#orrr...a mix-up in a surprise delivery from someone eccentric who wants Tony to work with them and thought tropical fish would convince him

[themxlodyofmiidnight]

The Mysterious Delivery

{ Pearl starter! For @thenexusofsouls - for Tony - though if you want to bring in anyone else too it's okay! }

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Whether this had happened by mistake, or someone strange had decided to drop it off, 'it' was huge. A gigantic wooden crate, the sides of which had all fallen down to reveal what was inside: a huge tank. The delivery of which had been made to the compound extremely early in the morning. So early that the sides of the tank had frost on them, and made seeing inside even more difficult than it already was because the water was so murky.

Within the water, something was swimming in circles, hitting the glass occasionally. Cold, unhappy, and unable to get out, the creature inside wondered where she was, why she was here, and if someone was going to let her out soon. Sitting on the ground, a piece of paper with a HYDRA symbol on it spoke of the contents of the tank and the intended purpose of its capture: testing. Hybridization was spoken of, as well as using her scales to sell and fund their goal to make better water-proof weaponry.

This was either a giant FLUKE and an even bigger mistake on the part of the people making this delivery, the act of someone who knew what they were carrying and suddenly grew a heart - or, it was someone who had grown far too cocky and wanted to send a message. Trying to inform Tony and the rest of the Avengers of the fact that they were advancing, and wanted them to know about it.

The last possibility, was that this delivery got mixed up with the tropical fish meant for the compound's aquarium, that a rather eccentric person had sent as a "present" to try to get Tony to work with them on a project. None of these things was something that the being inside knew about - all she knew, was that she was tired, hungry, and in pain from where people had kept ripping scales from her tail. Before her being shipped out, a lot of them had been torn out and the pain was still very fresh. But not as bad as the pain in her fins, which had been damaged so that she'd never be able to survive out in the ocean again if she somehow got away.

Sounds outside her tank were muffled, hard to understand what they were. She thought that there must be something there, though, and the curiosity and hope of that drew her over to the glass. If it was someone good or bad, or even a person, she had no idea. In a desperate attempt to get the attention of whoever or whatever it was so she could see, she tried swimming into the sides of the tank again. Making pain run through her, and caused a sound that could have come from a shark or something else unknown, result from it. The last attempt for attention after that: hitting the glass with her hands.

Simultaneously a cry for help, as well as proof that what was inside the large tank was not some kind of a shark, it was no tropical fish, but it was something extremely..unexpected.