p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Leipzig-Halle Airport/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Natasha took her chance and charged towards the hangar during the fight. It was a mess of epic proportions and she only cared about one thing. James. Not Tony's agenda or Steve's. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She guarded the Quinjet. Or that's what she told Tony. Steve arrived first, James hot on his heels. Natasha bounded forward and lowered the gate to the jet. "It's all ready to go." She said to Steve but only looked at James./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"He was staring at her. Like he knew her but couldn't place exactly where. "Hey soldier." She smiled. She had thought of many things to say to him once she saw him again. But hey soldier as not one she had planned on./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Natasha!" Steve shouted a T'challa left over the rubble and charged for James. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She pushed James away and tackled T'challa. Kicking his backwards a few feet before popping back up and charging her widows bites. T'challa gathered himself and waited. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Natasha?" James said suddenly. Sweet relief washed over her. The recognition in his voice. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She fired at T'challa, stunning him quickly. She hurled around. Her red hair flying. "Go!" She shouted. T'challa got back up, she fired again./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"James stepped forward. "Is it you?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Stupid tears blossomed in her eyes. "Yes." She gasped, firing again. She had one charge left. How unfair was it that he needed to go now that he remembered her. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Steve! I have one charge left. You've gotta go!" She stared at James./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Steve grabbed James and tugged him toward the jet. In a second they were airborn. She stunned T'challa again and turned her eyes towards him. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""I said I'd help you find him.. not capture him. There's a difference."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"When everything was over, Natasha sat outside the room where Rhodey was being tended to. She stood by Tony near a window./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""It's bad." Tony commented./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""If we don't stop… Rhodey is going to be the best case scenario. We'll all kill each other." She replied./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""You let them go!" Tony said angrily. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She raised an eyebrow. "We're in the wrong. I did what's right. You need to see that."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Tony crossed his arms and shook his head. "God, the double agent thing must be hard to shake. Runs in the blood." He said firmly./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Natasha narrowed her eyes, "Outside of that suit you are all talk and mean words. Words stopped hurting me at 11 years old." She moved away intent on leaving./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""T'challa told Ross what you did. They're coming for you." Tony fired back at her./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""I'm not the one who needs to watch their back." The pit in her stomach started to ache. She ran from the hospital and pulled out her phone. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"-Steve, I need a way out of here. They're coming for me. Finish up business in Siberia and come get me.-/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Hours later, she got a reply. She was speeding down an interstate in a car she stole. –Siberia is done. Where are you? Someone keeps asking about 'that redhead in the catsuit'.-/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She sent her location to Steve. 10 minutes later she got another text, -Abandon the car-/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She drove the car off the highway and fished a leather bag out of the car. The Quinjet touched down as she ran to it. Inside she was surprised to see T'challa./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""T'challa…" She said in surprise. "No hard feelings right?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"The prince nodded, "I now know why you did it. Thanks to Captain Rodgers."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"James was sitting on the ground. He and Steve looked worse for the wear. Bruised, bloodied and broken. She spotted the frazzled remains of James' robotic arm./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Steve wrapped Natasha in a hug. "Thank you for doing what I asked." /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She sighed. "Don't worry about it. It's still what I do best." Patted his back./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Steve leaned closer to her ear. "He goes in and out of remembering you. Don't be alarmed if it doesn't last. T'challa said his sister can help get the HYDRA programming out of his head. That should help him out."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She let go of Steve who went back to flying the jet. T'challa didn't want to intrude and went up to the front as well./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Natasha knelt down by James. "Heard you were asking about me." She smiled./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"He looked at her for a second, the recognition gone from before. "What's your name again?" His hand reached out and touched her red hair seeming to recognize that part of her./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She sighed and looked up at him. So much of his had changed. His hair was long, his face was scruffy with hair. Nothing like the boy she fell in love with. He was a man now. She gently touched his face, "You'll remember soon enough."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"It was like a light switch going on and off. With a sharp intake of breath, it was back. "Tasha…" James breathed. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Her eyes instantly watered. She launched herself forward, wrapping her arms around him. "Oh my god… I've missed you." /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"He wrapped his one arm around her his face buried in her hair. His scent, the tight grip on her, the way his breathing seemed family it felt like coming home. Just like he promised it would all those years ago./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Why did you take so long.." She sniffled and hung on to him tighter. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""I'd say the same for you Tasha.." His lips pressed against her forehead./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""You're never leaving me again, got it." She breathed. Her eyes looking up at him./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Yes, ma'am." She smirked and pecked her lips quickly./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Quickly wasn't enough. She brushed her lips against his again. James' hand slid behind her neck and crushed her lips to his. It was desperate the way they kissed, like it would make up for lost time./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Hey… Hey.. Do I need to get the hose out?" Steve laughed as Natasha straddled his lap./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""If you don't like it then stop looking, Rodgers." Natasha said between kisses with a wild smile on her lips./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Natasha took her chance and charged towards the hangar during the fight. It was a mess of epic proportions and she only cared about one thing. James. Not Tony's agenda or Steve's. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She guarded the Quinjet. Or that's what she told Tony. Steve arrived first, James hot on his heels. Natasha bounded forward and lowered the gate to the jet. "It's all ready to go." She said to Steve but only looked at James./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"He was staring at her. Like he knew her but couldn't place exactly where. "Hey soldier." She smiled. She had thought of many things to say to him once she saw him again. But hey soldier as not one she had planned on./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Natasha!" Steve shouted a T'challa left over the rubble and charged for James. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She pushed James away and tackled T'challa. Kicking his backwards a few feet before popping back up and charging her widows bites. T'challa gathered himself and waited. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Natasha?" James said suddenly. Sweet relief washed over her. The recognition in his voice. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She fired at T'challa, stunning him quickly. She hurled around. Her red hair flying. "Go!" She shouted. T'challa got back up, she fired again./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"James stepped forward. "Is it you?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Stupid tears blossomed in her eyes. "Yes." She gasped, firing again. She had one charge left. How unfair was it that he needed to go now that he remembered her. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Steve! I have one charge left. You've gotta go!" She stared at James./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Steve grabbed James and tugged him toward the jet. In a second they were airborn. She stunned T'challa again and turned her eyes towards him. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""I said I'd help you find him.. not capture him. There's a difference."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"When everything was over, Natasha sat outside the room where Rhodey was being tended to. She stood by Tony near a window./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""It's bad." Tony commented./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""If we don't stop… Rhodey is going to be the best case scenario. We'll all kill each other." She replied./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""You let them go!" Tony said angrily. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She raised an eyebrow. "We're in the wrong. I did what's right. You need to see that."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Tony crossed his arms and shook his head. "God, the double agent thing must be hard to shake. Runs in the blood." He said firmly./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Natasha narrowed her eyes, "Outside of that suit you are all talk and mean words. Words stopped hurting me at 11 years old." She moved away intent on leaving./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""T'challa told Ross what you did. They're coming for you." Tony fired back at her./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""I'm not the one who needs to watch their back." The pit in her stomach started to ache. She ran from the hospital and pulled out her phone. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"-Steve, I need a way out of here. They're coming for me. Finish up business in Siberia and come get me.-/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Hours later, she got a reply. She was speeding down an interstate in a car she stole. –Siberia is done. Where are you? Someone keeps asking about 'that redhead in the catsuit'.-/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She sent her location to Steve. 10 minutes later she got another text, -Abandon the car-/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She drove the car off the highway and fished a leather bag out of the car. The Quinjet touched down as she ran to it. Inside she was surprised to see T'challa./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""T'challa…" She said in surprise. "No hard feelings right?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"The prince nodded, "I now know why you did it. Thanks to Captain Rodgers."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"James was sitting on the ground. He and Steve looked worse for the wear. Bruised, bloodied and broken. She spotted the frazzled remains of James' robotic arm./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Steve wrapped Natasha in a hug. "Thank you for doing what I asked." /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She sighed. "Don't worry about it. It's still what I do best." Patted his back./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Steve leaned closer to her ear. "He goes in and out of remembering you. Don't be alarmed if it doesn't last. T'challa said his sister can help get the HYDRA programming out of his head. That should help him out."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She let go of Steve who went back to flying the jet. T'challa didn't want to intrude and went up to the front as well./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Natasha knelt down by James. "Heard you were asking about me." She smiled./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"He looked at her for a second, the recognition gone from before. "What's your name again?" His hand reached out and touched her red hair seeming to recognize that part of her./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"She sighed and looked up at him. So much of his had changed. His hair was long, his face was scruffy with hair. Nothing like the boy she fell in love with. He was a man now. She gently touched his face, "You'll remember soon enough."/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"It was like a light switch going on and off. With a sharp intake of breath, it was back. "Tasha…" James breathed. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Her eyes instantly watered. She launched herself forward, wrapping her arms around him. "Oh my god… I've missed you." /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"He wrapped his one arm around her his face buried in her hair. His scent, the tight grip on her, the way his breathing seemed family it felt like coming home. Just like he promised it would all those years ago./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Why did you take so long.." She sniffled and hung on to him tighter. /span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""I'd say the same for you Tasha.." His lips pressed against her forehead./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""You're never leaving me again, got it." She breathed. Her eyes looking up at him./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Yes, ma'am." She smirked and pecked her lips quickly./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;"Quickly wasn't enough. She brushed her lips against his again. James' hand slid behind her neck and crushed her lips to his. It was desperate the way they kissed, like it would make up for lost time./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""Hey… Hey.. Do I need to get the hose out?" Steve laughed as Natasha straddled his lap./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', serif;""If you don't like it then stop looking, Rodgers." Natasha said between kisses with a wild smile on her lips./span/p