forum Avengers Second Gen REBOOT (Closed)

Started May 22, 2019 by Deleted user

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"I am," Nat shot back.

Kianai stepped over to Nat, placing an arm around her shoulders the way she had with Eliza, comforting and a way to keep her there at the same time. "Five seconds."

She stiffened at the contact.

“What’s it like?” Adrielle asked mockingly. “Being proud of someone who did almost nothing? She died too soon. You know, I almost wish that Thanos had wiped her out. That way, you wouldn’t be here.”

"Five seconds." Kiania repeated to Nat, squeezing her shoulders before letting go and stepping forward. "You really, really need to leave."

"She didn't do nothing you asshole!" Nat yelled. She let Kiania step in front of her. Tears pricked her eyes again.

“Of course she did something,” Adrielle said dismissively. “She was alive, after all, and she did kill all those people after the Red Room.”

"And yet, she still made an effort to right those wrongs." Kiania said, taking another step forward. "That's what makes a hero."

“Right,” Adrielle said with an eye roll. “A hero. How grand. People act like it’s a big deal but it’s really not.”

"And what exactly do you know about being a hero?" Kiania raised an eyebrow, resting her hands on her hips.

Adrielle smirked. “Well, I tried to be a hero one time. Didn’t work out so well.”

"Ah, so you quit as soon as things got hard." Kiania nodded in understanding, raising an eyebrow.

“No, I quit as soon as I realized that I wasn’t wanted.”

"You think I was wanted as a hero? People fear the unknown, that's been a known fact to every hero with abilities out there." Kiania said, motioning to herself. "You just took the stereotypical villain route."

“Stereotypical villain? I am many things, but not that.”

"Issues with one or more of your parents, traumatic backstory, issues with heroes, wanting attention, being an asshole for no reason." Kiania ticked off on her fingers, raising an eyebrow.

Artemis couldn’t help but to let out a weak chuckle. “You do seem to check all of the boxes, Miss Danvers. It’s a real shame that you turned your talents away from helping others. Truly, you could have saved many lives, if human lives were what you cared about.”

Nat breathed slowly. She watched Adrielle with a sharp glare.

Adrielle rolled her eyes. “Why would I care about human lives? They’re worthless.”

"Stereotypical villain line." Kiania said, shaking her head with something like disappointment.

“And I’m the stereotypical villain because that’s how most villains in comis books act? Have you ever actually met someone like that?”

"Yeah. Thanos," Nat replied sharply.

"Bingo. I think I've got a list, somewhere, too." Kiania said, tilting her head as she thought.

“Well, maybe Thanos was right about some things,” Adrielle said lazily. “For one thing, he wiped out half the planet. I only wish that he had wiped out the opposite half. That way, we wouldn’t be here to have this conversation.” She yawned.

"You say that like there weren't blatant flaws in that entire damn plan." Kiania made a face. "He wiped them out to keep from overpopulating and using up all our resources, but also wiped out half the damn resources."

“People are expendable. We can just make new ones, and boom, in a few decades there are as many as there were before. Simple.”

"But it's not the same," Nat explained, her face stoic. "People lost their families and friends."

“Some people didn’t return after the Second Snap. Not fully, anyways,” Artemis said, her eyes glassy with memories. “Nonetheless, Thanos doesn’t matter. He was a symptom of a problem much larger than any one being: the belief that any set of ideals are infallible, regardless of what ideals they are.”

“Who cares about family?” Adrielle asked with a snort. “They tell you that they love you, and they they’ll always be there for you, and then they leave you when you need it most.”

Nat clenched her fists, not knowing way to say. After Clint had come back without Natasha, Nat's own life had… Gone downhill for a bit.