Hands of Red(Book 1 in the Red Series)

Chapter 18: Super soldiers and Spies

Natasha and I drive by Steve, Aurora, Charlotte, Olivia and another man and girl I didn't recognize  in a car we stole from Clint. Hopefully he won't mind. Hopefully. Fury had a mission for us all. Nat pulls down the window and we both speak in sync "Hey, fellas. Either one of you know where the Smithsonian is? We're here to pick up some fossils." "That's hilarious." Steve says getting in the car followed by Aurora, Charlotte and Olivia, Charlotte and Olivia looking mildly offended. "How you doing?" the man asks. "Hey." Nat says. "Can't run everywhere." Steve says. "No, you can't." the man replies. The six of us then get to driving to S.H.E.I.L.D. base.

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We are flying over the Indian Ocean lead by Brock Rumlow. That name sounded familiar to Oli and I, but we both couldn't put our fingers on it. "The target is a mobile satellite launch platform: The Lemurian Star. They were sending up their last payload when pirates took them, 93 minutes ago." Rumlow says. "Any demands?" Steve asks. "A billion and a half." Rumlow says. "Why so steep?" Charlotte questions. "Because it S.H.I.E.L.D.'s." Rumlow says. "So it's not off-course, it's trespassing." Olivia points out. "I'm sure they have a good reason." Nat says. I nod in agreement. "You know, I'm getting a little tired of being Fury's janitor." Steve says. "Relax, it's not that complicated." I state. "How many pirates?" Steve asks. "Twenty-five, top mercs, led by this guy. Georges Batroc." Rumlow says and pulls up a picture of Batroc on the monitor. "Ex-DGSE, Action Division. He's at the top of Interpol's Red Notice. Before the French demobilized him, he had thirty-six kill missions. This guy's got a rep for maximum casualties." Rumlow continues. "Hostages?" Aurora asks. "Uh...mostly techs. One officer, Jasper Sitwell." Rumlow says and pulls up a picture of Sitwell on the monitor. "They're in the galley." Rumlow adds. "What's Sitwell doing on a launch ship? Alright, Sweetheart, Rory, Lottie and I are gonna sweep the deck and find Batroc. Nat and Dani, you'll kill the engines and wait for instructions. Rumlow, you sweep aft, find the hostages, get them to the life-pods, get 'em out. Let's move." Steve states. "STRIKE, you heard the Cap. Gear up." Rumlow says and we all get ready. "Secure channel seven." Steve says. "Seven secure. Did you do anything fun Saturday night?" Nat asks. "Well, all the guys from my barbershop quartet are dead, so... No, not really." Steve says. I see Olivia softly laugh and gasp as a smirk appears. "I think you should ask Olivia out." I state. "Oh my god, yeah." Natasha agrees as she smirks as well and Olivia who overheard started blushing. Steve also started blushing and jumps off. Olivia, Aurora and Charlotte follow. Natasha and I follow with our parachutes.

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We both land by Steve. "I still think you should ask Liv out." I claim. "Secure the engine room, then get me to ask Olivia on a date." Natasha and I say "We're Multitasking." We then both jump down to the lower deck.

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A pirate turns and sees us. We smirk and speak in sync "Hey sailor." Natasha then knocks him out. Natasha and I then swing down, repelling whilst shooting a shit ton of agents. When we get done Steve asks "Natasha, Daniella, what's your status?" Natasha and I both jump down and each knock out a pirate. "Status, Natasha, Daniella?" "Hang on!" Nat says. Natasha and I each knock out another Pirate. "Engine room secure." we both say. I find a metal bar and knock out the last pirate with it. We then leave because Fury had assigned Nat and I to get intel.

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Natasha and I start hacking into the systems, as Olivia, Steve, Aurora and Charlotte come in. They all look confused. "Well, this is awkward." I state noticing them and Natasha nods in agreement. "What are you doing?" Aurora asks. "Backing up the hard drive. It's a good habit to get into." Natasha states. "Rumlow needed your help. What the hell are you doing here?" Charlotte questioned. Steve sees what we are doing. "You're saving S.H.I.E.L.D. Intel." he realizes. "Whatever I can get my hands on." Natasha says. "Our mission is to rescue hostages." Olivia points out with a betrayed look. "No. That's your guys' mission." I start as we finish backing up and Nat pulls the flashdrive out. "And the four of you have done it beautifully." I add with a smirk. "You just jeopardized this whole operation." Steve claims as I roll my eyes and Natasha continues " I think that's overstating things." Batroc then throws a grenade, but Steve deflects it with his sheild, grabs Nat and I and jumps out of the window followed by Charlotte, Olivia and Aurora before it exploded. "Okay. That one's on us." Natasha and I say. "You're damn right." Steve, Olivia, Aurora and Charlotte say.

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Natasha and I went to chill for a bit, before Maria Hill told us that Fury is in the hospital. We rush there out of pure shock. Steve, Aurora, Charlotte, Olivia and surprisingly Lillian and Erica are there. "Is he gonna make it?" I ask biting my lip. "I don't know." Olivia says softly. "Tell me about the shooter." Natasha states. "He's fast and strong. Had a metal arm." Steve says. I give Natasha and Olivia knowing looks as the three of us know exactly who he is, but we decided to keep this to ourselves. "There was also three other girls with him. A blonde with brown eyes, burnette with deep brown eyes and a a burnette with blue eyes." I recognize two of the girls. One of them is most likely Elizabeth Rumlow and I think one of them is Nat and Bucky's daughter Akira. I didn't know about the blonde though. Nat seemed to recognize Akira and Olivia seemed to recognize Lizzy. That's when Maria Hill joins us. "Ballistics?" I ask. "Three slugs, no rifling. Completely untraceable." Hill responds. "Soviet-made." Natasha and I claim. "Yeah." Hill says. Then we watch as Fury's state gets worse. The nine of us watch in shock as Fury is flatlining. "Don't do this to me, Nick." Natasha and I say. The nurses and Doctor keep trying. "Don't do this to me, Nick. Don't do this to me." Natasha and I continue. We watch as Fury is still flatlining. Fury is still showing as flatlining. Steve turns away.

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Natasha, Steve, Aurora, Olivia, Charlotte and her daughters and are in the room where Fury's dead body has been laid out. Natasha and I look at Fury's body with tears running down our faces. Hill joins us and says "I need to take him." Steve, Olivia, Charlotte and Aurora go to Nat and I. "Natasha, Daniella." We don't respond, touch Fury's head then turn and walk out, as the super soldier quartet follows "Natasha! Daniella!" Steve exclaims. "Why was Fury in your apartment?" Nat asks. "I don't know." Steve claims. The other three pretend to look like they don't know. He gets interrupted by Rumlow "Cap, Ross, Miss Americana, Trickshot they want you back at S.H.I.E.L.D." "Yeah, give us a second." Steve says. "They want you now." Rumlow claims. "Okay." Steve says and turns to my sister and I. "You're all terrible liars." I say. Natasha and I turn and walks off.