Chapter Seven

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── TAKING THE HIT ──

── TAKING THE HIT ──

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It has been two weeks since Alessia's last mission where she took down Lombardi & Co. and the Washington incident that had swept the nation. Everyone had been talking nonstop about the strange incident that resulted in three helicarriers falling from the sky. Alessia tried to avoid the topic due to the mention of The Winter Soldier's existence plastered everywhere on the news, the familiar face caused her to panic slightly and now she was being hit with memories she knew nothing about.

Jonas and Jesse had been taking interest in breaking down the firewalls that held information about Hydra, the files would prove useful in the team's case against Hydra. Alessia was beyond exhausted due to her nine to five days of working followed by her relentless hours as a vigilante known as Shadow despite having the code name Wraith. She spent a lot of time training, studying targets and reading thousands of files.

She shook her head back to reality when she heard the chime of the cafe door, the one and only Steve Rogers stepped into the room with Natasha Romanoff following behind him. They both wandered by the counter and sat down in a corner booth, Alessia smiled to herself as she made her way over to the infamous heroes. "Hello, what can I get you both today?" Alessia asked kindly as she held the notepad and pen in her hands.

After some careful consideration, Stever finally spoke up, "I'll get steak and chips with a coffee, please." Alessia nodded as she wrote it down then turned her attention to Natasha, "And what about you?" She lifted her head with an unsure look, analyzing Alessia with a look of paranoia. Alessia knew that look all too well, she understood why the skilled Assassin was paranoid considering what had happened in Washington recently.

The door jangle sounded through the seemingly quiet diner, catching Alessia's full attention. She turned her head to make eye contact with an uneasy man who hesitantly sat down at the bar bench, his strange behaviour put her on edge, the redhead noticed Alessia's sudden change in behaviour, her tense shoulders. "Are you okay?" She asked with more curiosity than concern. Alessia nodded at her, "Yeah, he just seems a little jumpy compared to the usual customers."

She smiled as Steve studied the jumpy guy who seemed to be busy focusing on his phone, almost as though he was waiting for some kind of signal. "So what can I get you beautiful?" Alessia's question caught their attention as she smiled, "It's a compliment, not a flirtation, though I'm up for anything." Alessia chuckled with a wink in both of their directions. Natasha seemed to ease slightly at that as she smirked, Steve laughed lightly before looking back at the jumpy guy who looked in their specific direction before turning away.

Her cheeky comments was a usual thing for her, it became a reason as to why customers came back. The redhead winked at Alessia with a kind smile, "I'll get a deluxe burger with a strawberry milkshake." Alessia nodded as she wrote it down, "I'll be back with your order soon." Alessia walked to the service window, hanging the new order up for the chef before going over to make a coffee for Steve and a strawberry milkshake for the Nat.

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