AN: I think this is the most fun I've had writing a story! Hope you are all enjoying it as much as I am. And, so sorry it took a while to get this out. Thank you all for the views, reviews, follows, and favs. On with the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own any recognizable characters, just my OCs, and I guess the idea.
A blonde young man walked into the room where Alpha Gamma slept. He looked around as he made his way to the container that held Lydia. Once he was sure that no one was around he pressed a series of switches and buttons. As soon as he was done he quickly left the room.
Inside the container the suspended animation process stopped and Alpha Gamma began to thaw. The process took two days. Still she slept, until she did not. Eyes flew open and a strangled gasp forced its way past her lips. Heaving breaths filled her lungs as she started to function on her own once again. A pained scream forced it way past her lips as a green energy forced its way out of her body. It effectively destroyed the container around her, and left her lying on her back on the ground.
She was hyper aware of everything around her, but was overwhelmed by how cold she felt. All she could do for a few minutes was stay where she was and shiver violently. As soon as she could move she stood. Her mind was almost dazed, she could only seem to see what was around her, but the reasoning behind was lost to her.
Energy buzzed under her skin as she moved around the room. She had to get out, she did not know why, just that she had to. She made her way to the door, but could not make it budge. Her panic grew as she continued to be unable to open the door. In desperation she hit the door. And once again the energy that buzzed under her skin was released, effectively demolishing the door in her way.
Alarms sounded as she exited the room, causing her to cover her ears at the suddenness and loudness of it. Hands were suddenly on her, and the touch nearly caused her to buckle. Too much sensation, too much.
"Get off!" her voice was low, and strange to her ears.
Still the hands tried to restrain her. They needed to stop. The energy under her skin was pulsing and increasing in time with the rapid pounding of her heart.
"Get away from me." She snarled and the energy pushed against her skin trying to escape. It wanted out so bad, fine she would let it out.
With a shout she let it go, and the hands attempting to restrain her were gone. She could hear the thud the bodies made as they hit the wall. She ran she needed out. They needed to leave her alone.
She ran full force until she was suddenly barreling into another body. They both fell to the ground, but the other body would not relent its grip on her.
"Much better. This I can work with." When she heard the laugh, she looked up.
The sight of her eyes caused the man to pause. It was him, the man who did…something….bad. His name jumped in her head, and everything was taken over by rage. She was seeing everything through a haze of green.
"General Ross…" The man could her the loathing in the low and savage voice of the deceivingly delicate looking girl.
"You remember me." He stated simply.
The girl tore herself away from him and backed herself against the wall. She snarled as she looked off behind him. She had no doubt spotted his back up. He turned slightly and waved the men off, but signaled for them to be on guard. He then turned back to the girl.
"This I can work with." He stated. The girl clearly bristled at his comment.
"Much smaller than that thing that helped to spawn you." He had to quickly duck as gamma energy was suddenly flung at his head.
"That is definitely not an outcome we've had before, but the potential for this ability is nearly limitless." He walked closer to the girl, who was staring him down with those glowing eyes.
"I was disappointed by how small you are, but it will make it so much easier to overpower you." He charged the girl and quickly pulled her close to him and held on tight.
"Overpower me? Why would you think that it would be that simple?" she snarled and elbowed the general in the ribs.
The power behind it caused a crack that was audible even to the general, but the man held stubbornly to the girl. He heard her let out an ominous laugh that sent a shiver down the general's spine.
"I am smaller than my father, but I think I have one advantage. I can think clearly right now. Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for you, despite how angry I am right now it does not over take me." The girl suddenly threw her body forward and the momentum of the move sent General Ross in to the wall.
All Ross could do was lie there in a daze. The girl walked slowly to him, and for the slightest moment Ross feared his end had come, but then the girl kneeled down beside him.
"I will not kill you General. If anyone has that right it is my father." A swift punch to the side of the head had the general out cold.
"Even though I am a close second, I know what else you have done to me General. I know who I am to you. The depth of your hatred toward my father is truly remarkable."
She got up and made her way out of the room. The energy seemed to be settling and adjusting. She could think so much clearer now. She had to get to a computer. She was beyond done with this place. She knew what had happened to Dr. Smith, and he was the only thing that kept her from escaping sooner. Her life was hard here, but he truly wanted to better humanity, and she liked the idea of being able to help the world. This was no longer what the goal of the facility was. They were turning children into weapons, and she did not want to be a weapon. She wanted out.
She made her way to a computer and continued hacking into the shield database that she had started before becoming a frozen gamma pop. She found herself quickly disappointed. Shield was gone. Gone, who would get them out now? She was more than certain she could get herself out, but that would mean leaving everyone else behind. She would not do it. She wanted to shut this place down.
Not willing to give up yet she looked closer at the files and found the Avengers initiative. This led her to videos. The first being an alien invasion in New York. What she saw caused her to smile. She knew that giant green fight machine.
"My father is a hero." She whispered happily. She knew he would be. Ross had to be wrong he was not a monster.
She found multiple videos of these Avengers fighting against wayward shield facilities, much like her own. How could she let them know they missed one? She looked over the names that were given on the Avengers, and Stark immediately stood out. The facility had wanted her to hack Stark industries before they put her in….how long had it been? She looked again at the computer and found her mouth dropping open. It was one week before her birthday she had been forced into the container. Now it was 2015. She thought it had been a couple of months, but no years, they stole years from her.
With renewed conviction she turned back to the computer and tried to make her way into Starks system. Within a few minutes she was in.
"Alright. Mr. Stark I hope you still play hero." The door suddenly flew open and…
"No!" Lydia gasped and shut down the video. She completely shut them out of the files, so Tony could not go in and look.
All eyes were on her as she climbed over Steve. Steve tried to reach out and grab her but she was quicker than he anticipated. She was out the door before anyone else could attempt to catch her. Bruce was at her heels immediately, and the others followed behind him.
"Lydia!" Bruce called as his daughter turned a corner and was out of his sight.
"Let Go!" Bruce ran faster and the sound of his daughters anguished voice.
He turned the corner to see and agent holding tightly to Lydia. He could tell from where he was that her breathing was harsh. But more importantly, from where he was he could see her strange eyes begin to glow. Gathering from the videos he had just watched he had a good idea of what was about to happen. Bruce was quick to pull her away from the agent and close to his chest.
Nothing was happening, but Lydia was trembling in his arm. She started mumbling something, but it was too quiet for him to hear, but Steve heard just fine.
"She said, it hurts to hold it, but cannot let it out here."
Tony nodded and motioned for Bruce to follow him. Bruce stood with Lydia in his arms. Her breathing growing more labored with each step he took. Soon they found themselves in something Tony must have designed for the Hulk to have fun. Bruce entered and waved everyone out of the room, as he sat down in the middle of the room, and adjusted her more comfortably in his lap.
"Lydia, you don't have to hold the energy in anymore. Tony built this room for me, it can take whatever you throw at it, as can I, so don't even try to tell me to leave."
The energy was fixing to bubble to the surface even he could feel it buzzing around her now. With a loud shout Lydia's back arched in his arms and the energy burst forth. Bruce felt nothing more than a warm breeze, but the rest of the room was not so lucky. Everything in it was completely destroyed. Bruce looked down at his daughter's limp form and pulled her close to him in a much needed embrace. It was then he swore no one would ever hurt his daughter ever again.
"If I ever meet this General Ross I will be obliged to kill the man, friend Banner." Thor said as he entered the room.
Bruce looked around the room and saw that every one of his friends held the same protective rage in their eyes.
"Trust me, Ross, will regret any meeting he has with me." Bruce assure all of his friends as he stood with the barely conscious Lydia and walked out of the room.
"You've been very quiet." Natasha said casually to Tony who trailing behind the group.
"What did she not want us to see?" he questioned
"It must have been pretty bad to react the way she did." Steve said.
"I know, and her reaction is the only thing keeping my curiosity from rearing its ugly head." Tony stated.
"What can we do for her?" Thor asked.
"Act like this never happened." Bruce called from the front in front of them as he disappeared into Lydia's room. The others nodded and waited outside.
"I think we should give her a normal day, like doing things actual nineteen year olds do." Steve suggested.
"I think we should all spend time together to show both her and Bruce we are our own odd sort of family." Nat added
"Aye, we could also call friend Barton, I believe he too would like to be included." Thor said with a smile.
"Okay. Tomorrow operation normal day will happen, well as normal as we can manage anyway." Tony nodded with finality as he planned out his family day in his head.
AN: And done! Oh my goodness this took me forever to get it the way I wanted. Sorry it took so long everyone. Overall I am pretty happy with it. So, I hope you all enjoyed it as well. Next few chapter are going to be fun for me to write. What do the Avengers do for a family day? I imagine it to be epic, but we'll see where my muse takes me when writing it. Oh! I dropped a plot clue in there, did anyone find it? I hinted about it in an earlier chapter, here's a clue it involved Ross! Let me know if you figured it out, but don't worry if you missed it all will revel itself soon. Anyway, feel free to review. I like to know what you think about the story.
See you all next chapter!
Light's Lady