The entire building fell, once it all started falling there was not stopping it I screamed as more things fell around me and crawled to the middle of the bed. I screamed as everything fell. Once everything fell I stayed perfectly still not making a sound too scared that it would trigger to fall. I waited for probably an hour before I heard a search group I think was the Avengers calling out to say something if you were alive.
"HELP!!! HELP, I'M OVER HERE UNDER THE BED!!" I yelled.
I screamed as the bed creaked due to weight.
"Hey, hey, it's okay." I could hear Nat say.
I'm pretty sure they could tell it was a kid, I had a very kid scream. Also no agent…well adult agent would scream due to things like this.
"We are going to get you out but it's going to make some of the rubble shift, you're going to be okay." She reassured me.
I screamed and the bed creaked again but louder.
"Hey hey hey, how old are you?" She asked, trying to distract me.
That's right they don't know who is actually here they don't know it's me, I thought.
"I'm 10" I said shortly followed by another scream as I saw a crack in the metal.
"What's wrong?" Nat asked worriedly.
"T-there's a crack. I-in the metal. It's the only thing keeping all this from falling on me." I said sacred and for once letting it show.
"It's okay, we are going to get you out of here before that happens don't worry." She said,
About five minutes passed till the crack actually broke. Luckily it was on one side of the bed and moved away from the crack awhile ago so I was still under the majority of the bed.
I screamed and curled up again.
"What happened?" Nat asked
"T-T-the bed broke. N-Not all the way but some of it." I said terrified at this point.
"It's okay we are almost to you, so don't worry." She said,
More things shifted and I tried not to scream but the creaks in the bed made me scream. Nat always reassured me. Soon I saw a light shining right by the edge of the bed.
"Do you see where we dug out?" Nat asked.
"Y-yes, I'm right here." I said sticking my hand out slightly just enough for them to see. I moved my hand quickly back to my chest when something creaked.
"It's okay, I'm going to need you to crawl out from under the bed and over to us and we will pull you out, okay?"
"No way I'm going to get squashed doing that." I said in a scared voice.
"It's okay, we won't let that happen, you can do this." She said reassuringly.
I took a deep breath and said,'' Okay" I started crawling out and eventually got to the hole and I felt Nat's hand go around my hand and pulled me up and got me out of the hole.
"Aria?" She asked shocked as curled into a ball cuddling into her chest with my arms around her neck, still shaken up by the events that happened.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry." I whispered starting.
"It's okay, it's okay shhhhh." She reassured me rocking back and forth hugging me back.
She waved away the boys so it was just us.
In a little bit when I calmed down, I was blushing a bright tomato red as I pulled away from the hug.
I looked down and muttered sorry and thanks.
"No problem Aria, you okay though you sounded genuinely scared." Nat asked, sounding actually worried.
"Ya I'm fine. By chance do you know where Mattheo is?" I asked Nat, shook her head and told me where I would find out.
I thanked her and went that way, I headed to a table set up by the medical where they were checking down who was found and who wasn't and if they were alive or dead.
"Hi, I'm looking for Matthew Lightmen. " I said.
"Name?" The girl asked me.
"Aria Espenosa." I said.
She nodded, found my name, checked that I was alive and seemed fine. She went down the list and without looking up said the thing that made my world stop.
"Found dead, sorry kid." She said finally looking up.
I nodded and muttered a thanks and left tears rolling down my cheeks. The only adult who has cared for me from the beginning is gone. I couldn't help but feel it was my fault. I went and found my safe, opened it and took out my stuff.
There was one tie dyed pink fluffy huge teddy that I shoved in my bag. Matthew won this for me at the fair we went to once. I hugged it and sobbed. I grabbed the Harry Potter things that I guess are now mine and I got the first book I could and hugged it to my chest.
I was hanging onto every last thing I could touch and every last memory never wanting to forget anything that we did. I have never felt so destroyed. My world crashed down around me at those two words. Found dead. That meant that the last proper goodbye we had was before I watched the movies.
We said see you later but that wasn't the truth. I sobbed thinking about everything. What if I could think of that would have made it where he was still here to hold me and carry me on his plane and fret over every scratch and bruise I have. To take me on the trip he promised he would.
What if Tony didn't have me booted out and let me go on the trip then we would be thousands of miles away. But knowing Tony he would have called me and I most likely would have died. But at least we would have together. What if he went on a mission instead and was far away from here. What if he hadn't saved me then maybe I could have gotten him out of the building.
Thousands of scenarios went through my head. I then thought of all the happy memories like when we first met and he took care of me like no one had before. Or when we went on a "secret mission" but really to the fair to win me this teddy. He took me on my first roller coaster there and bought me cotton candy there too. I was on a sugar high the rest of the day and crashed on the plane ride back.
I thought back to all the little trips when I would go on missions. I thought back on memories and it made me sob knowing that we couldn't make more.
I cried for what felt like eternity. I put myself together and put my stuff away and took and I asked Fury where I was going and I was back with the Avengers.
I just said yes sir like a robot. My emotions completely shut off. I couldn't feel anything but sadness.
I brought my stuff to the plane and realized as soon as I got in it was Matthews. Tears started pouring again as I went to the cockpit and saw all the photos he had.
They were of us all little photobooth photos cause that was our thing. Everywhere we went we had to get a photo and Matthew took some of me looking like I was actually a kid.In one for them I was on the ferris wheel looking down with a huge thing of pink cotton candy blocking most of my body but you could see my head poking out from behind it to look out and I had pink all over my mouth.
The others were things like that. The photobooth photos all had the same outline. There was a good photo that we were both just smiling in then silly faces then a funny position like one where Matthew was giving me a nuggie and me laughing so hard.
I smiled and grabbed my two favorites and stuffed them in my pockets. They were a photobooth, one of him giving me a nuggie and the cotton candy photo.
"Hey, that's someone's property, you can't just take that, put it back!" Tony yelled.
"The person who owned all of these are d-dead. I am in all of them cause he was like a father to me so I am entitled to two photos. " I said quietly and pushed past and put my hoodie over my head and played my Ipod and I could not believe the song that came on.
So how do I say goodbye
To someone who's been with me for my whole damn life?
You gave me my name and the color of your eyes
I see your face when I look at mine
So how do I, how do I, how do I say goodbye?
I cried quietly curling into a ball and sobbed quietly listening to the song.
When I couldn't, you always saw the best in me
Right or wrong, you were always on my side
But I'm scared of what life without you's like
And I saw the way she looked into your eyes
And I promise if you go, I will make sure she's alright
He was my father blood or not, he was mine and I am so glad I got to have him in my life and it hurts just that much more knowing he really is gone.
So how do I say goodbye
To someone who's been with me for my whole damn life?
You gave me my name and the color of your eyes
I see your face when I look at mine
So how do I, how do I, how do I say goodbye?
And there's no way you could ever let me down
Gonna steal some time and start again
You'll always be my closest friend
And someday we are gonna make it out
Just hold the light, just hold the light
I cried more than I have ever in my life but the only sign to the others I was, was the shaking of my shoulder as sobs racked my body.
So how do I say goodbye
To someone who's been with me for my whole damn life?
You gave me my name and the color of your eyes
I see your face when I look at mine
So how do I, how do I, how do I say goodbye?
So how do I, how do I, how do I say goodbye?
So how do I say goodbye to one of the most important people in my life? Cause though I don't want to accept it….He is gone and he is never coming back....No matter how much I want him too…..