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CHAPTER 1
"First Encounters"
You were curled up in fetal position, in the corner of your dark and damp cell. Gunshots and shouting were the first sounds you had heard. It seemed like only a few minutes had gone by, and all that could be heard now were muffled whispers.
*12 YEARS EARLIER*
You were walking down your short, paved driveway, coming back from your last day of Kindergarten! You opened the kitchen door and rushed straight to the living room to tell your mom all about today. But she wasn't there. You heard a strange noise upstairs and ran over to the stairs to investigate. Suddenly, your mother came tumbling down the stairs! She landed in a heap at the bottom, by your feet, her hands were bound by zip ties, and her face looked so badly beaten you hardly recognized her. "Mommy!" you shrieked. "Mommy! Get Up! Please." Four men in strange black gear came running down the stairs.
One of them grabbed you, two more hulled your mom to her knees, and the leader, or that's what you thought crouched down to your level facing you with a terrifying grin, plastered across his face. "Ah, so your the Soldat's pup." He said "Who are you? Why did you hurt my mommy!?" You screamed at him, tears were already running down your face. Your mom's head suddenly snapped up to look at him "Leave my daughter alone! She has nothing to do with this!" "Nonsense! She has everything to do with this. The serum is running through her veins." The leader exclaimed happily. The man holding you relaxed the hand gripping your arm, your mother seemed to notice as did you.
"Alice! RUN!" so you did what any daughter would do and kicked the man's shin as hard as you could, he cried out in pain, releasing you and you bolted out the back door, heading for the nearby woods. You just passed the first few trees when you were tackled to the ground by the man you had kicked. You were dragged back to the house kicking and screaming. "General." the man holding you directed to the leader while grunting in pain. "The runt shattered your bone!, This is fascinating." The General replied. He looked at your mother, who was now standing between the two other men and said "We only need the girl, say bye to mommy, litttle runt." One of the men took out a knife and held it to your mother's throat, while the man holding you tried to drag you to their black SUV, but you were terrified and angry. "NOOO!" as you screamed all you felt was freezing cold, and a wave of ice blasted out of you, knocking down everyone.
You slowly got up, bones and muscles aching. Looking around, three of the men had hundreds of ice shards poking through their dead bodies, the General had been behind the kitchen island and was only slightly dazed. Your mother was frozen. Her skin had turned a light shade of blue, a layer of frost was covering her body. "Momma!" you rushed over to her and fell to your knees. She wasn't moving, and you knew what had happened. You had killed your own mother. You reached out and brushed your fingers across her chin. It was then that you noticed your light blue, frost covered skin. You looked at your hand in shock. Feeling a pinch in your neck, you fell into the, now standing, Generals arms. Your eyelids fell closed and the General took you away from your mother's body.
*PRESENT DAY*
You were curled up in fetal position, in the corner of your dark and damp cell. Gunshots and shouting were the first sounds you had heard. It seemed like only a few minutes had gone by, and all that could be heard now were muffled whispers.
The basement door opened and 3 pairs of feet came thudding down the wooden stairs. You looked up when your cell door opened, standing there was a red and gold robot that looked like a man. That's when the mask opened and you realized it was a man, just covered in the red and gold armour. "Cap, we have something over here!" He called over his shoulder.
You flinched slightly at his raised voice. It was then you noticed the blonde haired man dressed in red, white, and, blue; he had a shield, this man looked familiar to you. To the left of the metal man was a woman, dressed in a black, cat-like suit, and had bright red hair. "Geez. Stark, we need to get out of here." The blonde looked at you then to Stark. Stark … you had heard that name.
Tony Stark the billionaire. So that's who that is. "What about the kid?" Stark gestured to you. "We take her with us, we can help her." The red head said. She slowly approached you and you scrambled back further into the corner, now wrapping your arms around your knees. You felt that familiar chill creep through your body, but it wasn't strong. "Holy crap! Her skin just turned blue!" "Can it Stark!" The red head hissed at him. You had let out a small whimper when he had said that. Were they going to hurt you? They said they could "help", but that's exactly what General had said. "Hey, hey. It's okay, we aren't going to hurt you. I'm Natasha. We're going to get you out of here, okay?" She reached out a hand towards you. Would they truly help you? You knew deep down that is couldn't get any worse then where you already were, so you slowly reached out and touched her hand. She smiled and asked, "What's your name?" "Alice." you replied, barley in a whisper.
"I found her file, but we can take a look on the Quinjet." Stark said while the Captain picked you up and you all headed out the door. Thank God you calmed down enough for your skin to return to normal. There were four more people on the Quinjet, and you didn't want to advertise that your skin changed so drastically. The four people introduced themselves as, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, and Maria Hill.