Alyssa or Nyssa?

Chapter Sixteen: Fighting

"Leo, where's the saw?" I yelled to him, I was trying to cut out plating for Gaudium, but I couldn't find the one tool I needed.

"What saw?" Asked Leo. I looked over. He had his head tilted up, with the saw balancing on the tip of his nose. I grabbed for it.

He jumped away and held it in his hand. He stuck out his tongue and ran off. I chased him from my room, scaring Black Widow in the hall.

"Sorry!" I called back. Leo entered the living room. He tossed the saw to Harley, who caught it. Harley tossed it back, and soon we were playing monkey in the middle with a deadly blade. Which we did a lot, by the way.

Dad came in and screamed. In the moment of confusion, Leo dropped it, and I grabbed it. I laughed and ran out, leaving my dad swearing. Leo and Harley chased me.

Leo wrapped his arms around my waist, and he was scrawny, but strong. I struggled to get out of his grip.

"Leo!" I sighed, banging my head against his chest, "let go!" He laughed. Harley joined the pile and wrestled the saw from me. He ran down the hall.

"Wait, Harley, I had that!" Leo shouted. He let go and we both chased after him.

"You're the youngest, Harley! You can't run from us!" I yelled, and Harley looked back. I threw my duck toy weapon thing at his feet. The cord tripped him and shocked him. Leo swept the saw away. He raised it over my head.

I jumped, but I was a super shorty. Leo was taller and had longer arms. I kept jumping for it while Harley tried to trip Leo from his place on the floor.

"What the BEEEEEEEP is going on here?!" Shouted someone. We all froze. Turning around I saw Nick Fury with his one eye glaring. Leo grinned innocently.

"Nothing," he said like a little sweetheart. He lowered the saw which I grabbed and started to run. Leo ran after me, but tripped on Harley and grabbed my foot, causing me to trip. Fury walked over and grabbed the saw that dropped from my hands.

"This is a saw," he said confused.

"Give it to me!" I pleaded, "I needed it first!"

"No, give it to me!" Leo fought, "I had it first!"

"I just want because they want it," Harley admitted. Leo and I glared at him. Leo touched the cord on Harley's ankles and shocked him.

"Stark!" Fury called.

"Yes?" I asked, "can I have my saw now?"

"It's technically my saw," Leo argued, "I bought it."

"And you gave it to me," I reminded him, "for my fifteenth birthday." Leo stuck his tongue out and punched my arm. I punched his jaw.

"Hey!" He cried. He hit me again and soon it was a three way fight with Harley slapping us when we got to close.

"Yes Fury?" Dad said, walking into the hallway, then stopping and shaking his head when he saw the three of us.

"Alyssa, Leo, Harley!" He said, and we all looked up at him from the floor.

"Yes?" We all asked in unison.

"You know these kids?" Fury asked, still confused.

"Yes," Dad sighed, "Alyssa-"

"Nyssa," I interrupted.

"Fine," Dad said, "Nyssa is my daughter and Leo and Harley are her half brothers on her da- mom's side." Leo and Harley waved.

"Can I have the saw now?" I asked again.

"But you should really give it to me," Leo smiled.

"Or me, because then I could find something to do with it, like killing a dragon," Harley shrugged.

"Not Festus!" Leo and I cried.

"Or Gaudium," I added in, "her head's not on her body yet, though. So you can't really kill her. But her control disk took forever to make!"

"Dragon?" Fury shouted, "I want to know what's going on, NOW!" Leo jumped up.

"Then do you want to see Festus?" He asked excitedly. I let Harley go and raced Leo to my room, the slow mortals following behind us. Leo pushed the handle and Festus started to grow.

When he reached full size I grabbed on to his muzzle thing that stopped him from breathing fire. He shrugged away from me. Then he lifted his head in the air, lifting me as well. I climbed on top of him.

"Stop that," I scolded, "I've got to take it off." He let me remove the muzzle. He then rubbed his head against Gaudium's head, which was laying on the floor. Fury was staring around in wonder while Dad walked right in, used to it after a couple of days. He was quick to adjust like that.

"My baby!" I cooed, "my little cutie pie! How are you? Did meanie Leo keep you in suitcase mode? Poor little thing." I jumped down from his head. I walked off to my workbench. Then, remembering, I walked up to Fury and put out my hand for the saw.

He handed it over. I started cutting Gaudium's back plating. I was almost done, and in a couple of days, we could have the dragon up and running. I pinned the plating on to the giant plastic skeleton. I set the saw on the table.

"Leo! Harley!" I hollered. The boys came over, grabbing the tools. Leo started with the sander, and I followed in his path with the buffing tool. Harley used a rag covered in cold polish to cool down the red hot metal when we finished with it.

"Who are you?" Asked Fury.

"Nyssa Stark," I said, not even looking back, "my brothers Leo Valdez and Harley Davidson. Don't even mention motorcycles, please." Fury stepped closer and I turned to find him inches from my face.

"What are you?" He asked.

"Well," I looked him right in the eye, "that's a story."