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Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and agents Clint Barton and Natasha Romanov all sat around a small, circle table in a cramped cafe in their street clothes. Director Nick Fury had assigned them a special recruitment assignment. Thor and Dr. Bruce Banner had stayed on the helicarrier incase this assignment got rowdy once the other Avengers got back.
Fury had hardly told them anything about the girl they were trying to recruit. He had given them a picture, an age, and a name. Her name was Jo Bradley, and she was only 18. The only other thing Fury had told them was to be careful; she was extremely dangerous.
Tony had hacked the entire mainframe of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s online files, but had found nothing other than what he was told. That wasn't enough for him. He searched and searched but couldn't even find a medical record. Tony Stark was extremely curious.
"I think that's her," Natasha said under her breath. She slightly tilted her head toward a young girl in the back corner of the cafe. She had short, curly, dark hair that naturally curled around her neck and jaw line. She was pale with a small amount of freckles on her nose and cheeks under dark brown eyes. She was around 5'7 and thin with slightly toned muscles. The girl quickly tapped away on her laptop.
"I think it would have been nice to actually know what this girl can do..." Clint grunted.
Ever the loyal soldier, Steve said, "Let's just follow orders and get out of here."
"Are you getting antsy, Captain? You're not usually the 'quick to get on with it' type," Tony quipped easily.
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in your lab with Bruce?" Steve snapped.
"Boys! Who cares? Let's just hurry up." Natasha swiftly changed into Black Widow mode, plotting the easiest way to corner the girl. As if sensing the change, the girl put her laptop in her backpack and got up to leave. She glanced toward the group and caught eyes with Clint.
"She knows who we are," He said as she rushed out the door. The four clambered up and rushed after her. Once they had gotten out of the crowd, they saw her run around a corner into an alleyway.
"We've got a lock on her," Captain America said into a barely visible mic connected to his earpiece. "We're chasing her down an alley."
Tony signaled for Jarvis while the others ran after her.
Jo ran as hard and fast as she could, taking complicated turns at every chance, but these stupid people were catching up. She had told Fury she wanted no part in his little plan but he wouldn't listen. He was insistent upon her joining him, and his team 'protecting' her. Why was he so obsessed with the illusion that she couldn't deal with herself?
She whipped her head back to see only three people following her. Jo let a sudden burst of energy propel her forward as she continued to run. She had almost lost them when suddenly a blur of red and gold zoomed past her. That damn Iron Man landed in front of her. She turned around and found that she was surrounded.
"I don't want to hurt you," Jo growled as she assumed a fighting position.
"We don't want to hurt you either, Ma'am. Just come with us and all will be fine." She glowered at who she now figured to be Captain America. The other two must have been Black Widow and Hawkeye. She was aware of their every movement. Just at that moment, she knew the Captain was having them tracked through a small button-activated device, Black Widow was reaching for a gun between her jeans and lower back, Hawkeye was about to pull out a bow and quiver and arrows from the inside of his jacket, and Iron Man was just waiting for her next move.
Measuring every movement she needed to get out of this situation, Jo crouched in a pouncing position. She leapt over Hawkeye and caught her arm around her neck, flipping him over her shoulder and onto his back. Black Widow and the Captain both ran toward her. She crouched and kicked the Captain's legs out from under him at the last second. Black Widow stopped short and held up her gun. Not even aiming, she shot at the girl. Jo dodged and let the bullet graze Iron Man's shoulder. He barely noticed.
She ran passed a baffled Hawkeye and Captain America, only having Black Widow and Iron Man follow her. The other two followed too, shortly after. Jo pulled a strapped on gun out from under my shirt as she continued running. Without looking back, she aimed the gun and fired, making sure not to fatally injure anyone. She heard a grunt come from Black Widow. Hawkeye no doubt stood back to help her. Stupid move.
A blast of fire barely missed Jo's right arm, but she kept running. The girl looked back to see Hawkeye and Iron Man right on her tail. Hmm, the Captain must have fell back. She fired her gun again, and by the screaming tear of metal, she knew she had gotten Iron Man.
Jo's lungs burned as she felt her legs start to slow. She glanced back to see that all four had gotten back together, yet they were stopped. Oh, no, she thought as she saw Hawkeye aim a tranquilizer arrow at her.
Jo looked for somewhere to turn but the alley went straight on for another two blocks at least. She ran harder than ever but she knew the effort was futile. Jo heard the snap of the bow's string and tried to dodge the arrow. but the arrow got her in the shoulder. It was strong. She immediately felt drowsiness fog her mind. Her legs seemed to collapse out from under her and she fell to the ground. The last thing she saw was a giant aircraft overheard before she blacked out.