My eyes widen as I see Clover heading over to Tony with a knife in her hand. "Tony!" I exclaim, running over to try and stop Clover. I try to summon a large gush of wind, but nothing happens, Clover stabs the knife into Tony's stomach, and he collapses to the ground. Clover turns around and throws the knife, I gasp as I glance down and see the knife embedded into my chest. I open my mouth to say something but then I feel my body collapse to the ground. Clover walks away without looking back.
"Storm, wake up!" Clover says, I can feel somebody shaking my shoulder. "Storm!" I blink as suddenly I'm back in the hospital room. It was just a dream, Tony's okay. My eyes widen as I realise the white curtains are on fire. The room is on fire, my dream must have caused this.
I take deep breaths and close my eyes; the fire disappears within a few seconds. "Are you okay?" I ask Clover, turning to face her. She looks okay, I can't see any signs of burn marks.
"I'm fine, what the hell were you dreaming about?" Clover asks, raising an eyebrow. I don't say anything for a few seconds, unsure how to tell Clover she killed me in the simulation. She also killed Scarlett, and then killed Tony in my dream. "Storm."
"You killed Scarlett in the simulation" I say quietly, Clover frowns but doesn't say anything. "And me. And Tony in my nightmare." Clover's eyes widen.
"Storm I wouldn't, I-"
"I know" I interrupt because I do. Clover is the greatest thing that's happened to me, and I trust her completely. "The nightmares don't mean I don't trust you. I know the Clover who killed me in the simulation is just what Magneto made up, it's not the real you." It's just my brain's way of coping I guess or maybe my brain's way of not coping.
I hear several pairs of footsteps, I'm sure it's Tony, Natasha, and Steve. Seriously, Steve needs to stop coming to everything that involves me, he's not related to me and I'm pretty sure he doesn't like me. After time passes, he'll probably stop feeling sorry for me and go back to thinking this was all a master plan I created with Magneto.
Sure enough, the three of them appear in the doorway. None of them look surprised as they stare at the burnt curtain. Tony's eyes flicker to me and he glances over at Natasha.
"Storm, anything to tell us?" Natasha asks, her face expressionless. She glances over at Clover who looks away from her. Clover grabs my hand and I give her a grateful smile.
"I woke up from a nightmare and the curtain was on fire" I inform Natasha, deciding to be honest. I need help dealing with this, what if the fire had hurt Clover? If Tony or Natasha had come in to check on me, I could've hurt them too.
"What was the nightmare about?" Steve asks, his eyes narrowing slightly as he looks at me. "The simulations?"
I nod wordlessly, I don't really want to discuss it especially with four people surrounding me, but I don't want to be responsible for someone getting hurt. Clover squeezes my hand and I give her another smile.
"I killed Storm in the simulation, she dreamt that I killed her and Tony" Clover adds, she understands that I don't want to discuss it.
Tony looks surprised, Steve looks thoughtful, and Natasha is looking over at Steve as if he'll have all the answers. He does involve himself in everything so maybe he's learnt some useful tips at some point.
"This can't keep happening, one day she could hurt herself or someone else without meaning to, it's dangerous" Steve says to Tony and Natasha. I glance at Clover, raising an eyebrow. Is he seriously talking about me as if I'm not here? I'm literally like five steps away! The three are all looking at each other, I think they're wordlessly communicating.
"We can hear you, we're, like, a metre apart" Clover informs Steve. I roll my eyes, Clover will take any opportunity to make a dig at Steve, no matter how small. I'm not actually sure why she hates him so much, is it just because he's been a bit of dick to me sometimes?
"Storm, what do you think about Steve training you?" Tony asks me hesitantly, I don't want to hurt anyone, but I also don't want Steve to train me. What does he know about my powers anyway, he can't control the elements.
"Absolutely not, he's called her a traitor like five times and is very open about how he doesn't trust her" Clover says before I can reply. Clover has a point, but Steve has been through war, that is bound to leave trauma.
"I understand what Storm is going through" Steve says calmly to Clover, he never seems to care when Clover is rude to him. "I know you think you can help Storm on your own, but you're just a child, Clover." Clover's eyes darken and she clenches her fists.
"I swear to god I'm going to get a knife and-"
"Storm, Steve can help you. If Tony and I thought that it could harm you or make things worse we wouldn't agree" Natasha says calmly, interrupting Clover's threat. I glance at the burnt curtain, that could've been a lot worse. I glance at Clover; it could've been her. Clover gives me a small nod, it's her way of telling me she supports whatever choice I make.
"Okay, we can give it a go" I say, I have no idea how this will end but it's not like it can make things worse.
"Okay, get dressed and meet me in the training rooms" Steve says, walking out without waiting for me to respond.
"Did you sleep here, Clover?" Natasha asks. I bite down on my bottom lip to stop myself from laughing, I haven't told either of my parents about Clover, but they have eyes and they're not stupid. Clover glances at me and we both start laughing.
"We'll talk about this later, but tonight I want Clover in her own room" Tony says. I frown, that's unfair. "Come see us after training Storm, we should talk." I nod in agreement; I think a chat with my parents is very overdue. Natasha and Tony both head out of the room.
"Don't worry I'll sneak in" Clover whispers in my ear. I turn and kiss Clover, I can't believe that I got lucky enough to find her, she's everything that I'd ever want in a partner, I truly cannot imagine my life without her.
"Please do" I say, meaning it.
*Author's Note* Pls I actually love Clover.
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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...
