the hatch, along with the dogs from before. "Walk away, final warming."
"In your dreams." Thor said as he called lightning to him. David laughed "I actually prefer it this way, you've been too much of a nuisance to me. Destroy the avengers!" With that David's troops attacked, as did the avengers. The fight broke loose. I moved as well and went for Thor but jumped back as lightning struck right in front of me. "We do not wish to hurt you Accalia, please try to remember us." Thor said as he put his hands up and made a careful move towards me. I snarled in response and took the opening to jump at him. Instead I fell to the ground when something slammed into my side. I shook my head and stood up. Natasha.
I stayed on their tail, looking for openings, but each time I saw an opportunity it was blocked. I was about to run at Thor for another attack when I froze as I heard a roar behind me. Bruce had turned into the hulk. "David hurt my friend, but he can't hurt her if he's dead." Hulk said as he advanced on David. "Hulk no!" Steve yelled but it was already too late. Hulk jumped, ready to smash David's robot. "Accalia protect." I jumped away from Thor and raced back to David. Just as Hulk came down to smash I jumped, and took the blow.
I was slammed to the ground and stayed down. God that hurts. Shakily, I tried to crawl back up again but my paws gave away and I fell. "Get up you lazy mutt and get them." David ordered. I tried again and remained standing this time, panting heavily from the effort. I growled and moved forward, limping painfully, and surveyed the battlefield. The avengers were getting tired, but David's men had swiftly come down in their numbers. Whichever side was going to win this battle, it was going to happen soon.
I looked up as I heard a yell. Clint was in trouble. He was further up on the battlefield and was currently surrounded by David's men. I smelled my chance. David had seen it too as I received my command "take him out." I moved towards Clint. "Uh, guys a little help here?" Clint said as he started to realise the situation. They'll be too late I thought as I was advancing rapidly now. The other avengers wouldn't be quick enough to stop me. I was almost upon him and started panicking, I was going to kill Clint. Come on Accalia, fight it. Fight with everything you got. You're not going to kill Clint, he's family. I jumped. A yell, blood, I bit down hard.
I landed. David's man fell. "What …" Clint said as he turned around. "Accalia?" But the moment of control was over. I jumped for Clint this time but was caught in the air. I bit, but my teeth only met metal. Tony. "Guys, whatever you are going to do, do it now. I've got her, but she's struggling bad. Don't know how long I can hold her." I heard David's panicked voice call for me through the comm. "Retreat to me, now!" There weren't many of David's men left and the ones that were still alive were too busy fighting for their lives to help David. "Accalia return, I said heel!" The catch in his voice betrayed his panic.
Natasha, Clint and Steve held the advancing men at a distance as Hulk walked up to the robot and held it steady. I saw Thor raise his hammer to gather lightning. David moved all he could, but Hulk prevented him from escaping his robot and the robot wasn't going anywhere. "Shit, I'm not going out like this." But even he realised how hopeless the situation was. "Accalia, I know you can still hear me. This might be the end for me but at least many people will still die. But that isn't enough. You don't deserve a happy life. Therefore, my final command is: kill every single one of the avengers and …" Thor's hammer came down and I heard nothing else.
I looked emotionless at the rubble where the robot had once stood. He was gone, really gone. Some part of me was happy, but the bigger part was scared. He had spoken his final command and I could still feel the need to kill the avengers. My flurry of bites and scratches at Tony's suit hadn't lessened and I felt some space as he moved his arms a little. I wriggled out and jumped. Luckily the ground wasn't too far and I caught myself on the landing. The fight was over, and David's men were gone. The battle had been won, but that didn't mean everything was okay.
The avengers slowly approached me and I couldn't help but growl and yap. "Easy now" Steve said. "You're okay. Shh. It's over. He's gone, he can't control you anymore." Steve made cautious steps towards me and as he got within range I jumped for him. He blocked and threw me back to the middle. Clint approached me from the side. "You can fight this kid, I've seen it. You saved me out there. Come on, Accalia, be strong." I turned to him and growled, readying another attack. "The serum is still working and she will be under influence of it, even though he is gone." I heard Bruce saying, who had just turned back to himself. "Tony, take her to the tower and put her in the safety room. The liquid will be out of her system in three days." I growled but was picked up by Tony. "Oh don't be so grumpy, you'll be fine." Tony said. On the way to the tower I told Tony about David's plan, which was weird as I was informing him while still biting his armour, but Tony paid it no heed. He listened to every word I said.
When we arrived at the Avengers' Tower Tony brought me to a level that I hadn't been to before. "I made this floor for Bruce." Tony started explaining "In case he felt the need to relax or to give him a spot to calm himself after hulking out. It'll have to do for you now." He walked up to the room and opened the door. "Be good now, it won't take long, Accalia. Give it a few days and you'll be back to your normal antics. For now, take a nice long rest, I bet you're tired after all that fighting." With that said Tony released me and closed the door after exiting.
The next three days went by in a rush. I saw one avenger at a time and only when they were bringing me food or water. In the evening they'd put a pill through my food to knock me out and would tend to my wounds. However, it was the fourth day now and I still didn't feel any different. I currently lay in the corner of the room, watching the door. Clint, Thor and Nat had already come in a few times, but I had sent them away again as I didn't want to hurt them.
The door opened again and I told them to go, but I smelled that it wasn't Clint, Nat or Thor. Tony and Steve came in and closed the door behind them. "It's not working guys, come back tomorrow." I said, turning away from them. Instead, I heard the footsteps come closer. Tony spoke up "Come on kid, it's been four days now, I think you're scared to hurt us rather than still under the serum's influence. Turn around Accalia, we're not going anywhere." I sighed and turned around but remained at a distance.
Steve and Tony both moved closer and I automatically backed up until I hit the wall. They moved closer than I was comfortable with and sat down. I appreciated that they remained silent. I closed my eyes and smelled them. I heard movement and felt a hand pet my back tentatively, then with more confidence. I sniffed, Steve. "See, this is not so bad right. It's really okay Accalia, it's over. You're fine and so are we." I opened my eyes and looked at them. Maybe they were right. It had been four days, but why hadn't the feeling of wanting to hurt them, to kill them, stopped? Tony spoke up "Hey, stop thinking so much, trust yourself. We're in here with you, and you are doing fine. I don't know what happened to you while you were gone, but we can talk about that if you want. We're here for you." But I hurt you, I thought. How can you trust me? I laid my head on my paws and sighed. "Maybe you should go, this has been great progress and we'll continue tomorrow."
Tony shook his head. "We are not leaving, Accalia. Just trust us, please. You have been cold to us and especially yourself ever since you got here, why? Is it because … Wait, you're not blaming yourself for attacking us, are you?" I huffed and shook Steve's hand off me. "That's a yes." Steve said. "Listen to me, that was not your fault, we don't blame you for anything. None of us do." "And why not?" I said as I got up on my paws "You have been acting like nothing has happened, but I have attacked you and tried to kill you, that is not okay!" I growled "We know you, Accalia." Steve answered. "We know that wasn't you." "But it was me!" I snapped "I did those things. I made every move, saw everything that happened, and I was too weak to do anything about it!"
Steve reached out his hand to comfort me and I snapped at it without thinking. Wait no, no, no. What am I doing? I shook my head and whined as I tried to crawl further back. My thoughts were turning hazy. Get it together, Accalia! Something touched me and I lashed out. Why couldn't I form thoughts? I felt myself being pushed to the ground and held there. I struggled but was held fast. Slowly my thoughts returned to me. I sniffed, Tony and Steve, they were holding me. As they noticed that I stopped struggling, they let go of me.
But something was off, what was that strange smell. I licked my lips. The taste of blood, what? I looked up. Oh no, god no. Steve was clutching his arm. His shirt was dripping red. I had finally done it, I had hurt them, I had hurt Steve. I whined and let out a heartbreaking howl. I moved to the furthest corner and started shaking. Tony tried to come closer but I shook harder and started yapping uncontrollably. He took a step back. I stayed in the corner. It took a while before I finally heard the door close and even longer for me to realise they were gone. I saw the blood on the ground. What had I done? I had hurt Steve, willingly hurt Steve. There was no serum to blame this on, this was me. I had lost control. I whined and curled in on myself, still shaking. I'm sorry Steve, I'm so sorry. Eventually, exhaustion took over and my world turned black.
No one knows just what to say
It's like we're in uncharted territory
No one knows the proper way
It's like the ground has fallen from under me
And all sensible words
All sensible hearts
Oh where do they go
And why do they leave us now
And if I could go back again, I'll go back again
If the worst is happening how does anything work
Now let me please go back again, I'll go back again
No one knows what part to play
It's like we're in uncharted territory
No one knows another way
It's like all grace in life has parted from me
And all sensible words
All sensible souls
Oh where do they go
And why do they leave us now
And if I could go back again, I'll go back again
If the worst is happening how does anything work
Now let me please go back again, I'll go back again
And all sensible words
All sensible hearts
Keep calling for course
A heading or buoy
Could the end be a start?
All sensible souls
Oh where do they go
And why do they leave us now
And if I could go back again, I'll go back again
If the worst is happening how does anything work
Now let me please go back again, I'll go back again
And if I could go back again, I'll go back again
If the worst is happening how does anything work
Now let me please go back again, I'll go back again
No one knows just what to say
It's like we're in uncharted territory
(Kensington – Uncharted)
Well guys, it's been ages again, but here ya go! The new chapter is finally up and it's long, so I hope that that slightly compensates for me not updating for (sorry) almost a year.
The end of the story is really not far off now and I'm enjoying this incredible journey to the fullest and although it is time for the story to end soon, it will always be dear to me.
I put a song in here too, btw, and the chances are that you might not know the song or band, but they're quite famous in my country. I recently lost someone dear to me and this song has gained a special meaning for me and I thought that it fit quite nicely here so I put it in.
Anyway as always, I hope you enjoy this chapter and see you guys next time!
