The new enemies

Chapter 4: Apprehended

Bethany's P.O.V

Me, Clint and Natasha walked back into the main room and I instantly wanted to know what was going on. "What do you all mean he killed himself?" I hissed, my eyes narrowing slightly at the team.

"Cyanide capsule." Steve stated. "It's HYDRA, like Mockingbird said we should have expected it. They guy bit it just before she cuffed him and bring him in."

"Is she okay?" I asked, grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge not to far from the group.

"Angry at herself." Clint replied. "But then again she always seems angry with herself all of a sudden."

"Could it have something to do with when she was disappearing for hours on end while back in New York?" Natasha asked.

"She did seem a little distracted every time she went out." Tony noted.

"Maybe all this is getting too much for her and she needs a break." Steve suggested with a shrug.

"Or there's someone else that's been upsetting her." I added in, grabbing my copy of 'Of Mice and Men' from the table and sitting down to read it.

"Someone else like whom?" Thor asked.

"We really need to update you on modern speech Shakespeare, you too Captain." Tony sighed.

"That doesn't answer the question of who Tony." Natasha spoke up, defusing any attempt of an argument that Stark was trying to start.

"Well we are adults now and for two years we've never really spoken to anyone outside of S.H.E.I.L.D" I said.

"So?" Clint pushed.

"Do you remember that guy she was speaking to about a month ago? While we were at Starks promotion thing?" I asked, as I remembered the event and out outfits.

"Yeah, he was a friends son." Tony nodded. "Taylor Hardly." Everything went silent for a moment.

"Did anyone watch them while they danced or were you all too drunk to notice that he may or may not have asked for her number, and she may or may not have given it to him." I explained, looking back down to the pages of my book. Biting my lip I waited for them all to realise, Clint especially.

When everything with HYDRA came out two years ago everyone bonds had grown stronger in lots of different ways but Clint's and Deanna's brother-sister bond had grown the most. This meant over protectiveness from the older male archer, something that was both amusing yet scary.

"Wait." Clint mumbled. "They're dating?!"

"Well maybe not if she's angry with him." Natasha tried calming her husband down.

"That's even worse!" Clint exclaimed.

"Dude chill." Tony spoke. "If he has hurt her his Dad will beat him, I watched him grown up and he was raised better than that," Before Clint could have another out burst several S.H.E.I.L.D Agents walked in. Six of them headed for the cells while the other few lead us all out.

"Angel I hope you don't mind but Fury has asked if you could ride without the others for a briefing before we get to base." An Agent approved me from one of the hover crafts. I'd never met him before but he had short brown hair and hazel eyes. He seemed to hid himself from the others.

With a confused glance I nodded before following him to his car where two other men were waiting. The car didn't have the S.H.E.I.L.D logo on but when one of the other guys handed me a file with the logo on I shrugged it off and climbed into the back seat with the brunette.

We drove in silence for a while as I flicked thought the file. It had all the information on the three HYDRA Agents we had apprehended in with their backgrounds and families. It surprised me how much S.H.E.I.L.D knew about the but I didn't question Fury's information sources.

Suddenly the radio in the car began to crack and a voice broke through it. The voice was scattered but I could make out it out as Deanna. "Angel you need to get out of that car now it's full of HYDRA Agents ready to apprehend you! You need to get out no-ah!" She screamed and it cut off.

Instantly I dropped the file and went to drawn my gun but the brunette in the back with me beat me too it. He threw my gun to the front with one hand and held my two wrists tightly with the other. I went to kick him but was quickly pinned with my arms to my chest and my back to the guys chest.

As he held me firmly in place a cloth was held over my mouth and nose, the smell of chloroform invading my airways. Struggling I kicked out and tried to keep my mouth closed, preventing the horrid odour to invade my senses too much. However I was human and had to breath.

Unintentionally I took in a breath, giving the gas a chance to dive down my throat and work its way into my lungs. After a moment my struggling calmed as my muscles became weak. My eye lids began to droop and darkness began to take over my vision completely.

"Is she asleep?" A voice from the front if the car asked.

"Yeah she's gone." The guy still holding me replied.

"Good, hopefully she'll stay that way until we reach the base." The third voice drifted in to the conversation.

"I hope so." The brunette sighed. "From what I've heard the Captain and Director Fury say she's a pretty strong fighter. Quick and strong, almost like the Captain himself. She had leadership skills too and can apparently set up a mission quickly and carry it out as the leader."

"So she has all round skills then?" The second voice I heard asked.

"Pretty much. The only thing she kind of lacks is all round weapon use." The brunette stated.

"Yeah but then Mockingbird makes up for that really." The third voice I heard added. "That's why they work together all the time. Plus Mockingbird has been trained as an assassin so is quite and knows how to spot weaknesses and defences. That's why the boss wants them both."

One question burnt in my mind as I drifted fully into a drugged sleep: Who the hell is the boss of HYDRA if Redskull is dead?