A Broken Crown

Chapter Three- A Scarred Past

Main Character POV

My eyes opened again. I was in the same room as before. I looked to my left to see a different man sitting in a chair at my bedside. This man was well muscled, tall, and had long blonde hair. My movement woke the man up. His blue eyes stared intently at me.

I said, "Who are you?"

He said, "My name is Thor son of Odin. Can I ask you some questions young one?"

I said, "I guess so. You helped save my life. Answering some questions is the least I can do."

Thor said, "Why did Hydra have you?"

I looked away. Thor was asking for information I didn't know if I should tell him. My identity is very sensitive information. If the wrong person found out who I was, than it would bring war upon this world. 

Thor said, "I am from Asgard so you can trust me."

I decided to trust him. I needed to trust somebody. Without Rob I was on my own. I wasn't strong enough to protect myself from my enemies yet. Once I was in full control of my abilities than I would be fine, but I wasn't there yet. I needed help. I needed people to help me until I was ready.

I said, "If I tell you will you promise to protect me?"

Thor said, "Of course I will young one."

I took a deep breath and told Thor everything. 

After I finished Thor said, "Would you feel comfortable telling my friends this?"

I said, "If you trust them than I do."

Thor said, "Then I will go get them. You are not healed enough to move yet."

I said, "No I am fine."

I moved the blanket off of me. I opened my gown and removed the dressing from my wound to reveal that I was completely healed. The gunshot wound had healed leaving only a faint scar. Thor looked shocked.

I said, "What? I told you I heal fast."

Thor said, "Forgive me my lady. I did not think you recovered this quickly."

I said, "Can you get me some clothes to change into before I meet your friends?"

Thor said, "Of course."

Thor left the room. A few minutes later he came back with clothes. I changed into the clothes(https://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=219248514) slowly. Even though the wound had healed I was still quite sore. Once I was finished I walked over to the mirror. Thor had brought a red camisole, black vest, black skinny jeans, and black flats. I was slightly uncomfortable. I wasn't used to wearing these type of Earth clothes. Once I was ready I walked over to the door and opened it. Thor was waiting for me. He lead me to a big living room. Seated on couches around a coffee table where the Avengers. Thor had told me about the Avengers after I had told him about me. I walked over to an empty couch and gingerly sat down. All eyes were on me.

I said, "Thor has told me that you all can be trusted. Before I begin I must have assurances from each of you that what I say won't leave this room. If what I am about to say got to the wrong person, than very bad things would happen."

Each of the Avengers promised their silence.

I said, "You will probably have a lot of questions, but wait until I am done to ask them. If I stop this tale I might not be able to start it again."

They all nodded.

I said, "Well my name is Alex Lavarian and I am not from this world. I was born on a faraway planet called Belligore. I was raised by two commoners. On my twelfth birthday there was a country wide search for the next queen. You see on my planet the queen's heir is raised by two random commoners. The queen and the two commoners are the only ones who know where the heir is. Right before the current queen dies she tells her advisors how to find her heir. This way the heir is safe until it is time for them to take the throne. Also this makes sure the heir knows the plight of her people, so she can better serve them. Anyways on my twelfth birthday the current queen died and I was found by her advisors. On my way back to the palace our rivals the Calonians decided to invade. The Calonians have always hated my people for as long as our two peoples have existed. Nobody knows why the Calonians hate us just that they do. Their spies told them that our queen, my mom, had died, so they thought it was the perfect time to invade. We were grieving, so our guard was down. They caught us by surprise and quickly took the palace. They slaughtered any who tried to oppose them." Tears fell freely down my face as memories of the countless bodies filled my head. Natasha got up and sat down next to me. She put her hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me. 

I wiped the tears off my face and continued, "Luckily for me I hadn't reached the palace yet when the invasion started. The guards escorting me to the palace got word of what was happening in time to get me to safety. They took me into the wilds to get me away from the action. The guards decided that we needed to head to a secret base. There at the base would be an escape spaceship waiting to take me to safety on a nearby planet. Unfortunately that meant crossing through Calonian held territory. I started out with fifty soldiers protecting me. By the time we reached the base only one remained. His name was Rob. He was the soldier that had raised me. He sacrificed his life so that I could escape. I watched him get beheaded as the ship took off. The last sight I saw of my planet was my father's beheaded body. It is an image that will haunt me for as long as I live. The ship was supposed to take me to one of our allies, but the computers were corrupted. Instead of landing on a safe planet, I ended up on Earth. There I was a scared and alone twelve year old who had just lost everything she had ever known. I was on the run for about a week, before Hydra captured me. Somehow they had figured out who I was. I thought my life couldn't get any worse, but I was wrong. They kept experimenting on me trying to figure out how to make humans like me. For five years pain and suffering was all I knew. Those memories are too painful to elaborate on. Then you rescued me."

Third Person POV

Steve was furious. He knew Hydra was bad, but this was horrible. Doing that to a kid was unspeakable. His hands curled into fists in anger. Hydra would have hell to pay for what they had done to Alex. 

Natasha looked calm, but on the inside she was simmering with rage. Alex's story sounded too familiar to her own for her liking. No matter what planet you are from, you should never get robbed of your childhood. 

Clint was pissed. Being a father meant that he was protective over kids. If that had happened to any of his kids he would be beyond pissed. Children need to be nurtured not tortured. 

Tony wanted to wipe out every single last drop of Hydra. Their evil truly knew no bounds. 

The Avengers may not always see eye to eye, but right now they did. Each of them was ready to wipe Hydra off the map for good.

Alex's (Main Character) POV

After a few minutes everybody seemed to calm down. 

Tony said, "If you will follow me Alex, I will show you to your room. We can talk more in the morning."

Tony got up and left. I followed him through the hallways to a room. He opened the door and let me in. I was so tired that I didn't pay attention to anything but where the bed was. I made my way to the bed and collapsed onto it. I was out cold the moment my head touched the pillow.

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