A New Marvel Universe Part 2

A week had past since Liz’s powers kicked in. Unfortunately for her she had still not gotten use to her extra height. Several times she had hit her head on the ceiling in her own house. None of her old clothes fitted her anymore so she was stuck with the clothes that she had taken from the big and tall woman’s shop. Her bed was too small for her to sleep in properly and it was a nightmare going through doors.
Although S.H.I.E.L.D were making her things that were more suited for her they hadn’t finished yet. Liz felt like she was in a world of toddlers. Everything was too small for her. It got her down at times.
Liz’s relationship with her mother had also been strained. Her mother would sometimes accidentally make normal size portions of food for Liz completely forgetting that she needed more food. Her mother would also jump sometimes at the sight of her daughter. She was still not use to seeing Liz so tall.
On the Monday morning Liz’ mother was making breakfast. She was having to cook a mountain of food for Liz. But today was an important day since Liz was going back to school for the first time since her growth.
But Liz was still in bed and the time was getting on. Her mother walked to Liz’s room and knocked on the door. At first Liz was unresponsive but when the knocking continued it soon woke her up.
“What?” asked Liz.
“You’ve got to get up,” replied her mother. “You’ve got school.”
“I don’t want to go.”
“You have to remember. You can see your friends again.”
Liz then sat up. “But they’ll think I’m a freak.”
“You’re not a freak Liz. Now come downstairs breakfast is ready.”
“Have you made enough food this time?”
“Yes of course.”
Liz then slowly got out of bed and stood up. Her head hit the ceiling again and she rubbed it. It caused her some pain but she quickly got over it and she opened her curtains and looked outside.
It was a beautiful day but to Liz could have been raining or even snowing. She knew that today would be terrible for her. She just didn’t know how it was going to be terrible. In her mind it was just going to happen.
Liz left her bedroom in a hurry and went into the bathroom. She switched the shower on and she had to really bend down so that she could bathe herself. But it was taking a lot of water to cover her entire body so her shower was going to take her a good while longer then it normally did.
After several minutes of bathing Liz came out of the shower and put the same clothes she had been wearing for the past week. Until her new ones arrived she was forced to wear these ones.
She then bent down to look at herself in the mirror. She was looking at her face and in her mind it didn’t look any different. But then she looked at her long tall body and it all came back to her. She then gave out a sigh and opened the door. She bent down to get through the door. But she didn’t bend down enough and her head hit the top of the door frame again causing her pain.
“Who ever made this house should go to jail,” she said to herself. She rubbed her head once more.
She then staggered downstairs to the kitchen. There she saw the breakfast that had been made for her. She was having to look out for the lights just in case she walked into any of them.
On the nearby table Liz’s extra large breakfast sat there waiting for her. She pulled out the chair and she sat down on it. She then began to eat her breakfast. Her breakfast consisted of pancakes, toast, eggs and even cereal. For any normal people it would have been far too much. But it seemed to be right for the young giantess Liz Allen. Although she didn’t like to think it.
But then she began to hear a cracking noise. Before she could do anything else the chair she was sitting on gave way and she fell to the ground. She fell hard to the ground and some of her breakfast went on her.
Liz’s mother quickly rushed to her. She was trying to help her back up but Liz was too heavy for her.
“Liz are you alright?” asked her mother.
“Yes,” replied Liz. She then got back onto her feet. But this time she was being careful how fast she stood up straight. She didn’t want to hit the ceiling again.
“”Do you want me to get you something else to sit on?”
“No I’ll just break that as well.” She sighed. “I’m going to clean myself up.” She then walked to the sink and grabbed a cloth. She used it to wash the food that he gone onto her off. “On the only clothes that fit me.”
After she finished cleaning herself up Liz ate what was left of her breakfast and she left the house. Normally she would take the bus to school. But she didn’t think she’d be able to fit on it properly. So instead she walked to school. Although it was a fairly long distance her new longer legs would make the journey seem shorter. But people still stared at her while she walked past. She couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed at her own body.
After several minutes of walking Liz reached Midtown High School. Several of the students were going inside the school. But none of them had really noticed her. It was a small relief for her.
Mary Jane was sitting on a wall not too far from where Liz was. This was the first time Mary Jane had seen her friend since Liz’s growth. She was a little shocked to see just how tall she was. But she couldn’t let Liz go without saying something to her. It was the only nice thing she could think of.
“Hey Liz,” shouted Mary Jane.
Liz then looked towards where Mary Jane was. For once Liz actually smiled and she walked over to her.
“What’s up girlfriend?” asked Mary Jane.
“Well besides my head, shoulders and chest above everyone else nothing,” replied Liz. She then sat down on the wall next to Mary Jane.
“How are you coping?”
“Not too well. Everything in the world is just too small for me. I can’t find clothes that fit, furniture that feels comfortable. Or even a decent shower to bathe in. It gets me down sometimes.”
“Don’t be. Just think about it.”
“About what.”
“What you can do now.”
“Eat enough to feed a family and be too heavy to sit on normal chairs.”
“Well you could join a basketball team.”
“I’ve tried that but I’m not allowed to join and basketball or volleyball team.”
“Why?”
“Since I’m not naturally this tall its deemed that I have an unfair advantage over the others.”
“Well that’s their loss. You can always be a superhero like Spider-Man.”
“I could do but I’d just screw it up.”
“Well you might do well actually.”
Just then the school bell rang and Mary Jane stood up.
“Gotta go Liz,” said Mary Jane. “See you in class.”
“Right,” replied Liz.
She sat there for another few seconds and she watched Mary Jane walk away. But eventually Liz herself got up and went inside the school. She could still see a lot of the students inside and most of them stared at her. Many of these students were her in-crowd friends. Liz just wanted the ground swallow her whole right now so that she could escape the embarrassment.
But eventually Liz got to her classroom and she went inside. She tried to sit at the back so that no one would really notice her that much.
But eventually all of the other students came into the classroom and sat at a desk. Thankfully no one had really noticed her and Liz wanted it to stay like that. She didn’t want anymore unwanted attention.
But when the teacher came in she looked at Liz for a moment and then turned away. She then began to write something on the board. She then stepped away to reveal the words Greek Mythology.
“Many of you people might already know about Greek Mythology,” said the Teacher. “You all know Hercules because you’ve probably watched the Disney movie. But you might not have heard of other characters in Greek mythology. Have any of you heard of Atlas?”
“The book,” replied a student.
“No but the book that shows the planet and other maps is actually named after Atlas the Titan. He was cursed by Zeus to hold up the sky for all eternity.”
The word Titan rang in Liz’s mind like an arrow going into her brain. She wouldn’t normally realise it but when she would hear things about giants or big things it made her feel uneasy inside.
“Miss Allen,” said the Teacher.
This snapped Liz back into reality.
“Y-yes,” replied Liz.
“Can you tell me where the Minotaur lived?”
“Greece?”
“No he was located on the island of Crete.”
“Is that mythological?”
“No Crete is a real island. Now better known for is tourism then any mythological animals living there.”
“Oh.”
“Now in your text books turn to chapter four and read through to chapter seven.”
Thankfully for Liz the class seemed to go very well. No one really looked at her and most of them were doing their work. Others were just monkeying around like the immature kids they were.
Throughout the day things were still going well for Liz. But eventually it came to lunch and this was the time she was really dreading. She would stand out even more now. She would normally have skipped lunch to get away from any ridicule. But she was very hungry and she desperately needed feeding.
She got into a queue at lunch but she squatted down a little so that no one would really notice her. But eventually she reached the front of the queue and she began to pick out the food she wanted. But there didn’t seem to be enough room on the tray she was carrying.
Liz just paid for her food and moved on. This was a lot of money and she had taken enough food to feed three students. But she just walked to a table and just sat down. She wanted to be by herself so that she could eat her lunch in peace.
But then she saw someone sit on the same table as her. She looked at them a little and saw that it was a nerdish character. But she didn’t want to cause any scene so she just got back to her food.
“That’s a lot of food,” said the Nerd.
“What?” replied Liz.
“I’m just saying that you’ve got a lot of food there. I didn’t know people could eat that much.”
“Well I can.”
“Well if it isn’t Liz Allen,” replied a Voice.
Liz’s heart almost stopped as she turned around. She saw the girls that she use to hang out with before her accident. They were sniggering at her a little and Liz felt very low at that moment.
“So you decided to come back?” asked one of the girls.
“Yes,” replied Liz.
“You should have stayed at the freak house.”
“Wait don’t get her angry,” replied another girl. “She might grow and crush us all.” She then laughed. “Yeah right.”
This was heart breaking for Liz. She had considered these people as her friends. But because she was different from them they had cast her out. She just got up and ran away in tears from them. The girls just laughed to themselves as they walked off. She just ran to the nearest rest room and she looked herself in one of the cubicles. She then sat on the toilet and began to cry.
A few minutes later Mary Jane came in so that she could wash her hands and put a little bit of make up on. But then she could hear someone crying. She recognised it as Liz’s crying and she looked towards the cubicle.
“Liz?” asked Mary Jane.
“Go away,” replied Liz.
“It’s me MJ.”
“Leave me alone.”
“What’s wrong?”
“I said go away.”
“I just want to help you Liz. I’m your friend.”
As far as I’m concerned I have no friends.”
“That’s not fair. I’ve always been there for you. Now please tell me what’s wrong. I want to help you.”
Liz began to think about it. Mary Jane was probably the only true friend she had. She gave out a sigh and she wiped the tears from her eyes. She was about to open to the door to the cubicle but she stopped herself.
“Ok,” said Liz.
“I’m listening,” replied Mary Jane.
"Why don't you ask me what it feels like to be a freak?"
“I’ve told you before Liz you’re not a freak. Ok you might be taller then most people here.”
“Everyone.”
“Ok everyone here. But that doesn’t make you a freak. Deep down you’re still Liz Allen my friend.”
“Do you know how it feels to live I a world where everything is too small for you?” She was going back into herself.
“Well no.”
“That’s what I’m living everyday. The world to me looks like it was made for toddlers. I can’t do anything like I normally could.”
“I know things are difficult for you right now. But you can adjust.”
“I don’t want to adjust I just want to be normal. I want to be five foot six again instead of being this eight foot four freak.”
“Don’t use that word. If you keep calling yourself a freak you’ll become just that. But if you accept who you are then you can do practically anything. You have superpowers and some people would kill for them.”
“I don’t want superpowers.”
“Well you have them. You can either use them to help people like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. Or you could not use them and watch as people suffer when you can help them. Think about it Liz.”
“But I can’t be a hero. I’m afraid of creepy crawlies.”
“Most people are. But if you can put your fears aside you’d make a great hero. You won’t be known as Liz Allen the giant freak. You’d be known as Liz Allen the hero. The one who helped people when they needed it the most. You’d be someone and not anything less.”
Just then Liz opened the door of the cubicle and she stepped out. She looked down at Mary Jane and she gave her a smile. Her mascara had been smudged by her tears and Liz wiped it off with her hand.
“Thanks MJ,” said Liz. She then squatted down and gave her a big hug. “You’re a true friend.”
But Liz didn’t realise just how tight she was hugging Mary Jane. She was accidentally choking her friend.
“Too tight,” said Mary Jane. “Too tight.”
“Oops,” replied Liz. She then released her grip. “Sorry about that. I guess I don’t know my own strength.”
“That’s alright. But you’ve seemed to have lost some of your make up. Wanna borrow some of mine?”
“Thank you.”
Mary Jane then passed some make up to Liz. She tried to look at herself in the mirror but it was too low so she had to bend down a little. Mary Jane stayed there with her. This was the first time that she had seen Liz relatively happy after her accident. It made her feel happy as well.
When Liz finished she passed the make up back to Mary Jane and she put it back into her pocket. The two friends then came out of the restroom and they were still laughing to themselves. For a few moments Liz forgot what had happened to her and she just talked to her friend.
Eventually they went outside and sat on one of the benches. They talked away and Peter Parker eventually went to them. He was happy to see Mary Jane but he was surprised to see Liz. He almost jumped.
“L-Liz?” asked Peter.
“That’s my name,” replied Liz. “Don’t wear it out.”
“You look great.”
“Thank you.”
“You kind of left my house in a hurry last time I saw you. I was just wondering if you were alright.”
“I’m fine as can be expected. Do me a favour will you?”
“Sure.”
“You take pictures of Spider-Man for the Bugle right?”
“Yeah.”
“When you see him next tell him that I said thanks for trying to help me. I really appreciate it.”
“I’ll tell him.”
“Thanks.”
Peter then sat down on the bench with the two girls. But there wasn’t much room for all three of them. But they were able to pull it off They just watched the world go by and they talked.
Liz realised that although there were people out there that thought she was a freak. She knew that there were people that truly her friends. It gave her a warm feeling inside and she was able to crack a smile.
But then the bell rang again. They all gave out a sigh and they got up to their feet. Obviously Liz had to really look down at her friends.
“Well I guess we better get back to class,” said Mary Jane.
“Yeah I’ll see you guys later,” replied Liz.
Peter and Mary Jane then walked away leaving Liz alone. But she didn’t think of anything about being a freak. She just walked back to class. She got a few stares but she was able to put them into the back of her mind. She just carried on as if nothing was happening.
By the end of the day Liz was happy to be going home. She was still a little hungry after missing some of her lunch. But she just had a large snack when she got back home. But there was also a surprise for her.
The clothes that had been specially made for her had arrived. She practically had a brand new wardrobe of new clothes. She had something for every occasion. This made her feel happy once more.
A few minutes later Liz was in her room trying on her new clothes and looking at herself in the mirror. She was happy with what she was seeing and she was even able to crack a small smile. She even felt like going out for a short walk. Her confidence had definitely taken a much needed boost.
She wore some general clothes and left the house once more and she just walked. She didn’t really care where she went. All she wanted to do was enjoy herself a little. She didn’t care about people staring at her. She even had her I Pod to listen to while she walked.
But along the way she could see a young girl crying next to a tree. Normally Liz wouldn’t have bothered with her. But because she felt good today she wanted to see what was wrong with the little girl.
Liz walked over to the little girl and went to talk to her. But she thought that and someone who was over 8 feet tall would be very scary to a little girl. She squatted down to her level before trying to talk to her.
“What’s wrong?” asked Liz.
“Fluffy’s stuck in the tree,” replied the Little Girl.
“What?” Liz then looked up and saw the Little Girl’s cat stuck in the tree. “Oh your cat’s in the tree.”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Well let me get Fluffy down for you. Would you like that?”
“Yes.”
“Ok then.” Liz then stood up to her full height and looked at the cat. It seemed to be lower then she expected and she gently grabbed it from the branch and passed it back to the little girl. She quickly hugged the cat and she looked up at Liz again. “Thank you lady.”
“My pleasure.”
“You’re very tall you must drink a lot of milk.”
“Well milk didn’t have much to do with it.”
“If I drink a lot of milk will I be as tall as you?”
“I doubt you’ll grow as tall as me. But if you do drink you’re milk you will become very tall.”
“Taller then my big brother?”
“Possible.”
“Then I’ll drink lots of milk.” The girl then skipped away with Fluffy and she waved to Liz. “Bye.”
Liz couldn’t help but wave back and smile. She had a warm feeling inside and she felt a little like a hero. She hadn’t stopped a madman from destroying the city or averted a natural disaster. But she had helped a little girl when she needed it the most. Sometimes it’s the littlest of things that seemed the most satisfying. She thought that she had probably gotten her first fan. She just continued to walk and wasn’t really paying much attention to anything.
“Maybe being tall isn’t so bad,” thought Liz. “Mary Jane was right. Helping people with my powers is the best thing to do. But also it’s the right thing. When I can control my powers maybe I can team up with Spider-Man everyone once in a while. But he’d probably want to work solo.”
Just then Liz realized that she had reached an old building where she would sometimes go to when she was younger. This was miles away from her home and she looked around a little. She recognised the streets but she didn’t know just how she got there that fast. She was amazed by this.
“Must be faster then I thought,” thought Liz. “Thank you freakishly long legs. At least they do some good.”
She then decided to walk back to her house. But along the way she walked past a shop window. There she saw a beautiful dress that she would have died for. It almost sparkled like a ruby and it really caught her eye. But she realised that they wouldn’t have one anywhere near her size. She gave out a quick sigh and she felt a little low. But then she realised that S.H.I.E.L.D could probably get one for her in her size.
Liz’s prom wasn’t for another few months but it would have been nice to have the dress ready for her. But for now she just continued to walk home and this time she was paying attention to where she was going.
She felt a little like growing taller and making the walk even quicker. But she didn’t know how to properly use her powers and she didn’t have clothes that grew with her. For now she just walked like any normal person.
When she did eventually get home she sat down on a couch and she put the TV on. Some of her shows were on so she was going to enjoy them for a while. She got herself a few snacks so that she could get through the shows.
But eventually the news came on. There was an article about Spider-Man that had caught her eye.
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen,” said the Anchorwoman. “The hot question that’s been getting to everyone is about Spider-Man. Is he really here to help us? Or is he just a menace to society? We’ve asked many local residents about their views on the wall crawler.”
Just then an image of an old woman came up with the words local citizen written at the bottom.
“He’s saved my life,” said the Old Woman. “There’s no doubt in my mind that he’s a hero.”
Just then an image of J. Jonah Jameson came up and he seemed to be very angry at that moment in time.
“He’s a menace to society,” said J. Jonah Jameson. “This city is better off without that freak.”
After a few more people came on to tell their views it went back to the Anchorwoman. She had a few slips of paper in her hand.
“If you want to tell us your views on Spider-Man either call, text or e-mail us,” she said. The contact information appeared below. “We’ll have the full results of our survey tomorrow evening.”
Liz didn’t like how J. Jonah Jameson had talked about Spider-Man. In her eyes he would always be a hero. He had helped her out when she had really needed it. She couldn’t repay him for that.
But for now Liz just switched the TV off and she lay back on the couch. She just sat there and began to think about what she was going to do with her life now. She just hoped that nothing really bad was going to happen to her. But life truly was unpredictable. Who would have thought that she would be turned into a giant go from the top to the bottom of the high school hierarchy? She thought it would have only been possible in something like the Twilight Zone. But this was real life to her. She then gave out a bit of a sigh.
“Oh well,” she said to herself. “Maybe this is Karma. I wasn’t exactly the nicest girl in school so now it’s come around to bite me in my ass. Can’t say I didn’t deserve it.” she then looked at herself a little. “Maybe if I start being really nice I’ll become my normal self again.”
Just then she began to hear a phone ringing. But it wasn’t the house phone, her mother had her own cell phone and Liz already had her cell phone in her pocket. It sounded like it was coming from her room. She quickly went up there and began to look for it. In her panty drawer she saw a cell phone ringing. She quickly picked it out and went to answer it.
“Hello,” said a voice. “This is Nick Fury.”
“Fury,” replied Liz.
“Yes it’s me. Now I trust that this phone was in a fairly easy place to find.”
“Yeah in my panty drawer.”
“It wasn’t suppose to be in there.”
“Well it was.”
“I’ll fire the agent that put it in there. Anyway to get to the point we want you to come back in for some tests.”
“More tests?”
“Yes Dr. Banner needs to test a couple of more things.”
“Ok I’ll come.”
“Good a copter will be with you within three minutes.”
Before Liz knew it a copter was landing outside her house. It caused some panic within the street. But to speed things up Liz just got on and then took off. She watched as it went higher in the sky. Everyone below them looked like they were shrinking. She would have to get use to this sight soon.
Eventually the Helicopter went to the Hellicarrier and landed in a restricted area. It still felt pretty cold up there. Liz wished that she had brought a jacket so that she could stay walmer.
She quickly went inside where Doctor Banner was waiting. But instead of seeing him in his Hulk form instead he was human. Liz didn’t exactly know how to react with this. He was a lot shorter then she remembered.
“Liz so good you could come,” said Doctor Banner.
“You’re Doctor Banner right?” replied Liz.
“Yes I am.”
“Sorry I almost didn’t recognise you.”
“Since I’m not the Hulk?”
“Well yeah.”
“I get that a lot. But I can change to and from the Hulk whenever I want. I just felt like being Bruce Banner for a while.”
“Ok.”
“Now I need to talk to you about the tests. Have you been told what I’m going to be testing?”
“No.”
“Well let me be the first to tell you. We’re going to be testing your strength, speed, stamina, intelligence, reflexes. Things like that.”
“Well any of them hurt?”
“Hopefully not. But you might get a good work out at the same time as our tests. So everyone’s a winner.”
“Will I need to get changed into anything?”
“No what you’re wearing should be suitable.”
A few minutes later Liz was having patches on different parts of her body. She had to take a couple of her clothes off while the patches were being put on. She wasn’t sure what they were for.
“Hey Banner what’s with all this?” asked Liz.
“They’re just so we can get a few readings,” replied Dr Banner. “Now you see that treadmill?”
Liz then turned her head and saw a large treadmill not too far from where she was standing. “Yeah.”
“Just start running on that for me please.”
“Sure.”
Liz then stepped onto the treadmill and she began to run. She was told to run as fast as she could. She did this but she could only keep herself at full speed for a couple of minutes before becoming tired.
“This is amazing,” said Dr Banner.
“What?” replied Liz.
“You just ran over 30mph. That’s faster then the top athletes.”
“Can I stop running yet?”
“Not quite yet. We just want to see how far you go until you begin to get really tired. But if you’ve had enough that’s fine.”
“Yeah I’ve had enough.”
“Then simple get off the treadmill.”
Over the next hour or so Liz was put through several more tests. She had to lift enough weights to win her the World’s Strongest Woman competition. But she didn’t lift enough to make her strength really super human. She had the reflexes of an Olympic level gymnast. If anything she was like Captain America. She was just taller and a woman. This did make her feel a little happier.
But after all the testing Liz began to get hungry once more. She was sent to the canteen and given enough food to feed a family. But this was going to be enough for the young giantess. She just sat at a table and she began to eat. She expected it to be like the food she ate at school. But this tasted a lot better and she was actually enjoying what she was eating.
She was eating peacefully until an alarm went off. She wasn’t sure what was happening so she just carried on eating her food. But she was confronted by Nick Fury himself. She quickly stopped eating and looked at him.
“What’s wrong?” asked Liz.
“We’ve got a situation,” replied Nick Fury. “You’re needed.”
“What me?”
“Yes you now get to the briefing hall.”
“Where is the briefing hall?”
Nick then gave out a small sigh. “Just follow me.”
Liz then quickly got up and Nick walked away. She quickly followed him. But whenever they went through any doors she had to duck down so that she could get through them all.
But eventually she reached a large hall where there were several hundred S.H.I.E.L.D agents. There was also a large screen at the back of the hall. Liz went to stand where she was. But others behind her couldn’t see so she was forced to the back of the hall. Now everyone could see.
Nick Fury then went in front of the screen. Behind him was a map of the United States. It was blown up so everyone could see it.
“Ok people we may have a possible crisis going on,” said Nick Fury. The map behind him zoomed to the state of Michigan. “Near Detroit members of A.I.M are attacking a S.H.I.E.L.D research facility. If they get their hands on the information inside then we’re all in big trouble. Currently we are unsure how many members of A.I.M are inside the building. But we will go in there and take them down by force. Dum Dum Dugan will lead a special team. Since now all of our super powered beings are away on other business our back up will be Miss Allen.”
Liz didn’t know to say. She had only just recently gotten her powers and now she was having to go on a S.H.I.E.L.D mission. She didn’t even think that she would be able to help them.
“You will be briefed on the journey,” said Nick. “If you fail this then you might as well not come back. Is that clear?”
“Sir yes sir,” replied the agents.
“Good now get going.”
The agents then began to run to prepped helicopters that were going to take them to the research facility. But Liz was still nervous. She slowly walked towards Nick Fury. He was walking with the soldiers.
“Err Nick,” said Liz.
“What is it?” replied Nick.
“I don’t know if I can be of any use.”
“Can you grow to at least double your current height?”
“I guess so.”
“Then you’re fine.”
“But my clothes don’t grow with me.”
“Don’t worry there’re some waiting for you.”
Eventually they got into one of the copters and they flew off the Michigan. Liz was given the same suit that she had been given when she first came to S.H.I.E.L.D. It was a little too dull for Liz’s taste but it was the only clothes she had that actually changed size with her.
She didn’t realise just how fast they were moving. Liz was basically glued to her seat. She didn’t have chance to get changed into the costume. It wasn’t until they slowed down that she could actually get up and get changed. She did it in a private place so that no one could see her.
But when she put it on she looked at herself a little in a mirror. But she still didn’t really like the costume.
“Does S.H.I.E.L.D have any imagination?” she asked.
Eventually they landed at the facility. The landing was a little uncomfortable because it was rushed. But more or less immediately after they landed the agents jumped off the copters and ran towards the facility. Liz on the other hand was forced to stay on the copter. She might have been above average height and strength. But she wasn’t bullet-proof.
“Liz stay in the copter unless the signal goes off,” said Nick Fury.
“What’s the signal?” replied Liz.
“You’ll know when you hear it.”
Nick then armed himself with a large weapon and he went outside. But when he got outside he could see that a lot of his agents were under heavy fire from the A.I.M scientists. They were using S.H.I.E.L.D’s own weapons against them. Some of them were still in the experimentation stage. But they were deadly nonetheless. Several of the agents were getting killed or seriously injured.
A random agent went to Nick Fury. They were both taking cover from the heavy fire. They had to keep their heads low so that they couldn’t get shot. But things weren’t looking too good.
“Orders sir?” asked the agent.
“Try and get a small team inside the building,” replied Nick Fury. “Take them out from the inside.”
“Yes sir.”
The agent then met up with a couple of other agents. They slowly began to go to the main entrance of the facility. But again they were under heavy fire. One or two of the group were killed before they got inside. But the few that did began to carry out their mission. They shot any A.I.M scientists they found. Any of their own scientists they would make sure that they were safe.
They were also securing the research that was in the building. But most of it had been stolen. But the A.I.M scientists hadn’t left the building. But getting to them would be close to impossible. The weapons they had could easily kill them.
In one of the copters Liz just sat there and watched TV on a large screen. She was watching The Hills. She was enjoying it thoroughly since it was one of the new episodes. She didn’t realise the extent of what was happening outside.
“I wonder if they’ve got any popcorn on this thing,” she said to herself.
But then she heard the door to the copter practically blow open. This made her jump a little and she slowly went towards it. She took a look outside and she could see the carnage that was happening. He quickly went back inside and she made sure that she was safe.
“I’m not going to get killed,” she said to herself. “I’m not going to get killed.” She was rocking herself a little to try and calm herself down.
But then sirens began to go off inside. She knew that this was the signal that Nick had been talking about. But for the time being she was too scared to go outside. She didn’t want to get shot.
But as the siren continued Liz couldn’t block it out for much longer. She stood back up and slowly went back outside. Her heart was pounding in her chest. She had never been this scared in her life.
“You can do this Liz,” she said to herself. “It’s not like I could get killed. Oh wait I can.”
Liz ran to the nearest cover. Thankfully for her that was where Nick Fury was also covering. She was relieved that she was with him and not any of the other agents. He was the only one she actually knew.
“Good you’re here Liz,” said Nick Fury.
“What am I doing here I’m no soldier,” replied Liz. “Hell I don’t even know how to fire a weapon.”
“You don’t need weapons.”
“Then what do I do?”
“I need you to grow and make a distraction.”
“But I can’t grow big enough to protect myself.”
“You can try. I’m losing too many of my men out there.”
“I can’t.”
“You have to.”
Liz was in too scared to properly concentrate on growing. There was too much happening around her to really get her mind on it. She just tried to close her eyes and she thought big.
When Liz opened them again she could see for miles. She was glad to see that she had actually been able to make herself larger. But it wasn’t until she looked down did she realise just how big she had become. She was a little scared to see that the agents looked like ants to her and the research facility looked like a tiny model. She was in some panic over this.
“I guess I over did it a little,” she said.
Liz guessed that she was over 700 feet tall. She had reached this size once before when she first started growing. But she was still a little uneasy with being so large. But before she could think of anything else she felt something tickling her. She looked down to see the A.I.M scientists firing at her with one of their hi-tech weapons. But they weren’t doing anything to her. They were just tickling.
“Stop that tickles,” said Liz.
“Liz take them out!” commanded Nick Fury.
“Oh right.”
She then crouched down to the building and she poked her impossible large finger. But she accidentally took out part of the wall as well. Quite a lot of the A.I.M held onto her finger for dear life and she brought them up to her eye.
“Guess you’re not so tough after all,” said Liz.
“Wanna bet?” replied the A.I.M scientist.
He then raised a gun towards her eye and shot her. This was one of the few places of Liz’s body that would really feel the pain. It hurt like crazy and she accidentally dropped the agents and screamed out in pain.
The A.I.M scientists themselves parachuted down to the ground but they were quickly apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D agents. But Liz’s pain soon subsided and she slowly began to shrink back down to her minimum size. It took several minutes for her to shrink down to size.
There were several medics helping the injured soldiers. One of them attended to Liz. He looked at her eye.
“Will I be alright?” she asked.
“You’ll be fine,” replied the medic.
“What about everyone else?”
“I’m not sure but there are a few fatalities.”
“Oh my God.”
“That’s the risk with the job.” He then stood back up. “Sorry but I’ve got to help the others.”
“Ok.”
The medic went away and Liz just sat there and looked around at the soldiers around her. A few were injured but she could see dead soldiers being put into body bags. This made her feel sick inside.
Eventually Nick Fury went to her. He could see that she was upset so he sat next to her. He gave her a pat on the back.
“You did well today Liz,” he said.
“This is all too much,” replied Liz.
“Fortunately we don’t have this many fatalities at once. They’re often rare. But when things like this happen they’re expected.”
“But I didn’t. All these people they had lives and families. They had dreams and ambitions.”
“That is the sad truth behind this. They will be buried in honour. They died for their country and there’s no greater honour.”
“Please just take me home.”
“As you wish.”
Liz had to wait a few minutes for some of the S.H.I.E.LD agents to leave on a copter. She tagged along to get home. But some of the agents including Nick Fury stayed at the research facility to see if everything was alright. They also needed to check if anything had been stolen and if that was the case what.
On the copter Liz threw up in the restroom. It was the stench of death in her nose and the fact that she changed size on a relatively full stomach. She felt a little better now that it was out of her system.
But she could see some of the other agents were upset. Some of the agents that had been lost were friends of theirs. They had trained together and losing them felt like losing a member of the family.
Liz couldn’t imagine what they were feeling. She had lost her grandma when she was very young. But she was too young to fully understand what was happening. She was told that she had gone to live with the angels. She guessed that was what she could say has happened to the fallen agents.
Eventually they reached New York again and they dropped Liz off on top of a building. It was one where she could get down from without using her powers. She still didn’t fully control them yet.
But eventually she got back to her home. Her mother was there waiting for her and she could see Liz had tears in her eyes.
“What happened?” asked her mother.
“I’ve seen something I wish I’d never seen,” replied Liz.
“What?”
“Someone get killed.”
“Oh my God. Who?”
“I don’t know their names.”
“Their names? You mean there was more then one?”
“Yes. It was terrible.” She then began to cry. “I’ve seen people die on TV all the time. But to see it in real life is completely different.”
“What exactly happened?”
“I can’t say. It’s really classified and if I tell you I could get killed myself. They don’t want anyone to know.”
“I see.”
Liz then stood up. “I need a drink.” She then staggered into the kitchen and she began to make herself some juice. But she still felt bad inside. She shed a tear or two for those who had fallen.
In the space of a day she had accepted her new stature a little, saved a little girl’s cat, have a good jog, go through some tests and go on a S.H.I.E.L.D mission. It was a lot for one person to do in one day. She felt really tired and she almost felt like collapsing on a few occasions.
Instead Liz just went upstairs to her room and she prepared to go to bed. But before she did she grabbed one of her stuffed toys. This was a small brown monkey called Bananas. She had had this monkey as long as she could remember. This is what she would talk to, to get things off her mind.
“Why do these things always happen to me?” asked Liz looking at Bananas. “Last week my life was normal. But now my world’s been turned upside down. I sometimes think that this is all a dream and in a minute I’ll wake up. But that’s not going to happen is it? This is reality.” She then gave the stuffed Monkey a big hug. “At least I’ll always have you Bananas.”
She then gave out a large yawn and she lay down in her bed. She held onto Bananas tight and she slowly went to sleep. She was still too big to fully fit onto the bed. But she was able to move her body into a position that allowed her to sleep in the bed.
But her life was uncertain at this point. She still didn’t have full control of her powers and her friends had dwindled. But in her mind things were looking up for her. Things were definitely better then they were.