Hey guys! I apologize for such a long wait for this chapter. I've been ridiculously busy and I hope you guys can forgive me! I think that the chapters will go a lot smoother now!
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MockingjayLaufeyson: I never thought about that, but now that you brought it up, I can totally agree! Definitely not enough emotion! In Thor they had a ton, but in the Avengers, not so much. Thanks! Hello! :)
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ONWARDS!
New Secrets
Chapter Seven
"Shh! Clint, shut up, she's waking up."
"It's about goddamn time."
"Stark, shut your mouth before I do it for you."
What the absolute fuck? Where was I?
Opening my eyes, I was greeted with my mother glaring at Tony, my father watching my mother, and Bruce the only one actually looking at me. The walls were white and everything was ridiculously clean.
"Nadya! It's good to see you're up," He said with a grin, averting the attention from Tony to me.
"W-where the hell am I?" I asked, and then it hit me. The last thing I remember was being with Landon in class with Sabrina and – Sabrina. "Where is she?!" A more important thought hit me. "Wait, where's Landon?!" I demanded, bolting upright and trying to stand up. Something was holding me back, and everyone tried to push me back.
"Nadya, lay down!" Bruce ordered, helping Tony take my right side of my body and trying to pull me back down.
"No!" I protested, freeing one arm from my father. "Where's Landon?! Is he okay?! Where is he?!" I struggled with getting my feet out of my mother's grasp, and then suddenly a loud beeping noise went off.
"Nadya, I need you to calm down. You're heart rate is way too high. You need to calm down." Bruce soothed, holding out his arms. "You're going to rip out your IV's." He pointed down to my arms and after closer inspection, tubes were sticking out of each my arms, and one right near my shoulder.
"Nadya, lay down, you're going to have a panic attack if you keep this up." Bruce stared me right in the eyes, letting me know he was dead serious. "I will tell you about Landon if you calm down."
I immediately slumped back into the bed, crossing my arms the best I could. The beeping went back down to a steady beat, and everyone in the room sighed out of relief.
"Okay," Bruce started, picking up a clipboard at the end of my bed. "You're in the medical ward. You were shot by Sabrina and then brought here." My eyes widened. I was shot? "Luckily, it was off to the right side. Didn't hit any organs or bones so the damage won't be that bad."
I instinctively reached my hand to the right side of my body, when Tony snatched my hand and pulled it away towards him.
"Don't touch it. It's will hurt like hell. Believe me, I would know." He released my hand and I returned it to my lap, sighing heavily.
"As for Sabrina, she escaped. We're trying to locate her, but we don't have any luck so far," my father cut in, my mother nodding in agreement.
"We have all of SHIELD trying to find her. That's basically the only thing the interns are trying to do," My mother said, smirking.
"What about Landon?" I cut in, looking at my mother, father, Bruce and Tony in order.
"He's fine," Tony reassured. I sighed in relief, leaning my head back and lifting my hand up to my forehead.
"Why isn't he here, then?" I asked, rubbing my face.
"He's just..." Tony started, paused for a few minutes, and then continued. "Listen, Nadya, I'm really not the person to talk to you about this kind of stuff. He'll have to tell you himself."
"Then why isn't he in here?!" I demanded without missing a beat.
"I can't answer that, Nadya."
"Goddammit, Tony, you will tell me right -" I started, pointing a finger in his direction.
"Nadya, we need to give you another dose of meds. I think this is a good time for your parents and Tony to leave," Bruce cut in, nodding his head towards the door.
"Excuse me! But I need to know what's happening with my boyfriend! Right now -"
"Nadya, relax, kiddo. He's fine. You'll find out soon enough." My father kissed my forehead and walked to the door, my mother following suit. Tony saluted before walking out.
"Tony! Goddammit! Answer me!"
"Too late, Nads," Bruce said, scribbling something down onto his clipboard.
"Bruce. Come on. I need to know what's happening!" I exclaimed, raising my arms out.
"Watch for the IV's." I grumbled in response as Bruce shook his head, before getting another dose of medicine. "This'll knock you out for a while, but it will make sure the pain doesn't come back."
He handed me two paper cups; one with water, and one with two white pills.
"I can't take these. I have to talk to Landon." I pushed the cups away, shaking my head.
"Come on. The ones we gave you earlier are going to wear off. If you don't take it you're going to be in severe pain. And if Landon comes by, I promise I'll wake you up." He handed me back the cups.
"Promise?"
"I promise."
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"Wake up sleepy head, I brought food."
I snorted and fluttered my eyes open, mindlessly groping the air around me.
"Pepper?" I asked, finding the strawberry blonde sitting in front of me.
"The one and only." She grinned as I sat up and cracked my neck. "You need to stop doing that," She scolded, passing me a paper bag. "Chinese food."
"Ah. Thanks." I opened it, taking out the food and utensils. "I guess Landon hasn't shown up yet," I sighed, opening the package of rice and taking a forkful.
"What makes you say that?" Pepper asked, tilting her head slightly. I shrugged.
"Bruce said he'd wake me up if Landon came. And I wasn't up until now so I guess he didn't come." I shrugged again while taking another bite of food. It tasted amazing after having the bad breath taste in my mouth.
"Wait, what? Landon hasn't come to visit you yet?" Pepper asked, raising a brow and grabbing a bottle of water from the floor that she had brought with her.
"Um, no." I took the bottle of water from her, and after taking a swig, Pepper put it onto the ground once more.
"But, I just saw him coming back from here." My mouth gaped and the Chinese food nearly was flung out of my hands.
"I'm sorry, what?! Why didn't he wake me up, Pepper?!" I asked, setting the food onto my lap and slumping my shoulders.
"I don't know. Tony told him to go see you and he said he already did. I don't really have an answer for that one." I frowned, crumpling up my bedsheets with my hand.
Why didn't Landon want to see me?
That was literally the only thought running through my mind. Was he still angry with me? Was he angry about the fight we had? Or that Sabrina escaped? What if -
My thoughts were cut off by Pepper's blackberry ringing from her jacket pocket.
"Crap. It's Tony. God knows what he wants." She stood up, accepting the phone and holding it up to her phone. "What do you want Tony?" She asked, folding her arm over her stomach. "No! You can't just skip the meeting!" Rolling her eyes, Pepper held the phone away from her mouth. "Hey, Nadya, I brought your computer for you." She grinned and grabbed it, handing it to me. "I'll check on you later!" After walking out of the room, I could still hear her arguing with Tony.
As boring as it was in the medical ward, at least I had entertainment.
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I didn't really have time to use my computer, considering that everyone came into visit me. Bruce with more meds, Thor with enormous amounts of food, Steve with chit chat, and Tony came in a couple times to hide from Pepper.
But still no Landon.
Now Bruce was near my bed, handing me my last dose of medicine. "I'm trusting you that you'll take this. Take it in about a half an hour. Just make sure you go to bed early, we don't want you to be too tired," He explained, setting down the cup of water and the pills on the table beside me. After nodding and Bruce wishing me a good night, he was out and I was all alone in the medical ward.
Well, not all alone. There were still a few nurses in other rooms, but I was doing well and recovering so I didn't need much attention.
Not wanting to go to bed now, I grabbed my laptop from my feet and pulled it onto my lap, and then logged in. Opening up the internet, there wasn't much to do. Working at SHIELD meant the only thing I really had to do was read emails. Otherwise than that, I didn't have anything else I looked at regularly.
Wait. Email.
I could send Landon an email. He would have to read it. He checks his email every five minutes.
Quickly going to my email, I started up an email to his address.
Landon,
I know for a fact that you're going to be reading this. One, because you have to, and two because you have your phone with all the time. And you get email alerts. Remember? You said they sound like dying whales?
I guess I should stop talking about you reading this and more about why I'm writing this. I just want to know why you won't visit me. Well, I guess you came to see me when I was asleep. But you didn't wake me up. I just want to see you when I'm actually conscious.
Come on Landon. I know somethings up.
Are you still pissed at me? I don't really want to fight anymore, but I guess you should make the other half of that decision, too. Are you still angry at your parents? You really shouldn't be. It's going to be great for you to have a sibling.
Just come see me, Landon. I'm going to bed in fifteen minutes. I know you'll see that before then.
Nads
–
Nadya Barton
SHIELD Operative
I closed the laptop and set it onto the ground.
In fifteen minutes, I was still alone.
I took the meds and went to bed, unhappy and confused.
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The next few days I was on my email constantly.
I wasn't emailing Landon, but it came to the point where I was getting emails from other SHIELD agents, with updates on Sabrina (nothing important so far), checking up on how I'm doing, and the occasional one with a pizza coupon.
None from Landon.
But it was nice to have some sort of human interaction, and between my parents and the rest of the team, I was getting more than enough.
Way more than enough.
Tony actually had Thor and Steve come in and they reenacted the entire Loki battle. Let's just say they're not the best actors.
Finishing up another day, it had been the same routine. Bruce had come in with my medicine, left it on the table, and told me to go to bed again in a while.
Another great time to write Landon an email.
Landon,
I am so bored.
It would be so much more entertaining if you were here. We could plan more pranks. Or anything. Because I really don't want to hear your dad talk about his hair products again. Heck. We could fight and it would be more entertaining than this. But frankly, that's the last thing I want to do right now.
Come on, Landon. I'll give you twenty minutes this time. Please?
Nads
–
Nadya Barton
SHIELD Operative
For the second time, I went to bed alone.
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It was the third day of having to lay in bed.
I was most definitely getting stir crazy. But of course, there was nothing I could do about it; Bruce had told me that I had a few more days until I could get up and try to walk.
God damn.
I had written a few more emails, and after a few minutes of deciding whether or not to, I wrote another one to Landon. I just couldn't help it. I missed him and I missed having someone else to talk to that wasn't the team. Even as much as I loved them.
Landon,
Please? Just come see me.
I miss you.
After writing that much, I had no idea of what else to write. I had already said what I had wanted in previous ones, so there wasn't much else to say, I guess.
I signed off and pushed the laptop down to my feet, stretching my limbs. It had been a while since someone had come into say hi, a few hours infact, but it was nice to have some time to myself.
Even though I was in the medical ward after getting shot.
I spent the next fifteen minutes sifting through magazines, catching up on celebrity gossip, until my computer beeped, letting me know that I had a new email.
I rolled my eyes. What now? I thought, expecting another email on updates on Sabrina.
I was wrong.
Clicking on the new email, my mouth gaped.
Okay.
–
Landon Stark
SHIELD Operative
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"Hi," I smiled as the door opened, revealing Landon. He ran a hand through his hair and took a few steps forward.
"Hey," He croaked, avoiding my eye contact. There was a silence, in which he wrang his hands together and I bit my lip.
"Long time no see," I joked, grinning at the thought of him just being here. Landon chuckled softly. "Why don't you sit down?" I asked, pointing to the seat next to my bed. He waved his hand.
"I think I'd better stand."
We fell into silence again.
"Why didn't you come and visit me?" I asked, breaking the silence. That was the only question that had been burning into my mind since he had been here. "Are we still fighting?" I continued, furrowing my brows. "Did I do something? I've been stuck here and my own boyfriend didn't visit me when I got shot." Landon's eyes flashed with hurt when I had said shot.
He waited a few seconds before answering. "No. We're not fighting. And you definitely didn't do anything."
"Then why?" I asked. "Why have you just been, ignoring me?"
Landon sighed. "Do you understand how hard that was?!" Landon asked, finally making eye contact with me.
"What was?"
"I was there, Nadya, when you were shot. I held you when you were bleeding and unconsious in my goddamn arms!" He took a seat, leaning forward and resting his head on his arms.
"But it wasn't even that bad. Bruce said it was an easy procedure to get it taken out and -" I started, but was soon cut off by Landon.
"No, Nadya! Don't you understand?! It was that bad. No person wants to hold their bleeding girlfriend in their arms! No one wants their girlfriend to get shot!" He argued, standing up again and waving his arms around. I sat silently. What were you supposed to say back to that?
Instead, I held my arms out, reaching for him. Landon looked hesitent for a moment, but then rushed into them and wrapped his arms around me in a bear hug. He was shaking, and this was definitely a side of him I had never seen before. I rubbed his back, kissing his cheek as he held me even tighter.
"Landon..." I started, playing with the strands of hair at the base of his head. "It's okay. I'm fine." He shook his head above my shoulder, and then pulled back. My heart broke when I saw that his eyes were red and one tear fell out of his eye. "Oh, Landon, it's okay. Really. I'm fine," I reassured, wiping away the tear with my thumb.
"But you were shot!" He protested, sitting on the edge of my bed and gripping my hand.
"True... but it's already a lot better. You can thank SHIELD for the advance in medicine." I grinned. "See? Look." I lifted up my shirt a little to show where the wound was. It had already been patched up, and skin was already mostly covering it.
Landon frowned and reached out to touch it softly, rubbing his thumb over it lightly.
"See? I'm fine," I told him again, kissing him on the cheek. "It actually would have been a lot worse if you didn't come in when you did."
"I guess," He croaked, rubbing his forehead. For the third time, there was more silence.
"So..." I started, trying to shift the conversation to something else. "Have you talked to your parents?"
Landon smirked. "Stop trying to change the subject. But yes, I have." I laughed.
"And?"
"I'm excited to have a baby sibling. It'll be like having another Asa around." He smiled.
We talked for a few minutes, trying to not remember the wound, Sabrina, or anything about school, until the team burst into the ward.
"Hey Nadya, Landon. It's about time you got into here, boy," Tony said to Landon, smirking. Like father, like son.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever," Landon said while rolling his eyes at his father. I chuckled and turned to the rest of the team.
"Why are you guys in here?" I asked, not trying to sound rude.
"We have an update on Sabrina," Steve said, nodding.
I rolled my eyes. "Please tell me that this is a real update, not the ones I've been getting sent all day."
Bruce cut in. "It's a real one. A really important one, too."
"And?"
"Sabrina's in New York," my father said.
"Well, I know that."
"Her army's here too."
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Hope you liked the chapter! Sorry again for the long update. I feel like the chapter is going to go pretty smoothly now that I know what's going to happen. I got it all planned out. Hopefully.
Anyways, question of the chapter! If you were going to HAVE to change any of the cast who play the Avengers, who would it be? It's a really hard question, I think that they're a pretty perfect cast. But if you were going to have to, who would it be?
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