YAY CHAPTER 8 IS UP AND A NEW MONTH HAS BEGUN! Don't worry about the big creature staring at them. I will explain stuff like this in the other stories if you guies want me to write them *cough cough* Halders story *cough cough*. So yay, my brake for the week was spent writing this chapter and I had fun doing it. I can feel my creativity coming back with each pm and review I get so keep them coming! ^^
I do not own the Avengers team they belong to marvel and Stan Lee (god bless him)
The wolf stared at them, its fur as white as the snow around it making it hard to see its full outline. It turns its head to the left, pointed its nose and then looked back at them.
"Lance, it's ok. I think it's trying to show us something" Alisha said, having managed to get his hand off her mouth. "I don't know why but something feels oddly comforting about this, like it's going to be ok" she said as she moved over to the willow. When she got within 5 feet of the wolf it turned to the left and walked slowly down the mountain. After 10 steps it looked back at them and grunted. "It wants us to fallow it Lance. Come on" She said taking slow steps over the tree, pulling on the string.
Lance was eyeing the wolf as he walked next to Alisha protectively. Every time she slipped, he caught her. As they fallowed the wolf down the mountain, the snow and wind where slowly dying down. The wolf kept turning its head, making sure they where fallowing it. Within 2 hours they could see lights in the distance.
"I think that's the cabin!" Lance exclaimed as he headed in that direction of the lights.
Alisha turned to the wolf and bowed her head to it. "Thank you for helping us" she said, then reached into the bag and tossed one of the hares to the wolf. In a blink of an eye, the wolfs' blue eye turned back into gold and the wolf caught the hare and ran off back to the forest.
She fallowed the lights and came up to the back steps of the cabin. Lance and Bruce where already embracing each other.
"Alisha, thank god you are all right. I was just about to call your father then pack up and go looking for the two of you" Bruce said in an almost panicked voice, jogging over to her and embracing her as well. "Tony would have had me frozen or would have attempted to kill me if anything happened to you" He said as he lead them into the cabin.
"Ya well we are ok and" she said taking off the game bag "We still got the food" she smiled and placed it on the table.
"Please don't tell me that was all you where thinking about this entire time" Bruce said as he did a face palm.
"No, we were thinking of…other things" Lance said as he smiled at Alisha.
She went over to him and kissed him. His lips where warm and soft on hers, despite walking in the blizzard for 5 hours. He was also a little shy.
She broke the kiss with a sly look. "Indeed"
Bruce looked from Lance to Alisha and back again. "I hope nothing beyond that happened because Tony will plant my ass and Lances on the wall over the fireplace back at the Avengers tower" Bruce groaned, still looking between them.
"You kidding? It was way too cold to get undressed at all" Lance said in a jokingly repulsed voice.
Alisha smiled. "I do believe I have rubbed off on you Lance" She said as she snuggled up next to him.
"Lord help me" Bruce groaned as he went over and opened a bottle of brandy. "I don't need this right now."
"Don't worry Bruce. Nothing happened. We just had a long time to talk" Alisha reassured him.
"Ya, sure. Oh and your dad has been calling for the past 5 hours, could you call him back and tell him to stop calling; the ringing it annoying me." Bruce said, taking a big gulp of brandy and setting the bottle down on the table. He took the game bag and went outside to place it in the freezer.
Right as she was about to pick up her cell phone, it rang. "Hello?"
"ALISHA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU FOREVER AND YOU NEVER PICKED UP! I WAS WORRIED SICK!" Tony was yelling so loud that Alisha immediately hung up.
"My god that hert" she said, shaking her head as her ears began to ring.
"You're telling me. I was over here and it still hert" Lance said as he pulled his fingers out of his ears.
Two seconds later her phone rang again. She answered it and immediately started talking. "Dad, if you start yelling again I will hang up again and I will keep doing that until you stop yelling"
"Ok, I'm not yelling, but really were where you?"
"I was out hunting with Lance. And yes I was hunting this entire time. I made sure that I had enough of my serum and I had a gun with me for protection. Plus the fact that Lance, who lives in this environment, was with me the entire time. And I am ok, healthy, and unharmed" she said, checking off the list of questions that she knew her dad was going to ask her.
"Well…um…you sure that…ok that's good to hear. Next time, take your cell with you" Tony said, trying to get back into his parenting flow.
"Ok dad, I will try to remember to take my cell with me, out into the mountains, where I don't get any serves so you can try and contact me" She said sarcastically.
"Don't take that tone with me Alisha, I was very worried. You mother was as well, right Pepper?"
"Tony,I was slightly worried, you where annoyingly terrified. If anything significant or life threatening had happened to them, Bruce would have contacted us" Pepper said in the background in a calm voice, though she did sound a little relived to hear Alisha's voice.
"But you admit you where worried" tony pushed.
"Your version of worried and my version of worried are two COMPLETELY different versions. So to you, no I was not worried. To myself yes I was worried"
"But you where worried"
Pepper sighed "Yes Tony I was worried"
"See, see, you had your mom and me worried" Tony said triumphantly.
Alisha could just see her mom rolling her eyes and doing a face palm right now. She was glad to hear from her parents, even if they where bantering back and forth about something insignificant like this. Well more like her father was trying to be a troll and her mom was attempting to rationalize the conversation and make a point.
"I'm sorry I worried you mom. And dad, you need to stop making a mountain out of a mole hill. It's just not healthy and rational. You keep doing that and you will make a big mistake for which the consequences could be sever for not just you but others as well" Alisha trolled.
Lance was looking at her in disbelief.
"Yes well, that has already happened" Tony trolled back.
"I'm not talking about my conception dad" Alisha said not missing a beat.
She could hear Pepper laughing in the background along with Bruce chocking on his drink. Lance was shaking his head trying very hard not to laugh.
"To-shay my dear. I am so proud of you. After all, you did learn from the best" Tony said with pride.
"Yes I did. Thanks mom for the lessons"
"You're welcome Alisha. I'm just glad someone other than me can keep up with him" Pepper said, still snickering.
"Your grounded when you get home young lady" And with that Tony hung up.
"You really are your father's daughter Alisha. I fear for him too" Bruce said with a big grin on his face. "Even though that was uncalled for, it was still entertaining to listen to. Wish Steve could have heard that as well."
"Oh, I think he would have been both impressed and shocked that I talked to my father that way" Alisha said honestly.
"Alisha, you are my hero. That was amazing! You just trolled the ultimate troll!" Lance said picking her up and swinging her around.
"Lance, this is nothing new. We do this all the time. The difference between me and him is that I know when to stop trolling and when it's appropriate to troll and not to troll." She said while laughing.
"Still, I would never have had the guts to do that!"
"Well you don't have to live with him now do you" Alisha smiled as he set her back down on the ground. "Now if you will excuse me, I am going to take a nice, hot, LONG, bath" She said while heading for the bathroom.
She turned on some soft music and plugged the drain. She decided she would have a bubble bath, with the scent of mangos in the water, and a soft glow to the room with just a few lit candles. After 30 minutes of slowly filling the tub, she undressed and slid in. The water was scolding hot and made her wince, but once she was all the way in she relaxed into the heat. Once again, she got the feeling of being watched. A predatory, protective watch like before. She looked at the window, but it was all fogged up. She sucked in her breath and submerged herself under the water.
After being in the cave for so long, it was nice to get clean once again. A knock was herd in the door. "Who is it?" she asked, shaving while her legs.
"It's me" came the quiet voice of Lance.
"Come on in. The bobbles are covering me" Alisha said, placing her leg back into the bath water.
"Um…are you sure…I mean…well I…" he stumbled over his words.
"Lance, just come on in. I really don't mind. There is nothing you can see that you haven't seen already."
After a few moments of silence, she heard the door slowly open. She looked over her shoulder and smiled.
"See, nothing you haven't seen before" The bubbles where covering the waters surface and up to her shoulders.
"Ya. I was wondering if you felt that, just a few moments ago." Lance asked as he slipped into the bathroom. "God it is hot in here. I am taking off my shirt" he said while he was doing it, showing off lean muscles.
"Yes I did feel it. It kinda felt comforting yet predatory. Almost like someone was watching us to see if we were ok you know" She said, sinking even deeper into the water, her hair in a messy bun on the top of her head.
"I don't know about that. All I know is that I have been feeling it a lot recently, like twice a week" He said, sitting down on the toilet after he put the lid down. He watched her move her arms over the bubbles and smiled. "I still can't believe that I am in a relationship with you now. I have always cared about you Alisha and I am happy to be with you. Well I think we are in a relationship, aren't we?" he asked tentivly.
She smiled at him and said "Yes, after all, we did sleep together" She winked.
"You know that can be taken in so many wrong ways" Yelled Bruce from the other room as they herd footsteps going up the stairs. "And if I hear any thumping on the walls, or groaning I am going to call Tony" Bruce yelled down from the top of the stairs.
Lance shook his head. "He has no faith in me."
"Are you kidding me? If he had no faith in you, he would be dragging you out of here by your hair! Like my dad would. I don't think he wants me to be in any relationship at all you know? I am afraid of what he will do when he finds out that we are going out" She said looking down at the foam in her hand. She had 5 boyfriends before Lance, but the relationships had all ended with the guys braking up with her because of her father threatening to energy blast them with his Iron Man suit if they hert her. "It's kinda hard to be in a relationship when your father is a playboy AND an overprotective dad" she said submerging her head under the water again.
Lance crawled over to the end of the tub and waited for her to re emerge from the depths of the tub. "Hay, remember I am not just any guy. I am the guy who greatly cares about YOU, NOT about what your father is going to do to me" he said brushing the foam off of her head, placing his hand on the back of her head, and bringing her over to kiss him.
He was not shy anymore, since he knew his dad approved of them being together. She easily took the lead in kissing, having more experience. She showed him how to properly kiss, with relaxed lips. To nibble on the bottom and top lip. To play with your mouth and tong, making a dance for dominance while tasting each other. They both broke the kiss in a huf, needing to breath. Their hands had become intertwined in each other's hair, making her bun fall and her hair cover her shoulders in thick curls.
"My dad is going to be so mad when he picks me up" She sighed, placing her chin on the edge of the tub.
"Why when he picks you up? Won't he find out before?"
"Lance, remember what I like. I like people to find out things on their own. And I am going to have to give my boyfriend a good bye kiss before I leave. We just need to warn your dad that morning" She said kissing his cheek.
As they talked about what had happened to them before this week, Alisha resumed scrubbing herself down. Asking him to leave or turn around when she had to stand up and to scrub her body down.
He turned his head to the corner while she stood up, her back facing him. He couldn't help but turn a little to look at her curves. Even though she was only 14, he could see she was going to have nice curves when puberty finished. He could feel Tank surging inside of him before he shook his head and stared at the wall again. He left when she was finished so she could get dry and dressed.
She got out of the tub, drained the water, and rinsed the sides of the tub of the dirt and soap grime. She wrapped her hair in a towel, dried herself off, and put a robe on before coming out of the bathroom. Lance walked with her to the foot of the stairs and kissed her goodnight before heading to his room.
Once she was in her room she checked her e-mail and her facebook, got her cloths ready for the next day, placed her dirty ones into the dirty laundry basket, and placed her towel and robe on pegs to dry. She snuggled into her soft, fuzzy red and gold pajamas and jumped into her bead, fully appreciating having something soft and warm to fall asleep in for the night.
YAY! I was listening to "A Thousand Years" from the twilight soundtrack while writing part of this story. I am a soundtrack junky, go figyer. So anyway, a little fling is going between Lance and Alisha. Bruce is being the laid back man that he always is. Let's see what Tony has to say about this later D. Pleas review and LOVE TO ALL!