Sunshadow

Little Angel

It was really loud inside the compound. Everyone was arguing, but no one was sure what about.

It took Azeria changing into a dragon (sort of. It was more like a big cat with wings, but it's hard for something she had never seen before) to shut everyone up.

"Sorry, did I forget to say?" Wanda held up a hand. "My bad. She's a shapeshifter."

That did it again and everyone started shouting at Wanda until Azeria shifted back into her 'human form', which actually had wings and quite sharp talons on the end of her fingers.

Her wingspan must have been at least 2 metres, as the white feathered wings stuck up above her head even when folded behind her back. They were white, with highlights of gold that shone in the dying sunlight. It worked with the all white armour and gold accents. Wow. She had planned this out.

She almost looked like an angel.

But from what Kiki had seen, she was more like the kind of person who never votes on Wattpad stories.

Rosa gasped and ran over to her. "Will you take me to fly, angel?"

Azeria looked freaked out and like this was the sweetest thing she had ever seen at the same time. She didn't seem like she really liked human contact. At all.

"Maybe later. And I'm not an angel, little angel."

"Well you sure look like one."

"Rosa, why don't you go look around. You haven't been here before." Kiki interjected. She wanted to keep Rosa as far away from these discussions as she could.

"I'll take her." Nova said. That seemed a little pointless, since she herself had never been there before.

"Anyone who wants a tour, come with me." Pepper offered. Kiki flashed her a grateful look and Pepper, Nova, Azeria, Loki, and Rosa turned to leave in a group. Thor caught Loki's arm, as if he was about to stop him, but Loki muttered something and his brother let him go.

"I warn you though, brother, I will not hesitate." Kiki wondered what that was about. It was probably just a sibling thing. That was how they seemed to work.

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"We have lost our view into their base, Crescentia." Marx had reminded everyone of her lost name. How annoying.

"It seems your agents are incompetent, Mr Pierce. Dispose of them for me." It was a miracle there were any Pierces left, since Alexander Pierce had been killed. This was why it was a bad idea to have the'founders of Hydra' passed down. It made them easier for Shield to find.

It made them easier for Shield to kill.

"My agents will do you proud." Called Marx from the other end of the circle, earning him some glares from the older members.

"Send them through, Mr Whitehall."

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"Ki? Ki, are you alright?" Bucky was shaking her, pulling her out of that place under the mountain. "Your eyes were glowing, like whenever you use your power. But... no one is dying. What's going on?"

"I can project my consciousness into the mist. Recently it has been calling me into a level deep below the mountain, one we never saw, and showing me a circle. A circle of Hydra." She felt weak from being pulled into the mist. She swayed, falling, but Bucky caught her softly.

"Did you hear any names, any plans?" Clint Barton had been standing back, not involving himself.

"A few. There was a... Mr Pearce." A sharp intake of breath from Bucky. "Someone called Crescentia, who was leading it." She looked around for any recognition, but no one moved. She dreaded this next one. "And Marx Whitehall, Gabriel's younger brother."