The Experimental Avenger

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen- Due Punishment

"Who are you?" The girl who stood in front of me looked about a year or two older than me and was taller too. Blue and deep black rectangular glasses framed her pale blue eyes. I was going to ask if she was too young to be a SHIELD agent, but then I remembered that I was one too.

"AJ. What's it matter to you?" She reached behind her head to retie the short blond hair that had been pulled into a messy low ponytail.

"My friend's behind that door and you're in my way. Let me through." I tried to shove the girl out of the way, but she was bigger than me and stronger, at least in this form. She was leaning on the door so I couldn't slip past her either.

"Make me." She crossed her arms defensively and any thought I had of asking nicely flew out the window. Sparks danced through the air around me. A few bounced off and landed at my feet, jumping around the tile near the leather and knee-high boots I now wore. I was back in my black tank top and dark jeans as well. I didn't move, just stood there with a hand on my hip and stared her down.

"Don't think I won't." My face formed a cold mask and ice elongated my nails. The blue hue of my skin was illuminated by the specks of light I had set free. "Let me through, I won't ask again."

I focused on my underlying anger and my canines lengthened. I assumed that my eyes had turned neon green as well. It was enough to make AJ cautiously step out of my way and open the door for me too.

As soon as I entered the door I saw a hospital bed holding a fragile looking young girl with several machines surrounding her. The sparks died down, my teeth returned to normal, and my claws of ice melted away.

"Kimberly?" Her frail, weak voice made it's way to my ears and I ran to her side and fell to my knees.

"Are you okay? I'm so sorry, I never meant for any of this to happen. I just got mad and you were there and then-"

"I'll be okay." Her voice was cracked and raspy. She smiled at me and then winced. Her right cheek was either pink with the fresh new skin I had accidentally exposed, brown with crusted over blood, or black from the bruise that seemed to cover half of her face. "I heal quicker than a human. I'll get better soon, don't worry. I forgive you."

Her words made my eyes have to fight to keep back the tears. After I had taken her away from her home and caused her so much pain she was more willing to forgive me than I was to forgive myself.

I didn't fight it as two agents came into the room, grabbed me by my shoulders and dragged me away from her. They babbled at me about how I wasn't authorized to be here.

They pulled me to a room that was was made of a one way mirror. Inside was a single plastic chair like the ones we had in the choir room at my school. I went in and lost the ability to see out. I walked lazily to the chair and instead of sitting in it, I scraped it over to the wall and sat it down. I plopped down where that chair had been and threw one spark at a time at the chair, effectively melting the plastic after a while.

I got bored of the melted pile of plastic, so as soon as a spark flew into the air I would teleport over and catch it. I didn't even realize it, but I had been going so fast, that I wasn't teleporting anymore. There was another me. I had some how made a double of myself that sat across from me in the same stance. I stopped sending out tiny fireworks to study the person in front of me. It was almost like looking in a mirror. In my mind, as confusing as it was, I could see from two angles. I wasn't sure which person I was seeing and which was actually me.

I yelped when I felt cold hands forcefully grip my bare shoulders. It was more out of surprise than anything else, but my double disappeared and my eyes were led to my reflection where Loki stood grinning back at me. I snaked my arms around myself and to the back of his knees where I pulled and was satisfied to see him stumble and teleport to keep himself from falling.

"I see you're learning quite a bit here. They've caged you like they did with me. I see that my influence is taking it's toll on you. How is Olivia?" He smiled the whole time as he slowly picked away at my emotional stability.

"Don't you dare talk about her. It's you're fault she's the way she is now!" I didn't know whether to cry or get angry.

"Oh, I forgot that you're still human. How easily your race begins to feel emotions toward others." He seemed truly amazed and disgusted at the same time.

"Like hatred, rage, and contempt?" I allowed my hands to turn blue. "I'm not human, but yes, I can have strong feelings toward certain people very quickly." I played with my hands, tracing the black lines that swirled through my fingers.

"You use my own tricks against me? Tsk tsk," he scolded me. "How about you show off the new one you just learned? I find this one very interesting. Go on now." He ushered me on with a flick of his wrist.

"I don't know how I did it. It just happened. You can't make me do anything, I'm done with you just showing up and ruining my life." The sadness and feeling of loss won, and I curled up on the floor. I glared warningly at Loki when he came to sit next to me on the floor. He placed his hand on my shoulder and I tensed. He spoke to me gently, like a kind man to a little kid that had seen a monster in their closet.

"I'm not trying to hurt you. I have greater plans for you than the rest here. I understand you better than anyone else and you know that. You have just yet to accept it." He turned my head to face him. I was so desperate to be accepted and cared for that I scooted closer to him and relaxed my shoulders. I trusted him not to hurt me now, a terrible decision really, but one I was too tired to reconsider.

"Bad decisions always call for punishments. Call it what you will, but trusting me now is the only choice you have now. Don't forget though, it will cost you, no matter what you choose. Nothing in life is free."