Fandom(s): Animorphs and The Avengers
Rating: T (as according to ffnet)
Characters In Chapter: Tobias, Bruce Banner, and Tony Stark
Relationships:Tobias/Bruce Banner
Another day and another set of trials. Each time I couldn't understand what was going on, as both Tony and Bruce used science jargon that I couldn't understand, and each time the tests weren't successful. I constantly had to calm the hawk part of myself so that I didn't try to fly away.
It was becoming harder and harder not to lose control as I
was bored and the hawk didn't understand what was going on. I didn't think a
human could fully understand what was going on so a hawk had even less of a
chance to understand the situation.
Finally there was a break for a few hours and I rushed to
take to the skies. I felt guilty for leaving my boyfriend alone so easily, but
the inside of a lab was not the place for a hawk. The hawk needed the sky as
much as a human needed air.
Soon enough I had caught a thermal and rested, trying not to
think but not being able to help myself.
I thought of Rachel and worried that she wouldn't fully
grasp my situation. I would always love her and yet I would always love Bruce
more. It was a strange feeling, now that Bruce and myself were official, to
think of me without Rachel. At least not like we were before.
Even if I did get back to her I don't know if we could be
together.
A landscape without a bustling city was now below me and I
decided to hunt. I hadn't planned on it but I felt hunger and felt it wouldn't
be good to waste this oppurtunity.
I would be back late to Avengers Tower, but I would still be
back. I would still be there for even more tests.
Below me I noticed a raccoon and was glad I wasn't hungry
enough to go after one as I didn't want the fight. I wanted an easy kill where
I could escape fully into my hawk mind. I finally caught sight of prey that I
knew would be good to eat and wouldn't be that difficult to catch.
Below me was a nice, plump shrew and my hawk mind zeroed in
on it. My mind was narrowed down to just a hawk chasing prey. There were no
philosophical questions in my mind as I started to dive down. There were no human
doubts in my mind as my talons caught the shrew and we both headed towards the
sky, the shrew struggling to get free as it died.
I flew around for a few minutes looking for a tree to perch
in so that I could safely eat my meal. There was always the chance that another
predator could come after me either because I was in its territory or it liked
my meal.
Eating the shrew, my beak ripping its juicy body apart, I
thought about how many more tests I could really endure. How many times my
hopes could be dashed against the ground. I would, of course, want the tests to
continue so that I could get back to fighting off the Yeerk invasion. But I was
swiftly losing hope.
X X X
"I think we've tried everything." Bruce said as
he, Tony, and myself at dinner. "There can't possibly be another way we
haven't tried."
"Listen, that's your problem." Tony said after he
finished chewing his food. "You give up too easily. This isn't a problem
that's going to go away in a day or two. We really have to work on it."
"And we have been working on it. A lot."
"There's always the chance that we missed
something."
Bruce ate for a few minutes in silence and looked at me. I
was eating some uncooked chicken, Tony had thought it funny and called me a
cannibal when I started eating, and used eating as a distraction. I knew both
men and been working hard to get me back home. I also knew there was a chance
that all their hard work and effort wouldn't mean anything by the end of the
day.
"I'm sure birdbrain here has some hope." Tony said
which forced me into the conversation.
I think you two are
brilliant enough to find a way to get me back. I agreed even as I doubted. But I agree with Bruce that if you haven't
found a way to get me back yet that I might be stuck here.
And being stuck here wouldn't be bad. While I wouldn't have
my friends, I would have Bruce. The times when there wasn't testing we had been
enjoying each other's company. Either through cuddling or in a more sexual
nature. In truth, I thought Bruce's comments about trying everything was his
attempt at keeping me here.
For a moment Bruce and I locked eyes and it was like we were
talking to each other in a language only we knew. The same longing I had for
him was in his eyes. It was a longing that could only end in sadness as I would
go back home, even if Bruce gave up on the venture Tony would not.
Both of us would be stuck with the fear of me actually
returning home. Both of us would also be stuck with the fear that it would be
the best thing for me.
"Okay," Bruce said, trying to be as calm as he
could. "We'll go over a few more things and hope for the best."
While Tony never seemed to pick up on cues, or at least
didn't care to act polite, he merely nodded at his friend. It was almost like
Tony could hear our private conversation. A conversation told by a simple
glance.
I hope you two
ignorant pigeons figure out something. I joked, though my heart wasn't
really in it. I'm starting to think Tony
only wants to make some red-tailed hawk bbq.
Tony chuckled at that while Bruce just shook his head while
sighing.
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