The Scale Pattern
I got up the next morning, and I was starving. My dress was in pieces, and all I had left to wear was a pair of jeans and an aqua, purple, and pink shirt that I had tried to tie-dye. I slipped that on, and put some money into my pocket to buy new clothes. I slipped flip-flops on, and changed form. I let some of the water in, and started swimming.
"There should be a beach nearby." I told myself.
My tail was the same colors as the tie-dye top. I had always based the colors I wore on those three colors.
I swam until I could see the ground. When I heard waves crashing, I parted the water around me and changed back into my human form. I walked up the beach, the water parting before I took each step. I was lucky that it was only sunrise, and nobody was there to see me.
"Time to get something to eat." I mumbled.
When I passed through the streets, I thought people stared because of my wet hair and highlights. When I looked down, I saw what they were really looking at. There were holes in my jeans, and they revealed my scale pattern.
"She's a mutant!"
"Call the Avengers! She could be dangerous!"
The people stepped away as I walked past, like I was a disease. It's weird how people will discriminate you over something you can't control. Before I knew it, a Quinjet flew over my head.
"That's her!" A mother clutching her child yelled to the Avengers, and she was pointing at me.
A small crowd formed around them, and I slipped into it.
"Where is the mutant?" Captain America asked.
The crowd dispersed around me, and I looked up.
"You." He said, as his colleague grabbed my hands and pulled them behind my back. Before they could react, a wave washed over the street. It passed the civilians and knocked the Avengers back.
"Why didn't she attack us?"
"She only aimed for the people who tried to take her."
I used the water to throw the Avengers into the nearby buildings. The people stared in shock.
"Run! I don't want to hurt any of you!" I cried.
"How can we fight something our weapons go through!" Cap yelled.
I made the water more concentrated. I saw him reach for a dart, so I shoved his hand down.
"You have a choice. You can either stay up here until I use my powers too much and pass out, or you could leave me alone." I told them.
Cap had the dart in his hand, and he dropped it to Hawkeye. He shot it, but I surrounded myself in the water, letting the Avengers go. The dart was inches from my face, completely submerged. I shot it back at them, but I chose to miss. When I had thrown it, the edge pricked my finger.
"She could've hit us!"
"She could've killed us!"
"She's only a child. You are saw the file, she's seventeen, which means she's still a minor."
"We can't let her go because she's a child. Fury has wanted her for years."
By now, I was getting really tired. I struggled to reach the beach, and my tail was forming slower than usual. I could hear them behind me.
"We aren't done yet."
"Come with us, and you don't have to live in fear."
"Trust us."
I dove in, trying to stay awake. Whatever was in that dart must've been strong, because I was barely awake. I started floating on the water. I knew I couldn't stay under and fall asleep. The last thing I saw was the Quinjet hover over me.
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