The Price Of Love

Chapter 22

LUCY'S POV

Everyone turned to me expectantly.

I shifted onto my other foot and started speaking.

" well where do I start?" I chuckled softly.

Tony raised his hand." Just start from the beginning."

I tilted my head to the side and nodded." Alright."

A smirk formed on my lips and I laughed lightly." Well when a mommy bear an a daddy bear love each other very much they have-"

" wait! No no no! Not that far, please!" Bruce yelled.

I laughed silently and nodded." Fine. I might as well say who my parents are. Their not...normal people. Not even people at the least. My mother was one of the rare breeds of the energy consumers. My father was a frost giant. Their two realms were at war but during then, they fell in love, and all of of know what happens next."

I coughed uncomfortably before continuing.

" what happened to me when I was born, the government officials found out what happened and they were forced to send me to earth. Shortly after my parents were hung for their actions. But when I was sent to earth, I was sent to Germany. Big mistake. A kind man, or so i thought, took me in, and after he found what I was capable of he, trained me to be, some warrior. Then the worst part was that he...tortured me,if I did not do as he wanted. And then the testing came, that's where I got the rest of my abilities. It was a horrible eighteen years of my life. I found a chance not long after that to escape, which by doing so, I burned down half of the city and froze over everything. But I came to the US, where all I did was kill and steal just to get food. And then a year later, I was found and taken back to shield.

So, you see, I know most of you see me as a emotionless, fearless assassin. But then again you must've only judged me by the part of the story you saw. I have fears. I have weaknesses. I'm afraid of being trapped in a cage. I'm Afraid of heights. And lastly I'm afraid of my rage getting out of hand and hurting those I love. So, I guess I'm not what you all thought I was."

The room was quiet as I waited for their response.

" no one say anything until I hear about this....rage, and who the heck was the guy who kidnapped the girls." Fury barked.

I felt the sadness and regret wash over me as I thought of my past decisions.

" Rage is my arch nemesis. My bad half. She was created during the...testing. She's basically my conscious and she is the evil in me. That's what convinced me to do all the things I did in the past." I sigh uncomfortably.

Bruce surprised me by walking up to hug me, wrapping his arms around my waste.

My eyes widened but I slowly wrapped my arms around his shoulders.

" I know how you feel. Trying to keep it in. I've been doing that for years and I've had the exact same fear since my first incident." He said softly.

I smiled and kissed him on the forehead, hearing Steve slightly growl in the background.

" thank you Bruce. Your too kind." I say as I pull back and continue on the story.

But before I continue I look at Steve quickly , who is glaring at Bruce.

I kicked him in the shin." Steve." I hissed.

He immediately stopped and turned back to me.

" the guy. He is-was my ex boyfriend. We got together when we met half a year after I escaped from Germany. It never lasted long and we ended up getting in a fight. Not a verbal or fist fight. No much worse. It was power against power fight. His abilities are not the same as mine but they match the power level. And also he did not have the rage. So that's what I used when we fought. He lost and I ended up giving him a well deserved beating. So now he's looking for revenge after being so humiliated in front of well crowds of people. So now he's out to get me and now he thinks the best way to get back at me is by hurting this around me." I finished, slightly tired from the long speech.

" but that doesn't explain why he took the girls and not the guys."

I grinned and forced a laugh." Well here's the funny thing....umm. Steve you might not like this. He's trying to get revenge on Steve, cause well, he's Schmidt's great grandson. And he wants revenge on you also for killing his great grandfather."

Steve's jaw dropped." Since when diss Schmidt's son have a son?" He asked in disbelief.

I shrugged." I don't know. But he's out to get all of us."

" we best be on our watch then." Brittany said and we all nodded in agreement.

" agreed he could strike any time. So back at stark towers all of you. Even the women. We need to watch all of you." Fury announced.

We all stood to leave but Phil interrupted." Before you leave Lucy. What are your powers?"

I bit my lip but refused to hesitate.

" I'm a energy consumer. But only halfly. Since it was just from my mother. Ice, magic, and I can use more percentage of my brain than normal people can, which allows me to kill without moving, and mainly i use where I know what is going on around me. The last thing is that I have enhanced hearing. But again. Like I said. I'm no different than anyone else, I have fears like all of you." I said with a shrug, while stepping out of the room, followed shortly by Steve.