Two Years later
"Marco." I called as he was about to pass me as I jogged.
Steve passed me saying, "Polo." It wasn't long before he passed a guy saying "On you left."
"Yep on my left." Said the guy as I caught up to him, as I left space for Steve as he passed through saying "On your left."
"Awe come on!" The guy said as I fell on the grass laughing my ass off, "Mind if I join you."
"Go for it." I chuckled as I saw Steve approach us, "Marco."
"Polo." He said with a laugh. I took out my phone to check my messages as I let Steve and out new running buddy talk.
"I'm Sam Wilson by the way." He said.
"Steve Rogers."
"Yeah I figured that easily." Sam said with a chuckle.
"I'm Melissa Johansen."
"Oh right you were the lady in with the White Horse mask and white suit with the pink star on her shoulders with Cap here fighting this alien dudes in NYC Eh?"
"Yeah that's me."
"White horse right?"
"Supposed to be White Pegasus but everyone gets it wrong anyway."
"Girl you need wings that's the only way they'd call you that."
"Yeah well my wings got clipped long time ago."
"Hey does anyone know the way to the Smithsonian I'm here to pick up a fossil and some space junk." Said Natasha from her car that arrived.
"Very Funny, Tasha." I grumbled as I got into the back of her sports car and Steve took the passenger side. Once we arrived at the Triskelion, Steve, Natasha and I went to the locker rooms to change.
"So that guy, you like him?"
"Sam?" I spoke as I tied my boots after I looked at my shield uniform it was nothing special just a suit like Natasha's with the pink stars outlined in white on my shoulders with smaller shield symbol inside, "He's okay."
"Okay?" said Natasha, "I'm starting to think you and Steve should try getting serious about each other. He keeps making excuses for you when Brock asks you out."
"I don't like Brock okay, I told Steve first before Fury and now you."
"Bad Vibe?"
"Yeah..."
"You should have told me that sooner you know."
"I know and I'm sorry. Do I really attract the wrong guys? Because back in the day that I was the one who hooked them she lined them up and together we sinked them. The classic hook, line and sinker maneuver."
Natasha laughed, "Maybe it's time for you to do it and let Steve 'Sink' them."
I laughed, "We might have to try that some day. Once we figured out a way to make it work together."
"Ladies are you ready?" called Steve.
"Yep." I said as I exited out, "Oh I finally told Natasha about my feelings about Brock."
"About time you did, I'm running out of excuses."
"Steve one of them was a lie, the rest was actually the truth. You were my ride to every family thing and movie night."
"We still have to have a Star Trek Marathon."
"Yeah ah the movies or the Tv show?"
"What do you recommend?"
"Watch the Original Tv show then the movies, then stitch to the Tv show for The Next Generation." I recalled, "I hadn't seen them in such a long time."
"I'm sure Tony won't mind us borrowing it."
"He'd probably say Netflix and I'll ask Jarvis to locate on Craig's list if anyone is selling the Dvd sets for cheaper."
"Netflix isn't that bad." said Natasha.
"Well seeing vintage Dr. Who episodes was something I'd never thought see the light of day." I said getting her point, "But I miss Vhs, Dvds, cassette tapes and records. It's what I grew up with."
"Nothing wrong bringing something back."
"Unlike some fashion that should have stayed in the past due to what I grew up with." I said as we all chuckled.
"Agreed." Said Steve.
"Ms. Johansen, I hate to say this but I need you to go with the other team with Barton, he asked for you." Said Fury as we met him in the hanger.
"You'll be in good hands Melissa, if Clint asks for you it must mean he found something up you're alley." Said Natasha.
"Makes some sense." I spoke.
I was dropped off at a farm in the middle of nowhere as I saw Clint come up to me, with my Mom.
"Clint, Mom? What is going on?" I asked as I hugged her.
"Someone sent me an encrypted message to my wife's email. It said to relocate the Johansen family." Clint said.
"To here?"
"That was my wife Laura's idea."
"Melissa, if we are all in danger then it wouldn't hurt for you to be the one to protect us." Mom spoke.
I sighed, "Clint you rest up, I'll take over from here."
"Melissa, don't contact anyone."
"It's that serious?"
"To what I know yeah."
Three days later, I was getting a little annoyed, "Laura show me the email."
"Okay," Laura spoke as she showed me a print out of the coded message as I saw only the first sentence was in English in a old Shield code, but the rest of it was different... I recognised it immediately as my face paled, "Is there something wrong?"
"Clint!" I yelled as he came running out of the bedroom.
"What?"
"We need to go back to Washington now." I said, "The last time I saw this code was at my childhood home, my twin sister and I made it together."
Mom's face went white, "Melanippe she's in trouble is she?"
"I don't know yet Mom." I said as we got a ride thanks to Tony as I told him and Jarvis how to translate the message, "Although it's written in English, it's actually Danish from the Norse runes and it's reversed."
"I got to admit Ms. Time Lord, that's pretty smart." Tony teased, "So in other words Asgardian backwards?"
"Unlike Steve I do believe in the Norse gods, but I'm still a christian." I spoke as I looked over the message as we landed in New York City.
"What's it talking about?" Said Clint.
"Well for starters, it says Shield has a much darker secret that it has no idea until now..."
"What kind of secret?"
My face went white as I saw the word... "Hydra."
"As in the cult group Steve was fighting before coming here?"
"Yes from what it says here, Melly was found by the Winter Soldier in a Leviathan that Hydra managed to get... Winter Soldier? Isn't that guy a Myth?"
"I thought so too." Clint spoke, "Melissa we might need to get some more help on this."
"Look if Hydra is in Shield, we'd have to keep this to ourselves."
"I trust Steve and Natasha."
I looked right at Clint, "Let's go and find them."
"Before we meet up with them I need ask you a favor."
"Ask."
"I need you to keep my family a secret from the gang, Natasha knows but I don't want them in danger."
"I don't like keeping secrets Clint... But only the good ones I keep, I don't keep bad secrets."
He sighed with relief, "Thank you Melissa."
"You're welcome Clint."
