I walk towards the pond hoping to find my little friend. And to my surprise, he’s there or at least I think he is. Most ducks look the same.
“Hey, Ernie” I whisper and sit down on the grass “How’s your day going huh? Probably better than mine. Ben’s in love with me and I just rejected him. He didn’t even ask me to be his girlfriend and I said no. But I just can’t be in a relationship, Ernie. You know what I mean? Probably not” I explain, muttering the last line “I mean. You’re a duck. You don’t have super-unnatural-powers that can make your life a living hell. I can’t do this anymore. I don’t wanna have these powers. I never did, I just told myself that I have to deal with it. I can’t run away from it or stop it, I just have to get along, pretending that I’m fine with seeing brutal, disturbing things. Things I’m not even meant to see. It’s the future of other people that I don’t even know. And maybe I don’t wanna know it. But I have to, because I can’t stop it. Why can’t I be normal?” I “Why am I even talking to you? I don’t even know if you’re Ernie, I don’t even know if you're actually a HE or if you're a SHE. Ugh. I’m a weirdo.”
I calmed down after what felt like forever and I’m now on my way back. I walk the usual way, passing meadows, trees and buildings.
I speed-walk through the door and into the cafeteria. I see Sophia and Anna already sitting at our table.
A smile forms on my face as Anna waving at me but before I go to her and the others, I grab my tray. I sit down with my salad, meat and noodles.
“Hey. How are you?” Anna asks me
“Fine” I answer and turn my head to look at her
“Liar” Sophia mumbles from my left
“I’m not-” That’s when the door opens and a few other kids walk in, including Ben
I meet his eyes and he gives me a smile but looks down to his feet again. I feel so sorry. I turn back to the others and see them watching me intensely.
“What is going on?” Anna asks
“No-” I begin
“Don’t “Nothing” me, Maven. What’s wrong with him?” Anna interrupts
“He told me that he loved me and I said that I can’t be with him” I tell them and play with my fork.
“Excuse me? You what?” They both yell in a whisper
“I confessed my love to her and she said no. But it’s fine” I hear from behind me
I gulp and turn my head around to face him.
“Hey” I mumble
“Awkward” Sophia whispers but we can all hear it
"Ouch-" I hear Sophia but my eyes are glued on the boy "that hurt, Anna"
I watch as Ben walks around the table and sits down in front of me. Out of guilt and emberessment I look down and play with my food.
“Soooo….Why are you here? I thought you’d arrive tomorrow?” I ask Anna and Sophia
“Oh, our teacher had a family issue or something and had to go back here so we had to go earlier” Anna explains and shoves a noodle in her mouth.
“Okay” I answer and do the same
“Yeah, I-” Anna tries to say but the door slams open with a bang and everyone turns around, spotting Aaron, a boy who lives here as well.
“The Avengers are fighting a giant robot and Sokovia is flying!” He yells
Sokovia is flying?But It’s a city, it can’t fly. A robot- I remember the drawing. The one with the Avengers.
That’s where they were going. To Sokovia. That means, the Robot I drew is in Sokovia. I’ve never seen my visions of people’s future come true. Like, seeing it with my own eyes, that it’s happening in front of me. I usually draw them once in my life and then they walk away and I never see them ever again. This feels weird. I look at the boy who turns on the cafetaria TV. Everyone watches quietly as the reporter shows a flying city.
“Holy shit” I hear Ben
“Whoa” Sophia whispers
“That’s bad” Anna states
I hear other kids and personal talk with each other…But all eyes are drained on the screen. Captain America, Stark, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor, Hulk and two others are shown. I don’t know the names of the two unknown people but I know them. I’ve seen them before. In the vision I had when I saw the Captain's future.
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Pietro leans against a concrete wall, holding onto his left ribcage to regain some power and catch his breath.
“The rest of us have one Job, tear these things apart. You get hurt, hurt them back.” Steve through his comms as Everyone else stops to listen to him. “You get killed, walk it off”
Rolling his eyes, Pietro takes one last breath and starts running again.
Screaming fills the air as frightened citicence, Women, Men and Kids, run for their lives, clinging to the people they love. Buildings collapse at the edges of the flying city bringing rocks down with them. Burning cars, flying robots, dead bodys and chaos are the only things people see as they try to escape this hell. Police men and women try to help the people of Sokovia, putting a brave face on and doing their job even though they are as frightened as everyone else. Mothers hold onto their baby’s, some cling to their luggage, some hold the hand of their beloved ones as robots start shooting at them. Hulk jumps into the chaos and tears a robot apart, roaring at the already frightened people who start screaming even more.
Clint and Wanda are standing on a little street in between houses, helping people here as well. Clint shoots arrows at the robots as Wanda escorts the children, men and women away from harm, even though everyone knows that they’re nowhere safe. Clint realizes that there are too many robots for only two and grabs Wanda.
“Go, go, go!” Clint screams and jumps into a window as a robot almost bursts into them
“How could I let this happen?” Wanda mumbles to herself, crawling to the wall on her left
“Hey, hey, you okay?” Clint asks her
“This is all our fault” Wanda sobs, still not looking up to the man with bow and arrow
“Hey, look at me. It’s your fault, it’s everyone's fault. Who cares? Are you up for this?” Clint questions as Wanda looks up to him. “Are you? Look, I just need to know. Because the city is flying. Ikay. Look, the city is flying, we’re fighting an army of robots and I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense-” He tells Wanda who listens to his every word. Barton shoots an arrow through a hole in the wall after a robot shots at them. He turns back to the kid and continues “But I’m going back out there because it’s my job. Okay? And I can’t do my job and babysit. It doesn't matter what you did or what you were. If you go out there, you fight and you fight to kill. Stay in here, you’re good. I’ll send your brother to come find you. But if you step out that door, you are an Avenger” He finishes. Barton looks into the eyes of the girl in front of him, waiting for a response but she says nothing.
“All right. Good chat” He says and gets up, walking to the door
“Yeah, the city is flying.” He says to himself as he grabs 6 arrows from his leg-protection. Sighing before he kicks the door open like a horse would do if someone stood behind him, but not before glancing one more time at the brunette who still sits where she was 3 minutes ago.
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You're Destined | MARVEL
FanfictionMaven. Maven Collins, that's me. A normal 13 year old girl with the ability to see your future, your destiny. Maven is forced to confront her past and future. She knows things that no one should do, will she do the right thing? Or will she ignore it...
