Chapter 11- Settled

Third Person:

Alex was dodging Taskmaster's attacks more than actually fighting him. If she did that, he would be able to copy, and nobody but him wanted that. All she needed to do was stall him. Unfortunately that did involve throwing a few punches or kicks.

Alex knocked him to the ground with one of her infamous round house kicks to the face. He got up again and tried doing the same, but she caught his leg and threw him into a nearby tree, away from the village. She hissed and growled at him as he charged, his sword drawn. However, before he could slice Alex, a tall bulky figure dropped down from the sky. Alex sniffed the air and her face grew into a grin.

"I was wondering when you would show up."

It took them longer than it should have to get to Alex. Kato had warned the tribu to stay hidden and stay safe. She was sure that she, along with the others, could handle Taskmaster.

Kato sniffed at the air,

"Someone's with her and Taskmaster..."

Smells like her, the smell is similar... Sister... No it's male... Brother then. Oh she has a brother? Cool.

Iron Fist's face was hard and he couldn't help the small sense of worry that found its way in his head. Beside him, Power Man was watching as Kato jumped from tree to tree. She was still in human form, but her eyes were yellow in concern and anger. Small fangs were seen and her nails looked like her claws in Katojns' form- slightly long and black. She wasn't happy.

"Get away from her," a young man's voice screamed.

They ran faster and they finally reached their destination. The sight that greeted them was Taskmaster, being kicked into a tree by a guy that looked like Alex. He looked almost exactly like Alex- calico fur, wings, bare feet, dirty blonde hair, fangs, and claws. Yet, his wings were black and his both of his eyes were green.

The 'stranger' ran straight to Alex, who was at the base of a tree rubbing a hurt arm. It was then that they noticed that Alex's missing arm wasn't so missing. It looked attached, but it was obvious that she couldn't move or feel it.

"Alex," the guy said, his voice laced in concern, "Are you okay?"

"Oh shut it," Alex growled, "I'm fine."

"Good," Kato said as she jumped down in between the two, "Then you can introduce your cute brother."

She laughed as Axel gave her a shocked look. A bit away, the team was snickering- besides Iron Fist and Power Man. Iron Fist was smiling that Alex's brother was back. Power Man had a frown,

"Cute," he muttered.

Kato, hearing the displeasure in Power Man's voice, looked over with a slight blush. Hehe, sorry but I had to see his reaction. It's fun to mess with people.

"Axel," the guy said, "Name's Axel. You?"

"Pleased to meet you," Kato smiled.

"She's Kato," Alex introduced, "And oh gosh, don't you two start flirtin'."

"I find it a bit funny," Axel shrugged.

"It's fun to mess with people," Kato mumbled.

"It's like a match made in heaven," Axel joked as he winked at Kato, who laughed.

Power Man frowned slightly, not pleased at the joking and the flirting between Axel and Kato. Iron Fist looked between Axel and Power Man with an amused expression- as did the rest of the team.

"That's Spiderman, White Tiger, Power Man, Nova, and Iron Fist. They're part of SHIELD."

"Cool," Axel shrugged.

"While I don't want to interrupt a nice reunion," Taskmaster growled, "I have a job to do."

"And we have a job to stop you," Kato growled.

Axel brought a hand to his ear where a hidden com was.

"Do your thing, Fury," he said. A second later there was a special glass box that surrounded Taskmaster before he could charge.

"You really think this glass box is going to stop me?" he scoffed, as he was slowly lifted into the air. Alex nodded.

"You're going to love your cell!" she yelled over the wind, "I made it especially for you!"

She laughed to herself slightly, then frowned.

"Well," she said standing up, "I better go check and make sure they do it right. And I need a wrench to connect the nerves...God, I hate it when I have to do that. Anyway, I'll be back in a few."

With that she was gone.

Alex:

I almost felt bad leaving them like that, but Taskmaster and my arm were on the top of my priority list. I sighed as I landed on Tasky's glass container while it was still being lifted. When we got inside I was met by Fury, who was holding out the tool that I needed.

"Is that a three by five?" I asked.

He nodded and I hopped off of the container.

"Awesome. Do me a favor and turn this nut right here. Clockwise if you please."

I took a deep breath as he did so, and resisted the urge to cry out in pain. Instead I jumped back a couple of feet, clutching my shoulder.

"Odin's beard," I muttered. I mentally face-palmed.

Maybe I've been hanging out with Thor to much...Nah...

"Thanks. Anyway, you're going to put him in the cell I designed for him, and I'm here to make sure it happens."

He scowled but nodded.

"For once you're actually right."

I glared at him.

"For once? I'm right ninety-two percent of the time when I'm alone. Axel is the other eight percent when he's with me. Anyway, you should listen to kids more often. They might have an idea that tops yours, Fury."

As to not give him any time to answer, I started pushing the crate that held Taskmaster.

"I'm starting to see why everyone hates S.H.I.E.L.D. They never listen to the really good advice."

Kato:

I was a bit pissed at Axel, since apparently he had SHIELD on the line and didn't call them sooner. Then again, if he had shown up sooner, along with them, it could damage relations with the Brazil Tribu. So I guessed that worked out. Still, I felt like we just went through everything for nothing. He went down too quickly for my tastes- I did kind of want to claw him so badly that his ancestors would feel it since he threaten all of the Katojns.

"If you ask nicely, Fury might let you inside the cell to punch Taskmaster," Axel commented.

I smirked slightly,

"Like you read my mind... You didn't really read my mind though, right?"

"No."

"Good. My mind's not exactly the best place to be."

I crossed my arms. Ahead of us, on the helicarrier, was the team. Alex had gone to fix up the cell, but the rest of us were just stuck conversing. Power Man glanced back at me briefly before looking away. He seemed mad at me, I wasn't sure why. Axel looked at the team and then gave me a side look.

"Let me guess, you're the newbie on the team?"

"No," I huffed, "I'm not even on the team. Taskmaster or whatever wanted this idol that was under my protection. Then I ended up with these guys to take him down."

"Considering you said was protecting and you guys seem to work together okay... I think you might already be on the team. Just something to think about, I guess."

I gave him a bit of look as he walked away. As soon as he disappeared, Power Man... Luke... came up to me.

"Every thing, alright," Luke asked.

"Oh, so now you talk to me," I pointed out with a slight scowl.

Funny thing, however. My scowl was a bit weird. I tended to mix a normal scowl while my nose scrunches and I bite on my tongue slightly. It wasn't exactly an attractive face. Luke, however, just laughed.

"I don't know if I should laugh or hand you meds," he laughed.

"Shush," I stuck out my tongue, "Not exactly heroic of you to make fun of lil' ol' me. It's mean."

"Lil' ol' you? You're perfectly capable of defending yourself," Luke pointed out, "Besides with your beauty, I'm sure you can easily trick guys into doing whatever you want."

I raised an eyebrow and he seemed a bit flustered once he realized what he said. I forced down a blush myself as the others laughed at us.

I realized something, however. Hearing them laugh reminded me of Moriko- she was a bundle of laughs. Yet, I wasn't sad. I was a bit happy to remember her and still have new friends. Friends, I thought, I called them friends more than once on this mission by accident...

I shifted my weight uncomfortably,

"So, umm... Is the position on your team still open?"