Avengers: Jedi Master (CWAC Book Two)

Chapter 14: Plans

Shea and Jacen are both sweaty messes by the end of their dual, it's been a long time since Shea faced another of her own and she loved it, but they are equally matched, well....Shea wasn't really trying so it doesn't really count. Shea sweeps her hair over her shoulder and lets out a snort of amusement and Jacen rolls her wrist twirling her lightsaber.

"This is...unexpected" Bucky teases, Jacen and Shea turn to find not just Bucky but the rest of the Avengers and Selene stood watching them. "Impressive" Bucky adds.

"You've been holding out on us" Steve teases a little, Shea shrugs and spins her own lightsaber in her hand.

"Can I touch it?" Clint asks approaching and reaching for the lightsaber.

"Sure" Shea offers as Jacen smirks. Clint smiles giddy. "If you want to loose your hand" Clint pauses and looks to Shea, she nods and he pulls his hand back.

"Buzzkill" he grumbles, Shea shuts off the saber and tucks it onto her belt.

"So it wasn't a vibrator?" Tony asks, Shea nudges him slightly as he reaches her side, he pulls her closer. "Shame. I'd....had these thoughts" he admits with a smirk. "Musings really" he coos leaning closer to her.

"Well it's not a vibrator" she comments and loops her fingers into his belt. "Suppose I better make do with the real deal" she teases.

"You two are disgusting" Selene comments with a small smirk behind them. Bucky snorts a little and slaps her backside. "Bucky" she growls in warning at him, he nuzzles into her neck before leading her out of the hanger, Steve rolls his eyes a little as Tony smirks and shares a look with Shea. Shea turns to Jacen,

"Find me when the Resistance arrives" she asks, Jacen nods and Tony and Shea leave the hanger together.

.................

Shea sits up in Tony's bed pulling her hair over her shoulder, Tony lays beside her adjusting the blankets slightly his eyes on her, studying the lines of her face and body.

"Promise me you'll be careful, whatever is coming, just be careful" he begs sitting up, touching her back. "And if anything does happen....to either of us...Know that you mean everything to me" he admits, she frowns a little. "That I love you, that I could really see myself having a life..."

"Tony" she warns, stopping him.

"I'm just saying...." he starts stroking her back.

"We're not doing the last night on Earth speech" she scolds looking over her shoulder at him. "We're not saying goodbye, because neither of us are going to die" he leans closer and kisses her shoulder, closing his eyes and breathing her in.

"Just in case" he argues, she sighs and shoots him a look. "When this is over, if we survive...." she slaps his chest to shut him up.

"Tony, you're not sappy, don't start now" she warns, he grabs her wrist and holds it closer.

"Move in with me"

"We already live in the same building" she points out, he kisses the back of her hand.

"In here" he corrects. "With me....we've been dating for months now, you practically live in here already" she watches him a moment. "I want to share my space with you" he coos pulling her closer till she straddles his legs. She wraps her arms around his neck. "We can be grown ups together" he teases, she chuckles a little and brushes her fingers through his hair at the back of his head.

"Okay" she whispers. "When this is over I'll move my stuff in here" she promises him, but something about it rings like a lie in his ear, but not a mean lie, like she's trying to protect his feelings from something. She kisses him softly.

.................

"That fleet is impressive" Sam praises looking out over Central Park, which has been cleared to accommodate the Resistance forces. Ships from across the Galaxy, more alien races then they ever thought possible. "Some of those ships..." he whistles impressed before turning towards Shea. "Bet this is candy land for you" he teases, she smirks a little from where she stands next to Jacen, side by side, in the Avenger meeting room, Shea has her arms folded over her chest as she stares at the hologram of the millennium falcon in front of her. The other Avengers are all gathered, waiting, this is something massive, so big none of them quiet know what to do.

"So what's the plan here?" Jacen asks, Shea looks to her. "What do we do, Skywalker?"

"We're going to give them exactly what they want" Shea answers, Jacen frowns. "We're going to surrender"

"Wait, what?" Tony asks, Shea looks to him. "That's a stupid plan" he argues eyes pleading with her.

"They won't kill us" she comments. "They'll take us to whoever is in charge....getting me and Solo close enough...."

"To take down the head" Bucky finishes catching on.

"Stormtroopers are just foot soldiers" Jacen comments and smirks. "Easily taken down....we can fill their suits with some of our own" she looks to Shea who smirks and nods. 

...............

Tony clenches his jaw a little as Shea adjusts her robes, she's going full Skywalker for this fight, this showdown. He turns to her and then away again fighting himself. He sighs and turns to her again, this time more sure of what he wants to say.

"What was that?" he asks. "In there....walking into danger" she looks to him.

"Taking out the foot soldier, maybe the next tier soldiers, it's like stopping a leak with Cellotape" he looks down. "We have to go to the top, you know this" he nods a little and runs his hands over his face.

"When you said you would move in with me, you knew you might not come back from this" he comments.

"I didn't want to fight" she whispers. "I still don't....if we die, I don't want our last words to be angry" he looks to her, she smiles softly. "My life, for every single person in the universe.....easiest choice of my life"

"Not mine" he argues.

"We might survive" she offers. "All this upset and...." she sniffles and looks away. "If it comes to nothing..." he moves to her and turns her face to his.

"Right then" he starts. "Here and now....last words?" he asks her brushing the few cheeky leaky tears from her cheek. "Got to be something you want to get off your chest" she nods and plays with the bottom of his shirt.

"I've always felt out of place" she admits. "Like the alien I am....but you made me feel more human then ever before" she answers with a smile. "And I love you" she touches the side of his face. "I will always love you" he smiles sadly and nods.