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Chapter 8

Some of the Past

"Come on out, Torterra!" Miranda yells. Vaporeon jumps into the pool and disappears.

"Where did it go?" Clint says.

"That's one of Vaporeon's tricks. When she goes underwater she turns invisible," Miranda says.

"Interesting," Bruce says crouching to observe the pool. Vaporeon comes to surface right in front of his face making him fall back onto his butt. Clint laughs. "Oww..."

"Everyone ready?" Miranda says.

"Yes!" everyone yells.

"Come on out, Giratina!" Miranda yells. The pokeball she throws reveals a giant dragon-like pokemon.

"Grrraaa!" Giratina screeches.

"Damn..." Clint says. Everybody else just stares at it with wide eyes.

"This is Giratina. Giratina is able to travel through and control dimensions besides those of time and space. Time is Dialga's and space is Palkia's," Miranda says.

"If it's able to go through dimensions why can't you go home?" Bruce asks.

"I can't..." Miranda says. "That's not how his dimension works."

"Do you have any idea how to reopen it," a new voice says.

Everyone turns around to see Agent Phil Coulson. Phil walks up to the girl with a straight unchanging expression.

'I don't like this man,' Lucario says telepathically to just Miranda.

'Oh hush,' Miranda says back in her mind to Lucario.

"Hello, my name is Phil Coulson," Phil says holding his hand out.

Miranda shakes his hand. "Nice to meet you. I'm-"

"I know who you are," Phil says.

"Why are you here?" Tony says stepping in between Phil and Miranda. "You're not getting Miranda and the pokemon."

"Au contraire," Phil says.

"Miranda run!" Tony yells. "Jarvis, I need a suit!"

'Gardevoir, get all the pokemon in pokeballs, I have everyone here with me. Teleport to me when able,' Miranda telepathically sends to Gardevoir.

"Come on in, back up," Coulson says dodging an arrow from Clint.

'Tony, I will be back later,' Miranda sends to Tony.

"Got it," Tony yells.

"Giratina!" Miranda yells. Giratina comes from the sky and Miranda with all her pokemon jump on it. "Step on it!" Giratina flies off at an incredible speed.

Helicopters start shooting from behind her.

"Lucario, protect!" Lucario surrounds everybody completely even Giratina with a blue force field. Miranda combines her power to the force field. "Pachirisu and Jolteon electro ball! Flareon, flamethrower into the electro balls! Leafeon, energy ball! Glaceon, ice beam into the energy balls! Espeon, shadow ball! Vaporeon, muddy water into the shadow balls!"

They follow Miranda's orders and knock out all the helicopters. Gardevoir teleports herself on Giratina's back and returns all the Eevee evolutions to their pokeballs. Giratina shoots off through the air.

...

"You aren't getting Miranda!" Tony yells.

"We just wanna research the creatures and how she can control them," Coulson says dodging a repulser beam.

"You can research them all you want they're called pokemon look it up. It's a video game!" Tony yells.

"We need to keep her under watch to make sure she won't destroy or take over this world," Coulson says.

"She's only 16," Steve says. "Do you honestly think she has that in mind."

"She's plenty capable," Coulson says.

"She's just a lost kid from another world that's trying to get home!" Tony yells.

"Perhaps, but we need her under watch," Coulson says.

"Then we'll keep her under watch here!" Tony yells.

"RRRRAAHHHHGGGG!" Hulk roars.

"Great you brought out the Hulk," Tony says.

Hulk leaps onto a helicopter and throws it into another.

"Fall back! The Hulk is out!" Coulson yells.

...

Miranda lands into a forest far outside of town.

"We should wait until sunset to go back. We'll ride back on Staraptor," Miranda says. "Sorry, Giratina. Looks like it's back in the pokeball." Miranda returns the pokemon to its pokeball and turns to Lucario. "Since we have time let's look for the lake guardians."

"I agree," Lucario says.

"That sounds good," Gardevoir says.

"Espeon and Glaceon! Come on out!" Miranda yells and tosses out two pokeballs. "Pachirisu and Glaceon guard. Espeon, help us."

They sit on the ground and start to scan the area.

...

Tony walks over to the Hulk and smacks him on the back. "Sometimes it's great when you Hulk out."

"Hmmph," Hulk puffs.

"You know they'll be back," Clint says.

"I know," Tony says. "We'll be waiting."

"We need to get her home," Steve says.

"I know!" Tony louder than expected.

"Aww! Is somebody gonna miss her?" Clint teasingly.

"Shut up!" Tony says. "Let's go." Tony walks downstairs.

"He so will miss her," Clint says.

"Totally," Hulk says.

...

The sun is setting and Miranda is returning Gardevoir and Espeon to their pokeballs. "Staraptor! I need your assistance!" He comes out and lowers his body so everyone can get on. "Lucario, return to your pokeball too. Staraptor isn't big enough."

"As you wish," Lucario says and Miranda returns him to his pokeball.

"Alright, Staraptor let's go!" Miranda yells and is gone in a flash.

...

"It's already sunset... Where's Miranda?" Steve asks.

"You aren't gonna be her dad too are you?" Clint says.

"Where is my friend?" Thor asks.

"You too?" Clint says.

"I hope she not hurt," Hulk says.

"Even the green guy?" Clint says.

"Clint, we know you're worried too," Steve says.

"Fine," Clint says.

"What if she got caught?" Tony says.

"I'm sure she's fine Tony calm down," Clint says.

...

"I see the mansion!" Miranda yells.

"Chuu pah!" Pachirisu says.

A burst of electricity shoots at them and Staraptor barely dodges it. Miranda looks to the source of it and sees a giant machine on a building nearby and a helicopter coming from around the corner. It shoots from both the helicopter and building. Again Staraptor dodges, but barely with the extra weight it makes it harder to fly.

"Pachirisu! Electro ball!" Miranda yells and Pachirisu shoots at the machine. The machine just absorbs it. "Shit..."

They shoot and it hits them head on. Pachirisu absorbs most of it, but they constantly keep shooting. One shot shoots Miranda directly in the back.

"Tony!" Miranda screams while they plummet to the ground.

...

"Miranda's in trouble!" Tony yells and flies out the door.

"To battle!" Thor yells and flies after Tony. The rest of the Avengers scramble to their feet and follow after Thor and Tony.

...

Miranda's falling and a net is held out and ready to catch her. Before they hit the net Tony grabs them. The people shoot electricity again and Thor absorbs it all and shoots it back. The machine trys to absorb it, but explodes from to much. Hulk jumps onto the helicopter and rips it to pieces. Steve and Clint take out the guys on the ground.

"You okay?" Tony asks.

"I'm use to the electric shocks. Staraptor is super weak against electric moves and that counts as one," Miranda says.

"Got it," Tony says and flies to the mansion.

...

Now inside the mansion Tony takes them to the lounge.

"Can you stand?" Tony asks.

"I'm fine. Come on out Eevee and Lucario!" Miranda says weakly and throwing out two pokeballs. "Heal bell then heal pulse." A bell shows up in the air and starts to ring.

"What does that do?" Tony asks.

"Heal bell eliminates all status problems a pokemon has. Staraptor got paralyzed. Heal pulse restores the pokemon's hp by 50%" Miranda says.

"Cool," Tony says.

"Do you have any oran berries?" Miranda asks.

"Oh, um, no, those don't grow here," Tony says.

"Figures..." Miranda says. She reaches into her bag and pulls out a few golf ball size blueberries. "They're a little squished, but they should taste fine." She gives a few berries to Staraptor and one to Pachirisu. The rest of the Avengers walk into the lounge. Miranda turns around and her eyes go wide. Standing before her is the Hulk. "Whoa."

"Me Hulk," Hulk says patting his chest clarifying himself.

"Nice to meet you Hulk. I'm Miranda," Miranda says.

"Pretty name," Hulk says.

"Thanks," Miranda says doubling over wrapping her arms around herself.

"Miranda!" Steve and Tony yell moving up to her.

Miranda shoos them away. "No, I'm fine. I get shocked all the time," Miranda says.

"Jarvis, analyze the beam," Tony says.

"80% electricity 20% toxins," Jarvis says.

"Dammit!" Tony yells. "Get her to the medical lab."

"No, Lucario, pecha berry please..." Miranda says weakly. Lucario reaches into her bag and pull peach shaped berry. Miranda brings it to her face and takes a big bite out of it. She perks right up. "All better!"

"What the hell?" Clint says.

"That's what pecha berries do cure poison," Tony says. "Forgot."

"Yep!" Miranda yells.

"Jarvis, set up the force field around the mansion. Don't allow anyone in, including teleporters, unless they're the present people in this room and all Miranda's pokemon," Tony says.

"Here let me add in some extra protection," Miranda says and walks outside. "Lucario, help."

The Avengers follow behind her. When outside you can see a big blue dome covering the mansion. Miranda and Lucario raise their arms into the air and blue energy comes from their palms into the dome. The dome doesn't look any different, but you can tell it's stronger than before.

"Impressive," Tony says.

"There better," Miranda says and glitches a little.

"You used to much power," Lucario says.

"You're gonna have to answer some more questions. Let's go back to the lounge," Steve says.

"Fffiiine," Miranda says annoyed.

...

"The Avengers ruined our attempts at capturing the girl," Coulson says.

"They also ruined our attempts when we shocked her," Natasha says.

"We need to strike out the Avengers to be able to get to the girl," Fury says rubbing his temples.

"Yes, sir!" Natasha and Coulson say.

...

Everybody sits down on the couches. Miranda, Lucario, Pachirisu, and Eevee on one couch. Tony and Steve on another nearest Miranda. Hulk on his own couch. Thor and Clint on another.

Steve begins with the most sensitive question. "Why were you crying?"

"I knew this was coming... When I was younger my parents left me, they never cared for me. When I turned 10 I was able to get my first pokemon. I woke up late so didn't get to choose from the normal starters, so I got Pachirisu. The professor sent me out into the world with no help he just shoved me away. Normal professors usually will check up on you, but he never has. He doesn't care for me either. Throughout my journey nobody has come to care for me except my pokemon," Miranda says.

"That's terrible..." Steve says. "Who would do such a thing to a child?!"

"I'm sorry, but what does that have to do with why you were crying?" Clint asks.

"When I left the helicarrier and you found me at the Brotherhood I ran behind the building away from all you. Jean came to talk to me and I asked her why I should trust her. She replied saying she has the same powers as me. I told her I still didn't trust her and threw a ball of my power at her but she just flicked it away. I decided to listen after seeing that and she told me that I should trust you all because they want to help. I didn't believe her and she told me she wanted me to see something. She said to read her memories from the jet when they were flying around trying to find me. She said 'I want you to listen to everything that Tony said on the jet when we were looking for you. He was worried sick about you like you're his kid or something. It was quite funny seeing him this way.' She told me to let the pokemon to read in with me to see what they think too. I began to read her memories and saw all that Tony said and how worried he was along with the others. Tony is the first person to actually care for me. I realized that and... I cried," Miranda says.

"That is a terrible life," Steve says and he should know.

"I was always picked on and I never was taken seriously by anyone. When I discovered my power it just made things worse. The power allowed me to read people's and pokemon's memories alike. I cried everyday. One day I decided to not get close to anyone and trust no one. I decided to train my pokemon as strong as possible. I've become number one in Sinnoh. I defeated the whole organization of team Galactic and have become the champion and now nobody can defeat me," Miranda says. "From homeless to number one."

"Tony you should just adopt Miranda," Clint says and looks towards Tony.

"As much as I would love that I can't, I have to go home. I have responsibilities as both champion and trainer," Miranda says.

Tony keeps his mouth shut the whole time and doesn't say anything he just looks down.

"How can you get home?" Steve asks.

"I have to find the lake guardians," Miranda says.

Clint looks over at Tony and he still isn't talking. "Jarvis, can you pull up the lake guardians?"

"Yes, sir, Mr. Clint," Jarvis says.

A screen shows up in the room and pulls up the lake guardians.

"Uxie is the bringer of knowledge. Mesprit is the bringer of emotion. Azelf is the bringer of willpower," Clint says. "That right?"

"Yes, and I need to find them, that's what I was doing before was searching the area for them," Miranda says.

"When we were chasing you?" Steve asks.

"Yes," Miranda says.

"Any luck?" Clint asks.

"Not anything," Miranda says.

"They can help you open the portal?" Steve asks.

"They're needed, but they're only half," Miranda says.

"Then how?" Clint asks.

"I really don't know we would have to ask Uxie," Miranda says.

"Yeah, now this is a question for Tony," Steve says. Tony looks up slowly at the mention of his name. "How did you know Miranda was in trouble?"

"I-I just like heard her yell my name in my head," Tony says.

"What?" Clint says.

"I yelled his name when I was falling. It must of been telepathically connected to you some how," Miranda says.

"Like Jean and Scott," Tony says.

"Don't know what that means but we gotta find the lake guardians!" Thor says.

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