Prologue

You know those days when everything seems to be running smoothly and then out of nowhere life throws you a curveball? Well this was one of those days, only the curveball that life threw me was in the shape of a group of heroes known as The Avengers. It shouldn't really have come as a shock after working for SHIELD for the last four years as part of the British branch and being...well pretty super myself, but finally meeting the most talked about team can be daunting.

Let's start at the beginning shall we…. the very beginning. My name is Kayleigh Elizabeth Adams, I was born on 12th November 1994 in a small village in England. From the age of 5 I started developing some extraordinary abilities. I could control electricity and as I grew older and gained a better control of my powers, I found I could use them only when needed. As you can imagine that made school a nightmare, having to keep them a secret. Add in a few hormones and bam major catastrophe. I managed to reach 16 before anything severe happened. One day a group of girls began tormenting me over my fiery ginger hair. It started off with the usual: 'Freak of nature', 'Gingers have no souls' and 'will you burn if you go out into the sun?', but it became more and more aggressive as the months went on. They began leaving dead animals in my locker and writing threatening notes. One day I couldn't take it anymore and I blew a fuse…literally. I was stood in front of my locker, staring at the latest dead bird that somebody had placed there, and I could feel the anger building within me as everyone around me laughed and shouted names. The next moment every light, socket, anything electronic exploded in a shower of sparks. While the students and teachers shrieked and scrambled in shock, I bolted, making my way back home to face an even worse situation. When I reached home, I was met with the blue and red blazing lights of the police, a black van with the words 'Private Ambulance' across the side and a very daunting looking Range Rover and it could only mean one thing. I was unable to move from my place on the pavement, watching as they brought two body bags out of my house and placed them in the back of the van. I never did find out what happened to them.

"Miss Adams?" I turned to see a tall dark-skinned man with an eye patch stood to my left side. I nodded slowly unable to speak for the fear of tears falling. "My Name is Nick Fury; I'm here at your parents request to take you to a safe place".

"Where are my parents? What's happening?" I finally managed to choke out.

"I will explain everything once you're in a safe place Miss Adams" He placed a comforting hand on my shoulder and led me towards the Range Rover. From that day I became determined to not only protect myself but those in the world who needed help. Director Fury took me in and made me an agent of SHEILD, training me and helping me gain more control over my powers. Ten years later and I find myself on a helicarrier about to meet one of the greatest teams alive and you can bet I was bloody nervous.