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A/N: Ok, warning. The spotlighting episodes are going to be more than one chapter! So if this chapter seems a little slow and lacking... then guess what... I have it all planned out for the next few chapters. This is because the episodes were all like half an hour and then on top of that there is really only one or two good ones for each side character. So... I will be taking the liberty to fix this in my own story. Not that I think anyone would complain... Anywho... I'm just going to stop ranting and let you guys dive right on into "KRAVEN THE HUNTER"! Enjoy! And make sure to review!
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ArtemisBAMF1218 - Next one... Well... you're in for a small surprise... I guess... But stuff is going to happen. Soon. I promise.
Yeah, you are right, Flash is Flash. Especially in seasons one and two. Aw yes, what a way to spend your day...
A fun little easter egg I threw in, that I know no one caught. But the quote Danny said was from Mahatma Gandhi, who is also the author of the book he was reading, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth." Fun little author thing I did there.
Ok, well one last little thing before I set you loose on this chapter. It's... supposed to be short because more is coming, just watch... So anyway, Enjoy!
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Chapter 5: Ava
This tribal drumming, it's so familiar. It's hypnotic. It's playing like background music to my dream.
The air is so fresh; the prey is running so fast. It's a chase, and I fight. Both I know I can win.
There are four targets around, everything else is just white. The targets all look like shadows.
Each different in build and fighting style, but none of them can stand up to the amulet unleashed.
How this happened, I don't know, but I'm not worried about the full power of the amulet. I am in control.
It's ok.
I'm free.
Everything is as it should be.
"Miss Ayala, this is Principal Coulson. Stop these shenanigans right now or this is going on your preeminent record."
"Miss Ayala, this is Principal Coulson. Stop these shenanigans right now or this is going on your preeminent record."
Huh? What's going on? Why am I upside down?
I'm covered in something red.
"Tell me this is spaghetti sauce," I mutter.
What's going on?
Spider-Man lets me down and I land on the ground, standing up to face my teammates.
"Yeah, lucky for us," Spider-Man sighs as he walks up to me. "Wanna explain why you just kicked our cannolis across Little Italy?"
"I what?" I ask. I thought I was asleep… I thought I was just asleep. That prey I was chasing and playing with, nearly getting in my grasp and then letting them run for the thrill… it was just a dream…
Little Italy? What am I doing here? What about…
"I don't remember…" I mutter softly "I… I don't remember… I heard drums and them everything just disappeared into a white haze." I explain.
There were drums, and then I thought I was asleep…
"Can we just go home?" I ask softly. I look at all the boys and then turn around and start to run in the other direction, I don't care if this is the way home or not, I just need to distance myself from them.
I walked into my room fresh out of the shower and plopped down on my bed. I picked up my phone and hit the phone icon.
I need someone to confide in right now. Someone who will allow me to just talk and explain. I need Hector… or dad… someone who understands the power… Someone who…
They can't help me. The only person who has any idea what is going on right now knows about as much as I do on the matter. I scroll through my contacts and then hit call. Placing the phone up to my ear and letting it ring… It's a three hour time difference.
Please answer the phone, I know you're awake.
"Ava, it's been a while since you called." A voice answered. "Everything going alright with your living arrangements?"
"Hey, Awilda," I smile. "Yeah, this place is overcrowded but it is ok."
"Well, you have not called me in weeks, so I will just assume something is wrong for you to have to call me." Awilda gets right to the point.
"Uh, yeah… I think Kraven has found me." I get right to the point.
Awilda does not answer.
I can hear her doing stuff on the other end.
"Well, what are you going to do about it?" She asks.
"I don't know," I mutter. "I don't think I can lay low and wait him out. He'll do this for centuries. And if he gets impatient, he'll hurt Ava Ayala instead of White Tiger."
"Have you talked to that one agent… what's his name?"
"Coulson." I fill in; she must be making a late dinner or cleaning up something.
"Yes, him. Have you talked to him?"
"No… I haven't talked to anyone about this, just you."
"Well, you need to get some help, I can't tell you what to do, but just make sure you don't go after him," Awilda warns. "You are too smart to fall for something like that."
"I know… It's just…"
"Something happened." Awilda's voice changes. It sounds like she stopped whatever she was doing.
I can hear more movement and then it get's quiet.
"What happened?"
"He… well… there was this tribal music…. Well… a tribal drumming… and I thought I was dreaming. But… I wasn't." I try to explain as I watch the ceiling. "It was like mind control. Ava had gone into a dream, but White Tiger was fighting."
"Who were you fighting?" Awilda asks.
"My teammates…" I answer. "I didn't hurt any of them. One is invulnerable, and another is a martial arts master. Those two didn't have a scratch on them."
"What about the other two boys?"
"Well, one of them, I clawed his costume and his underwear…"
"Ten piedad de mi alma, Ava…" Awilda mutters…
"Well, he's a space boy," I tease. "He mooned a few dozen people because his temporary fix had fallen."
"The last one?" Awilda prompts.
"Just some scratches, I'm sure…"
Awilda sighs. "Ava, please take care of yourself, be careful."
"I will."
We sit on the phone in silence for a while.
"Ava, I got to go and take care of some house work and get Rey to bed," Awilda says after a few minutes of silence. "If you need anything, I expect you to go straight to SHEILD. And you know I'm here for you."
"I know," I reply.
"Besos y abrazos." Awilda's voice smiles on the other end of the phone.
"Tú también," I reply.
I wait for her to hand up before I hang up the phone.
What am I going to do about Kraven…
I can't tell the guys, I don't want them to be targeted also, but if Kraven has seen us training together and working together… then it's too late… they are involved….
"Ava?" There was a knock on my door.
It's Danny. I don't hear the other boys with him. It's 11:30 at night, he's never up this late, unless we're on the clock. But we were done training over an hour ago.
I slowly drag myself out of the bed and walk over to the door and open it to see him standing in sweatpants and a t-shirt outside my door.
"Can I help you?" I ask.
"I wanted to talk to you for a minute; I was not interrupting anything was I?" Danny asks calmly. His face is serious. A very rare kind of serious, even for him.
"No, no, not at all. Just hanging out and trying to wind down." I lie to him.
Danny gives me this look that says he can read me like a book.
I open the door and let him in, closing it behind him. "What are the other three doing right now?" I asked leaning on the back of the door.
"All accounted for and asleep."
"Ms. Parker?" I ask.
"Also in her room, asleep. You and I are the only two awake right now." Danny seems to know I was going to ask.
"Did Peter want you to talk to me after what happened during training? Fury? Coulson?" I ask him.
Danny shakes his head. "No, I'm here because I am seriously worried about you."
"No need to be." I shrug. "It was a one-time thing."
"Ava, you and I are very similar in a lot of ways. One of them is powers," Danny begins carefully as he watches me walk over to the desk and shut down my laptop.
I'm avoiding eye contact. I don't know how much he knows or does not know… I don't want him to know anything about this. I don't want anyone to know anything about this.
"My powers come from a dragon and yours from a tiger. Ava, I know what kind of discipline it takes on a daily basis. And when you said something about the drums early to night I was worried that someone might be after you."
He knows,
"No one is after me," I assure him as I walk over and sit on the bed. I glare up at him annoyed, and ready for bed.
"Another thing is we both have a lot of enemies, passed down from our mantels and families. Ava, any number of people could try to take that amulet from you." Danny goes on. "This world may not know a lot about it, but in K'un-Lun everyone knows what it is, what it can do."
"Danny, I don't need you to protect me." I snap at him.
"I'm not here to protecting you," Danny says with a calm and patient tone.
"Then what are you doing here?" I ask.
"Checking on you," Danny sighs. "This… what happened tonight hit too close to home for me. I know what you're going through, and I just want to make sure nothing is wrong."
We just sit there in uncomfortable silence.
"How does this hit close to home for you?" I ask him. I look down at my feet. I'm not going to watch his reaction I'll give him a chance, to be honest with me.
Danny takes a deep breath. I can hear him shuffling around some, uncomfortable.
"Ava… I…" He takes a deep breath in and lets it out.
My mind starts a panicked race. The amulet is in the night stand drawer. But I can feel it from here. The power surging and how strong it is.
Danny sighs and starts to walk to the door. He puts a hand on the door knob and I look up. It was quiet for a minute, his mind was thinking. I could tell by his eyes. They always gave him away.
Danny took in a deep breath on last time. "I was also left alone in this world, without a father, because of selfish and greedy murder."
With that he opens the door and walks out, leaving me in my room with the door closed.
I look down at my lap.
So Danny knows about my dad… he must have looked it up on my SHIELD file…
And he was also a victim of losing a parent to murder… only he was much younger than I was… what could he mean by 'selfish and greedy murder.' His dad must have had something someone wanted… must have been protecting something and lost his life protecting it… is that what he means?
I don't know… maybe, maybe not... it's not on his file for me to read. All that's on his file is the estimated date of his parent's death, and that they were both accidents… nothing more…
None of us have a happy home to live in; Sam is the only one of us with a living parent… but from what I understand it's not a happy home for them. It's a stressful life that his mom is living, trying to do the best she can for her two kids…
I need some sleep. Tomorrow is Saturday. I'll burn off some steam.
I'll run around New York and snag a couple bad guys, run out this adrenaline. Get to feeling better.
But being out in broad daylight… not safe if Kraven is here…
He's a hunter; his gig is to play the game. He's not going to just get me as fast and simple as possible.
He's going to want the cat to chase the bait into a trap.
I'm aware of this. So I should be able to avoid it.
I look over at the clock; eleven forty. It's too late to be worrying; it's just time to get some sleep.
My problems will wait for me to wake up; they will still be there in the morning. It's not like they have anything else to do.
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