ok I though I would go out of my comfort zone and give you something more calm and slow. My work is being a bitch and putting me in for 10 hour days, split shifts so updating is going to be very hard this week and next week. I will do my best so keep an eye out!
I do not own the Avengers team they belong to marvel and Stan Lee (god bless him)
That night, as Alisha and Lance slept through the storm, for the first time in a while Alisha had a dreamless seep. When she slept her mind would always be racing, thinking of new things, thinking of her family and friends. Tonight was just calm and relaxing sleep.
They had been trapped in the cave for 2 days now and Alisha was beginning to get worried. Her vile of serum was almost out with only 3 more douses left in it, and she could tell Lance was getting antsy though he never showed it when he was talking to her. She was greatly enjoying his company, which was why she was sleeping so soundly at his side.
She was roused from her sleep by a feral grown right next to her ear. She jumped up, hitting it with her fist and was ready to fight when she heard another sound, Lance was coughing and gasping.
"Oh my god Lance I am so sorry. I heard something growl" She said going over to him and helping him to sit up.
"Yah, something growled all right. My stomach" He groaned after taking a couple gasps of breath. "It's been 2 days since we had something to eat. I am getting really hungry." He complained as he put another log onto the embers.
Alisha blushed and covered her face in her hands. "I am so sorry. I actually though that growl belonged to Hulk or Tank" she snickered.
Lance rolled his eyes. "If it was ether, you would have shit yourself." He said truthfully, looking over at the meager pile of wood. "Someone may need to go and at least attempt to get some wood. The wind is blowing away from the cave so the snow should not have packed onto the entrance. I think I could go out and get a few more branches. We will need to let them dry before putting them on the fire." He said getting up and going over to the big pile of snow.
"Wait! Don't you need to put on your stuff first" She said holding up his jacket.
He smiled. "Later yes, but first food" He stated holding one of the frozen hares they had trapped what seemed like so long ago.
"Hmmmmm my mountain man" she said with a big grin on as she watched him prepared the hare. Skinning it and taking out the organs.
Lance looked down at the guts. "Wish we could put them in a stew, but we need to cook them over the flame." He took a thick stick from the small pile of wood, stuck the rabbit on it, and placed it over the fire sticking one end in the dirt. "If it starts to burn, turn it ok" He said to Alisha as he got his shoes and gloves on after putting the heart and liver on a smaller stick.
"Um are you sure you want me to go near this while it is cooking" she asked, apprehensively looking at the hare over the fire.
"It will be fine; the fire cooks slower than the oven or the stove. Even if you burn the outside the inside will be ok. Be back soon, and stay inside" He said as he slid out the opening.
She watched as the meat on the hare slowly turned from red to white to golden. Once it started to turn brown she flipped it. She then put another piece of wood on the fire. She was starting to get worried as time went by. She kept looking at the entrance, expecting Lance to be there. He can take care of himself she kept repeating in her head. It was three hours before he came sliding back into the cave.
"Ok, that took way too long and I am sorry about that. Now where is dinner I'm starving; I also have more food" He said holding up some plants. He was shivering from head to toe.
"Come here, just tell me what to do and I will do it. You concentrate on getting warm" she ordered, getting up and taking the plants out of his hands. She placed them on the snow before leading Lance over to the fire. He could barley walk, let alone take off his wet clothing so she took it off for him. His coat, boots, and gloves. She decided to pass on the pants unless his entire body turned blue.
"Just, take off the outer layer and eat it. It tastes like ass but its good for you" He said getting closer to the fire, pulling her jacket around his shoulders and inhaling. "Smells like grass and oranges."
"Yes well, I like the smell of citrus and I love to roll around in the green grass" she blushed but did as she was instructed. She gave him some and took a bit of a root, nearly gagging. "Yah, tastes like ass"
"I warned you" He smiled as he slowly chewed his root and swallowed. "You know. I was listening to my Dad talk to the rest of the Avengers a little while ago. They were talking about use being the next group of Avengers. What do you think about that?"
"Well if it includes Hal and Ty, I say no fucking way in hell" She answered truthfully. "It's not that I hate them, it's just that they treat me like dirt. Less than dirt actually. A team is a group of people working together. I don't know if you have noticed, but Hal and Ty don't work with anyone, at all. It's kinda hard to be a team with teammates like that you know?"
"Yah, I get what you are saying. But still, our parents are not going to be around forever, and the Earth will need another group. Do you think there is a possibility we could all work together?"
"I can't answer that with certainty right now, Lance." She said taking the hare off the fire and splitting it, giving him the upper half. "From past events I would say no, but people change over the years. I mean look at you. When I first met you, you where so shy. All you wanted to do was play by yourself and now you are a fun guy. You know how to survive and you have such confidence."
"And you, the girl who just took things for so long, now when someone bites you, you bite them back. Even though you are small you use that to your advantage. You have grown as well; we all have in some way. Maybe where Halder and Tyler are right now, they are changing for the better" Lance said hopefully as he took a big bite of the food. "Well, you didn't burn it so that's a good thing" He joked.
"Yah, well maybe it has something to do with the oven and stove. Maybe even the microwave." She took a bite as well, letting the warm meat warm her from the inside out. They got their water from the snow outside and once they finished the hair they buried the bones in the earth. "Don't want to leave a mess. Anyway, what would I be as part of the team? In every group of people, everyone has a role to play. Like Steve is the leader, the man in charged, the guy with the most responsibility. Thor is the derp that makes people laugh and the honor bound man, the protector. Natasha and Clint are the go-to-people, the ones who see and know everything that happens in the group; the ones who tell people off when they are being idiots. Bruce is the knowledge man and the goody-goody-two-shoes, sorry, but it's true. He is also the peace keeper as well as the brute force with Thor."
"What about your Dad?"
"The Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist duh. He's the guy who keeps the attention on him, to keep the rest of the group out of the lime light, in both the good and the bad way. That and he is the jokester. Makes people laugh or tries to. You worried about your Dad?" She asked out of the blue.
"What? Oh, yah I am. I know he is stressed and worried about us. I made it half way down the Mountain, half way to the cabin to see if I could get to it but the storm is too much. I know I was on the right path because I saw the big willow that leans over the creek. We could, COULD, make it to the cabin, but I would not risk it in this weather." He said with a doubtful look.
"Really, because we may have too." She said holding up her vial. It was almost gone. Since she was in higher altitudes she didn't need to take as much, so the vile lasted her more then it normally would have. But she only had enough for the next morning then she was shit out of luck.
"Why do you need that serum, Alisha? I asked you that question before and you blew me off, is it really that important?" Lance asked, taking the vile and looking at the contents.
"Let's just say I am dead ether way. I don't really like to talk about it Lance. You will find out in time." She said taking the vile back and putting it in her sock, being very stoic about this part of the conversation. She preferred if her friends found out on their own like Tiana and Teralin.
"So I guess we will head down tomorrow after we pack up." Lance said putting on his now dry jacket and patting the empty space next to him.
Alisha smiled, gong over and lying down next to him. It was going to be a tiring day tomorrow and they would need their strength to see it through to the end.
The storm was not as bad as before when they woke up, but Lance was still worried. He had taken some string from his jacket and tied it together and onto each other's wrists.
"Just in case we can't see anything or one of us falls over, the other person will know" He said as he tied one end around her wrist, kissing her hand before putting on a glove.
"Thanks for the help Lance. I'm really worried about doing this." She said, taking her serum and dropping the empty vile on the ground. It was later then she had anticipated for her to take her serum, her body was shaking from the excess of oxygen; though Lance was mistaking her shaking for being cold as he brought her closer to his warm body.
"You're welcome. It will be ok, I will make sure nothing bad happens." He said kissing the top of her head.
"Lance, you can't promise that, but it's sweet to hear" She said heading to the snow wall and taking out the game. "Might as well take the rest, it is what we came out her for after all" She smiled.
After putting the game into the bag, they both squeezed out of the hole, the fire had been put out moments ago. When Alisha straitened up, she was met by an overwhelming sense of cold. It felt like she had been plunges into ice water. The soft snowflakes hitting her cheeks in the wind, making them feel like little needles hitting her face.
"Let's get going" She said to Lance. He led the way, painfully slow to make sure he was going in the right direction. After about 15 minutes he picked up the pace. Walking was helping her to stay warm, but it still felt horrid to be out here. The wind was so strong that it nearly blew her over a couple times. She compensated by holding onto Lances arm as they walked on. A few hours after they had left, Lance spotted the willow.
"That's it, we go a little to the left from this and we should be back in…about…." Lance paused, looking hard past the tree.
"What? What is it?" Alisha yelled to be heard over the wind. Lance put his hand over her mouth, staring down at something large.
Alisha looked and could see an outline of something on four legs. It was coming towards them, very slowly, one eye of gold and the other of a pale blue staring right at her as it stepped onto the root of the tree.
Like I said, slow. So you can get to know them more. And it is a shorter chapter yes but with work and real life my creative juices have been greatly depleted. But enough about me I want to hear what you think so review pleas and tell me! Love to all.