AVENGERS: Monster.

PART 4.

BRUCE POV:
I can hear the wolf growling, probably doesn't like flying, so I go to stroke her to try and calm her, when she swings her head round and snaps at me. I hold my hands up as she glares at me, when she settles her head back down and continues growling, I let out a breath I didn't realise I was holding. Steve speaks from opposite me "You okay, Doc?" "Yeah, just scared me, that's all." "She didn't get you, did she?" "No. No, I'm fine, she was just telling me to back off." We all talk for the rest of the flight. When we land at the tower the wolf's ears prick up and she stops growling.

We'll have to be really careful with her, she doesn't trust us.

Steve carefully approaches her and she growls as he picks her up, but she doesn't resist. He carries her inside, when we enter the living room Fury stands and his eye immediately land on the wolf in Captain America's arms "What's that thing doing here?" "She was running from HYDRA and they shot her. We think she belonged to them, she was wearing a muzzle." "Why isn't she wearing it anymore?" I interject "I took it off to give her some water." "Doctor, the muzzle." He holds out his hand and I shake my head "I don't have it."

I may or may not have thrown it out of the quinjet and don't regret it at all.

His eyes narrow at me, then he looks back to the wolf "I want to know why they had a wolf. Take it to the lab and run every test necessary to get me answers." She growls at him and tries to get out of Steve's arms, but he holds onto her. I respond "She's been through enough, she needs to be cared for, not tested on!" She stops growling and looks at me.

I guess that means she understands English, that'll be useful.

He walks over to me, his hands clasped behind his back "Need I remind you, Doctor, HYDRA don't do anything for no reason. That wolf was there for a very specific reason and something's telling me she wasn't just a guard dog." He stops right in front of me and glares down at me "That wolf was HYDRA, I can't trust that. Get me answers." He then walks to the elevator, everyone watches him go, then we discuss what we're going to do.

We have to help this wolf, she was terrified, they shot her and she tensed under my touch. That tells me they weren't nice to her, which means she needs help, our help.

? POV:
The man holding me lays me down on something soft, I close my eyes and snuggle into it "Are we sure this is a wolf? It's acting like a domestic dog." "Definitely looks like a wolf. Why would HYDRA have a dog?" "Why would they have a wolf?" "Guys, shut up! We need to figure out why HYDRA had this... bitch." My ears perk up, not having heard that word before. I look to see one of the men get hit on the arm "Ow! She is, she's a female."

A what? What's a female?

They all look over at me and I just blink. The nice one speaks "Earlier I noticed something." He looks to me and his lips curve up "Do you understand any of what we're saying?" I think of a way to say yes, I decide to bark, making a few of them jump a little. One of the other men shrugs "Dogs can learn to understand things, they probably trained her."