A/N: Okay so I know it's been a long time but I'm back with another chapter. I've kinda fallen in a rut with writing because I'm working long days, I've not had chance to get to my laptop to actually write.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Chapter twelve:

(Eden's pov)

I couldn't go back to bed that night as I was too terrified of who I would see in my unconscious mind if I'd have dreamt again, instead I sent my dad and Bucky back to bed with promises that if I needed anything at all then I would go and personally get them. They then left without argument and even nodded appreciatively at Peter who had slowly loosened his grip on me but still hadn't actually let me go.

"Eden?" Peter asked uncertainly, I kinda didn't wanna know what was coming next.

"What is it?" I asked, actually very afraid to look at him, but I threw caution to the wind and glanced at his face, he didn't look repulsed and I let out an involuntary sigh of relief.

"When Mr Stark introduced you the other day, he called you the Ghost Assassin, well I didn't know much about it and so I stupidly googled you and read through a lot of what's online about you but I didn't want to judge what I'd read without talking to you about it." He admitted looking sheepish, I closed my eyes and prayed to whoever was listening that after I'd finished showing him what I went through that this boy would still like me.

"I can explain some of it Peter, but it might be better if I show you." I told him, "I understand you researching… I'm not a good person… or at least haven't been in the past." I told him and he nodded, "Give me two minutes, I just need to grab something." I added and got up from my seat heading off to find the USB that I'd hidden in my room. I returned a few minutes later and found Peter in the same position as I'd left him except he'd grabbed us both a glass of water and had a blanket waiting for me to return. I smile slightly and hoped he still felt that level of comfort after he'd seen.

I plugged the USB into the tv on the wall and sat back down next to Peter, I held my breath before releasing it and explaining just like I had to the Avengers. "so my name is Eden-May Sinclair, I'm fifteen almost sixteen. Growing up I had my mum Eve and Uncle Tony until Hydra came knocking on the door when I was seven. They tried to get to me but my mum fought them until a man named Brock Rumlow put a hole in the centre of her forehead right in front of my eyes." I ignored the gasp off shock from Peter, "The rest would be better if I could show you, I didn't know this USB even existed but the things on here aren't nice, everything that I went through in HYDRA is on here, everything that could make you hate me." I added at the end and he shook his head.

"I don't think I could hate you Eden… even in the short space of time I've known you… I can feel that I couldn't hate you." He told me sincerely and grabbed my hand. I smiled, definitely trying to keep the tears at bay. "FRIDAY play the video files relating to the Ghost Assassin." He asked and the monitor came to life.

(Peter's pov)

"This first video is the day after I'd been kidnapped, I'd woken up in a strange place and I didn't know what was going on until Alexander Pierce, the head of Hydra showed his face and told me he would kill my Uncle Tony if I didn't comply with becoming what they wanted." She explained to give me some backstory for the video I was seeing, which was obviously a seven year old Eden who was being spoken to by a much older man with guards surrounding her, she was very fearful but instantly became numb when she agreed to comply. "I didn't join HYDRA, I was forced and became what they wanted me to become… the perfect assassin." I spoke while Peter watched the video play out until a black screen, FRIDAY then played the next video, which was a compilation of my training videos, it flickered between me learning and mastering hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, how to fight with knifes, how to shoot guns. It then changed to me being taught ballet, in order to aid my fighting. There were videos of me sitting at a computer hacking different secure servers and systems around the world. The second to last clip was of a 'tutor' sitting down with me and learning me every language that could be thought of. The final clip was of Pierce and Rumlow congratulating me on passing stage one and that I would progress to stage two soon.

"Stage one?" Peter asked, his face pale.

"Stage one was the best time I'd had in HYDRA." I replied, "I'd turned ten just before the last video, I was a full assassin by then… according to Pierce I could destabilize governments if I'd have been given that order." FRIDAY began playing the next video, "This is stage two… it's not nice Peter be warned." I added, feeling extra small now.

Scientists and agents were roaming around the lab shown on the screen, voices were heard but they were distorted however, it wasn't long before the voices were clear and thankfully speaking English. "Today colleagues we move onto stage two of the ghost assassin program, experiment 40324 will be submerged into the hydro-chamber, while submerged she will be injected with substance 10289 to see if the body accepts or rejects the substance." The one who must have been the lead scientist spoke into a microphone and then the camera panned to Eden who was being dragged along by two agents who restrained her and forced her into the hydro-chamber, water began filling the chamber up and with how fast it was filling up I could see the panic and the pure fear that was on Eden's face. Once the water had filled up over her head when eight needles came to life and attached themselves to her body, a blue liquid injected into her body and her eyes which were originally shutting shot open and she began screaming under the water, it was easy to see from the amount of bubbles that were in front of her face. She then passed out for a few minutes only to wake up and attack the scientists, it took four agents to pull her off and sedate her.

"If you couldn't already tell I was injected with Howard Starks super soldier serum, the changes obviously stuck for whatever reason." I started, "I was kept sedated and locked in my room until they thought it was time to give me a trainer who was of a similar ability to me, of course that was Bucky, who was obviously more of the winter soldier at that time but we still became friends, which is why I wanted to get him out because I had seen everything they had done to him. So we trained and when Pierce thought I was ready he sent us both out on a mission to kill a scientist, which is where I saw Natasha for the first time. I didn't want either of them to get hurt it would have been so much worse if they hadn't have… not that it mattered so much in the end because Pierce was also a higher up in SHIELD and so when Nat gave her mission report, he found out what I'd done. But Bucky didn't want me get him out and so I shot him and left him bleeding out on the road with Natasha's GPS turned on so they would be found." She explained the in-between parts that weren't necessarily shown and I had no idea what to say.

"Eden, I don't even know what to say…" I started but she stopped me.

"Wait until you've seen all of the videos Peter, I don't want you to give me false hope If you turn around and hate me afterwards." She lowered her eyes to the floor, I hated how this was making her feel.

Eden was tied to a chair, her head lolled to the side telling me she was already sedated enough to not be able to escape or use her strength. Rumlow appeared on the screen, taunting the girl and running his hand over the upper part of her body, even though she was sedated it was easy to see that she recoiled away from his touch, my blood boiled at the thought. He didn't like the fact he'd recoiled and punched her making her head snap to the side, he didn't stop until Pierce walked into the room and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt ordering Rumlow to stand aside. Pierce grunted with the force he was hitting Eden, when she looked up her face was all cut up and bloodied. But the torture didn't end there, it continued on as a scientist came in and injected something into her arm.

"I'm not sure what they injected me with but when I woke up, I was completely healed and I had telekinesis." She held her hand up showing me the purple orb that was sitting in her hand. "I was taught to control it and how to harness it too and so now I have full control… it sometimes goes a little haywire when I'm angry, scared or in danger, like what you saw earlier, I couldn't use it because I was taught to never use it against Pierce or Rumlow." Eden told me, not looking up but I could see the tears that had rolled down her cheeks, my eyes filled with tears at the thought of her being so scared that she had no one there for her at all and I vowed that I would never let her feel that again in any capacity.

"FRIDAY pull up all files relating to any missions the ghost assassin was sent on that were completed." Eden asked and a lot of files begun to fill the screen showing the details of missions that she was sent on when she was a child… the missions she was forced to complete.

"Eden, I'm so sorry you had to experience all of those things. But I can tell you one thing for sure is I don't hate you… I won't ever give you false hope and don't get me wrong the things you've had to do aren't nice things but you were forced to do them. I didn't understand before but I do now… Eden I want to be there for you no matter what… in whatever way you want me." I told her, I was genuinely amazed at the strength of the girl sitting next to me. She sniffled and I instantly wrapped her in my arms holding her against me hoping to make her feel safe.

"I was so scared that you were going to hate me… it sounds so stupid. I'm not supposed to feel so soft and so scared of everything, I'm an assassin and yet I'm terrified that the boy I've known for only a few days will hate me." She chuckled but it was a sad chuckle.

"Eden, you've never been given the chance to be a normal teenager and so now living with your dad and Mr Stark… you're getting that chance and being a normal teenager means having extremely confusing feelings… it's not you being soft at all. You're one of the strongest people I know… especially after watching that… I'm scared of a lot of things too Eden." I told her and she looked at me with watery eyes, it made her all the more beautiful to me.

"Like what?" She asked, I took a deep breath.

"I'm scared of the girl I like, not liking me back for one. I'm scared of not being able safe whoever it is I'm saving or help whoever I need to help." I told her and she moved away a little.

"Oh… you like someone?" She asked and almost recoiled in on herself, "She's really lucky that she gets someone like you to like her." She added.

"Eden… it's you I like…" I blurted out and she looked up at me in shock, "I don't know how I can like someone this much when I've only known them for a few days but there's something in me that's so drawn to you and I don't think I'd be able to stay away if I tried." I admitted and her face that completely portrayed her shock hadn't changed at all.

"I like you too Peter… more than I probably should." She told me, completely reciprocating my feelings and I could feel my heart almost beating out of my chest.

"Um… can I kiss you?" I asked her cautiously and she nodded smiling beautifully at me. I cupped her cheek and leaned in until my lips touched hers, I felt her smile as our lips met and moved in a passionate dance. After a few minutes we pulled away but I stayed close by resting my forehead against hers… "I'll go as slow as you want me too Eden… but I really want you to be my girlfriend." I told her honestly and she bit her lip.

"I'd love to be your girlfriend, Peter." She smiled and leaned in to kiss me softly before pulling away. The rest of the night was spent just chatting about anything and everything we could think of, getting to know each other and falling just that little bit further.

A/N: And there we have it… it's been a long time coming with my crazy uploading patterns or lack of… but Peter and Eden are officially together! Until next time.