Claire's pov
Separating from dad and uncle rhodes i walked into the grip of the guards letting them pull me away. Their hold on my upper arms were rough but I kept my lips shut as I was escorted through the palace. It's familiar halls were almost saddening as I walked with the setting sun. Bucky walked down the hall seeing me and watching me go with a sad confused look. Our eyes met briefly and I gave him a nod telling him everything was okay. Out we walked before reaching a jet where I was guided inside and forced to sit. One last look out the hatch as it closed and that was it. Good bye Wakanda.
The flight went for a few hours before landing. The guards that stood around me motioned for me to stand before the hatch opened and I walked off. "Where are we?" The hatch closed and the jet took off leaving me with my bag of things that had been collected for me. I sighed and nodded. "Okay then… Vi where are we?" I asked as I looked around myself. They seemed to have left me on the coast somewhere as I stood on a sandy beach.
"You are located in Charleston, South Carolina." I groaned and nodded. "Okay… give me a map to the nearest town." a blue line appeared before me and I sighed. This is going to suck. Following the line I began my walk to civilization glad that I was still wearing the outfit given to me in Wakanda. It was a simple black wrap tunic with black leggings, the problem was that I had no shoes other than some simple black wrapping around the heels and palms of my feet. Time passed as I walked with Vi playing some music for me as I reached a sleepy town.
A yawn escaped my lips as I looked around myself. I had to find somewhere to stay but where…? I couldn't go to dad or the avengers… I could go to Wade's, but I want to stay low until I can figure things out. Maybe Shield? "Vi, where's the nearest Shield base?" I found a bench and sat down waiting to figure out where I'm going from here. "No Shield base located." I frowned in confusion. "What do you mean no base was found? Where is Shield?" I got the same response of none found and could feel panic building. "Vi give me any knowledge on Shield's whereabouts." flashes of Shield came into my head and I frowned. They were dissolved… all of their information was leaked…
"Vi, show me information on myself that was revealed by Shield's leak." I waited nervously, but sighed as she came up with nothing. "They must have erased me before everything was leaked." I smiled. "What about the avengers?" I sat there on the bench for a while just catching up with everything I had missed. A robot called Ultron, Hydra, Bucky coming into play, Steve and dad's fight… Bruce's disappearance… the accords… everything really went to shit. I saw new avengers and what sides everyone took in the big fight… Thor hasn't been back in awhile… no sign of Loki. I hope he is okay… I groaned and held my head as I figured everything out when someone cleared their throat.
I blinked away the information Vi was giving me only to come face to face with a police officer who was shining a light in my eyes. "Miss?" I glared at the light and he moved it away seeing that he had my attention. "Ma'am, are you alright?" I looked up at him and frowned. "I'm alright, long night." he smiled and sat down on the bench besides me. "Do you have anywhere to go tonight?" I sighed. "I'm working on that." I spoke with a forced smile. "You're new in town, on vacation?" The man spoke with a light accent that seemed to fit the small town feeling this place seemed to carry. I shook my head. "Nah, just passing through. I'll be off by morning." he chuckled at this. "It is morning, it's nearly 4am." my eyes widened and I looked to the sky. "Jeez… time flies when you're having fun I suppose." he gave me a thoughtful look.
"What's your name?" I paused. I was about to give him a fake name when a black drone flew down to eye level. "What the hell?" the officer beside me muttered. The drone made a sound before a paper came from it like a printer. I reached forward and grabbed the paper as the drone then took off back into the sky. "What does it say?" he asked. He was trying to grab the paper from me and I held it from him before reading it. It was coordinates with a familiar symbol… the black widow. I smiled and shook my head.
"Thanks for your help officer, but it seems I have a place to stay after all." He was still trying to take the paper and to keep it from him I shoved it into my bra without having any pockets on my clothes. He glared at me before pulling a gun on me, making me backup. "What the hell is your problem?" I asked. "You are not going anywhere, you're under arrest." he kept moving forward trying to corner me with the bench. "What for?" he came forward to tackle me and I pushed him off when I saw it. On his wrist was the terrifyingly familiar mark of Hydra.
Without further hesitation I made myself invisible and took off into the air moving to stand on a nearby rooftop. He spoke into a walkie and more vehicles approached. I watched in fear, unable to move myself as I watched them gather below me. I heard movement beside me as a dark figure jumped onto the roof walking to look over the edge. "Where are you Claire…" the figure mumbled silently. It was a feminine figure as she stood with a full body catsuit including a face mask. The only thing I could tell was that she was blonde. She seemed to know what was going on and as I needed to figure things out fast I decided to question her.
I pulled her into the air and shot us both up about 2,000 feet above letting her hover as her scream was silenced by the fast moving air around us. I moved to hover close enough so she could hear me, but kept myself hidden. She was still panicking as she adjusted to the new altitude, the air up here making it difficult for her to get a good breath. I could feel my lungs struggling, but could also feel them healing just as fast. Circling enough oxygen around her to let her breath I decided to start my questioning. "Who are you?"