The new enemies

Chapter 27: Explanation

Bethany's P.O.V

Groggily I woke up from my slumber, a small pain still emanating in the back of my head. I was dressed in a leather cat suit, much to tight for my tastes. The HYDRA logo was visible on my left shoulder, causing me to cringe and hundreds of thought to run through my head.

Getting up I walked over to the wardrobe S.H.E.I.L.D provides and pulled out my Angel outfit. After showering and changing I tied my hair into a high ponytail before leaving my room. As I walked down the corridor to get to the main conference room Agents watched my closely, fear shining behind their eyes.

"Okay I'd like to know what's going on here, why is everyone scared of me?" I asked, walking into the conference room.

"Beth!" A voice yelled before I was attacked by a small blonde. Her arms were wrapped around my torso tightly as she hugged me.

"Hello De." I chuckled, wrapping my arms around my friend. When we pulled away I noticed she was in her Mockingbird outfit with her hair down and flowing freely. Taking a seat next to Steve I raised an eyebrow at the team, waiting for one of them to explain what was going on.

Deanna sat herself in between Clint and Bruce, her head held high like she was also waiting for some to start talking. "What do you remember?" Bruce asked, placing his glasses into the front pocket of his shirt.

"I had just interrogated George Batch." I replied.

"And I had just finished a car chase, my chaser killing himself with a cyanide tablet." Deanna answered, her eyes turning dark with anger.

"That was two weeks ago." Tony said.

"What?" I asked, confusion flooding my mind and adding to the small headache. "No that was yesterday wasn't it?"

"No Lady Lloyd." Thor spoke up. "You have been missing for two weeks."

"Missing?" Deanna echoed. "What? How? I don't remember anything."

"You won't have." Steve murmured, his voice a cross between anger and sadness. "HYDRA had you."

"What?!" We both exclaimed. My hands grabbed the arms of the chair in shock while Deanna jumped to her feet.

"They had you and whipped your memories, changed you." Clint sighed.

"Much like they did to the Winter Soldier all them years ago." Natasha added. Deanna started muttering 'no' over and over while I just stared at the team in shock. Joining my friend on my feet I shook my head in denial. This couldn't be happening, there was no way HYDRA could kidnap us, the team were too protective.

"How?" I demanded. "How did they even get a hold of us to do that to us?"

"After the mission in Texas finished." Tony replied. "You were taken in a separate car to us while baby bird got into one of the helicopters sent to retrieve her."

"However the car and helicopter you both got into was filled with HYDRA Agents, not S.H.E.I.L.D Agents." Natasha explained more.

"How-" Deanna gulped as she cut herself off. I glanced at her, knowing exactly what she was going to ask. "How many people did we kill."

"No!" Clint yelled, jumping up and grabbing Deanna's forearms. "Don't do that to yourselves, either of you." The archer then turned to me. "That doesn't matter right now, all that matters is that you're okay, safe and back to normal."

"Well it does matter Barton." Fury suddenly entered the room. "They've killed many of my Agents."

"It was their fault!" Steve argued, now also on his feet.

"Sit down, all of you!" Fury commanded. Slowly the four of us standing all took a seat, Deanna now on Clint's lap. "Now, let's get dos to business huh?"

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A/N

I know it says the girls were gone for two weeks but their time gone is never specified in any other chapters.

This is because there are gaps but gaps filled with nothing you need to know, they're just fillers.

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