Chapter 4, In Which We Meet Bucky and Doreen

Yeah, review! Also, I'm adding my new favorite heroine, Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green) and Bucky! Ok, Doreen is only in this chapter because I'm not good enough at writing her since this is the first time, so she will be a tad bit OOC, and the pairing with her isn't really big (and not delved into), but she may be at the end of this arc. Um, I ship her with Clint, FYI. They'll reference the relationship a little bit in later chapters but it's not going to be seen like Stanner and American Widow.

Bucky will be here for longer, however, and I am going to reference the OMC that will be here later- Doreen's half-brother Blaze Green-Lockheart! He's getting his own AU story soon where he's with Loki, but in this story he will be with either Wade or Bucky. He's not in this story for another few chapters, however, and he's only referenced. If you don't want this pairing, say so soon, because if I do get reviews saying no he'll just be referenced, and if I don't he'll be getting here soon. I'm trying to keep this as real time as possible, so it will get updated more.

1/16/15, 7:44 PM

Dear Journal,

I have a bad feeling about how things are going right now. They… they've found the Chitauri Scepter, the mind stone. I don't think we're getting it now, however, because something stole it right in front of Steve. He doesn't look to good, he's gone pale and gives me very worried looks. I think to find what stole it and the stone itself, we need help.

There… There's another thing wrong. It's like in the back of my mind I know where it is, that I know most everything, like it's already in me. I think we need help to find who stole it, and I know exactly who. The Canon Mary Sue- the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! Ok, ok, so yes, I sort of have a huge crush on the woman, but it's not like I'm going to do anything- I couldn't if I wanted to. Other than that… Loki said something about being able to call on people if I know enough about them. Doreen Green, college student, computer major? I think I know well enough. A Mary Sue may be just what we need to find whoever stole the stone.

There's so much else I want to say. I think I'm falling for

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

"What are you writing, Karrine?" I jumped in shock as Bruce stood before me, slamming my journal shut and basically throwing it into the air. Bruce caught it for me and handed it back to me. "It's my journal- very private, because I put things in there like your futures and pasts that others need not know. I only know because of my previous universe." My eyes cast away from the man suddenly as the first bout of true homesickness I've ever felt in my 2 weeks and 2 days I've been here.

Before I was lying to myself and it never really hit me- I never even had to say it out loud. I didn't have to acknowledge it! But saying it out loud really registered it into my brain and it hurt. In my chest, deep down, it hurt. Bruce squatted down then to look into my eyes and cupped my face, tilting my face up to force me to look into his eyes.

"Do you miss your family?" He asks, and I feel a few tears leak onto my cheeks as I nod softly. Loki in the corner watches me quietly, a blank look on his face, and I bite my lip a little. Bruce lets me go and I lean back, sighing. "Bruce, I-!" I start, before I throw my book into the air and jump with a small shriek again as Steve is behind me suddenly, slamming his hands on the back of the couch with a loud noise.

Steve catches the book and looks at it quizzically before I snatch it from his hands. "That's private." I deadpan, putting it between my leg and the arm of the couch. Steve cocks an eyebrow but shakes it off. "Fury thinks he's found the mind stone, we're going out soon." Steve told Bruce, and I looked over at Loki. He had the same thought as me and we looked over at Steve. "We want in." Steve widened his eyes, grimace set on his face, before Bruce shrugged. "I don't see why not."

"But…" Steve tried, and I turned to Loki. "Call Doreen! Maybe she will help." Loki gave me a halfhearted glare, and starts, "Don't boss me around." I give him a blank look and he sighs before starting his magic. I watch in awe as a shape starts to form, and then there stands Doreen Green in her Squirrel Girl get up, and I can't help but fan girl.

"GOOD LORD ITS DOREEN GREEN!" Now that I got that out of my system, I calmed myself down pretty quickly. "How do you know my name?" She asks, narrowing her eyes, and all I can think is that I wish she had been my nanny growing up. "I-I'm from another universe-!" Another pang of heartache… "And know a lot about almost everyone in this universe." Doreen's eyes un-narrow and she's giving me this funny look, before fixing Tippy Toes that was on her shoulder.

"My name is Karrine Schwimley, and I am the vessel for the Infinity Stones! And just so you know, I'm nobody's weapon- I'm a fucking force of nature." I say, quoting a random story I read. Doreen gives me a huge smile. "You sound like my half-brother Blaze!"

Now it's my turn to narrow my eyes at her. Um, no, she doesn't have a twin brother. Um, there's something wrong. "You have a brother?" I gape, and she shrugs. "Yeah, I learned about him a few years ago. He's, uh, a mutant as well." Um… The hell?

"Hey, we just got a mission- Squirrel Girl?" Tony asked, coming in to stare at Doreen. I realized suddenly that she saved Tony from Doctor Doom once. I forgot about that. Hm… this is going to be a little weird. "Iron Man! Hi!" Suddenly Tippy Toes chittered on her shoulder. "Yes, he remembers, otherwise he would've said who is that."

I half smiled at that and leaned forward. This was going to be fun!

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

"You really want to be called Epoch? " Clint asked me as we got into the jet, me lounging back in a mix match of a Captain America shirt, Iron Man shorts, Hulk leg warmers, Hawkeye… arm warmers? I guess… a Black Widow hat, a Loki scarf, and a Thor belt with a few weapons hanging off it. Ok, yes, I'm a geek. That reminds me, my animals. Tony made a little zoo for them. I've been neglecting them now that I don't have to take care of them. Better go there some time later.

And guess what? All of the clothing is made of Vibranium/Adamantium cloth, made especially for me! I really love them, too. My image is awesome, and Epoch is an awesome name. "Course. Epoch is an awesome name." I grinned at Clint and he chuckled at me before poking me in the stomach. "You know, you've really been growing on me." My grin grew a tad bit wider, and Doreen sat beside me. "Nice outfit." She beamed, and I chuckled.

"Thanks. It's probably the safest armor in the world, too, so a win-win, huh?" She giggled at that and I laughed along with her. Clint glanced at her a moment, an odd glint in his eye, and my heart fluttered. Yes. Another pairing of mine! I sat up. "So Clint, what do you think of her?" I asked when she walked off to the other side of the jet to speak with Steve and Natasha. "What do you mean?" He asked, though something told me he knew exactly what I meant.

"Do you like her? I saw the way you looked at her, no use lying to me." Clint glanced to the other side of the jet at Doreen, who was laughing loudly, then gave me a nod. I resisted the urge to complain since I always thought he would be awesome gay and had a huge crush on Doreen, but also resisted the urge to squeal in delight because that was awesome! "Let's get you guys together before she leaves." I suggested, and he gave me a sigh before giving another nod. Matchmaking time!

Well, it would have been, if the jet hadn't landed. Man! I stepped out of the jet and winked at Clint, who gave me a look before turning to, you guessed it, the Winter Soldier. Hm. I probably should have guessed this before, but I wasn't thinking. Well, I was, but not about this. "Bucky." I breathed along with Steve, and the super soldier in question gave me a confused look, before I stepped forward to look at the man in question.

"He is under mind control." Loki said from behind me, and I nodded, hand gripping on my magic sword. Yes, I have a magic sword. I kind of stole it from this magic shop back in my world that was owned by Missouri, who never made me pay for it after, even when I went back in to the all-to-real shop.

I watched the man a moment, getting ready to say something, when suddenly Doreen flew forward, claws at the ready, and I froze, eyes wide. "Uhhhhhh…." I drew out lowly as Doreen sent squirrels after Bucky, who did his best to run. "No, Squirrel Girl!" I yelled, and she stopped, turning to me.

"He's under mind control, we need to sever the connection, not feed him to squirrels." I groaned, face palming. She sheepishly looked at me and said sorry. "Just go talk to Clint, I've got this." I told her, walking toward Bucky. I stopped a few feet short of him when he leveled a gun at me.

"James Buchanan Barnes?" I asked, and something flashed in his eyes. "Who are you?" I gulped a little at the roughness of his voice. "I am the most atrocious being in all the universes and yet the most virtuous. I am destined to take over the whole universe, and yet people think I am evil when I try to be good. Think I'm good when they don't see the evil lurking beneath my skin."

I stepped forward again when he lowered his gun and cupped his cheeks as I realized I was now floating in the air to be face level with him. "People believe themselves better than others, going so far as to break others down, not realizing they are turning themselves into monsters." The mind control connection severed right before my eyes and I gave him a sad smile as I let him go, setting down on the floor.

Suddenly the whole world seemed to tip and I slumped, falling into Bucky's arms, everything turning black.

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

I win. I barely did a thing and Clint and Doreen are together! I'm also in the infirmary with Tony poking and prodding me. Loki likes to sit in the room and talk with me. Peter's been in as well, and I notice Loki's glares even if he doesn't want me to. But the biggest news of all is Bucky.

He's been coming into my room often and I really like him. He's also as gay as they come, he tells me, when Loki is out of the room. I really should have waited for Stucky, but maybe I can pet him with one of the superheroes/villains on my list.

You probably want to know what my list is. And I'll tell you. When you read about when I tell Bucky. "How many are on the list?" Bucky asks, glancing up into my eyes, and I shrug. "I never really counted. I have already crossed you and Doreen off." I finally add, watching out for Loki, just in case he decides to come in again.

"Do you think you're strong enough for the knowledge stone?" That makes me stop. Am I? Am I really? I guess I have to be, I have to be ready for everything. When I tell him this, Bucky sighs and lays his human hand on my own and says in his gruff voice, "I'm going to be here for you." I shift and watch his eyes, the ones that plainly show what he's saying is true. "No one is going to hurt you."

And I want to believe it, I really do, because he isn't lying. But he shouldn't make promises he can't keep. I lay back into the bed again, closing my eyes but not falling asleep. "James, will you do me a favor?" He squeezes my hand as an answer. "Will you tell them I'm ready?"

And that's how I end up in Tony's lab, sitting on one of the tables and hands gripping the side of the metal so hard it crumples. Tony has the blue stone in tweezer-like pinchers. "Are you sure about this, sweetheart?" He's treating me like a child! I grit out the next words, not opening my eyes. "Do it now, Tony, before I change my mind." He sighs and suddenly everything is falling and my mind is suddenly bum rushed with information as I slip off the edge of consciousness and the only thing I hear is screaming.

-I'm in Marvel?! Sweet!-

"The Knowledge stone has been placed, my lord." The Other's scratchy voice murmured in the darkness, and Thanos' lip curls into a grisly smirk, teeth flashing in what little light can penetrate the small corner underneath Yggdrasil they were in.

"Karrine was born from the tree of the 9 realms." Thanos finally says, turning slowly in his chair. "The stones broke off the tree, from her, at the same time she broke off the tree and became… how was it explained…? Potentially lovely, perpetually human." He started, sneering darkly at the Other. "You are lucky that I had enough power to bring you back. If you fail me, your death will not be as painless as how Ronan killed you."

"Yes, my lord." The Other answered, turning to leave. Thanos turned slowly to an image shown beside him of an Asgardian woman rushing through the castle, clothed in armor and weaponry, causing Thanos' smile to widen with insanity. "Yes, how could I have not thought of this?

"Lady Sif will let the Chitauri into Asgard."

Mhm, it's short, I'm sorry, and not much GotG, but there will be more next chapter… possibly. Just so you know, I hate both Odin and Sif so there will be bashing of both of them, especially Odin, and the GotG will barely be in the next chapter either as the Avengers will be going to Asgard, but Peter will go with them, and so will Gamora since I haven't really added her in much. Hey, there's this button at the bottom of the page. Could you press it and write something? It helps me write, especially if you ask for something to happen.