Chapter 18

Ok….. I AM SO SORRY EVERYONE! Please except my huge apology I know I let you down with this story :'( I hope you forgive me and enjoy this chapter. I know it's been a while and I understand if some of you don't read this, but to those who do I hope you enjoy it :)

And I felt really bad so this is a longer chapter :)

My eyes widened when I dropped to the ground to avoid the missile. It shot by and exploded into the building behind me.

"Alex you ok?" Johnny called over. I looked over and gave him a nod as he picked a throwing knife from the dead body.

Ok so this went south very VERY fast. After Johnny snuck me on the mission and onto another quinjet my mom realized what was going on. Now I have her, Steve, and Coulson after me. We haven't seen them in the fight yet but we saw their quinjet land a few hundred yards away.

I got to my feet before looking around; eyeing a Renegade officer a few yards away. I pulled an arrow and nocked it before letting out a breath. The arrow slipped from my fingers and flew through the air before striking him in the head. He then collapsed to the ground.

So far it's been some Renegade and Dark Core. It's hard to tell but I haven't found Morgan yet. I'm starting to see that if I go in a certain direction they start advancing on me, but farther out its only Dark Core agents. So I think Morgan is hiding out in one of the buildings around here.

"Alex-" I turned to see Johnny but he wasn't behind me. I looked around and saw him fighting a few meters away. I pulled a gun when I heard someone run up behind me and I turned to shoot.

"Oh shit-!" I yelled; quickly dropping he gun when I saw Steve. "I almost shot you in your freaking star spangled face" I blurt out. He gives me a weird look before I saw the angered look on his face.

"Alexandra Barton!" Oh god!

"No no no" I mumbled before backing up when mom ran up.

"Don't hurt me don't hurt me!" I yelled; holding up my hands before running to the other side of Steve. When she followed me I ran over to Johnny and hid behind him.

"What the-" He stopped; about to throw a knife. "What's wrong?"

"Them!" I blurted out. He turned and I saw the scared look cross his face.

"Your mom's gonna kill me" Was the first thing he got out.

"Yeah" I squeaked out.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" She yelled as she got up to me.

Rule #5734: Don't EVER anger the Black Widow... Especially if she's your mom.

I just estimated the number; I don't really keep a rule book by the way.

"I had to come mom!" I tell her.

"And you Johnny!" She turned to him. And I saw him flinch. "What made you think you could sneak her out on this mission?!-"

"I made him do it mom, no need to chew him out-"

"I hate to break out this fight guys but the bombs are already set in the building" We all stopped and turned to look at Coulson who ran up with a couple agents.

"Bombs?!" Johnny and I blurted out.

"Yeah, Morgan has bombs set up in that building" Steve says; nodding to the big building a few hundred yards away.

If you forgot; we're in the city right now.

I actually haven't seen many citizens around; they all already ran for cover probably.

"Ok so how are we going to do this?" Johnny asked. It got quiet and I smirked before glancing at Steve. He glanced down at me seconds later; seeing me giving him a look. I gave him a signal and he furrowed his eyebrows. Oh my god you are so clueless.

"As a team for crying out loud!" I finally say. "Christ Cap, you should know that one by memory" I mumble before me and Johnny ran back into the fight; leaving everyone else looking a bit clueless.

~0~

Everything hurts! Ahhhhhh... I haven't had proper training and I was definitely rusty!

We got a plan together. Me and Johnny would try and get closer to the building to get inside. But we also received some knew information. Morgan had bombs in two buildings. One had 50 hostages in it. And the other had just Morgan. We knew which one he was in. The plan was to get Morgan first and kill him; disarming the bombs before they blew up and killed the innocent people.

I rolled out of the way of gun fire before hiding behind a car.

"Johnny! Get over here!" I call; waving for him to come. He looked over at me before dodging a few more bullets and running over; taking cover next to me behind the car.

"You think we'll find him?" He asked; flipping a knife in his hand before throwing it at a guy to his left. I shrug; pulling out another arrow and shooting it at a guy to my right.

"We better" I smirk at him. He grinned before throwing another knife.

Several agents were advancing towards us when our coms buzzed.

"Morgan activated the bombs; you guys need to hurry up!" Steve said into the com. I swallowed hard before looking at Johnny as he threw a knife at the last guy around us; it grew quiet besides for the surrounding gun fire.

Oh no. That means the timers are going... And we don't even know how much time we have!

Suddenly a Renegade agent ran around the corner. I went to shoot another arrow when I stopped; realizing the last one I had was an exploding arrow. I quickly put my last arrow away. Johnny quickly took my spot and threw a knife at the last guy.

"We have to split up" He says; we both stood.

"Wait- no, there's gotta be a different way to do this, what if we-"

"I'll get the bombs, you get Morgan" He replied.

"Johnny, please we can find a better way." I tell him.

"If I can disarm the bombs in that building you can kill Morgan and disarm the bombs in the other building" He says. "I know you can do this Alex" He says. I closed my eyes for a moment.

"Please, we can still finish the mission together, we don't have to do it alone" I whisper. I don't want us to spit up. All I could think about was losing someone else. And I can't lose him too. I've already lost Bobby.

He was looking at me for a long while; his expression hard to read. It was as if he was trying to decide something. Suddenly he walked up to me and my eyes flew open when his lips met mine. He used both his hands to cup my face and I felt my eyes close.

My tense guard slipped away and for a moment I didn't even realize we were still in a war zone. Seconds later he pulled out and I was staring at him. He gave me a small smile before running toward the building to our right.

I was left standing there looking clueless. What. The hell. Just happened.

"Alex-" I jumped; turning and seeing Steve run around a corner. He furrowed his eyebrows after a couple seconds; seeing me just standing there. "...You ok?" He asked slowly. I hesitate before swallowing and nodding.

"Uh huh..." I breathed; staring off in the direction Johnny went. He rose an eyebrow; still looking at me.

"Ok well... Morgan's that way" he points in the opposite direction. I look back over at him before blinking out of my thoughts.

"...right" I put my tense guard back up and nodded before running off toward a different building.

As I ran I found one of my normal arrows and quickly picked it up before putting it in my quiver.

~0~

I managed to climb the stairs all the way to the top floor before I made it out into a large room. It was dark and I could barely see my own two feet as I was walking.

I hesitated before taking a couple steps forward; all I could hear was my breathing. As I kept walking I went past a wall and could see some windows looking out at the city. Now it was somewhat bright. I could see the whole room but it was a little after mid-day, so a bit darker. Shadowy you could say.

Suddenly a saw the shadow of a figure to my right and I rolled out of the way as a shot was fired. I jumped back up; my bow ready as I drew back and let it loose. The figure ducked and the arrow hit the wall behind him.

I was still breathing heavy as I stared at the figure.

"Well if it isn't my favorite assassin." The voice spoke. It was familiar; hoarse, but smooth... I hated it.

"Morgan" I growled. The figure stepped forward; his face could be seen in the light from the windows.

"Dark Rider" He says back. "Figured I'd find you here" He still had a stupid smirk stuck on his face and I wanted to freaking slap it off him.

"Shut up" I snapped. I could feel the hate building up as I started thinking about Bobby. It was the last time I saw Morgan. "You killed him" I barely whispered; feeling fury burning through me.

"What does it feel like?" He asked in a dark tone. "The guilt... knowing it's your fault"

"Stop" I demanded.

"First it's that empty feeling," He says. "Then you realize you could have prevented all of it" He says. I clenched my jaw to prevent myself from tearing up. "After that you start to turn on yourself, knowing no one trusts you. Your family, friends," He says. "You and I both know they don't understand" He growls. "Sooner or later they'll realize you're dangerous" He says. "You're a killer, you don't belong" I shook my head; feeling a few a tear slip. "We both know the time will come when you'll be too dangerous; your family won't know how to deal with you, you can't be controlled" He was getting closer to me. "We've seen your nightmares Alex" He growls. "And there not even nightmares, they're just what's to come" He adds; standing about 10 feet away. I felt my heart beating in my ears. I want to know more. If what he says is true than maybe I can prevent it. "You will kill all of them-"

"Shut up!" I yell and drew an arrow and nocked it before firing. The arrow hit him in the shoulder and I suddenly realized it. He held his shoulder before looking back up at me. He knew what was about to happen. He smirked and I had time to take in a breath before the arrow exploded. It went black.

~0~

"Alex!" Natasha yelled when the 4 floor of the building exploded and the flames shot out over the sky.

Johnny was closer to the building and he looked up before running in.

"Agent Knight-" Coulson started but cut off when Johnny ran into the building. "Don't worry, we'll send a team in" he turned to Natasha. She put a hand over her mouth; her other arm resting across her chest as he she was crossing her arms with on hand.

"Nat, they'll be fine" Steve walked up seconds later.

"I can't lose her too" She whispered.

~0~

I felt someone shaking me and I opened my eyes to see Johnny.

"Johnny, wha-" I started; looking around. The room was on fire everywhere and debris and rock was falling all over the place.

"C'mon, we gotta move" He said before pulling me to my feet. "Can you walk?" He asked. I put weight on my right ankle and winced.

"My ankle's screwed up" I clenched my teeth.

"Here" He pulled my arm around his shoulders and helped me get to the stairs.

~0~

"Coulson, send a team in now!" Natasha snapped.

"The building might collapse if we send in too many people. We're calling in a two man team" He says.

"We then just send us!" Steve says gesturing to Natasha and himself.

"It's not that simple Rogers" Coulson says. "Give us a few-" He stopped and looking over. Natasha turned and saw Johnny helping Alex out of the building. The cracking of cement could be heard as the building was getting unstable.

They both ran over and Natasha helped Johnny with Alex. Steve quickly blocked a price of cement that fell and almost hit Johnny as they ran towards the SHIELD cars parked farther away.

Seconds later there was a snap and the building came crashing to the ground.

...

All I could hear was ringing as Mom was also helping me and I turned back slightly seeing a giant wave of dust and smoke coming towards us. It flew by us and I couldn't see. Seconds later I saw Coulson run up along with a few other agents; they had two stretchers. I looked around and saw Johnny still next to me. Someone put me on the stretcher and I looked over to see Johnny being put on one too. I finally got my hearing back and I heard sirens and I saw Mom next to me.

"You're ok honey" She smiled and pushed the hair from my face.

"Hey mom" I smiled weakly. I could see Steve and Coulson behind her talking. "Is Johnny ok?" I asked.

"I don't know yet, they're taking you back now ok?" She asked. I swallowed and nodded. "You did good sweetie" She smiled and kissed my forehead. I nodded before feeling myself getting drowsy. I finally felt my eyes close.

~0~

It was really bright when I opened my eyes to slits. It was blurry but I could make out a few figures. One stood out in particular. I opened my eyes all the way.

"Dad?" I whispered. He looked up from the book he was reading.

"Surprise" He smiled before getting up from the chair. I pushed myself up to hug him. "Congrats on taking down the Renegade and Dark Core" He laughed. I smiled but raised an eyebrow after pulling out of the hug.

"I told him about how amazing you were" She smiled. I rolled my eyes.

"Is Johnny ok?" I asked; getting worried as I sat up more.

"Two bruised ribs, but otherwise he's fine" I look over seeing Steve walk in. "He's in better shape then you; let's put it that way" He smirks. I looked down at myself, seeing I had my left foot in one of those boot cast things. Not a cast "cast" that people sign; the ones you can take off. And my right wrist was wrapped in a bandage.

"Is he awake?" I spoke up. Steve shook his head.

"Not yet" He replies. "The sedative that you guys were given should have kept you under for a few more hours but you burned through that pretty quickly" He smirks. I crack a smile before nodding. Well... thank you super soldier serum, then.

"Get some more sleep" Mom says; leaning over and kissing my head. I rolled my eyes before nodding.

"Did you just agree with your mother?" Dad asked in astonishment. I laughed and sighed. He's probably surprised at the fact that I am actually going to follow protocol and get some rest and such.

"Yeah"

"Who are you and what have you done with our daughter" He smirked. I rolled my eyes. "Just kidding honey" He adds before kissing me on the nose; making my laugh a bit.

"Alight, let's let her sleep" Mom adds. I give them a small wave before they all left the room.

~0~

I was sitting in the gym; my head leaning back against the cement wall. It had been a day since everything happened. I didn't have the boot on my foot or the wrap on my hand. I was pretty much healed.

I was just staring off into space, and I didn't notice Steve had walked in.

"So what happened out there?" He asked. I looked over and furrowed my eyebrows.

"...What do you mean?" I ask slowly. He smirks.

"I know that face when I see it, Alex. Was it in the heat of the moment? Or have you two been like... Dating?" He asked; scrunching his nose in confusion when he hesitated to say 'dating'. I bit my lip. How did he know that? Since Johnny had flat out kissed me during that battle I haven't seen him; he was still in the infirmary and wasn't cleared yet.

"I don't know, it was a bit... sudden" I smirk; then furrow my eyebrows. "How would you know?" I laughed. He shrugs; his arms crossed.

"Experience. One of those 'I'm probably never going to see you again moments'." He says with a smirk. I nod after a few seconds.

"Don't tell my dad" I add. He chuckles.

"Don't worry I won't, but I might not be able to keep it from your mother" he smirks. I hesitate before giving a playful shrug.

"If she asks, you'd be better off running away" I chuckle. He rolls his eyes.

Suddenly someone else walked in; about 20 yards behind Steve. I looked over and Steve realized I was looking behind him and turned around; seeing Johnny. He had his hands dug into his pockets in a bit of a nervous manner and gave me a small smirk before he walked over.

He gave Steve a nod as he walked over and Steve gave a nod back.

It got quiet and I looked at Johnny before looking at Steve. He then realized my little signal that I was giving him.

"Oh- right, I'll Uh-" Steve starts backing up. "- just go" he smirks in a slightly awkward manner before walking out.

I smirk before looking over at Johnny.

"Hey" he says; removing a hand from his pocket as he gave me a small wave.

"Hi" I chuckle. He looked a bit nervous; I could tell.

"So um, about what I did back there, please don't take offense for that-" he starts; then stops when I started chuckling.

"Don't worry; it wasn't offensive at all... Just a bit surprising" I tell him with a smile. He nods after a couple seconds.

"I hope this doesn't change anything between us, I just got caught up and I thought I might ya know-... Die and I-" I stood up as he was talking and grabbed his hand.

"Johnny, seriously, nothing's changed between us, not if you don't want it to" I tell him. He glanced down at his hand that I was holding before smiling.

"I guess I should probably get this out now but... I've kinda had a crush on you since I came to the tower" I says with a nervous chuckle; scratching the back of his head with his right hand. I bit my lip and smile; amused. "When Skye said you died on a mission I was so upset," he laughs; looking at the ground before looking back up. I just realized how pretty his eyes were. A pretty baby blue that was soft and calming.

"Well I'm very much alive, so I hope that brightened your day" I started laughing. He smiles and nods. I let out a breath before looking back up at him. He was a bit taller than me. I was 5'4" and he was about 5'8" I think.

I felt a chill going down my back and I could feel my heart leaping out of my chest. This was so nerve-racking. I could feel beads of sweat forming on my forehead.

"I-" he started before stopping himself. "Ok... Ok ok ok ok ok..." He looked down; swallowing anxiously. "I really wanna tell you this but I don't know what you'll sa-" I put my finger up to his lips to quiet him. He stopped and looked at me.

My heart was beating so loud I don't know if he can hear it or not. I let me hand fall away; my other still holding his hand.

It took me a few seconds before a leaned up felt his lips touching mine. Not too long after he used his left hand to cup my right cheek. Officially this is the second time I've ever kissed a guy... Holy crap. What the hell is happening to me!? I hated boys- HATE! I meant to think hate, not hated. I still do. N-not think about that- I meant that I still hate boys, what the hell is happening to me! Ruagh! Why am I suddenly kissing a good friend of mine?! This is so awkward.

I pulled away from him after a few seconds; he looked a bit shocked.

"How was that?" I ask; giving him a nervous smile and I bit my lip. He lets out a small airy laugh; putting his left hand through his hair.

"Better than mine, that's for sure" he says. I can't help but smile bigger before nodding. "So uh," he lets out a small airy laugh again. "Is this your way of telling me that you feel the same way...?" He asked nervously. I smile again and hesitate.

"Maybe" I chuckle in a playful manner. "Wait, so were you cleared by medical?" I ask. He nods.

"Yeah, the Doc said I was good to go, what about you?" He asked. I sigh before shaking my head.

"I'm cleared, but not for missions, not healed enough yet, and my parents want me to do training to get me back into it" I sigh. He nods after a couple seconds. Since I wasn't allowed to train for almost a year I needed to be brought out of the closet and trained in more advanced crap before I can go on missions again.

"Well uh, if you ever need any help, I'm usually free" he speaks up. I smile.

"Ok, I'd like that" I reply. He immediately smiles and nods. My smile then drops for a moment when I remembered something. "Just-... Leave some room for my S.O." I mumble. He furrows his eyebrows.

"You have an S.O. now?" I nod.

"Yeah, Steve" I reply. He nods; remembering.

"Does he Uh..." Johnny starts. I raise an eyebrow.

"Know you kissed me? Yeah, he could tell" I smirk and try to hold back a laugh. Johnny went a bit red before nodding.

"Don't worry I'm not telling" we both turned and immediately let go of each other's hand; seeing Steve had come back into the room.

"Fury needs you Johnny he wants to debrief you about the yesterday, and Alex I think your parents are waiting on the flight deck- might wanna hurry before they find out about all-... This" He gestures to us. We both gave him a nod before looking back at each other. It was quiet for a couple seconds before we awkwardly gave a small wave to each other before I walked toward the door Steve was at and Johnny walked towards the opposite one leading to the bridge.

I finally got to the other side of the gym and Steve turned as we walked out the door. It was quiet for a bit longer before I opened my mouth; furrowing my eyebrows.

"What do you mean, experience?" I ask slowly; looking over at him as we walked towards the door to the flight deck.

*hesitantly peeks out from behind couch* …Did you like it? Was it ok? Please review if you liked it!

And… *sign* … This story will probably be coming to a close soon. I don't know the fate just yet of this series.