seams like every chapter has some form of tension in it. I need to make a chapter where everyone just talks...I don't know if I can. Beginning the chapters is always the hardest for me because I don't know when to start *sits in a corner and cry's*. Thank you to all who are reading this story I would really like to hear your imput on this and your ideas. The Avengers team does not belong to me they belong to Marvel and Stan Lee (god bless him)
and without further adu, CHAPTER 6!
It was already about 11am before Alisha came walking down the steps still in her pajamas. She looked like she hadn't slept all night. Not too far off since she had woken up after an inspiring dream at 2am. She had spent the 9 hours working on blueprints and sketches for a new invention. She was going to make a pair of wings that you could control. The frame would either be made by vibridium, depending if she could get some, or copper. Also with leather and silk as a prototype.
She came down the stairs with her large sketch pad covered with doodles and formulas with weight to wing length ratio. She sat down and closed her sketch pad before she did a face plant right onto the table.
"Couldn't sleep?" Bruce said handing her some hot chocolate and a plate with eggs, sausage, and toast.
"I had an amazing dream where I was flying and then an Idea hit me. I didn't want to let it slip away so I wrote everything down. That's what I have been doing since 2." She groaned, graciously excepting the food and drink.
"Oh so that's what all the frustrated noises where last night. I thought there was something trying to get into the cabin" Bruce said sarcastically, putting some more wood on the fire.
The sun was shining outside but off in the distance they could see thick clouds. The radio was saying that a big blizzard was coming within the day, and the host was warning people to pack up and stock up. Never a good sign.
"Well looks like I am going into town to get some snacks. Maybe you two could set traps for small game, just in case" Bruce said as he got dressed into warm clothing.
"Are you going to need any help brining them up?" Alisha asked as he opened the door.
"Na I should be fine, just be sure to get back inside before the storm hits" He said before going out to the car and driving off.
"Finish you breakfast and I will show you how to set traps" Lance said with a big grin. He had become a better trapper then his father and he really wanted to show Alisha what he could do.
"Ok, just let me finish this" She said as she tried to stuff her food into her mouth. She went back upstairs after she was done and took her serum. She also brought a spare with her in her ankle pocket. Ever since her 11th birthday, she had made a habit of having at least one vile on her at all times.
Once they were both dressed, they headed out up the mountain. Lance showed her that all you really needed was a low hanging branch of a tree, some rope, and a way to trigger the trap. It was so simple yet ingenious. "Did you read about this somewhere?"
"Ya in this book" Lance said, reaching into a pocket of his game back and pulling out a yellow book. Trapping Small Game for Dummy's, Alisha read and shook her head.
"I have always been against theas books because it seems stupid, but now seeing that they do this for everything and not just computer stuff I shall have to reconsider my thoughts" she said giving the book back to Lance.
Once they were finished with the traps the headed back to the cabin. The storm was still a fare distance away but it was apparent that it was going to be a big storm.
Lance winced at the sight. "You may not be able to leave in a week. This storm looks really bad" He said as they ate lunch. Leftover soup from the night before.
"I hope not. I don't want to be stuck in a house for that long. It's not that I don't like you" she added seeing his face "It's just I don't like to be cooped up against my will you know?"
"Ya I do. I hope you don't mind doing this Alisha, my dad is all about everyone being treated fairly"
"And that is why I like your dad. Now want to see what I am working on?" she asked pulling the pad out from under the table. She had 4 of the large pages full of notes, formulas, and drawings of the mechanical wings that you could flap yourself if it was made from vinbritiun, the metal that was used for Steve's shield; or you could use a controller if it was made from copper.
After about 2 hours of talking, mostly her explaining the dynamics of the wings and formulas, they headed back to the traps. He really was a good trapper; every one of the 12 traps had something in it. 5 white hairs, 4 birds, and 3 mice. She was very impressed. Before he picked them up he made sure that they were dead. Surprisingly, one of the mice was still alive, so he let it go.
As they were walking back down the mountain, it started to snow. Just a little but it grew heavier and thicker very quickly.
"Alisha, we aren't going to make it back to the cabin. We need to head back up to where there is a cave. We will gather bits of wood along the way" Lance yelled to be heard over the rushing of the wind.
Alisha gave him the thumbs-up with her thickly gloved hands and motioned for him to lead. She wrapped her hood around her face as much as she could; she placed her under shirt over her mouth and nose. They were able to gather some firewood before they could barely see what was around them. It felt like the storm was trying to push them back down the mountain.
When Alisha felt like she was about to collapse she suddenly felt the wind die down and her vision go from white to dark. They had made it. She let the kindle and wood fall to the ground as she placed her hands on her knees to catch her breath.
"Come on Alisha, we need to make the entrance a little smaller to keep the heat in" Lance was already piling the snow from outside up into a wall to close off the outside. Alisha fallowed what he was doing, taking the snow and packing it down hard. She had never gotten the chance to build anything from snow living in Malibu and having no intention of going up north.
They packed down snow until there was a small gap big enough for him to slide out of but small enough to keep most of the heat in.
"Ok, time to start a fire" Lance said as he gathered the kindle and some of the wood, placing it strategically in a pile so every piece of wood would burn. He got the fire going and then looked over at Alisha. She was in a corner shivering, her lips where blue and her face was pail.
"Alisha get your ass over here and get warm, you could get frostbite" Lance yelled as he moved over to her.
"I…I..cccccan't mmmmovvvve" She said as she shivered. Lance picked her up and brought her over to the fire.
"Take off your jacket and use mine, it's warm and will warm you up better then if you were over in the cold corner. Take your gloves off and shoes off as well and put your hands and feet closer to the fire" Lance said more to himself then her, since he was already doing it for her. "You need to let your body heat up slowly or it could be harmful to you" He said finally taking her jacket off and placing his on her.
His jacket was warm, and soft on the inside. It was also large so it covered her right down to her knees. She could feel her hands and feet again as the warmth moved up her body. Lance had places both their shoes and gloves near the fire to dry off.
"Ok, I am feeling a lot better. What are we going to do with the game? They will get rotten" She said looking at his bag. He shook his head and walked over to where the wall of snow was. He dug 5 large holes, 4 medium holes, and 2 small holes into the snow. Then, after placing an animal in each of them, he covered it and patted it down. "It's like a freezer. It will keep them cold so they don't rott. When you live out here, you learn a lot about how to survive" Lance said sitting across Alisha, the fire sparking between them. After a couple of minutes, she got up and walked around the fire, sitting down next to him.
"What are we going to do? Will your dad look for us?" She asked as she snuggled up next to him. She was tired from hiking up to the cave and from the strain her body went through from being cold. Her eyes where slowly beginning to get heavier and heavier.
"Well knowing my dad he will know I tried to find the safest place for us but he will get very worried. If this storm doesn't calm down enough for him to come out to find us, he may just Hulk out from all the stress." He was worried about his father, if he had gotten home. Bruce was a man who knew what to do in stressful situations and he had taught lance as much as he knew and more. But he was still worried, just like he knew his father was about him and Alisha.
"We wouldn't want that. A big green giant barging into the cave, letting all the warm out" Alisha said softly as her body relaxed into sleep with the help of the fire and Lance's strong body.
When she woke up, the fire was just a pile of smoldering ashes warming her back while there was another warmth wrapped around her. She slowly opened her eyes and came face to face with Lance's sleeping form. Sometime during the night, while they were both sleeping, Lance had somehow managed to wrap his arms around her and layed her down near the fire to keep her warm. She wasn't appalled by this, in face she found it very comforting. She snuggled closer to his warmth and felt his arms wrap tighter around her as he sighed. She then remembered her Serum. She slowly reached down to her ankle pressed a button and half the vile injected into her system.
About an hour later she could feel him beginning to wake up. His body tensed as he opened his brown eyes to find her green blue eyes staring back at him.
"Good morning. Do you have any Idea how this happened" she asked looking down "because I don't, though it's nice to wake up to a warm presence next to you." She smiled at his utter shock.
"No I don't. All I remember is falling asleep with you already asleep, your head on my shoulder and you where mumbling something about quantum physics" He said, clearly trying to think about how they got this way.
"Well you tell me when you figyer it out. In the mean time, I am going to go back to sleep" She said sniggling even closer to him so her nose was touching his neck. She could feel him tensing as she exhaled on the crook of his neck.
"That is not fair Alisha, stop teasing me and get off" He said, giving her no opportunity to get away from him. He didn't unwrap his arms, or push her away. If anything he relaxed into her.
"Personally I don't think you want me to get off Lance. I think you enjoy me being this close. I know Tank would enjoy it and you two are the same person and share the same emotions and thought patterns I am guessing" She said coyly. "I think that HE likes me, because YOU like me Lance. Tell me if I am wrong"
Lance said nothing, not making eye contact even though his face said it all. He was red in the face, he kept nervously swallowing and licking his lips, and even though he was not making eye contact she could see that she had hit the nail on the head.
"OK YES! Stop looking at me like that" He said unwrapping his hands and getting up, walking over to the wood and placing a large piece on the coals. "I do like you. I have like you since we met. I like how you never let Ty and Hal take advantage of you, how you stood your ground, and yet even though they did all thoughts mean things you still gave them more chances then they deserved" He had done it, he had told her what he had wanted to tell her for the past 3 years.
She looked at him as he poking a stick into the hot embers to try and get the log to heat up. She smiled and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around him. "I know Lance, I just wanted to hear it" She smiled and kissed him on the cheek. She sat down in his lap, waiting for the fire to start, waiting for the storm to subside, waiting for something to happen. She heard the fain howl of a wolf deep in the forest and she smiled. I knew the wolf was a sign of good things to come she thought to herself as the log slowly engulfed itself in flames
Hmmmmmmmmmm, two teenagers who like each other, stuck in a cave. Can't see anything wrong with this picture ^^. Reviews are much obliged and thanks for reading! Oh and by the way I saw something online saying that Phil Coulson is going to be in IRON MAN 3 AND THOR 2! HE LIIIIIIIIIIIVES!