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Two months later

"You are brave! By this time, most people had die and you, oh you, just keep holding on. Amazing!" The man, keep walking in circles around her, analyzing her reactions, taunting her.

An agonizing scream echoed far away.

"You know, Agent Evans… Perhaps your friends aren't feeling so well, should we paid them a visit?" The man waited for an answer, but all he got was a murderous glare. "No? Not in the mood? What a shame!"

Another scream, that one could make anyone's blood freeze, such agony and pain. The man casted one last look to the woman and with a sadistic smile said. "Oh Agent Evans, how good lungs your brother has!"

That took a reaction from the woman. "You son of a bitch!" She screamed, trying ( in vain) to fight against the chains, that were blocking her to the chair. The man laughed and walked away.

"I will find you and I will kill you! You sick bastard!" She screamed with all her rage. Saying that, two men came into her way, to take her to the medical room. She fought, she kicked, screamed, but she knew nothing was going to save her from the following nightmare.

Emilia Evans, got up so quickly, that she felt from the bed. First thought was she was at her home, second one was it, had been a nightmare. No matter how many years had been, memories from Hydra, still plague her dreams.

Taking a deep breath, she got up and went washing her face, some cold water was a welcoming relief, cold was something that never bother her, sometimes people used to say she was immune to cold.

Time for breakfast, getting dress and going to work. It was a twenty minute walking, if it was raining she might doing it using the bus, otherwise, she liked walking.

After Adam's funeral, Emilia had expected to be followed or any contact from Maria Hill, but until so far, nothing. Which was odd. She had expected something, anything, so with the days going by, she had almost forgot about that meeting, almost! Because a small part of her was telling her, that she had seen some people on streets and cafes too often, but hadn't felt watch, so …

As usually, Emilia arrived early at the Bank, she was responsible for security protocols. She went to her office, looking into paperwork before starting protocol's simulation. She currently testing something with glass and compression forces.

The Bank she work for, was the third biggest in the world, the Prius Bank, she had a huge salary, every tools to work and access to the best technology to do digital and physical simulations. Emilia didn't love it, but it was good job and didn't involve killing people.

Today, was an ordinary day, like any other, she worked, had lunch, then worked, and finally left to go home.

And just like that, her ordinary day stopped being it. Sitting on her front steps, it was nobody else, than Maria Hill.

"Are you here to kill me?"

Maria made a face. "Good evening to you too Emilia."

The other woman hesitated for a second before sitting next to Maria. "What do I own the pleasure? May I ask you in for a cup of tea?"

"No need to be that polite! No I am fine outside."

"Why? You don't want to go inside and test your wiretapping?"

It took a second for Maria to understand what Emilia had just said. "YOU!" "Did you just said I bug your house?"

"Well, someone did! Because that interference with my tablet … well, give it away."

Maria smiled. Doesn't matter how many years you left Shield, once an agent, always an agent. "Well! Nice tablet you have! Even detects wires! Is it Apple?"

That made Emilia laughed. "No. It isn't Apple! Let's just say … well some habits just don't die easily."

"Thank you then, for the input. I will let our technician knows it!"

Emilia scowled. "I want that shit out of my house!"

"Why? It's for your own safety."

"Is that so? Then Maria, my next phone call will be to a sex line! I hope you enjoy listen!" Emilia smirked.

Maria gave her a glare. "You know I have more important things to do, then hear your phone calls!"

"Oh really? So that takes us to my first question! What do I own the pleasure?"

"Well, if you want to be precise, it was actually your second question. But who is counting, right?"

That statement was rewarded with a punch on Maria's shoulder.

"Did I hurt you? Oh dear, I am so sorry, what were you saying?"

Maria just rubbed her shoulder. "No matter how many years had gone by, you still a bitch!"

"No, no, just no. Not a bitch! A Fine Bitch!"

Both women laughed of that old joke. When they were reporting their mission to Fury, Emilia started arguing with him, when he called her bitch and she answer by saying, not a bitch! A Fine Bitch! As the memory started vanishing from their minds, silence appeared.

"I need your help."

"Did you have any breach?" Emilia asked.

"No. It's not that. I didn't come to you about security protocols. I … just don't know what to do. What do you know about what happened to Avengers?"

Emilia thought for a moment. That wasn't what, she thought this asking for help could be about. "Not much. Someone tried to activate the Winter Soldier and framed him. Then, some Wakanda Majesty appeared in the middle. Anthony found out how his parents die. He fought with the captain star-spangled and everybody left. Well, not everybody Rhodes and Vision didn't."

"Hum! Not much you say. That's a good resume about what happened."

"So…You need my help in what exactly? Because I don't turn green and I don't have super strength. So…"

"No you don't. But you have other, resources. You must talk to Stark. I beg you! It has been a mess! He doesn't speak with nobody. He stays most of his time training Rhodes and building things, which I don't even know what!" Maria sighed. "He knows Steve Rogers is out there with all the Avengers fighting and he wants to do the same and every time something appears on the news, he… he just knows Rogers is behind of it. But he keeps it to himself and I know he is tracking bad people, and going after them. God knows how, since we are tracking him, but he gets away every time." Maria looked to Emilia. "Ross still fighting for the Accords, we are reaching a breaking point, because there is this idea of trying to find Rogers and the others but for that, Ross needs a team."

"And Anthony is in the middle of all of that, right?" Emilia asked.

"Yeah. He wants to find Rogers and Barnes, but that the same time, he doesn't. Ross is poising his head, and Stark lost all his confidence on Fury, so… I am concerned that …"

"Anthony goes after Rogers and someone gets killed. And that would be your breaking point." Emilia completed.

Maria got quiet for a moment. "I am not asking you to joining S.H.I.E.L.D again. Just talk to him. Seeing you again, might help him with his mind."

"Good, because I won't ever be S.H.I.E.L.D again. Everyone has a breaking point Maria, and mine was Sokovia."

"I know. On that day, we lost too much. And you and Raines leaving was our biggest lost. Civilians die, agents got killed during the evacuation, but your resignation was the worst blow."

"You better, than the most, know, I lived on a dark path, and I couldn't go there again. I was losing control Maria. I had to leave before it was too late."

"I know and you and Raines made the best decision, still, losing you both wasn't easy. Even Fury got a bit lost, sometimes he called for Raines, other times for you. After you left, he closed your office and let nobody had it. He took him a while before he assigned your office."

"Wow, that's deep Hill!"

"Really? It's impossible to talk to you about anything."

"Don't be sassy! If you miss me, just admit it, don't use Fury's name!"

"You know what? Go fuck yourself!"

"Oh babe, like someone doing it for me!"

Both look at each other and started laughing. Three years. Three years since both worked together for last time and also since Emilia Evans left S.H.I.E.L.D. They haven't see each other, for three years, despite sometimes Hill wanted to call her and Evans too. After all this time, some friendships don't last, but theirs was one of a kind, and just like that, time hadn't chance a thing between them. Three years looked like only yesterday.

Silence came between them. Emilia got up walking towards her front door. "I will talk with him. Send me the address."

"How? I don't have your number!"

"Hum." "Oh Maria, you always had my number!"

Maria Hill, smiled, and both exchanged a good night, with one of them, going home to finally have a peaceful rest, and other dialling a so knowing number.

"Hill?"

"She will do it, Sir."


Authors Note

Thank you for reading!