Secret of the quiet man

Submitted into Contest #37 in response to: Write a story that takes place in the woods.... view prompt

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Mystery

Elizabeth's Point of view:


I was walking around town. I decided to take a break from work at Stark Industries. While walking around town I noticed a man. He had long black hair and a metal arm. He was running from something and curiosity got the better of me and chased him down. We probably ran for fifteen miles when we arrived in the woods. He still hadn't noticed me but I stopped before entering the woods. To be honest I was a bit nervous. Sure I was an avenger and running into danger was nothing new but the dark woods were never something I had to deal with. I had taken a deep breath and ran into the woods. I used my heat-sensing powers to find the man again and started after him once again. Once I saw him I had realized that he had stopped in the middle of a clearing and I hid behind a tree and watched what he was doing. He just stood their or a while not doing anything when all of a sudden he turned around and looked at me. I tried to hide behind the tree some more but I heard him come closer and knew that I had failed and was in big trouble. I started to try to run but he grabbed my hand with his metal arm. I turned and look at him and he said "I thought someone was following me" I didn't know what to say when he let me go and stared, waiting for an answer. "I-i-i-i'm sorry it's just I thought you were in trouble I-i-i thought you were running from s-s-someone" his stone-cold face turned into a confused one "Why do you care people only care about themselves" I was mad at this statement and the sad truth was he was right people don't care that's why I became an avenger so people had someone looking out or them. "I care because people sometimes need someone to look out for them I was wondering what you were doing?" He looks surprised and before I got an answer all I saw was black. I woke up I assume hours later. I tried to move and realized my hands were tied and my ankles were strapped down and I started to panic. I struggled trying to break free when that man walked in. "What did you do? Why am I here?" I started to yell and when he didn't answer I started to cry and mumbled "Why do I deserve this? Who are you?" "James Buchanan Barnes Is the name and this isn't about you now be quiet." Really after all of this, he just expects me to keep quiet. "No, I won't stay quiet not until I know why I'm here" He looked at me like I was a hopeless little girl "It's not your fault you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time" I looked down at the floor and thought when aren't doing something wrong.

James' Point of View: 

She looked lost and I did feel bad I didn't mean to hurt anyone but I am in hiding and don't need to be caught. I started to walk away from her when she said something almost inaudible "I just wanted to help every time I try to help someone it blows up in my ace maybe my dad was right I shouldn't care about people" Just then I turned around to look at her and I noticed that she was melting the ropes I used to tie her up with and just as I was about to stop her she punched me. She tried to punch me again but I grabbed her wrist and twisted her arm behind her back and she tried to burn me but instead since it was my metal arm is started to burn her as the metal got hot. I pinned her down and told her "I'm a criminal I was in hiding well trying to when you interfered and followed me I just don't want to get caught." She started to ease up and said: "How are you a criminal" "I was mind-controlled and am very lethal" she tensed up knowing who I was and realizing how dangerous I am when I tried to knock her out again she stopped me and melted my metal arm and I was in disbelief she started to run away and I followed her going to attempt to stop her from getting away when we made it to the clearing in the woods I noticed her behind six people and I turned and started to attempt to hide when I hid in a bush I noticed that they weren't going after me. I was surprised and my world turned black but I didn't get knocked out. The forest suddenly turned pitch black. 

Third Person Point of view: 

The Forest had turned dark, darker than it was, to begin with. Everybody was confused, to say the least Elizabeth had run out of the forest only to find out the world had gone dark. She walked back into the forest knowing that the forest was probably the safest place right at the moment. In the meantime, One of Elizabeth friends that had gone into the forest could sense that the woods were magic and the reason the lights went out. Her name was Natasha Romanoff. She started to ponder what on earth could cause the world to go out. Just then the world started to light up again and James ran to the clearing and started begging for the curse to stop. Everyone was confused, what curse? Steve starting saying "What curse? If you know whats going on you have to tell us so we can fix whatever is happening!" James ignored him as well as everyone else and kept chanting weird phases Elizabeth got scared and from all her panicking lost consciousness. Everyone then lost consciousness and James said "Perfect No one will ever know of what these woods hold. No one ever needs to know and I promise to keep what's held inside a secret from anyone who may enter" He then starts laughing manically dragging everyone deep into the forest never to be seen again including James and the forest.

April 14, 2020 21:39

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