Cal carried Aspen into Tony and Bruce's lab. Tony was scared out of his sleep by Aspen's screams. When he realized the scream was coming from Aspen, he jumps out of his seat and ran towards Cal and Aspen.
"What happened?" Tony asked. "F.R.I.D.A.Y, tell everyone to get in here".
"I don't know. We were walking back to the tower and she started screaming", Cal said.
"It hurts, Tony! Help me!" Aspen sobbed.
Steve and Natasha ran into the lab. "Aspen, what happened?" Steve asked.
"He's trying to get into my mind. It hurts. It's hurts! Make it stop!" Aspen begged.
Pietro ran into the room. Wanda, Sam and Bucky held onto him. Loki ran into the room. He ran towards Aspen.
"Who's trying to get into your head?" Natasha asked Aspen.
"Her father".
Everyone looked at Thadden. "I know this. Gatlin and Revera are trying to take over her mind", Thadden said. Aspen screamed in pain as she cried.
"We have to get to that base and sever the link before they succeed or worse, fry her brain", Thadden said.
"No!" Aspen sobbed.
"I'll stay with Aspen", Tony said to Steve and Natasha.
Steve, Natasha, Sam and Bucky ran out of the room. Wanda and Pietro followed them.
Loki touches Aspen's head. "What are you doing?" Cal asked.
"I'm trying to calm her down", Loki said. Aspen stopped screaming and she fell unconscious. "Hopefully that'll ease her pain".
Cal glared at Thadden. "You did this, didn't you?" He hissed. "I mean, you already try to kill Aspen?" Tony asked.
"I wasn't going to kill her", Thadden said.
"Don't let him get to close to her", Tony said to Cal and Loki.
25 minutes had passed when Natasha, Steve and everyone else who went on the mission came back.
"Oh thank god. It worked", Wanda said in relief.
"She's asleep, Wanda", Loki said.
"So we don't know if it worked or not?" Wanda asked. Loki shook his head.
"How'd you get her to sleep?" Natasha asked.
"Reindeer Games did his magic and stuff", Tony said.
Aspen starts screaming. "Aspen!" Steve shouted, running to her side.
Natasha looked at Thadden. "You said it would sever the link", Natasha said.
"It should have", Thadden said.
"I can't believe we listened to you", Natasha said.
"Listen, beautiful, I tried to help, okay? I don't know all of HYDRA's dirty secrets because I have been here for most of the year. So go ahead. Point all your little human fingers at me, but remember who really screwed this up", Thadden said.
Natasha grabbed him and threw him into a table. Everyone looked at her in shock. Natasha walked towards him. She grabbed her electric baton and electrocuted him with it.
"Ow! That hurts, you know", Thadden stated.
"Good", Natasha said. She grabbed a knife and pointed it as Thadden.
"Natasha!" Steve shouted, but Natasha ignored him.
"Fix her!" Natasha demanded.
"You know you can't kill me with that, right? After all, I am Asgardian", Thadden said.
"If you don't fix her, I will cut out your eyes", Natasha threatened.
Thadden sighed. He stands up and walked towards Aspen. He placed a hand on Aspen's head.
Aspen's sobbed screams slowly stopped. When they finally stopped, Aspen sighed and fell unconscious.
"I used my powers to disable the tech. Let her rest", Thadden said before he walked out of the room.
"Let us know when she wakes up", Pietro said before he walked out of the room. Everyone except Tony and Steve followed him.
Steve and Tony looked at Natasha. "Natasha, that was-" Steve started, but Natasha puts her hand up to silence him.
"I know, but it worked, didn't it?" Natasha asked. "He told us he'd keep her safe, but just now, he was willing to let her die!"
"Don't pay attention to him", Tony said. He looked at Steve. "We already have two Enhanced, a boy on the run from HYDRA, a girl who we have no idea what she's capable of and a spiderling and they are all teenagers. Do you really want to add a reckless teen? Let alone, an Asgardian?"
"He's Aspen's family and maybe he can change, Tony", Steve said.
"You're way too nice", Tony sighed.
"I'll stay with Aspen in case she wakes up. Why don't you two head to bed", Steve said.
Tony walked out of the room. Natasha followed him. She stopped and looked back at Aspen before she continued.
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Not as she seems
Action13 year old orphan, Aspen is all anyone has talked about. Aspen has had her powers for months and she's out of control. The only ones who can help her is the Avengers. This is the story of how Aspen became an Avenger and the badass she was meant to...
