"Adam will be outside of your apartment, keeping watch," Jimmy said, sitting on the other end of the car seat.

Sasha looked at Adam, who gave a small smile, she glanced down at the floor of the vehicle. Adam sat up in his seat, "I'll try to stay out of your way Ms. Capello, I know you want your space."

She looked up to him and smiled.

They drove up to the bar and she stepped out along with the other two behind her. Jimmy placed his hand on her back, "go on out the back, Adam will be waiting for you in the car."

She stood silent for a few moments before nodding and walking inside the building. Jimmy didn't say anything until they were near the back, "that, guy you were with in Maine… He didn't have anything to do with Jonathan's death did he?" he asked suspiciously

She raised a brow, "Absolutely not. Why would you think that?"

His eyes remained focused ahead as he shrugged, "I just wasn't sure why you always refuse to talk about him."

She took a breath and shook her head, "He didn't hurt me or Jonathan."

He glanced down at her, inspecting her face, "did he kill Romanoff?"

They both ended up at the exit to the bar, Sasha stared at him and sighed, "He saved me."

Jimmy stared at her and pursed his lips, "I see."

Sasha didn't like that Jimmy gave such short answers, as if insinuating Roman was responsible for Jonathan's death. Or being a threat to her, she shrank at the thought, Roman wouldn't do that, he wouldn't hurt her. Right?

Adam drove up in the back alley and Jimmy looked back down at Sasha, he gave a small smile and pinched her chin.

"Go on," he ordered

She paused before walking over to the car.

"Sasha?"

She turned her head back to wait for Jimmy to speak. He placed his hands in his pocket, "Didn't you say Romanoff was killed in the sewers?"

She bit her lip and shifted her eyes before answering, "Something like that."

Jimmy nodded slowly and turned his body back inside, "Have a good night Sasha."


Sasha stared out the window, she had this feeling in the pit of her stomach that didn't sit well. Wondering why Jimmy was asking these questions, he didn't know Roman the way she did. She only hoped what she saw was a dream, if Roman was awake and he wasn't supposed to be, it could mean he could be in danger too.

They passed the streets and Sasha's head shot up quickly when she spotted a red balloon floating from a sewer drain on the side of the road. She looked in the back window of the car, it lightly blew in the wind before flying up into the sky.

"Are you okay Ms. Capello?" Adam asked

She looked up to see Adam's eyes in the rearview mirror, "I'm fine Adam."

The stopped at a red light, "Alright."

There was an awkward pause.

"How do you know Jimmy?" she asked

Adam was visually happy at the sound of Jimmy's name, "we've known each other since we were kids."

Sasha continued to watch him.

"He's one of my closest friends," he confessed

She quirked her head, "he's never mentioned you before."

Adam frowned, "It's a bit complicated."

"Uh huh," she drawled, "okay then."

Adam smiled at her and continued driving.

They pulled up to her apartment and turned to open his door. Sasha placed her hand on his shoulder, "That's alright Adam, I can let myself out."

The blonde looked at her and nodded. She stepped out of the car and looked down at him, he smiled up at her, "If you need me, you have the tracker Jimmy gave you, there should be an emergency alarm on there. Press it if something's wrong, I'll be right outside."

She smirked and agreed, "I got it. Thank you Adam."

"Your welcome Ms. Capello," he said

She scrunched her face, "You don't have to be so formal Adam, I'm not that old. You can call me Sasha."

The shaggy blonde nodded before driving his vehicle on the other side of the apartment building.


Sasha unlocked the gate leading up to her apartment, she locked it behind her and walked up the stairs, opening the door to Bruce, sitting by the door, waiting for her.

She glanced around in confusion, "You okay Bruce?" she asked

The Doberman winced and fidgeted in his seat, licking her hand as she knelt to rub his face. He then shook himself off and trotted into the other room. Sasha furrowed her brows when she noticed he was making paw prints. She leaned over and placed two fingers on the liquid, bringing them up to her face.

It looked like blood?

Sasha stood up and over to the living room, looking around for Bruce, but he was gone.

"Bruce?"

She looked around and turned her body, Bruce was sitting over near the bedroom. There was a trail of blood leading underneath her bed, Sasha grabbed a gun and cautiously wandered over to the room. Bruce wagged his tail as he watched her bend over, pointing the gun at the bed.

She grabbed the sheets and closed her eyes, taking a breath before throwing the sheet over. She peered underneath the bed, but there was no one there, just a puddle of what she suspected to be blood smeared across her floor. Bruce whined and licked his jaws, trotting into the shadows.

"Bruce?" she asked

She lowered her gun and took a step forward. She shouted out when something grabbed her leg and roughly dragged her underneath the bed, hitting the side of her face on the wooden floor. She lifted her gun, but it was slapped out of her hand as it skidded across the floor into the bathroom.

She reached down for the panic button until a hand grabbed her wrist while another clasped over her mouth. She looked up to see Pennywise smiling down at her in glee, blood and drool drenched his collar, all the way down his torso. He smiled like iron.

She stared at him in shock, he giggled while he showed his crooked buck teeth that were stained with drips of blood. He opened his mouth to make a surprised face as he saw a bruise forming on Sasha's cheek. She had blood on her skin all over her and she cringed.

Pennywise leaned over and licked some blood off of her skin, she flinched and let out a heated breath through her nose. He grinned took his hand off of her mouth.

She remained quiet as she stared at him, her face and body slowly relaxing.

"It was real," she whispered to herself

Pennywise gave a look of confusion and placed his long gloved hand on the side of her face, propping her head up to better look at him.

"I thought we've been through this already?" he chuckled

Sasha sighed in relief and shook her head, "where have you been?"

The clown watched her, "I was hungry."

Sasha looked around at the blood on the floor and narrowed her eyes, "this better not be child's blood Roman," she threatened

Pennywise feigned hurt and grinned mischievously, "I'm on a diet from children."

"For now," he winked

She grimaced at his words which only amused him further. She fidgeted in her spot, but he didn't move, he didn't seem to care about her discomfort and smiled, dropping his head and kissing her fervently. Sasha kissed him back, closing her eyes, falling in a trance every time he touched her. She stopped when she tasted blood and drew her head bad, he watched her.

"What's the matter? You don't like me?" he joked

Sasha rolled her eyes, "Your covered in blood and spit."

The clown chuckled and leaned in closer, "I think we both know you don't mind the taste."

She stared at him while he let a high pitched giggle and forcefully kissed her again. Sasha couldn't keep her body from reacting the way it did and kissed him back. He let his hands wander down her body while hers held his face. He grunted when she softly bit his tongue and she could feel him respond to it by pressing himself on her body tighter that she was nearly being crushed by his large body. But she didn't seem to care, instead held onto him firmly. The two broke the kiss when three quick knocks were heard from the front door.

Knock

Knock

Knock

"Sasha? I heard a scream. Are you alright?"