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[Xura]

So we all traveled back to my house and knocked on the door. Matt answered.
Matt: ... Uh... Who are all these people?
Me: These are my friends!
Matt: .... um... Are they leaving now?
Me: Nope! They're staying with us for Christmas!
Matt: uh...
Me: Come on! You know our house is big! Plus, if they don't stay here they'll have to go back to Japan without any gifts.
Matt: Okay... I guess...
He opened the door wide and everyone walked in. As Jake was coming from the kitchen, he dropped his sandwich.

Jake: Uh... Who are these people?
Me: Oh hey Jake! This is Koda-
Koda: hey o_o
Me: And Zack-
Zack: -.- *mutters* I'm hotter than him
Me: and you know Amy.
Amy: Sup :T
Me: They're spending Christmas with us!
Jake: wow... *coughs* So uh.. Are they staying here?
Me: Yup! For the time being. I know that we have a lot of room with all the floors and stuff in this place. Amy can go upstairs with me, and the boys can down a few floors to the guest rooms.
Jake: O_o great. Matt can you help Zack and Koda go get settled?
Matt: Sure.
He took them away so it was just Amy, Jake, and I.

Me: Amy, you can go on ahead to the empty room next to mine upstairs.
She nodded and left. Jake hugged me.
Jake: It's so great that you're back! Though, I kinda wish I knew why you left...
Me: It's good to see you too... I just *sighs* I got caught up with work and I-
He put a finger to my lips.
Jake: Baby, I understand.
Me: o.e are you watching soap operas again?
Jake: Maybe >_> Why? Do you like it?
He pulled me into a tight embrace and raised an eyebrow. I felt a little uncomfortable and blushed.

Me: UHM... Yeah! It's ahh... I JUST HEARD THE MICROWAVE DING!
Jake: Are you okay?
He let go and I took a breath.
Me: What? Yeah! Pssh! I'm fine! No problems here! HEHEH HEH HEH HEH *cough*
Jake: No you're not *sighs*
He paused.
Jake: I was trying to impress you. Jenette said that girls like you like bad boys.
Me: Right. And if Jenette said to go dump your girlfriend would you do it?
Jake: No but I-
Me: You're darn right you wouldn't *Z-snaps*
He laughed.
Me: Listen, I don't care what Jenette says. Even though, admittedly, bad boys are very attractive-
I leaned close.
Me: -the only person I'm in love with, is you.
I bopped him on the nose and pecked a short and sweet kiss on his lips. He smiled and gently wrapped his arms around my waist.

Jake: Can't you have both?
Me: I'd prefer not to, I can hardly handle just Jake.
Jake: Hey!
He smiled, but then quickly frowned as Amy came down the steps.
Amy: I'm running out!
Me: Where are you-
Before I knew it, she was out the door. I shrugged.
Jake: How come you're bringing strangers home anyway?
Me: Why wouldn't I? Strangers are the best and they aren't strangers to me.
Jake: *sighs* But they are to me. I don't know them or where they're from.
Me: ... I think all you need to know, is that in the same day, all of them saved my life.
He hesitated.
Jake: What do you mean?
I backed a little away from him and lifted up a part of my shirt. A thick red circle of a scar was there from my bullet wound. He gasped.

Jake: I-is that a bullet wound?
Me: Relax, it's not the first time.... Wait... Is it?
I started checking all the places.
Me: Let's see, old tiny glass scars in the rib-areas, Check. Knife scar up here in the shoulder, check. Oh and uh... Black Friday shopping bite mark from an old lady, Check. Yeah, I guess it's my first time.
Jake: That Black Friday one looks bad. You should really get that checked out.
I shrugged.
Jake: What's the knife wound from?
Me: UHHHHHHH.... You know, aisle four is where they keep the kitchen knives on Black Friday.
Jake: Ouch.
Me: Yeahhh. Anyway, now that I'm back, I have some stuff to do. Unless you want me around some more? It can wait a few hours.
Jake: uhm... Yeah actually you can go. Matt and I have a monopoly game to finish.
Me: okay.
I ran upstairs, closed the door, and found my spy suit under the bed. Quickly, I zipped it on and changed the settings to a Christmas sweater and some leggings. I decided that I would use the door today, so I slid down my stair railing.

Me: I'll be back soon!
Jake: Alright, counting on it. I'll deal you in for Go-fish later!
I left and started up my car. I stepped in it, shut the door and leaned back in my seat. I let out a sigh of relief. It was good to FINALLY be back. Just then, my phone started ringing. I bit my lip as it ran a few dials, but then I reluctantly picked up.
Me: uh.. Hello?
Nick: Xura?
Me: Yeah, what's up?
Nick: What's up?! Are you kidding me? You disappeared for four days!
Me: Uh.. I can explain
Nick: I'm sure you can. Now get your tail down here in the next hour!
He hung up as Amy popped up in the back seat.

Me: AGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Amy: Are we still doing that?
She crawled up to the passenger seat.
Me: What do you mean "are we still doing that"?! For the second and last time, it's not okay to hide in people's cars!
Amy: Was that Nick Fury on the phone?
Me: Wha- Yeah- uh! Wait! Aren't you listening to me?! The-the-the car thing! You can't just randomly be in people's cars!
Amy: Yeah, Yeah. Whatever.
Me: WHATEVER?!
Amy: So this SHIELD thing... It's the real deal, huh?
Me: ... Yeah, it is.
We had a moment of silence that dragged on about a decade.
Amy: That's cool. Anyway, where are we going?
Me: Uhhhhhhh... we're not going anywhere. I have some places to be
Amy: So you have to catch up on your Christmas shopping?
Me: .___.
I eventually gave in to the madness, as usual, and drove to the mall. Nick said in the next hour, so I had a good forty-five minutes. We walked into the mall and passed a few stores and restaurants. About the third restaurant we passed, we some guy in a panic

???: AHHHHHHH! *runs screaming to the bathroom*
Amy: What's up with that guy?
Me: I don't know. But that screaming sure is familiar... Reminds me of that kid from the sandwich incident in second grade. *shrugs* Oh well.
Amy: What's this about a sandwich incident?
Me: It's nothing. Just a little part of my past.
We reached the gift store and stepped inside. Children were laughing and playing with toys while the adults were looking at books and collections of useless house decorum.

Amy: .-. I hate this place
Me: Let me remind you that you're the one who wanted to come with me
Amy: Ughhhh but I didn't want it to be so boring! Can't we go to the store across from us?! D:
I turned behind me and saw the store she was talking about.
Me: You want to go to the weapons emporium?
Amy: Well, duh! Where else do you buy gifts?
Me: ... I have no words for you but one that has two letters in it. N-O. No.
Amy: D:< fineee.
I eventually found 5 different gifts for everyone but used up all the time. Amy came back with 4 gifts of her own.

Me: You know that you're shopping for five people, right?
Amy: I know. I deliberately did not buy Koda a gift.
Me: Why?
Amy: Because :T
Me: *pokes her* because why?
Amy: I'm not telling.
Me: I revoke your Christmas gift
Amy: You can't do that!
Me: Watch me
Amy: FINEEEE *flails* I'll tell you.
Me: Okay.
Amy: ... Koda and I... *sighs* We-we Uhm.... See... In the past, there were some bad decisions made that just didn't work out and-
Me: OMIGLOB! You two dated didn't you?!
Amy: UGHHHHHHHHH! Yes! We did.
Me: That's why it's so awkward between you two! ... Wow. You date people?
Amy: of course I do! ... It's just that with my dating, some dates just don't make it out alive... So I don't date often.
Me: O_o ... Ignoring that, since I have twenty five minutes left, let's go eat and talk about how your relationship with Koda ended.
We took the bags of gifts we had just bought with us into that restaurant we saw earlier. I ordered a chicken sandwich with fries and a large coke. Amy got a BLT sandwich.
Me: So how did it start and how did it end? Also when?
Amy: *sighs* About a year ago Koda and I met at a weapons exchange in Michigan.
Me: How romantic ._.
Amy: Yeah, I know. He was single and I had just gotten out of a rough relationship with a hunky Australian with a deep voice who ditched me for that awful red-head, Vicki. Ugh.
Me: Hunky Australian? What happened to him?
Amy: *smiles* You should be more concerned with what happened to Vicki.
Me: Don't make shudder when we're hardly two minutes through your explanation
She shrugged.
Amy: I can't help it. Anyway, Koda and I had similar interests. Especially in types of weapons. We dated for a long time... And everything was actually going great. Until...
Me: until...?
Amy: His father told him to come back to Japan, and he wanted to me to come with... So he proposed.
I gasped.

Me: WHAT?!
The same guy who we saw screaming earlier, got up again and ran to the bathroom a second time.
???: AHHHHHHHHH!
Me: He proposed?! That's so sweet and romantic! <3
Amy: Geez, with that talk, you should just marry him.
Me: How did he propose?
Amy: Well, it was a scavenger hunt. He took me all around the world to our favorite spots together leaving me little clues. Finally, he left the last clue that I still carry around with me.
Slowly and Reluctantly, she pulled out a locket that I had never seen before. She opened it, and I saw a well-folded note.

All around the world we've been
And here we are, together again
You know I love you with the bottom of my heart
Please come with me for a new start
Together, married, a couple as one
Without you, this adventure would never have been fun
I know that I will never be happy without you. Amy, will you marry me?

I started crying. No, ALL OUT WEEPING.

Me: That was so ROMANTIC! And SWEET! And CUTE!
Amy: ... Yeah. But... Xura, you have to understand... Even though I loved Koda, getting married meant giving up the life I had. The life I love.
Me: But... Didn't you love him more?
Amy: ... He wanted to settle down, and you know I'm a free spirit. Of course I loved him. But it's too soon to get married. I want to do more things, see more people. If he had asked now... *hesitates* I might've said yes.
Me: So what did you say?
Amy: ... I told him that I wasn't ready... And that maybe we should take a break.
Me: No! no! You didn't say that! You did NOT say that!
Amy: Oh, that's funny. That's what he said too.
Me: Amy! Wha-wha- Ahhhhhhh! The-the-the- I- uh... I have to go, but WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS LATER!
Amy: :T okay whatever.
I took the bags of gifts and ran out the mall exit. I put the bags in the trunk of my car and pulled out a special wrapped gift I had bought earlier this year.

Me: Okay Xura, you can do this.
I took a running start and leapt into the air. My wings fluttered and protruded outward, pulling me back.
Me: No! No I can't! AHHHHHHHH!!!
My wings pulled me backwards all the way to the mall window. I slid down it like a bug.
Me: Ughhhhhhh....
I tucked my wings back under my clothing. This suit had flying capabilities so I guess I should use it, right? WRONG! In fact, I couldn't have been more wrong in that moment as I turned on the flying function.
Me: WHAAAA- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WHAT- HOW DO I WORK THIS THING?!??!!?!!?!!?!??!!

The boots shot me into the sky and I was next to clouds before I could shut my eyes. I had no clue how to steer and I was only headed upwards. Eventually, a safety for space travel precaution stopped me when I was almost completely out of oxygen. The suit had an oxygen-insulation attachment that covered my face as I started falling toward the ground. I could hardly think straight, but I knew that I would have to take action if I was going to survive. Quickly, I pressed the button I had stuck a picture of a Panda bear on for telekinesis. I flipped my body so my feet faced the ground, and I stuck out my arms.
Do you ever forget how to do simple every-day things? Oh no, wait. You don't, you're just a diary.... That a ton of people apparently read anyway so, why not? Just, simple things. Like, how to walk, talk, spell, write, breathe... all that stuff. Well, I forgot how to use the telekinesis OF COURSE in that moment- not when I was playing with it for like 8 hours in one of those trampoline places! Well, anyway, as I was falling to my doom, I couldn't even react except scream.

Me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Like that's going to get me anywhere. But of course, it did as I heard a somewhat familiar sound coming from my left. Someone caught me mid-air.

*thanks for editing Coolpaw5

[Apyrisol]

YAY XURA LIVED!!!

[Xura]

Tony Stark, Iron man.
Tony: May I ask who just fell into my arms, and why?
Before he caught me, I forgot that we actually have heroes in this city, and that Tony was one of them.
Me: Tony?
Tony: Wait a second... You're that kid agent aren't you?!
Me: Hey! Who are you calling a kid?!
Tony: Ugh. I haven't seen you in like...
Me: 3 weeks?
Tony: A lot happens for me in that time!
Me: Yeah.
Tony: Didn't I offer you a job?
We landed on top of the stark building. I got down and brushed myself off.

Me: Yes, you did. And... I accept. But Fury is strict about having a few guards in the hallway.
Tony: Yeah, that's not happening. Remind me again, why did I need to go save you from falling out of the sky?
Me: Wut? Why not? D: I want the job! ... Oh and uh... I can't exactly do this thing called 'flying' well. /)_o I'm really bad at it.
Tony: This is too difficult to have two conversations at once!
Me: I know! It's very misleading >:(
Tony: *sighs* Lets talk about the sky thing first.
Me: Okay.
Tony: ...
Me: ...
Tony: WHAT THE HECK?! What do you mean you can't fly?! Don't you have wings?!
Me: Of course I do!
I pulled them out from underneath my clothing.

Me: I just.. Can't fly.
Tony: It's a fact that everyone born with wings starts flying at a natural age and is relatively good at it.
Me: Well, you know that wings can be hidden if you take the right medication... Turns out the "vitamins" I supposedly took all my life were that medication. I never knew I had wings.
Tony: Great. So you're basically the only person on the planet with wings who can't fly!
Me: You could say every time I get up in the sky, I'm just winging it. *wink, nudge*
Tony: .-. Sky hate your jokes
Me: I understand if your impression of me is clouded-
Tony: .-.
Me: -but I really am trying my best here.
Tony: *sighs* Are there other ways you can fly?
Me: I got new rocket boots but I have no idea how to use them. Oh, and I almost died from them, but no biggie.
Tony: .__. who invented these rocket boots?
Me: Uh... I don't know
I lifted a boot and read the label.

Me: Let's see... Made in China, that's a given. And I believe it says Hammer right on the side.
Tony: Hammer? As in Justin Hammer?
Me: isn't he some kind of multi-millionaire?
Tony: That makes his money from selling weapons and technology. But mostly weapons. D:< Gosh, I hate that guy.
Me: Sounds like Matthew would love him
Tony: Whose that?
Me: Eh... It doesn't matter.
Tony: His tech isn't half as good as mine! I'll teach you how to fly. And I may be able to help you fix your wing problem too.
Me: Really?
Tony: Don't get too excited. You can come whenever you have the time. I heard from Thor that you've been busy in Asgard, so I don't expect your schedule to be widely available when you're constantly getting pulled into situations like that.
Me: Yeah...
Tony: Okay. Now about the job. I really do want to hire you and give you a good cover because you helped saved my company but I don't want big brother looking over my shoulder and sticking their noses where they shouldn't be.
Me: I understand, and I didn't want the guards, but Nick said that was the only way-
Tony: Nick Fury says a lot of things, less than half of them are true.
Me: He's never lied to me...
Tony: Hasn't he?
He laughed
Tony: Nick Fury lies to everyone.
Me: But-but I've already seen everything SHIELD has. Every blueprint... Every piece of information- I hacked their database.
Tony: As impressive as that sounds, did you really? Think about it. He probably fed you some story, right? About how he has been following you for a few months. When really, he may have known who you were and where you had been this entire time. Keeping tabs, throwing everyone looking for you off your scent. So he definitely would have noticed that you're a hacker.
Me: ... What? ...
I took a few steps away.
Me: No.. No... That would mean... That he would've known I was going to check them out. That would mean... That they wanted me to trust them. But... How could they keep such tight tabs on me?
My family was always so serious about not causing to much attention... I didn't have a lot of friends and I didn't interact with many adults... Could I have had parents that were shield agents?
Tony: What? Xura. Just... take some time to think about it and work it over in your mind I'll talk with Fury sometime later about your job.
I felt a lump in my throat. No... I'm over-thinking things. I'm making assumptions without proof. After all, this is just speculation.

Tony: Do you need a ride to the helicarrier?
Me: uh-Uhm... Yeah. That'd be nice.
I grabbed him and he flew me up on top of the moving carrier.
Me: Thanks, Tony. I mean it.
Tony: you're welcome. You should come to my New Years Party.
I nodded and smiled.
Me: I'll think about it.
He left and I walked into the shield helicarrier. I shook my head. No way, it was too crazy of a theory. After everything Nick and I discovered, it just wouldn't make sense. Maybe he could have lied about a few things, but that's not a problem. I should just drop it.
I turned through a few of the wide hallways and ran into Coleson.
Phil: You are crazy.
Me: What?
Phil: You jumped off this plane without a second thought and didn't even tell anyone where you were going.
I shrugged.

Me: I have places to be.
Phil: You didn't even answer your phone.
Me: No service
Phil: It works anywhere in this country.
Me: ... I wasn't exactly in the country these past few days.
Phil: What? I-I give up. I'd rather just be briefed about this later, then we'll talk.
He shook his head and walked away.
Me: Give Thor my regards if you see him!
Phil: He's on another planet right now!
I continued my stride into the operating room with all the windows and stuff.

Nick: Xura.
Me: Nick.
I gave him the gift I had in my hands.

Me: Merry Christmas
Nick: .-.
Me: Go on! Open it.
He opened it.
Nick: Oh boy. A labelmaker. Just what I needed.
Me: Nah, that's just a reference to a show you're in! Open the box, your real gift is in there.
He opened the box and pulled out a smaller gift. He unwrapped it and pulled out a coffee mug and a card.
Me: Read the mug
Nick: Let's see... Best S.O. and authority figure ever. Long thing to put on a mug.
Me: Yeah, but nothing else seemed right
He opened the card.
Nick: "Thank you for everything you've done for me and for watching my back. Your favorite spy ever, Xura." ... You know, I think the choice of my favorite spy is up to me
Me: I know. I just know who you'd pick. Or at least who you should pick
He smiled a little. But then frowned.

Nick: Sorry to kill the mood, but where exactly have you been the past few days?
Me: Well, I told you that I had a meeting with my grandfather... That turned into a vacation in Japan... Where I was shot. In the side.
Nick: ... Give me your diary.
Me: Er... Hold up a sec.
I took some white out and whited out all the triad names and a few things Zack told me.
Nick: What're you doing?
Me: Sorry Nick but I don't want to killed. Here you go!
I handed him the diary. He took it and flipped through it. It was going to be a while so I stepped down from his control panel and skipped over near the main computers. Everything was boring computer codes and files until I got like 3 quarters down the row. I heard some familiar game sounds.

Me: Are you playing galiga?
Shield guy: UHHHHHHH.... No?
He turned around and smiled, clicking the escape key on his game
Me: John?
John: Xura?
Me: Wow... Okay. Scoot over, I'm playing galaga now too.
John: Wha-? Okay.
He gave me half the seat and I sat next to him. We played galaga for about an hour- John is still mad I took his high score.
Nick: Xura! *mutters* where does that girl run off to all the time?
Me: I have to go. Don't get caught playing that, John.
He nodded and I ran up to the deck.

Me: Well?
He led me into an empty conference room
Nick: ... You expect me to believe that you were intercepted by Cobra and somehow ran into the triad by accident? Not only that, but you saved someone's life again?
Me: Yes.
Nick: You know how ridiculous that sounds?
Me: About as ridiculous as Loki, the brother of Thor from another realm, hypnotizing your best agents and trying to take over the planet with an alien invasion?
Nick: Touché *scratches chin*
Me: Yup.
Nick: So the last part I read was that Amy and you had gone shopping... She knows now?
Me: Yeah

Nick: Do we need to pull you out of this operation?
Me: No. She won't tell anyone
Nick: And you trust her?
Me: I-I do.
Nick: You shouldn't trust her.
Me: But I do and I want to stay on mission.
Nick: ... No. I'm pulling you out
Me: What?! You-you can't!
Nick: Yes, I can. This assignment is far too dangerous for you to pursue. You almost died six times in the past year. You're only sixteen years old.
Me: It's not just an assignment! This is my life. I should be making the decisions here!
Nick: And I am the director of SHIELD. I'll be the one to determine whether or not you are field ready. Right now I'm ordering you to stay on this helicarrier and wait for your new assignment.
Me: No.
Nick: Excuse me?
Me: I said no. I quit shield. I don't want to be an agent.
Nick: You can't just quit because you won't have your way!
Me: Yes I can. And I will.
Nick: We'll have to take you into protective custody.
Me: fine.
He bit his lip.

Nick: You really just want to throw it all away? Your whole life leading up to this job as a spy?! You have wasted the time and energy of this organization just to let us all down?!
Me: ... What do you mean my whole life? ...
He hesitated.
Nick: Nothing. I just meant your family history, that's all.
Me: No. No you didn't.
I stepped back.
Me: I get it... I finally understand. Tony was right! You've been lying your face off!
Nick: You can't listen to a word he says-
Me: Really? I know what you did. Im finally starting to get it. You set my life up. You assigned shield agents to be my parents, didn't you? Or should I say handlers... It would explain why they never got close to me. Because you ordered them not to.
I felt angry tears slide down my cheeks as I shook my head.

Nick: Xura, you're acting crazy-
Me: Am I?! I've spent my life thinking "why? Why am I not good enough for them?!" I tried everything to get my parents attention and love but every time they just didn't care.
I scoffed and backed away.
Me: You made my life this way. And when you noticed that the charge app inside me started working, you let things play out from there! I'm disgusted by you, Nicholas James Fury-
Nick: ._. My middle name isn't James
Me: -I gave it a shot! I'm disgusted that you would use my life like that. And I quit SHIELD. I quit all of this.
I grabbed the mug from his hands and threw it to the ground. It shattered into pieces.

Me: You don't deserve that. You never did. To think I even looked up to you! That-that- I even saw you as some kind of father in my life!
He paused, it was the first time I had ever seen his face twist into some kind of remorse.
Nick: What?
Me: ... I'm not going into eyewitness protection! I'm not going on any more of your missions! I-I- have a heck of a lot to think about and I can't have you weighing some kind of presence in my life anymore!
Nick: What-no! You can't. You need to stay-
Me: Goodbye Nick.
I ran out of the room and turned an invisibility knob on my belt. In those last seconds just now, I had chosen to become a fugitive. I knew what I was. I knew shield regulations and restrictions- I had just gone Rouge. I could hear Nick's voice in the intercom
Nick: We have a rogue agent on the lose! Initiate lockdown immediately! Xura Stryker is armed and dangerous. Apprehend, don't kill. May be hidden in a cloaking device. This is not a drill!

The room flashed red around me and I could hear doors shutting. If I didn't do something quick, I'd be stuck. I saw a ventilation shaft and I crawled into it. I was being sapped slowly of the energy that my invisibility was using so I turned it off. My main priority was to make it to the deck, unfortunately, I've never seen the ventilation map so I had no idea where I was. I kept passing over rooms. When suddenly,
Shield agent: Up there!
I stiffened up and they shot at the top, breaking the shaft in half. I leapt out, I'd have to take them out myself. There were three guards. I swept one of them at the legs, and kicked the other in the face. He stumbled back and I got tazored in the back.

Me: AAGGHHHH!

I shook in pain but overloaded the charge with my phone that I stuck in the claws of the tazor. The charge sent the guard flying backwards against the wall. The one I had swept to the floor swung a punch at me but I grabbed his fist and flipped him over. The third almost had me when he was about to shoot a tranquil dart, but someone had come up behind him and whacked him in the back of the head.
Me: Coal?
Cole: Run Xura! Run!
I gave him a hug and without a second thought, sprinted down the hallway.

I've been through the worst. I've been stabbed, thrown onto an emotional rollercoaster, humiliated, even shot... Yet I've made it through all of those things. But... Somehow... I know that I'm not going to recover from this. I feel hurt. Betrayed... I spent my whole life believing there's always going to be something better around the bend. But after this, I find myself thinking... What now? What am I supposed to do now? I'm a fugitive. A wanted criminal. I think... Maybe. Maybe it's time to stop pretending to be better than that. Maybe it's time to live life on the run, and fight for what I want. Maybe it's time to become the thing I've been fighting.

*thank you coolpaw5

[Apyrisol]

Oh my llama... I have no words O,,,O

[Baylin]

gosh darn, xura
what about christmas with Amy? Im sure she got a mace or two to gift

[Xura]

Ikr. I had all the intentions of doing Christmas but it really went south.... And not north, as in the North Pole.
Sorry guys.

[Apyrisol]

So' kay!

[Xura]

I could feel my heart racing inside my chest as I ran. It was an incessant pounding in my ears. I began to wonder why I didn't run away after my conversation with Nick.
Shield agent: Hey you! Stop!
I reached a set of double doors blocking my way. I didn't even need to press my panda sticker to use my telekinesis. I had more emotion than I could handle built up.
Shield agent: Hands in the air or I'll shoot!
I was using the telekinesis to create large dents in the door. The agent shot and I stopped the bullet in the air.
Shield agent: Wha- Wha- Who are you?!
I twisted the bullet in half as I cried
Me: I don't know!
Wow, I'm such a teenager. It's so weird because even though everything in my world has been flipped upside down and I'm a spy and everything, I'm still a normal teenager that has no clue who they are.
I used a large wave of force to make the door bust open. I felt the harsh air rush against my cheeks. I had made it... Only to be ambushed by Coleson.
Phil: Surrender!
I walked out onto the helicarrier platform
Me: Phil, you don't want to do this.
Phil: It's not like you've given me much choice. Why are you running?
Me: I trust you, and I need you to trust me.
Phil: That's a risk I'm not willing to take. Hands in the air!
Me: No.
I backed to the edge of the platform.
Phil: There's no where else to go.
I looked down. The cityscape below never looked more terrifying.
Phil: You can't fly, and you have no parachute.
Me: Goodbye, Phil.
Phil: NO! Don't do it!
I fell backwards. Plummeting down into the thick blue air. I had no plan. Sure, I had been in a situation like this before. Egypt. But even then, I wasn't controlling what happened. Though terrified for my life, I contemplated all the events that had led up to this moment. I could hardly believe it myself. As I fell, I began to think about everyone in my life. More along the lines of who could catch me. I thought of someone completely crazy, and I almost disregarded the idea... But I didn't have much options as I whispered their name.

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We interrupt your regularly scheduled program for breaking news! That's right, breaking news! I don't know exactly how to *break news. Are you supposed to shred it or something? Whatever. Anyway, here today we have Bob Calvin and Olivia Monroe bringing you the latest news on SDN.
Bob: Thanks Narrator guy for SDN! So it appears that there was a girl falling from the sky today. Authorities have identified her as an Ashlee Pawson. Any comments, Olivia?
Olivia: Well, I guess one could use the "did you fall from heaven" pick up line on this girl. We have no idea where she's coming from.
Bob: What's this? Reviewing the footage, it appears that the girl has vanished in a cloud of smoke!
Olivia: What? Bob! How could that be?!
Bob: We also have just received Intel from authorities. If anyone is to find this girl, they should report immediately to any trained officer of the law.
Olivia: Is she some kind of criminal, Bob?
Bob: Highly doubtful, Olivia. After all, the girl is only 16.
Tony stark turned off the TV.
Tony: What... What have you done? ...
Business client: You know that girl?
Tony: I offered her a job. *clears throat* if you'll excuse me, I need some time to myself
Business client: I'm sorry if the newscast has upset you, but I need these products by next week. This is an issue that cannot be ignored.
Tony: Talk to Pepper.
Business client: We agreed only to do business face-to-face together.
Tony: I'm sorry. I know. I-I just can't.
Tony left the room to clear his head. What could have caused Xura to have done this? Was it something he said? Was it about Nick Fury? Of course it was. It had to be. Why else would she be falling from the sky for the second time today?
Tony fixed on his gear and flew up to the sky. Fury was going to get a piece of his mind, he made sure of it.

***

Jake, Matthew, Amy, Koda, and Zack all had settled to watch a movie on TV. This newscast had dropped all their jaws.
Jake: What. In. The. Heck. Just. Happened?
Jake had dropped his sandwich. The unbelievable had just happened. His girlfriend would now be known as the girl who fell from the sky.
Matt: Could it be possible? ... She's been there before...
Matthew was working things out in his head, and he was on a roll.
Amy: NO! How- This can't be!
She had thought the worst. That someone may have forced Xura off the helicarrier.
Koda: ... A puff of smoke?
He knew she was shield so he had already determined that she may have fallen from the helicarrier. He didn't understand how or why... But he was even more baffled that she was engulfed in a green puff of smoke and saved
Zack: No. This can't be true... That's not her.
He was in denial. Already grieving when he had no answers or explanation. Something had happened. He was going to find out.
All at once, every phone in the house started ringing and the door was busted down by a SWAT team.
SWAT: Down on the ground! All of you!
Koda: Not my ideal Christmas vacation.
The house was checked for the next few hours. Eventually, the SWAT team apologized for the inconvenience and gave a fake story that they were searching for her to learn details about why or where she may have fallen from. The only person who bought that story was Jake. The team left.
Jake: Well that was crazy. I hope they find her.
He was going to stay up all night with worry at his parents house.
Amy: You know... I have to leave. I just remembered that I forgot to buy a certain Christmas gift.
She had no intention of Christmas shopping, she was on a hunt for the truth
Zack: I'll go with you
Koda: Me too.
Matt: Uhh... I'm going!
They all wanted to find Xura. Together they would try and figure out everything that had happened.

***

Joesph Andrew Stryker struggled with what he had just seen out his window. The identity of the girl falling was reported to him by one of his agents but he couldn't believe it. His granddaughter... But why? His old fingers traced the large glass window. Where could she have gone? It seemed that his pursuit for Xura would never end, and it only became more confusing. He sighed and picked up the Phone. Hesitantly, he dialed and sat down.
???: Hello?
Joesph: Marcus, son, I assume you've heard.
Marcus: ... Dad.
There was crying that could be heard on the other line. It tugged at Joesph's heart.
Marcus: I-I- I don't understand why. Why did this happen?
Joesph: I know, son. I know.
Marcus: Mary and I have come to the realization that she almost died. She almost died, Dad. We don't even know our own daughter. She could be dead for all we know.
The stress lines wrinkled on Joesph's forehead as he frowned.
Joesph: She's not dead... No. I don't believe it. We need to get to the bottom of this.
Marcus: I can't work with you.
Joesph: Son. I understand that we have our differences. That for whatever reason, you hate me with a fiery passion. But this is not the time for that. Xura, someone near to both of us, is missing right now! We have no details, and we'll only find them if we work together.
Marcus: ... You're right. I'm coming over there in an hour. Goodbye Dad.
He hung up. Joesph stroked his chin and sighed.
Joesph: Where are you, Xura?

****

Emerald had just gotten home. After a shameful scolding from his superiors, and an embarrassing walk out of headquarters, he was exhausted. He had failed his mission, that was unusual for him. He retreated to the couch and struggled with the remote before he could turn his TV on.
The newscast from before aired on. Emerald couldn't believe it. What was with this crazy chick? What interested him most was that she had fallen from somewhere above and she appeared to be conscious without any struggle. Why?
His curiosity became overwhelming as his brain nagged for an answer. He didn't have the complete details, but he figured that she may have found something on the helicarrier that upset her to a degree where she could no longer reasonably think. Normally, if this was any other girl or boy, Emerald would drop such a thing...
But he had taken such a liking to Xura that he could not just stand there, stare, and do nothing. He got up and started working on charts. Possibilities, probabilities, anything that could help him. He completely ignored the fact that he was doing this, he only worked mechanically and without question.
Emerald: I'll find you. I always will.

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Me: Loki..
Was the name I had called. When we had talked that day in Asgard, he said that he had seen my reaction with Thor. It meant that for whatever reason, he was keeping an eye on me. It was a huge risk, but one I was willing to take.
Poof! Wow, I love that word. POOF! Hehe. #dontjudgeme #ivebeenthroughalot
Anyway, poof! The next thing I knew, I was enveloped in a cloud of green smoke and someone was holding my hands
Loki: Hello Xura, darling. You called?
I was relieved and in tears as I wrapped my arms tightly around his waist. It took as long as five seconds for the clouds to dissipate around us. We were in a comfy home-like castle. It appeared to be in Asgard, but not near the city.
I lowered my arms and backed up a few steps.
Me: Thank you.
Loki: You're welcome. Please, have a seat.
I looked behind me at two red patterned seats with gold carved linings. I sat and lifted my shoe. I just remembered the tracking device Fury put in here. I took a knife hidden in the pocket of my sleeve and cut open the small pocket at the upper part of the boot.
Loki: Can I interest you in anything to drink?
Me: What do you have?
I yanked the tracking chip out from the fabric and crushed it in my fingers.
Loki: It's an Asgardian drink. They used to give it only to the Kings about five hundred years ago. I'm not sure you'd like it, it's a strong liquid that only Asgardians tend to appreciate.
Me: Pour me a glass if you will.
He nodded and handed me a glass filled to the brim with purple liquid. He retired to the seat across from mine. He leaned back, crossed his legs, and took a casual sip of his drink.
Me: I would ask why you have been watching me but...
I glanced out at the window that acted as a wall next to us.
Me: I don't really care anymore.
I lifted my glass to my lips and drank down everything. I put the glass on the table and leaned back.
Me: Not bad.
Loki: ... Interesting.
He caressed his chin and slipped a long mischievous smile.
Loki: So... This saving your life business... Should we talk about how you carelessly leapt off the top of Fury's spy base?
Me: If you'd like.
He folded his hands and hunched forward
Loki: ... I was watching how the events unfolded. I feel guilty saying this, but in some way I find your life to be entertaining. I suppose you don't understand, but there's comedy and action wherever you seem to go.
Me: Actually, I do understand. We mortals call it TV. I'm addicted to it.
Loki: Interesting... I'll have to try that. But, as I watched. A few questions aroused within me.
Me: Like?
Loki: If Nick Fury assigned two shield agents as you're parents... What was it that frustrated you so? To the point where you would risk becoming a fugitive.
I sighed, grabbed my empty glass, and walked over to his drink bar.
Me: My parents... were something special.
I poured more of the purple drink I had earlier into my glass.
Me: They didn't care what happened to me, ever. Just as I'm sure you felt what I feel with Odin.
I took a long sip of the Asgardian drink and grabbed the bottle as I went back over to my chair.
Me: As you lived in Thor's shadow, I lived in my own shadow. Not necessarily neglected... Just treated as... An asset. Because that's what I was. Fury had planned to use me later in the future. He knew that I would eventually be useful when I came of a certain age.
Loki: So what you're saying is... He had your life planned this entire time? And he had ordered your parents not to coddle you or treat you in a manner that they would eventually form a close bond?
I nodded and after finishing the second glass, poured myself another.
Me: He intended for my life to go in this direction. He planned for my sister and my biological parents to find me... He wanted all of this to happen and he treated me like he knew nothing of it this whole time.
Loki: So what do you intend to do now?
I eventually gave up acting civil, and just drank directly out of the bottle. He raised an eyebrow and a smile flickered across his face.
Me: Go on the run. I have a few contacts that can assist me.
Loki: I like this new you... But I believe that she may not last, so I'm going to tell you this. In exchange today for having saved your life, you'll owe me a future favor.
I smiled.
Me: I thought it was too good to be true. Consider it done.
Loki: Good.
He stood and extended his hand towards me. I put down the empty bottle and grasped it tightly.
Loki: It's all up to you now, dear. Just tell me where you want to go.

*Thanks, Coolpaw. you're the best

[TheFabulousHorse]

Ohmygosh. I expected it to turn out so much differently!! I love how it ended up much more than I thought I would. Ugh, Coolpaw, Snowflakette, and you are definitely among my favorite diary writers!!

[.:That_Potato:.]

Oh my gosh. I'm only on page 28 and you write faster than I can read! >.<