Running Fearless ( Avengers Fanfiction)

Chapter 16

At the moment, Katie was slightly nervous. She was also anxious, tense, and angry. But there was a small part of her—a part she wasn't too proud of, that was excited. Her life was beginning to get a little to deep and secrets were being unfolded and right now all she wanted was a distraction. Something she could throw herself into completely and for just a while forget her own troubles. And so she sat cross legged on the grass, her hood over her head and her laptop on her lap.

"Question," Clint said breaking the silence. He chose to stand, keeping his eyes to sky awaiting the plane that would be arriving soon. "When this plane gets here, where exactly is it going?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out now." Katie muttered not taking her eyes from screen. Natasha said Coulson and his team had went off grid and without any bread crumbs Katie was going to have to do something she really didn't want to do. She was going to have to think like Phil Coulson.

"You're cutting it a little close aren't you?"

"Well seeing as I didn't find out that my friend could possibly be in the hands of a psycho murderer, I don't know an hour ago, I would say I'm moving pretty quickly!" Katie snapped still not breaking contact from the screen.

"Look, I know you're worried, but Coulson is smart. I'm sure at this point he's probably figured all of this out." Clint replied and Katie didn't say anything. "Before we freak out, let's just see where the situation is at the moment."

"Well could you do that without talking, because I'm trying to concentrate." Katie said glancing over to him quickly. For a few moments, Clint complied. He stood looking up to the sky before glancing back over to Katie.

Even though Katie wasn't too fond of the man, Ward being HYDRA really was a shock. The entire time she knew him, he was always the straight and narrow type of agent. He was one of those agents who did things by the book no matter how annoying it was.

"I still can't believe it, Ward." he said mirroring Katie's thoughts. "He was good, a good agent, one of the best I've worked with."

"Well you grow up with John Garrett as a mentor, you're sure to grow up a with a few screws loose." Katie said.

"You know I remember you guys seemed a little chummy for a while." Clint said and this was enough for Katie to break her attention from the screen to look to him. "I'm just asking, did anything happen with you two?" Katie looked at him for a long moment with obvious annoyance. "What, it's not a stupid question."

"Actually, it is." she turned back to her laptop and began typing away. "Nothing ever happened between me and Ward."

Katie's days in SHIELD would usually find her in the one place she loved. Her tiny office that many referred to as the super brain cave. She was typing away in her own little world until a knock startled her. She turned her head to see a familiar face.

"And here I was thinking you didn't make it out of cadet hell." Katie said spinning her chair to see Grant Ward leaning on her door frame. The man was dressed to the nines in one of the usual SHIELD black suits. "Good for you."

"You're the Super Brain?" Ward asked with a slight chuckle. "And here I was expecting some nerd with a pocket protector." Katie smiled as she opened one side of her jacket to reveal the pocket protect in the breast pocket of her blouse. "I stand corrected. You are a nerd with a pocket protector."

"Oh, you're making me blush." Katie said sarcastically before spinning her chair around back to her computer. "I rarely see agents around here unless they need something decrypted, downloaded, or explained really really slowly." she began typing away. "What is it that you want?"