Forever and Always

Chapter 16

"It's okay I gotcha" Steve was helping me off the hospital bed. His arm carefully cradling my back as he held the hand on my good arm. Once I was standing I let go of his hand to grab a crutch that was leaning against the bed for me. Bruce was in the room examining whether or not I needed more care after trying to get up. "Have you ever used crutches before?" Bruce asked, his arms crossed against his chest. I shook my head, "whenever you go to put pressure on your leg' he motioned to the leg that was still bandaged, 'lean more on the crutch so it doesn't hurt as much as if you were to put all your weight on the leg." I put the crutch under my arm and smiled, "sounds easy enough" I looked at Steve who was smiling back at me, "You're such a tough woman" I blushed because to me I'm not, if it weren't for the team I most likely would've been dead.

"Are you sure you're ready for the questioning?" I sighed while getting used to the crutch under my arm, "The sooner we get it over with the better" With Steve's help I took a few steps with the crutch before I understood how to use them fully. Bruce followed us to the elevator, going to the floor for the questioning. When getting to the floor, it was a long hallway that consisted of doors. Steve informed me that S.H.I.E.L.D. used this floor more than them. He led me into a room where Thor and Clint were standing at a table positioned right under a window leading to an empty room.

Clint walked over and gave me a hug, "I'm so glad you're okay" I gave him my best one armed hug, "I'm glad we're all okay" I took a seat at the table as did Steve and Bruce. Thor standing behind my chair while Clint stood between Bruce and I. "No one can see in this room, I promise" Steve intertwined our fingers as I took a deep breath.

A few minutes passed until the door on the other side opened and in walked Kyle, Tony and Nat. Kyle took a seat at the table facing us while Nat stood on one side of the wall with her arms crossed and Tony in front but not to disrupt our view. Kyle smiled at the mirror, "I know you're there sweetheart" I held my breath trying not to get sick as Steve squeezed my hand. "Where'd you get it?" Tony spoke but Kyle just stared at the mirror with an evil smirk on his face. I trust Steve with all my heart but I swear he was looking straight at me. "Why are you able to shapeshift?" Kyle leaned back in the chair, "prison isn't what it used to be" "What's that supposed to mean?" "You think I'd rat out everything that's going on." "No but we have records of where you were sent, when you were sent and it won't be that hard to figure out" Kyle chuckled, "You'd be surprised"

"Ok why her then?" Still in cuffs he brought his hand to his lips running a finger across it. "An easy target" "You broke into the tower so how easy would it really have been?" "Seeing her dance with all those men at the bar mmm" I gasped putting a hand to my mouth, "She didn't notice me however, I watched her learn to play pool with that hunky cowboy, his arms around her" I let go of Steve's hand not even wanting to look at him. "She takes drinks from anyone so it wasn't hard at all" All I saw was Kyle looking directly in the mirror as he spoke, "having her underneath me moaning, feeling so tight..' I looked to my left and saw a trash can throwing myself toward it to empty my stomach, my leg protesting in pain as I did so. "That's not what we're asking here" Tony cut him off but my head was spinning as I felt someone rubbing my back.

I leaned back trying to situate my leg when I felt Steve moving me to lean me against him. He was stroking my hair, "Doll it's okay, you didn't know. I'm not blaming you for anything" I stayed quiet, to me it's not okay. I felt like I cheated, like I wasn't Steve's golden girl anymore. "I don't want to listen anymore," I whispered. "Let's go back to my flat so you can wash up" He helped me up and I went into the hallway waiting for Steve to finish talking with the guys before meeting me.

It was silent as we made it back to Steve's flat; the only noise was our footsteps and the crutch hitting the floor. "I'll get you a change of clothes, a shower will make you feel better. I'll help you with the bandages after my love" I went to the bathroom without saying a word. I stared at myself in the mirror for a few minutes trying to gather my thoughts before stripping down. The wounds on my arm and leg stitched properly as I took the bandages off. I turned on the water and waited until it was a decent temperature before stepping in carefully to not put all my wait on my injured leg.