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What happened to us,
I heard that it's me we should blame,
What happened to us,
Why didn't you stop me from turning out this way,
And know that I don't hate you,
And know that I don't want to fight you,
And know that I'll always love you,
Aut right now I just don't...

Which to Bury, Us or the Hatchet - Relient K

I stared her straight in the eyes

"When I last went to sleep, SHIELD and the Avengers were just movies and comics. They didn't exist, at all. Then when I wake up, I find myself in the midst of SHIELD and wonder if someone is playing a prank on me. So I'm sorry if I don't want to say much before I know what has already happened."

She nodded, her only hint that she actually cared about what I had said.

"Recently, SHIELD was found to be corrupted by Hydra. After that, the remaining SHIELD agents went off the grid, either hiding, or hunting Hydra. SHIELD built itself up again. Is that all?"

I was mid-nod when I shook my head "Coulson."

For a second, Romanoff's guard dropped and her eyes showed rage. Then, as if I had imagined it, she was cold again.

"Agent Coulson died in the Battle of New York but has recently been found to be not dead."

I nodded and then shrugged light-heartedly

"I guess that's all you need to know."

She gave me a look, really?

"You still haven't told me everything. What about that girl Penny?"

I growled "That is none of your business."

She let it drop "Fine, then what about you and your brother."

I tensed, anger building in my chest. She really did know how to push my buttons. Scowling I said slowly

"That is also, none of your business."

Romanoff smiled sweetly "Well, if you really know SHIELD as well as you say you do, you would know that it is our business."

Rage built within me but I held onto it. My hands moved themselves slowly so as not to lash out, I focused on my thoughts and kept my breathing normal. When the rage didn't subside, I spoke

"Back. Off."

Romanoff knew she was about to snap my control, but she just kept going

"Maybe we should bring Grant in here and you can have a little chat."

I smiled coolly at her, if looks could kill, she would be long gone. She stood from the table and left the room. I closed my eyes and sighed, that was close. I still couldn't let go of those years of anger. Whenever I get angry I hold it inside of me and don't let it out, every time it gets worse and worse, because there's more hiding inside of me.

The door opened again and Grant stood with his arms held back by Romanoff and Morse. They shoved him into the room and then locked the door. I watched him as he walked and then sat where Barton and Romanoff had been sitting. He smiled as he glanced at my bloody strip of cloth held to my chin.

"Darn, they did what I wanted to do."

I rolled my eyes "I thought you were playing the sweet but deadly protective older brother."

He chuckled "Since when did you get that idea?"

I raised my eyebrows and blinked, muttering to myself "Or maybe I imagined it."

He stopped smiling and grabbed my arms in one swift movement; my chin fell to the edge of the table, starting the flow of bleeding which I had almost stopped. I screamed at the pain that ripped through my head and Grant just chuckled

"You were always their favourite, dad buying you the stuff you wanted; mum spending more time with you, and then Penny, Penny always took your side."

I breathed deeply "You're forgetting what our job is."

He let go of my arms and slammed his fists down onto the table "It wasn't just a job! You could see that mum and dad favoured you – it was in their eyes, and then Penny never once glanced at me."

I stood up glowering at Grant's tall figure "Well maybe you should've thought of something other than your stupid computer game."

He rushed forwards and placed his hands around my neck the wall cool on my back. "This isn't about my computer game."

Realisation hit me like a slap in the face and I laughed like a mad-man

"You like her don't you. You fancy Penny?"

My humorous cover dropped and I yelled at him

"You're out of line! You're forgetting what your job is! Our job is to protect Penny no matter what, and keep people from finding the truth about her!"

His grasp on my neck was getting tighter by the minute and I was surprised that SHIELD hadn't intervened by now. His voice came out deadly calm

"I did protect her, until you started talking to SHIELD. Once you're gone I'll just take Penny out of here, goodness knows that SHIELD can't stop me when I'm like that."

I nodded and said darkly, my eyes glowing black

"You're right, they can't."