Scientist or Superhero

19 - Why do you accept me ? Why do you love me ? I am evil !

" So , I am not pressing charges against either of you " ; General Hager said to Luke and me and our parents . 

" Phew " ; Luke sighed . 

" You are free to go " ; he said . 

Luke and his parents stood up . " Meet me tonight , central park " ; Luke whispered to me . 

" Glad to see your okay Stacey " ; Luke's mom smiled at me as she squeezed me shoulder . His other mom gave me a loving smile and thumbs up . I smiled lightly . 

Once they were out , it was just me and my mom and my adoptive dad ? 

" I really wanted to see you in jail but I decided against it " ; Hager said to me . " I have a proposition , help the military in upgrading those trackers " 

" What's the magic word ? " ; I asked . 

Hager gave me a pointy look but I shrugged . 

" Please ? " ; he said . 

" please what ? " ; I asked . This was fun . 

Mom lightly hit the back of my head . 

" Please help the military upgrade the trackers " ; Hager said again . 

" Okay " ; I chirped . 

Mom and stepdad walked out of the door first when Hager spoke up . 

" You sure you don't want a career with the military in science ? " 

" No but I can have a career with the military in profling . It will help tremendously with my resume " 

" I'll think about it . Stacey , I am glad you are safe " 

" Awwww... Hager , I always knew you had a soft spot for me . Which reminds me , your missile tracking system is weak as well , you know , I can do a better job . Like who made those designs ? " 

" Don't push it " ; he warned with a smile . 

" I never do " ; I said before skipping out the door . 

This was 2 weeks later . I was in a coma for a week and Victor had been shipped off to Latveria in a cargo ship and I had been avoiding everyone in my family since then . It just made me feel guilty . They had to raise the daughter of the person who tried to kill them . I truly was a burden . They gave me my space for three days but ever since then they have been trying to talk to me . I haven't even skyped Luke and today was the first I was seeing him after long . I just stayed in my room watching Peaky Blinders and reading fanfictions of Jonathan Crane and Aaron Hotchner . 

" Ready to go home or do you want to visit a few bookstores and have lunch ? " ; mom asked me as we walked to the car . 

" Which home ? And no . We can order takeout though " ; I replied as I looked down at my shoes and kept walking . 

News had spread like wildfire that I was in reality Stacey Von Doom and not Stacey Reed Richards . Tweets surfaced about me and Reed about how he was a saint for raising a devil child like me and some about how I should have been given up for adoption . People really hated Victor for trying to kill the Fantastic Four but what about me ? I too almost got killed , used , exploited . I never wanted this ! I never asked for him to be my real father ! I got death threats and people suddenly became scared of me . Yeah ! Go ahead ! Be scared of the girl who just saved your life . The irony ! 

" Baxter Building " ; mom replied . 

I nodded and got into the car and put in my airpods . Not listening to anything but just pretending to listen to music so that no one would try to talk to me .