Chronicles of the Night

When we last left off, Felix and Natasha gathered an unknown battery for the doctor, who has suddenly agreed to build the weapon. Meanwhile Joseph is having trouble coming up with new ideas for his suit, and Lisa in an attempt to understand more about people speaks with none-other than Magneto, only to be left with more questions. It has now been two weeks since these events transpired, what will happen now?

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel comics, I do own my original characters and the plot.

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Fight for family

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"Ha ha! Can't touch this!" Felix taunted loudly as he avoided a hailstorm of bullets. Once the gunmen began reloading their weaponry, Felix dived in closer and delivered a strong punch to the closest guy, he then began bounding around the hapless soldiers, knocking them unconscious with every blow.

"Got him!" Felix landed right in front of two guys holding their guns to his head.

"I think not." Felix said smiling before those two dropped to the ground with bullets embedded in the back of their skulls.

"Is the gate clear?" The Black Widow asked.

"I was just on my way." Felix said before breaking out in a full sprint in one direction through some military complex.

"Good." Black Widow said, running in another direction, dropping something in her wake.

"Where'd she go?" A large group of soldiers came out of the door Natasha came from. "Hey what's this on the ground?"

Beep Beep Beep Beep

KABOOM

"Ha!" Felix just clawed one soldier in the side before somersaulting over the top of another soldier and kicking him from behind. He flipped forward, scratching a soldier with his toe claws, and landed right in front of three other soldiers. Felix used one of the soldiers as a bludgeon to beat away the other two.

"He won't leave here alive!!!"

"Correction…" Felix began to say as the sound of a car engine sounded in his ears. "I think I will!" Felix back-flipped high in to the air as two rockets were fired at where he was standing. The rockets went off harmlessly beneath him and he landed right on top of a transport jeep that the Black Widow was driving, flooring the gas pedal.

"Mission accomplished?" Felix asked, crawling in to the passenger's seat from the window.

The Black Widow looked at her watch as if expecting something as she smiled.

KABOOM

The base they just escaped from went up in flames. "Mission accomplished." The Black Widow said.

"Well done you two." The Captain's voice came in over the radio. "I believe my enemies will be getting the message now."

"I almost pity them." Felix said with a smile. His act was getting more natural as time went on, at this point all he had to do was follow orders and hopefully impress the captain, which wasn't so hard if you were a super-human. After all, if you were a super-human you made all the hard stuff seem easy.

However even so, Felix still couldn't help but miss Joseph and Lisa more as each day passed. Felix did wish that he could just go back to the old days when the three of them would just patrol the LA streets by night, knocking silly a few crooks, and then dealing with their daily lives all over again.

"We're at the rendezvous point." The Black Widow said in to her radio set. "Roger."

"Ten minutes right?" Felix asked.

"You heard that?" The Black Widow asked.

"Super human senses." Felix reminded her.

"Right."

Everything stayed silent for the next few minutes, Felix thought more and more about Joseph and Lisa. "Hm?" Felix's thoughts were interrupted when he noticed everything around him getting mistier, or rather everything else just looked more white in hue. "Natasha what's going on here?" No answer. "Natasha?" Felix turned around, she was still standing there, but she wasn't moving a muscle. "Wait a second… why am I not hearing a heartbeat?" Felix walked over to Natasha and put his ears closer. "Natasha? Hello?"

"Soon Felix."

"Who's there?!" Felix revealed his claws and turned around, trying to fine the source of the voice. He neither heard nor smelled anything for another minute, but he abruptly turned around and saw a man in white clothing standing behind Natasha. "Hey you!"

"…" The man looked at him and smiled before vanishing before Felix could even blink.

"What?"

"Soon Felix, very soon."

"!!!" Felix turned around and saw a similar looking kid in white clothing, standing there and smiling at him. "Who are you?" Felix asked.

"They're doing fine, just so you know." The boy said.

"Felix?"

"Hm?" Felix turned around to find Natasha looking at him oddly. "Did you see that kid?"

"What kid?" Natasha asked. "Felix don't go insane on me already." Natasha sighed in an annoyed tone of voice.

"I swear there was a kid here. Or… at least… I think…" Felix thought about it and it was hardly in his memory, it was more like a dream.

Meanwhile…

Lisa was sitting on her bed, her room was now more tightly locked up since that night two weeks ago when she snuck out to speak with Magneto. Not that it was all that surprising, she did just break in to a very secure prison for a very dangerous criminal. She wasn't hurt by the tighter security, but what did hurt her was how Joseph reacted.

Flashback…

"Lisa, I can't believe you actually did something like that!" Joseph said with a voice raised loudly. He was trying not to sound angry, but he was failing.

"I… I'm sorry." Lisa said meekly.

"Lisa, is saying 'I'm sorry' going to change the fact that you, one; left your room, two; disabled security, and three; broke in to the prison cell made to hold one of the most dangerous mutants in the world?" Joseph asked.

"No… no it's not." Lisa muttered.

"Why would you even think about doing a stunt like one you just pulled tonight?" Joseph asked.

"I… wanted to… know more about other people." Lisa said.

"And going to speak to the one person one earth who thinks humans are the lowest life form on earth was your idea of learning more about people?!" Joseph nearly yelled. "Lisa, I really am disappointed in you, I expected better." Joseph said, walking out of the room.

"…" Lisa sat there for a moment, before she flung herself in to her pillow to cry.

End of flashback…

Lisa sincerely believed that those words hurt more than anything else. Those words hurt her more than even that time Raphael sliced her arm off. Lisa hadn't even talked to Joseph since he said those things to her, even though he's asked to come in twice she refused to see him both times. Lisa decided to simply lie down on the bed and sleep some more.

Meanwhile…

Joseph was again sitting at the work bench drawing up another sketch, but he was hardly focused on the sketch at all. Yesterday and the day before Lisa hadn't spoken with him, and he couldn't help but feel as though it was his fault. "I shouldn't have raised my voice. She's gotta hate me now." Joseph thought.

Meanwhile…

"You called General?" Hawkeye asked as he came in to Fury's office.

"Yes, I've got good news." Fury said. "After Captain Ivan's last order to have a base destroyed, the Russians have finally given in."

"Meaning?"

"They've requested that a few of our Ultimates back them up." Fury said. "Pack something thermal Hawkeye, because it's going to be a cold day in hell where you're going."

"Understood sir." Hawkeye said.

"Now then, here's the battle plan." Fury began.

Meanwhile…

Knock Knock

"…" Lisa stayed silent, she knew who was on the other side of the door.

"Lisa, please let me come in. I want to talk to you." Joseph said.

"Joseph, please just leave me alone." Lisa said quietly.

"Lisa we need to talk about this." Joseph said through the door again.

"I don't feel like talking!" Lisa yelled before burying her face in her pillow again.

"…" Joseph was silent outside the door for a moment. "Lisa, I'm sorry but like it or not we need to talk." Joseph came in regardless of Lisa's wishes and stood near Lisa's bed.

"Leave me alone." Lisa said, not taking her face out of her pillow.

"Lisa please hear me out, I'm not mad okay." Joseph said.

"…"

"Oy…" Joseph sighed and thought about what he was going to say before continuing. "Listen Lisa, I'm sorry I got mad at you okay, you just scared me that's all."

"I… I was just fine, I knew the risk I was taking." Lisa said.

"But Lisa it doesn't mean you weren't doing something dangerous." Joseph said. "I honestly get scared for you, every night when we went out on patrol through LA I always got more and more nervous every night that passed."

"Why worry about someone who's already dead?" Lisa asked as she lifted her face off of her pillow somewhat.

"Because Lisa, I love you. I know I'm not your real dad, but I still love you as any dad would love his kid. Heck, I'm even terrified of that fact that you'll grow older and one day is going to come when I don't see you all the time anymore." Joseph said.

"…" Lisa listened quietly to this for a minute.

"And Lisa, I'm not asking you to forgive me, but just understand that I love you." Joseph said.

"But Joseph… I do forgive you." Lisa said. The two of them hugged each other tightly. "I love you too… dad." Lisa whispered.

"Ah Lisa…" Joseph said, sincerely touched by what she called him. It was enough to make him cry.

Meanwhile…

"Understood sir." Hawkeye said.

"Oh and one more thing." Fury said. "Go tell Joseph and Lisa about it."

"What? Why do I have to do it?" Hawkeye asked.

"It isn't fair to leave them in the dark about what we're doing, and since you're our point man why not have you tell them yourself?" Fury said.

"Augh…" Hawkeye groaned.

Later…

"You serious?" Joseph asked.

"Yes, I'm heading leaving in less than an hour." Hawkeye said, he was in Lisa's room with the two of them.

"You'll be, going to see Felix." Lisa said.

"More or less." Hawkeye said, turning to leave. "Oh yeah, Joseph Fury also wanted me to ask you how you were doing on designs."

"Just fine." Joseph said with a smile.

"Good." Hawkeye said before walking out of the door.

"…" Lisa was deep in thought after what Hawkeye just said. "Jo… Dad… thank you." Lisa said giving him a sweet smile.

"You're welcome. Get some rest now." Joseph told her before leaving.

"Thank you for everything Dad… you and Felix are my family now." Lisa said with a smile, she opened one of the drawers and in it was her costume and a number of vaccines full of serum. "You've both done so much for me, it's time I've done something."

The next day in Russia…

"You two have been most impressive assets for me these past few weeks." Captain Ivan told Felix and Natasha. Ivan had invited them in to his office, which was far more comfortable than the rest of the base. Ivan sat behind his desk and looked at the two. "Both of you have carried out my orders flawlessly, and have fulfilled our goals."

"It is our pleasure to serve under your command Captain." Felix said.

"I'm glad to hear it." The Captain said. "Once the Russian government is under my control, I guarantee that you two will continue to have a place by my side as my personal soldiers."

"Sounds promising Captain." Natasha said. "May I ask a question though?"

"Of course." The captain answered.

"How is the good doctor doing on your weapon." Natasha asked.

"It will be complete in a few days." The Captain said. "And you two, will be there with me on the day we activate it."

"I'm looking forward to it." Felix said.

"Ah but down to business now." Captain Ivan said, changing the subject. "I have another assignment for you two, this time we hit the Russian military hard!" The Captain said with a devilish smile.

"Just say the target and consider it done." Felix said.

"Good…" The Captain said.

Meanwhile…

"Yes! That's it!" Joseph said, looking at the new design he came up with. "Oh man, but I'm going to need some help putting it together if it's going to be done in time." Joseph said, turning towards the door. He reached for the knob when the door opened with General Fury standing on the other side of it. "Fury?"

"Joseph, please tell me that Lisa is at the very least in this room with you." Fury said.

"No. Why? Where is she?" Joseph asked.

"I have a feeling I know and I don't like it." Fury said, turning down the hallway, clenching a fist, and walking away.

"Squeak…"

"Hm?" Joseph looked down at his foot and noticed a rat holding a piece of paper in its mouth. His first instinct would have been to kick it away but his time around Lisa taught him better at this point. "Lola?" Joseph asked the rat. The rat dropped the piece of paper before vanishing in mist. He picked up the note and read it to himself.

"Dad, I know you won't approve of this, and I know that Mr. Fury definitely won't allow this, but I don't want to sit on the sidelines while Felix risks his life. I don't want to be sitting on the sidelines by the time you're out there risking your life. I'm going to help you like we helped each other back home. I'm really sorry, but I promise to help you both. – From your daughter with love."

"Lisa…" Joseph said, his voice terrified.

The next day…

"We're outside the base." Felix said in to his headset, he was looking at the front gate of some base.

"Are you both in your positions?" The Captain asked.

"Affirmative, I'm in my position." The Black Widow said over the radio.

"You're both cleared to begin." The Captain said.

"Understood." Felix said, beginning a full sprint towards the base.

"Hm? Hey! Someone's coming for the base." One of the tower guards said.

"Hm? Hold on." The man pulled up some microphone. "Intruder! You have one minute to turn around right now! You are trespassing!"

"I prefer the term invading!" Felix shouted.

"Forget it, shoot him!" Both of the guards manned turrets and aimed at Felix, open firing. Felix ducked and weaved his way through the bullets until he safely reached the gate. "What!? How did he ugh!" The man didn't finish his sentence since a bullet that came shooting out of his left chest cut him off.

"What!" He turned to look for where the bullet came from when a bullet struck him between the eyes.

"Thank you for taking care of that Black Widow." Felix said, jumping over the gate and landing on the other side of it.

"No worries, now if you'll excuse me." The Black Widow said.

"Freeze!" A number of Russian soldiers came out of the base loading their guns.

"What? You guys didn't remember to load your weapons before hand?" Felix asked, running towards the closest guy and delivering a fierce uppercut to him. He then used that guy's unconscious body to throw him at another soldier. Felix flipped out of the way of more bullet fire before diving in to a building.

"After him!" The soldiers went in to the building and looked around. The ones that went in were soon tossed out unconscious. "What?"

"Ha ha!" Felix dived out, avoiding more bullets before jumping in to a crowd of soldiers and throwing punches and kicks left and right. After knocking a few out, Felix back flipped over the top of one guy, grabbing him and throwing him at two soldiers. Felix then did numerous back flips that ended with a jumping kick to two soldiers on either side of Felix. "How are things on your end?" Felix asked.

"Going fine… but you might want to be aware of an incoming helicopter." The Black Widow said.

"Why?" Felix asked. He soon felt the breeze of a helicopter hovering over where he was standing. "It doesn't look armed." Felix thought as he looked at it. "Wait… that scent." Felix then hopped back to avoid three arrows that barely missed him. "Well well, look who the cat dragged in."

"Long time no see traitor." Hawkeye said as he hopped down from the helicopter, in his usual uniform but with a jacket underneath it. Hawkeye held his bow up in one hand and he had an arrow ready to fire at Felix. "You know, I always wanted to do this to you."

"Really? What a coincidence, because I always wanted to see how well claw marks went with your face." Felix said as he revealed his claws, staring Hawkeye down with a confident look.

Elsewhere in the base…

Natasha had made her way inside the base, particularly in a room that had numerous monitors on the walls, there were plenty of desks that had monitoring and computer equipment, and plenty of walking space. The room was almost big enough to be a gymnasium. Natasha discarded the empty machine gun she was holding and made her way towards one of the desks.

"Hm?" Natasha stopped walking. She slowly reached for her the pistol at her side, she then quickly spun around, seized someone around the neck and held the gun to their head. "Stupid child… how did you get here?!" Natasha hissed in to Night-princess' ear.

"Augh…" Night-princess gagged somewhat. "I… came to help…"

"Child… you have ten seconds to get out of this base, and find your own way home… you could blow this whole operation sky high just by being here so leave now…" Natasha hissed. "If you don't I can't guarantee your safety."

"I won't leave my family." Night-princess said.

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