Mother Nature || Avengers

Ela

"Jesus, these are like super glued to your skin." Scott mumbled as Natasha was trying to pry the clothes from my wounds. "Not h-helping Scotty." I mumbled through gritted teeth from the pain. "Erm, alright. Lets think.." Natasha thought out loud while searching the bathroom. "Scott, grab the hand towels over there, we're going to have to soak the wounds till we can pull the jumper away." Natasha whispered slightly due to respecting my wishes of not letting the others know. Scott grabbed the two small hand towels and I turned the tap on, wetting the towels and turning it off. "Are you three ok?" another voice came through the door, Steve, followed by Tony with his great little comments "I swear, if there's some sort of orgy happening I'm going to be real offended I wasn't invited." I looked up at the mirror to see Natasha roll her eyes and Scott clenched his jaw while they pressed the towels against my back. My grip on the sink tightened to the point my knuckles turned white and my hands felt numb. "Tony will you quit it with your unnecessary and disgusting comments." Steve told him. "What, there's a lot of 'questionable' moaning going on and you're not assuming it?" Tony replied while Steve just sighed. "Right, on that note, we'll leave you in peace. Tony, move it, lets go." And with that the door to my room closed and my jumper and shirt were finally removed. "This shower is going to be painful." Natsasha mumbled while she examined my body that now had a few wounds reopened and bleeding. Scott rolled his sleeves up and turned the shower on "Thanks for the help Romanoff, It'd be appreciated if none of this was mentioned..ya'know, to the rest." He mentioned while gesturing to me. She just nodded and walked out of the bathroom and my room. I removed my remaining clothed and walked up to the shower, reaching my hand out to touch the warm water. I flinched slightly at the sudden feeling but calmed down. "Alright sweetheart, we'll take this as slowly as possible. It's going to hurt but you'll feel much better after, I promise." He gently guided my body under the water and I gripped his hands at the stinging pain. "Hey, hey. Look at me, its alright." He tried to sooth me and I slowly sat on the floor of the shower crying slightly. He then slowly washed my hair and helped wash my body clean from the layer of filth that coated my body and the dried blood collected in my matted hair.

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I wrapped the grey towel around my body, while Scott gently brushed my wet hair. It felt soft against my skin but rough against my cuts which were now only slightly bleeding. Once my hair was brushed, he wrapped my back up with bandages then helped get changed and put on my leggings and the big jumper he bought me. "Its soft." I smiled faintly and turned to him, letting the sleeved fall to my hands due to the size. "I'm glad." He gently wiped my last tear away and pulled me into a quick hug before shoving my old clothed into the duffel bag.

He pulled his sleeves back down while we walked back into the living room of the Avengers. "Ah, The girls finally finished showering." Sam said as I sat back down on the sofa. Thor, Vision and Bruce were missing but Steve, Bucky, Wanda, Natasha, Tony, Clint and Sam were still here all sat on the sofas watching TV. I nodded slightly sitting back and pulled my legs up to get more comfy. My eyes scanned the room quickly and a frown appeared on my face. Pietro's not here. "I still don't get this thing." Bucky complained to himself while the rest of the team were picking something else to watch, he and Steve were sat on the couch next to me. Steve nodded slightly agreeing to his complain. "I don't really either." I looked at him and tucked a bit of my wet hair out of my face behind my ear. He just smiled faintly and made a comment more to himself but still directed at me. "You're British?" I just nodded again and sat still while the group slowly joined our conversation. "Where about?" Clint questioned and I shrugged my shoulders slightly. "I don't actually know..I don't remember much." A few more questions were asked and Pietro suddenly appeared next to me. "You look scared, calm down." He gently help my hand for comfort as Tony asked "So flower, Do we have the honor of knowing your name yet?" I sighed quietly, having a battle with myself on whether or not to say or remain quiet, like I've been taught. But Scott taught me to be 'Loud And Proud.'. I'm pretty sure he read it somewhere to be inspirational and claimed the saying as his saying yet he insists it's his 'own words', and to 'ignore all of what those assholes have told me to do and how to act.' "You don't have to be afraid anymore, we're here to protect you." Scott whispered and placed a hand on my shoulder. My voice was still going to need work to speak a normal volume but it was the loudest I've spoke in a while. "My name is Ela.." I looked at everyone and kept a hold of Pietro's hand. "Its a nice name, I was expecting something more..but it's a beautiful name." Tony said while sitting back, looking satisfied that he managed to get my name. "Sorry to disappoint. It means nature or earth. I was named Ela for a reason." I ran a hand through my now damp hair with a heavy sigh. "What for?" Steve asked while leaning forward slightly, resting his arms on his knees. "For this reason." I created the green light in my hand and let go of Pietro's. "What can you do then flower?" Tony watched intently at my hand. Wanda's eyes flashed red before returning back to their natural colour with a huff. I looked over at her with furrowed brows. "Wanda quit trying to get in her mind." Sam told her. "I can't even read anything, its like a brick wall. Her mind is closed off, sort of like Barnes." She folded her arms slightly, watching me. "Wait, you've tried to get into my head?" Bucky said after a few seconds of silence, only just realising what was said. "Hint on the word Tried Barnes, I saw nothing, still get nothing from you. Everyone else is easy to tap into, I thought Natasha was hard since it took me a few tries to enter her mind, but you two are like a blank screen. There's nothing I can get a hold of to work with, its all blocked." She said, her Russian accent somehow making her words seem nice no matter how painfully true they were. I closed my mind off when I was forced into the Academy and put through hell, and being part of Hydra I knew all about the Winter Soldier and everything they did to him. I can understand his pain and need to close things off.

A/N: We finally have a name! Her powers will be revealed in the next chapter, but its already been told to you, it will be more what she can do rather than her over all power. And for people wondering why her and Scott will be close (as in physically always together, that being hugging, an arm around her or just simply being close) it's because he is her father figure and she will always want/need comfort while being with people. And plus, she only got to see him for about an hour per day in early mornings when she was with Hydra so she wouldn't want to lose him again. I'm so glad people are liking this story and it is currently 2:30 am in the UK and I've just finished writing this chapter, so I need sleep. I hope you all enjoyed this slightly longer chapter. I'll have a new chapter up tomorrow or soon, don't judge my laziness..