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Chapter Seven

Off in the distance there is resistance

Fury's POV

"When are they coming?" Stark asks while checking his watch. He and the rest of the Avengers are currently sitting at the meeting table near the bridge. Thor, who is inspecting a cell phone with great interest, replies loudly, "PATIENCE, MAN OF IRON. THE CHILD SHALL BE HERE SOON."

"You don't have to talk so loud, Thor." I growl.

The thunder god drops his voice to a whisper, "My apologies." I roll my eye.

Suddenly, there's a loud crashing noise outside, causing everyone to jump.

"Slow down!" Somebody yells faintly, only to be answered with, "I do what I want!" A bark comes right after that as loud thumps grow nearer.

CRASH!

The door swings open as a huge black wolf hybrid comes crashing in and skids to a halt. Madison is riding on her shoulders while clinging to her mane, laughing and giggling.

"We have arrived!"

Stark claps.

Agent Barton and Agent Coulson come running in, panting much like Zoey. Agent Coulson scowls, "Couldn't you have chosen someone who follows orders?"

"Hey!"

"Not you, Tony."

Madison climbs off Zoey as she trots up to the agent. Then, she does some sort of doggy talk to him, which sounds like a mix between a bark, whine, howl, and purr. Agent Coulson blinks and says, "I don't speak wolf, Zoey."

I run a hand over my face.

Zoey's POV

I huff and pad over to an empty seat next to Tony Stark. Well, almost empty. Taped on the back is a yellow piece of paper with the words, 'Saved for a wolf mutant'. I glance at Tony and he grins. Rolling my eyes, I morph into a human and sit down.

"Can we stop fooling around, now?" Fury asks impatiently.

Tony laughs and ruffles my hair, "Well, what do you expect from a kid. Or me. By the way," he looks me in the eye, "You can call me Uncle Tony now."

"Why?" I cock my head.

"Because you're the coolest, and frankly, only kid I really know. And I'm not really the father type. And I want a niece that can turn into a wolf."

"What am I, chopped liver?" Madison asks loudly, plopping down on a seat next to Steve. He glances at her and then says to all of us, "Guys, we need to focus."

"Sorry, ADHD," I reply quickly, sitting up straight. "Really?" Natasha raises an eyebrow in surprise. I look at her and then shake my head, "No….it was just an excuse." She sighs and rolls her eyes.

Then, the meeting starts.

Fury begins by talking about the mission, what we're going to do when we get there and what kind of info we should get and report back to base. As I listen, Madison says in my head, Gee, they've really thought this out.

Seems like it, I reply, What, they did think we couldn't come up with a good plan?

Could we have?

I glance up at the ceiling, and then think back to her, Um….no, probably not.

Suddenly, fingers snap in front of my face and I jerk back in surprise. I whip my head around and see everyone staring at me. "Wha?" I ask automaticly.

"Were you even paying attention?" Fury asks irritably and I blink, "Uhhhh…."

Everybody sighs, except Tony. "Don't worry, kid," he says, leaning back in his chair, "Neither was I."

Yep, he's my uncle now.

"We need you to tell us where the science lab was." Natasha says, "And what it was like. We need some information first before we can do anything."

I take a deep breath and summon up my memories, "It was on some sort of mountain. Like, big and snowy and stuff. The scientists all wore white coats and did science stuff on us." I pause and look at Fury expectantly. He blinks and replies duly, "We're going to need more than that."

"I was five, what do you expect?!" I snap and then rub my temple. I don't like even thinking about that horrible place. "Okay, umm…." I frown, "It was in California, I'm pretty sure, because I didn't have to fly to get to the vineyard. The lab was in a dark place, like a crevice in the mountain, I think. Um...they kept us in really small cages that were smelly and rusty. I think there were other experiments, like humans mixed with birds or lizards, I don't know, but they were in another room probably. I just remember smelling them. Anyway, the ones in my room were all human/wolf mutants, like me. We would all turn out differently."

"What do you mean?" Clint interrupts, "What experiments did they do?"

"Er...they were really painful." I wince, remembering the torture I went through has a child, "The food and water had weird chemicals in them. And sometimes they put us in mazes, or did surgery, and they, like, dissected-"

"Ow!" Madison suddenly yelps and we all look over to her. She's clutching her head and squeezing her eyes shut.

"What's wrong?" Fury asks, walking over to her. She gasps and shakes her head, "It hurts! Zoey…."

Suddenly, her head snaps up and she stares at me, horror-struck, "You got your brain dissected?!"

"What?" I exclaim, "How do you know?"

"So you did!" her eyes widen, and then she cringes, "Those guys are sick!"

"What-how...what's happening?" Clint asks loudly. I sigh and explain, "Long story short, Madison and I are really close. We can feel each other's feelings, talk telepathically, and apparently see memories." I give Madison a pointed look.

"Wait, so...you really...?" Tony raises his eyebrows at me and I nod, reaching behind me and rubbing the soft part of my head. A thin scar lies there, hidden by my dark hair.

He shakes his head vigorously, "That's gross! Disgusting! Who the hell do these people think they are?! This isn't right."

"Obviously." Steve says, "Psychopathic scientists are dissecting little kids' brains, for crying out loud!"

"I am confused." Thor states, and Bruce, who I totally forgot was here, gestures him to come a bit away from the group. While he explains the situation to the Asgardian, Fury asks, "Alright. We've established that these people are crazy. Anything else?"

"Hmm…" I rub my mouth and bite the inside of my cheek, "Not all of us were humans. I mean, at first, of course. Some of us were wolves that were injected with human DNA, and others were humans injected with wolf DNA. Uhh, and I remember once they gave one wolf puppy that was just born to the mutant next to me. It seemed normal enough, but when it drank milk from the mutant, it must've reacted badly to it due to the mixed blood, because it started throwing up and died."

"Aww!" Madison pouts angrily, "Can we just go and kill these mo-"

"Shhhhhhuut up, Maddie." I interrupt her before she can curse, "Don't worry, we're going to. Hmmm...what else? Uh, we were like our own little pack, all of the wolf mutants. We, like, kept each other sane, and we gave each other names. Mine was Guitian. My friend Faolan said ...Oh!"

I perk up, suddenly remembering, "Faolan! He was this wolf with human DNA in the cage next to me! He was practically my brother. I remember he would comfort me when I was sad, or after an experiment, or when the scientists wanted to take me out." I turn to Fury and ask with happy stupidness, "Can we get him out first? Pleeeease?"

He blinks and then nods, "Once we have an effective plan, then yes, we'll get all of them out."

I duck my head, "Thanks."

"THESE MORTALS DO NOT DESERVE TO LIVE!" Thor suddenly comes up behind me and slams his fist down on the table, making everyone jump, "I SAY WE INVADE THEIR CAMP AND FIGHT LIKE BILGESNIPE!"

"I like that plan!" I say with loud enthusiasm and jump up on my chair, "Let's go storm the castle!" I punch the air and my chair slowly starts to spin.

"I'm surprised you even know that movie." Uncle Tony says, looking up at me. Thor grins and ruffles my hair, "You shall be a great warrior one day, young Midgardian."

I raise a finger and say, "Two things: one, don't touch my hair, and two, obviously!"

"I don't understand why teenage girls don't like people ruffling their hair." Uncle Tony comments as I sit down, "Pepper loves it when I play with hers'."

"Who's Pepper?" Madison asks curiously.

"My girlfriend."

"Ugh," I snort, spinning in my chair, "I'm not getting a boyfriend 'till I'm, like, 17, cuz honestly, I'm most likely not going to marry anyone I meet before."

"Uh, you're most likely not going to marry anyone until we meet them first." Uncle Tony says. I give him a confused look and he replies, "Hey, we're your teammates now. And I'm your uncle." I roll my eyes at that, "You've got to deal with us, now. But don't worry, it gets easier."

"No…" Natasha says, slowly shaking her head, "No, it doesn't."

"What I want to know…" Bruce says, walking closer to the table and getting us back on track, "Is why your father-" he points a pen at Madison, "-didn't arrest the people when he got Zoey. I mean, he is part of the military. Shouldn't he have done something about this?"

"He said he made a deal with them." I answer, picking at my nails. Bruce raises his eyebrows and I shrug, "That's all he said."

"Hey!" Uncle Tony suddenly speaks up and we all look at him, "If you're part dog-"

"Wolf."

"Whatever. Does that mean that if I scratch your lower back then your foot will shake?" I shake my head, edging away from him.

"Of course not, that's just a-" Suddenly, Clint, who is sitting next to me, spins my chair around and Tony-

"SWEET BABY JESUS, IT DOES EXIST!" I scream and everybody laughs as my foot shakes, "AHH! PLEZ STAPH! I'M GONNA PEE-HE-HE!"

"Stark!" Fury barks, "Enough."

Uncle Tony pouts but stops scratching me. "Gee, can't you take a laugh, Eye-Patch?" he whines.

Fury scowls but ignores him. After a few minutes, the meeting continues. Eventually, we figure that the 'snowy mountains' that I mentioned is some place called Snow Mountain Wilderness. Weird name, I know.

Then, we have a quick fifteen minute break.

During this, Madison and I somehow manage to break a whirly chair (again), flick a pen at Fury, in which it hit his eyepatch, have a strange conversation with Thor about Bilgesnipe and turkeys, and, I don't even know or care about how this happened, sent Agent Ward to the hospital.

Fury was seriously considering having two agents following us wherever we went. Which led to us screaming at him that we didn't need babysitters anymore.

Then, the next meeting begins.

And let me tell you, it was B-O-R-I-N-G!

I don't even bother trying to understand what they are talking about. It's too much smartness. I don't speak smart.

Hey, Maddie, I think, look at me.

My step-sister and I look at each other. She widens her eyes and I roll mine. Then, she puts an imaginary gun to her head and pulls the 'trigger'.

Uncle Tony and I burst out laughing at the same time. Like, full out chortles, whoops, and snorts.

The others look- well, some glare *cough* Fury *cough*- at us in confusion and we quickly stop.

I elbow Uncle Tony in the ribs. "Grow up, doofus." I tease.

He gives me the funniest look and I crack up all over again.

Steve's POV

I have to admit, the meeting was kind of boring. I mean, it was important, but I think that they forget sometimes that I've been frozen for 70 years.

Eventually, Madison went to bed, but Zoey insisted that she could stay awake. It kind of confused me, because she had seemed so bored earlier. Anyways, she did stay awake- for about an hour.

Now, it's eleven o'clock, and I'm gently nudging her awake.

"Zoey." I say softly, "Zoey, you should go to bed."

The little wolf mutant stirs and lets out a dog-like yawn, earning a few quiet laughs from the team. Without opening her eyes, she sleepily turns to me.

"Carry me." she mumbles childishly.

All of the Avengers, and, as much as they tried to hide it, a few SHIELD agents, look at my bewildered expression. I blink and gaze at Zoey, who suddenly seems small and fragile, like...a kid.

Then, I sigh and scoop her up. Her arms instinctively wrap around my neck and she buries her face into my shoulder.

Natasha cocks her head and smiles, "Aww."

I feel heat rising to my cheeks and Stark sighs dramatically, "Fine. You can be the grandpa. Natasha, you're the mom and Clint, you're the dad. Bruce and I are the uncles. And Thor, you can be the foreign cousin."

I roll my eyes and walk to Zoey and Madison's room. Opening the door with my index finger and thumb, I hobble over to their bed. Setting her down awkwardly next to her sister, I tuck her in. Then, before I leave, I kiss her forehead and whisper, "Goodnight, Guitain."

Quietly, I make my way out of the room.

Though, when I close the door, I swear I hear Zoey whisper back, "See you tomorrow, Gramps."

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-Flaming Crow