Part Four: "That is very interesting...now we
are going to stab you with a needle and treat you like a lab rat. You okay with
that, child?"
Forty five minutes later, both had gotten ready
and eaten. A sort of whooshing sound came from a distance away, and they both
knew that it was the helicopter. Lexis jumped up and ran to the door and opened
it. A stunning jet black helicopter came in view. Lexis had recently become
fixated on super heroes like, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Captain America
and Black Widow. He favorite was Iron Man, and this scene looked like it was
straight out of a comic book.
"Mom, look! This is sooooo cool!" Lexis grabbed
her mom's hand and walked forward.
A man popped out of the helicopter, "Come, come,
come!"
Both Lexis and Shelby ran forward, towards the
helicopter and jumped in. From the outside, it looked much smaller than it
actually was. It had a silver interior, other than the seats. The seats were
black leather that was as soft as a baby's butt. By the time Lexis noticed that
they were in the air, they were already close to a mile away away from their
house, which looked big enough to hold an ant. Soon the man interrupted the
view.
"My name is Agent Bill Frost. I am the community
liaison for S.H.I.E.L.D. Please put these headphones on; it can get quite loud
in here." Lexis took one and placed them on. There was music playing in them, a
Eagles song called Witchy Woman, which was suddenly changes to Livin' on a
Prayer by Bon Jovi.
"You know that other song was okay. I really
like that song..." Lexis looked at him, but he did not change the song back.
She did not even know if he could change the song back. Agent Frost looked to
be middle aged, but he could be younger. He had blond hair, bright blue eyes,
and a square jaw line. He wore a suit and red tie. although you could not tell
very well, he looked muscular.
Lexis' mother interrupted with a question, "So,
where are we headed?"
"New York..." He looked confused by the
question, but did not say anything about it.
Lexis was curious about what S.H.I.E.L.D., so
she asked a question, "What does S.H.I.E.L.D. do exactly?"
"We do a variety of different things...some
things are..." Lexis cut him off.
"Classified. Right? My dad says that all the
time. He works for the Department of Defense."
He looked like a giddy school kid when she said
this, "really? Hm...and yes, classified. We do work with people like you
though. People who are...different."
"Do you work with superheroes? Like Iron Man?"
She had a giant grin on her face.
"Let me assume you like superheroes...," Lexis
nodded quickly and he went back to talking, "Yes, I have worked with Tony
Stark, and many other people like him. Do you know Clint Barton...Hawkeye?" You
could tell that he did not like to say their super hero name which was odd to
her, since she had only heard those, except for Tony Stark.
"Yeah, I know him. He is epic! You like have the
best job ever? Wait...what do you actually do?" Lexis confused herself by
asking this.
"I set up press conferences, and things like
that. I help the director out too and I sometimes babysit the Avengers." He
laughed at that.
"Like the Avengers, Avengers?! That is soooo
cool!" She sighed as she said that.
"Yes very cool. We are here." Lexis thought that
they would be landing on a building, but that was not the case...it was a giant
ship...or she thought it was a ship.
"What is that," Lexis said as she pointed
at the thing they were landing on?!
"It is called The Helicarrier. It is our
headquarters." He said as they landed and boarded the Helicarrier. "It is full
of cool things, and you might be able to spot some of the Avengers, if they are
still here."
Lexis was stunned by the giant thing. She still
was not sure of what it was, but she was amazed. SHIELD was impressive with
their toys. Stepping inside, you could see that the color scheme was black and
silver, which did not impress Lexis. They were so plain. Inside there were
computers everywhere and everyone seemed to have a gun strapped to their sides,
some had more than one by the looks of it. She also concentrated on their
outfits, some had on shiny jumpsuits, while others had suits. It was a bit
strange, but she did enjoy how cool they looked. After a slight pause she kept
walking, and the agent interrupted her thoughts.
"Director Fury is going to see you in a private
room over there in a few minutes. When it opens you can walk right in. Okay?"
He seemed pleased with himself for no reason. Lexis shrugged off this feeling
she had about him.
"Okay. Thank you, Agent Frost." Shelby responded
and sat in a chair that was incredibly cold.
Lexis felt the need to whisper at this moment,
"this is epic, mom. We should come here more often..." She sighed as she looked
around. Suddenly she saw what looked like a puffy, almost velvet fabric. Then
the fabric stopped in its place and swung around. A face looked at her, then
walked away. In a way it seemed familiar, but the name was on the tip of her
tongue. The name abruptly came into her mind as she quietly said it out loud.
"Thor..."
"What did you say, honey?" Unsure of what facial
expression her mom had, she just quietly answer.
"I just saw Thor...He is better looking in
person."
Her mom glared at her and Lexis sunk into her
chair, just as the door to the room opened. They were both afraid of what to
expect, but they got out of the their chairs and walked to the door. Shelby
looked in and waved Lexis in. This was her first look at Director Nick
Fury. He was a dark black man, darker than anyone she had ever seen before. His
eye patch made him seem mysterious, which he was. He smiled as they walked in
and shook Shelby's hand.
"Hello, I am Director Nick Fury, but you can
call me Nick. It is a pleasure to finally meet you, Lexis. It is an honor." He
stuck out his hand for a shake, which he got with a scared firmness that he
enjoys. You could tell that he enjoyed it, from the giant smile on his face.
"It is nice to meet you sir." Lexis tried her
best to be kind to the man, but she just could not take that eye patch
seriously. She forced herself to not laugh, by taking a fifteen minute timeout.
When she was over laughing and half killing herself, she played reality and
Nick was staring at her.
"Did you just use one of your powers? I could
not help noticing." Lexis only stared at him as she nodded her head slowly.
"Can you tell me what powers you think you have?"
Lexis looked at him, he was already starting to
piss her off, "I can manipulate time. I can take other people's powers, but it
only lasts a week and I think I can only take one or two at a time. Oh, and I
can plant ideas into people's minds and sort of tell them stuff without anyone
else hearing it." She paused as she thought of anything else, "and I have
increased intelligence, I think..."
"Hm...that is very interesting. And when did you
powers...come out?"
"Sort of recently, the day I turned five they
came about." Lexis then realized that no normal ten year old would say that
sentence. She knew that she was unique, but she did not know that she was
this...strange and messed up.
"That is even more odd. If you were born with
them, then you should have had them at birth. They would not have come out
later if something was prohibiting it. Mrs. Siege, is it okay if we run some
tests on your daughter? There are just some simple blood tests and exams, and
possible an intelligence test." He looked at Lexis in wonder and awe as he
waited for the response.
"I guess that is okay. I would just like to get
back home before my husband gets back. If that is possible to do." You could
tell that she was frustrated with Nick, but she did not show it.
"That is quite possible," he stood up and walked
to the door, "can you both please follow me to our test facilities." He walked
out before anyone could even get up and walk to the door. Lexis quickly
followed with her mother behind her.
They went down a few steps and into the main
lobby and hooked a left to an elevator. When inside the elevator, they went
down to the basement, which was less creepy than Lexis expected. After exiting
the elevator, they went straight and ran into a lab with exam tables. There was
lab equipment all over the place and it looked like a bad horror movie set.
Lexis quietly stood as Nick walked away to get a doctor.
"Everything is going to be okay, Lexis." This
was the first time in a long time that she had called her Lexis; this freaked
her out even more. She knew that everything was going to be okay, she just did
not want to be hurt by shots or other things that she did not like.
A doctor looked at Nick in frustration, but then
sighed and nodded in agreement. Both the doctor and Nick walked over the Lexis,
"Lexis, this is Doctor Mercury. He is the one that is going to be conducting
the tests. Could you please follow him." Nick looked Lexis in the eye and gave
her a reassuring nod, but it still did not calm her nerves.
The doctor was a young man, probably at least
thirty years old, but he seemed like a caring man, but Lexis was not getting
especially close to anyone here, let alone a doctor. He lead Lexis away from
Nick and her mom to an area that could be closed off. Lexis was about ready to
bolt when something unexpected happened.
"Lets make this quick, I have other patients
that need me way more than you do. Arm please?" He grabbed Lexis' arm and
slowly stuck a big needle in a vein. Slowly, thick blood came out and planted itself
in a vial. The blood was unusually thick, which the doctor was concerned about.
"Do you take any medication for your thick blood?"
"No, this is the first time that I have seen
this. Is it bad to have thick blood?"
"It depends, this could be hypercoagulability,
but I highly doubt it in an individual your age. It can be caused by a variety
of different things. I am not worried about it at all." He went back to drawing
blood and Lexis stared at an adjacent wall, when she felt the needle come out
of her arm. "We are done now. I am going to send you to the intelligence area
and you can get another test there and you should be done." Walking away, she
got a vibe from the room that she was not just here to get some blood drawn;
maybe they wanted her to train here to become an agent for SHIELD, but why her?
The only special thing about her was her powers and even then nothing else
would make you think that she could be a good...she guessed superhero...
"How did it go?" Shelby interrupted her
thoughts.
Lexis answered calmly, not to freak out Nick or
her mom, "it went well. The doctor just took some of my blood." She looked down
and he had put a My Little Pony band aid on the area where he took the blood.
Sighing, she took off the band aid in one felt swoop and threw it in a nearby
garbage.
"You are a tomboy, right?" Nick's voice
sounded...happy and cheerful. Lexis thought that as odd.
"Yea, I like dirt and crossbows. That makes me a
tomboy." Lexis was getting a little ticked off at him, but she kept she small smile
on her face.
"Crossbows, huh? I have not seen someone use of
of those in years. I think that would be your weapon of choice."
"Weapon of choice?" Lexis and her mom said this
at the same time.
"Yes. Each agent of SHIELD and even our
Avengers, have weapons that they prefer to use, weapon of choice. Tony Stark
has his suit, Thor has his hammer, Steve Rogers has his shield. All of them use
those weapons the most, and they are trained how to use them, except Stark. He
just made a suit and buckled up. He did not even know what to expect. Now he is
some...what trained with it." He had got his hairs in a tough over Stark...
"Hey, I heard that old man!" A voice came from
behind them. Everyone spun around to see that it was Tony Stark himself. Lexis
jaw unwillingly dropped to the ground and hung there. Tony walked up to Lexis
and unknowingly Nick nodded at Stark, that this was the girl with special
powers.
"Hello, I am Tony Stark." Tony was definitely
better looking in person. His black hair was in a sort of chaotic mess. His
eyes were a similar color to Lexis, but they were blue, blue not green blue
like herself. Something that stunned herself was that he was a giant, but so
was everyone compared to her height. Lexis had finally closed her mouth too
talk.
"I am Lexis Siege. It is very nice to meet you."
They shook hands and Tony scratched his head.
"That is a cool name. So what powers do ya
have?"
"I can manipulate time, take other peoples power
and I can talk to people through their minds or plant ideas. Pretty cool huh?"
Lexis was smiling ear to ear now. She desperately wanted Tonys approval of her
powers.
"Those are awesome. Would you like talk to me in
your brain?" Tony was downright happy to see some new competition at this
place.
"You mean like this." Lexis put this thought
into his mind and he too smiled ear to ear.
"Nick, you gotta get her in here! She is
awesome! Gotta go kid, see ya around." Tony walked away, but he looked back. That
kid needs to work for SHIELD he said as he walked towards the elevator and
entered it. Lexis and him stared at each other until the doors closed.
As soon as the doors closed, Tony punched the
wall of the elevator. You CAN NOT fall in love with a ten year old kid,
Tony. You just can't. That would get you a lawsuit, and you do not need one of
those suits. "Jarvis, what the hell am I thinking...I can not love a ten
year old girl. That is wrong."
Jarvis did not say anything, but then said,
"Sir, if she was older, if she came back years later, would you still have the
same feelings?"
Tony thought, but could not with the sound of
the elevator going , so he then stopped the elevator to think. If she did come
back, but older, would I still have the same feelings for her? By now he was
clammy and probably sweating, but his mind and heart both ached from thinking
of an answer. It did not matter if she had the same feelings, he had his and
both his heart and his mind agreed.
"I would still have the same feelings, I think.
Maybe I could just time travel and figure out my feelings. Ya know what,
Jarvis? I hate feelings. I just hate them." Tony wiped his forehead with his
arm and let the elevator continue on its journey.
…...
While Tony was having a moment in the elevator,
Lexis was spazzing out about meeting Tony Stark.
"Mom...that was Tony Star-" before she could
finish, she passed out from excitement and pure adrenaline junky sort of joy.