Day 16

She knocked on the door again, getting impatient, before someone answered. There he was, as dapper as ever, tie straight, hair coiffed, leather Gucci shoes glistening. He looked like he had seen a ghost.

"Hello Elijah." Anna said. Elijah knew instantly what had happened to her, there would be no was she would be looking at him like that if she hadn't.

"Oh Anna, what have you done now?" He said, opening the door, letting her inside.

"Oh, come on Elijah, don't tell me you didn't miss me, even just a little?" She said, setting her bags down, turning and holding her arms out for him. He sighed and walked over to her and hugged her, regretting letting her into the home in the first place.

"Why did you come her Anna?" He asked her. She shrugged her shoulders and plopped down on the couch. "Needed a change of scenery, I'm just stopping by though, I'm headed out of the country tomorrow. New life and all."

"What about your soulmates?"

"Oh, you mean the one that went away with the snap? Or the other one that's running himself into the ground trying to take care of me?" She said, holding up 2 fingers. "Now I'm not a problem for anyone anymore."

"Anna, you know this isn't the answer." He reasoned.

"You don't get to tell me what I know Elijah. I made a decision, deal with it."

Avengers Compound.

Steve woke up and reached out for Anna, only she wasn't there. The events of last night came back to him. He buried his head into her pillow, trying to smell her. His hand hit something, and he pulled out an envelope addressed to Jules. He found her in the kitchen with a cup of coffee in her hand. "Morning." She said. He could see on her face that she hadn't slept at all. "What's that?" She asked.

"I don't know, I found it under Anna's pillow when I woke up, it's got you name on it."

Jules took the envelope and opened it, a set of keys falling out onto the island. She pulled the papers out and her eyes teared up as she read them. "She left everything to me." She whispered.

"What do you mean?" Steve asked, becoming worried.

"The shop, her bank accounts, all of it. She's not coming back Steve."

Steve slammed his fist on the counter, turned and headed back to the bedroom. He slid everything off his dresser, pulling drawers out and throwing them across the room. He sat down on Anna's side of the bed and glanced at her end table. Tears welled up in his eyes when he saw her necklace, he gave her, with Tony's ring, sitting above a note. He picked it up and opened it.

I love you.

Now and Forever.

I'm sorry.

He couldn't believe that she had done this. She promised to never leave him. He knew that she wasn't okay, but he thought that he was helping her, that they were going to get through it together. He crumpled the note and dropped it on the floor, getting up to go into the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror for a few seconds, before smashing it with his fist. He slid down on the floor sobbing, blood oozing out of his hand. She had left him, and she wasn't coming back. His phone buzzed, and he quickly pulled it out, hoping it was Anna. It wasn't. It was Elijah.

I think I have something of yours. I'm going to try and help her, but you should probably get to the quarter before she destroys it.

He stood, cleaning his hand off, before grabbing a jacket and heading to a jet.

Day 17- New Orleans

Elijah had agreed to let her stay at the house with him, Hayley and Hope, if she promised not to hurt them. While Anna didn't really care what happened to most people, she wasn't the kind of monster that killed children.

She spent the day shopping, buying several pairs of shoes, including some red bottoms, some jackets, tops, and a pair of sunglasses she couldn't tear her eyes off of in the store.

She opened the door of the house, calling out to Elijah. "Honey! I'm home!" She yelled out, walking to the living room, stopping when she saw Elijah on the couch, talking to Steve.

"Really Elijah? You ratted me out?" She told him. Steve stood and slowly started walking toward her. He looked like a wounded puppy. She rolled her eyes. "Why are you here Steve?" She said in an exhausted tone.

"I want you to come home with me Anna, please." He begged.

"There was a reason I left, what makes you think I would come back with you?"

"Because I love you Anna, and you love me." He said softly. Anna walked up to him and leaned into his ear, she could feel his heart pounding. "Your precious Anna is gone. I don't love anyone." She whispered, turning to walk away. "We're going dancing tonight Elijah, I'm hungry and horny, be ready to leave in an hour!" She said waving her hand in the air.

Steve turned to Elijah, who was looking down, shaking his head. "What do we do?"

"Elijah let out a sigh. "We're going dancing."

Anna pulled out the shortest dress she could find, paired with her red bottom heels. She left her hair down, and went downstairs to find both Elijah and Steve waiting for her. "We ready to go?"

The bar was full of people and Anna was currently in the middle of the dance floor with some guy who had his arms around her waist. Steve had only really come to make sure she didn't kill anyone. Now he wished he hadn't. He was squeezing the table so hard it started to crack. He locked eyes with Anna and started to get up to stop the guy she was dancing with, but her face changed, and he sat down. She was daring him to interfere. If he did, she was going to kill the useless man behind her.

"How much longer are we supposed to watch this." Steve asked Elijah. They watched as she compelled the man to follow her outside. "Until now." He told Steve, pushing the syringe into his hand. "Do not hesitate." They followed her outside, to find her feeding of the guy she was dancing with. To any passerby it just looked like they were making out. She had compelled him to not make a sound. Elijah pulled her off and compelled the guy to forget what he saw and leave.

"Elijah, you're ruining my night." Anna told him, walking back to the bar. Just as she was about to walk in, someone flung the door open and walked right into her, spilling his beer on her dress. She did not hesitate, she snapped his neck, throwing him at Elijah, before walking back into the bar.

Elijah nodded to Steve and he followed her, terrified at what he just watched her do. He found her on the dance floor and took her hand in his, spinning her to face him, pulling her to his chest.

"Oh Captain, do you like me better this way?" She said, turning so her back was pressed up against his chest. She slid her body up and down his front, smirking when she felt how hard he was. She turned to face him again and leaned up, licking his bottom lip. "Yeah, I think you do."

She didn't remember much after that because Steve had shoved the needle in her side, and she went limp in his arms. He picked her up bridal style and carried her back out to Elijah's car, taking them back to the jet.

A/N: Well, that's one way to get her to come home. lol