Viper : Enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chapter 44: You Take the Shot

Chapter 44: You Take the Shot

*Clint's POV*

This looks bad.

All this is just so stupid and pointless.

*Knock, knock*

Okay, yes Jade did things differently, but nothing wrong or bad.

*Knock, knock*

"Come on kid, open up." I say when still no one answers. I prepare to knock again, but the door creaks open a crack and Jade looks up at me.

"What do you want?" She asks quietly.

"To talk." I say, just as quiet. She looks up at me and reluctantly lets me in. I step in the room and close the door as she turns away and sits on the bed. I sit next to her and clasp my hands in between my knees.

"You're really great at this whole talking thing." She says after I stay silent for a minute.

"Okay well how are you?" I say rubbing my hands together.

"Well most of New York hates me and I was just yelled at for doing nothing wrong by the person who said he cared about me not 30 hours ago. How do you think I am?" She says back sarcastically.

"I don't know, that's why I asked." I reply brushing over what she says about Tony. She rolls her eyes and looks down at her hands in her lap.

"Well, not that great." She says. I wrap an arm around her and pull her into a hug and at first, I can tell she's shocked and isn't quite sure what to do with herself. She does, eventually, wrap her arms around my torso in return. "What did I do wrong?" She asks, her voice sounding almost child like.

"Nothing." I say, rubbing her arm and back. "Not a single thing."

"Then why is everyone so upset?" She asks, her voice still small and fragile.

"Aw, come on Sawyer. What happened to the Jade who didn't give two shits about what other people think?" She releases a weak laugh and looks up at me.

"How do I do that when I'm surrounded by people who hate me?"

"No one here hates you Jade. Tony just isn't used to having orders." I say.

"It's not just Tony." She says. "It's everyone." She stands up and walks to the window. "I bet there isn't one person out this window that loves Viper." I get up and follow her to the window.

"Jade, you were a criminal. Why is people hating you affecting you now?"

"Because when I was a criminal, people hated me because I'd done wrong. That or they loved me because I was a badass. Now, I haven't done anything wrong and people still hate me." She explains. I don't really know what to say. She's right to be confused and upset. When I stay silent, she looks back out the window. "Maybe I should just stop trying." She says after a couple minutes.

"Okay, whoa, whoa, no." I say, genuinely shocked Jade, of all people, would go there. "You can't really be thinking that's the best option?" I ask, pulling her shoulders towards me, so we're facing each other. She only shrugs in response. "Okay Jade, I might not know the best answer, but I sure as hell know it's not that. What's going on right now, it's not the end of the world; you shouldn't be giving up. It's just... just..." I say trailing of, my brow furrowing as I try to think of what to say.