Long Lost Love (Robert Downey Jr. Fanfiction)

The Burdened Past

"I'm the what? Can you please pay attention to me?" I asked. I was so annoyed that they keep on ignoring me.

"He's both Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes." Taylor said sounding shocked.

Hayley walked towards me. "Baby, can you please tell me what's going on?" I asked.

But she ignored me. She just looked at me with her startled expression. She breathed heavily and smiled.

I put my hands in her waist. "What's going on, baby?" I asked looking at her eyes.

She didn't answer my question. She just grinned and buried her head in my chest. I put my arms around her.

Her friends walked towards me, grins are also in their faces. Hayley pulled back and stood in front of me.

"Welcome to the family." Allison said and gave me a friendly hug.

They all gave me friendly hugs and welcomed me to their family. It was so flattering. I smiled and thanked them.

Hayley's eyes became watery but her smile is still on her face.

"We'll leave you two alone." Lauren suggested and they all went outside.

"Why you crying, babe?" I asked trying to stop the tears from Hayley's eyes.

"Follow me." Hayley said and I followed her.

I saw that her best friends just left her mansion. She led me on their favorite spot. It was sunset so the bright orange sun is in front of us again. We sat on the grass.

"We met back in Paris, right?" Hayley asked.

"Yea."

"What's your reason why you went in the Tower?" Hayley asked seriously.

"My legs just carried me there. It's like, it feels right to go there so I went." I explained.

Hayley smiled and rested her head on my shoulder.

"What's your reason why you went there?" I asked her question to her.

"We have the same reason. It feels right to go there too, so I went."

"Then we met each other." I said and she nodded.

She removed her head away from my shoulder and looked at the sunset. I stared at her.

"Do you want to tell me something?" I asked.

She took her wallet out from her pocket and showed me a picture of a teenage boy. The boy has a messy light brown hair and had a good complexion. His eyes were light blue.

"Who is that?" I asked.

"His name is Devon. Devon Walker. We call him Sherlock." Hayley said without looking at me.

"Where is he now?" I asked curiously.

"He died, Robert. The FBI wanted us to help them catch this murderer and drug dealer named Alfonso Santiago. We're all seventeen or eighteen years old at that time. All of us, Devon, Taylor, Lauren, Allison, Archie and me." Hayley explained.

"Why would the FBI hire you if you're just a teenager?" I asked. I was puzzled.

"We're the only group that can catch him and his men. The FBI saw our skills. Especially my skills and Devon's. They saw my intelligence, driving skills and ability to manipulate technology and guns and they saw Devon's determination and courage. So they hired us, all of us. They said that we'll be handy and useful for them."