My eyes open and I glance around. I frown as I realise, I'm in Stark towers, in one of the hospital rooms. Is this real or the next part of Magneto's torture? I glance around wildly, looking for Scarlett's body or any signs of Clover, what if she's here for Peter or Tony?
"It's okay, you're safe now" a familiar voice says, I glance to my right and see Steve sitting in a chair, leaning forward. What is Steve doing here? This must be another trick because there is no way Steve out of all people is the one waiting for me to wake up.
I glance down at where I was stabbed, there's nothing on my white top, no traces of blood and I'm not feeling any pain. "Clover killed Scarlett, what if she's here for Tony or Peter?" I ask Steve, who frowns at my comment. I jump out of the bed I'm in, I flinch as Steve grabs my wrist. Does Magneto want me to fight the super solider?
"Storm, whatever you saw, no matter how real it seemed or felt, it wasn't. You saw only what Magneto wanted you to see. You know what happened to Scarlett, and you know Clover cares for you" Steve says gently, concern evident in his blue eyes. I nod, Clover loves me. Clover would never hurt me or someone I loved. I sit back down on the bed.
Magneto killed Scarlett. Scarlett was impaled by metal; her death was nobody's fault but Magneto's, well it was mainly fault. The avengers don't hate me, Steve might not trust me, but none of them actively hate me or think I'm a threat.
"What happened?" I ask Steve, glancing up at him. For once Steve's face isn't filled with anger or hatred for me, he simply looks concerned.
Steve fiddles with the watch on his hand and doesn't look at me. "We found you near where you and Clover fought Magneto, you were unconscious and unresponsive. Bruce wasn't sure what had happened, Ashton guessed it was a simulation, he'd seen it before, he said there was nothing to do but wait. He also warned us you could be brainwashed."
They found me near that stupid building, but I woke up in the x-men institute, I went down to the lab with Magneto, I spoke to Henry. "But I was back there, I saw Henry, he spoke to me" I say. I run a hand through my hair, what the hell is going on? I didn't think it was possible to feel more confused and yet I am.
"Someone probably brought you back, you were missing for four days, and we only found you yesterday" Steve says calmly. A thought occurs to me, I know why Steve is here.
"Are you here in case I was brainwashed to hurt Tony or Natasha?" I ask, Steve doesn't answer but by the look on his face I know the answer is yes. "Steve, I wouldn't." There is nothing Magneto could do to make me hurt anyone in this building, especially my parents.
"Storm, nobody thinks you would willingly hurt them, but brainwashing is a real thing. Ashton said he'd seen people's minds twisted around from what Magneto did. It isn't because we think you'd hurt them, it's in case the brainwashing had changed you" Steve says gently, looking apprehensive as if he thinks this news could send me into a breakdown. It won't, I understand where he's coming from. The Storm they knew wouldn't hurt any of them, but they weren't unsure if that was the Storm they found.
I glance around the white room. A few blue chairs are scattered around the room and there's a closed door which leads to a bathroom, there's also a tv. "Can I see them?" I ask, a part of me is worried Steve will say no. To my surprise, Steve simply nods so I stand up before he can change his mind.
I walk out of the room and a smile forms on my face as soon as I see Clover, Peter, Natasha, and Tony. "Storm!" Peter races over to me and embraces me. "Are you okay?" he asks, looking me up and down.
"I'm fine" I say reassuringly. Tony walks over and hugs me, I wrap my arms tightly around him, feeling guilty at all the stress I know I've caused him. I should have listened to him; all I did was get Clover hurt and get myself kidnapped.
Tony steps back so Natasha can hug me. Natasha smiles as she looks at me, she frowns and touches my cheek. "That's a nasty cut" she says.
"I'm not in pain" I say, Clover comes over and I smile. She seems completely fine; I think she's healed from being shot. "Are you okay?" I ask, needing to make sure she's okay.
"I am now you're back" Clover answers, embracing me tightly. I lean heavily into Clover's embrace, I could have lost her, I'm never going to let her do anything that dangerous ever again. I will protect her, I'm in love with her.
The image of Clover's emotionless, cold eyes as she stabbed me come into my head and I step back. Clover doesn't say anything, but her eyes narrow slightly.
"I'm so sorry" I say, mainly to Tony but also partly to Natasha. "I should've listened to you. Clover could have been killed."
"The important thing is that both of you are safe now, you're both back here and healthy" Tony says, sounding surprisingly calm considering all that happened. "We do need to discuss it, but it doesn't have to be right now."
"Fury needs us. Peter, Clover, would you two mind staying with Storm?" Natasha asks, they both agree straight away.
"Storm, we're thinking it might be best if you sleep in the hospital room for a few nights" Steve says from behind me. I turn around, it's probably in case I do end up going crazy and try to hurt someone. It's not the worst idea, I think I'm okay, but I did just imagine Clover stabbing me.
"Alright" I say, giving Steve a small smile. He's not my favourite person, but he was nice to me when I woke up.
Peter places his arm around my shoulder and wehead back into the hospital room. I sit back down on the bed with Cloversitting next to me and Peter sitting in a blue chair next to the bed. Cloverplaces her arm around me, and I rest my head on her shoulder.
*Author's Note* What is your favourite friendship or relationship in this story?
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Beautiful Ruins
Ação"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...
