Control (Avengers Fan Fiction)

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Scarlett's eyes watched the trees pass by as the SUV she was in made its way down a little gravel road. She sat next to Pietro and Wanda sat on the other side of him. Steve drove the SUV while Natasha sat in the passenger seat. Natasha glanced back to Scarlett before her gaze landed on Steve. His eyes met hers for a second then he returned his sight to the road.

"We're going to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility?" Scarlett asked. She didn't take her eyes off of the trees. They were a gorgeous dark green that captivated her.

"Yes." Natasha nodded her head.

"Are you going to tell them who I am?" The HYDRA assassin's voice lowered. She turned her head to look to the redhead in the passenger seat. Natasha didn't have an answer. She didn't know if it would be wrong to keep Scarlett's identity away from the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

"We don't know yet." Steve sighed softly.

"I can imagine their reaction to finding out who I am won't be one that's welcoming." Scarlett hummed softly. "I've killed my fair share of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents."

"That's.... not something I'd share with anyone else, Scarlett." Natasha softly shook her head. The car fell silent for a few heartbeats.

"They'll do whatever it takes to silence me, you know." Scarlett stated very matter-of-factly, her gaze flickering to the trees outside. "Pierce.... He knows what I can do. I was their only chance at surviving the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D."

"I'm not going to let them get you, Scarlett."

"If you want to keep your friends, you'd do the smart thing and turn me over to Alexander Pierce." Scarlett lifted her head and brought her gaze to finally meet Natasha's.

"That's not happening." Steve glanced over to Natasha, who couldn't find the right words at the moment.

Scarlett watched as the SUV ahead of them led the way up a now paved road to a big building. Her fingers curled into her thigh as her stomach churned. She didn't like the idea of going into the enemy's territory. She didn't want to risk going in only to have to fight to get out. As the SUVs came to a stop near a set of glass doors, agents in tactical suits emerged from the building. Behind them was Maria Hill.

"Who told her?" Natasha looked to Steve.

"I don't know."

Scarlett watched as the two Avengers in the front seat got out of the vehicle. Then Wanda and Pietro got out, leaving the ex-HYDRA assassin alone in the SUV. Her door was pulled open by Pietro.

"You don't have to stay in here, you know." He told her. Scarlett eyed him carefully before stepping out of the SUV.

"Stay close to me, Scarlett." Natasha cautiously watched the armored agents. "What's going on, Maria?"

"It's nothing against you, Nat. I'm just doing this for the safety of my agents." Hill looked from the redhead to Scarlett. She stood nearly ten feet behind Natasha, her darkened gaze overlooking the tact team.

"She's not going to hurt anyone unless she feels threatened."

"You can't guarantee that." Hill shook her head.

"Maria—,"

"How do you think the veteran agents will feel when they find out a HYDRA assassin who's killed nearly two dozen of our own is now living among them in the Compound?"