"Put it away. Don't make a sound. Let's get back inside before I have to take care of any witnesses." I nodded and slid my phone into the pocket of my sweatpants. The arm moved from around my neck and I felt the gun move in between my shoulder blades. My heart was racing so fast I thought it was going to beat out of my chest, but I turned to get a look at the man anyway.
His hair was long and dark, falling around his face. It would cover his features if it weren't for the mask that was already covering half of his face. He was dressed in all black, but one of his arms was covered in metal. Or, anyway, it was made of metal.
I glanced in confusion before I tripped over an uneven section of the sidewalk and returned my attention to the walkway, leading the man into the house. He was almost a whole head taller than me, and he was a lot bigger. There was no way I would be able to fight him off.
I lead the man into my kitchen before he finally took the gun away from my back. I turned to face him for the first time and found that blood was dripping onto the dark tile of my kitchen floor.
"Your computer system is disabled. You've got five minutes to answer my questions or I'll kill you and move on." He was breathing heavily, obviously wounded.
"Okay, but, uh, don't you think you should do something about the blood. Dripping. From your arm?" I reached for his arm but he recoiled and I held my hands out in surrender. "I just want to help. You can still ask me questions."
"You want to help a man that's threatened you more than four times in less than 20 minutes?" His chest was still heaving and I rolled my eyes at his question.
"Does that count?" He rolled his eyes back at me and pointed the gun in my direction. I decided it was best to keep my mouth shut for the time being.
"Why are they trying to get ahold of you?" He asked. I could feel the confusion on my face. "The captain. And the Director. They were both trying to find you." I had no idea what he was talking about, but he had a gun pointed at my head and I knew I needed to respond.
"I haven't- been in contact with anyone. Since last night. After the mission. I just saw Steve- Captain America? Is that who you're talking about?" He looked frustrated, but dropped his gun anyway. He started to walk in the direction of my back door, but I placed my hand on his shoulder to try and stop him.
Big mistake.
He whipped around instantly, grabbing my hand and twisting my arm so it was held behind my back. "I was just going to ask if you wanted help with the bleeding!" I exclaimed, swearing as his grip on my hand tightened. He let go when he heard me curse.
"No. They'll ask questions." He said, turning back to the door and disappearing into the timber behind my house.
"Who is they?!" I yelled. It was too late, I knew he wouldn't hear me, but what I didn't expect was JARVIS' reply.
"Ms. Miller, Mr. Stark is trying to reach you. He says it's urgent." I nodded before pulling out my phone again, swiping the screen and setting it to speakerphone.
"Phoebe Jade Miller it has been almost an hour since your security system was disabled. Have you even watched the news? Do you have any idea what's going on? There's an assassin on the loose right now. He could be coming after you for all you know!" I was honestly surprised that he wasn't out of breath by the time he got done with his tirade.
"Tony, I know. And I'm pretty sure he just used my back door?" The line was silent for half a second before I could hear Tony begin yelling again.
Awwwww Tony's being all big brother-like! There won't be much Tony in this story. I figured if he knew 95% of the things Phoebe was getting into, he'd lock her up in a cage in the middle of the ocean and never let her leave again. Thus, he doesn't make many appearances. Again, let me know if you spot any mistakes! I hope you enjoy the story! Please leave reviews, even if they are short! I love knowing what others think of my writing. /span/p
