I follow Susan down a hallway, glancing back at the door. The men have left, and I can hear Henry pounding on the door. I don't care what they do to me, I would rather it be me then Henry, I'm not letting anything happen to him.
"Henry really cares about you" Clover says to me, glancing at me. Her green eyes are filled with curiosity, probably wondering how I found Henry.
"What the fuck do you know about caring about people, Clover?" I snap, my tone harsher than I intended. Clover's face falls slightly, I pretend I don't feel bad. All the walls are white and there's several people walking around.
Susan grabs my shoulder and leads me down a flight of stairs, she opens a door and pushes me into the room. My heart sinks as I see a grey table with restraints on it in the centre of the room, there's a grey rack filled with knives, ropes, a sword, and heaps of other weapons.
"How do we destroy the avengers?" Susan asks me, walking over and picking up a knife. I stay silent, not bothering to look at Susan, Victor, or Clover, I'm not giving them information on the x-men or the avengers, these are the people who taught Clover to lie and manipulate people to get what she wants. "How do we kill Tony Stark?"
"You think you can take on iron man?" I scoff, the x-men never mentioned anything about these radical groups which means they clearly aren't very powerful and don't hold a lot of influence. "Good luck with that."
"I think you can, especially now he has a soft spot for you since he spent the last few months believing you were his child" Susan says calmly, she glances over at Clover who looks at me and then looks away. "The moment we heard the avengers plan we sent Clover to meet you."
"You knew the entire fucking time?" I ask Clover, my heart once again sinking. Clover opens her mouth to say something but then shuts it, crossing her arms and staring down at the ground. I close my eyes, why did I take Clover to Stark Towers with me?
"We didn't tell Clover you weren't really Tony and Natasha's child. We knew it wouldn't matter, Clover is ruthless and does whatever it takes to help us achieve our missions. We also heard you were ruthless and unstoppable" Victor says, speaking for the first time since we entered the room. "But now you just seem broken."
"Broken? I could rip all three of you apart even without my powers" I say, aware I probably couldn't. Clover was a brilliant fighter so it's safe to assume Susan and Victor have the same skills, but I don't really care.
Clover walks over to a grey computer, I blink, was that always there? Clover turns it on and turns around and glances at Susan. "What's the plan?"
I glance at a wooden bat on the shelf and half consider trying to fight my way out of here. If I stole a card, would I make it back to Henry and then out of the building? I shake my head; I need to be smart about this. I'm sure the building will go into lockdown if an alarm is set off and any of these three could set it off if I start trying to escape.
"Restrain Storm" Susan says to Clover, I notice the look in her eyes, and I frown slightly, she's seeing if Clover will do it, she must think there is a possibility that Clover cares for me which is stupid, I don't think Clover's cared for anyone since her parents died. Clover walks over to me and grabs my arm, pulling me over to the table.
"Lie down" Clover says, I don't really want to be restrained down. Clover pulls out a knife and raises an eyebrow. I lie down on the table since I'm certain Clover will stab me if I make her angry enough, I'd rather be stabbed by Susan or Victor. Clover fastens the restraints and heads back to Susan's side.
Susan picks up a whip from the rack, a sharp pain emerges from the right side of my stomach as the whip contacts my skin. I discreetly bite my lip; I don't want to give them the satisfaction of seeing me in pain. Susan hits me four more times with the whip, each time makes my skin feel like it's on fire, it stings every time the whip is brought down.
"Are you going to help us kill Tony Stark?" Susan asks.
"I think I'll help the avengers kill you" I snap, causing Susan to fling the whip down onto my leg twice, just below my knee. She pulls a knife off the shelf and stabs it into the middle of my leg thigh, I grimace but don't say anything. The pain is sharp and feels like it's spreading throughout my entire body.
"I've been through a lot worse than that" I say, my eyes flickering to Clover. If I had told her everything the x-men put me through, would my situation be a lot worse right now? She doesn't look thrilled but she's not saying anything either, just standing still and watching Susan hurt me. Victor steps forward and plunges a knife down into my shoulder blade, he looks at me and I look away. Susan picks up the whip and slams it down onto my stab wound, I dig my nails into my skin to stop myself from crying out, I take a deep breath to ensure no tears form.
"What if we get Henry in here?" Susan asks, a sadistic smile emerging on her face as she waits for my response.
"I don't care if I'm restrained and don't have my powers, if you touch Henry, I will find out a way out of here and I will burn this entire place down to the ground with all of you in it" I growl, my eyes hardening as I stare at Susan. Her eyes widen slightly at my remark, and she glances at Victor who also looks surprised.
Clover's eyes widen and she stares at me like she has no idea who I am anymore. "You would never hurt anyone, especially innocent people. You're acting like Mystique." Anger flares through me, I'm defending a friend and she has the nerve to compare me to Mystique?
"These people are torturing me, yet you've found a way to make me the bad guy. Wow, you truly are gifted at twisting morals, aren't you?" I reply, I wince as Victor brings the knife down into my lower stomach.
"Enough, take her back to her room, we're not getting anything out of her except attitude" Susan says, beginning to bandage my stab wounds. She undoes the restraints and Clover pulls me to my feet. I begin to walk, trying my best to ignore the shooting pain that travels down my body with every step.
"We're almost there" Clover says, her voice quiet and gentle. I look at her with confusion, she looks devastated yet two minutes ago she was perfectly fine. "Don't piss Susan off, it won't end well for you." I ignore her comment, Clover isn't looking out for me.
Clover opens the door and I step inside; she shuts the door behind me. "Storm" Henry says, coming over. His eyes widen as he sees my injuries.
"I'm fine" I say quietly, I stumble slightly, and Henry grabs me, placing his hand around my waist and guiding me to one of the beds.
"I'm so sorry, Storm, it should've been me" Henry says.
"No" I say, shaking my head. The two of us would take a bullet for each other so it makes sense that neither of us want to see the other in pain.
"We'll get out of here and they'll never touch you again. In fact, I'm going to kill every single person that laid a hand on you" Henry vows, his voice certain, he means every single word he's saying.
"Do you promise we'll get out of here?" I say, like a small child, as I stare up at Henry. Henry nods as our eyes meet.
"I promise."
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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...
