claws (Avengers Fanfiction)

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Emma ran through the hydra base as fast as her legs could take her. She ran through the corridors. She could still here the man chasing her. Emma, who has supernatural speed, is amazed by how fast the man can run. She turns a corner on the laboratory floors to see a huge metal man standing in the dim hallway. "Thank God for my insane senses, I probably wouldn't be able to see him". Slightly to her left, theres a white door leading to one of the many labs on the floor. Using the metal disk, that is still in her hand, she runs at the door and takes it off it's hinges. "Ouch!" She whispers, trying not to draw attention to herself. Emma stands up and glances around the large room. There's not much inside other than a bed and a cupboard on the far wall. She creeps over to the cupboard and silently opens it. She roots around, trying to find anything helpful.

Steve carefully and quietly walks into the room, to find the girl rooting in the cupboard on the far wall. "What is she looking for?" After thinking of what to say, he pulls himself together. "You know.." the girls head snaps around, her black hair swishing around her face. "You shouldn't take whats not yours, especially when your going to use it against the rightful owner". He states, looking from his shield in the girls bloody hand to the girl. "Sorry to interrupt" Stark mumbles, his suit clanging it's way into the room. The girl keeps staring at the pair, confusion written all over her face. "What do you want Stark" Steve hisses, showing his annoyance. "Just to let you know the kaboom machine is on its way. Meaning, we should be on our way." He states in his sarcastic tone. "Oh, and girly, your meant to come too." Steve looks closly at the girl. She has a bouncy ball in one hand "was that ball there before?"Steve thought while Tony bables on about his bomb. "I'm not leaving. Especially not with you two" states the girl, the frown not leaving her face. "You either come with us, or die. There your options." Tony retaliates. "I'll make it, don't worry. You should get going. That kaboom machine of yours will make impact soon." She smirks. Tony sighs "C'mon Capsicle, we should go." Stark dramatically waves at the girl."have fun!!" He says sarcastically. "See you around!" She states as she waves back. Tony stomps out of the room. Steve turns on his heels and runs after him. "She's the reason we are here Stark! We can't let her die!" Steve yells as he catches up to him. Tony turns around to face him. "Not our loss. We'll just get yelled at by Fury, no big deal. Anyways, she'd rather die than come with us, so not our fault!" He turns and flys out of the building. Steve sighs and runs out of the building. He leaves his shield behind, hoping it will help the girls chances of survival

Emma looks around. The surgical bed has titanium legs. She could sense the bomb getting closer. She sprints over to the bed and slides in underneath it. She positions the shield on her chest. "This was a bad idea" she thinks out loud.

The avengers stand in a group a safe distance away from the base. They watch as the boom comes crashing into the base. "Well, there goes the girl"sighes Nat. "Fury isn't gonna be happy" Clint exclaimed. "The kid really said see you in a minute". Tony sniggers. "You think that's funny? It's a little girl!" Steve yells at Tony. "C'mon, no point in hanging around" Clint sighs as he starts to get into the shield aircraft behind him. The rest of the avengers follow suit. Nat glances over her shoulder to look at the rubble. She notices some of the debris moving slightly. She pauses in her tracks and watches more carefully. Her eyes widen when a larger piece of a concrete slab move. There, sitting onto off the concrete slab, was the girl, the secret powerhouse Nick Fury has babbled on about for weeks. She starts to brush the dust of her tattered tracksuit. She looks inpain, and seems to be cursing to herself.

Emma stands up, but fails. At least one of her ankles are sprained, and she knows that she definitely broke her ribs again. There were series of gashes and cuts travelling up her arms and legs. She looks around, trying to figure out the extent of the damage. She catches the Red headed girls eye and holds her gaze. Emma raises her brusied and bleeding hand and proceeds to flip off the large group staring at her. She chuckles to herself as the group glance at each other in shock. Then Emma shifts and takes off away from the base and the avengers.