Hey guys! I'm back again and guess what? I brought Natalia and all her awesomeness along with me :) Hope you all enjoy, there is some serious butt kicking, fluff and plot twists in this chapter, please don't skip this out!

Natalia

Ow.

That's pretty much that's all on my mind right now. Ricardo must be really stinging about me killing his brother, because I'm pretty sure I have a few cracked or broken ribs and these last couple of hours have been absolute torture and I mean that in the literal sense.

I would not be surprised if my hair was now white from the stress of electricity being pumped into my body and then being forced onto a water board with the agonising drip of water on your brow and an uncomfortable metal mask on your face.

That was only the beginning. After their beatings, I simply could not move. There was nothing left in me now, there was no point in fighting as there was too much pain for it to even be possible to take another hit. If I tried to fight back, they would just kill me.

Running away. Great plan Natalia, absolutely spiffing. Now you're captured, half dead and also a hostage to the most dangerous man in the west. Oh, and he plans to use you to kill Han and then just shoot you anyway. Brilliant!

I swear, one day I am going to be the death of myself, unless I already am. Still, let's hope the others and my dad think of something clever because I'm all out of ideas. I should really have just ignored dad and gone ahead to apply to the CIA, at least then I would have had in depth training and I'd be better prepared for situations like this. All I got now are my wits.

Still, I could kill for some sugar right now. I really fancy some gummy bears, or some more Skittles. Not entirely appropriate but there we go. Can't help having a sweet tooth. However when the door burst open and two men strode inside I groaned, allowing them to lift me upright in a chair then held me down, forcing my eyes open as Ricardo stepped forwards, glaring down at me with loathing.

"You killed my brother." He accused in a rather spine tingling voice and I was briefly afraid, though I swiftly recovered myself and narrowed my eyes.

"He was going to kill me." Ricardo's hand shot out and slapped me, however the blow was pretty weak and I didn't even move my head, which only angered him further.

"You will pay for this affront, you have my word. For now, however, I am going to keep you alive and kill two birds with one stone, as it were." I kept my eyes fixed on him, trying to think of what to do or say. I had to be careful. One slip of my tongue and I could lose it and then my life. Deciding to play it safe, I said nothing. "Quite the little vixen, aren't you? I can see why Han Cho-Bai had his eye on you. You seem to be exactly his type."

"I suppose." I answered with a shrug. "Though technically he isn't my partner anymore. We split up the other day, in fact, the very day that you first kidnapped me. Isn't life funny with all its little twists?" I said dryly and Ricardo's face went purple, the vein in his neck jumping as he clenched his fists at his sides.

"No matter. He has still agreed to the trade. Obviously he still has a soft spot for you somewhere in that ice cold heart of his." I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, trying to focus on the scent of my blood and infections, as it was the only thing keeping me awake since the smell was so bad.

"Whatever." I sighed, tilting my head back to click my neck as it was stiff and beginning to go numb. "When are we leaving?"

"Soon. Very soon." He promised then looked to the two men in the room with me. "Ensure that she does not die or escape." They nodded their heads then stood over me, watching like bloodhounds so I simply allowed myself to rest, drifting in and out of sleep which was surprisingly easier than I had thought it would be. I swear, when this is all over, I am going to live in my shower to keep my body from hurting so much. Damn.

The two men muttered to one another in Spanish, thinking I would not understand but I knew exactly what they were saying. I'm fluent in English, Spanish, German, Russian, French and Italian. If there was one other thing I was good at, it was learning languages. I picked it up so quickly that it was insane. Oh, and Han had been teaching me a little Korean, which might come in handy later.

They were talking about sports and the recent baseball game so I zoned out of that, though their voices did hinder my sleeping ability since they were like constant flies buzzing in my ears. Deciding that a better use of my time was to interrogate them, I moaned, pretending to be faint which actually wasn't too hard.

"Where am I…?" I murmured and one of them looked at me.

"Secret facility with Ricardo Medina. Now shut up."

"Where? Where am I?" The other, being a little pitying of me, crouched down and lifted my head a little, touching my brow to check my temperature.

"You are in New York. Can you remember the date?" I blinked at him then slumped forwards, holding my breath and the guy instantly panicked. "She isn't breathing! Get her adrenaline!" There was a sound of someone fumbling with bottles but a few moments later, something sharp pricked my arm and adrenaline was flushed into my body.

Instantly some of the pain dulled and I slowly began to breathe again, allowing them to relax as I groaned. "What's happening? Someone help me…I don't understand…"

"You're going to go home soon." The colder man lied, grabbing my head by my hair and pulled it back, forcing my airways to open so that I could breathe better. "Once your boyfriend turns up." Why did everyone seem to insist that Han was still my boyfriend when I have expressively explained that we had split up? Honestly. Some people.

"Water…" I croaked. There was a movement but the first guy hissed.

"What are you doing?"

"She can't die from dehydration, let her just have a little drink." Then a cup was pressed to my lips and I drank greedily, the coldness allowing my mind to be bitten back into function. Through my half open eyes I saw the two men hovering with frowns on their faces above me.

"Is she going to be alright?" The first asked. "I don't want her to die before she's meant to, otherwise we get shot for failure."

"She'll be fine. Just let her alone now." My hair was dropped and my head rolled forwards. So we were still in New York, possibly at one of Ricardo's facilities, most likely the one that's close to the drop off point. This then meant that there would be a lot of supplies in here, including the bombs. Hmm…light bulb!

They gave me measured dosages of adrenaline, enough to keep me awake and dull the pain but not enough to allow me to break free from this place, however when the time came for the handover, they took the medicine with them in a little handheld case.

Two men literally had to carry me as I continued my damsel in distress act, one gripping me under the arms whilst the other held my legs as we ascended some stairs but they then dropped me onto a chair and one guy held me upright. I opened my eyes slightly, looking around me and found myself surrounded by crates, though some of them were open and I saw that the entire contents were various explosive materials with detonator packs sitting on top of them. As well as this, I also saw a rather massive pile of money just sitting innocently to my left, like a towering mountain. Hot damn, that's a lot of dollar.

Glancing around I slowly inched my chair a little closer to one of the crates, looking back to make sure no one was watching but they were all too engrossed in the TV which was showing some sort of reality show and they had beers in their hands.

Before anyone could notice I reached forwards, grabbed a detonator then slipped it into my pocket then slumped in my chair as someone turned around to check I was behaving myself. I'm being good as gold, sir, honest.

After a few minutes, a voice on a radio signalled that they were ready to move out, so two different men picked me up again and carried me out to the car which skidded to a halt in front of us and I was bundled inside with the men, one either side of me as I slumped forwards. "Give her another shot."

"You sure that's wise?" The other queried eyeing my suspiciously then poked me. Though pain flared up my side I did not make a sound, biting on my tongue to keep from sending him a decorative insult.

"Ricardo wants her awake for when we go to meet that Korean guy." He answered then stretched over, took the case then applied another small dose to my bloodstream. I jerked slightly, eyes fluttering open and I groaned, wishing they would just leave me alone.

However in my head I added the dosage to the tally I was keeping, working out exactly how much I had been given so far. It was all looking good for the moment, just need to try and think of step two. Wait, did I even have a step one? Oh crap, I hate being unable to think properly.

Looking at one of their watches, I saw that we had fifteen minutes until midday, which was when everything was meant to go boom. Bugger it, and I was so looking forwards to a normal Christmas this year. Which reminds me, I still haven't put up a tree or done any of my food shopping. Whoops, I should really stop leaving things so late, shouldn't I? Oh well, at least I bought the gifts already.

It was a short drive, literally down the road to then stop before the gates where, when I slyly looked through the window, I could see Han there waiting, wearing those stupid oversized glasses with that irritating little vixen he cheated on me with.

Well technically that's unfair, I only have her side of the story but you can be damn well sure I'm going to demand the truth from him, because then I can totally have a legit reason to kick his ass. Even so, it felt a little encouraging to see him there.

Ricardo stepped out of a different car, there being three in total. His men followed him, all stepping out from the car save for the driver of the car I was in and a man beside me. Okay, now I really need to start thinking. I can't let them hand me over in exchange for Han, as much as I hate him right now, I still do kinda care about him. A lot.

Though I doubt he's alone, there are still variables that I needed to deal with. My wrists were cuffed, which would make things a little…no they won't, this is perfect. Oh hell, I love being me.

With all the force I could gather I slammed my fists back into the guard's face, shifting to sit on his lap and pin him down as I grabbed the hand taser from his belt, jamming it into the driver's neck and he jerked about, grunting as I knocked him out with my feet kicking out at the other guy, keeping his hands from reaching for the door whilst also striking his mouth a few times to gag his sounds.

Once the driver was out, I shocked the other guy too. Gasping slightly I grabbed the medicine case, unzipped it then measured out some more adrenaline, enough to give me a slight overdose without it being too much to cause me harm. I was going to need it.

Glancing through the window I saw that someone was turning back and frowning, calling through the radio to bring me out. I flinched as I injected the needle and pushed the drug into my body then slid out the car of my own accord, wincing as my dislocated shoulder began to throb from the movement I was putting it through. Biting down any sound I quickly shoved it back into place, feeling it pop uncomfortably. "Han!" I called out and he lifted his head, watching as I struggled forwards, pretending to limp before collapsing to my knees. "Get out here you moron! What do you think you're doing?" I shouted over to him as I was forced to my feet, someone gripping my hair.

"Shut up!" Ricardo snarled as I was brought to him. His hand reached forwards and gripped my hair tightly as the other man let go. My body began to tremble from the effects of the adrenaline, though others would merely perceive it as fear. "Finally afraid of me are you?" He mock snarled and I shivered, trying to keep my body from jerking too violently.

I switched to a different language and Ricardo, none the wiser, assumed I had been insulting him though in reality I was trying to tell Han to just get away from here and not worry about me. "Enough with your German." Inwardly I smirked. Stupid jackass can't even tell the difference between German and Korean. All the more brownie points for me.

He turned to fully face me, forcing me to my knees then looked over to Han. "You should not have believed me." Han made to step forwards but several guns were pointed at him so he stopped.

"Let her go." He growled sharply and I licked my lips, counting how many men there were around me. A gun cocked and I looked to Ricardo who had his weapon aimed directly at Han who kept his eyes steadily on me. Our eyes met and I saw him give a secret, tiny smile but his eyes shone brightly to me, warming me completely and I could not help but smile back at him.

"Any last words for your lady?" Ricardo asked mockingly and Han glanced to him before returning his gaze to me.

"Dangsin-eul salanghabnida." My eyes widened suddenly, staring at him as he continued to regard me carefully, his expression once again placid and unreadable but I didn't care. He…he'd said the words. The words.

Renewed with determination, I gasped slightly as Ricardo smirked then began to turn his gun to aim at me. Before it could reach me, however, I had snarled and sprang into action. No way was I going down without a fight, fair or not.

My head whipped back then hammered forwards, catching Ricardo square in the crotch and he howled, collapsing down so I smacked my head against his again to stun him then leaped to my feet, spinning around in the air and kicked back two men as they went for their guns.

Bullets began to dance through the sky, ringing in my ears as the two men facing me dropped and in the distance I could see Victoria with her sniper, carefully aiming. I shot her a grin then turned, squeaking slightly as another man went for me with a machete.

I lifted my hands to protect myself, the chains of my handcuffs blocking the blade but he stabbed at me again, forcing me to step back and angle my body, using the cuffs against to redirect the blow until finally, the chain snapped.

"You're in trouble now." I smirked then leaped forwards, cartwheeling over his shoulder then slammed the long side of my hands into his neck, knocking him out then turned, leaping over the bonnet of a car to grab a fallen guard's gun then turned, shooting as more men poured out from hiding places.

A truck roared into view, sporting a machine gun on the roof which began to fire relentlessly at the CIA agents, who all dived for cover including Victoria. Angered that my aunt was in danger, I turned and shot at the car, cracking the windscreen and taking out the driver so it swerved out of control and the gunmen let go of the trigger as the truck began to circle dangerously.

With one well aimed squeeze of my trigger finger, I blew a hole through the gas cap and heat suddenly flared up as I turned, smirking with a plume of fire dancing high behind me. Badass and bad, that's me baby,

Looking over to Ricardo and seeing that some of our agents were about to be executed, I shouted out to him. "Hey Ricardo! How much do you love your money?" Tugging the detonator from my pocket I waved it at him then placed my thumb on the button. Ricardo froze then bellowed for a ceasefire, staring in horror at me as I rubbed small circles into the red button, taunting him smugly a as I panted for breath.

Slowly he began to laugh. I arched an eyebrow at him as he turned to face me, shaking his head, paused then pointed a finger at me. "You are very extraordinary woman."

"Such comments have been brought to my attention before." I answered blandly, taking a step forwards. "Now stand down, or your bank goes boom." He lifted his hands in surrender. Agents stepped forwards and were beginning to take men into custody when a sharp pain exploded at my knee and I cried out, falling down but then a cold blade was pressed to my throat.

Staring upwards I then narrowed my eyes. "You little snake." I snarled up at Kin who giggled.

"He pays well." She shrugged, lifting her blade then began to smoothly slice it over my skin, not drawing blood but a few hairs did go missing. "Such a pretty face." She murmured then lowered her face to a hiss. "I hate other pretty women."

"Well, that makes you a bitch." I answered as Han stood stiffly, preparing to run for us but I moved first. As Kin went to retrieve the detonator, I grabbed the wrist with the knife then yanked her forwards, pulling her off balance then flipped her over my head as she gasped.

Several guns rose but Ricardo dived out the way and the fight burst free again. I, however, was now focussed on my new opponent. She gave me her signature sickening smirk then ran at me with a scream. I tucked the detonator in my pocket then faced her, preparing for the first attack.

She moved so fast that I could barely keep up. The adrenaline was the only thing saving me from getting my butt kicked into the next century. Sure, she was tiny, but she was also vicious, like a deadly cobra! It was terrifying! Especially when she came at you with bared teeth and those loud shrieks as if she were a banshee. Ugh.

I ducked, stepped back, dodged, parried, blocked, ducked again then got a foot full in my mouth, causing my nose to bleed as I smacked my head on the ground. Kin leaped at me and I rolled with a yelp. "Are you crazy?" I demanded, staggering to my feet but she punched me several times in the side, grounding me again. I gasped for air, crawling backwards as I trembled. "Why? Why are you with them?"

"Good money." She answered with a shrug. "Being the hero is overrated."

"But you'll lose Han." I reasoned and she scoffed.

"There are plenty of other men like him." Kin replied and her answer made me very, very, very angry. There were no other men out there like Han. Not one. How dare she-you know what? I'm going to break her face.

Without a word Kin went to slam her foot into my face but I reared back, wrapping my arm around her limb then stood abruptly and gave her a sharp tug to land her flat on her back. Her other leg whirled around and somehow found a rather sensitive spot where I had a deep cut and pummelled it, forcing me to let go, struggling to keep my balance. "You are pathetic." Kin shot at me with a lashing tongue as I racked air into my body. "Weak, unrefined, you have no skill in the art of fighting." I narrowed my eyes.

"Oh bitch, you are so going to regret that." I growled. She slammed into me and pinned me to the ground, going for my throat to strangle me but I crossed my arms over hers and brought them down swiftly on the crooks of her elbows, forcing the hold to break then with a powerful jerk of my head, I slammed my brow against hers, causing her to yelp. "Welcome to street fighting. Batter up." I tossed her from me then threw a punch, catching her in the jaw. "Strike one!" I rotated my body, turning a full arc with my leg and caught her head again, making her stagger backwards as blood dripped from her lip. "Strike two!" With an enraged snarl Kin ran at me but I lifted my hands into a boxing stance then ducked under her blows, keeping light on my toes as she put all her energy into landing a blow at me, eyes narrowed in fury as I continued to dance out from beneath her.

With a final swing she stumbled forwards so I turned, dug my fingers into the back of her jacket then pushed her down as I lifted my knee, cracking her in the gut to wind her then flung her backwards. "Strike three." I finished with one, powerful swing of my fist, knocking her out clean so that she fell backwards and went completely still. "You're out."

Lifting my chin I panted for breath, shoulders slumping as I groaned, touching my head where a powerful throb cursed me relentlessly. For a tiny little thing she hit pretty hard. Looking around, the fight was ending and we were the victors. Ha! May the odds be ever in our favour. Okay, my head isn't thinking straight. Please excuse any idiocy on my part for the next couple of hours.

Spinning around I searched for Han, praying to god that he was alright.

He was standing with his back to me, his shoulders rising and falling as he breathed in deeply but he was perfectly still otherwise, his opponents lying at his feet. "Han." I called out, my voice breaking slightly from weariness but he heard me. Han turned around, facing me fully and he relaxed when he saw me. God I loved him so much right now, even though he was probably sweaty and was covered in blood, I still loved him.

Together we started to move towards one another, though I was gripping my side as I was bleeding from an injury that had cracked open again. I was going to need therapy after this. Either that or a tonne of sweets and my favourite foods to make me feel better.

His arms slipped around me, pulling me close and I gazed up into his eyes. "Han." His name was a mere breath on my lips as he shuddered. Wait, did he just show effect? Ha! I have an effect on Han! That's one point to the Natalia scoreboard!

"Natalia." He greeted quietly, reached out and carefully brushing back my wild hair so that it didn't fall into my face. Relief flooded through me the way if Hoover Dam had actually been blown up and flooded…oh crap, how did everything else go? Was America still intact?

A blur of movement caught my eye and my head snapped around, causing Han to frown then turn his face but I was already shoving him aside. "No!" I bellowed in defiance, standing in front of Han as Ricardo fired his gun just as a black CIA car pulled up and Cooper got out.

With quick reflexes Cooper drew his gun and shot Ricardo twice in the chest but it was too late. The bullet struck me and I yelped, doubling over slightly as my hands jumped to my wound, shuddering instinctively then fell forwards. "Natalia!" Han grabbed me then carefully lowered me down, arms protectively sliding over me as he then slowly turned me into his arms, cradling me like a child as Cooper called for an air ambulance.

Grunting slightly I clenched my jaw, dealing with the pain as I pressed my hands firmly into the wound to stop the blood loss, Han slowly lowering me down to lay flat so that he could place his hands over mine too. "Stay with me Natalia." Han murmured to me gently, looking into my eyes and I gave a shaky laugh.

"Never wanted to leave you in the first place." He smiled softly then gave a weak chuckle before darting forwards and kissing my head. "Han, please don't ever leave me like that again." I begged in a hoarse whisper and he nodded his head.

"I will not." He promised, leaning a little closer as his eyes continued to rest firmly on mine. "I love you Natalia Sophie Francesca Moses." My heart did a little dance as I beamed up at him.

"Ditto twinkle toes." He rolled his eyes but instantly became concerned as I whimpered, taking a deep breath to try and calm myself before looking back at Han. "I ran after you." I whispered and he gave me a little look of confusion. "When you left, I went after you but…but the plane had already taken off. I was on the runway." He just gazed down at me and I felt a small burst of pride with how adoringly his eyes were watching me. Suddenly I grunted, my head spinning violently and I growled. "Argh, this sucks." I shot him a filthy look. "Why did I have to be the one shot again?" He cocked an eyebrow at me.

"You were the one stupid enough to throw yourself in front of a bullet." I grinned.

"For your benefit, may I add?" I reminded him. "I saved your ass, now you owe me big time. I hope you've booked Christmas off, because if not then I'm going to kidnap you and hold you hostage, then your agents can't say anything about it." He smirked at me as I shuddered, blinking furiously to hold back the tears. "And next time, you can be the one to get shot." By this time Cooper had reached us, dropping down to crouch beside me.

"Alright, you're going to be fine." He assured me and I laughed.

"Yeah right. You're not the one laying on the ground with a hole in your gut. You guys get all the luck around here." Cooper smirked, glanced to Han then back to me.

"You're a brave woman. If you ever want a place at the CIA, just give me a call." I nodded my head gratefully.

"Thanks sir." He looked around when he heard the chopper and I turned my eyes to the sky, wondering why it was getting brighter.

"We'll get you in first…"

"No." I cut him off, shaking my head as my eyes began to slide closed. "Order of need. Get others attended first if they need the attention more. I'll…I'll hold a little longer…" My head began to drift to the side but Han's sharp bark penetrated my mind, though it had no effect.

"Stay awake!" Cooper shook my shoulder but I was already gone, completely oblivious to all else as I felt my heart rate slow down, gradually winding further and further down as my vision blackened and the world spun away from beneath me until I was flying into the air.

It was easier than falling asleep.

To be continued...

Probably...

Maybe...

I don't know, maybe I should just leave it at that...?