Bones

Chapter 7

The room in which she sat was cold and small. The walls pristine white made her vision blurry as she tried to understand why she was there. When the only door in the room opened, she could not restrain a little scream. A man wearing a black suit sat on the chair in front of her and stared at her. He was old, perhaps in his fifties while his dark black hair fell on his shoulders. He looked dangerous ... No. He was dangerous.

''I watched your physical test..''He said, like it was some kind of a surprise. ''You do what high-level agents are trained for ... But they have twenty years of experience and are not a teenager girl.''

She remembers the many obstacle courses that she had done in the recent months. She had hated each one of them because each time she felt like a lab rat. She did not understand what these people wanted from her. She did not know any of them and what she had understood, they knew nothing about her either.

''I don't understant...'' Said the teenage girl in a low voice.

''Nor us!''

''What do you want to know?'

''I want to know how a teenager can speaks seven languages. I want to know how a teenage girl learned to use knives so professionally! I want to know who you are!'' He was screaming.

Who she was? She herself didn't know. The black skin man who had found her thought it was amused to call her Eve, even though she knew it was not her real name. He said she reminded him of the first woman on earth since it was the first time he met someone like her, but she knew she was not that Eve ... She was something entirely different.

''I don't know.'' She said almost crying. ''I don't know who or what am I...''

The thief hated to remember her years in S.H.I.E.L.D since she had never felt so used in all her life. Although they were very respectful and nice to her, she could not help thinking about how they had observed her. It was like she was a monster or at least a strange creature, almost had passed several tests, took several blood samples and sometimes some skin but they had absolutely given nothing. She was still a mystery. Strangely, remember this time of her life didn't make her sad or making her feel bad about herself, quite the contrary actually. For the first time in many years, she was good about yourself. Her eyes then fell on Thor, Iron Man, Hulk and Hawkeye and ultimately on Black Widow and Captain America. Maybe the person she was twenty-five years remained a mystery, but today the person she was, the person she had become in just a few days was an Avengers and for first time in her life, people had needs her help to do something good, something that strangely made her proud.

Despite the dust that took place in ninety percent of her body, her hair who was in a terrible condition, the pain she felt in her bones (thank you Steve for jumping from the freaking bridge) and the situation more than extreme in which her group and she was in, Eve could not help smiling. Smile who however diminished somewhat when others aliens whales (sorry but she had no name for them) and other little vessels got out of the portal.

''Guys...'' Mumbled Natasha a little uncertain.

''Call it, Captain.'' Said Stark.

''Alright, listen up.'' Said the soldier before looking at them. ''Until we can close that portal up there, we gonna use containment. Barton, I want you on that roof, eyes on everything.'' Then he turns to Iron Man. ''Stark, you got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash.''

''Wanna give me a lift?'' Asked Barton to Tony.

''Right. Better clench up Legolas.'' That made the thief laugh. I have to ask Tony how he can think of all this nicknames...''Thor.'' Said Steve, making her focus on the situation. ''You've gotta try and bottleneck that portal, slow them down. You've got the lightning, light the bastads up. Ghost.'' She was now all ears. ''You were doing good with the civilans. Do it again, try to take them to safe place.''

I can do that. She thought while she replaced her goggles in front of her eyes while the Captain turned to the russian spy. ''You and me, we stay here on the ground, keep the fighting here. And Hulk, smash!''

Making a final nod towards the soldier and Natasha, Eve went running towards one of the closest streets. Honestly she had no time to think because every second counted for every civilian ensnared somewhere.

''Hawkeye.'' She said in her earpiece, still running in the street. ''Where is the closest safe zone from me?''

''Next street and turn your left after the Starbuck.'' He simply replied. ''And Ghost? Two aliens just entered in the postal store in front of the red car. I'm sure some civilians are inside.''

''Got it.'' She said before searching for the red car or at least what was left of that red car...

While Eve was heading to the red car in front of her, her gaze fell to a small alley to her left and what she saw immediately made her want to vomit or at least scream. The scene was horrible to watch. A family found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time and had not survived the fall of the debris of the buildings around... Instinctively she walked toward them, but it was too late... She could see everything, as if the scene had been lit for her look and her eyes only. Their bodies were bent by the weight of the concrete, but it was the position of the body that shocked her the adults, a man and a woman, were placed as a shield over what appeared to be a little boy and a teenage girl... They had tried to protect them with their lives, but they had unfortunately failed. A sob choked in her throat as she can not prevent the thoughts to invade her head. The debris who killed them were caused by her team or by the monsters ? Do other innocent people died because of them ..?

''Ghost?'' Asked a voice, making her coming out of her morbid thoughts. ''I can't see you up there, where are you?''

''O...On my way.'' She said, her voice somewhat trembling... ''I'm on my way...''

Still trembling, she quickly ran a hand through what was left of her braid before throwing one last look at the family ...

''I'm sorry...'' She said in a whisper... ''I'm so, so sorry...''

XoXoX

The post office appeared not being touched by the arrival of the alien army, at least on the outside. When Eve found herself less than two meters from the front door, she bent down to take a knife she had placed on her right boot. Slowly, she opened the door, taking care to avoid the bell to ring if there was one. When she closed the door behind her, she took the time to examine the place.

It looked like a tornado had hit the post office. The floor was covered boxes, papers and envelopes. However no traces of he aliens. With a quick movement of her hand, she activated the thermal vision of her goggles and was surprised of what she saw. In the two pieces in front of her, at least ten people were trying to hide from three huge figures. Wasn't suppose to be TWO aliens Hawkeye? In a quick move, she went to the first room where the monsters were. In one fluid motion she threw one of her knife in the back of one of the invaders, making him pushing a cry of pain while the two others turned toward her, growling. Crap...

Without having time to react Eve was thrown against the wall by one of the monsters who had charged. Without thinking the young woman took a knife she had in her belt and plunged it into the leg of the alien. She lifted her legs before they surround the neck of the monster and project him on the ground, making her get up. In a wink she took her knife and plunged it forcefully into the skull of his opponent, taking away his life. One down, two to go.

When she looked up, the two monsters seem to be surprised by the speed of her actions. Pushing a roar of anger, one of them rushed in her direction. Before he can do something, she quickly grabbed her attacker's arm with all her might before twisting it in the opposite direction. The crack that occurs makes her want to throw up. She had felt the bones break under her fingers. Because of the pain that the monster experience at that moment, she managed to easily planted her last knife into his jugular, killing him instantly. When she turned to face the last alien, she felt a sharp pain in her right shoulder before being projected to the ground. Without knowing how, a pressure was felt against her throat. She might try struggle with all her strength but she couldn't make it disappear. Panic seized her when she began to see black dots... I'm gonna die right here, right now... Then without knowing how, the beast let out a cry of pain before being abruptly removed from her. She could not see what was happening, but with the sounds she could hear, she could have said that someone just killed the monster ...

Thirty seconds passed or maybe less before Eve's head seems to stop spinning and her breathing returns to normal. When she finally looked at the young man who had saved her life, she froze. For some reason she could not explain, the boy seemed familiar, or at least its appearance seemed. Maybe it was the combination of his brown hair and his blue eyes or perhaps even his size, but she seemed to have already seen him or at least to have known someone who looked just like him.

She was afraid. She could not say why or of what, but something scared her. A small cry of surprise escaped her lips when she felt a hand on her arm.

''You're safe kid. I'm gonna protect you...''

''Are you okay?'' Asked the teenager, making her jump.

''Y...Yeah. Thanks for your help...''

''Patrick. My name is Patrick.''

''Thank you Patrick...''

The boy simply nodded before warning the other people he was with to get out of the room. As she had seen, they were indeed ten. Several people asked her who she was and she could not help smiling when she saw their reaction. It seems like some people have heard of her. She quickly explained the situation to them. The game plan was simple: get out of this place and run quickly and easily to the place she had been told by Hawkeye and voila! Eve gave them five minutes to gather their belongings and walked followed by the boy named Patrick towards the entrance of the post office purpose but when she looks at one of the window she froze.

''Ghost?'' Asked Patrick, a hand on her shoulder.

''Don't make a sound.'' She said.

Outside, at least ten aliens were patrolling the street, gun in hand. I really have a bad karma...

AN :

YEAY! The chapter is officially online and I will admit that I do not love it at all. Normally I'm pretty satisfied with what I write, but this time I am disappointed ... I rewrote it three times and each time I found it VERY ordinary.

I know I had to put it online BEFORE the 15th ... sorry I lied ! I hope I have not disappointed you too much...

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Awaell.