Hello Everyone,

It's been a while :( I'm so sorry... I got a new job and having two jobs hasn't been easy! I didn't give up on the story, just life happened xD One more time, I'm really sorry it took so much time to upload! I hope you like the chapter :P


"Sir! I have Adriana Lima on the gate." "Should I let her in?" F.R.I.D.A.Y. asked. Tony Stark stopped his reading. Did he just hear correctly? Adriana Lima? What the hell was that?

"F.R.I.D.A.Y show me the camera." F.R.I.D.A.Y did what was told. The camera showed a small woman, brunette, dressing in a navy blue coat and black jeans, wearing a very wicked smirked on her face. "That's not possible!" He clearly was dreaming, just could not be! Asking for permission to get inside of Avengers Facility, that now only had an "S" from Stark, was Emilia fucking Evans! One small voice in his head asking if she was there to kill him, but she wasn't dress for the occasion…

"F.R.I.D.A.Y. That unfortunately isn't Adriana Lima, that's Emilia Evans. How did she fool you?" Stark was intrigued, was almost impossible to fool his security, but then, Evans expertise was security. That made him smiled. "Let her in, F.R.I.D.A.Y."

Stark stood up from his chair, tablet and reading completely forgotten, he had just found something much more interesting. The door opened and there she was, his protégé, wearing that damn smirked he had miss so much.

"Are you here to kill me Emilia?"

That only made her smirk more. "If I were here for that, I hadn't bother to knock… Besides, I'm not wearing my red jacket!"

Now was Stark time to smirk, as he started walking. "So, I will live one more day, thank you for your mercy, your highness!"

Emilia laughed at the same time, both finally hug. She had lost he concept of home, but hugging Stark was something familiar, almost as…

"Was it Hill or Fury?"

That made Emilia's brain started working again… "You wound me Anthony!" "Can't a friend just say hi!" She got his tablet, but before something might be found, Stark hurried up taking it from her hands.

"HEY!"

"That's not for your hands young lady!"

"Why not? Afraid I might watch your porn?"

"That's not… Wait! What Porn?"

Emilia smirked.

"Damn it! It was you! That wasn't funny! Free porn Emilia, free! What a waste!" Stark waved his hand in a dramatic way.

"Well, it was you who lost! I send that package with all my love."

"Love? You put on my address Tony Stank! Stank!"

"Oh C'mon, you have to admit it was funny!"

"Oh right! Hilarious! Rhodes didn't shut up for a week calling me that!"

"Don't be a grumpy old man Stank!"

Stark shoot her a glare. "Not funny kid!"

Both look into each other eyes for a few moments, before Emilia answered his previous question. "It was Hill."

Tony's eyebrows raised. "Well. I knew that deep down Hill cared for me." "I am touch!"

Emilia smiled. "You should be, There are not many people which Maria likes."

"I'll send her flowers!" Tony motioned for Emilia to sit down. That made Emilia rolled her eyes.

"So…" Tony started. Both sitting across each other.

"Right, so…" Emilia continued.

Tony sighed. "Just..asked me what you need to tell Hill. Go ahead!"

Emilia hesitated for a brief second, before thinking, hell with it.

"So…How is Rhodes?"

That made Tony become more serious. "Walking. Almost as good as new!"

"That's good to hear."

Tony agreed nodding. "Next question, please."

"Oh, c'mon Tony! Don't be like that! Hill contacted me, she is worry about you. You have been acting like Indiana Jones!"

Tony huffed. "Indiana Jones?"

Emilia growled. "You got my point! What the hell is wrong with you?" She exploded. Tony was about to speak when Emilia gave him a look. "I'm not done! Trying to be Superman and sneaking on S.H.I.E.L.D? What's your point?" She stood up and pointed a finger to Tony's face.

Tony pointed to himself. "Can I speak now?" Emilia waved her hand. "I'm not trying to be Superman, I'm more a Batman guy, anyway. The avengers are over, but there still work to be done!" Tony gave her a forced smile. "Simple as this!"

"Then, why has S.H.I.E.L.D approach me? It's been three freaking years!" Emilia exclaimed.

"Did ever occur to you, that S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't stop following you?" Tony pointed it out.

" Have you ever…"

"Of course not!" Tony got up, coming to look through the glass windows. Emilia sighed and joining him. "I'm sorry. It's just…"

Tony glanced to Emilia. "Believe me, I know." He hesitated before asked. "How do you do it?"

Emilia's jaw clenched slightly. "Do what?"

"Keep forward. Your team is death, apart from Raines. How do you keep going? Tony sighed. "Mine is broken, betrayal… We are hurt and there isn't no turning back." A moment of silence. "I don't know what to do! It's been almost half a year…"

Emilia put a hand on Tony's shoulder." Time. Time is the key! Until then, stop to think. Reorganize your heart and mind. And then, everything goes to the right place."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because, I have been where you are."

Tony smiled. "Have I told you, how much I missed you?"

Emilia bumped her shoulder on his. "Your charm don't work on me!"

"And never will!" He thought for a moment before decided to show her what Rogers and the others have been doing. "Ems. I have something I would like you to see."

"Ok."

After Stark and Rogers fight, the last one rescued every Avenger that had been arrested by Ross. Stark thought it right, Rogers and the rest were working together, on the shadows, saving and rescuing anybody who needed. Sometimes there were witnesses saying it, another times were patterns, who gave it away.

Stark had F.R.I.D.A.Y. looking for news, anything that could be related to them. He wasn't sure if it was curiosity, need, or just collecting evidence against them. He really could not stop Ross, who had talk with him to try to put a new team and together catch Roger's team.

Tony hadn't forgive him, he was still hurt and feeling some rage, he didn't want him death but he wanted him to suffer and the last time he had lost, without even know he had something to lose…

"What made you stop?"

"What's the point? Should I go and kill Rogers? Should I arrest him until the other come for him?"

"He sure deserves to die, but revenge isn't the answer."

Tony stopped to look to Emilia, a haunted look on her face gave it away." Speaking from experience?"

"Yes, I am. Revenge doesn't bring peace or any sort of justice... It's just a few more bodies to add to the ones you have killed."

Tony let the words sank. Emilia, knew, above all people what was to want revenge, she had it and nothing repaired how much and who she had lost.

Even time hasn't heal some wounds, some were just too deep, near the bone to heal… but she had learn to live with them.

"I don't think I have it in me!"

That made Emilia give a small smile to Tony." That is really peaceful to hear! Once you kill someone, you cross a line you can't take."

"Unfortunately sometimes, someone needs to do it."

"Indeed Tony. Indeed!"

"So… time flies, people die… Is there any chance of you tranquilize Hill?"

"I don't think there is a reason for alarm… I still hope those Robocops you are making are for protection, just in case someone evil appears, right Stark?"

"Right, Evans!" Tony gave emphasis to Emilia surname, just to piss her off.

Not far from it, in other facility. "Sir. I have confirmation that Emilia Evans is inside of the Avengers' Facility."

There was a man, looking through glass windows to the main street. "Thank you agent Xavier. That will be all!"

And with those words the agent left. "Is there any chance, she might be back, Hill?"

Maria Hill was in Nick Fury's office, sitting on a chair discussing the last details about a mission when Agent Xavier arrived. "I don't believe she is, Sir. She made it very clear."

"Perhaps Stark can convince her! How are we on Rogers?" Nick Fury left his thoughts and joined Hill.

"Nothing new Sir. He and Maximoff went to the fruit market. Falcon and Hawkeye left this morning, I have someone following them." Hill reported.

"What about Romanoff?"

"Not much, appears she has been training and meditate. Apart from that, there isn't one single appearance from her."

"Good. Keep following them Hill. Let us still keep this a secret."

"Sir, Stark has lost all trust on us, should we really keep this from him?"

"Tell him won't bring anyone peace, and besides do you really believe he hasn't an idea where they are?"

Hill smiled. "No. Perhaps he knows as much as we do."

Fury gave her a nod. "Too smart for his own good. Hill that file, only for my eyes and yours!"

"Yes, Sir." Hill stood up and left the office.

Days went by, sun coming and cold leaving. Life going by, S.H.I.E.L.D went on missions, Stark kept building technology, Rogers ant the others catching Hydra's members, who had running away or never went found … And Emilia Evans waking up every day and keeping her routine. Life seemed peaceful, almost in synchrony with the world.

It was a beautiful sunny day. The barbecue smelled like heaven, Raines was in charge of it, he was the Master Chef, Emilia didn't know nobody who cooked as good as he. It wasn't a routine, but now and then, they tried to be together and catching up.

Emilia wondered how did he do it, being an ex-agent, life wasn't nice, everyone had dark times, but Isaac Raines, found a job, got his own business and found a wonderful family.

His wife Samantha, knew the hell they had lived, on other hand Jasmin only knew some things. Samantha often called Emilia to check on her, that was one of the things Emilia always respected about Samantha, with their partnership and friendship she had with Raines, not one single time, she had felt like Samantha didn't respect her or pity her.

Not many people have the ability to understand the kind of relationship she and Raines had and not feeling a single trace of jealousy. Thank God, because being Jasmin godmother might had been awkward.

Tonight's menu was chops with sweet mashed potatoes and carrots, and for desert a gorgeous chocolate pudding that Jasmin made. Emilia brought the wine and the starters, they never let her bring nothing, except if it was for Jasmin. Every time Emilia need to travel on work, she always bought something to Jasmin.

The dinner went smooth and fun like always, Jasmin went to her bedroom and left the adults alone. They were sitting outside under the front porch, Raines house was a small detached house, with a beautiful garden on the backyard.

"I need to ask you something Ems. Has S.H.I.E.L.D. ever contact you since we left?" Raines asked.

Emilia stopped drinking her wine, "When had they reach you?"

That made Raines arched an eyebrow. "You too?"

"Who reach you?"

"Hill. You?"

"Same."

"Fucking Hell! About Stark?"

"Shit! Same thing!"

Both went into deep thought until Samantha spoke. "I guess, you both are about to go back to S.H.I.E.L.D …" Saying that, she left to bring more wine, because they were going to need it!