On Command ~ Sequel to Lost Heros

Not Your Hero or Avenger

5 Years Later

     To say that I'm not proud of the way I've led my past five years would be a lie. To everyone other than my roommates I am Allison Doyle the completely normal neighbor that no one suspects. I have a regular job at the bookstore, I go to the movies with Jess and Hanna, and hell, I've even babysat some kids a couple times. I had become the perfect citizen.

Was there the underlying threat of hydra coming after me? Of course there was but after a couple years it's severity lost its power over me and I began to actually believe that I had lost them forever. The guilt of leaving the winter soldier also died down to a minimum that I could often forget about, as cruel as it makes me sound.
The only place that hydra now haunted me were in my dreams. Although they were few, at times I'd wake up from nightmares where I was being tortured or where I was killing some poor victim. I got into the habit of locking my door before I went to bed so I wouldn't accidentally attack anyone if I woke up.
But at least I was away and free.

     At the moment, we were all sitting on the couch watching some cooking show with weird foods and eliminations.
"I think Jerry is gonna get chopped," Hanna commented while stuffing her face with popcorn. "Are you kidding?" Jess commented, "Christine is gonna get chopped! Look at her she hasn't even used one of the ingredients yet!" I laughed and was about to add to my friends banter when the ground shook and I heard a loud, and almost mechanical noise coming from outside.
All three of us scrambled to the window and looked outside. My jaw dropped as I saw a giant portal in the middle of the sky and what looked to be some weird creatures flying from it a couple miles away. From the looks of it, the creatures were causing mass destruction and some were heading this way. "Turn on the news, " I said and Hanna quickly ran back to the couch and did as I said.

"Breaking News! What looks like aliens coming from a portal are attacking New York. We advise citizens to stay away from high leveled areas and get out of the city while the police handle the situation," reported the scared looking woman from her seat. Someone came a second later and handed some papers to the man on her left. "This just in. Reports of several, what seems to be, 'superheroes' have come to the scene.  A couple of them being Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, and Captain America. Again we strongly advise for citizens to take cover and to try and stay away from the fight scenes."

     "We have to get out of here,"Jess said quickly and grabbed her car keys. Hanna nodded quickly and we all followed Jess to the outside of our apartment building but not before I ran to my room and grabbed my 'in case of emergencies' bag that I kept under my bed which held several weapons inside.
From out here, the screams and chaos could be heard all around. And from the looks of it, the traffic was terrible so there would be little chance of actually leaving anytime soon.
I looked around to the scene in front of me and saw all of the people frantically running all over the place.

You have to help. I shook my head at that thought. How the hell was I supposed to help? There are people who do not know how to fight. Bring them to safety.
Before I could argue with myself again, a smaller one of the aliens was going about chasing a woman who looked scared out of her mind. Without thinking, I pulled out one of my guns and shot the creature several times in the head before if fell dead to the ground. Jess and Hanna were all staring at me with shock in their eyes and I only rolled mine in return.

     "You two need to find cover and fast. Those alien things are going to come back soon in bigger numbers," I stated sternly while looking at the sky. Hanna raised an eyebrow, "What about you?" "Yeah, where the hell do you thing you're going?" Added Jess. I shook my head at them, "I'm going to stay here and help." "No," Hanna said placing her hands on her hips, "You're gonna get yourself killed. Just let the superheroes handle it." I sighed, "Hanna a lot more people will die if I don't help. Iron man and the rest of 'em have their hands full trying to stop whatever is happening to actually notice the few aliens that are escaping and running around causing more damage." Jessie stepped up, "If this is about proving that you aren't some mindless, brainwashed killer y-" I chuckled, "Only slightly. But I have to do this. Now go! This place is about to get really ugly soon."