It had been 30 wonderful days since Bucky and Steve had declared their love for Emily. She was gobsmacked when they had told her how they felt, she knew it had slipped out a couple of days before but she didn't actually believe that they would feel it too.

She had been let off work early today due to the big party Tony was throwing this evening and of course her and the super soldiers were invited. Tony had some big announcement to make but Emily just thought he was looking for any excuse to throw a party.

Being let off work early worked out perfectly for her just because she was already going to ask if she could have this afternoon off so she could look at places to live. She had been living with Steve and Bucky in the tower for two months now, rent free. She had argued with Tony that he should take money out of her wage, but he refused telling her he makes enough money as it is and it was just change to him, plus if everyone else can live there rent free she could too. As much as she would love to be able mooch off Tony stark, she wanted to have her independence and it also made her feel slightly uncomfortable. She completely understood why the likes of Bucky, Steve, Bruce and Sam etc all lived there rent free, they were the Avengers. If they were prepared to fight alongside Tony to save the world, give up their freedom when needed to do the right thing then of course they should have that perk. But why should she have that perk, she was nothing special, she wasn't part of it.

She wasn't quite sure how long she had driven until she made it the farm house that she was viewing. The estate agent seemed quite keen to get rid of it and looking around she couldn't blame her, it was a state. A lot of work needed to be done and Emily was fine with that, she had helped restore her old family home a few years ago. Emily put an offer in and the estate agent told her she would be in contact within a few days. She now just needed to let the boys know that if her offer was accepted she would be moving out.

Emily was now back at the tower getting ready for tonight's party, she saw relaxing in the tub her hair was tied up and her face up to her noes was under the water. She was letting the hot water relax her body and was enjoying the peace of it. She had been running round all afternoon trying to look at different houses and while the boys were still out of the apartment it just seemed like the perfect time to calm her thoughts.

By the time she got out of the bath tub the boys were still not home, she decided she should start getting ready. She assumed they were held up somewhere, she slipped on some yoga pants and a tank top while she started getting her make up ready.

Ten minutes into applying her make up the apartments lights went out and shutters came down over the windows. Emily was sat there in complete darkness, she could feel her heart starting to race. "FRIDAY?" She called out and when no response came she knew something bad was happening. She could feel herself starting to panic, she grabbed her phone in the hopes she would be able to contact someone, anyone it didn't matter who it was. She decided that she would try and call Tony first, out of Steve and Bucky they still weren't fully into modern technology. As she started going through her contacts she could hear banging coming from outside of her apartment.

Oh shit

Emily now started frantically looking around her room in the hopes she could find somewhere to hide, she looked at the closest and decided against it. She knew that if someone was coming in here looking for anyone that's where they would look first. She was stuck in this room. She grabbed her duvet and threw it on the floor so it was against the bedside that faced the door and she managed to slide herself under the bed. It was a tight squeeze and she hoped with the duvet covering one side of the bed they wouldn't think of looking for anyone down there. She hoped that they just thought she was messy. She turned her phone round so that they couldn't see the light coming off it.

Within minutes the people had managed to break into the apartment and she could hear footsteps running through the apartment. She could hear men talking to each other and they started searching rooms. She could hear things being moved and thrown about. She could hear her heartbeat in her ears and when they entered her room she prayed that they couldn't hear it. She tried to slow down her breathing, trying to make sure that it was heavy or fast. She noticed the first place they looked was the closet and bathroom, they seemed to be searching for something as they were now checking her drawers. They picked up the duvet and threw it and Emily had to fight the urge to let out a squeal of terror.

They started making their way out of the room until her phone started ringing. They stopped at the door and made their way towards the bed. Emily quickly flipped the phone over it was Tony, she answered it as they approached. "Tony help me" she shouted out as the bed flipped over, "someone's here" that was the last thing she said before they stepped on her phone crushing it.

Earlier

Tony, Natasha, Bruce, Steve, Bucky and Sam had all gone out on a sudden lead. It was obvious this was not the way Tony had wanted to spend his afternoon before the big party. Steve and Bucky had gone to the apartment before leaving to let Emily know that they would be out on a small mission, but she wasn't there when they arrived at the apartment. They were on their way back from this lead which ended up being nothing but a false alarm.

"Sir," FRIDAY's voice came into the quinjet, "someone is trying to breach into my system and is trying to break into the tower."

Tony quickly went to a screen and started typing in things, "is there anyone at the tower now?" Tony asked quickly, obvious to everyone he was worried incase Pepper was in the building,

"No sir, only Emily. She's-" snd FRIDAY cut off from the system, Tony seemed to be working frantically, while Steve and Bucky got to their feet.

"Stark, what's going on?" Bucky practically growled,

"They've managed to hack into the system," Tony quickly got out his phone and started going through his contacts until he got to Emily.

"I think we've been set up boys" Natasha said, "I thought it was strange that this lead led to nowhere, but now I think-"

Natasha was cut off by Emily's frantic shouting at the other end of the line, "Tony help me, someone's here" she shouted before the line went dead.