𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎

𝘚𝘛𝘙𝘜𝘊𝘒𝘌𝘙 & 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘞𝘐𝘕𝘚

━━━ IF YOU HAD TOLD MEILANI YEARS AGO THAT SHE'D BE STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE FIELD WITH THE AVENGERS THEN SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LAUGHED IN YOUR FACE. Never in a million years would Meilani Marie McCall ever guess any of the things that had happened to her in her life. Between being bitten by an alpha, becoming a true alpha, almost losing all her friends at once and getting that call from Deaton about the Iron Man wanting to recruit her help. 

Yet . . . here she was in the front seat of a speed racing truck in the middle of a snow filled forest with Natasha Romanoff at the wheel as multiple robots and enemies fired and shot at them. Steve zipped around in front of them on his motorbike that reminded Meialni of the red and green ones that she and Scott had back home while Thor leapt around like a blonde monkey. He'd leapt so high that Meilani's neck was kinda sore from glancing at the sky to see where he'd gone.

Multiple voices at once carried out in the little com in her ears that closely resembled that of a bluetooth that hooked up to cellphones. The fact that the com was nestled and safe in her ear was astounding and Meialni momentarily wondered how the hell hers hadn't popped out as her claws grew out and she slashed at a robot that flew up in front of her face. Sparks and wires were exposed as her long nails clawed into the hunk of metal and she chucked the thing away into the snowy abyss with a low thump. It earned her a hoot of approval from Natasha while Clint Barton shot arrow after arrow at the oncoming enemy truck behind them, effectively knocking off an enemy when it buried itself into the enemy's forehead.

An explosion up ahead from the Hulk chucking an abandoned truck at a set of enemies caused Natasha to expertly swing the truck around and her, Clint and Meilani all leapt off the vehicle and onto the remaining three enemies that still stood and effectively took them out. Meilani blew out a tuff of curled hair to see Isaac, Liam, Apollo and Sawyer already spreading out and shifted, using their claws and fighting skills to take down enemy after enemy that sprouted from the thicket of trees around them. Victor stood up on a rock, blue eyes narrowed expertly as multiple enemies around him dropped to their knees in agony, his pain igniting abilities in full force.

"That was a big explosion!" Stiles' voice gasped through the coms, being safely tucked away with Scott, Hugo and Adrian as they were the boys behind the camera. Helping out any way that they could from the tower with the technology provided to them that helped them keep track of where the team were and where they could go next to avoid any other enemies. However, until they could get inside the HYDRA compound they were on the outside of, the boys weren't much help to them as they couldn't get much terrain with them being outside. "Meilani, cough twice if you're breathing."

"I'm — I have so many things to say to you, Stilinski," Meialni breathed, grunting as she kicked out her foot and knocked an enemy backwards. With Victor's help, the enemy withered on the ground and couldn't get back up due to the intense waves of pain that he sent through his body before the enemy could reach for his gun and shot Meilani in the head. She stomped her foot down on the enemy's head and effectively knocked him out and kicked his gun away from him into the white blanket of snow a distance away. "Thanks, Viccy!"

"Don't say I never did anything for ya, love," Victor called back, his soft accented voice carrying across the soft breeze as he leapt towards another small family of rocks to continue helping the rest of the team bring down enemies.

"Oh, shit," Tony cursed as a small thunk was heard on the coms, no doubt having hit something. More than likely the building as Meialni noticed a pixel-y blue flutter around the compound before it disappeared.

"Language!" Steve yelled at Tony, the sound of his motorbike still being heard and it earned him a chorus of snorts from the team.

Adrian's laughter was clear as day and Meilani could practically picture the red haired boy throwing his head back, the taunting twinkle clear in his green eyes. "Someone please tell me he actually just said that."

As if he'd been doing it his whole life, Steve swiftly Adrian and the team's laughter as he continued on. "Jarvis, what's the view from upstairs?"

"The central building is protected by some kind of energy shield. Strucker's technology is well beyond any other Hydra base we have taken."

A low grunt was heard from Thor as fought off the enemies that crowded around him, twirling his hammer around as if it weighed nothing more than the snow he stood on. "Loki's scepter must be somewhere around here. Strucker couldn't mount this defense without it. At long last."

"At long last is lasting a little long, boys," Natasha commented with a small huff, bullets being fired off one by one being heard on her end.

"Yeah, I think we lost the element of surprise here," Clint remarked right back.

"Okay, seriously, is no one but that Martin kid gonna deal with the fact that Cap just said language?" Tony asked incredulously, earning an agreeing sound from Adrian who sounded like he was still trying to catch his breath from laughter.

A quiet grumble was heard from Steve and Meilani turned in the midst of her running through the battle field in time to see Steve appear to her left and flip off his bike, sending it right into an oncoming truck of enemies. He glanced her way and smiled sheepishly with a small shrug to say he had her back. "I know. It just slipped out."

Meilani smiled back and laughed softly, the soft sound washing over Steve and instantly easing his rapidly beating heart from the fighting. It was an odd feeling as he both felt breathless and filled with air at the same time. "You know you won't ever live that down? Especially not with Adrian Martin. He'll literally make that a running joke for the rest of your life."

"The one time I wish I wasn't immortal," Steve mused, running off with Meilani once again to help the team as more and more enemies filtered out from the compound. It was almost like Meilani and the team had been thrusted right into Attack of the Clones and the enemies were just coming out of the wood work and attacking.

Meilani snorted at his words and she opened her mouth to respond, but froze and pressed her hand to Steve's chest. She perked her ears up as she could hear the rapid sound of feet approaching, too fast. At a rate that Meilani never experienced before and she went to open her mouth to warn Steve, but they were both flown back onto their backs with low groans of brief pain that instantly washed away as soon as it came thanks to their healing bodies.

A boy with white hair and blue eyes tsked at the duo and shook his head, cocky smirk on his face as he skipped around them. "Pathetic."

Meilani's nose scrunched up as she went to push herself back onto her feet just at the boy flashed away as if he were The Flash. She blinked rapidly for a moment, not expecting that and she exchanged a concerned look with Steve before he pressed a hand to his com and informed the team that there was an enhanced on the field and he was apart of the enemies. No doubt coming from HYDRA itself.

Bright blue bullets continued to shoot from tiny bunkers surrounding the area that Steve and Meilani found themselves in with Natasha and Clint who were not too far away, their black suits being visible against the stark whiteness of the snow. Natasha was crouched before Clint and she'd called for someone to take care of them which Hulk did so without a second question, barreling right through the thing and destroying it completely. 

Meilani continued through the trees with Steve, slashing and kicking out at enemies as they came at her. Steve fought beside her, throwing his shield around as if it were some kind of metal frisbee and took down enemy after enemy. The shield bounced around the trees as explosions and fallen enemies popped up everywhere as the two continued on. "Mr. Stark, we really need to get inside. Do you have any ideas?"

"I'm closing in," Tony confirmed to the true alpha and, within seconds, the protective barrier around the compound flickered away and left it vulnerable. "And the drawbridge is down, people!"

Steve nodded at Meilani as the shield came back to him again and they jogged through the carnage, right over to Thor who had leapt drown from a tree and used his hammer to take out a single remaining enemy in that area. 

"The enhanced?" Thor questioned, blue eyes gazing around them as if he could get a sight on the speedster.

"He's a blur," Meilani sighed, running a hand through her knotty curls and she wished she'd taken Scott's advise earlier to tying it up before she left with the team for the battle. "I can barely have enough time to catch him, even with my enhanced hearing. He's too quick."

"All the new players we've faced, I've never seen this," Steve added in, taking a quick glance around as well just in case the speedster was seen running through the surrounding areas. "In fact, I still haven't."

"Clint's hit pretty bad, guys. We're gonna need evac," Natasha informed the crew, sounding worried over her hit best friend who didn't have the healing abilities that some of the others did. No doubt needing to be treated by an actual doctor.

Thor sighed and lowered his hammer back to his side and shrugged. "I can get Barton to the jet. The sooner we're gone, the better. You guys and Stark secure the scepter."

Meilani saluted Thor with an assuring nod. "Aye, aye!"

As if on cue, another round of enemies showed up with six of the soldiers running in front of a truck with two other soldiers. Their boots crunched in time with each other in the deep snow and the gunman in the truck readied his gun as if preparing to shoot right at the trio that stood in the middle of the battlefield.

"Looks like they're lining up," Thor noted, raising his eyebrows at the approaching enemies.

"Well, they're just excited," Steve said, holding up his shield for Thor to bang his hammer against it. A shock of blue lightning ran along the floor and took out the approaching enemies, sending the truck flying and the running enemies flying to either side and laying motionless with their faces pressed to the snow covered ground.

"Find the scepter!" Thor reminded the duo before he crouched and then pushed off the ground into the air, on the lookout for Clint so he could get the wounded team member to safety.

"And for gosh sake watch your language!" Adrian hollered at the same time as Tony, earning a shriek of laughter from the two of them.

Meilani pressed her fingers to her lips as she tried to push back the laugh, but judging by Steve's playfully narrowed eyes she knew she wasn't succeeding. "I told you that it was going to become a joke now, Captain. Just gonna have to get used to it."

Steve exhaled heavily and followed after Meilani towards the compound, a tiny hidden smile gracing his lips at her calling him captain. The two made their way through the snow covered field and right into the stoney compound that kind of reminded Meilani of a more depressing and angsty looking Hogwarts. Their boots slapped against the slippery concrete beneath their feet and their eyes stayed expertly trained around them for any surprise enemies that might be guarding around the compound. 

Originally, Meilani hadn't planned to go into the compound with Steve as she figured he should take that devil on by himself. However . . .  Steve had actually been the one back at the tower to ask her to go in with him, claiming that two heads were better than one. Especially with her true alpha status and her abilities being a bit more heightened than the other wolves in the pack. Not that she was complaining about it either as she was willing to take down some evil ass that day if it meant helping the Avengers getting what they came for.

"Looks like we're all good out here," Natasha informed over the coms.

"Good, get to Banner. I think it's time for a lullaby to bring him back," Steve informed, referring to how Natasha needed to calm the rage coursing through Bruce Banner's veins like molten lava so they could bring him back to his usual soft and black, curly haired human self.

"Yeah, and get Isaac back to the evac before he creates anymore holes in me," Meilani chimed in, poking at one of the holes that no doubt reflected on Isaac's own side. Sometimes Meilani really hated being linked to him through their wolf mate bond. On the bright side, at least she knew he was mostly okay and healing as more and more of the holes that littered her from Isaac's own fights were already healed.

Without another word, Meilani and Steve continued on through the compound in search of Baron Strucker. The compound was so huge and had so many hallways that Meilani wondered how the Hell they'd even find him. Even with Adrian, Stiles, Hugo and Scott feeding them random directions to go in  that could lead them to the main control center in the compound, it was a still wonder where the man could even be hiding out.

That was until . . . they bumped into him near a random dead end with stairs that lead down to god knew where. But he came up them as Steve and Meilani both ran through the archway and the baldheaded man with a small red circle over his eye stopped, shooting them an amused grin at the sight of them.

"Baron Strucker," Steve stated, stepping further into the tiny area with Meilani at his side, red alpha eyes on full display. "HYDRA's number on thug."

Baron tilted his head side and side circling around as Steve and Meilani circled him and found themselves stood near the mouth of the steps now. "Technically, I'm a thug for SHIELD."

Meilani hummed in response to that and crossed her arms across her black leather jacket covered chest and sent a fake smile his way. "Well, then technically I'd say you're unemployed now, huh? Tell us where the scepter is."

Baron sighed condescendingly and shook his head. "Don't worry, I know when I'm beat. You'll mention how I cooperated, I hope."

"Sure, I'll put it right under illegal human experimentation," Steve quipped, clutching his hand tighter around the handles on the inside of his shield. "How many are there?"

Before Baron could open his mouth and respond, a girl around Meilani's height appeared at her side and a red hue flickered around Meilani before the true alpha was sent flying backwards down the stairs. She yelped as her body slammed down at the bottom of the stairs while Steve shouted for her, the new enhanced flying herself out of the room and shutting the doors behind her. Meilani could hear her pack calling for her in the coms as her arms shook, the pain pulsating through her body as it had slammed harshly against the stone steps.

"We have a second enhanced," Steve announced to the team, rushing down the steps and gingerly helping Meilani back to her feet. He let her lean against his side for a moment as her body healed it self and eased away the pain, though a dull soreness remained throughout Meilani's entire body that she was about to beg Victor to take away when they got back to the team. "Female. Do not engage as she's already attacked Meilani."

Steve helped Meilani back up the steps and kicked up his shield he'd dropped, sending it soaring right at Baron's face and sent him flying into the stone walls. An audible smack was heard as he collided with the wall and crashed to the ground, eyes unblinking as he laid motionless on the ground. He still had a vague heartbeat so Meilani knew he was still alive . . . for now.

"Guys, we got Strucker."

"Yeah, I . . . got something bigger."

Meilani had felt the relief flood her as she sat on the jet with the team, headed right back to the Avenger's Tower. The coms had all been taken out of their ears, reassuring Scott and the boys that they'd be back at the Tower in no time and Meilani could already envision the ambush she'd be getting from the boys when they got back. At least, her body was no longer aching and sore thanks to Victor placing his hand into hers and taking all of her pain like a champ. He'd barely even flinched at it and pressed a platonic kiss to the top of her head before he went off to help the rest of the members of the team at Meilani's request so long as he didn't tire himself out.

Bruce sat with headphones in ears, classical music playing from the speakers of it that all of the wolves could still hear thanks to their enhanced hearing. It was oddly satisfying and it did help even them relax a bit more and await for Tony to land them in the hellipad of the Tower. Steve and Thor double checked on Clint who laid out on a small bed in the middle of the jet, an IV going into his arm. Though, part of Meilani didn't really think Clint needed the IV bag, but she didn't say anything anyway and just let herself relax back against the seat, offering Clint an encouraging smile when his eyes swept around the jet and landed on her.

Natasha could be hearing speaking lowly to Bruce now and the team all turned their heads to see she was trying to get him to trust her. Believe the words she said when she told him they wouldn't have been able to do most of what they did had he not taken out the bunker for them. There definitely would have been more members of the team hurt had Bruce not taken out the firing bunker for them. It was obvious Bruce struggled anytime he had to call upon his green alter ego and Meilani wished she could assure him and told him how big of a help he is, even if he didn't like to think he was of any. Like he didn't trust himself when he was in that situation, a place where he wasn't in control of his own body.

"Thor, give a report on the Hulk," Natasha called, officially cutting off any other hushed conversations around the jet and earning all eyes on her.

"The gates of Hel are filled with the screams of his victims," Thor grinned proudly at Bruce, clenching his fight tightly. He quickly backtracked when Bruce whined and pressed his face into his hands, Natasha shooting Thor a scolding look. "But — but not the screams of the dead, of course. No, no, wounded screams. Mainly whimpering, a great deal of complaining and tales of sprained deltoids and gout."

"Hey, Banner, Dr. Cho is on her way from Seoul," Tony called from the pilot seat, thankfully shifting the awkward and amused air away from the topic of the Hulk for the moment. "Is it okay if she sets up in your lab?"

Bruce ran a hand through his thick black hair and glanced over his shoulder to Tony. "Uh, yeah, she knows her way around."

"Perfect," Tony said, pushing a few buttons to have JARVIS pilot the rest of the way back to the tower and walked over to where Thor and Steve stood over the scepter. Meilani had even finally stood up from her perched space on the chair nearby and peered around Steve's arm to get a look at the glowing scepter that laid on the small shelf protruding from the wall. "Feels good, doesn't it? I mean, you've been after this thing since SHIELD collapsed. Not that I haven't enjoyed our little raiding parties, but . . . "

"No, but this . . . this brings it a close," Thor agreed, placing his hands on his hips and eyeing the scepter that belonged to his brother. 

"As soon as we find out what else this has been used for. I don't just mean weapons. Since when is Strucker capable of human enhancement?" Steve inquired, face being illuminated by the blue glow of the scepter. It battled beautifully with his bright blue eyes and Meilani had to pry her eyes away from the gorgeous sight before he noticed.

"Banner and I will give it the once over before it goes back to Asgard with Thor. Is that cool with you?" Tony asked Thor who nodded his agreement, not finding a reason to argue with Tony. "Just a few days till the farewell party. You're staying, right?"

Thor hummed and shrugged, glancing between Tony and Steve who stared at him expectantly. "Yes, yes, of course. A victory should be honored with revels."

"Yeah, who doesn't love revels? Miss True Alpha?" Tony acknowledged Meilani who had stepped around Steve to now stand at his side when she'd been called on. "You up for a party?"

"I mean . . . the pack and I don't have anywhere else to be and I never turn down a good party," Meilani replied, rocking back on her boot covered heels as she smiled. "I doubt anyone from the pack will complain, so why not?"

"I knew I liked you," Tony pointed at her, before his eyes shifted to Steve who snapped his gaze away from Meilani's side profile when he felt Tony's eyes on him. "Captain? Thoughts?"

Steve cleared his throat, ignoring the same warm feeling he'd felt in his gut he had when he first shook Meilani's hand as it took over again when they brushed shoulders when he gestured to the scepter. "I mean . . . hopefully this puts an end to the Chitauri and HYDRA. So, yes . . . revels it is."

"Looks like we're having a celebration party, folks!"

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— i am so sorry for the mess that was the fight scene because fight scenes and me just don't go well together. they're why i cry at night because i hate them, but we got through it and now i don't have to worry about another one until like . . . next chapter, oh god. anyways, this chapter was a fun ride and the McCall pack truly is chaotic as ya'll can see

— i did focus a little more on the bond that's been created between Steve and Meilani. that will grow more and more as each chapter goes on, especially next chapter at the party. we all know i'm a slut for soulmate tropes so i'm sure you all can see my McRogers ( yes that's their ship name don't @ me ) obsession coming quicker than Pietro. all i can say is . . . i'm excited for CIVIL WAR part of this story. 

— also this chapter is mostly dedicated to roscoeobrien because she's the reason it's being update today in the first place. i like to bribe her with updates to get things so . . . ellis, you're welcome. i gave you an update with McRogers interactions. you can thank me later (: