Chapter 9

Sarah POV

"It's just a regular mission; I'll be back in a few weeks." Steve told me as he was finishing packing up his things for DC.

"Yeah, but you know how I feel about you going on missions like this." I meant the ridiculously long missions Fury has Natasha and Steve doing regularly so there is no one who I actually want to talk to besides Pepper at the tower. Thor's at Asguard so he's out of the question.

"Think of it this way, while I'm gone these next few weeks, you can get the company up and running here in New York then when I get back we can go celebrate." His hands were cupping my face as mine were coving his ridiculously large ones.

"That sounds like a deal. As long as you call at least every other day."

"I think I can manage that." He continued packing up his suit in his duffle bag along with some clothes.

"I just have a bad feeling about this one." He sighed before sitting next to me on his bed and taking my hands in his and turning me to face him.

"I'll come back. I know I will because I want that shirt back." I smiled softly at him as I looked down at the dark red t-shirt of his that I wore that swarmed me.

"Well then you have to come back to me." He smiled and playfully attacked me when he started tickling my sides which made me immediately go into a fetal position as I was laughing so hard my insides hurt.

Two hours later we were waiting on the quinjet at the private air-strip for SHIELD. I sat on the hood of my car that we drove here in while he was leaning against it with his arm around my shoulders and my head on his shoulder.

"You know in case if I don't come back-" He was cut off as a black jet came soaring onto the launch pad.

"There's your ride." I smiled softly while he grabbed his duffle bag and slung it over his shoulder and grabbed his shield. As I was watching him walk towards the jet with our goodbyes said he suddenly stopped before dropping everything and running back towards me. I was about to ask him what was wrong before his lips were planted on mine, no warning just poof! There ya are!

"I couldn't leave without giving my girl a kiss now could I? What kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn't?" I smiled and ruffled his hair before he swooped in to peck my lips.

"I think they're getting impatient." I was looking at the jet seeing as one of the workers was outside with his arms crossed.

"They can wait a few more minutes."

"Go you goofball!" I slapped his butt when he started walking away and smirked at him when he looked back at me with a playful expression.

"You're going to pay for that when I get back!" He got onto the quinjet and I watched as it took off before getting in my black ford 2015 mustang GT 5.0. This car is my baby.

"Jarvis, please get my brother on the phone." I said and the AI did exactly that.

"Dearest sister of mine, is the Capsicle gone?"

"I wish you wouldn't call him that and yes, he is gone on his mission." I stopped at a red light while watching people cross the road.

"Are you going to get the New York part of the fashion company up and running this week?" I heard the clattering of metal as he more than likely was making another suit.

"I think so." I pressed on the gas lightly when the light turned green and turned on the street to get towards the sky scraper that my designing company was in.

"Good. It'll be good for you to get your mind off of Steve and his mission." More metal against metal in the background. "So I was thinking that just you and me can go and get some dinner tonight. We never have any sibling time! It'll be good bonding time!" I pulled into the underground garage for employees and parked in my designated spot.

"I didn't say I would say no." I switched the phone conversation to my blue-tooth after putting it in my ear and shutting off my car. I grabbed my purse with my million things in it then got out of the car and locking it.

"Just for precaution. Hey, do you want someone to bring London by your office?"

"If you would be so ever grateful," I nodded towards the doorman that held the door open for me and flashed my badge towards the people at the front desk. Like they didn't know who I am.

"Okay, so when do you want me to drop her off. She's keeping me company now by lying on her bed and chewing a bone." I rushed into the elevator and clicked the top floor button for my office.

"Anytime is good. I just need to file some paper work and that's about it. Even though I can have Connor do that." I made Conner my assistant because I actually trust him more than anyone at my company.

"Okay, I'll be over in an hour to drop her off."

"Alright, see you in an hour." The elevator stopped at my floor and I walked to the big glass double doors before opening them to see my glorious open office already equipped with a Stark laptop, a large mahogany desk with a chair that looked so comfy that I could just sink into it. There were also toys and a large bed for London as I had asked for them all above glorious marble floors. I already fell in love with the lighter grey walls with many art pieces on them and a glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

I walked behind my desk and leaned back into the ginormous black leather chair. I opened the laptop and logged into my account for the website and plugged my phone into the laptop and began loading all of the designs I had done at the tower before Conner came in with a large stack of paperwork.

"Here you are my dearest!" His chipper voice always made me smile even when I was in the worst of moods.

"Thank you, Conner, if you will just set them on the desk." He did as I asked and sat in one of the comfy chairs in front of the desk and putting his feet on my desk. I was so used to it I just rolled my eyes and went back to work.

"So, how's life with the Super Solider?" He asked while scrolling through his phone and I rolled my eyes again.

"I'm fine, he's fine- on a mission- but he should be fine and if he even comes back with a scratch on him he knows ill beat his ass once he gets back." Conner looked at me over his phone and smiled at me.

"There's the Sarah I remember!" I smiled and sat back in my chair that I just wanted to curl up in and go to sleep.

"How's Jacob?" I asked knowing of his boyfriend as he had brought him one time that we went out for drinks in Cali.

"He's great! You should have seen what he did to the house on our anniversary! He put rose petals and cookies all over the house like a maze which led to the back yard and he had set up this amazing dinner for us!" I smiled at his luckiness. He didn't have to worry about Jacob being almost killed every day when he was on a business trip. But this mission shouldn't worry me. He's Steve. He's nearly invincible.

We talked for a good hour catching up until Tony came into the office while struggling with the Husky that was pulling his onward. Conner gasped and bent to his knees to catch the dog as she jumped on him when my brother just let go of the leash and tackled my best friend while licking his face.

"How is that dog so strong?!" Tony was rubbing his shoulder while looking at London. I shrugged and leaned back in my chair once more. Tony just sat in the other chair that was in front of my desk and looked around before nodding in appreciation. We all talked for a while until my phone started vibrating and looked at the screen to see that it was a blocked number.

"Hello?" I gestured for Tony to start tracking the place of the call with my laptop and he was already on it.

"Hello dearest Sare-bare." The familiar voice of my ex filled my ears as my eyes grew in horror.

"Brody."

"Now, sweetie, is that the best way to address me, especially when I have your dearest boyfriend?" My heart sunk when that last part was said.

"I swear, if you hurt him-"

"You'll do what? Kill me?" He laughed. "You don't even know where I am!" I heard Steve in the background shouting.

"Sarah! You know I can take care of myself! Don't come for me!" My heart broke when I heard his voice- it sounded hoarse like he was just screaming his lungs out.

"Listen here you twisted son of a bitch- I'm coming for you and this time I'm killing you." My voice sounded deadly.

"Why need when he is already dead?" A gunshot was heard and then I screamed in agony. I shouldn't stoop to his level but I'm killing that bastard.

"I got it!" Tony yelled and I looked over his shoulder to see the location and my gaze hardened. The place Brody took me for our first date, the abandoned metal warehouse in Cali.

I hung up the phone and started walking towards the door with London on my heels to go towards the hidden closet with my suit in it. It looks just like Natasha's just with blue energy coursing through it. I quickly changed and put the mask on that covers my cheekbones and outside of my eyes and grabbed by bo staff that elongated to three feet long along with my two glocks that went on my thighs.

"You can't be seriously going after him!" I ignored them and went to the stair case.

"Well if you're going then I am, too!" Tony said as he ran to keep up with me. I stopped and looked him in the eyes.

"I started this, I need to finish it!" I said and walked towards the stairs to go up to the roof.

"Well how do you plan on getting to Cali to save him, huh?" I opened the door to the roof and saw my sleek black helicopter sitting there. "Oh."

"Are you coming or not?!" I yelled back to him as I got into the pilots seat and turned the switches to start the propellers. Tony quickly got into the co-pilot's seat and put the head set on. "We're picking Clint up on the way."