Family

Chapter 17

Barnes changed the target and as he went to dive back into the water a bullet hissed past his arm. Moments later another hit his metal arm, sparking off of it and he threw himself in the water behind the boat. Several more bullets flew past him and he stayed there until he was sure the shooting had stopped. He was going to have to have serous words with Ophelia when he got back. Heaving himself back into the boat he started the engine and sped back to shore wondering what the hell Ophelia was playing at. As he reached the shore he could smell burning running inside the cabin he turned off the stove before running back outside yelling her name. All he was greeted by was silence. Around her knocked over rifle were several footprints much too large to be hers. It was also surrounded by shell casings and he knew she always policed her own brass. Walking back into the cabin he spotted blood on the ground and her phone blinking and realised it had been set to record. Carefully he picked it up and pressed play.

Watching the two men attack her made him furious and he flinched as she was shot at almost point blank range. In the corner of the screen he saw one of the men start to fire the rifle while she screamed at him as she lay bleeding on the ground. His partner simply stamped on her. Once they had emptied the rifle they simply dragged her unconscious to their car and drove away.

Fury watched the film without any emotion on his face as Steve Rogers and Tony Stark stood behind him. As the three of them watched Maria Hill came in holding a tablet.
"Nick, this just arrived." With a flick of her wrist she sent another video to the screen and the foursome watched as a dishevelled and bruised Ophelia was sat roughly in a chair and passed a piece of paper to read.
"Director Fury we have your daughter" she began and looked at the man standing behind the camera. "seriously? Do you not think I'm a bit white to be Fury's child?" She swallowed trying to hide how much pain she was in. A blonde woman slapped her face. Rogers placed a hand on Fury's shoulder. "Okay okay point that somewhere else please your both are a bit trigger happy for my liking." Ophelia held up two fingers at the cameraman. Stark noted the amount of blood on her side. The wound was still leaking slowly. "Anyway back to this crap." She swallowed trying to sound stronger and more confident. "Basically Director these goons want you to turn yourself over to them and they'll set me free. Come alone to where I was taken from and they will let me go." Ophelia turned her attention back to her captors "and you think he'll know where I was staying? You're  either unbelievably stupid or just dicks" she snorted "like that's going to happen!" Again the woman slapped her and Fury smiled as he saw she was getting pissed off with her.  Rotating her jaw to take the sting out Ophelia turned her attention back to the man behind the camera "you honestly think Fury is going to turn himself over for a low level agent?" She demanded.
"No but he will do for his wife and child" The woman informed her and to Ophelias and Fury's horror the door opened and her mother was thrown at her feet and the video ended.

"Mum" Ophelia gasped as the men picked up their camera kit and left the room. The woman pausing before leaving.
"Now I know you won't do anything stupid girlie because if you do she dies."  Ophelia waited a heart beat for the door to slam shut before moving slowly to her mothers side and sitting her up, wincing in pain.
"Mum?" She began and Sara hugged her daughter as best as her tied arms allowed her to and then turned so Ophelia could untie her. Once she had her mothers untied Sara pulled her bracelet off and removed the handcuff keys hidden in it, the second one she tried worked and the two women hugged again. Ophelia gasping in pain from the wound in her side.
"It's a through and through so lots of blood, lots of pain but hopefully not fatal." Sarah assessed and Ophelia nodded. Searching the room she found nothing. Grinning Ophelia delved into her top and pulled a small knife out of her bra. They then took up positions on the floor Sara laying still as Ophelia screamed for help. Lying so that their hands looked like they were still bound. The door crashed open and the two men ran inside. Neither stood a chance as Ophelia drove her knife into the closests throat and relieved him of his gun shooting the second before the first had hit the floor. Her mother smiled approvingly. Ophelia ground her teeth that the woman wasn't in the house.
"Right. Let's go save your father" she sighed searching the bodies for keys. Ophelia handcuffed both of the men to the iron bar  they had set in the ground to tether her to. Then carefully they searched the cabin finding files on themselves and Fury. Ophelia tucked them into a bag to take with them. As she did so her mother wrapped Ophelias  stomach in cling film to help control the bleeding. Ophelia allowed herself to rest as she watched her mother hacked their computers passwords and set a SHIELD virus loose. Within twenty minutes the contents were on their way to a secure SHIELD server.
"Found some guns" Sarah announced passing them to her daughter. Once they had checked the house Ophelia slowly opened the door to the garage dealing with the guard standing outside. A few moments later they were on their way to the cabin hopefully in time to stop Fury doing something stupid.