I walk down into the lobby with Clover, we're supposed to be going to school, but we have our own plan of what to do today. Clover glances across at me, she's asked me at least ten times since we woke up if I'm sure I want to help her kill Magneto. A part of me doesn't want to, but the other part wants to for Clover, MJ, and Scarlett.
Two S.H.I.E.L.D agents are standing at the door; Tony's security is usually more than enough to ensure protection. I wonder if they found something yesterday that could suggest the x-men might come here.
"Excuse me" Clover says as she attempts to move past one of the agents. They don't move. I frown, attempting to step around the second agent but they step in front of me.
"The two of you aren't authorised to leave this building" the female agent says. I exchange glances with Clover. Not authorised? Why would Tony do this now? I've been going in and out of this building as I like ever since Tony asked me if I wanted to attend high school.
"Yes, we are" Clover says, rolling her eyes. "Move or I'll make you."
"Clover, please do not threaten the agents" Natasha says, I turn around and see Natasha, Tony, and Steve walking towards us. Clover sighs as she sees them. Why is Steve always getting involved in these situations? He's not my father.
"Tony, what's going on?" I ask, walking over to the three of them. Clover follows me, standing next to me as I look at Tony. Why is he worried about me leaving now? There is no chance I would ever return to the x-men, has he found out about our plan? I glance around the lobby, wondering if Fury is around. The chairs are all empty, and the person behind the desk isn't Fury.
"Your rooms are monitored" Natasha says coolly. I open my mouth and then close it. Well, case closed. "We don't listen to your conversations, but if you say certain words, it will notify us and last night, we were notified quite a few times." I'm sure they were. I think Tony's stupid AI robot would have alerted him many, many times.
"You've been spying on me this whole time?" I ask Tony, my heart sinking slightly. Has he been listening in to all my conversations from the beginning? "How many times do I have to say I didn't know about the bomb before you believe me?"
"How are you turning this around on him? The two of you were plotting a murder, I think there is good reason nobody trusts either of you" Steve points out in his irritatingly calm voice. I glance over at Clover, guessing she'll want to handle this. Sure enough, her fists are clenched, and she stares at Steve with narrowed eyes.
"Are we supposed to sit around and wait for you? Innocent kids are unknowingly turning into mass murders and you're sitting around twiddling your thumbs and then judging those kids for things they didn't know about! Judge us all you want but don't forget to look at all the deaths you could have prevented if you weren't cowards" Clover snaps, her eyes glittering with anger. I blink. Well, that was harsh. Clover storms off towards the stairs without waiting for anyone to respond. She had a point, Steve is judging me for things that could have been prevented had the avengers done more, maybe he should do some self-reflection.
"I trust you, Storm, but you do some reckless things, you went to try and kill Mystique out of anger once before, remember?" Tony points out quietly. I look away from Tony, if I hadn't of gone after Mystique that day, would today still have happened? I guess it would have, I was a target because I had insider information, it was personal yet impersonal at the same time.
"You can't seriously trap the two of us here! We're not evil, and why is Ashton still locked up?" I ask, there's been enough time for S.H.I.E.L.D to figure out whether or not we can trust Ashton. Maybe they've decided we can't so he's staying in his cell.
"Ashton is actually going through processing today and will be out shortly. As for you and Clover, we've all agreed the two of you not being able to leave Stark towers is the best thing for now" Natasha replies, I roll my eyes. Clover's right, Magneto's death could save lots of lives and save lots of kids from ending up like me.
I turn and walk away suddenly, ignoring Steve's order for me to stay. I'm not in the mood to listen to Tony and Natasha's attempts to reason with me and tell me to stay out of everything, my past shows I should be involved. I know a lot about how the x-men work and I know a fair bit about Magneto, Clover's going to need me if she's serious about this.
I walk into Clover's bedroom, raising an eyebrow as I see her throwing things around. "Clover?" I say, I don't know why she's so angry. Perhaps she's focusing on killing Magneto, so she doesn't have to think about her abduction.
"This is so stupid; they can't keep us trapped here!" Clover says, her voice shaking slightly at the end. A shiver runs down my spine as I put two and two together. I step towards Clover and grab her hand, she turns and looks at me, a slight frown on her face.
"You're safe" I say softly. "You're not with the x-men anymore." I wish I could make things better for Clover, I wish the abduction had never happened, I wonder if Peter and MJ have had similar conversations. I don't know how to make this better for Clover which doesn't seem fair, she always knows how to make things better for me.
"I want to kill him" Clover says, tears forming but she blinks them away furiously. "Not just for me, for you and MJ too." I understand her feelings, I feel the same way. Clover takes a deep breath and closes her eyes and when she opens them there's no sign of the unshed tears.
"Well, unless you can fly a jet, I don't think we can leave" I say, causing Clover's head to snap up. "Don't tell me you can seriously fly a jet."
"I can" Clover says. She's seriously telling me this now. Why have we been driving everywhere? Actually, I guess it's smart. The avengers won't be guarding the jets because they don't know she can fly them.
"Do you want to steal one?" I ask, a cheeky grin forming on my face. Clover stares back at me with a similar expression. She laughs slightly as she faces me, nobody would be able to tell she was upset mere moments ago.
"Let's do this." Clover decides. I nod in agreement; I will do whatever it takes to help Clover feel safe and recover from her ordeal. Clover's worth twisting my morals for, she's one of the good ones.
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Beautiful Ruins
Action"Maybe there was a fleeting moment where I wanted to be a hero and believed I could be one, but the truth is I'm not, I won't ever be. My past does define me, it made me a villain" - Storm. Fifteen-year-old Storm is the daughter of Black Widow and I...
