Emily's P.O.V:
I woke up to an empty bed hoping to have a companion. It was three in the morning when the cold woke me up, getting used to having someone near was making it difficult for me to sleep. Two weeks had passed since Tony left for his mission. He had kept me posted saying how each base they had gone to had been stranded. After their first failed mission, I had hoped for his return but it was only momentarily. I spend a few more hours in the room until I went to the common room and met up with Bruce. "Morning," I said.
He took a sip of coffee. "Morning to you too," He said. "We have a lot to talk about, especially about what happened that morning." I took the cup of coffee he set out for me and told him everything that happened, not in detail, though. He snorted through most of the narration.
I blushed while I drank the coffee. "You are making it very difficult for me to share things." The phone rang. The store asking for a meeting.
"Who was that?"
"Two weeks ago, I asked Jarvis to send a resume to a store and they want to meet me today," I said.
"Don't you think you need more time to recover over the attempted kidnap?"
Bruce was right, it was a little still early, but I can't wait another day stuck at home doing nothing. "It is, but I need to start working Bruce. I can't let Tony and Bill keep paying my bills."
"Tony won't stop trying to help you, but if you want to go then I'll go with you," He said. "We have to be careful."
"The ad said it was only a few blocks away from the tower. I'll start getting ready, I don't want to be late." He nodded and told me he had a surprise for breakfast. I rushed to the bedroom and got ready to rush back to the common room to see Bruce talking to someone on Tony's tablet. "Bruce, I'm ready to go."
"I'm going to my room and get ready, I have someone on the line that wants to talk to you." He handed me the tablet and I saw Tony. I squealed with excitement and gently yanking the table from Bruce as he laughed leaving the room.
"How's everything over there?"
"Well, I'm still trying to beat the crap out of these H.Y.D.R.A. guys but they won't budge. Bruce told me you have a job interview." He had a silly grin.
"Yeah, they replied really fast but it's better than not having a job," I said. "I do appreciate you helping, but it's hard to brush off the habit of earning a living."
"Hey, I can't stop you from working but why not a job where the whole world see how pretty you are." He still had his grin.
I smile back at him. "I'm not going to expose myself when people from that organization are still out there."
"True, but on the bright side I'll have a smoking model in the bedroom." I started to laugh.
"Tony, could you be quiet over there?" Steve said. He was behind Tony talking to the rest of the team about something. "This is very important."
"Look, we still need another hour for Jarvis to have complete control over their security cameras and all their base's classified information," Tony yelled. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I am talking to my girlfriend… Where were we?"
I sigh with a smile, "Tony you should focus on the mission."
"I'm getting bored here…" He grunted.
"I don't care you should go do your job, the sooner you finish the sooner you come back." I look over at the door and see Bruce waiting for me. "Now, if you come back, like you promise, I'll have a surprise for you and no, not that kind of surprise."
"You hurt me Tuts. See you soon and have fun today." He hung up and I went with Bruce to the diner I used to work. He told me that this was the time to make those girls a living hell now that I was their customer… And, I did. It felt good making their lives hell. Telling them they got the order right or saying I didn't want what I ordered felt great especially when the manager had to ask me politely if there was a problem and that when I let him have it. I told him how terrible the service was, how the waitress messed up my order every time. When the manager left the table, Billy and a few cooks passed by my table to say hi. After they left, Bruce was laughing so hard with all the things that I told all of the staff. We left the restaurant and headed to the store.
I could see Bruce waiting through the window of the interview office and he could see me, but something there was not right. The interviewer greeted me when he entered and started asking me about my job experiences in customer service. When we were halfway through the interview he gave me a glass of water. Bruce was still outside watching me like a hawk. "Well, D'Morgana I am impressed at what I've seen here."
"Why thank you, sir, I really love to…" The room began to spin.
"I'm sorry, but H.Y.D.R.A. has other plans." The man slurred.
I look over to Bruce, he was being drugged by two or three men outside. "What… Who are you?"
The man looked like some crazed fan. "Because you have to fulfill your purpose in life and H.Y.D.R.A. will make it happened." He let two agents dragged me out of the mall to a mini black truck. They blinded me and next thing I knew I lost consciousness.
