Chapter 3
On the short ride to my apartment (that is since I was flying with Tony) I thought about how my friends would react. I mean, I just revealed my biggest secret to a GOVERNMENT agency. This was exactly what we wanted to avoid, and I had done it within the first day of moving to America. I am such a mermaid failure. When we landed in front of the apartment building, Tony stepped out of his Ironman suit. I quickly walked over to the elevator and heard his quiet, but still audible footsteps behind me.
"Is there something you need?" I turned around to face him.
"I was just going to walk you to your apartment, to make sure that you get there okay." He nodded to the elevator. "Are you going to let me in also?"
"Ugh, fine." I rolled my eyes and stepped aside. I faked a bow and said in a mock British accent, "Your majesty."
"Was that needed?" He leaned against the elevator wall.
"Yes, it was. Now you know I'm going to be alright, so when I get out, you'll be going back down, right?"
"No, I want to meet your mother." He shrugged.
"Really? I was hoping that you would stay away from me." I pouted. He glared at me, and I rolled my eyes. "When I get inside, I have to call my friends and I would really appreciate if you didn't listen to my conversation. Maybe I can conclude that you have a tiny bit of common courtesy."
"Oh, so now you're gonna start mocking me? Well, isn't that just peachy?"
"Maybe, maybe not, you decide."
"I was being sarcastic, get your reality check."
"Oh, look it's my floor. Guess it's time to say goodbye, as you won't be talking to me. So, goodbye!" I waved to him, turned on my heel and started walking to my apartment. I knew he was following me, but I ignored him. I turned my key in the lock and walked in.
"Mum! We have a visitor, but don't expect me to talk to him! I'm going to call the girls!" I called to her.
"Cammie, if we have a visitor, you are going to sit down with me and him!" My mum walked in and froze. I finally remembered that she was a huge fan of Tony Stark.
"Mum, get a hold of yourself!" I sternly said. Tony snickered and I turned to glare at him.
"You didn't tell me that she's a fan." He pointed out.
"Thank you Captain Obvious, we barely even talked, until you followed me here. I don't care if your boss or whatever has taken an interest in me, but I just want to be left alone!" At that moment, my phone rang. It was Bella. "Do I have to stay mum? Bella's calling me and I need to tell her something." She nodded and let me pass. Along the way, I patted her shoulder and whispered, "Have fun!" I ran to my room and answered my phone.
"We have a problem."
"What did you do?"
"I may have let one of the avengers, who happens to be named Tony Stark see my powers and now his boos is really encouraged to know more about me, and what makes it even worse is that he's the director of a huge top secret government agency. Whew, that was one long sentence."
"Wait, I'm here with the others, you do remember that tonight's a full moon, right? Well, I'm going to hope you have a good explanation as to why you revealed yourself to a government agency."
"I'm just curious, but is Louis there?"
"Yes, he is, and all of us are just itching to know why you did that and especially to Tony Stark, the one you hate like he's a thorn on a rose."
"Uh, did you really just compare him to a thorn?"
"Maybe, maybe not, why don't you decide if I did or didn't?"
"Well, I'd advise you to keep the name calling down, because he's actually kind of in my apartment."
"YOU LET HIM IN YOUR HOUSE?! WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO THAT? Well, fine, whatever just make sure that you keep your window closed. Maybe Tony can protect you, or maybe that government agency of his."
"Oh, sure mock me, but what I didn't tell you was that he kind of followed me into the ocean and I couldn't hide. Oh, and while I was swimming, I found this amazing cave in the water, and it even has an opening and some flat land with it. Oh, and don't worry, it's not like the moon pool, you can't see the sky."
"Just be careful Cammie. Remember the last time you were moonstruck? Do you want a repeat of that? Only if you did that where you are, it would probably be noticed a whole lot more than it would here."
"Don't worry Bella, I won't get moonstruck. I think I should go check on mum, she probably fainted at the first notice of being alone with the dweeb." We said our goodbyes and I hung up the phone. I swung off my bed and opened my door slowly. When I was able, I went into the hallway without making a sound. I grabbed a glass of water and went back into the main room. There he was, sitting on the sofa like there was nothing wrong in the world. His conversation with mum stopped abruptly.
"Don't mind me, but I need to talk to Tony privately." My mum nodded and left the room.
"I thought you didn't want to talk to me." He smirked.
"Well I didn't, but now we have a problem." His smirk quickly left his face.
"What's wrong?"
"Well, there's this thing that happens on full moons and I go a little crazy and the moon controls me if I look at it or touch water. And if I even look at the moon's reflection I go crazy. Back home we called it being moonstruck."
"You said we, are there more of you?"
"NO! My friends helped me keep in line when there was a full moon."
"Oh, so would you like my help? Wow, by the things your mom told me, I think you despise the sight of me."
"Well, if you're going to be following me around like a shadow, I might as well get used to the idea of you. I need help from getting moonstruck. I need help putting up the covers." I went back to my room and grabbed them from the bottom of my closet. I went back out and handed him half the stack.
"So, we need to cover all the windows. Make sure that no light can get in." I ordered. He nodded and I handed him a roll of tape. He set to work on the main room so I went into the kitchen. I covered the window and went on to my room. I covered my windows using the last of my stack and went back to Tony. He was still working on the second window.
"Are you seriously that slow? I already did my room and the kitchen while you have only completed huh, one window." I laughed and went over to him. I turned and saw my mum come in.
"Did she put you up to this Tony?" She glared at me.
"Not exactly, I volunteered myself."
"I have no idea why she does this every month. Sometimes she's over at her friend's house, but their windows are covered too." She trailed off walking away.
"You do this by yourself every month?" He gaped.
"I have for about three years. It isn't that hard once you get used to it." I laughed.
"I have a great idea. I can give you my number and if anything goes wrong, call me and I'll be right over. Oh, and it can only be on nights like tonight, or else I'll get Nick to hold you overnight and tell your mom you're somewhere else."
"Don't worry; I don't plan on calling you unless it's an absolute emergency."
"You had better not." He grabbed a piece of paper and scribbled the number down. "There you go, and thank you for actually talking to me. It was a big surprise to hear your voice, even if it was to ask for help." I nodded and walked over to the door. I opened it and let him out.
"So, are you going to stalk me for the next couple of days?"
"I might, but that's for you to decide. By the way, I was just joking. I'm going to leave you alone for a while."
"Thank you, I'm already in enough trouble with Bella for you finding out. Well, bye!" I waved and shut the door. I sat on the couch and slowly fell asleep.
When I woke up, I was faced with a horrible sight. There, watching me was a water tentacle. It's not like the one from last year, because this one had sharp fangs, scales and fins. It lunged at me and bit into my wrist. I screamed and it slithered away quickly. Luckily my mum was a heavy sleeper, so she didn't wake up to my scream. I grabbed my phone and dialled Tony's number.
"Hello?" He answered groggily, and I guessed I woke him up.
"Tony, it's Cammie Hayes, I need help. Something bad happened and you said you would help if anything happened."
"I'll be there in a few minutes."
"Thank you!" I cried. Then tears started falling down my face when the pain from the bite creeped in.
"Are you crying? What happened and you had better tell me. I don't deal with this I'm fine business."
"I was attacked. There was this, this thing and it attacked me and bit my wrist and I'm bleeding a ton."
"I'm switching you to my Bluetooth, so one second." There was a short pause. "Okay, I'm back. Mow what did this thing look like?"
"Tony, I really don't want to talk about it. I had enough of water attacks on full moons last year for the comet and I don't need more." I brought my knees up to my chest and crouched into the corner of the couch.
"I should be there in a minute." I waited and heard a car door slam. The phone call ended and a minute later there was a knock on the door.
"It's open." I half-heartedly call. The door swings open and Tony walks in.
"Oh, my god." He stared at my bloody arm and waist.
"Tony, it hurts so much. Please, help; I don't know what to do."
"This might hurt." He said before picking me up with both arms and carrying me to the door. "You know, you're amazing at keeping things clean. There isn't a single drop of blood on the couch."
"Make sure to close the door." I mumbled into his chest. I slowly tried to get the tears to stop and tried to stand up.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm writing a note to my mum so that she doesn't panic." I scribbled down the note that said I was out for a walk and attempted to walk to the door, failing so that he had to pick me up again. He helped me into the elevator and went down to the ground floor. He carried me to his car and placed me in the passenger's seat. We started driving down the road.
