I am torn my lovely's between how end this story. Should it be happy go lucky? Or sad and depressing? Or should it be a mix of the two somehow? Any input in the reviews on how to finish would be fabulous dearies!
Chapter Six~
Everyone nearly jumped to the ceiling, all talking at once in loud angry voices as the elevator in the living room 'DINGED!'. I stood watching in the corner as everyone jumped up and headed for the living room and was about to follow when I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Wait for me," it was imposter Bruce and his voice was strained. I turned to see him and taking his hand pull him towards the living room where when we entered I was greeted by the sight of a man in all black with an eye patch much like a pirate and a man in silver, black and crimson red armor. I felt a shock of horror at the man with the eye patch who didn't see me as the others were standing in front of him, Tony talking to the other man who stood just as tall if not more so than Steve. When the second man met my eyes he grinned wide before booming,
"Lady Sara! Tis wonderful to see you again!" and he came over with only two strides before engulfing me into a hug. He swung me around twice before I managed to say,
"Can't, breathe!" and he set me down that instant laughing in a cheery tone before looking at me and saying,
"You are unwell?"
"Thor, she doesn't remember." imposter Bruce said from behind me, his hand having left mine when whoever this man in the Superman cape was grabbed me. The man who I guessed was Thor looked crestfallen before asking,
"How did it come that Lady Sara lost her memory?"
"Long story," the man with the eye patch said coming towards us causing me to back up into imposter Bruce's chest. I was shaking with fear as he wrapped both arms around my waist asking the man,
"What do you want Director?"
"I've given Ms. Williams two weeks to recover, despite the demand from the Council, but now I need to ask that she be debriefed over what happened while she was MIA." the man said calmly as I shook in imposter Bruce's hold. Not looking at him, I listened as everyone started protesting at this idea, only peeking up once in a while. The hold around me tightened as imposter Bruce said finally,
"She's not going back with you."
"She has no option at the moment."
"And why is Point Break here then?" asked Tony coming to pat the man in black's shoulder getting a cold glare from him. The man either named Thor or Point Break grew sullen as he said,
"I wish I came with glad tidings, but I have a message of a threat once more to Earth and her people."
"Is it HYDRA?" asked Natasha who had her arms crossed over her chest and an emotionless mask on her face.
"Yes, and no." the man in black replied turning to see her before he started a speech,
"HYDRA is only one of SHIELDS problems at the moment. We were keeping an eye on their activity when Thor arrived on the Hellicarier saying that some alien named Thanos wants the Earths utter destruction. To be honest, we don't know who's a bigger threat; HYDRA or Thanos. That's why we need Ms. Williams to be debriefed on the matter of her disappearance, to help us determine the large threat of the two."
"All I remember-" I started to say before swallowing my fear and turning to him continued,
"All I remember is pain; lots of pain and hatred. I remember a small white cell, guards dragging me into a lab where they did horrible tests on me. I remember being forced into a glass tube filled with water, the water filling my lungs before—" and I couldn't finish simply because it hurt too much. I had stepped out of the security of imposter Bruce's arms towards the stranger as my mind recalled every moment I could stand to watch. Now standing before him in only my pajamas I said,
"If you want information then you'll have to get it somewhere else. The only things I remember couldn't help you whatsoever. I can't recall faces or places or things; only pain."
"Lady Sara seems unable to recount her past, it seems as Doctor Banner said, she has indeed lost her memory." Thor said placing a massive hand on my shoulder in means to comfort me, his eyes filled with sorrow. The man in black sighed deeply before rubbing his forehead saying as he did,
"Well, that's not going to please the Council."
"Well to damn bad! She went through hell and you want her to relive it? Some 'protectors' you are." Tony said walking around the massive wall of black to stand in front of me with arms crossed.
"Director if there is a threat we need to know." Steve said in a determined voice from in front of me and as the man whom I assume is the Director turned he started to explain in great detail about the threat. As he spoke I smiled to Thor before returning to imposter Bruce's side allowing the arm to wrap around my waist again and pull me into him. By the time the Director had debriefed us I was shaking all over again but worse this time for everything thing he said scared me to no end. Everyone was silent, each lost in their own head as I buried mine into imposter Bruce's side.
"Sara think's this isn't real." Tony said at last causing me to look up at my name. Everyone turned to see him as he had gone to his bar to pour himself a drink, probably whisky.
"Sara still thinks she's back at the lab, being tortured into believing that this is merely a dream. She doesn't believe it's real, that any of this is real. The fact of the matter is, her mind was deleted and she has nothing but scraps of the past to cling to. Reality is false here, nothing is real, and the end is here!" he shouted waving his hand towards me before adding,
"This isn't a dream darling, this IS reality. A reality you're a part of no matter what you keep telling yourself at night." his words hurt, hurt way too damn much and unable to help it, I ran. I ran for my bedroom as voices screamed, two shouting at Tony that he was a dumb ass as two others followed me. Tears stung my eyes as I threw open the door and then closed it, slamming the hinges together as the door shut behind me. After locking it I fell onto my bed and cried stains into my pillows, feeling the lingering heat from last night. Everything Tony had said was true; I knew nothing but what I was told, I knew no one but those I had been introduced to, I knew nothing of what had happened before I woke up in the white room. All I knew was that I was in some sort of world where everyone knew me, but I didn't know them in the same way. Imposter Bruce was in love with me, I knew that much and I knew that since he was false and a lying piece of shit and that he was only meant to destroy my resolve. Which was already destroyed anyway, so no worries there.
"Sara, look were sorry about Tony he's just being a hard ass and really doesn't mean it." it was Pepper, her sweet voice laced with anger towards Tony as she knocked on the door. But I wasn't about to open it anytime soon, I needed to be left alone. Seems though someone wouldn't allow that and I heard my door being broken off its hinges before heavy footsteps entered. Sniffling, I looked up from my tearstained pillow to see Hulk hunched over in my bedroom so he wouldn't break the ceiling.
"Sara sad." he stated and only nodding, I slowly stood from my bed and ran to his open arms. I curled into his green body and cried on his arm. He seemed shock that I was so willing to run into his arms, but sat down gently as he could and held me; one arm wrapped around my tiny frame. As my body shook I felt his warmth and cried for the pain I was feeling. One finger started rubbing circles on my back as he said softly,
"Sara no cry. Please?" I hiccupped before looking up into his face, his icy eyes begging me to be happy. He whipped a tear away from my cheek, the pad of his thumb soft as it brushed my cheek.
"Thank you Hulk." I said leaning up on tippy toes to kiss his cheek. He froze in that instant as I curled into his lap and leaned my head on his knee. Hulk lowered himself so that I was curled into his side, his back on the floor and head resting on the other hand. I let his warmth be my blanket and his chest be my pillow as I let my eyes flutter close. Feeling safer than I had in a long time I drifted softly into sleep hearing before I did,
"Hulk love Sara, Banner love too."
