Always Mine (An MCU Fanfiction)

1. Safe Passage

Gunshots were fired from behind me. I managed to duck as a couple of bullets zoomed past a few inches from my ear. I glanced at Jin Kwan, a man originally from North Korea, who was eager to meet up with his wife and two children in Seoul, as they had been able to escape. They couldn't travel together in case the authorities of the North suspected anything.

I gestured at Jin, telling him to get on the ground as bullets zipped and ricocheted all over the place. Looking behind me, a horde of soldiers was starting to approach us with firearms pointed in our direction. I took a deep breath and focused on my surroundings.

I had been assigned to get Jin to Seoul because he possessed information about North Korea's activities. Because he knew too much, Jin's life and his family's were in danger. He insisted that his wife and kids head south first, and he'd catch up with them later. I understood that he prioritized his family over himself.

Just then, trees and vines whipped together as if caught in a massive windstorm, tangling the soldiers. They shouted in Korean, urging one another forward and determined to shoot Jin and me before we escaped. Bullets were fired at us once again. I concentrated and caused the bullets to ricochet in the opposite direction and puncture the tires of the oncoming armored vehicles.

"Keep going." I turned to Jin. He nodded, still staring at me in astonishment, as we sprinted toward the border. I could tell he'd noticed the blood trickling from my nose.

Overusing telekinesis always left me with a bloody nose and drained my energy. Thankfully, I wasn't worn out in that situation!

Upon reaching the border, more armed soldiers blocked our path. I telekinetically yanked their weapons away and slammed the soldiers against the concrete wall, knocking them unconscious.

Jin and I climbed one of the towers overlooking the border.

"Okay, we're gonna have to jump," I told Jin, glancing down for a safe place to land.

He nodded. I counted to three, and we jumped from the tower, over the wall, and landed on the other side. Pain shot through my feet the moment I landed. Jin tried to stand, but his twisted ankle buckled beneath him.

"It was all worth it," Jin said with a relieved smile. "A twisted ankle won't keep me from reaching my wife and children. I can't wait to see them."

"You will. Once I get you to Seoul, straight to your family, be sure to write or print out all you know about the North, and I'll see that it gets to the director of SHIELD," I said as I located our ride, a couple of SHIELD agents posing as North Korean soldiers seated in a Jeep.

A few hours later, we arrived in Seoul. Jin's wife, Yebin, and their two young daughters were waiting at a small park. I smiled as Jin hugged Yebin and moved on to his kids, who were ecstatic to see him again. It made me think of the times my parents came back home after a long mission.

Once we got Jin and his family to the safe house, he wrote down his knowledge of the events in North Korea. Although it was all written in Korean, I could read what it said. I'd translate it for Fury when I returned to the States.

It took him about ten sheets of paper to write everything down as he related his experiences. I tried convincing him to use a laptop or tablet provided, but Jin was content with writing by hand to prove his point.

My phone went off, so I excused myself and stepped into the other room.

"Sir?" I asked.