Ava Barnes

James

~At James's Apartment in Bucharest~

"Alright Ava you need to be careful. I don't know how friendly he will be." My dad told me.

"I'll keep an eye out for her Steve. She'll stay safe." Sam told him.

I ran up the stairs following after my father. He motioned for me to go on the other side of the apartment where there was a back door and stairwell. I ran around to the door and I got my lock picks out and started working on the lock. Once I opened the door. I walked in cautiously. I looked around and kept my senses alert for any sign of movement. I heard the floorboard creak and I turned to the noise and there he was. Standing before me.

*James looks at Me*

I start to get butterflies from the feeling of his eyes on me.

"James, my name is Ava Romanoff. I am Steve's daughter." I told him.

"Steve?" He said confused.

"Dad come in here." I said into my ear piece.

*Steve came through the front door*

*Steve and James made eye contact*

"Do you know who I am?" My dad asked him.

"You're Steve...." He paused.

"I read about you in a museum." He continued.

"Buck, there are some people coming and they aren't planning on taking you alive." My father warned.

*James glances to his window*

"Good strategy." James responded.

*James started to remove the glove on his hand revealing metal*

"James please, this doesn't have to end in a fight." I told him.

"It always ends in a fight." He replied.

*The window breaks and a bomb flies through*

"Get down!" My father yelled.

*He hit it out the window*

I dropped to my stomach and looked up at James.

*A second bomb came through the window*

*James kicked it towards my father and he covered it with his shield*

"Come on we gotta go!" I yelled.

*The front door was being broken down*

*James throws a table to block the door*

*James walks towards my father*

My dad falls on his back.

"Buck you're gonna kill someone!" He yelled

*He slams his fist into the floorboard and pulls out a backpack*

"I'm not going to kill anyone" James replied

James ran to the back door and there were police there. I heard gunshots and ran after him.

"Ava cover his back, I'll be there in a second!" My father yelled.

"On it!" I replied.

I followed James through the hall. I pulled a knife out of my thigh holster and threw it at the man shooting at James. 

*James and I make eye contact*

He turns back and goes into another room. I follow him in and he is met face to face with an officer. James grabs the collar of the man's vest and throws him over the stairwell. My dad catches the cop and places him back on the ground.

"Really man?" My dad groans towards James.

I continued to follow James. Until he jumped over the stairwell and pulled himself up onto the railing below.

"I'm gonna jump too dad!" I yelled.

I grasped the railing and jumped over it and was caught by the collar on my suit. I looked up to see James holding onto my suit. He pulled me over the railing and steadied me in front of him.

"You're crazy." He whispered.

"I know." I winked at him.

He cocked his head to the side and I grinned. He motioned to follow him and we started to run down a hall. We got to the edge of the balcony there. He wrapped his flesh arm around my waist.

"Jump!!" James yelled.

I jumped when he told me to and held onto him tightly. We hit the rooftop of the building below us. James had caught my fall with his body. He groaned and motioned to get up. He grabbed the backpack he had thrown and started to run.

"Where are we going?" I asked between breaths.

"Away" He responded.

A shadow came into view above us and I expected my father but the man kicked James down. I stopped running and turned around to see a man in what looked like a cat suit.

"Sam who is this other guy?" I heard my father in my head piece.

"I don't know but we gotta stop him" Sam responded.

The man swung at James. I reached down and grabbed a pistol out of my holster and shot at the man. But the bullet bounced off of his suit.

"Dad did you see that?" I exclaimed.

"Yeah I did." He shouted.

"James catch!" I yelled.

I threw my pistol to him. He caught it and hit the man in the head with it. James ran to me and scooped me up in his arms. I squealed and he chuckled. He jumped over the side of the building and landed on the ground below. He set me down and we ran towards a tunnel under the freeway. I turned to glance back and the man was close behind.

"James he's catching up!" I shouted.

"I know just keep running! Don't look back!" He yelled.

I did exactly that. We kept running.

"Ava I'm coming up behind you in a SUV!" I heard my dad say into my ear piece.

"Do you see the cat dude?" I responded.

"Yeah! He is on the roof of the car!" My dad replied.

I turned back to look and my dad was catching up in the SUV. I saw the man on the hood of the car now. My dad was trying to get him off. I felt James grab my hand and pull me towards him. He wrapped his arm around my waist and i felt him grab onto something. I looked and he was pulled me onto the back of a motorcycle. I wrapped my arms around him tightly.

"Holy Shit James! That was amazing!" I laughed.

He chuckled and sped up on the bike.

"Language!" I heard my dad say in my ear.

I laughed even harder.

"I'm coming close to you guys watch out!" My dad yelled into the earpiece.

"James my dad is getting close to the bike careful!" I yelled to him.

I looked back and my dad was hitting the back of the bike. James lost control and he swiftly pulled me into his lap and secured me there while the bike crashed. When I looked up he was wincing but he winked at me which made me giggle. I focused on where we were and realized i heard sirens. I looked around and there were cops everywhere. 

"Sorry Ava." I heard my dad mutter.

"Put your hands where we can see them." The cops demanded.

The man that was chasing us took his mask off. I gasped.

"T'challa?" I said shocked.