The Infinity Project
Prologue
"Alright kids, here we are! The SHIELD headquarters!" Our handler Owen exclaimed. I could tell he had been trained to have the happy, glowing attitude he seemed to have right now.
"Oh yippee. Someone please, find me a jar so I can contain all my excitement." Oliver quipped, earning laughs from the rest of us.
"Very funny Mr. Banks. Now, everyone, before we go in, I need to make sure we have everything correct. Oliver Banks, 19. You seem to have the ability to turn invisible, and the you can move incredibly fast. Correct?" Oliver nodded, shrugging his shoulders ever so slightly as if to say 'yeah, I guess'. "Perfect. Riley James, 18. You have telepathy and transportation, yes? You can read and control minds, and teleport?"
"Usually." I replied.
"Sawyer Jones, 17. You have super strength?"
"The ladies love it." Sawyer nodded, laughing a bit. I rolled my eyes, but allowed a smile to grace my face.
"Samuel Lewis, 14. You can freeze time?" Sam nodded, gazing out the window. I knew if he could, he'd freeze right now and get away, just as all of us would. But at the moment, we were debilitated by SHIELD bracelets. "Incredible, incredible! Ah, and Ellie Ross, 7. You can fly, is that right?"
"Uh huh!" Ellie nodded eagerly. "And I can fight real good!" I let out a snort of laughter at the way she'd said that. "What? I can!"
"I know you can Ellie! I know! Of course you can!" I exclaimed.
"Yeah, and this little braclet? Does nothing to that. She could still kick your ass." Oliver murmured.
"Oooooh! He said a bad word!" Ellie pointed, eyes wide.
"He won't do it again, Elle." I assured the child, shooting a glare towards Oli. We'd only been together as a group for a few days, but all of us already knew that Ellie was extremely sensitive to that sort of thing.
"Can we just get out now? We've been driving for hours. I'm gonna go crazy. Just get this thing off of me!" Sam growled, slamming his wrist against the van wall. I sighed as Ellie started yelling at Sam for scaring her. Over Sam and Ellie fighting and Owen shouting about us being a team and a family, I was able to make annoyed eye contact with Oli and Sawyer. I wish I could have sent them a message.
I wish I could have told them that this was just the beginning.
Notes
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