Nick Fowler x Reader

-8-

Me and Marie are back to back, pointing our guns at the guards around us. They keep screaming at us something in Chinese. Probably telling us to put our guns down. "Any ideas?" Marie asks. Before I could say anything, strong female voice shouts something in Chinese. All of the guards turn nervously look towards the sound. Lady in red walks up to us. It's the hostess, Lin Mi Sheng. "Put down your guns." she order us with strong accent. This is bad! Slowly I put the gun down to the marble floor and keep my hands up. "Put down your gun." she repeat. Turn my head to see Marie still keeps her gun pointed at the guards. "Just do it." I whisper. She hesitates for moment but finally puts the gun down. "Now go." the hostess says. Huh? Marie and I look stunned. Did she really just let us off the hook? Why? "Go." she repeat with stern voice. The guards steps aside, making us some space. I give her a slight nod and we start running towards the exit with Marie.

"What just happened?!" Marie ask. We are running at the inside balcony area, that'll leads down to the stairs to the exit. "No idea." I reply. "Do you think she's on our side?" she wonder. "Don't kno- AH-!", bullets starts flying. Marie quickly pushes me aside. The bullets came from down from the lobby area. It's Nick and his team, his men shooting at us. There are two guards with him. Shit! Marie and I sit on the floor, back against the wall so they won't see us. I start to look around to see if there is anything we could use as a weapon, because we are unarmed - thanks to the Chinese woman. "Got more bombs in that purse?" I ask. "No..." Marie huffs in pain. I turn to look at her and see red trail on her left arm. She is bleeding. Must be the bullet from earlier. She sees my worried face;"It's just a scratch.". We gotta get out of here and fast.

"You're making resistance in vain (Y/N)." Nick's voice echoes down at the lobby. Me and Marie look each other. "So why wouldn't you just come down and we'll talk." he continue. I peek out;"Really?". There is that sneaky smile of his again;"Yeah. Come with me.". I smirk down at him;"Only in hell.", and push one of the decoration vase down that is on the edge of the balcony. It hits the guards on their heads and they drop to the floor. Nick got out of the way just in time. "C'mon..." I help Marie up and we start running. Quickly Nick takes out his gun. Without looking back I keep running. For a second he aims the gun at me, having the perfect aim. But then lets out deep, frustrated sigh and puts the gun down. "Fuck." he whisper under his breath.

Me and Marie got out, there are lots of people outside rushing in to their cars. Even police are here, bet they thought there was actual bombing in the event. "Marie! (Y/N)!" familiar voice calls from far. "Dji!" I see her and Gracie. They run to us and sees Marie's bleeding arm. "Oh my- What happened?!" Gracie worries. "She-", "I'm fine." Marie snaps. "The drive?" Dji asks me. I shook my head. "Right, we need to get out of here and fast." she starts looking around. And just like that, black car stops right infront of us. The window goes down, revealing the hostess;"Get in.". All four of us look stunned. "Now." she order and open the door for us. We all look at each other for a second. Then I nod to them and we just get in the car and the car starts driving away the event. Dji helps with the Marie's wound as best as she can. Gracie and I look at the woman in front of us. "Who are you? Are you part of the CIA?" I ask. "No." she respond. "I'm Lin Mi Sheng. I work for the Ministry." she continued. So she's on our side? "Oh... Well, thank you. What you did back there..." I smile. She smiles back;"It is nice to finally meet you.". "You- you know me?" I ask.

We arrived to this building that is thirty minutes away from the auction. Lin Mi Sheng opens this big metal slide door for us to enter that leads us into this big room that seems to be somekind of penthouse. It's dark but very spacious, decorated with antic furnitures. "Nice place you have..." I look around. Gracie walks near me the whole time. Dji helps Marie to sit down one of the chairs. "Does anyone care for a cup of tea?" Lin asks. We all turn to look at her, hint of disbelieve. "Why wouldn't you tell us why we're here?" Marie groans. At first Lin looks at her, then the rest of us;"We were hoping the CIA would secure the drive in Paris. When that didn't happen..-", Dji lift her eyes on me, I give her a quick glance and look back at Lin. "..it was essential we reclaim it before it fell into the wrong hands." she says.

Older Chinese man walks in to the room and we all turn to look at him. "Papa." Lin introduce him. "My father convinced our bosses that this could be larger opportunity." she smiles. "What kind of opportunity?" Dji asks. She walks up to her desk and turns on three big screens. It shows images of the guests of the auction and all their information. Even the creepy man is in there. "This was an opportunity to collect information on them." Lin reveal. "So this was all somekind of fishing expedition?" Dji raise arms over her chest. "So... Selling deadly intel to the highest bidder just to see who's out there bidding?" I frow. Lin smirks;"We sold them nothing.". "Wait – what?" I ask confused. "The drive is right here." she turn her head slightly towards her father. Then the father goes to this shelf that has little safe build in it. He presses the code in and the door opens, revealing the real drive. It's the drive! I take a step forward;"But... You killed Mr. Marks for that.". "So you were the one who drop the plains after you stole the drive from him?" Gracie dare to ask. "No. Marks did." Lin says. What?! "He was working with Nick." she continue. My heart drops. They both were in on this? Lin continues to talk how the man, Elijah Clarcke is this big boss of terrorists and how Nick and Marks worked for him. Her voice starts tos ound like a muffle in my ears as I fall deep into my thoughts.

It all makes sense now... There is a reason why I got this mission in the first place and not Mace. They thought I would be easy to deal with. That's why Mr. Marks suggested me to go to this mission on my own after Nick 'died'. That's why... My mind goes back to the moment Nick gave me the ring that is still on my finger. To the moment he kissed me. The way he always looked at me. Every moment we spend together in the past. It was all fake. Without realizing it, couple of tears run down my cheeks. A lie. "The drive is safe now. You'll all be going home soon." Lin ended her speech. Gracie lets out a sigh of relief, so does Marie and Dji. But Dji sees corner of her eye I'm not as happy as the rest. "Now, let me get you change of clothes and something to treat the wounds." Lin starts to walk to other room.

 I'm in one of the bedrooms that has two beds alone. We all got new, regular clothes on and the wounds covered. Lin insist us to rest before we head to the airport back home. I'm sharing the room with Marie. She's in the livingroom with the others. All talking and making calls to their loved ones. I'm just sitting edge of the bed, thinking everything over and over again. Wonder what is going to happen to Nick when his boss realize the drive he got isn't the real one. Maybe they kill him, for real this time... I should be happy that this is all over, but... I look down my finger, at the ring. Why..? My hand start to shake. Tears start to fall down on my face. Why I'm so sad about all of this? I take the ring off of my finger.