Otherwise Known As... | Bucky Barnes

Chapter (37) Thirty-Seven ~ ...the girl who was a boring chauffeur

"First rule of going on the run is don't walk," Natasha said to Steve.

The two had gone into the mall, both now wearing normal people's clothes while I stayed in the truck. I didn't want to, I wanted to go with them, but Steve gave me his famous mom glare and practically ordered me to stay in the car since my leg was still hurt.

The two of them were supposed to use the laptops in the Apple store to find out what was on the hard drive while I stayed in the car, using my own laptop to hack into the security system and make sure no one from SHIELD would get too close. We would have just used my laptop for it all, but there was too much of a risk of the drive unleashing some bad virus or it alerting SHIELD of our location.

"If I run in these shoes, they're gonna fall off."

"If you want to so badly, there's probably five different shops here that can sell you shoes that actually fit." I rolled my eyes.

"You know what, Oliv, I might just take you up on that." Steve sassed back.

"Will you two stop it." Nat hissed. "We don't need to be pulling attention to ourselves."

"Sorry, Nat." "Sorry, Natasha." Me and Steve said at the same time.

"Alright, guys, you don't need a specific one, just chose a laptop. Steve, I will need you to stand behind Nat a bit so it's harder for people to look at the screen." I told the two, noticing how they had just entered the store.

"Got it."

"The drive has a Level Six homing program, so as soon as we boot up SHIELD will know exactly where we are."

"How much time will we have?"

"First of all, you guys do realize why I'm here, right? To make sure we don't get caught. You guys will have nine minutes from whenever Natasha inserts the drive."

"Technically it's because Steve's making you sit out since you're still hurt," Natasha said, making me glare at the screen."Fury was right about that ship. Somebody's trying to hide something. This drive is protected by some sort of AI."

"Yeah, that might possibly be my fault." I cringed. "At some point when Tony came over to help teach me about all the new tech, he taught me how to make my own AIs. If there's one SHIELD is using, there's a very good chance that I created it."

"Well, you did a really good job. It keeps rewriting itself to counter my commands."

"Can you override it?"

"Well, Olivia is a Stark, so she's slightly smarter than me. But I think I can do it."

"I know you can, Nat. I guarantee you this AI was one of the first I made, meaning while the ordinary person couldn't hack it, you definitely could."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence."

"No problem." I smiled, though it quickly disappeared as I looked out the window. "Shit. Guys? Company just pulled up." I warned, ducking my head.

"I'm gonna try running a tracer. This is a program that SHIELD developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't read the file, maybe we can find out where it came from."

"God, beauty, brains, and the ability to kick ass. You truly are the whole package, Widow."

"Oh, no. My fiance was just helping me with some honeymoon destinations."

"Right. We're getting married."

"Where the hell was my invite to this?!" I gasped.

"New Jersey."