Sorry that it took so long to update. Hopefully you like this chapter.
3rd POV:
Following his senses, Brock makes it to the room on the hospital-like level. Well, when he gets to the level, all he has to do is follow the screams. The other Avengers, including Falcon, Pietro, Wanda, and Vision are around her door.
JARVIS told them that Brock is coming and not going to hurt anyone or take Audrey away. So everyone steps away from the door. Brock barges into the room as Coulson, Black Widow, and Rogers stop with the others.
Audrey is screaming out, struggling against her restraints that are keeping her on the bed. Soldier is worriedly standing next to the bed, trying to get Audrey to calm down but she doesn't seem to be seeing him, terrified.
Brock unties Audrey, gathering her in his arms. She still struggles to get away from him, only because she isn't seeing him but Them. He races from the room, hearing Soldier and the others, including Rogers, Black Widow, and Coulson, following.
Down the hallway, he comes to a seating area. Sitting on the couch, he sets Audrey on his lap. Wrapping his left arm around her waist, his right hand soothingly rubs her hair. He begins talking about the Winter Formal and him saving her.
Slowly Audrey's struggles slow down, her screaming quieting and stopping. Brock doesn't stop talking or rubbing her hair. He talks about other things that they did, earning some laughs from Stark but only grins from the others.
After about an hour, Audrey lifts her head, her eyes clear. She gasps, noticing that she's on Brock's lap. She doesn't try to get away, only lifting her head and looking up at him. He is looking down at her, worried but turning to relief.
"Are you here or am I in a coma again?" She hesitantly asks in a harp-like voice that chimes, seeming to make music.
"What is the last thing that you remember?" Brock asks, gently smiling down at her, glad that she isn't in a coma.
"Um." Audrey pauses, thinking about the answers. "The Senior Class Trip. We came to Manhattan to see the sights and museums."
"Ok." Brock pauses, knowing that she doesn't remember what happened at the restaurant or the vehicle outside.
That is something that happens to her. When she is really terrified, she will block out what happened and won't be able to remember it. Sometimes she will dream about it but not remember the dream when she wakes up.
Brock will tell everyone about her blackouts when Audrey is calm again. Hopefully none of them will try to get her to remember. It would kill Brock if she were to go into another coma. He doesn't know if she can survive next time.
"You suddenly appeared next to James Barnes and the other Avengers." Brock tells Audrey, praying nobody will say anything about Soldier chasing them.
"The Avengers are comic book superheroes." Audrey answers in a 'you know that' kind of tone, looking at him like he's making stuff up.
"Technically I'm from the Avenger Universe. I went to your world on an experiment." Brock explains, before saying his past as Brock Rumlow since she knows him as Jared Noble.
"You're a bad guy." Audrey asks, sitting up, looking at him with wide sapphire blue eyes that actually sparkle like diamonds.
"I was until I met you. You changed my life around. When I came back, I changed allegiances, telling Fury about Hydra." Brock explains.
"They experimented on you. That's why you went scary at the Winter Formal." She asks, pieces clicking in her mind.
"Yes." Brock pauses, knowing that the next thing he says is going to change Audrey's life and hopefully she will survive. "I know what the mark on your shoulder is."
"Really, what is it?" Audrey exclaims, happy that is finally going to know what it is, having been in the dark for a couple months.
"It says 'Shit' in Russian." Brock pauses as Audrey looks at him, puzzled. "It is a soul-mate mark, meaning the first words you soul-mate says to you."
"Oh!" Audrey whispers, looking down at his chest. "But I can't have a soul-mate. I'm the Ugly Freak of Nature."
"No. You are never that. They lied to you. You are beautiful, sweet, brave, and strong." Brock tells her, sensing the others getting angry, especially Soldier.
