"A lot of times freedom doesn't mean being free. It is not a right, but a choice. Anyone can be free if they want to. Telling someone to be free is taking away their choice to be free. You don't take away decisions."
A story in which Lilly Richards...
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"She's here, sir," an agent said to Fury. "Better make sure this time she stays where she should be,... or else there WILL be consequences." He turned around, ready to head inside. "Also, tell her to come and see me. I'm forming a group." With that he left.
——— on the helicarrier ———
She walked outside her quinjet and pulled off the helmet. She tied her loose hair in a ponytail and unzipped her jacket. "Gosh, I didn't miss this place at all." She looked around her. Another quinjet arrived. Out of it stepped her fellow friend, Natasha and two other guys she's never seen. Out of the corner of her eye she saw an agent coming her way.
"Agent Richards!" He yelled from afar. She turned her head to his direction and smiled. "Yes, Agent Barrison?" "Director Fury wants you to meet him inside. He says he has something to tell you," he said as he came closer to her and stopped. She looked him up and down. "Gosh, Daniel,... can you please turn around and tell him that I don't want to listen to his stupid stories right now," "I wish I could, but orders are orders. I am not breaking any. Unlike you, of course."
She looked him in the eyes with a serious expression. "Don't play with my patience. You know what I did the last time someone made fun of me," "Are you threatening me?" She fell silenced. "Maybe," she said and grinned.
He smiled at her and hugged her. "You know I missed you, right?" She hugged him back. "I missed you too, Daniel," she said. "I picked out the worst best friend I could," he said and let out a chuckle. She smiled at him and sighed. "It could be worse," she said and with that they both went inside the helicarrier.
——— sometime later ———
"Agent Richards," Fury stated and kept looking forward, away from the door. "Sir," she said and stopped in her tracks. Daniel left you two alone.
"If you think I'm going to listen to your—" "I'm not here to judge you or punish you. I am not your mother, after all," he said and turned. She smiled at him. "You haven't changed." He scoffed at her answer and looked away. "I called you here because I need your help," he said and looked her in the eyes. She raised her brows in surprise. "Dir. Fury needs my help? Now that is something new," she said and moved closer to him.
He turned away from her, again. "What did I say now?" She asked him, only to be disturbed by others. She turned towards the door she walked through and noticed Natasha and two other guys following her. She smiled at her as she saw her and stopped by her side. "Agent Richards." "Agent Romanoff." They both kept looking straight, not even glancing at each other.
Lilly was watching a blonde haired guy making his way towards them. His eyes were going all over the place, admiring it. The other guy seemed startled and scared. He was avoiding the other two agents standing near him.
Lilly looked back at the blonde guy noticing how he handed Fury some money. "If he's handing it out here, then let it be my turn," Lilly said and gently hit Natasha in the rib with her elbow. Natasha looked at her and moved her head in disappointment. "Don't you know who that is?" Lilly looked back at the man. "Nah, I'm too busy with other stuff than keeping an eye on all the barbie toys that left the shop," she said and smiled. "This isn't Ken, Lilly." Lilly rolled her eyes and turned her attention at Fury and that other guy.
"Doctor, thank you for coming," Fury said and walked towards the guy with outstretched hand. The guy hesitated a bit, but shook his hand. "Thanks for asking nicely," he said and looked away. "So, how long am I staying?" "Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the wind," Fury said. "Where are you with that?" The guy asked and started moving away from Fury, who pointed at Agent Coulson. "We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet," Agent Coulson said to the guy.
"Excuse me, but who are they?" Lilly asked Natasha. "I can't believe you're asking me that," she said and sighed. After a short pause she looked at Lilly. "The blonde one is Steve Rogers aka Captain America and the other one is Dr. Bruce Banner,... I think you've heard about him," she said and looked at them. Lilly knew the story behind his gamma exposure. She looked at both of them.
"How many spectrometers do you have access to?" Bruce asked Fury. "How many are there?" "Call every lab you know. Tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for gamma rays." Bruce said. She noticed a blonde guy aka Steve looking at her. She smiled at him and he returned the smile and looked away. She looked down at her feet.
"Agent Romanoff, could you show Dr. Banner to his laboratory, please?" Fury asked Nat and she followed his order without any words. Lilly was impressed that she was the only one who didn't play as Fury wanted. He turned towards her and Steve. "As for the two of you,... I have a mission to be done."
——— later ———
Lilly and Natasha were flying in the quinjet to the given location. "Are you ready for this?" Lilly looked confused at her question. "Ready for what?" "For what is about to come next," Natasha said and pushed some buttons. "I'm not a mutant," Lilly said and looked at her feet. "Fury thinks you are." Lilly looked through the window and saw the building they were heading for. "I don't care what Fury thinks. I know I'm not a mutant." "How can you be so sure?" "I don't feel like a mutant," Lilly said and got up. "Whatever," Nat said and stopped the quinjet.
Below she saw the guy, Loki or whatever Fury called him, and a bunch of people on their knees. "I'm going," "not yet. Wait for Cap." "'Cap'? I didn't know you two were so close already." Natasha ignored the comment. Lilly listened to her and waited for Captain to show. She was one of those that she actually listened to. After all, they weren't so different, or?
"That's your cue, Hestia," Natasha smirked and opened the backdoor of quinjet. Lilly walked towards the edge of the 'tail' of quinjet and scoffed at Natasha's comment. "See you in hell," she said and leaped out of the quinjet. She focused on her powers and flew up in the sky right before hitting the floor.
"Woo-hoo!" She screamed as she felt the fire flowing through her veins. Her then blonde hair were now a fiery mess and her eyes were screaming rage that a fire can make. She landed behind Steve and that mad everyone look at her. Including Steve. The fire now calmed down and the edges of her coat were the only thing on fire now. "I hope I'm not late," she said and smiled at Steve. "Just in time," he said and looked back at her. Both of them looked at Loki, who was ready for a fight.
Lilly managed to get the people away from Loki, while he was fighting with Steve. However, not long after all of you turned towards a light in the sky, that was getting closer and closer. Before he landed he had shot Loki with a beam coming out of his hand. Lilly grinned when she saw him standing in front of Loki, all possible gear coming out of his suit. "Tony fucking Stark."
Steve and Lilly joined him, each on one side. "Make your move, Reindeer games," he said to Loki and aimed at him all the gear. Loki put his hands up in surrender. "Good move."
