𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕤 // ℙ. 𝕄𝕒𝕩𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕗𝕗

Chapter 2: The Mutant

"Farah Wilks, 22," A voice said, "They picked her up last night, she apparently killed six people."

"How did she do that? She looks like she is only 5'3," Another voice said. This one had a distinct accent to it.

"I'm 5'4 jackass," Farah muttered as she began to wake up. She opened her eyes slightly and saw a large white light over her head. She began to move her hands but found she was bound in by restraints. She began to pull harder but they wouldn't budge.

"Hey don't do that," One of the voices said as he walked over and touched her arm, trying to calm her down. She looked over and when her eyes adjusted to the light she saw a middle-aged man wearing glasses with dark brown, almost black hair. She relaxed a bit, seeing his kind features.

"Where the hell am I?" Farah asked blinking rapidly, trying to remember what had happened the night before. Before she could think about it, the accented voice began to speak again.

"Upstate New York," The voice said blandly. Farah looked over to see who was speaking and saw a guy standing in the doorway. Her eyes adjusted and she could make out his build. He was tall and lean, but he also had quite a bit of muscle to him. He had some scruff on his face and a full head of shaggy white hair that seemed to have some black poking through at the roots.

Someone needs to touch up their roots, Farah thought to herself, furrowing her eyebrows.  She turned her head back towards the other guy and took a second to process what had just been said, making a puzzled expression.

"But I was just in Massachusetts," She said in a slightly groggy voice. Farah began to snap out of her drowsiness and her head shot up, her arms still restrained. "Oh my god I killed those guys," She said, beginning to freak out a little. She wasn't a murderer! Yeah, she was really angry but she had never wished death upon them.

The guy with the glasses laid her head back down, "Hey, it's fine alright? My name is Bruce and you can't hurt anyone here," He said reassuringly.

This calmed Farah a bit as she took a few deep breaths. Bruce knew, however, that this wasn't true. He was scared shitless since she literally could electrocute any of them and he had no idea how the hell her powers worked. But, he definitely wasn't going to tell her that.

"What's happening to me?" Farah asked as she looked down at her hands. She wasn't producing electricity at the moment, but she could still remember the feeling of energy flowing through her fingertips. Bruce pulled up a chair and sat down next to the medical bed she was on.

"Well, Farah it looks like you are some kind of mutant."

Farah furrowed her eyebrows at this. She was confused and it was probably because she felt like she was going to pass out again. Bruce looked up at the guy standing in the doorframe.

"A mutant is someone who is physically enhanced or has some kind of powers," Bruce said, trying to dumb it down. He could tell she wasn't fully awake and he pointed to the doorframe, "Like Pietro over there can run the fastest mile you've ever seen and you can control some kind of electric waves," He explained slowly.

Pietro smirked to himself and Farah looked over at him, "He is saying that you are a human, ah what is it called...ah yes, a bug zapper," He said mockingly in his accent, Farah not being able to make out where it was from. She glared at him and looked back at Bruce who was giving Pietro a look of disapproval.

Farah tried to sit up again but was struck by the restraints. She felt herself getting more and more awake, feeling like she had just been drugged. Wait a minute, did they drug her? She looked over at Bruce.

"Did you drug me??" She asked harshly, trying to move her arms. She now was fully conscious and she could see the lab pretty clearly. It had glass walls and a large computer with a monitor next to her bed that she assumed were her vitals. Bruce was taken back by this and scooted back in his chair.

"Ok yes but only last night, we had to sedate you since we weren't sure if you were dangerous," Bruce said, trying to calm her down.

"Ok, well I'm not dangerous," Farah said looking between Bruce and Pietro. She sighed, "At least take the restraints off me, it's not like I'm going anywhere," She said harshly, "Please?" She asked again, a little softer this time.

Bruce sighed and began to undo the cuffs that were keeping her in place. Once she was released, she held her hands up to her chest and rubbed her wrists.

"Thank you," She said quietly, Bruce nodding simply. There was a moment of silence before Farah began to speak again.

"Did you say I killed six people?" She asked looking up at Bruce. Pietro answered for him.

"Well six people, yes, but they also found eighty dead birds and one dead dog ten feet away," He said crossing his arms, still leaning in the doorway. Farah was horrified, she already felt bad about killing the people that harassed her, but now she killed innocent animals too?

"Pietro," Bruce said sternly as Pietro just shrugged.

"What?" He asked with a small smirk, playing innocent. 

Farah began to get annoyed, "Who the hell are you anyway? Clearly, he's a doctor," She said pointing to Bruce, "But you, you just seem like some kind of washed-up asshole who doesn't know how to touch up roots," She said, referring to his hair, hearing Bruce stifle a laugh next to her.

Pietro put a hand over his chest like he was offended, "Ouch bug zapper, that one hurt," He said mockingly. He finished his sentence off with a smirk and Farah just narrowed her eyes at him. He sighed with an eye roll.

"Alright, Banner do you want me to go get Stark, he said he wanted to speak to her when she woke up," Pietro said, pulling away from the doorframe. Bruce nodded and gestured for him to leave. He began to exit the room before turning and speaking one last time.

"Oh and just so you know, Princessa," He said, gently ruffling his hair, "It is all-natural," Pietro added before walking out and down the hallway.

Farah scoffed, "What did he just call me??" She asked, looking at Bruce. Bruce just chuckled to himself and was going to say something before Farah came to a realization.

"Wait! Stark, as in Tony Stark???"

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