Yay! I'm updating! Yeah! Anyways, sorry this is a long time coming, but I was severely lacking in motivation for some reason. I am reinvigorated though, but I'm still waiting for people to submit any OCs or themselves (format in chapter three). Seriously, I've had over 700 people look at this fanfic and not one submitted an OC or themselves. I hope to get some sooner or later, but I don't know if people even read my Author's Notes...
Anyways, read and enjoy and I'll continue at the end!
New York City
Steve Rogers was walking when he heard a loud crack above him, looking up he saw someone falling towards him. He quickly readied himself to catch the person. He watched the person as it seemed they were somehow slowing to a more manageable level. He was ready when the person landed in his arms with a slight 'oof!' He looked down at the person as they blinked owlishly up at him in surprise.
Before Steve could say anything the stranger spoke up, "Well, hello! My name's Adrian, but I guess I should be asking after the name of my savior?" Steve felt a strange tingle under his arm and he felt something there, at the back of his mind, like something speaking quietly, "MINE," but he ignored both things, answering, "Uh… my name's Steve, Steve Rogers. Are you alright? That was quite the fall."
Steve noticed Adrian's eyes widening, "You-You're… Oh, sorry. Umm actually, I'm perfectly fine, surprisingly," he stopped, looking down while Steve wondered what Adrian was going to say after he had said his name, "Umm… could you put me down?"
Steve started as he realized he was, surprisingly, still holding the tall and muscular man in his arms. He quickly set him down while blushing. "Thank you. Now, might I ask where you're going so late tonight?" Adrian asked as he started walking next to Steve.
"I was just walking to the gym," Steve answered, noticing how gracefully Adrian walked. 'He reminds me of a dancer.' Without thinking Steve added, "Are you a dancer?"
Stopping Adrian said, "Ah, sleepless night? And no, I'm not a dancer, why?"
Ignoring the first question Steve said, "You remind me of a dancer. Do you dance?"
"To be honest, I've never really danced before... with anyone anyways," Adrian answered.
"Do you mind me asking why?" Steve asked, somewhat curious.
"I don't know," Adrian tried to think of a reason as he trailed off, "I guess I just haven't found the right partner." Steve stopped, causing Adrian to stop as well, "Is something the matter Steve?"
"No, no I'm fine," Steve answered distractedly causing Adrian to look at him with a disbelieving glance, "Are you sure? You seem distracted."
"I'm fine," he quickly walked off, leaving Adrian behind, and entered the gym in a hurry, forgetting to ask Adrian about his surprise when Steve said his name. He didn't notice that he felt worse the farther he got from Adrian.
'Huh,' Adrian thought, 'he never even asked me where I came from or what happened. Wait, am I now the cause of what causes some of his flashbacks in his 'punching bag scene'? Actually, what I want to know is why Kendra never warned me about what would happen. Wait, where's Bilbo? I went through the portal holding him…' He walked farther away from the site of his almost death looking for Bilbo and never noticed the two black cars that pulled up where Steve had caught him or the few people who were out staring at him, transfixed.
S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier
Maystin Hilkson was watching his monitor, which showed any anomalies or occurrences on Earth that have similarities to the frequencies that showed yesterday when Loki came through the tesseract 'doorway,' they didn't want another homicidal bastard on the loose, and enjoying his fresh hot coffee. He probably should've set his cup down before he started and put on his headphones, since as soon as he did an incredibly loud noise indicating a large anomaly burst through his headphones causing him to jump and spill his hot coffee all over his lap and front. Wincing at the heat, but knowing he'd probably get into some sort of trouble for not reporting the disturbance, he quickly located the disturbance's position and ran to the person currently in charge. It was Agent Hill since Nick Fury was on his way to recruit Captain Rogers.
"Agent Hill, I must report that a large anomaly or disturbance occurred on or above Perry Street, New York City. Its frequencies are very close to those that Loki caused and they indicate a portal." He ran away before she responded to clean himself up. He missed Hill ordering several agents, including his life-partner, to head to Perry Street and subdue anyone located there.
Several agents were crowded into two black cars and hurriedly drove to Perry Street where the possible portal would've opened up. They sat in silence as they rode and prepared themselves for anything to happen. Unfortunately for them (but fortunately for Adrian), there was no being located at the spot, "Well, maybe the computers just glitched?" One of the agents said in a questioning voice, slipping off his helmet.
"Shut it, Blare, those computers are smarter than you'll ever be. They are some of SHIELD's best and most advanced computers, so don't be a dolt and question if they 'glitched'," a second agent said condescendingly before slapping the agent, Johnny Blare, in the back of the head causing his head to jerk forward.
"Gerard, I'm not stupid, I was only coming up with a reason. Anyways, no computer is infallible," Blare retorted rubbing the back of their 's when Adrian showed up, searching for Bilbo, and stopped when he spotted the group of agents wearing gear and helmets or black sunglasses with suits, "Oh, my bad. Sorry to interrupt, I'll come back later to search."
"Stop right there! Who are you and what are you doing here?" One of the other agents yelled when Adrian went to turn around.
"Oh I'm Ryan and well, I was just looking for my cat, he kind of ran off a couple minutes ago," Adrian half-lied while morphing his appearance sensing they weren't good news for him or Bilbo.
"And your cat's name is?
"Bilbo. He's orange and has very soft fur."
"Blare! Help Mr. Ryan here find his cat! We don't need a civilian here." The agent who said this ordered, and one of the geared up agents came forward without their helmet on.
"Alright, sir. Let's find your cat." Adrian started searching, having no way to get away from the agent. He was surprised when he looked in one of the garbage cans, as he was throwing away a piece of plastic, to see a small rhino creature with wings. What was it called again? A raggant, that's it! Adrian nodded his head, but quickly caught himself and whispered, "Bilbo! Is that you?"
"No," the raggant started replying. Oh no, here comes the sarcasm, "I'm just some other raggant, not the creature that is the only thing capable of being me in this universe. Get me out of here I hurt my wing!"
Surprised at Bilbo's only slightly scathing sarcastic tone, Adrian responded, "Can't you just transform-Oh I'm just searching the garbages, you never know, he could be in one of these- Bilbo! Turn into your original form!" Bilbo seemed to grimace, if grimacing was possible for a raggant, but he focused and soon a soft, orange cat took his place. "I found him! Thank you for assisting me Agent Blare… Might I ask what you're doing at the base of that building?"
Agent Blare glanced at him dubiously, "I am required not to tell you sir. We'd like it if you left the area immediately." He hesitated though when he looked up and saw Adrian in his 'original form', as Adrian had undone his looks out of some discomfort.
There's one thing Adrian didn't know he had because he hadn't really been around anyone but him: in his original form he was intoxicating in a way. Any person to be shown his true form since Adrian had come into contact with his soulmate, and hadn't truly connected to both, would be compulsed to be near or do things for him. This would eventually disappear once he found and formed a bond with his soulmates. His actual looks didn't help either; when he'd been walking on the street, several curious, 'straight', guys bent and lusted after him, they didn't even get a good look at his face. Adrian didn't know any of this of course, so was surprised when he saw a look of lust and awe enter the agent's eyes, "Actually, I think I can make an exception for you. One of the SHIELD helicarrier computer junkies got readings of a possible portal that resembles those of the portal that the bastard Asgardian, Loki, came through early today, so we were sent down to investigate and apprehend any lifeforms in the area that aren't human or belonging to Earth."
Curious about the agent's change, Adrian decided to investigate further, "What exactly is SHIELD up to? Tell me everything you know." Surprisingly, the agent did, and by the end of the whole spiel, Adrian knew more of the inner workings of SHIELD. Plus, he learned new fighting concepts and got fighting tips as a bonus. He didn't think he needed to hear about how to pleasure some person called Maystin though. If memory serves, this never happened in the movies or comics, but right now, or pretty soon, I'm guessing Nick Fury will be conferring with Captain Rogers… My soulmate, that had caught me. Wow. Adrian's thoughts came to a halt though when he heard the group of agents calling for Johnny Blare, mockingly yelling that Maystin probably missed him. Adrian quickly morphed back, and Agent Blare snapped out of his trance, not remembering a thing beyond telling Ryan to leave the area, "It is best you leave the premises, sir."
Satisfied with his new information, he winked at the agent, "Sure. Oh and say hello to that Maystin for me. I hope you guys have a fantastic relationship." He innerly grimaced at his blunder.
"Thanks! I met him four months ago after a mission, I found him irresistible and... Wait! How did you know that?" Blare looked at Adrian with suspicion.
"Oh, uh, your fellow agents are calling for you and they just mockingly yelled that a Maystin would miss you. I just used logic, really," he said, quickly thinking. I didn't somehow cause you to tell me how best to pleasure him by licking those certain areas, he thought to himself.
"Really?" He stopped, hearing them this time, "Oh! Well, Ryan, I must say it was interesting helping you find your cat. Maybe if we see each other again sometime I can tell you about how I met my Maystin," he reached over to pet Bilbo, causing him to purr, "And you can tell me this soft guy's origin story."
He turned and jogged back to where his fellow agents were clustered before Adrian could say anything else. "Jeez, and I was just going to tell him my name isn't Ryan."
At a gym The Author is currently too lazy to give a name at the moment
New York, New York.
Punching one of the many punching bags, Steve Rogers was trying to find something to unleash his stress on as he kept having quick flashbacks.
'Gunshots and bombs go off as he races through a wooded area with several army-men. He raises his shield as bombs go off somewhere to his left.'
His punches were getting stronger in force as his anxiety and anger increased. PTSD is a bastard thing.
'He's shot at, but the blue beam bounces off his shield.- He knees an enemy fighter in the face, causing them to flip backwards.'
Was this brought on by Adrian's previous comment? Steve didn't know for sure, but he did know that it made him think even more about Peggy. Bringing forth faster, harder punches as the memory hit.
' "There's not enough time! I gotta put her in the water!" He's in the HYDRA plane.'
His punches grew increasingly harder and faster as he relives the moments.
'The plane goes flying down, down.- The Tesseract- "You won't be alone," The voice of Peggy as her picture in his pocket watch flashes into his mind.- The pilot's chair he's sitting in.'
The punches kept coming, faster, harder, but the punching bag miraculously held.
' "Oh my God! This guy's still alive!" A voice Steve hears while still frozen in a coma.'
Steve finally hit the punching bag hard enough that it broke off the ceiling in a puff of brown dust and went flying. Calming down somewhat and breathing somewhat laboriously, Steve stood still for a moment before turning and walking to a row of six more punching bags. He picked up a maroon colored one and hooked it to ceiling and started punching it again with his wrapped hands.
"Trouble sleeping?" Steve paused, turning after hearing the voice of Director Nick Fury coming from the doorway, characteristically dressed in a black suit.
He started walking forward and Steve continued punching saying, "Slept for 70 years, Sir. Think I've had my fill."
"Then you should be out;celebrating, seeing the world" At this Steve stopped, and looked at him. He seemed to be assessing Fury.
He walked to his bag and started unwrapping his hands "When I went under; the world was at war. When I woke up they said we won. They didn't say what we lost."
Fury stepped closer, "We've made some mistakes along the way. Some very recently."
"You here with a mission, sir?" Steve asked looking to the side at Fury.
"I am."
"Trying to get me back in the world?"
"Trying to save it." Fury stepped forward and handed an open file to Steve.
Looking down at the file he recognized the photo of the Tesseract and some information to the right of the photo as he sat down, "Hydra's secret weapon."
Fury again spoke, "Howard Stark fished that out of the ocean when he was looking for you. He thought what we think: the Tesseract could be the key to unlimited, sustainable energy, That's something world sorely needs."
"Who took it from you?" Steve asked, handing the file back.
"He's called Loki. He's… not from around here. There's a lot we'll have to bring you up to speed on if you're in. The world has gotten even stranger than you already know."
"At this point, I doubt anything could surprise me," he stood up.
"Ten bucks says you're wrong."
While Nick was talking, Steve had walked to the row of punching bags, picked one up, and started carrying it out on his shoulder as Fury told him, "There's a de-briefing packet waiting for you back at your apartment."
Steve started walking to the door to leave when he heard the director ask, "Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract that we ought to know now?"
Continuing to leave out the door, Steve called back, "You should've left it in the ocean."
And there's another chapter complete! Aw Yeah! Anyways, follow or favorite if you like this and please don't forget to review. Any helpful critique is appreciated. Plus, I love hearing from the readers and I wish to see some OCs!
Have a grand day!
-The Author (AKA Allin)