Joanna's been running for a long time. For almost ten years it seems. One day she used her power and was seen. Ever since she was accidentally spotted they've been after. Who are 'they', you may ask. A government agency called SHIELD. They came after Joanne about two days after she was sighted. Since then she's been on the move. Never sticking in one place for more than one week.

She was almost caught one time and Joanna had to use her power to get herself out of the situation. But she was shot in the process. It took about an hour to get the bullet out of her leg when she was safe. Joanna knew she couldn't go to a hospital, they would look there. So she bandaged herself up and kept going. Sometimes she would run for days on end just so she could have a moments rest and stay a little longer.

Joanna never had any patterns in staying places. Just so they couldn't predict which town she would end up at. It usually takes SHIELD weeks to find her but ever since they upgraded their tech, it now only took them one week. Now she would spend four days resting, one day getting ready to leave and another leaving. That way, by the time they reached where she had stayed she'd be long gone.

But now they were searching cameras to find what she looked like. The last time they met she had her hood up. It was time to change her looks. Joanna does it once every few months just to keep herself hidden. This time she was going back to her original look. Brown hair and grey eyes. She stood about 5'11". Her name changed in every town she was in but she mostly went by Joanna, or Jo for short. She once went by Beth because she got tired of using Joanna/Jo.

One day, her cover was blown. An agent of SHIELD saw Joanna and she booked it. She wasn't sure whether they were there by coincidence or that they were waiting for her, she didn't care. She ran around the the building and straight into the woods resting behind it. The agent could be heard calling for backup as he chased her. Joanna jumped over a fallen tree and onto the leaf covered forest ground. Only this time she wasn't human. She landed on four large paws covered in grey fur.

Her whole body had transformed into that of a wolf. The agent wasn't fazed by it at all, and kept chasing her. With four paws Joanna gained speed and ground. Until the forest floor became rocks and a river appeared in front of her. She abruptly stopped at the water's edge and turned around as the agent could be seen still running after her. So with deep regret Joanna jumped into the freezing, rushing water. She paddled over to the other side, shook off her fur coat to rid herself of the water, and looked back at the agent. He only stood there and Joanna gave him a toothy grin. His reinforcements were about half an hour away.

Jo tilted her head back and howled, running into the forest on her side of the river. She needed to get out of there and fast. Reinforcements would no doubt be here in less than twenty-five minutes. With that thought in mind she sped up. For three days Joanna didn't stop running. Nor did she want to stop until she collapsed from exhaustion. Jo was breathing hard, her heartbeat erratic and stomach growling. She had not eaten since before the agent found her. She had to hunt. Like a wolf, whether she liked it or not.

Joanna slowly and painfully got onto her paws and sniffed around, catching the scent of deer. She followed the trail until it led her to a clearing just outside of the forest. Normally she would be weary of going out in the open as a wolf, and fugitive, but her hunger was more important. Jo's grey eyes scanned the herd and she noticed a small buck wandering away from its mother and slowly towards her. She crouched low and waited for the animal to come closer. She ran towards it, catching the small buck off guard. The herd spooked and ran, the young buck with it.

But Joanna wasn't giving up that easily. She ran after them and onto the field. She was gaining ground as the herd had to run up a hill. The buck was so close. Finally she jumped on it, catching it by the rear. It gave a cry of pain but the herd kept on going. It tried to get up but fell back down. Jo quickly went for the kill. Its cry was silenced and she drug the carcass back to the trees. It was a little ways but she didn't care. After eating the meal, she found a small, abandoned den, and crawled inside it.

Joanna awoke to the sound of birds chirping and squirrels chattering. She sat up and padded out of the small den. It was made underneath the trunk of a fallen tree. Jo yawned and stretched her sore limbs. She was full from the meal last night and was starting to get thirsty. Joanna walked to a small river and drank from it. Lying down in the sunlight she sighed in contentment. Then she noticed something odd. The birds weren't chirping anymore and the squirrels weren't saying anything. Joanna sat up and got to her feet, listening for anything else. But all she could hear was the small river next to her. Cautiously she took a step back and heard the small noise of a twig snapping. That was it. She was off.

Joanna ran along the riverbank, hearing gunshots as she continued. These weren't normal bullets, they were tranquilizer darts. More and more agents ran out of the trees after her, numbering at almost twenty. Despite her legs being tired she pushed on. Then a cliff came into view. Jo skidded to a halt and looked over the edge. It was a long drop. She turned around and saw all of the agents pointing guns at her, all except one. This was the agent that chased her a few days ago. He wore a black suit and black sunglasses. His hair was brown and he seemed to be in his late thirties. The man didn't hold his gun up, instead he stood there.

"My name is agent Phil Coulson, of SHIELD," the man called. "I take it you can understand me?"

Jo growled lowly and took a step back, unknowing of the distance between herself and the cliff. Her ears flattened against her skull and she bared her teeth at the men.

"We came here to take you in," the agent said.

Joanna snarled loudly, causing one of the agents shoot their gun. It hit just before her feet and bounced off of the ground. She yelped in fright and took a few more steps backward, two more steps and she was gone.

The agent hurriedly said, "Don't take anymore steps!"

Joanna just looked behind her and took another step. She wasn't sure if she could survive this, but it was better than being brought into SHIELD, she reasoned. Life on the run, or life in a cell for no reason at all. There was no choice.

"Don't!" Coulson called. "We are going to take you in, unconscious or not. That's your choice to make."

Once again, Joanna looked at the ledge. Sorry agent, but I'm not going anywhere with you. Jo turned around and jumped, the agent yelling in protest as she did. But instead of hitting the water like she planned, she landed on a small outcropping of rock. Her body groaned in protest. She stood and looked at the drop she had, and then how far she still had to go. I'm halfway there, she thought. Before she could jump the rest however, the sound of a shot rang off and she felt something pierce her side. With a jolt, Jo lost her footing on the slippery rock and fell the remaining distance to the river below.

The cold water hit her and she almost let out her breath of air. Joanna paddled her way to the surface and gasped, sucking in air greedily with a drunken haze clouding her thoughts. She quickly looked around and swam to the shore, shaking her fur. Suddenly she was underneath a net and pulled to the ground from the weight of it. More agents came out of the trees along with the agent, Coulson, it was. Joanna weakly snarled and lunged, only to get herself tangled more than she already was.

"Stop struggling," Coulson said. "You shouldn't make this harder than it already is."

Another agent pointed a tranquilizer at Joanna and bang. It all went black and her head dropped to the ground. Some agents came forward and dragged her body into a black van with the SHIELD logo on it. As they drove off, Coulson contacted the Director.

"Sir, we got her," he said.

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Edited 7/19/2018