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Chapter Two: Seeing Them Again
Steve's POV
I woke up to the sun streaming through the window. I stayed laying in bed looking at the ceiling thinking about yesterday. When Clint and Tony learned about this great bar across the street from the shawarma place, we decided to go. And Maria needed a break from work, so we got Fury to give her a day off.
Once we got in the bar, I saw that there were four people working there. Two men and two women. One guys had blond hair that reached over his ears, pale skin, and golden eyes. Strange. I thought. The other man was obviously Native American, he walked in and out of the kitchen door in the back. He had black spiky hair, tan skin, and a tattoo of two wolves in a circle. He also had the same muscular build as Clint. One of the women looked to be the other guys brother. She was tall, around my height, had short black hair that reached her jawline, and had the same tattoo. The other woman took my breath away.
She was beautiful. Her pale skin, a faint blush to her cheeks, pink lips, chocolate brown eyes, brown hair that reached past her shoulders, she was around 5'4. She was sitting on a stool on a small stage playing guitar and singing. She had the most beautiful voice I've ever heard since I started listening to Mariah Carey. I recognized the song from the list that Pepper showed me from her playlist. 'I Won't Give Up' by Jason Mraz.
When we looked into each others eyes, I couldn't help but get lost in the beautiful brown eyes. The rest of the song, we didn't break eye contact. After the song, she went to the bar and started to talk to the blond guy. I heard them say that they were like siblings, and that he had a Southern accent. Then Tony and Clint started to introduce themselves. Then Tony dragged her over and introduced her to us. Her name was Bella. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl.
Then the other woman came and Bella introduced her as Leah Clearwater. When Leah turned to Bruce, she almost dropped the empty tray in her hands. Bella caught it quickly as if on instinct. Then we got introduced to Seth who was Leah's brother and Jasper Whitlock. When Seth saw Maria, he looked pretty dazed and almost like he was already in love with Maria, she looked the same.
Then friends of Bella, Leah, Seth, and Jasper came in. We learned them to be Emmett and Rosalie. After the bar was closed we all sat at the empty tables, Jasper was sitting next to a woman named Bethany; and you could clearly see that they liked each other. That's when a huge St. Bernard came in and was then known a Little Brother. Ironic, I know. We played twenty questions, although we never finished the game.
They then recognized us to be the Avengers and thanked us for saving New York and their lives. We joked around for a little. That's when we learned their story.
Bella moving to Forks; seeing her ex Edward for the first time; falling in love with him; the nomad vampires; James wanting to feed from her; her getting bitten; her eighteenth birthday; Edward leaving her in the middle of a damn forest; becoming an empty shell; finding out about the shapeshifters; Edward getting her back; the newborn vampire battle; Edward and Bella getting engaged; Edward and Alice cheating on Bella and Jasper; Bella, Jasper, Leah, and Seth moving to New York; and then here to reality.
The four of them have had their share in hardships. They were great people, even Rosalie and Emmett, none of them deserved any of that.
I heard that Bruce has a date with Leah next Monday, and today is Thursday, three days away. And Maria has a date with Seth tomorrow. Both Maria and Bruce looked dazed and excited on the drive home. Good God…
I was brought out of my thoughts when Jarvis's voice came on the intercom.
"Mister Rogers, breakfast is ready. But be warned, Miss Hill and Mister Banner are how people say 'love-sick' and 'giddy'." I chuckled at his choice in words.
"Thank you Jarvis, I'll keep that in mind." I said before getting out of bed and changing from my sleep clothes which consisted of a wife-beater and red, black, and blue pajama pants. I went to my dresser and pulled out dark jeans and a grey shirt, as well as a black jacket, along with my black Chuck Taylors (A/N: For those of you who don't know, they're basically Converse that cover your ankles.).
I took the elevator to the main floor where we all usually hang out. Once I exited the elevator, I saw that everyone was already there. Maria and Bruce were sitting at the table with small grins and thoughtful looks on their faces. Thor was watching The Legends of Hercules with a focused look on his face. Tony and Pepper were sitting on the couch relaxing and watching TV with Thor. Natasha was sharpening her knives and listening to her iPod. Clint was in his usual place on the podium near the ceiling watching around the room.
"I'm guessing that Maria and Bruce are thinking about their upcoming dates with Seth and Leah." I stated, walking to the recliner near the couch.
"Yup, they came down looking like that. I'm starting to think it's some sort of love at first sight thing." Tony said, drinking from his coffee mug, which I just noticed was in his hands. Pepper slapped his gut lightly, then turned to me.
"They do look a little love-sick, don't they? But look at the bright side, they might actually have someone to love in their lives. Oh and Steve, don't think I've noticed the looks you gave Bella last night." She said wiggling her eyebrows. Tony looked to me with a raised eyebrow and a smirk. Thor paused what he was watching, Bruce and Maria broke out of their reverie and looked to me, Clint came down from his nest, and Natasha had stopped sharpening her knives and listening to music. All of them looking to me with a knowing expression. I just tried to look like I didn't know what they meant, but sighed in defeat, looking to each of them.
"Okay, you caught me. I thought Bella was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. But I just met her last night, it's not like we're going to get married tomorrow." I realized what I said and started to blush a little.
"Ha," Clint exclaimed pointing a finger in my face. "You like Bella! You like Bella!" He started to sing very childish. I rolled my eyes and tripped him, making him fall on his behind in the lap of Thor. They looked to each other with wide eyes and quickly scrambled away from each other. Once both were on either side of the room, Clint pointed to everyone.
"Never speak of this." He said sternly. Thor nodded in agreement.
"Too late, I got Jarvis to record it through the security cameras and post it on Facebook and Instagram. 'The Birdman and Thunder God cuddling in the Early Morning' will be the title, Jarvis." Tony said, grinning evilly.
"Of course, sir." We waited a few minutes until Jarvis came back on. "The video has been uploaded, sir. It already has ten views… Twenty five views… Thirty two.. Fifty… The views number is still going, sir." Jarvis said. All of us, except Thor and Clint who were pouting, busted out laughing, even Natasha.
Soon we all sobered up and wiped the tears of laughter from our eyes. Then Natasha turned to me, with a smirk on her face.
"So, you like Bella." She stated. I tried to come up with an excuse, but settled from groaning and stuffing my face in a pillow from right beside me. Everyone laughed lightly at my antics.
"Don't worry Steve," I heard Maria say. "I saw the look on your face. Love at first sight." She sang wagging her finger in the air. "And I know how you feel. When I saw Seth, I immediately felt a strange connection to him. And from the look in his eyes, I think he felt it too. I don't know, I sound like a love-sick puppy." She said going back to her coffee. That's when Bruce spoke up.
"I felt something I haven't felt in a long time when I was near Leah or even thinking about her, calm and relaxed. Her presence like a sedative to me, somehow." He said looking down at the table with a gleam in his eyes.
"Okay, that's it. Steve, you are going to ask Bella out. Brucey and Maria here already have dates. And Jasper has one with that Bethany chick." said Clint.
"How do you know that?" I asked. He just grabbed his phone and showed me the icon for 'new message'. It was under the name Jasper Whitlock. The text said:
"I got a date with Bethany. I was so happy I tangoed with Seth. -Jasper." I raised my eyebrow at the text.
"He actually tangoed with Seth?" I asked. He didn't answer, just showed me a video on Youtube of Seth with a rose in between his teeth, and Jasper dipping him. That one, I couldn't help but laugh.
"Those two are the strangest of men I have ever met." Thor muttered going back to his TV show.
"They also have a video of Little Brother hopping on his hind legs in a weird dancing way." Clint mentioned showing me the video. And sure enough, L.B. was on the a small stage of the bar dancing to 'Latch' by Disclosure.
"When should we be heading to the restaurant/bar?" Natasha asked.
"It's a restaurant too?" Bruce asked. Natasha asked.
"I looked it up. It's a pretty famous place. In the mornings and afternoons they serve breakfast and lunch. At night they serve dinner and serve drinks. The cool thing is that Leah and Seth are the bouncers, Jasper is the waiter and bartender, Leah's a bartender as well as a waitress, Bella is bouncer number three cook along with Seth. They noted that they do a switch off on positions." She said while sharpening her knives. I was impressed, Bella is a cook and a bouncer.
"Dayum!" Clint said. Thor, Pepper, Maria, Bruce, and Tony nodded in agreement. "Let's go!" He exclaimed standing up, only for Natasha to throw a knife at his pant leg making the knife and his pants stick to the ground, immobilising him. "Hey!"
"You are way to excited." She muttered. Then went to the elevator heading to God knows where. I looked to my wrist watch and saw it was 10:34 AM.
"When should we be heading out?" I asked.
"Probably around 11 o'clock. I promised a shopping trip with Maria, Natasha, and Rosalie. I'm not sure about Bella though, she mentioned that she loves clothing but hates shopping." Pepper said shrugging.
"I heard she learned to play video games with Jasper, Emmett, and Seth. They say she's progressing everyday and has managed to beat the guys a few times at Call of Duty." Clint mentioned. Tony looked impressed.
"My kinda gal'." He joked, but Pepper decided to elbow him in the gut. "I love you?" He said innocently. Pepper nodded and smirked approvingly.
"*Cough*Whipped*Cough*." Maria coughed out. Bruce, Thor, Clint, and I laughed a little. Tony glared at us while Pepper grinned evilly. Pepper looked to her watch and stood up.
"I'm going to my room. I need a warm bath, some chocolates, and soft music. No one bother me or it's going to be hell." She said pointedly. We all shivered remembering the wrath of Pepper one day when Thor and Clint ate the last of her favorite candies that were hidden in the kitchen.
"Of course, Miss Pepper, please forgive us for what Clint and I did last week. We had no idea it was yours. I thought it to be Tony's." Thor said sincerely.
"I know Thor, but touch my Airhead Bites again and it'll be worse than what I said last week." Pepper said. Thor and Clint gulped visibly and nodded frantically. Pepper nodded and left to take her bath.
I turned back to the TV and stole the remote from Thor when I thought he wasn't looking. He saw me and tried to reach for it, but I just kept dodging him.
"Hey, give that back. Give that back. Do not dare change the channel, Hercules is about to try and tame the hellhound in the Underworld." He said. He tackled me and we wrestled for the remote and who got to watch whatever.
We stopped wrestling when Maria took it from my hands by putting the heel of her high-heeled boots to my wrist. She changed the channel to the news. Thor and I groaned in annoyance.
"Now to the scoop up on the crimes. In Phoenix, Arizona a woman by the name of Erica Mack went to her neighbors house and saw Renee and Phil Dwyer dead in the living room. Ms. Mack said that the front door was opened and the locks 's go to Angela who is at the crime scene right now." said Bruce Nolan (A/N: I'm sorry I just had to have Bruce on this. If you haven't seen Bruce Almighty, watch it now.)
"Thank you Bruce. Right now, I am in Phoenix right in front of the house of the victims. Police found the no traces of the unsub who did this. Only the bodies. Police did a check on any relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Dwyer, for any of those who are related, I'm sorry for your loss. Back to you Bruce." Angel said.
Maria pressed the mute button and we sat in silence, we were shocked. Renee Dwyer was Bella's mother and Phil Dwyer was her step-father. Oh God, she must be distraught by now. I get up from my seat and head to the elevator.
"Where are you going?" Tony asked. I turned to him and the others.
"To see Bella. Don't you remember from her story last night? That was her mother and stepfather on the news. She must be distraught by now. I'm going to the bar to give her my condolences and at least try to comfort her." I said sternly.
"I'm coming too, Bella needs all the help and comfort she can get." said Pepper who appeared out of the elevator wearing a red button up, a black pencil skirt, and black high heels.
"Me too." Maria said grabbing her jacket as well as Bruce, Thor and Tony. Natasha came too, with a grim look on her face.
I started to head to the elevator with the others following. We went out to the front of the building and got into an SUV, then started driving to the Cliff.
Once we got there, we saw the sign said 'closed', but Jasper, Bethany, Emmett, Rosalie, Seth, and Leah were all sitting at a table, trying their best to comfort Bella, even Little Brother.
Bruce walked up to the window and knocked on it, grabbing the attention of all of them but Bella. Seth walked up to the door, unlocked it, and let us in. Maria and Seth smiled sadly to each other as well as Bruce and Leah. Bethany was rubbing Bella's back, Jasper was holding her hand, and Rosalie was giving her a side hug as she wept. The scene broke my heart. She must be in so much pain.
"Mommy… Phil…" She whispered as she cried. Her body shaking, her hands trembling, and tears falling from her beautiful eyes down her face.
"I know sweetie, I know," said Rosalie. "Just let it all out. It's just us here."
"I can't believe they're gone. I'll never see them again." Bella said moving back from Rosalie's embrace to look her in the eyes. Her eyes were red and puffy, mascara and eyeliner coated tears under her eyes and trailing down her cheeks.
"Yes, you will. Soon though. But they'll always be with you in spirit and in your heart, Bella." Bethany said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"But who would do this? I mean, you heard what the news said, they were no traces of hints to catch the killer. I'm going to follow my gut feeling and suspect vampires." Bella said standing up and away from everyone. She began to pace on the small stage.
"I'll call Peter, see if he knows anything." Jasper said pulling his phone out.
"Who's Peter?" Maria asked.
"He's like my brother. But I was the one who turned him and escape another vampire, Maria, from her evil clutches. She used me, Peter, and Peter's wife Charlotte as puppets so she can annihilate other vampires territories." He answered. He typed a number in on his phone and put it on speaker-phone.
"Hey Major." said a male with the same Southern accent as Jasper.
"Hey fucker, you saw the news?" Jasper asked.
"Yeah I did, and I'm sorry for your loss Cow-Bells. My Yoda knowledge didn't pick up on anything."
"It's okay Petey, at least you tried. But can you tell me who and/or what killed them?" She asked turning serious. Her face hard and her stature tense.
"Yoda's showing me who did it, she looks a lot like that Victoria chick you guys showed me and told me about. But it's definitely not her, I assure you. Her name is Elizabeth, she must be Icky-Vicky's evil-er twin." he paused for a moment before cursing under his breath. "She's working with her, Major."
Jasper had a shocked look on his face until it turned into a murderess look and he growled, standing up from his seat and closing all the blinds. He took Bella's place on the stage and started to pace saying a bunch of profanities that got me and Bethany to blush. Bella was glaring at the phone and gripping the table. Then out of nowhere, she breaks the table edge.
"THAT NO GOOD, SPARKLE PIXIE, A THOUSAND YEAR OLD ,COLD BLOODED, STUCK UP, LOUSY, PLASTIC, COLD HEARTED, SKINNY BITCH! I HATE HER! SHE TOOK MY FAMILY AWAY FROM ME! I'M GOING TO KILL HER!" She yelled kicking chairs away from her and throwing tables around. She stopped screaming and fell to her knees crying more. No one did anything for a while, until I stepped up and put an arm around her shoulder. She turned to me and threw her arms around me, hugging me. I didn't hesitate to hug her back as she wept. I rubbed circles on her back and whisper reassuring words to her.
I looked to everyone else and saw that Bethany, Rosalie, Maria, Leah, Pepper, and Natasha looked like they were about to cry, and were in Emmett, Seth, Bruce, Tony, and Clint's arms. (In that order BTW)
Little Brother started to whine and patted over to me and Bella. He was face-to-face with her and licked her tears away. She smiled slightly and kissed his wet nose.
"Thanks, Little Brother." he barked lightly in response. I laughed and turned back to Bella.
"Just know Bella that you are not alone in this. You have all of us here with you." I said motioning to the others who smiled sadly to Bella, who smiled back. That's when we heard a voice that we completely forgot about.
"Um, hello? I'm still here. Yoda just picked up info on Little Red Demon Head and the Queen Bitch." Peter said. All attention was turned to the phone on the table and we all turned to hero/serious mode.
"What have you got, Captain?" Bella asked.
"Maria and Elizabeth are creating a newborn army. This one has an amount of 150 newborns. Some of them are trained and some are just ruthless killing machines."
"Do you think that you can come to New York? We have a team here that might help us, it's up to them." Seth said.
"Of course we'll help you." Tony exclaimed.
"Aye, I am definitely assisting Bella in her revenge for her family. Plus the number of those vampires could threaten all of mankind." Thor bellowed.
"Who was that, Cow-Bells?" Peter asked.
"That my dear Petey-Bird was two members of Earth's mightiest heroes, the Avengers as well as our good friend Maria Hill." She answered. At first there was silence until-
"HOLY SHIT! CHARLOTTE, COWBELLS, MAJOR, LELE, AND SETHY HERE ARE FRIENDS WITH THE AVENGERS! HOLY SHIT, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK! YOU LUCKY SONS OF BITCHES! HOLD ON, WE ARE PACKING OUR BAGS AND HITCHING A BITCH TO NEW YORK!" Before anyone could answer, Peter hung up and the call ended.
Bella, Jasper, Leah, Seth, Rosalie, and Emmett looked to each other before laughing hysterically. Seth and Bella were falling to the floor clutching their stomachs. After a whole five minutes of them laughing, they finally calmed down.
"Oh my God, Jazz. That was fucking hilarious." Emmett managed to say while still laughing a little.
"Question: why did you call each other 'Major' and 'Captain'?" Natasha asked.
"Before I was turned, I was the youngest man to join the military. I was Major Jasper Whitlock. Then while I was a vampire and Peter was turned, he became my right hand man and I started to call him Captain. Then his wife Charlotte was Private." Jasper pulled his sleeves up to reveal crescent shaped scars littering his arms. Then he unbuttoned his shirt showing his abdomen covered in the same scars.
"How did this happen?" Bethany asked tracing the scars on his arms.
"Battle scars. The woman who turned me, Maria, created newborn vampires for an army to take over other vampires lands. She used us as her puppets. All these scars of from fighting, they would bite me and inject some of their venom. Stung like a bitch, but they healed slightly." He said covering his scars and buttoning his shirts. Bethany stopped him from covering his arms and started to kiss them one by one. The rest of us turned away to give them privacy.
"What else is going to happen in this battle?" Clint asked them.
"We call the Volturi. Vampire royals, tell them that Maria and Elizabeth is creating tons of newborns and that we need help disposing of them." Bellas answered.
"But what about when they see that you're human, Bella?" asked Emmett worried. "They will either turn you or kill you. I don't want that for you." Rosalie nodded in agreement.
"She won't have to." Maria said hanging up from her phone which I didn't notice. "Director Fury has heard of you and your experience and knowledge with the supernatural. And the fact that you can fight, you intelligence, and your other skills. He wants you to join S.H.I.E.L.D." Maria said. Bella looked to Maria in shock before smiling and nodding.
"Definitely. I want to be able to fight on the battlefield. I don't want to be the weak one who has to hide for all the trouble and death she's caused. I should fight my own battles with you guys by my side." She said looking to each of us. Thor smiled at her words.
"Well said, 'Sister' Bella." He said. Bella smiled back.
"Why thank you, 'Brother' Thor." Seth wiped a fake tear and put his other hand over his heart.
"Such happy moments of life." Bella took off one of her ballet flats and threw it to Seth, who ducked. Seth smirked triumphantly while Bella stuck her tongue out.
"Is this a usual thing?" I asked Emmett, Rosalie, and Leah. They grinned and nodded. I was just about to say something else when someone burst through the back door. We all got into a defensive mode when we saw two people who had the same vampiric features as Jasper but with Ruby eyes.
"Major!" The male yelled out spreading his arms out.
"Fucker!" Jasper exclaimed going in for the man hug. The male pulled away and looked to Bella with open arms.
"Cow-Bells!"
"Fuck-Face!" They both hugged with him twirling her around.
"Petey-Pie." Seth and Leah yelled going in for a double hug. The man, who I learned to be Peter hugged them both and lifted them off their feet.
"'Ello Emmett, my man. Good day, Rosalie." They both smiled to Peter.
"Charlotte's Web!" Bella exclaimed hugging the pixie girl who easily lifted her. Leah, Seth, and Jasper gave her a huge hug as well. Then they turned to us.
"Peter, Charlotte, this is Steve, Bruce, Clint, Natasha, Thor, Pepper, Tony and Maria. Guys this is Peter and Charlotte." Before anyone of us could say anything. Peter suddenly appeared in front of Clint shaking his hand, then to Tony, Bruce, Natasha, Pepper, Maria, then Me, and then Thor.
"Pleasure to meet you all. Captain Peter Jameson Whitlock, at your service. I have seen you guys in action, you've got mad skills. All of you, it's good enough to fight newborns. But still there are somethings that you have to know, but who cares. You guys are awesome. I am super happy to meet you all. My Yoda mind didn't even tell me I would meet you guys. But I'm glad I did." He rambled on.
"I am dizzy." Thor said shaking his head. I nodded in agreement.
"My apologies, my husband tends to get a little over-enthusiastic. It's a pleasure to meet you all." Charlotte said calmly shaking hands with us all. Peter was still bouncing in place looking at each of us with a wide and happy smile. "Peter if you don't calm down, I'm going to rip your dick off and keep it in my purse." He immediately stopped and put a hand to his abdomen. Even us guys 'cause we knew about vampires and how their body parts can be ripped off and reattached.
"I love you?" Peter said. Charlotte nodded in approval and crossed her arms. Tony walked up and put a hand on Peter's shoulder.
"I like him." Peter beamed at Tonys words. Then we heard a bark.
"Little Brother!" Peter exclaimed hugging the dog. "Wassup buddy, did you miss me? I know you missed me, yes you did. Who missed me?" Little Brother barked in response.
Jasper, Leah, Charlotte, Bella, Emmett, and Rosalie all groaned leaving us confused. Charlotte and Jasper were shaking their heads.
"I swear he spends more time with Little Brother than with me." Charlotte said crossing her arms and pouting.
"Aw, come on, Char. How can you not love this face?" Peter said pouting along with Little Brother. Char looked emotionless for a minute until smiling.
"He is adorable." She admitted.
"Hey Fucker," Jasper said to Peter. "What's the battleplan?" He asked seriously, a change in his voice. Bella saw my questioning face and answered.
"He's gone into Major Whitlock mode. Peter and Charlotte are going to go into Captain and Private mode." I nodded in acknowledgement.
"Right Major. Maria and Elizabeth have at least 150 newborns in their ranks. Only half of them trained and the other half are ruthless killing machines. Seth and Leah, you call your pack and tell them what's happening over here. My Yoda voice told me that you guys were thinking about calling the Volturi. Two things, one: good idea we need all the help we can get, two: they won't stop bugging you Bella about turning and join their guard, since Jane, Aro, and Alecs gifts won't work on you, they'll know you're a shield and try to convince you." Peter said to Bella.
"There is no way in hell I am ever joining them. They may try to convince me as best they can, but I will never be a Volturi member. I'd rather be a shapeshifter with red fur." Bella said.
"I agree." said Rosalie, Emmett, Seth, Leah, Jasper, Peter, and Charlotte simultaneously. They looked to each other with a raised eyebrow.
"Great minds think alike." Charlotte said tapping the side of her head. "Now back to business. Bella, like Maria said, you will be joining SHIELD and not be harmed or turned by the Volturi. I have heard the kings say that they will harm no one working with SHIELD or places related to them."
"Yes." Bella said fist pumping the air.
"If you want, Bella, we can go to SHIELD now and talk to Fury." Maria said. Her phone jingled indicating a text message. "'Bring her friends too. The vampires and shapeshifters.'" She read aloud.
"Holy shit, how did they know?" Seth asked from beside Maria. She just shrugged.
"That's Fury for ya." Was all she said, then indicated us to follow her outside. We did as she told us to and found an SUV along with ours. Bella, Seth, Leah, Maria, Peter, Charlotte, Emmett, and Rosalie all got in the cars but not before locking up the restaurant.
Us Avengers got into our own car and followed the one with Bella, the shapeshifters, and vampires, Pepper came along too. The whole ride was silent, no one saying a thing. But I knew what everyone was thinking: Bella is one hell of a danger magnet.
After a whole twenty minute drive, we finally make it to the huge building which is SHIELD. It was just a huge building in New York. We pulled up and parked our cars in front of the main doors.
Guards escorted all of us to Nick Fury's office where they said he would be waiting. And surely, Fury was standing in front of his desk looking at us from the door.
"Good afternoon. I'm Director Nick Fury. Agent Hill has been told to bring you in by my orders. I'm sure you're wondering how we know about you." He stated. Us Avengers and Pepper and Maria were standing behind Bella and them.
"Yes, how do you know about us?" Rosalie asked coldly, glaring at Fury who didn't seem fazed.
"We are on the Volturi's good side. They inform us of the vampire threats in the world and we inform them of the threats here in the human and super hero world. They know all about us and we know all about them. As for you two shapeshifters," Fury said turning his eye to Seth and Leah who were growling and glowering at him. "We have read the legends of your tribe and it's not hard to put the puzzle together. We've been keeping an eye on you guys to make sure you're not a threat to mankind."
"We are not threat, we protect humans from the threat. Vampires that kill innocent people and that seem a threat to our tribe, our family, the children." Leah said growling and shaking a little. Bruce who was worried, stepped up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. She immediately calmed down and put a hand over Bruce's.
"For you five vampires, two shapeshifters, and two human-" He was cut off by Bella.
"We have names you know. You don't have to give us those titles." She had a mean look on her face and a strange fire in her eyes. Fury just took a small breath and continued.
"Mr. Whitlock's, Mrs. Whitlock, Mr. and Mrs. Cullen, Ms. Peters, Ms. Swan, I would like you to join SHIELD and the Avengers." Fury said. Said people looked to each other in a silent conversation and then to Bella, who turned to Fury with a determined look in her eyes.
"We're in." She said. Fury nodded and went behind his desk to take a seat.
"Agent Hill will take you to Avengers tower where said team will tell you the details. Oh and Ms. Swan, I'm sorry for the loss of you mother and stepfather. I assure you that SHIELD will help you catch the vampires that did this."
"How did you?.." Fury put a hand up to stop Charlotte's question.
"We're SHIELD, we deserve to know about any threat to the world. Clearly an army of newborn vampires are a certain threat. I assume you'll contact Aro?" He asked. Bella and Peter nodded. "Good, at least we have them on our side. Let me know what you plan to do to them." And with that, Maria led us out back to the cars for the drive to Avengers tower.
Once again the drive was silent the whole time. One question silently asked throughout everyone: SHIELD know the Volturi?
We made it to Avengers tower and Tony led everyone up the elevator.
"Good afternoon sir, welcome back. And I see you have brought guests." Jarvis said through the intercom. Jarvis' voice startled Bella, Jasper, Bethany, Emmett, Rosalie, Peter, Charlotte, Seth, and Leah.
"Who is that?" Seth asked.
"That's Jarvis. He's a link in the towers hard-drive. The annoying thing is, he has sarcasm."
"I'm sorry sir, for being such an annoying nuisance to you. Perhaps I should upload myself to someone elses technology system." Jarvis said.
"No that's okay, I've kinda gotten used to it." The elevator doors open to reveal the top floor. The vampires and shapeshifters, and Bella and Bethany, all looked around in awe. Thor walked up to Seth and Emmett and put his arms around their shoulders.
"Amazing isn't it?" They didn't say anything, just nodded slowly. Then Seth saw the entertainment center and squealed like a high-school girl making us all cover our ears.
"They've got Xbox One and tons of games. Can we please play?" Seth asked getting down on his knees and folding his hands, along with Jasper, Emmett, and Peter.
"Sure, but you should ask Bella who is like the matriarch." Tony said pointing to Bella who had her arms crossed, an eyebrow raised, and her foot tapping.
"Please." All four men begged on their knees. Bella sighed annoyingly.
"Go ahead." The four supernatural men, along with Clint and Thor raced to grab a controller. Together, they all played Call of Duty. Yelling out who and where to shoot, or when they got shot.
"Boys and their toys." Pepper muttered heading to the vacant recliner messing around on her phone. Natasha and Maria led the rest of us to the kitchen, but Tony decided to relax with Pepper.
"Okay, the basics of being a SHIELD agent. You have to be able to defend yourself; fighting, survival, weapon wielding, anything along the lines of those. Then there is the bad-ass uniform. It's basically a jumpsuit. It's a little loose for men, but tight for womens. Personally, I love the suit." Maria said. Then Natasha took a tablet that was attached to the wall, and brought up a photo for the men and women's uniform for SHIELD.
"Ooh, stylish, badass, sexy, skin tight… That's a definite for me." Leah said inspecting the photo.
"I'm cool with it." Seth said shrugging.
"Dayum, I bet I'll rock that suit." Bella said eyeing the suit. "Those are cute shoes." She said pointing the boots out.
"I know right?" Maria said. Then the four women started to talk about good looking dark clothing. Seth and I turned to each other at the same time and shrugged. Then we walked out of the kitchen to the living room. But then Seth grabbed my elbow and dragged me to another room away from everyone else.
"Do you like Bella?" Seth asked bluntly with his arms crossed.
"She's a nice person. Kind, brave, a fighter…"
"No, do you 'like her' like her?" Shoot, he got me there. I sigh in defeat and look him in the eye.
"I'm not gonna lie, when I first saw her when she was singing the other night, I felt something. My heart skipped a beat, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. And then I got to know her, and that made me like her even more. She is smart, funny, beautiful, brave, selfless, a spitfire." I said the last one chuckling, Seth did too. Then he nodded grinning.
"Look, you're a great guy. And when I saw Bella singing, she did not break eye contact with you for half the song. I'm betting she felt it too. If you do ever date her though, hurt her and I'll tear you apart with my teeth, limb from limb. She's like a sister to me, Steve. And I don't care if you're Captain America." He said seriously. I nodded.
"I would never hurt her. She's been hurt one too many times. It would kill me if I did anything to hurt Bella." I said seriously. Then Seth nodded smiling to me, and slapped a hand on my shoulder.
"You dig okay, Steve." Seth said. We both laughed, I grabbed his neck and brought it into a headlock, giving him a noogie. "Hey, let me go. Steve! Help! SOS! Wolf being attacked here!" Then Leah, Bella, Thor, Maria, and Clint barge in.
Once they see the scene in front of them, they start laughing, everyone but Maria. She just crosses her arms, taps her foot, and glares a deadly glare at me. I'm flinch under her stare and drop Seth, making him fall face first. He groans, and Maria rolls her eyes and steps to him to see if he's okay.
"You okay, Seth?" Maria asks as Seth turns to lay on his back.
"Not yet, but a kiss would make it better." He says giving him puppy eyes. Maria grins and kisses his forehead. "Not what I was talking about but okay." He mutters as I help him off the floor. Patting him on the back, I walk away and out the room, Leah, Bella, Thor, and Clint following behind me.
"What were you guys talking about?" Bellas asked me curiously. I turned to her and smirked a little.
"Just some man-to-man advice." I said vaguely. Leah and Bella looked to each other and shrugged.
A.N. So what do you think happens next? Who gets beat up and in what order for hurting Bella? You'll find out next time in Mrs. Swan-Rodgers!