BEING AN AVENGER → CLINT BARTON [ICE RAVEN BOOK 2] [ON HOLD]

01| WASHINGTON DC

01| WASHINGTON DC

[ Chapter One ]

❝I deserve to know what's going on.❞

[Captain America The Winter Soldier]

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Anastasia Romanoff was standing inside the museum smirking at the exhibit on Steve Rogers otherwise known as Captain America. The young woman was dressed in clothes that looked too warm to be in for the weather they were having but she didn't feel like getting recognized.

Her sister and Steve were currently working in Washington DC under Director Fury, while Anya had a job with Tony Stark, taking a much needed break from her SHIELD job. However, a couple of weeks ago, Natasha had forwarded a message saying they needed her in Washington DC which is why she was there now.

She shoved her hands into her pockets as she walked through the exhibit, already knowing most of it. She and Steve weren't super close but they talked, and Anya had pried information out of him whenever she could. Not knowing information about her friends or associates had gotten her into trouble before and she wasn't about to make that mistake again, if possible.

Her phone beeped and she pulled it out of her pocket, quickly moving to a corner of the room before peeking at it. She sighed reading the message from her sister and she made her way out of the exhibit keeping her head down as walked out of the building.

Anya only had to wait a minute before a sleek car pulled up next to the curb and her sister rolled down the window, "Get in."

"You should have picked a bigger car. It hardly looks big enough for three people." Anya pointed out, "Hey Rogers."

Steve was already sitting in the passenger's seat but got out so she could climb into the back. Anya was right, the back was a little tight but she tried to get herself comfortable.

"So, I get no mission details, just a phone call telling me to come to Washington DC two days ago. Also, that phone call was two weeks ago and I still haven't gotten any information." Anya complains, "And then you tell me that you're going to pick me up today at a museum. What is going on? I'm not usually kept in the dark for SHIELD operations. Hell, I'm part of the Avengers so I deserve to know what is going on."

Natasha glares at her sister in the mirror, "The less you know the better but Steve will fill you in."

"Please do." Anya crossed her arms over her chest, "Also, I'm not wearing my good suit, which was confiscated from me when I took Tony's offer instead of continuing my job with SHIELD. All I wanted was a break."

"Anya, if you'd be quiet a minute, maybe Steve would get the chance to explain things to you." Natasha said in an annoyed tone of voice.

"To be completely honest, Fury didn't tell me much either but apparently we'll be filled in soon enough." Steve told her.

"Of course." Anya sighed, "Anything you do know?"

"We're going to free hostages on a S.H.I.E.L.D vessel with a S.T.R.I.K.E team." Steve told her.

"Lovely. And why exactly did you need me? One super assassin could have been company enough." Anya asked.