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Chapter 13 - Familia de Superiores
"Miss Brookes, I am sorry to awake you but there is an urgent meeting that the rest of the Avengers feel you must attend," Jarvis announced.
Alexia jerked out of sleep and searched blearily around the room for the source of such a disturbance. Gradually realizing it was Jarvis and not some heinous intruder, Lexy groaned and slumped back into the pillowy heaven that was her bed.
"Miss Brookes, I must insist," Jarvis reminded as he heard a soft and quick snores again.
"Jarvis! Why do you have to be such a killjoy?" Alexia barked as she threw back the golden silk comforter.
"As I said, I would not awake you if it were not dire that you attend this meetings," the computer reiterated.
"I guess," she sighed, "Sorry Jar."
"No offense taken," Jarvis replied shortly.
Lexy swept open her wardrobe door and was almost buried under an avalanche of clothes, shoes and accessories. Selecting a pair of ankle boots, black jeggings, a light grey top and a pale blue denim jacket, as well as yanking a brush through her hair a couple of times, Alexia deemed herself ready and hurried to the elevator.
"'Bout time, Brookes," Tony smirked.
"Blame Jarvis, Stark, he's the one who almost let me fall asleep again."
"Miss Brookes, I hope you will rethink you're decision to bring me into this as I have no desire to get involved," Jarvis requested.
"Brookes!" Fury yelled.
"My name is Alexia!" Lexy almost screamed before noticing that it was the Director that had called her.
His unamused face, matched with the stifled laughter of the Avengers around him, made her face go red with embarassment. Fury's eyes narrowed.
"Moving on, we've got some information on the Familia de Superiores."
"You're not still looking into that, are you?" Steve frowned.
"Actually, we have something that the Avengers might find particularly interesting," Nick shot back.
"What is it?"
"There are rumours in the black market that the Familia de Superiores have been training what they describe as 'a new generation of supersoldiers'," he started.
"Big whoop. Bad guys say that whenever anyone even suggests that they're listening to them," Clint rolled his eyes.
"I wasn't done. There have also been reports that they wear animal masks. The Dux, which means 'leader' in Latin, wears the mask of a Chinese dragon, as they see it as the most powerful mythical creature in the world. The rest wear half-masks of real animals," Fury explained.
A sharp intake could be heard from Lexy and the Avengers lowered their eyes. Tony looked at the brunette and saw her eyes misting over with her brows furrowed with fury.
"When did you find this out?" she said, her voice waning on the verge between whimpering and staying strong.
"A few months ago. We suspected that it was linked to your past since we found out about the dragon mask but we didn't think that they knew about you or your life anymore," Fury justified.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Lexy whispered.
"We didn't know for sure and this organization has been going on for half a century at least. They went into hiding 30 years ago so it's hard to get data on them now."
"You know what they have then?"
"We're well aware, Miss Brookes," the Director assured.
The room was silent before Alexia spoke up again.
"I have to tell Dylan," she decided.
"That's probably not such a great idea. Him and your 'parents' have been planning something since you last saw them," Fury warned.
Alexia ignored him and entered the elevator, the doors clamping shut behind her.
"Who wants to stop her?" Fury sighed.
"I'm pretty good at cheering her up," Tony piped up.
Bruce rolled his eyes and Steve grimaced. The genius billionaire playboy philanthropist merely smirked and followed the 28 year-old out of the building. He searched in his car for a while until he saw her a few streets away from the Avengers Tower on her phone. He blended in around her to hear.
"-But Paige said you were in Manhattan. You know what? It doesn't matter where you are anymore, just meet up with me in Battery Park, ok?" he heard the brunette say.
Lexy hung up and Stark quickly returned to his car, driving straight to said park. It took a while for both of the siblings to arrive, but when they did, he stormed over.
"Hey!" he shouted.
"Stark! What the hell?" Alexia screeched.
"Sorry, Brookes, but if it's this guy's word against Fury's, I'm picking the S.H.I.E.L.D Director," Tony snarled at the man in front of him.
Lexy had to admit, Dylan did look strange. His tan skin was skeletal and pale, his eyes sunken. Her brother wore a simple pair of jeans and an old T-shirt, a strange contrast from his usual expensive suits. His dark hair was wild and untamed, where it was normally neat and combed down.
"Uh, Alexia? What's going on?" he queried.
"You tell me, Dyl. What's going on with you?" she replied.
"N-nothing. I just... I've been focusing on the job at home lately and..." he lied weakly.
"Tony Stark," Tony introduced quickly, "Why don't you tell us about your work with your parents?"
Dylan's eyes widened.
"Lexy, I promise, it wasn't my intention to... We're doing the right thing! They... They promised," he stammered.
"Dyl, what did you do?" Alexia gasped, pulling away from her adoptive sibling.
"We're getting rid of the bad ones. All of them. Mutants, supersoldiers, so-called superheroes, the lot. Join us. Please, Lexy!" he begged.
"What? Why are you with them, Dylan? You're one of us!" Alexia cried, "The man in the Chinese dragon mask! We know who he is!"
"And how long do you think they've known? All of these people, they're lying to you. We can stop them and stop using our powers," Dylan persuaded lamely.
"I'm sorry, Dylan. I'm not going to kill my friends just because Joe and Karen decided that they are enemies."
"Alexia, please! They'll kill you, too!" Dylan screamed, tears falling down his face as he got worked up again.
"This isn't right," Lexy muttered before grabbing Tony's hand and pulling him away.
Dylan fell onto his knees and called out Alexia's name, but she didn't turn. She silently sobbed as she tugged on Stark's sleeve, leading him to his car.
"Hey, Lexy, are you ok?" Tony asked gently as they clambered into the sleek blue car.
Alexia stayed silent for a second, merely staring at her hands. He went to touch one but she flinched and pulled away. After breathing in deeply, the woman looked up with a watery smile.
"I'm fine. Can we go back to the Tower, please," she said quietly.
He furrowed his eyebrows but nodded anyway, revving the engine. It didn't take long to get there, but it seemed like years due to the uncomfortable silence that ensued. When they were finally parked outside the gargantuan building, Alexia attempted to get out, but Tony caught her upper arm.
"Lexy, I think we need to talk about what just happened," he started.
"Nothing just happened. He didn't meet me and you didn't hear anything," Alexia denied.
"So we're just not going to tell the rest of the Avengers?"
"They'll kill him or lock him away if they know."
"Because he's locking away and killing others! I know that he is the one person who's been through everything you have, but he's chosen his side. I'm glad you didn't go with him but we can't just ignore that he threatened us," Tony insisted.
"Fine. Tell them, just promise me that no one is going to kill him. He's not evil, just misguided. If you can capture Dylan, I can talk to him. He'll listen to me," Lexy reasoned.
"Deal," Tony agreed.
Alexia let out a long, painful sigh and stepped out. As Stark followed, he realized that she had no intention of seeing another living person that night, as she headed straight for the elevator that led to their rooms. He quickly traveled up the tower to where the Avengers were anxiously awaiting their return. Steve and Natasha stood up upon his entry.
"What happened?" Bruce enquired immediately.
Hope you enjoyed! Sorry if it felt a little rushed, I'm slightly preoccupied at the moment. Still, politely review and explain what I can improve on if you strongly disliked it.