Red Room

25: Semi-old Rap

The ride to SHIELD was oddly calming, although memories prior to the Academy were fuzzy, you remembered the familiar sound of Fury humming to whatever tune was on the radio. 

The stillness of a moving car was such an odd concept, yet such a calming one. You were going to finally understand this, be able to stop hiding, and get the answers you craved. 

"Nick?"

"Hm?"

"What's going on with me?" you asked. A simple question, in theory. 

He cleared his throat and turned the radio down, "I have a theory or two, but you won't like 'em". 

A few seconds pass. 

"Yeah, what else is new." you sighed. 

"I'll make sure you hear everything when we get to headquarters. You listen to music still?"

"I do now, yeah. Did I used to?"

"Did you?", he chuckled, "I swear you lived with your own background music."

You shifted in your seat, wishing you could recall the simpler time he referred to. 

"Siri, play 2000's hits for me.", he called to the car. Tony talks to walls, now Fury with the car. 

Sure enough, a beat began and you felt as if you were shot back in time. 

"Look...if you had...one shot...or one opportunity...to seize everything you ever wanted...in one moment...would you capture it...or just let it slip?" Nick sang. 

All of a sudden, your brain was working without thinking, and you were that naive little girl back in 2004. 

"His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti. He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready, to drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin' what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud. He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out. He's chokin', how, everybody's jokin' now. The clocks run out, times up, over, blaow." 

You sat in shock, smiling like a kid because you remembered, truly remembered this. 

"I remember!" you cheered. 

Fury laughed in excitement, "Yeah? I figured Eminem would work."

You continued on with the song, not missing one word or beat, you and Nick blaring and screaming semi-throwback rap music in a SHIELD issued car. 

The two of you applauded yourselves at the end of the song, which happened to perfectly line up with your arrival at SHIELD, only it looked different this time. 

Men in suits with guns all stood, awaiting your arrival. Stone faced, about 15 of them guarding the entrance and watching your every move as you opened the door. 

A/N: a short one, but I wanted to post another chapter (even tho it's microscopic) today just bc I feel bad about the last wait lol. Not as bad of a cliffhanger but eh. I can probably get another one out tomorrow, so see y'all then! also plz keep leaving the funny comments, they're like my morning motivation and like genuinely make me LOL so thanks for that lovelies!