A New Avenger

S. H. I. E. L. D.

I ran as fast as I could home. Hoping that no one saw anything. I ran inside and locked the door. As soon as I got in I put my back on the door and slid down. Tears began to rush down my face. My foster mom was still at work so I didn't have to explain myself yet.

After at least 20 minutes of silence I decided to do what calms me down the most, practicing. I walked all the way down to a small pond that was in my neighborhood and sat down. I slowly lifted my hand and small orbs of water began to rise. I played with them for a little while. During this time I was trying to figure out what to tell my foster mom. Unlike normal foster parents she actually moved with me a few times. She believed I had an amazing ability that shouldn't be covered. I shaped the water to look somewhat like her face and froze it. I attempted to tell it that I made a HUGE mistake, but the words wouldn't come out of my mouth.

After what felt like forever, I realized that there was only one way to solve this, go back again. Maybe if I went back, everything would be forgotten. If only I was able to erase memories. But for sure tomorrow I WON'T take the bus.

My foster mom came home at the usual time, around six.It seemed like she was happier than usual when she burst though the door. "Hello Esme how was your first day?" She said with a smile. Ignoring the question I went on to ask why she was so cheery. She responded "you know that good looking guy at my work?" My foster mom was widowed before I came here, she recently has decided it's okay if she dates. "Yeah?" I answered. "Well he asked me on a date tonight! I wanted to make sure you'll be alright if I go." I gave the best smile I could at the moment and said "Of corse mom this is your chance." My moms face made a confused look. " Esme, is there something wrong? Something you want to tell me?" I acted as if I was puzzled and said "No mom everything's fine. You should go." "Okay honey" she said returning to her wonderful smile and jogging to her room. Half way there she turned around and said "I can tell when something's bothering my Esme, we can talk about it tomorrow." I gave a loud sigh. You know having a super high I.Q level doesn't help when I'm trying to lie.

I ran upstairs and pulled the string from the ceiling that led to the attic, a.k.a, my room.
My foster mom offered me the room on the normal level but I always loved sleeping in the attic. She found the attic creepy and gross. I always saw it as my own little hideout. A while ago I cut out a hole in the wall and put a window there, I loved it up here during the day, I could see everything. My room was decorated with detailed drawings of my previous schools, friends and houses. Just remembering the past made me happy. I quickly slipped into my night clothes and jumped on my bed. I grabbed my sketch book and began to draw my new least favorite person, Jed. His hair was a medium brown color he always had it in a fohawk, which in my opinion, is hideous, then I drew his eyes, they were a light hazel color. After half an hour I was sure that I drew Jed spot on. Drawing wasn't an ability I was born with, but considering I have a really good memory, I was able to practice enough so it was, as I've been told, impeccable. I gave it my finishing touches and set it off to the side. I turned off my antique lamp, and closed my eyes, afraid of what will come tomorrow.

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Beep; beep; beep; beep SLAM. I could hear pieces of the alarm clock hit the floor. Great. Another busted alarm clock. I looked at my watch, it was 5:30 am. Why does school have to start so early? I got up and threw on a plain white tee and had to do a little dance to get into my skinny jeans. I walked down the attic ladder, and the stairs, and went to the bathroom. I took my curly hair out of the bun and all the springs jumped to life. I styled it and put gel in it so it wouldn't be too frizzy. I came out of my bathroom to see my mom with a nice smile. I guess the date went well. "Hi mom" I said with my poor fake enthusiasm. She turned her head, I always loved her beautiful blonde hair, it always did the prettiest things when it hit the sunlight. "Hi Esme!" She said with a grin. She was all dressed up ready for work, must be hard working full time. "So how did your date go?" I said with real enthusiasm, I was really interested. Her face turned a bit red as she said "It was fabulous! I'll have to tell you more about it later, I'm going to be late." She ran over and kissed my head "have a wonderful day at school honey, I love you." " love you too, and good luck" I said and she turned around and gave the cutest smile. I'm glad I didn't tell her about yesterday, she wouldn't be so cheery. I looked at my watch, crap, I'm going to be late. Like I said before, I'm not taking the bus, I'm going to walk, well I guess now, run.

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I sped walked all the way to school. I didn't need my schedule, I remember all of my classes. I walked strait to history. I was one of the first ones there, I chose a seat in the middle, hopefully Jed won't sit next to me. I glanced at the board. Just the usual stuff today. Slowly all the students came in and a girl sat next to me, this girl was on my bus too, she put her backpack on the side so I wouldn't sit next to her. The bell rang and still no sign of Jed. Maybe he's not here today. Inturrupting my thoughts the girl next to me whispered, "Hi I'm Eliza, I guess your Esme, I'm sorry about yesterday, on the bus, my friend was the next stop so I had to save the seat. I hope you'll forgive me." I gave her a sincere smile and said "no problem, I understand" I wasn't lying so it didn't seem fake, I hope. Just when I thought Jed wasn't here, he slowly strolled in, late. Mr. Tabolt looked over at him and said " this is your third tardy, you get a detention, see me after class." His words seemed to roll off of Jed. Jed searched the room until his eyes landed on me. He stopped walking and said "I need to go to the office, I can't be in this class." Not taking his eyes off me. Mr. Tabolt looked at me then Jed and asked "why, is it because Esme?" Still staring at me he said "no" . Mr. Tabolt instructed him to sit in his usual back seat, next to my old one. Eliza leaned over and said "I think Jed likes you." I gave her a look of confusion and said " I honestly don't think so." She gave a slight giggle. The class went on without disruptions except Jed was staring at me the whole time. When Eliza noticed she giggled, I don't find it funny at all. Around half way though the class Jed finally spoke, "That girl is a demon." Mr. Tabolt looked at me then at Jed. "Who, Esme?" Jed stood up and started saying "Attention all students, this girl is a creature, I have no idea from what planet but she can do things we can't. Yesterday she made a water fountain jut out tons of water and hit me and my friends not to mention tile floor moved under her command" Besides the fact Jed was exposing me, his lack of grammar skills really irked me, Mr. T just had an angry look on his face. Eliza's face was red and she was giggling, like it was some kind of joke. Mr. Tabolt finally yelled "Jed, GET OUT OF MY CLASSROOM!" Jed got up and said "Anywhere but here, this girl is a freak, a freak I tell you!" And with that he left. Mr. Tablolt told me to talk to him outside for a moment. Afraid, I did what he asked. I'm not afraid of bullies, but I'm defiantly afraid of teachers. I got up and stood outside with Mr. Tabolt. It was silent only for a second, but them he spoke "Esme, don't be alarmed, I'm from a secret government orginazation called S.H.I.E.L.D. We've been watching you for a while now, cleaning up your mistakes. I was sent to watch you and as soon as you slipped up, to take you to my home base." My eyes widend, "S.H.I.E.L.D? Like the S.H.I.E.L.D who has the avengers?" I've always loved the avengers, they were people like me, who didn't fit in but they stood out, in a good way. They aren't forced to keep their abilities under wraps, like me, but they can use it to save lives. Boy was I excited. I also did my research, thor the god of thunder was my absolute hero. I practically worshiped him. Maybe I could meet him. Interrupting my daydream Mr.tabolt said "yes S.H.I.E.L.D. I have to bring you in." The second time around I realized bring me in. Without even thinking I said "what about my mom?" Mr. Tabolt said "we'll inform her, she knows that we've been watching, please go to the guidance room someone else from S.H.I.E.L.D wants to talk to you." I said thank you and walked strait to guidance.

As soon as I walked in the lady from the front desk said "hello Esme, I wasn't expecting your visit until later, well here." She handed me a card with my picture and name on it, not to mention a bunch of other stuff. She said " go down that hallway and hang a left, someone wants to speak to you, oh and by the way, clip that card to your shirt." I did as she asked and headed down the hallway and hung a left. As soon as I walked in, a man with an eye patch greeted me. "Hello Esme, I know it must be creepy everyone knows your name." Yeah no kidding I thought to my self. He continued "so I think you deserve some names too, your so called history teacher was agent Tabolt, the lady at the front desk was agent Rurani, and I am Director Fury, we've all been keeping our eye on you. Keeping you out of trouble. But apparently Jed over there seemed pretty scared of you. Which leads me to believe, you used your amazing abilities around him. Now, I'm not mad. But curious, I would love to see your abilities. But not yet I have to take you to my facilities. Don't worry about you foster mother, we'll inform her. But we need to head out now. We need you. You know thor. We all are aware of your obsession, except him obviously. Well his brother Loki is planning an attack, and we need you and a couple other students like you to join the avengers. What do you say?" I was trying to think of what to say at such an offer. I don't think I've ever been so speechless. I simply said "im in. But director, I have a question." Confused he said "what is it" I asked "where will you find others like me?" He smiled and said "there's always people like you." And with that I smiled. He led me to the helicarrier, and we were off.