Hey, I'm updating early because tomorrow I'm going to be super busy (cause it's my BIRTHDAY!)

The title of this chapter is from Taylor Swift 'Love Story'

I don't own MARVEL

Chapter Eleven

We were both young when I first saw you

Thor yawns.

So does Bruce.

Along with Natasha.

Who is currently a pillow for sleepy Clint.

"Ughhh," Uncle Tony yawns, "Couldn't your boyfriend call you later? Like, 10:30am preferably?"

I glare at him and stifle a yawn, "Escaping at night is probably easier. And I never said you had to come."

"We weren't going to let you go out here on your own." Steve says immediately, pacing around on the jet. He's the only one who seems to be….alive. I mean, didn't Uncle Tony say that he slept at, like, 3am? But here he is, dozing off and yawning. I glance down at my watch. Hmm...okay, it's one hour past his bedtime.

Well, I guess Steve has probably had his fill sleeping. Since he's slept for seventy years. In ice…..

Suddenly, Madison's voice enters my head, Dude, where are you?

Well, since you pushed me out of bed, I reply snidely, I went for a walk. Then, when I was outside, I heard Faolan's howl, so now the Avengers and I are on our way back to Snow Mountain Wilderness.

There's a pause, and then she says, I still think that name is stupid.

I mentally snicker.

Wait, Madison asks, Isn't Faolan that wolf dude you wanted to bust out earlier?

Yup

Oh, she says in a weird tone and I narrow my eyes as she continues, Well, you two have fun.

Then, her presence disappears.

I blink, and then realize what she implied. Huffing, I cross my arms and shake my head. Idiot. Didn't I clearly mention that I thought of Faolan as a brother? Not a… a dude pal.

I huff again and Steve looks at me. "Are you worried?" he asks and I shake my head, "No...well, Faolan might be hurt. It was just...Madison. Being weird. In my...head." Wow, that's one of the strangest things I've ever said. The super soldier nods awkwardly and looks away.

"So," Uncle Tony inhales deeply before continuing, "What does the guy look like? We need to know what we're searching for, so at least give us a description of him."

All eyes land on me. Eww, okay, that sounded weird. Natasha nudges Clint with her shoulder and he jerks awake, "Wha?"

"Zoey's telling us what Faolan looks like." she says and he nods dumbly, "Oh, right, okay."

I sigh and summon up my memories, "Well, his fur is different shades of grey. He has a really thick mane, like a lion, and short fur on the rest of his body, which is probably going to be really bad for him in this cold weather. Since he was originally a wolf, but now he has a bit of human DNA, his limbs are long and slim, like ours. I'm pretty sure he can stand on his hind legs like a human, too. Umm...he'll most likely be thin, by the way, but he's still big. Alsooo… he has retractable claws. And green eyes, like a human. With a short, narrow muzzle, but I think that's just natural. Aaand...that's about it."

"Cool." Uncle Tony comments. I nod, but before I can say anything, the pilot interrupts, "We're landing. Buckle up."

Steve sits down next to me and I take a deep breath. I have to admit; I'm a little nervous. I haven't seen Faolan for years. Would he be different? Would he be jealous that I got out and he didn't? Oh no, would he hate me for that? But why, then, did he go through all the trouble and escape? Why-

A hand presses on my shoulder and I turn to see Steve gazing at me with sympathy. "Don't worry," he reassures, "We'll find him. Trust me, I know what it's like to see someone you haven't talked to in years."

The way he says it so seriously surprises me, and I mutter quietly, "Thanks."

Slowly, the jet lands and we stand up. They all look at me, and I nod, morphing into my wolf form. The door opens and I spring onto the snow. Of course, being an unlucky ducky, I land right into a drift. Grunting, I lift my paws high and climb out of it. Then, I shake out my fur, sending snow everywhere.

"Hey, watch it!" Clint yells, covering his face. Natasha, who ducked behind him, laughs and says, "Well, at least you're awake now."

"Tis snow is nothing!" Thor comments, looking around, "Jotunheim is far colder."

We ignore him, and then Clint takes something out of his pocket. Tilting my head, I walk over to him and sniff it. "We're going to track him by finding his body heat."

I sigh and roll my eyes. Science. Turning around, I take a deep sniff. Instantly, I start coughing, my lungs icy cold. Okay, bad idea. Smaller sniffs.

Walking over a bit, I inhale softly. Hmm...nada.

I take a few pawsteps to the left and sniff. Nope.

"If you can't smell him here," Bruce speaks up, "We should probably move somewhere else. I did some research, and apparently wolves can smell something a mile away."

"In good weather conditions." I bark, which he doesn't understand.

Suddenly, I get and idea and trot towards Natasha. She turns to me and I dip my head. Using my big, wet, and, not to mention, cold nose, I poke her pocket, which has the remote to my collar. The assassin takes a step back and pulls it out.

Turning around, I start trotting away. A few moments later, my collar turns and hums annoyingly. Just then, I see a snowflake fall from the sky. Followed by another. And another. Seriously? It just has to start snowing when we're looking for someone?

Sighing, I start picking up the pace. Soon, I'm a good distance away from the jet and stop. Lifting a paw, I scrape away some snow away from the ground and take a sniff.

Pack, Pack, Pack! The Wolf suddenly yaps, I smell the Pack!

"Yeah, I do too, you idiot." I mutter to myself, but I can't help wagging my tail. I've got his scent, so it can't be so hard to find him now.

Lifting my head to the sky, I let out a howl. My collar beeps and Natasha's voice comes in, "Did you get his scent?"

Ignoring her, my howl dies and I prick my ears, waiting anxiously for a response. There's a few moments of silence, and then, a weak howl cuts through the night air.

I let out a yelp of excitement.

"I'll take that as a yes." Natasha says through my collar.

Letting out a short howl of joy, I start running towards the source of the sound. It seems to have come from behind a rocky hill, which, if he is tired and wounded, is pretty hard to climb. Narrowing my eyes, I leap onto it without hesitation. Immediately, I start sliding backwards. Yelping with shock, I scramble for a pawhold.

Whirl around, the Wolf hisses and I swing my hind legs towards my front, efficiently turning myself around. Slowly, I come to a halt.

Blinking, I look up and see Steve, Thor, and Uncle Tony, who's in his suit, come towards me. Steve confuses me, but then I realize he's probably faster than most humans. And Thor...well, he's a god, so...

"Are you okay, kid?" Iron Man asks and I nod shakily. Shifting my paws, I start awkwardly shuffling up the hill backwards. It takes a while, but I eventually make it to the top and spin on my paws.

Up here, I'm able to see across a large snowy valley. A tiny dot is slowly moving about a mile or so away, leaving a grey trail in its wake. Faolan! Whining with excitement, I start towards him.

Almost instantly, my paws slip from underneath me and I start sliding down.

Oh shoot!

Wait...okay

I let myself slide down the hill, snow clogging my belly fur and making me shiver. As soon as I'm at the bottom, I leap to my paws and start racing across the valley.

Instinctively, I curve my spine and stretch my paws, just as the Wolf told me to. I pick up speed, practically flying over the snow as I run.

As I get closer to Faolan, I see him struggling in the snow. Slowing down, I let out a bark and he looks up. Our gazes meet, and recognition lights up in his green eyes. Then, we both start running to each other at the same time.

"Guitain!" he calls.

"Faolan!" I call back, the wind carrying me towards him.

…

Does this feel familiar to anyone?

No?

Maybe from a movie?

Eh, I dunno, but it's kinda cliche`.

Anyway….

Finally, after nine years, we meet again. I run faster.

We're so close, but- wait, wait!

I skid to a halt to prevent us from smacking into each other. Phew! That would've hurt-

"Omph!" I grunt as Faolan rams into me. We both crash to the ground in a flurry of paws, fur, and snow.

Que car crash sound effects

I groan and shake the snow off my head. Okay, that wasn't cliche`.

"Guitain!" Faolan yelps and buries his nose into my mane. I whine happily and wrap my forepaws around his shoulders. I'm shocked at how cold he is, but am too happy to care. His familiar scent wafts around me and he licks my cheek, "I missed you so much, Guitain!"

"I missed you too." my voice cracks and my muzzle disappears under his thick mane. We yelp, laugh, whine, and jump around in a weird wolf-hug. Then, we somehow shuffle into a sitting position, but still stay close.

I feel Faolan's breath near my ear. "It's all right now, little shadow." he murmurs, "Everything's going to be alright."

I know, I whine in my head and my tail wags harder.

Madison's POV

I stroll casually throughout the Helicarrier, not aiming for anywhere. It's around 5am, and, obviously, I should be asleep, but I couldn't when I found myself alone in the bed.

…..

Eww, okay that sounded a bit weird.

I open a random door and find myself in the main room. Oh, okay, cool.

Director Fury is standing on the bridge, watching over everything. I tilt my head. Doesn't that guy need to sleep?

I shrug, and then walk over to the table. Pulling up a whirly chair, I plop down on it and pull out my phone. Director Fury turns and calls out to me, "What are you doing awake at this hour?"

I look up and raise an eyebrow at him, "What do you think? Zoey's gone, and I'm waiting for her."

The adult sighs and turns around. I tap away on my phone, and then go on Instagram. As I do, I see a post made by one of those 'perfect sayings' accounts. It's a picture of five wolves standing together. Above them are words reading: Be Strong Enough to Stand Alone, Be Yourself Enough to Stand Apart, But Be Wise Enough to Stand Together When the Time Comes.

I blink. Cool! So ironic, though, with all this happening. I click Like, and then after a moment I take a screenshot of it. Zoey will probably want to see it wh-

Suddenly, I feel my heart ache and warmth spread through my body. For a moment, I'm stunned and confused. Then, a mischievous smile forms on my face.

"Why are you smiling like that?" Director Fury asks and I look at him, thinking of how to answer. Well, of course, every person who has seen as many romantic movies as I have knows this feeling. Ugh, Zoey would never watch any fluffy movies with me, so she's probably confused.

My smile morphs into a full-out grin as I reply, "Oh, it's nothing. It's just that our little mutant is simply in love."

Zoey's POV

There's a flash of light and then a snicker, "Oh, I'm so sending this to Madison."

My collar stops humming and I turn around. Uncle Tony is tapping on his StarkPhone, no doubt have taken a picture and is plastering it on the face of the Internet. I roll my eyes and Faolan stiffens.

I glance at him and then at the Avengers. Quickly, I morph back into a human and say, "This is Faolan. Faolan," the wolf mutant looks up, "Steve," I point at the super soldier, "Bruce," I point at the scientist, "Tasha," I point at the assassin, "Clint." I point at the archer, "Thor." I point at the god, "And Tony." I point at the inventor and he waves, "Hey, Faolan."

Faolan narrows his eyes, and then speaks human, "Tony." I look at him in surprise, and ask, "You speak human?"

He nods, "Little bit."

"Good," Clint says, "Now lets get back to headquarters, get a few things straight, and then maybe catch a few winks of sleep."

The archer turns around and presses his earpiece, no doubt calling Fury. Natasha follows him and the rest of us trail behind. "Is he hurt?" Bruce asks, looking over his shoulder. I blink and look at Faolan's pelt. Oh, right. He's not….hurt

I shake my head and morph into the Wolf. Walking besides him, I raise an eyebrow and ask, "Why do you look so….good?" Oh, great. Way to make that sound weird, Zoey.

Faolan glances at me and replies, "I've changed a lot, Guitain. I've gone through more experiments."

I look down guiltily, feeling bad that I got out and he didn't. When I look down at my paws, though, I notice that Faolan's human-like arms are full of white scars and the fur is ruffled.

I lift my head and ask, "What kind of experiments?"

He looks ahead and replies numbly, "I can heal quickly. Almost immediately."

I glance down at his forearms and he notices, "But they didn't get it right at first. They tried many times. And they tested their little potion by cutting my arms."

I shudder. Then, another question pops in my head, "But then why didn't you escape earlier, if you were so strong?"

Faolan shakes his head, "I can still get tired, though. And I can still feel cold." he ruffles his pelt, "And I didn't really have a reason to. Sure, the place was bad, but I didn't have anyone on the outside world. I didn't know where you were, I didn't know what was outside, heck, I don't even know how people normally live."

I nudge his side with my wet nose, "I'll teach you. You're going to love Madison. She's my step-sister. She's a big dog-lover, so she'll like you."

He nods, and then licks my forehead, "Good. But anyway, what happened to your face, little shadow?"

I blink, taken aback.

"What?"

"You have a scar on your forehead. That's new." Oh. Oh right! Phew, okay, I thought….nevermind.

"Oh, that." I breathe, and then grin sheepishly, "Madison and I were near some thorn bushes, and I started acting like an idiot. Then...yeah."

The male wolf mutant tilts his head, "What's a thorn bush?"

I gape, and then shake my head, "Oh. Right. I'll show you later."

He smiles and then shivers, fluffing up his short pelt. I immediately press up against him. He glances at me, surprised, and I'm glad I have fur, or else I'd look as red as a tomato.

"You know," Faolan says, "Although I'm freezing, it's good to be out of there. It smells fresh here."

"Yeah, by the way, how'd you get out?" I ask.

"After Kaiser told me that you had come, I tried to get out. But I had to wait 'till the scientists went to sleep. At night, I managed to pick the lock to my cage with my retractable claws. Sneaking out of the room to the window was really hard, especially with the new...guards. Cathal was patrolling, along with another female of his kind called Mave. She's very similar to him, personality wise and physically, but she's part leopard instead of lion. It was hard to avoid them without them catching my scent, but luckly, well, sort of, one of the mutants had thrown up, so their noses were befuddled long enough for me to slip through the window. The fall was a killer; the bodies were all broken and mushy." he shudders, "I landed next to some poor pups. They were so messed up, but...so young." He sighs and I murmur, "We all were."

He shakes his mane and continues, "Anyway. I found a weak spot in the fence, but there were wires poking out everywhere and they scratched me. Of course, I healed, and ran out of there as quickly as I could. Then, when I was far away enough, I howled, and now I'm here."

I nod and we fall silent. Soon, the jet lands near us, Natasha no doubt called the pilot, and sprays up snow everywhere. Faolan and I crouch down as the crystals fly past us. Then, the wind from the plane dies down and I stand up. Faolan stays crouched.

"They found me!" he yelps, skittering backwards, "Guitain, run!"

"Wait, wait!" I bark, jumping in front of him, "It's okay. That thing is called a jet. It's going to take us to a place in the sky called the Helicarrier where we'll be staying for a while. Then, when we get the Pack is out of the lab, it'll be safe to go back to the ground and I'll show you my home."

Faolan pauses, processing this, and frowns, "Place in the sky?"

"We're going to fly."

His eyes widen, and then he slowly stands up. "Okay," he shakes out his mane and puffs up his chest, obviously trying to look brave. I roll my eyes and nudge him towards the jet. He stiffens, and then slowly walks towards it. He pauses before he enters, but when he sees how I hop on without hesitance, the wolf mutant climbs in.

I take up a lot of space, since I'm huge, but I manage to squeeze towards the edge of the jet and lay down. Faolan lies down next to me and buries his nose into my shoulder. His skin is as cold as ice, so, like a mother to its pup, I curl around him, trying to warm him up. He lets out a sigh, and soon his breathing slows down and he falls asleep next to me.

Hmm, male wolf, the Wolf practically purrs, Nice

Shut up, I snap at it.

There's the sound of a picture being taken, and I look up to see Uncle Tony on his phone again. "Madison's gonna love this!"

I roll my eyes and rest my head on Faolan's back. I'm bigger than him, but he's longer than me. And he's probably taller than me on his hind legs. My bones start to ache as fatigue crashes down on me. Slowly, my eyelids droop and I doze off.

I jerk back to reality as the jet gives a sudden jolt. I'm about to start panicking and screaming about how the world is ending when I realize that we're just landing.

Faolan jerks awake as the jet hits the ground and jumps to his feet. I hop to my paws and yelp, "We're here."

He looks at me and blinks. I nip his ear and lead the way onto the Helicarrier. The Avengers file out after us. My tail wagging with excitement, I lead Faolan towards Madison and I's room, but then Clint interrupts, "Zoey, Director Fury first, playtime later."

I pout, but morph back into a human and follow him into the main room. As we walk, Uncle Tony pulls me aside. Faolan turns to me, waiting, but I jerk my head towards Clint and he follows the archer.

"So," Uncle Tony says casually, swinging an arm around my shoulders, "What's your situation with your little boyfriend over there?"

"What?" I snap, blushing a bit.

"I'm just saying," he replies, tilting his head from side to side, "I need to know more about him and what's going on between you two before you let him into your room."

My eyes widen, "Stop it, Tony! He's just a friend!"

He snickers, knowing that he's annoying me, "Well, then who is it? Don't you have a knight in shining armor?"

I pause, and then turn to him with one eyebrow raised.

"Well, once I thought I did. But my 'knight in shining armor' turned out to be a loser in aluminum foil."

"Faolan," I stand between the male wolf mutant and the girl with chibi eyes, "This is my step sister, Madison. Madison, this is Fao-"

Madison's squeal interrupts me and she flings her arms around Faolan's mane, "Aww! He's so cuuuuuuuuute!"

Faolan stands stiffly, unsure of what to do. A few moments later, he looks up at me desperately. I stifle a laugh as Madison keeps fangirling. Finally, I pull her off of him, but she's still staring at him like he's an adorable puppy.

Faolan glances at me, and then at Madison, and then takes a step back. I grin and shake my head. "Let's go snack in the food court." I suggest and lead the way before they can say anything. Madison walks up to my side and says, "But, Zoey, it's, like, 5:30 in the morning. Don't you think we should get some sleep?"

I wave my hand and shout, "SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!" Earning odd looks from passing agents.

Bruce had advised that Faolan should take it easy for the rest of the night. He also said that he had to eat small portions of food because he's used to eating almost nothing. Yeah, just two more rules we're about to break.

"What is food short?" Faolan asks in human, trotting by my side. I correct him, "Food court, not short. It's basically this place with a bunch of food."

He swipes his tongue over his muzzle and starts walking on his hind legs. Madison and I look up. Wow, he's really tall. He almost touches the ceiling!

I'm about to comment on it, but then the scent of delicious food reaches my nose and I start walking faster. Soon, we're barging into the food court.

It's almost entirely empty, spare a few crazy agents who wake up early. They give us strange looks as we pass but carry on eating. My nose leads us to the frozen section. There are a bunch of wraps, juices, and other frozen foods. But instead of paying attention to the food, my gaze locks on something else.

Monster Energy Drinks

I love Faolan

-Flaming Crow