Living with the Avengers
CH.6 - A Figment Of My Past
{Flashback – Sher age 13 – Luka - 20}
“C’mon sis! You’re no fun anymore!” Sher yelled as she banged on her sister’s bedroom door, ever since she got that stupid boyfriend she ignored Sher more than usual, Luka yelled at her.
“Go away Sherlock, I’m busy! Go read a book or something!” Sure she was busy, busy having Jed’s tongue down her throat, Sher rolled her eyes and shuddered at the thought as she gave up, not only her parents ignore her but now her sister, she wasn’t going to cry though, it had always been that way, living in Luka’s shadow. Sher sighed and walked down the hallway of her families giant mansion to her less then desired bedroom which was literally a bed, a wardrobe and a window, nothing more, nothing less.
“I hate Jed.” Sher flopped down onto the cool sheets and groaned, rolling over; Jed was Luka’s new boyfriend and took up all her time, now Luka didn’t even look at Sher anymore, the only true family or even friend she had had deserted her. Luka always got the nice things, which was anything she asked for just because their parents were rich snobs who shouldn’t even be allowed to have kids!
“They favour her over me….it’s as if I don’t exist.” There was a quiet knock at her door as Sher sat up.
“Who is it?” Sher asked as the door opened a little.
“It’s Sebastian Miss Watts, your mother wishes to speak with you.” Sher’s eyes widened a little as a small smile played on her lips.
“Mother wants to speak with me?!” Sebastian nodded as Sher ran past him in a blur of rich black hair a sharp blue eyes, never had Sher’s mother asked for an audience with her, Sher was almost 100% sure there was a catch to it but she hardly cared. As she walked into the study she composed herself and stood before her mother who was sitting at a desk, she looked up from her work or whatever she was doing but didn’t smile.
“Mother, you wanted to speak to me?” Sher said as her mother nodded and removed her glasses, Sher may look more like her father but she had her mother’s bright navy eyes.
“Yes, what are you getting your sister for her 21st?” Sher’s mouth formed an ‘O’ shape as she fidgeted on the spot.
“Well…you see, err.” Her mother sighed and stood up and handed her a jewellery box, it held a pretty expensive watch, Sher could tell she left the £3,050 price tag in the box for Sher to see on purpose.
“Give this to her from you, next time you won’t be so fortunate, you selfish child. Now go.” Sher bowed her head and left the study; once she was out of ear shot she punched a wall.
“It’s always me! Stupid son of a-!” She noticed she punched the wall her knuckles became scraped, she sighed and walked back to her room as quickly as she could, not even bothering to stop at her sister’s bedroom door like she usually would. When she opened the door she threw the box onto her desk and fell backwards onto the bed, putting her hands behind her head she sighed once more and closed her eyes, she was used to this, she told herself, no matter what you do, you will always live in your sister’s shadow.
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Sher sat at the far end of the room drinking a glass of coke, music blared around her but she didn’t listen to it, she just watched her sister dance, Luka noticed and made her way over to her.
“Hey sis, you don’t look very happy.” Luka sat beside Sher as she looked towards her sister.
“It’s not like it’s my birthday or anything…” Sher muttered as her sister smiled and got something out of her pocket.
“Yeah, mother and father are useless aren’t they…anyway I know you’ve been sneaking out and training with weapons so I got you this.” Luka handed Sher a small dagger, it had engravings on it that looked very Japanese and tassels linked to the end of the hilt, Sher smiled and put it in her dress bag and hugged her sister, suddenly there was a scream, one of the quests collapsed and guns could be heard.
“What the hell?” Luka said as she gripped Sher’s hand, the two of them shared a look of confusion before the party burst into chaos, men in black suits burst through the door as Jed ran up to the two girls.
“Are you ok?!” He yelled over the noise, Luka nodded but Sher just gazed around, everyone was being shot, her mother and father were probably already dead, no she was sure, she saw her father’s body some way away, not that she cared, suddenly Jed started laughing as one of the men tossed him a gun.
“That’s a shame…at least I don’t have to date you anymore.” Jed pointed the gun to Luka’s head, Sher didn’t know what to do but Luka turned around quickly and shoved Sher back from the blast as Jed pulled the trigger, Sher was hyperventilating, she couldn’t breathe, Luka’s body was just meters away from her. Jed sighed and knelt down to Sher who was collapsed on the floor shaking.
“I didn’t want to do this Sher, kill Luka maybe, she was nothing more than a spoilt brat I needed to get close to for the mission but you were something else, so young but already knew about the cruelty of life, shame I’ll have to end yours like your sister, maybe if you were older I might have actually dated you.” She felt the cold metal of the gun press to her forehead.
“Any last words sweetie?” Sher’s eyes turned darker almost dangerous.
“You traitor…YOU KILLED THEM ALL!” As soon as she said that Jed was flung backwards by an invisible force, the glass window behind him shattered as he hit the street, Sher ran after him and hit the ground, Jed started laughing as he sat there.
“There was something about you Sher…This was it?” Sher didn’t know what was happening but she tackled him and began punching him in the face over and over again.
“Liar! You killed her!” Jed just laughed almost madly as Sher continued to pummel him, her eyes were now bright yellow, he caught her fists as she struggled against him.
“Do you want to kill me?” He whispered, Sher stopped moving and remembered the knife in her bag; she could kill him, and avenge her sister. She stumbled backwards and gripped the dagger in her shaking hands; Jed chuckled and dropped the gun.
“Do it. Then you’ll be no guiltier than I.” Sher ran up to him and wrestled him to the floor as she straddled him; she pressed the edge of the knife to his cheek as he smirked.
“Oh, I’m not going to kill you…I’m going to make you live within an inch of your life.” Sher began to slash at his face, some cuts deep and shallow, others barely scratches, the man was screaming in pain but suddenly he started laughing.
“No wonder they thought you were a mistake…” Sher stopped and looked at him as his eyes were distant.
“You meant nothing to them; they even tried to bargain your life for their precious first daughter.” Sher’s eyes changed colour once more, she was losing herself as if something almost alien was inside her, and it was slowly taking her over.
“You’re nothing but trash.” She growled as she started punching him again, this man was mad, insane even, Sher wasn’t aware of the people standing at the end of the alley.
“You were so *choke* alone, forgotten, no one cared about you.”
“Shut up!” Sher punched him harder, but she noticed his mouth wasn’t moving and she stepped back, his voice echoed in her mind as she gripped her hair.
“You thought you were the only one, I have powers to.” Sher started screaming.
“Get out my head! GET OUT! WHAT ARE YOU?!” She felt a hand on her shoulder and she spun around wide eyed, it was a man with an eye patch, she stumbled backwards as the man behind him pointed a gun towards her.
“Miss. Sher Watts, you need to come with us.” For once in her life, she started crying.
“You’ll be safe with us, my name is Nick Fury, and I work for S.H.I.E.L.D.” Sher calmed down a little but she was still shaking.
“They’re all dead aren’t they?” She sobbed as Fury put a hand on the crying girls shoulder more firmly.
“I’m sorry.” Sher wiped her tears and looked towards the man with the eye patch called Nick Fury.
“T-take me away from h-here.” The man nodded as the other agents checked out Jed who was now laying in a pool of his own blood, suddenly he burst out laughing.
“I finally figured it out!” He yelled as Sher froze.
“They never called you Sherlock because you were cleaver, oh no….” She turned around slowly as Fury kept a hand on her shoulder, Sher locked eyes with the bleeding man as he grinned.
“It’s because you’re a psychopath sweetie.” He then collapsed as the agents confirmed him to be dead from blood loss. From that point Sher grew up at S.H.I.E.L.D, leaving her forgotten, lonely life behind.
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{Present}
Sher gaped at the man at the man above her; his face was cover in scars and marks as he grinned, his grip tightening on her neck.
“Hello, sweetie. It’s been a while.” Sher swallowed deeply and nodded.
“It has, Jed.”
“C’mon sis! You’re no fun anymore!” Sher yelled as she banged on her sister’s bedroom door, ever since she got that stupid boyfriend she ignored Sher more than usual, Luka yelled at her.
“Go away Sherlock, I’m busy! Go read a book or something!” Sure she was busy, busy having Jed’s tongue down her throat, Sher rolled her eyes and shuddered at the thought as she gave up, not only her parents ignore her but now her sister, she wasn’t going to cry though, it had always been that way, living in Luka’s shadow. Sher sighed and walked down the hallway of her families giant mansion to her less then desired bedroom which was literally a bed, a wardrobe and a window, nothing more, nothing less.
“I hate Jed.” Sher flopped down onto the cool sheets and groaned, rolling over; Jed was Luka’s new boyfriend and took up all her time, now Luka didn’t even look at Sher anymore, the only true family or even friend she had had deserted her. Luka always got the nice things, which was anything she asked for just because their parents were rich snobs who shouldn’t even be allowed to have kids!
“They favour her over me….it’s as if I don’t exist.” There was a quiet knock at her door as Sher sat up.
“Who is it?” Sher asked as the door opened a little.
“It’s Sebastian Miss Watts, your mother wishes to speak with you.” Sher’s eyes widened a little as a small smile played on her lips.
“Mother wants to speak with me?!” Sebastian nodded as Sher ran past him in a blur of rich black hair a sharp blue eyes, never had Sher’s mother asked for an audience with her, Sher was almost 100% sure there was a catch to it but she hardly cared. As she walked into the study she composed herself and stood before her mother who was sitting at a desk, she looked up from her work or whatever she was doing but didn’t smile.
“Mother, you wanted to speak to me?” Sher said as her mother nodded and removed her glasses, Sher may look more like her father but she had her mother’s bright navy eyes.
“Yes, what are you getting your sister for her 21st?” Sher’s mouth formed an ‘O’ shape as she fidgeted on the spot.
“Well…you see, err.” Her mother sighed and stood up and handed her a jewellery box, it held a pretty expensive watch, Sher could tell she left the £3,050 price tag in the box for Sher to see on purpose.
“Give this to her from you, next time you won’t be so fortunate, you selfish child. Now go.” Sher bowed her head and left the study; once she was out of ear shot she punched a wall.
“It’s always me! Stupid son of a-!” She noticed she punched the wall her knuckles became scraped, she sighed and walked back to her room as quickly as she could, not even bothering to stop at her sister’s bedroom door like she usually would. When she opened the door she threw the box onto her desk and fell backwards onto the bed, putting her hands behind her head she sighed once more and closed her eyes, she was used to this, she told herself, no matter what you do, you will always live in your sister’s shadow.
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Sher sat at the far end of the room drinking a glass of coke, music blared around her but she didn’t listen to it, she just watched her sister dance, Luka noticed and made her way over to her.
“Hey sis, you don’t look very happy.” Luka sat beside Sher as she looked towards her sister.
“It’s not like it’s my birthday or anything…” Sher muttered as her sister smiled and got something out of her pocket.
“Yeah, mother and father are useless aren’t they…anyway I know you’ve been sneaking out and training with weapons so I got you this.” Luka handed Sher a small dagger, it had engravings on it that looked very Japanese and tassels linked to the end of the hilt, Sher smiled and put it in her dress bag and hugged her sister, suddenly there was a scream, one of the quests collapsed and guns could be heard.
“What the hell?” Luka said as she gripped Sher’s hand, the two of them shared a look of confusion before the party burst into chaos, men in black suits burst through the door as Jed ran up to the two girls.
“Are you ok?!” He yelled over the noise, Luka nodded but Sher just gazed around, everyone was being shot, her mother and father were probably already dead, no she was sure, she saw her father’s body some way away, not that she cared, suddenly Jed started laughing as one of the men tossed him a gun.
“That’s a shame…at least I don’t have to date you anymore.” Jed pointed the gun to Luka’s head, Sher didn’t know what to do but Luka turned around quickly and shoved Sher back from the blast as Jed pulled the trigger, Sher was hyperventilating, she couldn’t breathe, Luka’s body was just meters away from her. Jed sighed and knelt down to Sher who was collapsed on the floor shaking.
“I didn’t want to do this Sher, kill Luka maybe, she was nothing more than a spoilt brat I needed to get close to for the mission but you were something else, so young but already knew about the cruelty of life, shame I’ll have to end yours like your sister, maybe if you were older I might have actually dated you.” She felt the cold metal of the gun press to her forehead.
“Any last words sweetie?” Sher’s eyes turned darker almost dangerous.
“You traitor…YOU KILLED THEM ALL!” As soon as she said that Jed was flung backwards by an invisible force, the glass window behind him shattered as he hit the street, Sher ran after him and hit the ground, Jed started laughing as he sat there.
“There was something about you Sher…This was it?” Sher didn’t know what was happening but she tackled him and began punching him in the face over and over again.
“Liar! You killed her!” Jed just laughed almost madly as Sher continued to pummel him, her eyes were now bright yellow, he caught her fists as she struggled against him.
“Do you want to kill me?” He whispered, Sher stopped moving and remembered the knife in her bag; she could kill him, and avenge her sister. She stumbled backwards and gripped the dagger in her shaking hands; Jed chuckled and dropped the gun.
“Do it. Then you’ll be no guiltier than I.” Sher ran up to him and wrestled him to the floor as she straddled him; she pressed the edge of the knife to his cheek as he smirked.
“Oh, I’m not going to kill you…I’m going to make you live within an inch of your life.” Sher began to slash at his face, some cuts deep and shallow, others barely scratches, the man was screaming in pain but suddenly he started laughing.
“No wonder they thought you were a mistake…” Sher stopped and looked at him as his eyes were distant.
“You meant nothing to them; they even tried to bargain your life for their precious first daughter.” Sher’s eyes changed colour once more, she was losing herself as if something almost alien was inside her, and it was slowly taking her over.
“You’re nothing but trash.” She growled as she started punching him again, this man was mad, insane even, Sher wasn’t aware of the people standing at the end of the alley.
“You were so *choke* alone, forgotten, no one cared about you.”
“Shut up!” Sher punched him harder, but she noticed his mouth wasn’t moving and she stepped back, his voice echoed in her mind as she gripped her hair.
“You thought you were the only one, I have powers to.” Sher started screaming.
“Get out my head! GET OUT! WHAT ARE YOU?!” She felt a hand on her shoulder and she spun around wide eyed, it was a man with an eye patch, she stumbled backwards as the man behind him pointed a gun towards her.
“Miss. Sher Watts, you need to come with us.” For once in her life, she started crying.
“You’ll be safe with us, my name is Nick Fury, and I work for S.H.I.E.L.D.” Sher calmed down a little but she was still shaking.
“They’re all dead aren’t they?” She sobbed as Fury put a hand on the crying girls shoulder more firmly.
“I’m sorry.” Sher wiped her tears and looked towards the man with the eye patch called Nick Fury.
“T-take me away from h-here.” The man nodded as the other agents checked out Jed who was now laying in a pool of his own blood, suddenly he burst out laughing.
“I finally figured it out!” He yelled as Sher froze.
“They never called you Sherlock because you were cleaver, oh no….” She turned around slowly as Fury kept a hand on her shoulder, Sher locked eyes with the bleeding man as he grinned.
“It’s because you’re a psychopath sweetie.” He then collapsed as the agents confirmed him to be dead from blood loss. From that point Sher grew up at S.H.I.E.L.D, leaving her forgotten, lonely life behind.
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{Present}
Sher gaped at the man at the man above her; his face was cover in scars and marks as he grinned, his grip tightening on her neck.
“Hello, sweetie. It’s been a while.” Sher swallowed deeply and nodded.
“It has, Jed.”
HOLY SHERLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! I had to! I couldn't just say Holy Shit or Holy Crap. Na. I had to say Holy Sherlock. Now, how is he alive????? What?!?!?!?!?!?!?! So confused.
10/24/16