Chapter Seven

Alli's eyes fluttered open. There was a bright artificial light that was shining down into the center of the room. She looked around, only to find that her wrists and ankles were bound, and saw multiple hospital tools. She noticed an IV was hooked up neatly to her arm and she wanted to yank it out, but her arm was trapped. Stuck. Then there was the constant beeping noise of the machine. She couldn't tell if it was her heart rate or something else, but it was driving her crazy. She wanted to smash the machine after the first few seconds of looking at it. She hated being restrained too. It made her feel claustrophobic and trapped. Like in her nightmare. It was a terrible dream because it involved Loki, Clint, Steve and Tony all getting hurt due to her actions. Even though she hadn't even known any of them, she felt a special connection to every single one of them. She didn't know why. But she did. She sighed loudly and dropped her head back onto the fluffy white pillow. She waited for someone to come get her.

Twenty-Four Hours Earlier

Clint, Steve, Tony and Loki were all sitting in one jet, side-by-side, with their eyes full of anxiety. Clint kept tapping his foot, Steve was looking out a window, Loki was just smiling like a stalker at agents and Tony playing a game on his phone. Director Fury had told them Alli was supposed to be here at this base. He didn't know who exactly kidnapped her though.

Clint was very nervous. He made a promise to himself, it was that if Alli was hurt in any way, he would rip up her captors limb-by-limp. Clint saw the explosion and he didn't wait for the jet to land, instead he opened the emergency door on the jet and jumped out with a parachute. He handed softly onto the ground and began running to the building.

Steve was shocked to see Agent Clint Barton jump out of the jet so soon. Perhaps he deeply cared for Alli like he did. When he found out Alli had been kidnapped, he went crazy. He desperately wanted to find her. When the door opened for agents to file out of the plane, Steve was the first one to get off, also running in the same direction as Clint Barton.

Tony Stark flew out of the jet, zooming over the agents. At first, he didn't like this Alli kid but then as he looked deeper and deeper into her files, he only felt pride and love for her. She wasn't raised by him, but she was still his daughter. And he would do anything for his daughter. When the building rumbled and shook from the explosion, his first objective was to put out the fires to make sure Alli didn't get trapped.

Loki lingered on the jet for awhile, and as soon as he saw Alli bust out of the building, his heart leaped for joy. That is, until he saw what she looked like. Her hair was tangled and soaked with blood. Her clothes were ripped to shreds and also covered in blood. Her arms were burnt and her face looked like a.. Zombie's. He saw Clint, Steve and Tony crowd around her as she lifted her tiny head up. Then she collapsed. He surged forward, yelling that she needed medical attention. He carried her back onto the jet which only got him a scowl from Tony and Clint and a glare from Steve.

Medics rushed Alli to a vacant hospital room on the Helicarrier and began stitching up most of her wounds. Half-way through the procedure, she began thrashing around like a fish out of water. She was punching and kicking doctors and nurses that got close to her. Most of them were yelling for someone to sedate her, but no one could get close to Alli. She was like a tornado that was let loose. Finally, Clint and Steve managed to hold her down while a doctor heavily sedated her. Sometimes, Clint, Steve, Tony or Loki would check up on Alli and watch her sleep for ten minutes or so. Tony usually just walked by instead of actually going inside. The rest of the time that Clint, Steve and Loki had when Alli was still unconscious was spent either training or reading.

Alli's Dream

Alli stood in a beautiful meadow. The sun shone brightly on it and the clouds in the sky were shaped into animals. There was a breeze every so often and her hair flew around in the air. The flowers were all blooming in splashes of blue, green, purple and orange. She smiled as a butterfly flew onto her finger. Across the field, she saw Tony, Steve, Clint and Loki. They waved to her and she tried to move towards them but couldn't. As long as they were happy though, she was happy too.

Suddenly, they all dropped to their knees in pain and the meadow disappeared. All she could see was the four men suffering. They kept saying, "help me" but Alli could not move towards them. She began to panic, trying to flail her arms around wildly until one-by-one, they all died.

"Love will break you, Allison Elizabeth Stark." a raspy voice says. She couldn't identify who was talking, nor could she find where it was coming from but she only clenched her fists.

That's when she returned to her normal dreamscape.

Present, Hospital Room

Alli was almost tempted to fall asleep again but she heard the door slide open and saw the ginger walk in. The red-head looked at Alli briefly and walked over to her, releasing her from the binds. Alli noticed she wore a skin-tight suit with a belt where numerous gadgets were placed. She really didn't want to pick a fight with this woman.

"I'm Agent Natasha Romanoff," she says and Alli notices a hint of Russian in her, "Please follow me."

Alli slips off of the bed, seeing that she's in those black clothes again, and follows Natasha through the hallway and into the main room. She noticed that the window was fixed since she had broken it and some of the agents looked up at her, trying to see who the new face was. She also spotted Fury making his way towards them and a group of people including Tony, Clint, Steve and Loki were all sitting at a table looking a little bored.

"Thank you, Agent Romanoff. You may have a seat," Director Fury says, "and so can you Alli."

Alli nods and sits between Tony and some old guy since Steve, Clint and Loki all wanted her to sit beside them. Fury walks over to the table and stares at Alli for some time and she eventually looks back. Right at his eyepatch.

"Right. Miss Stark, this is Bruce Banner, also known as the Hulk," Fury gestures to the old man sitting beside her, "that's Thor beside of him, you already know Agent Romanoff and Barton, Rodgers and Loki."

Alli nods in response and then Agent Fury introduces her to Agent Hill. Alli noticed that she had her arm bandaged and it looked like a bullet wound. Then Alli realized that she probably caused the injury but Agent Hill only gave her an encouraging smile.

"We retrieved your items from the warehouse in Germany, along with Luka's escape route from the building. Michelangelo died in the explosion, but Luka survived," Fury states and Alli looks a bit disappointed.

"But, we have more important matters to discuss," Fury says and then he tosses Alli a folder labeled 'Avengers Initiative'.

"Um.. I already know about the Avengers Initiative," Alli replies quietly.

Fury raises his only eyebrow and she sees Clint and Loki smirking at her from across the table. She looks at Tony, only to find the he was trying hard not to laugh.

"Starks these days.. So do you want to join the Avengers?" Fury asks Alli to and Tony chuckles at Fury from his first side comment.

"I don't want my daughter to always be in danger.." Tony begins but Fury cuts him off.

"Stark, your daughter has been in danger since she was five. She can handle herself. So Miss Stark, or shall I call you Blade, would you like to join the Avengers?" Fury asks. Alli nods and holds in her excitement. She was never permitted to act like this around Luka.

"So, why are we all here again?" Tony grumbles and some of the Avengers murmur in agreement. She sees a look of panic across Agent Hill's face but it quickly disappears.

"I am here to tell you that.. Agent Coulson is alive."

So I decided to write another chapter because so many people started to read my story and people started following it. Thanks to Smiles123 for the review, and you never know, she might end up with Clint. I'm still deciding. Anyways I believe I reached ten thousand words in the whole story on this chapter so can I get a special prize? Preferably a nice review? :)

-Blade