Nature - An Avengers x Reader Story

Chapter 2

Your heart was beating very fast. Beats per minute rapidly increasing, improving blood flow throughout your body. Oxygen enters lungs only to be transferred to your red lifeline, filling already aching muscles with the essential gas. The oxygen to your muscles in an attempt to help your flight or fight response. 
You were definitely picking the fight option. 
You had already decided you were hiding no longer.

You quickly decided to focus on one side of the alleyway at a time. You subsequently swept your hand towards the car and the five agents rushing towards you with guns still being aimed. A small plant, a simple weed, burst into life under your control. Your power jumping from your outstretched hand, finally being allowed to leave and fulfil its purpose. The powerful nature energy flooded into the tiny plant, causing branches to sprout from almost nothing, leaves expanded from miniscule buds and thorns grew everywhere. This seemingly small release of energy makes the decently sized alley suddenly impassable without immense pain and struggle. 
You then turned your back on the new living wall and faced the remaining five agents. The first few had stopped and started to fire their handguns towards the ground in front of you, aiming to scare you without causing major injuries, orders from the top bosses you summarise.
Well that was a mistake, they obviously didn't know enough, or anything, about your powers.

You were too strong to take in without pain.

You smiled a knowing smile and let your energy pour from you, your knees almost buckling under the force as the huge pressure was released from your mind and chest.

The living wall behind you shot four branches from its midst and latched on each limb of the leading man approaching you. Tiny twigs wrapped around fingers and blended into one thicker branch neatly at his wrists, his entire hand buried under wood. The same happened when his shoes and ankles were chained together, immobilising the man. He let a small grunt as he was lifted clean from the ground, dropping his gun and handcuffs from his unmovable hands. A louder grunt sounded as he shot higher and higher until he was dangling from the middle of the fire escape on both sides of the alley, completely unreachable from the ground.

The next agent faced nothing better. The ground seemed to trip her up, hands flew up as feet sunk into the suddenly liquid ground. Her body found nothing to support her weight and she started to sink, face first. Her screams cut short as liquid dirt and tarmac covered her mouth. You focused on her condition and forced the ground away from her mouth, allowing her to breathe. You weren't here to kill and become a greater target for every group in the world. After that small addition the ground solidified and kept the shocked woman in her prison, making the female agent harmless.

That left three agents to deal with.

They were standing at the end of the alley, mouths open and jaws dropped in visible shock at the actions that incapacitated their colleagues. One turned and ran, not even looking back as he reached the street and left the battle scene. The two others shared a glance before taking a step forward advancing towards their target.
You were temporarily shocked, they actually thought they could win?

You simply shrugged and directed your power into the next attack. 
The stalkers seemed to anticipate the same tactics and dodged the rapidly approaching plant, ducking and swerving before raising their guns. Your eyes widen and you step backwards. Both guns fire at the same time, twin blasts ambushing your ears and stunning you even more. 
The bullets followed next.
One missed by a few inches and struck the writhing plant behind. However your mind wasn't really thinking of that bullet. You screamed in pain as your shoulder seemingly set alight, white hot pain blossoming from the hole and metal lodged deep within you. 
Taking advantage of your predicament, the agents rushed forwards and grabbed your hands, clasping the steel bracelets on both wrists, chaining your hands together and effectively immobilising most of your arm movement.
However your mind still wasn't focusing on the outside world, the pain was more than anything you've ever experienced or could imagine. Your power went haywire and snapped at anything nearby. Both agents flew backwards and hit the ground hard, both groaned after striking the hard floor. Their guns also started to fly from the blast, landing much further away, far behind the agents and actually on the strangely quiet street outside your alley.
You came back to your senses and looked down at the handcuffs, growing at the sight of them. Being careful not to move your injured shoulder, you started to shuffle towards the floored agents. Upon hearing your feet scraping the floor one agent looked up and saw you strolling towards her, she started to crawl backwards and into the street. 

Wanting answers you called out, "Who even are you? Why did you corner me? And do you have the key to the handcuffs?"
The agent cleared her throat before answering, "No unlocking the handcuffs, sorry. We were tasked to bring you in. The boss said you were dangerous but I must say, you're not very professional." She then smiled, grabbed her fellow agent on the floor next to her and rolled to the side, out the way of the rumbling that started behind you.
Quickly turning you realised it was too late, the agents that you trapped behind the bush had managed to break free when your attention dropped from the living wall. Their car was barrelling towards you at a rapidly approaching speed. 
You froze, fear trapping your shouting and screaming mind within an unresponsive body. 

Well this is going to be painful you thought just before the bumper rammed into your hip and you flew into the air, smacking into the small coffee shop opposite the alleyway.
The large windows broke and you landed on a wooden table surrounded by glass. You managed a groan before darkness clouded your vision and night fell before your eyes, leading you into unconsciousness.

AN: Please comment, I'd love to hear your views on the story so far.