Lucky Enough to Live

by flying feather scribbles

[Sequel to Explosive Energy] Emmaline has started her life over. Then she runs across a sudden fight between Superheroes and Super-Villains near Central Park and finds Danny injured. She takes him back to her apartment to find he is dying and there's nothing she can do, and his friends don't even know. Just a great new start of her final days to life.

12. Blow Off Those Dusty Shelves

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Chapter 12: Blow Off Those Dusty Shelves.

"The most painful goodbyes are the ones

that are never said

and never explained."

-Unknown

Danny's POV

By Sunday, the crash site still is not stable. I do not bother finding out if the memorial service is canceled or not, though, because I am not going either way. I cannot bear to face my teammates and have to explain that she would still be alive if it was not for me. I am so weak, this is all my fault. It has been so long, I should be used to the fact that my parents are dead, and not be affected so drastically. If it was not for this weakness, she would not have felt obligated to give me her necklace with those kind words and she would be here, in the Tricarrier, safe.

I still can hardly believe that she wanted to be my friend, that she saved my life. She was so unique, utterly innocent. She had seen how ugly the world can be, but yet managed to turn her back on it all and gave the world the best she had. Courage- she had true spirit.

She understood me like none outside of K'un L'un have before. No one has ever tried to understand my strange ways before. She knew already.

I cannot forget the kind, innocent beauty her face held. She seemed so small and delicate, with her carefully carved features that resembled a doll's. Despite her burdens, she had such a youthful spirit, an unforgettable smile that is eternally engraved in my memory. Her laugh was always genuine, for she saw no reason to lie, and truth and love were all she had ever sought in her path to understanding.

And her blood is on my hands.

She saved my life, and I let her die before my very eyes. Some things the universe can never forget, and this will be one of them. Already, I can see how ashamed the monks will be, but they cannot regret this more than I do.

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Ava's POV

We didn't end up holding the memorial service, because we hadn't been able to search the crash site for the body.

Everybody's so down. It's not like most of them bothered to get to know Emma very well, but I think they just regret not helping her. Since it's obvious that nobody ever helped her out, and we're supposed to be the superheroes who saved her, make her apart of this crazy S.H.I.E.L.D. family, and we didn't.

I haven't seen Danny at all; I don't think he's left his room at all, not even to eat. Fury's left him alone so far, but today, Monday, he's going to make Danny get up and eat, shower, that kind of thing. Danny's the kind of person who keeps quiet about himself, though, and doesn't like to draw attention to himself, he'll likely go through the motions of everyday life, silently suffering to himself.

Peter's subdued, but he's back to making his lame jokes, so he's actually okay. Even if he might feel a little guilty, he isn't letting it effect his everyday life. It's pretty much the same thing with Sam, who's now fighting with Peter again, albeit halfheartedly. I think Luke feels bad for the way he ignored Emma, but otherwise, he doesn't blame himself for her death the way the rest of us do.

Me? I've been keeping busy. Looking through lists of colleges to use as 'cover' while I continue with the whole superhero thing, because even though I've considered going solo after graduating, my team's my family, and I can't leave them. Not the way I hung Emmaline out to dry back there. I'm never watching one of my friends die like that again- never.

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Annabel Johnson, (random) S.H.I.E.L.D. officer

It's Monday morning, and Crash Site M3 in area 7y is safe to investigate. The dust has finally cleared enough to see, and the scientists have cleared it stable enough to visit.

When we land, though, I'm surprised. Being an officer for several years now, I've learned not to be surprised on the job, but for a crash site, there's not a whole lot of debris. There is, however, an enormous pit with a glowing bubble surrounding it.

After numerous tries, we find that the 'bubble' cannot be breached, and report back to Director Fury. He is angry that we attempted to breach the bubble at all, and calls off the search, commanding the top scientists to investigate the 'bubble', which turns out to be an energy shield. That's all I find out before Director Fury tells me to go fetch Power Man, White Tiger, Nova, Spider-Man, and Iron Fist immediately and tell them that he needs them now.

Power Man, Nova, and Spider-Man are having a competition to see who can hold their breath the longest in the kitchen. "Kids," I mutter to myself before interrupting their game. "Ahem. Director Fury requests your presence immediately."

"Why?" Nova shoots back at me.

"Because he says so, and if I were you, I'd hurry up," I warn them, and they rush off, yanking on various pieces of their uniforms as they run off, cursing.

White Tiger is in her bedroom, and obediently agrees to come as soon as I've told her about Director Fury requesting her. Now.

Iron Fist is harder. He is also in his bedroom, but he flat out refuses to answer me, let alone come. Finally, I resign to telling him there is a new development in the investigation of the crash site, which makes him instantly jump from his bed and dash out of site. I chuckle to myself as I report to Room H56 for lunch.

Kids.

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Ava's POV

Questions run through my mind as I skid to a halt in front of Fury. He nods at me, and I step into line beside Spider-Man, Power Man, and Nova, who are quiet for once. After another ten minutes or so, Iron Fist steps into place next to me. I'm utterly shocked that he came, but I guess that he's starting to forgive himself and feel better finally.

Fury clears his throat. "There has been a 'force field' discovered around a pit in the center of the crash site. I'm slightly... concerned about what may or may not be inside of that field, which, incidentally happens to be composed of energy, and felt it best to have you kids investigate it. Not to mention that my agents can't figure out to get past it."

Half an hour later, we're at the crash site. It's basically a patch of dirt in the countryside just beyond NYC, with a blue bubble spanning over a large pit. The bubble is what I assume to be the force field Fury was telling us about.

Iron Fist is completely silent as we walk towards the bubble, his face expressionless. Nova and Spidey have some sort of argument going between them, but as we get closer to the bubble, I hiss, "Shut up, you idiots. I can hear something!"

It's a faint buzzing sound, the same as when Emmaline lost control at school. The bubble is completely opaque. Bucket head picks up a stone and lightly tosses it at the field, and it ricochets right back at him, landing in the ground right next to Power Man, sinking a foot deep. "Woa..." Power Man seems to decide against coming any closer.

"Nova, try shooting a beam at it," Spidey instructs, and Nova listens. The beam just makes the field glow brighter, and look even more solid, though, so Nova quickly stops. "Power Man, try punching it!"

"No way am I putting a finger on that thing!" he exclaims.

We stand there, out of ideas. "Hey, Iron Fist, try punching it with your fist!" Nova says, jumping up in excitement.

Iron Fist ignores him. "Come on, you can't not talk forever!" Web-Head tells him. He turns and looks at Spidey as if to say, Challenge accepted.

"Iron Fist, just give it a try! We don't have any better ideas at this point!" I say, exasperated. He stands there staring at the bubble for what feels like an eternity, then he gives a mighty shout, and takes off running at the shield, his fist aflame, and smashes his fist against it. Instead of his fist seeming to meet a wall like the pebble did, his whole arm begins sinking into the bubble, until he's gone. We stare, our mouths open.

What the-?

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So? What do you think?!

;-) Sorry if it's short, tomorrow's chapter will be really long (I might even split it into two parts and upload one tonight and the other tomorrow if I feel like writing more).

-FFS