Animal Girl (Avengers Fan Fic)

Tragedy Strikes Early.....

*Keira's POV*

I awoke to screaming. Oh....this is new. I quickly sat up and fell out of bed because of sudden jerk on the helicarrier. I ran to my closet and opened it. All black uniforms. Just like Black Widow. Hey....how did he get that nickname? Another sudden jerk made me realize that was another question for another day. I quickly tried to get dressed (without falling) and (some how) didn't fall. I exited my room to see sparks flying out of wires and the light suddenly went out. I took gentle, quiet steps. I need a flashlight...wait...Night vision powers! I changed my eyes to bat eyes and everything became clear. As i took my first solid step I heard a roar from a monster so loud and horrified....and in that very moment it shook me to my core and I knew just was pure fear was in that moment. But the creature made another roar and I realized it wasn't a roar to threaten or harm someone....it was a roar of fear. It wasn't trying to harm anyone it was scared!

I ran out of the darkness and sudden light blinded me. Oh no! Had I died?? Wait, I changed back to normal eyes and I had just ran into the control room for the helicarrier. Gun shots were ringing out. How long had this been going on? Had I slept through most of it? Wow.....teenage bodies and their abilities to sleep like a rock amaze me. A bullet shot past my head and I run. Coward... I decide to run around the ship might as well get a tour if no one was gonna give me one! As I ran I saw a blonde man fighting a green giant. It let out a sound that matched the one from earlier. I shouted stop but no one heard me. So i decided to keep running. I saw Black Widow fighting Hawkeye above me. Huh...this is a very dysfunctional team... As I kept running I saw Iron Man flying. Yes! I know who Iron Man is!! And I saw a man who could only be the one and only Captain America!! Wait.. Steve??? Huh... never judge a book by its cover I guess.

I kept running till some how it all ended. I feel like I ran in a complete circle because I ended back in the control room. There they were.... The Mighty Avengers! I tried to sneak past the table without being seen ,but Romanoff caught me and pushed me next to Fury. She went back to the table and sat next to Hawkeye who was passed out.

"Everyone. This is Keira. She will be your new member of the Avengers. Now play nice.... She comes from a line of shape shifters who have been on this Earth probably longer than the dinosaurs...." Nick announced. As he droned on about my skills I slightly smirked, It was true. The Malone tribe first stared out as dinosaurs who could shift into people. We survived the end of the dinosaurs because of that skill. And we survived the Ice Age when we evolved from dinosaurs. A worker from the hellicarrier came up to Nick and whispered something to him. He looked at me and said, "Keira....your family was just killed...." I looked at him and said "No! That can't be possible!!" I fell to my knees and curled into a ball and hid my shame. Crying was a weakness. Why had this happened who did it? Who was going to lead our tribe? In between my sobs Nick also announced Coulson had been killed by Loki.

I quickly shot up. "Loki....?" As I stood up,wiping my tears, I said, "Isn't he just a myth? Elder Anabelle told us stories about him and Thor...but I thought they were just legends."

"Ha!" The blonde long haired man scoffed. "I am Thor! Asgardians are not legends..."

"Oh! Well i'm sorry i didn't know that.." I dusted off my uniform. I looked at Hawkeye as he slightly moaned in pain ans tilted his head. A sudden jolt above us made me change my finger nails into claws.

"Calm yourself Animal Girl." said Fury. He motioned for the team to follow, but Hawkeye was being taken by what I believe was the medical team.  As we climbed to the top of the Helicarrier I saw Elder Anabelle climbing off a jet. She was a though old woman, Oh, wait she is very young. You see shape shifters can live to be 300 years old. Elder Anabelle is only 98. Why do we call her an Elder then? Well 98 isn't exactly what you would call young!!

She walked forward and she looked very young in this light. She was average height and she was skinny. She had short brown hair and she styled it the exact same way everyday. Very 1950's style. She was the traditional coronation ceremony outfit. She carried two boxes. One was big and long, the other was small and tiny. She handed me the big box and said, "Go change and meet me back here."

I ran to my room and opened the box. It was a white lace dress. It was an old fashioned dress. I slipped it on and it fit me perfectly. I remember my mom wore this dress when she became the Queen of the tribe. No getting married doesn't mean you become King or Queen. You have to go through coronation. The dress was lace. It had a rounded neckline and long sleeves. It was a long dress. It was actually comfy. Under the dress in the box was a head piece. It was very old and it felt brittle under my finger tips. It was made up of many small branches intertwined  into a circle. In the branches tiny white pressed flowers were in it. My mom had always told me stories about how the flowers changed every time someone became Queen. I gently put it on and looked at myself. I smiled and spun in the dress. I felt kinda like a princess! I quickly reminded myself what was really happening and walked out the door and walked to the top. When I arrived chairs had been set up and the entire team was there. Romanoff had gotten Barton and he was sitting next to her. I walked forward  and got down on one knee in front of Anabelle. She asked our ancestors to look down on me to to watch over our tribe. She opened the small box and in it was my mom's sapphire necklace. It was a large gem and the chain had two little snow flakes on each side. She slipped it over my head and it began to glow then I saw above my head blue light coming from the flowers. It began to glow to a blinding light until it stopped. I quickly took off the head piece and the white flowers had changed into blue roses with hints of purple.

I stood up and felt powerful. I thanked Elder Anabelle and I turned to walk away to change when I looked over my shoulder. Steve was staring at Anabelle and she was staring back....hmmmm....I shrugged and kept walking maybe they were lost in thought......