Avenger's AOU~ Oblivion. { Quicksilver Fanfic }

Chapter 19: Behind the Mask

My eyes fluttered open to the sound of soft footfalls making their way down the hall just outside my door. Door? I sat up and looked around the room, my eyes adjusting to the darkness. It was just an ordinary bedroom; white carpeted floors, green walls and patterned curtains. Then I realized that the room was windowless despite the curtains. Strange, I thought.

I tried to remember what my last conscious memory was, but I couldn't. My head throbbed and my thoughts were swimming. I hated this, my new self. I had no idea what I was capable of and instead of helping others, I only hurt them.

The footsteps stopped abruptly just outside my door. A wave of anxiety washed over me and I began to panic as my thoughts shifted in and out as if someone was sifting through them, looking for something. Just as the door knob jingled gently I felt my lightheadedness take over and I fell back onto the soft pillows dizzily.

The door flew open and a cold light filmed the room, casting a light similar to moonlight only this kind seemed... artificial. I peered towards the door, my eyelids growing heavier by the minute. A dark figure stood in the exit motionless. I could hear a raspy breathing coming from the other side of the room. Then everything froze as the figure took a step towards me.

"Quinn?" A deep familiar voice asked. Then the room grew a bit brighter and I could make out the man's features. Tall and slender, curly dark hair... green eyes.

My heart literally stopped pounding in my chest. There's no way...

"H-harry?" I stuttered uncertainly.

"Quinn," Harry broke out into a smile and gave a breathy sigh. He ran to my side and wrapped his strong arms around me. He was taller than I last remembered. "I thought I lost you."

I sat motionless, a strange fear seizing my body, keeping me immobile. "You were dead." Was all I could manage.

Harry laughed again and leaned back. "What are you talking about? I promised you, I would always find you."

"I-" I stopped myself unsurely.

This wasn't real. He couldn't be here. I watched him die, I saw his corpse three days after the coastguard found him. Then a warm feeling flooded into me and I felt a strange peace settle in a hole somewhere deep inside me. A hole that hasn't been filled since the day I lost him and my father. I wanted to stay with Harry forever, to never lose him again. I hot tear slid down my face and I smiled leaning into his hard chest.

"I'm so scared," I murmured quietly. "I can't do this anymore."

Harry pulled me away from him, his spirited smile fading away, replaced with a solemn expression. "Quinn, don't talk like that. You are one of the bravest people I know."

I shook my head in defeat. "I know nothing of bravery."

Harry searched my eyes. "You don't understand then. You have always put others before yourself. You risked your life to save your friend's when he was shot from the chopper. You made sure that everyone was out of the H.Y.D.R.A base before you rounded up and got out of there." He paused and his warm smile returned to his face. "You're a hero, Quinn."

I frowned. How did he know all that? I shook off the feeling. "That's selflessness, not bravery."

Harry shook his head again slightly. "Well, I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different."

I stared at him blankly and speechless.

"Do not doubt yourself. You trust me don't you?" He asked.

I hesitated before nodding slowly. He nodded as well, pushing a loose strand of hair behind my ear. I flinched involuntarily, memories flooding back to me. Pietro did that very action as he pressed a knife into my throat and whispered threats into my ear.

Harry noticed me flinch and his eyebrows furrowed. "Is everything okay?"

My body seemed to wake up for the first time. This isn't real. Harry's dead. I started to pull back away from him. I shook my head.

"Stay away from me," I whispered. "You're not Harry,"

I began to slide off the bed and make my way to the door but before I could I was thrown against the wall with force. I fell to the ground, the air in my lungs depleting slowly. I watched as the fake Harry walked in front of my gaze, staring down at me. Then in a flash, his grip was around the neckline of my shirt and I was pulled up from the ground, my toes brushing against the floor.

My face was inches away from Harry's. He smiled, only this time it was menacing and dangerous. Then his features began to shift and change, melting away into another. A face that distills any negative emotion I could feel in me at once.

I clenched my fists against my sides as I stared into the boy's icy blue eyes. I lashed forward.

"I thought you were different." I growled.

He gave me a shrug which infuriated me even more. I thrashed against his hold knowing he wouldn't budge. But I didn't care. He had tricked me. He was no different. The only thing that had stopped me was the object that had suddenly appeared in his hand. A knife.

He waved it in the air with a smirk. "Yeah?"

My eyes widened and I shrank against the wall. "You-"

I cried out in pain as in a quick motion, Pietro dug the knife deep inside my ribcage. I gasped for air but it didn't come. His grip on my arms released and I crumbled to the ground limply. I watched Pietro's boots shift and now he was crouching down next to me. I tried to move but I knew the life inside me was draining. And just as my vision faded away into darkness, he leaned in close, his lips brushing against my hair.

"You should have thought about that before you put your trust in me."

*** Whoo okay. Chapter 19. Wow I am even surprised I made it to this and I still have so many great things planned for it. But what did you guys think?

On another note, I just published a new story and prologue called Escape. Its a 1D fanfic for those of you who like them.It's gonna be different from my other stories with the character having more of a ... girly personality. Well more or less. This story is more on the serious side as far as fanfiction go I guess. I'm kinda feeling a little doubtful with Oblivion but I'm almost to 1K!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So excited that real human beings are reading my story! AHHH. Okay. I'm good now.

So anyways I'm pretty sure thats it. Keep posted for the big 2 0! Love you guys!

~Mare xX ***