Marvel: My Own Path

"Mr. Hunt?" Natasha called out cautiously.

Although she was positive that she wouldn't get attacked by Skye, she was still a bit vigilant since, in her heart, she felt real fear.

It was a feeling that she hasn't felt for a long time.

Looking at the beautiful and s.e.xy red-haired woman, Jade, who was still embracing her brother with faint tears in her eyes, marveled as she looked at Natasha's beauty.

"Pretty big sister, who are you? Do you know my big brother?" asked Jade with her young, crisp voice.

Although the little girl's soft black-hair was a bit disheveled and her clothes tattered, it still couldn't hide her adorable face that was like a porcelain doll.

Smiling at Jade whose pair of eyes were swollen due to crying, Natasha introduced herself. "Hello little Jade, my name is Natasha, a friend of your brother."

"Ah? You know my name too?"

"Well of course, how can I not know the name of my friend's little sister?"

Hearing her words, Jade left Skye's arms and looked at him, her eyes filled with confusion.

Turning around, the silver, masquerade-looking mask on Skye's face disappeared, revealing his handsome face.

"Ms. Romanoff, I didn't expect to see you here."

Hearing him address her, Natasha smirked. "Hey, we're friends, there's no need for the formalities, just call me Nat."

At that moment, Sharon appeared behind Natasha alongside a dozen of heavily armed S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers.

Since Skye already knew that she was as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, Sharon didn't bother hiding her identity.

When Sharon whispered a few things to Natasha, Jade, who saw the numerous soldiers suddenly appear, was slightly scared.

Feeling her body faintly tremble, Skye patted her back and tried to calm her with a soothing voice.

Staring at the armed elite soldiers, Skye became was unhappy. "Leave, all of you leave now, can't you see that you're scaring my sister here?"

The soldiers froze as they sensed the imposing intent of the young man. They hesitated whether to follow the words of this terrifying person or follow their orders.

Although they were unafraid of bloody fights, they still felt their blood turn cold when they saw the numerous corpses outside the warehouse.

'This person can definitely kill us with ease if he felt doing so.' they all thought at this moment.

"Agent 13?" one of them looked at Sharon, clearly the captain of the group.

Sharon didn't think twice and responded. "Go, take care of the bodies outside and write an account of what happened here."

The captain sighed in relief and nodded his head, ordering his men to withdraw at once.

Looking at the group's retreating figures, Skye smiled warmly at Jade. "Look, aren't they all gone now?"

The little girl raised her head to take a look and nodded cutely.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to you from now on, okay? Big brother will protect you," said Skye before glancing at the tied-up figure in black costume.

Seeing Skye treating his sister with care and affection compared to his aloof personality when dealing with other people, Natasha and Sharon were speechless.

Skye: "That guy's still alive and breathing, you should take care of him since he's a victim too, I think."

Natasha gave Sharon a look and the latter nodded, walking towards the bloodied and injured man.

The former then looked at Skye and said. "If now is okay, we'll need you to come to the headquarters. We need to talk."

Skye went silent for a few moments before agreeing since he also needed to talk to Nick Fury about some things.

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New York City, 219 West 47th Street—S.H.I.E.L.D's headquarters in New York.

*Ding!*

As the sound of an elevator reaching its designated floor rang out, Natasha and Sharon stepped out of the lift, followed by Skye who was holding Jade's hand.

As they walked past a great number of rooms and a lot of agents, Jade was looking around, her eyes full of curiosity.

After a short while of walking, the group of four stopped in front of a door seemingly made of glass that had the title: Director Nick Fury, engraved on.

Knowing that what was discussed behind that door were classified, Skye looked at Sharon and said. "Can you take care of Jade for a while?"

"Okay." she agreed as she extended her hand towards the little girl. "How about we play for a bit while waiting for your big brother?"

Knowing what she must do, Jade took Sharon's hand and looked at Skye.

Skye smiled in response. "Don't worry, I'll come to get you in a short while okay?"

Although she didn't want to leave her brother's side, Jade still nodded her head reluctantly. She then followed Sharon as the two went towards another room.

"Let's go," said Natasha as she placed her palm on the door's hand-scanner lock.

After the scanner was done analyzing, a voice followed its completion.

[Natasha Romanoff, Level-6 Clearance, access granted.]

As the door opened, what greeted Skye's eyes was a spacious room filled with glass-made pieces of furniture alongside numerous large flat-screens on the wall.

By the glass window that extended from the floor to the ceiling and where a stunning view of the city could be looked from, a wooden desk could be seen with a computer and numerous doc.u.ments on top of it.

A figure wearing a black coat was standing before the window, with his back turned against Skye and Natasha.

Hearing someone enter the room, Nick Fury turned around, his one remaining eye staring at Skye. "Have a seat, Mr. Hunt," he said as he gestured towards a table near his desk, with couches on both ends.

Skye didn't bother with the pleasantries and took a seat on the couch. Seeing this, Fury did the same on the other couch while Natasha walked towards the window, staring into the distance.

"Firstly, I just want to say that it is a relief to know that your little sister was safe and sound in the end," said Fury.

Hearing him mention his sister, Skye's expression softened a bit as he nodded. "It's a good thing that Sharon was able to find Jade's location, allowing me to rescue her before things could've gotten worse."

"Sharon?" muttered Fury before also nodding. "Ah right, Agent 13. She is indeed one of the best in S.H.I.E.L.D."

He continued. "However, the Hand is getting more and more arrogant as time passes. Unfortunately, we couldn't focus much on containing them since we have our plate full at the moment."

"That is also why I came here," said Skye. "Destroying that ancient organization is indeed time-consuming. I've said before that I wanted to destroy the Hand, but I never said why."

At that moment, Skye stared at Nick Fury's eye while the latter did the same.

As the atmosphere in the room became tense, Natasha couldn't help but place her hand on her utility belt, where a gun was placed.

Feeling the suffocating atmosphere, Fury spoke first, breaking the momentary silence. "So you know?"

"Yes," answered Skye calmly.

When the two descended into silence once more, Skye was the one who broke the ice this time. "Although a part of me does want to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. for giving the orders to my parents, it was their choice to do so in the end. I'm sure they could've refused the mission since S.H.I.E.L.D. has more than enough people to send, but they didn't"

Stopping for a second or two, he continued. "Although they knew that the mission's probability of death was high, they still did it in their own volition."

'Such difference between me and them...' he thought in his heart.

Skye then smiled. "Although foolish indeed, they are a couple deserving of respect. They are heroes."

Fury and Natasha sighed in relief before the figures of the two deceased agents appeared in their heads.

"Indeed, Agent Hunt and Agent Lee were both excellent spies," said Fury. "However, in my eye, they were way better parents."

He said this from the bottom of his heart as he looked at the excellent young man sitting on the other end of the table.

"Taking down the Hand, you have S.H.I.E.L.D's support. We will give you the information and the locations of the Five Fingers once we are able to locate them."

"Thank you," replied Skye in sincerity.

He then continued. "The other reason that I'm here is for my sister."

"Your sister?" this time, Natasha was the one who spoke as she stood beside Skye.

"Yes." nodded Skye. "Although I'm confident that I can protect Jade from anything or anyone when I'm with her, it is inevitable that there will be times when I won't be by her side. "

"You want another layer of protection for your sister, is what you're saying?" asked Fury.

Skye nodded and answered honestly. "If you can guarantee her absolute safety when I'm not present, the favor that I've mention back then for helping me, I will accomplish it whatever it is."

"Done!" "Okay!" shouted Fury and Natasha at the same time.

"There will be S.H.I.E.L.D. agents assigned to protect her everyday." Fury said. "We will protect her from afar and will only appear when necessary"

Skye: "Good."

'Now that I have a Super Soldier Serum for Jade, I should start training her. By then, she should have enough strength to protect herself from most dangers.'

Reaching an agreement, a smile couldn't help but appear in Fury's ever-serious face. "As for that favor—"

*Boom!*

Before he could even finish his words, a loud explosion rang from another room.

Skye's face immediately changed. "Jade!"

Immediately, he dashed out of the room.

Looking at each other, confusion filled Natasha and Fury's eyes as they wondered what could have happened in this place that was heavily protected.

However, they knew that it wasn't the time for such questions as they both followed Skye, running towards a room that was a few meters away from the director's office.

One could see the door of the room ravaged and blasted a few feet away.

Entering the room, Skye ignored Sharon whose uniform was scorched and sped towards the unconscious Jade lying on the floor.

As she laid there, bursts of flames radiated from her every few seconds, the heat clearly intense.

'System, what's going on with her?!' shouted Skye in his mind.

System: [Skye, an X-gene is present within Jade, it is starting to awaken. Place the Clear-Heart Pendant on her, it'll help her.]

Taking out the necklace from his Mindspace, Skye immediately placed it on Jade's neck, ignoring the searing flame

A few seconds later, the almond-shaped purple crystal lit up.