《You're the guy my dad never shut up about? | S. Rogers [1]》82. Howard Stark's greatest creations
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Galilea turned to see people fighting. Bullets flying around, bodies slamming against the wall, spiderwebs on the walls, Loki doing magic tricks. She didn't want to fight but that's what it's come down to.
All she wanted to do was to talk to that stupid Richard guy and tell him how wrong and how big of an idiot he actually is, but now everything is chaos and there's no way of stopping it.
Galilea suddenly felt like something was missing. She looked up at the ceiling and back down at the Avengers. Her eyes landed on Kamilla who's tapping something on a tablet. Kamilla's annoying battle music. She thought.
Dodging bullets and jumping over fallen things on the ground, she ran to her best friend and tapped on the shield "your fighting music"
"What?" Kamilla asked.
"Your fighting music. Play your annoying battle songs"
The strawberry blonde smiled widely "I knew you would come around on my fighting music"
"I need a distraction, Kamilla. Your fighting music will provide the distraction I need" Kamilla hummed and tapped the screen of the tablet.
A familiar tune from the eighties was heard and that caught everyone's attention, especially the kids "hey, that's my song! I chose that one!" He happily yelled.
"I get up, and nothing gets me down. You got it tough. I've seen the toughest around. And I know, baby, just how you feel. You've got to roll with the punches and get to what's real" Peter loudly sang.
The Avengers stared at the boy in amusement and slight concern as he began to dance and sing and then got punched because he was distracted.
"The kid must've had something before he came down here" Rhodey shook his head slightly.
"It was probably Loki. What is he even doing here?" Tony glared at the God of Mischief who is fighting alongside his brother.
"Beats me but-" Clint adjusted an arrow in his bow and aimed it at Loki "maybe I can shoot him"
"If the big guy can't smash his way out, what makes you think that weak-ass arrow is going to pierce it's way out?" Sam groaned from the floor, clutching his bleeding leg.
"The power of persuasion" Clint answered.
"The power of-" Sam scoffed and rested his head against the wall.
Clint turned to tell off the man but accidentally let go of the arrow and it hit the shield. It bounced off it and hit the wall and ricochet around the space their confined in. Everyone ducked and yelled at Clint.
The arrow kept bouncing around and it was heading straight to Clint. The archer found himself glued to the ground. Killed by one of his own arrows. Irony. Sweet sweet irony. But the arrow never pierced his skin.
A crack was heard and eyes went to Kamilla who held up the tablet in the arrows path. It went through the tablet and got stuck in it. The screen all cracked and black, no chance of repairing it.
"How are you still alive?" She asked the archer.
"Uuh- luck?" He offered.
Kami rolled her eyes and walked over to Happy and took the working tablet from him "honestly, if you guys would've listened to me in the first place then none of this would've happen!" She angrily yelled.
"So we took a detour" Tony shrugged.
Kamilla snapped her head up and glared at the billionaire "A detour? Take a look around Anthony, look where we are. We are stuck at the back of the room being held back by your sisters shield. The so called Revengers, are out there fighting Hydra guys and I'm pretty sure two of those guys are the bow tied bastards who messed with Galilea's head. Oh but the real head messer is stuck here with us- shut it ass-butt!"
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Kamilla smacked Castiel behind the head as he began to grumbled and yell but it were muffled due to the spiderweb on his mouth.
"Tell me Anthony Edward Stark, what the fuck is your escape plan because it's not looking really nice right now!" Kamilla shouted. Everyone stared at Kamilla wide eyed. Even the green big guy.
"I told you she was scary" Clint whispered.
Suddenly the lights went out and everything was dark. They couldn't see beyond their own nose so they were forced to stop. The Revengers and the Hydra guys were separated by force. They felt themselves fly across the air and a couple unfortunate people hit against others that were flying by.
A large hologram appeared in the middle of the room. It was coming out of a smartwatch that's lying on the ground. Everyone stared at the hologram in midair and wondered what was going on.
An old video began to play. There's what appears to be a model for Stark Expo. There are frames hanging on the wall and Howard Stark walked into frame. He leaned against the table and stared at the camera.
"Tony, Gali, you're both too young to understand this right now, so I thought I would put it on film" he motioned to the model of Stark Expo "I built this for you and some day you'll both realize that it represents a whole lot more than people's inventions. It represents my life's work. This is the key to the future. I'm limited by the technology of my time, but one day you'll both figure this out. And when you do, you will both change the world. What are and always will be my greatest creations, are you... Both of you" the video ended and they were confused.
What does that video have to do with anything? The video began playing again but it skipped to the part of Howard telling his children that they're his greatest creations. Then again, and again and again.
The lights came back on and Galilea is standing next to the watch. She waved her hand over it and the hologram was gone "oh I'm sorry Rich, you thought my father's greatest creations were, well, creations" she began to mockingly apologize to Richard who is tied up like Frodo when he was taken by the spider
"You never even thought that his children were the best thing to ever happen to him. Oh, I'm so sorry" she placed a hand over her heart "but you had me, Dick, you had me. I probably would've told you if you hadn't pissed me off but now we'll never know" Gali picked the watch up from the floor.
"So what do we do now? Tony and I are here" she pointed at Tony and herself "Howard Stark's greatest creations in this room. That's what you wanted, right?" She began to walk towards him, anger rising in her "that's what you wanted. That's why you killed him! You killed my mom, you killed my dad, all for what?!l" Galilea shouted, tears burning her eyes.
"You broke my family" she said more calmly "you made us incomplete. I was thirteen. My parents never got to yell at me for having a secret boyfriend. My mom didn't help me buy a dress for prom. My dad never had the 'dad talk' with Peter D'Amico when I was dating him. They weren't there for my high school graduation, or college"
Her vision became blurry from the tears. She blinked and the tears fell "you know who was there for all of that? It was my brother. He was going through problems of his own but he was still there for me. Anthony was there for everything. The secret boyfriend, prom dress shopping- although he was more interested in the girls- and even though he didn't like Peter he put up with him. Just like he put up with Justin when we were together"
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She stopped walking and stared at Richard. Her eyes are wide and shining with tears. Tears running down her face, cheeks red, eyes holding sadness and anger. She bit down on her bottom lip and sniffled.
"You know I was briefly engaged. No one knew except my best friend. Do you know what I was thinking during that brief period of time? 'I don't have a dad. Who's going to walk me down the aisle? Who is going to say, 'you take care of my little girl?'" Gali's voice trembled and more tears rolled down her face.
"No one" she breathed out "I have no parents. You made us orphans. But we're not orphans. We have each other, we have a home, we have money, we have everything and yet we have nothing! We don't have a mom and dad. And you know what sucks?"
She turned her head for a second and looked up at the ceiling before turning back to the man who destroyed her family "Tony and I never got to say goodbye" she licked her lips before turning on her heel and walking back to the middle of the room.
"I hope you're happy. You now have my dads greatest creations. What now?" She shrugged as she stood in the middle and stared at Richard. He tried to say something but it was muffled "I'm sorry, I don't understand"
"Should I-"
"No, don't" Gali shook her head at Spider-Man who was going to ask if he should take the spiderweb off his mouth. The boy shrugged and stepped back "I just want to say one more thing" she whispered and put her right hand behind her back. She opened her hand, summoning Mjölnir.
"Hello, my name is Galilea Stark. You killed my parents. Prepare to die" the hammer flew to her hand and she grasped the handle tightly before pulling her arm out and throwing Mjölnir at the man. It hit him and he flew back, slamming through many layers of wall.
"And you people thought I was the one with the problems" Loki muttered "can we leave now?" He asked the large group.
"Oh god, you're still alive?" Galilea groaned when she saw the God of Mischief still standing.
"Don't sound so disappointed, I might think you don't like me" he smirked. Gali rolled her eyes "so can we leave now?" Loki asked again.
"Depends" Gali answered.
"Depends on what?"
"Is the fucker dead or not?"
Phil walked over the debris and covered his nose and mouth as he went to check on Richard. He came back a minute later "he's dead"
"Now we can leave" Galilea nodded "after you diva" she stood to the side and extended her arms so Loki will walk first.
"I am not- Odin's beard" he mumbled and rolled his eyes. Galilea laughed and turned to the remaining Hydra people.
"Surrender or I will hit you with my magic hammer" she threatened.
"It's my hammer" Thor clarified.
"Fine. I'll hit you with our hammer"
Thor frowned and summoned Mjölnir. It flew right into his open hand "this is ridiculous" he muttered.
The remaining Hydra guys raised their hands in surrender "okay, we can call Nick in. He's been waiting outside" Gali mumbled as she tapped her smartwatch and sent a message to Nick who is outside with many Shield agents.
"Hellooo!" Happy sang as he pounded his fist on the smooth shield. Gali gasped as she forgot about them.
"I'm so sorry. I forgot. I-" she gasped again but that time it was about the people that were hurt "oh my god Steve!" She dropped the shield and ran to her boyfriend who's sitting against the wall.
He has a hand on the wound, dried blood on his Captain America suit. Gali dropped to her knees and reached out to touch the wound but thought better of it and instead grabbed his face in her hands.
"Are you okay? Please tell me you're okay. I'm so sorry. I'm so, so, sorry" she rushed out.
She began to get worked up and realized the magnitude of his injury and kept apologizing. The running she's been doing finally caught up to her and her breathing fell short. She began to panic and took in short breaths but no air reached her lungs.
"Inhaler, inhaler. Gali where's your inhaler" Steve spoke up.
She shakily pulled out her inhaler from her pocket and took two deep puffs. She began to stead her breath and that's when the Shield agents walked in and the medics rushed to the injured.
Everything was a blur for her. The injured were quickly taken away, the Hydra people were handcuffed and also being taken. Shield began to go through Hydra files and computers. Many people walked in, out and around the room, but her focus was on one person.
Bucky sat outside the room as he saw Shield, the Avengers and Revengers talking and getting checked by the medics. He feels left out and isn't sure what to do now. He's free from Hydra. They don't control him anymore, but there's still the possibility of someone saying those ten words and change him to Winter Soldier mode.
He heard Galilea say the ten words in his ear and he felt calm. She went back to save him. She will never leave him. They're friends.
A string dangled in front of him and he looked up to see Galilea holding it with a smile on her face "I believe it's your turn"
Bucky smiled and took the string "do you have any chocolates?" He asked
"No I'm sorry" Galilea apologized "I got some jolly ranchers" she pulled out the colorful hard candy and offered some to Bucky.
"What are they?" He curiously eyed the candy in her hand.
"Hard candy. The green one is apple, the purple is grape, the blue one is blueberry, red is watermelon and dark red is cherry" Gali informed. Bucky took a green one and Gali took a blue one. She stuffed the others back in her pocket.
"Hey boss!" Happy called Gali "do I have to go back through the sewer to get to the car?"
"The car is there, isn't it? You should've thought about that before you decided to follow us" Happy groaned and dropped his head. Gali laughed "you don't have to go, the car is out front. Self driving" she noted. Happy dropped his head and grumbled on his way out.
"You have a self driving car?" Bucky sounded surprised and a bit scared.
Galilea smiled "the twenty first century teaching start now. Loki, let's go!"
"Where are we going?" Loki asked as he joined Galilea and Bucky.
"Shield, and to get something to eat. What are you guys in the mood for?" She rubbed her stomach in hunger.
"I'm not familiar with Midgardian food" Loki commented. Gali turned to Bucky.
"Don't look at me, I don't know what's out there" He said.
The girl sighed "food education will be first"
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