Secret Siblings

Chapter 5

Clint immediately rushed to her side and started to calm her down. Steve rushed over to her and Marigold gently pushed Bruce towards her. He stood to the side with a seemingly blank face that the Avengers had dubbed 'Doctor mode'. Natasha calmed down after a minute and not one of them said anything. Natasha flushed when she realized they were all looking at her. Embarrassed at them seeing her in something other than indifference.
  "What the heck Tony? You couldn't have helped her calm down! Your such a-"Steve started only to get interrupted by Marigold.
   "I suggest you shut your mouth Rogers. You have no idea what your talking about." Marigold said evenly seemingly calm. Steve was about to retort when Natasha spoke up.
   "Steve it's fine I mean he is narcissistic." That seemed to calm down Steve. Marigold snorted once again drawing attention to her.
  "You find something funny Miss Banner?" Clint asked raising an eyebrow.
  "First of all its Dr.Banner  and secondly tell me Mrs.Rushman where is your PhD to determine that." Marigold said icily.
  "Don't call me that and besides if your such a great Doctor why haven't I ever heard of you?" Natasha asked attempting to regain some dignity.
  "You ever heard of Dr.Drake Natalia?" Marigold asked her smile not quite reaching her eyes. Steve scoffed.
   "There is no way you are the worlds most renowned therapist. First off she's kind second she only charges  twenty dollars a session. You couldn't afford this house on that salary."Steve said. Marigold rolled her eyes and was about to say something when Bruce spoke up.
  "Goldie I know your angry and you can yell at Steve later but right now we need to know what happened to Alex." Bruce said gently coming over and putting a hand on Marigolds shoulder.
   "Why do you have to be so much like Mom?" Marigold whined but dropped it never the less. They looked to Alex who seemed amused by the conversation. Once she realized they were looking at her she cleared her throat and began to speak again.
  "So then Natalia showed me to the dorms and told me I should probably go to sleep. So I did. I was woken up at dawn and they told me to get dressed. Once I was dressed they led me to the cafeteria. I ate quickly and was then led to a classroom of sorts. I was told before they began training I had to learn the world's languages. After a few months I knew most languages except Italian. Something about them being allies," Marigold heard Tony mutter betrayed by the mother country causing her to snort,"Anyways they began training for a few years and when I turned fifteen they told me they had a final test for me. They sent in three of their best men and I had to fight them. It took me about ten minutes. They led  they me to a lab and told me they were going to sterilize me," Alex paused here her voice cracking at the last part,"I tried to fight back but there were to many of them. They knocked me up and when I woke up Madam B  told me I had graduated. I tried to get up when I noticed the restraints. Thats when they began to experiment on me. First it was a super spy serum and then they gave me theses." She said hollowly. Alex held her hand palm up and everyone jumped when flames appeared. They weren't regular however. They were lavender with blue tips and enchantingly beautiful. More so than a normal fire. They were all so enchanted by it they barley noticed when she changed it to ice. Natasha reached out and touched it. She quickly withdrew it when it turned to flames again.
  "Yeah sorry about that I still don't have the best control." Alex said rubbing her neck sheepishly.
  "Alright well if that's it guys we should probably go to bed. It's," with a quick glance at the clock it told her what time it was,"one in the morning." Tony waved them all off and grabbed his stark phone and worked on what looked like paper work.
  "If you don't go to bed you'll hate yourself in the morning Tony." Steve tried.
"I'd hate myself anyways Rogers. Nice try though." Tony said not looking up from his phone. Almost everyone looked rather a taken aback by that. Marigold however sighed and shook her head fondly.
  "What have we talked about Tony?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
  "That I should feel better about my self because I'm a great person." He replied though his tone sounded like it was the least believable thing yet. Marigold seemed to expect this however and walked over and whispered something in Bruce's ear. He chuckled and walked over to Tony throwing him over his shoulder like a sack of flour.(A/N Any of you get the reference?) Tony tried to struggle but when he realized it was futile he seemed to accept his fate. As Bruce led him away to bed they could hear his snarky comments and attempts to make Bruce let him go. There seemed to be an awkward air after that before Marigold spoke.
   "Bruce can bunk with Tony and I'll sleep on the couch. Alex you can have my bedroom. Natasha you are welcome to join her if the boys annoy you that much." She piped up before walking over to a closet to get a blanket. She ignored their protests at trying to get her to let them sleep on the couch and grabbed a throw pillow and headed towards the couch. She heard them sigh before they all headed towards their rooms. She closed her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep. That was a mistake.
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   "Go I'll be fine darlings. Aren't you excited? You get to spend Goldies sixteenths birthday with a friend." Their mother said forcing a smile. That was the reason that only Bruce was allowed to call her Goldie.She quickly hugged each of them and pressed a kiss to their forehead. She's muttered an I love you before letting them go.Dear Odin she missed her mother. Rebecca Banner neé Drake was a wonderful woman. One who didn't deserve what life gave her. Who they had both taken after in looks though Bruce had more of her personality. Both Marigold and Bruce nodded seeming excited about it. Their smiles fell however when they heard the tell tale signs of their father lumbering towards them. Their mother seemed to worry for a second before quickly covering it up with a smile. She opened the door and quickly ushered them out. They were about to head out before Bruce suddenly turned towards the window eyes wide. That caused Marigold to turn around. She saw her father beat her mother before raising a gun . Her eyes widened in shock when she realized what he was about to do. She and Bruce quickly rushed back in inside. But they were to late. Marigold heard the gun go off before she screamed.
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Marigold woke up with a gasp drenched in sweat. She threw the blanket off of her and checked the time. It was four' o clock in the morning. She padded her feet silently to the kitchen to get a drink of water when she heard two people talking. She hid behind the wall to eavesdrop.
  "Natasha when can we tell the that we're dating. I'm tired of watching you flirt with Bruce." Someone who she deducted that Steve was. Marigold wasn't blind she had seen the looks that had passed between Natasha and Bruce. The lingering touches. Eye contact that lasted to long to be normal.
  "I know Steve but SHIELD needs him on a leash." Marigold covered her mouth to silence the gasp that she let out.
  " I just don know why it has to be you." She heard him reply.
  "I don't either." Natasha said sighing. Marigold let out a silent curse when tried to silently find her way back to the couch she stubbed her toe making a noise.
  "Sh*t Steve I think someone's listening." When she heard them moving her way she quickly walked back to the couch pretending to be asleep. Once she was sure they had gone back to bed she jumped up from the couch as quietly as possible. Only one thought on her mind. She had to tell Bruce.
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Are you proud of me? I'm proud of me.
- The Duchess