Chapter 9: On the run
AN: Here's the next chapter! Sorry about the cliffhanger-…well not really. Enjoy!
Cap and Hill met up with Skye and Coulson in the hallway.
"What happened?" Skye asked. "I heard a gun go off. Are you guys alright?"
"Yeah…we're fine." Cap said, turning to Hill. Skye looked at them.
"What happened?" She said in a more serious tone.
"We came across the Dark Rider." Cap said. Skye nodded; waiting for more. He sighed. "It's Alex." Skye coughed on the breath she was taking in.
"Please tell me you're joking." Skye said. Cap shook his head.
"Alright." Hill started. "We only have one vehicle and none of us are fast enough to catch that horse so…" Cap and Skye look at her. She gives them a confused look. Then sighed, realizing where she went wrong. "Right, forgot I was standing next to the super soldier. I guess you'll have to go after her." Skye waited for another answer. She sighed again. "Fine, you go too. Not that you'll keep up." She mumbled the last part. They nod and run for the door.
AVENGERS
They had gotten off Manhattan and were now just off the bay, in miles and miles of farm land, forest, and a town nearby. Cap ran past an oak tree and stopped; seeing hoof prints. Skye ran up too; out of breath.
"How long is she gonna ride!" Skye said; wiping sweat off her face. Cap looked around; troubled.
"We're not going to catch up with her at this rate." Then he saw something out of the corner of his eye. He ran over to what looked like a wall. He then saw it was a building. Skye ran up too.
"Hey! This is that old car shop! I was wondering how they were doing, looks like they went out of business." She stated. He ran over to the door and broke the lock with his shield. They entered the building and started to look around. "Hey, I think I found something." Skye yelled.
Cap ran over, seeing Skye next to two dirt bikes. "Those'll have to do." He said walking over. Back outside, they mounted the dirt bikes.
"I've never ridden one of these." Skye said; turning it on.
"Me neither." He said; turning his on too, as they sped off.
AVENGERS
Alex held onto Storm's mane as the galloped threw a field. She was hoping she could get away from them, but she knew that running away from SHIELD wasn't as easy as running from the police. The shot in her shoulder was starting to aggravate her. Blood was coming out of the wound a lot quicker, now that she was on a horse. Alex urged Storm on as they came around a tree.
"Alright boy, you need a break." Alex said pulling back on the reins. Storm slowed to a stop and Alex hopped off his back. Storm began to nibble on the grass while Alex leaned against a tree; tending to the wound. "If someone told me five months ago, I would become one of the world's most deadly assassins; I don't think I would believe them." Alex said allowed to herself. Storm nickered as he kept eating. Then the sound of motors came into range. Alex dropped the bloody rag she used to clean her wound and ran to Storm. Pulling herself onto his back they set off again.
She looked back seeing two dirt bikes speeding towards her; recognizing the two people driving them. She huffed.
"You guys just don't give up do you?" She said as she urged Storm faster
AVENGERS
Cap and Skye went faster as the sped after Alex.
"How fast is she going?!" Skye yelled. Cap looked at the speed dial.
"We're going 65, so she's going faster than that." He yelled back over the noise of the motors.
"Holy crap! That's not natural!" She said to herself. They sped up and got aligned with Alex and Storm. Alex was in a some what jockey position as Storm reached unbelievable speeds.
"Alex! Stop the horse!" Cap yelled. Alex ignored him as she kept going.
"Alex!" Alex looked at Skye, with almost regretful eyes, but not enough to notice. "Please! Slow him down! Let's talk." She said. Alex shook the thoughts away as she urged Storm faster. They sped up. Cap looked at the dial; they were going75.
"Alex! Stop, your horse can't take this kind of speed!" He told her. Alex glared at him.
"How would you know!?" All of a sudden Storm put on the brakes and they flew back, Cap and Skye didn't even see as she stopped Storm. They slowed down and turned. Alex and Storm were standing about 100 yards back; breathing heavy. Storm reared high into the air, almost like he was challenging them.
"Please let us talk." Skye urged. Alex almost laughed.
"I tried that, and I got shot." She said.
"That was not my doing Alex, please believe that. You know Hill can be a bit… mission bound" He said. Alex rolled her eyes, she got off Storms back.
"I don't believe it was you, but that is the exact reason I didn't come back." They give her a confused look. "SHIELD is made up of secrets and lies." Alex put out. "Fury assigned my parents to spy on me behind my back. I for one didn't feel trusted." Alex said. Skye sighed, she hated taking pity on the enemy, Alex or not. "You don't know how it feels to feel like a burden to SHIELD. Not to mention your own parents." Alex said, sounding threatened.
"Ok, but that was before. I went through the same thing-" Cap started. Alex looked confused.
"How the hell did you go through this!? SHIELD didn't even exist then!" Alex said.
"Well-yes, but Philips tried to send me to a lab after I got the serum. I spent who knows how long performing on Broadway." Cap said with a hint of embarrassment. Alex rolled her eyes, a smirk on her lips.
"I don't even know how to respond to that." Alex said with a smile. Skye smiled too.
"See? You belong on this side Alex, remember all those good times we had? We could have more of those like that." Skye said in a persuasive voice. Alex smile faded a little.
"Yes, but that's not possible anymore." Alex said; her smile now gone. Skye's smile went away too.
"Why." Skye said, almost demanding an answer. Alex stared at her for a moment.
"I found where I belong, where I feel trusted. I'm at the top of the list for every mission. I get credit, not that I care but you get the idea." Alex said. Cap sighed.
"Well, I hate to say it, but we have to take you in." Alex gives a nod.
"If you can get to me. Sure." Alex said. Storm neighs and paws the ground in a challenging manner. Skye clears her throat.
"Before we get to that, what's up with Storm?" Skye said. Alex turns to Storm, patting his neck.
"Animal version of the serum." Alex said plainly.
"Where did you get that?" Cap said.
"It's funny; I think that we were looking for the same thing, even though I got there first." Alex said.
"You did give yourself away there, I'll say that." Cap said. Alex shrugs.
"What can I say, I panicked. You try being in front of the shield instead of behind it." Alex pointed out. Cap nods in agreement.
"So what can he do?" Skye said; referring to Storm. Alex shrugged.
"'He's as fast as a car, he has a much higher level of intelligence, and he is much stronger." Alex added up. Skye nodded.
"That's a nice improvement." Alex smirked.
"You should have seen when they first asked me about testing it. I almost hurt my commanding officer." Alex sighed, remembering. Skye chuckled. But Cap's face got serious.
"Wait- you said they asked about testing it?" Alex nodded, a bit confused.
"Yeah, they needed to see how much it improved the animal." Cap opened his mouth to continue but Alex held up a hand.
"Before you ask who needed it tested, I'll tell you-"Alex said. Cap closed his mouth; waiting for a reply. "Hydra." Alex said sounding more pissed off then proud. Cap's and Skye's faces got serious.
"What?!" Skye said. Alex nodded.
"I'm not happy about it either; you should have seen my reaction." Alex said, remembering. "I seriously almost killed him…" Alex said.
"Why are you helping them!?" Cap asked. Alex shrugged, walking closer.
"I'm not helping them. You know that. The Renegade bought off the serum from Hydra. Believe me, I hate them as much as you do, I won't help them." Alex said. Skye rolled her eyes.
'What's happened to you?" Skye asked. Alex furrows her eyebrows.
"What do ya mean?" Alex asked.
"Where's the Alex I use to know? The one that loved having pizza's on Sundays and staying up late watching all of the Star Wars movies all night?" Skye asked. Alex rolled her eyes with a smile.
"That's still me Skye but, you have to consider how that was before my parents were assassins and you worked for SHIELD." Alex said. Skye lowers her head. Alex's smile goes away and she gets serious again. "Anyway, I gotta go." Alex began to walk back to Storm.
Cap turned to Skye for the all clear. She nodded. Cap got his shield off his back and hurled it toward Alex. She turned; seeing it coming toward her, she rolled out of the way as the shield truck the dirt behind her. Alex grinned.
"You missed!" She called in a teasing tone. Alex got up and walked over to the shield; picking it up she hurled it in his direction. He caught it, leaning back slightly from the impact. Alex then got on Storm's back. He rears as Alex turns him away; galloping off into the corn field behind her. Skye ran to her bike. She turned seeing Cap standing his ground.
"Come on! Aren't we going after her?" Cap turns to Skye.
"No." He said. "She's not coming back." He puts his wrist up to his mouth.
"Hill, we need a pickup. You know our coordinates." He waited for a response.
"Will do Cap. Did you find her?" Cap waits a moment before responding.
"…No, we didn't." He pushed a button on the com and it shut off. Skye; looking confused caught his attention. "She doesn't need to know about the talk, there's nothing of value to it." He said, as he leaned on the bike. Skye sarcastically threw her hands in the air like it was obvious.
"Oh yeah, of course. She didn't want help. So is that what we're doing? Giving up on he again?!" Skye said. Cap sighed.
"Don't try and pin this on me, I wanna get her back on our side as much as you do." He said. Skye rolled her eyes.
"If that were true we would be riding after her right now." Skye said. Cap sighed again in frustration.
"What do you want from me?"
"'I want you to help me get her back." She said as plainly and seriously as possible; while mounting her bike. Cap let out a breath.
"I'll give you three days!" He said. Skye nodded; trying not to look relieved. "Then were heading back to the Tower or wherever everyone is." He finished, while mounting his bike. Skye pushed the gas as the sped off in Alex's direction.
AVENGERS
Hill landed the quinjet where the com's coordinates were originally located. She puts the ramp down and Kate and Danny walk out.
"Skye!" Kate called.
No answer.
They began looking around. But there was no sign of anyone. They looked for about an hour before returning to the quinjet.
"There not here." Danny said. Hill looked confused. She got up and went to the door; she saw no one and went back to her seat. She pushed a button on the quinjet.
"Rogers, do you copy?" Hill said into the com. No response. "Skye, do you copy?" Still nothing. Hill huffed as she leaned her head back. "We'll look for them more later, we need to get Coulson back to the carrier."
AN: Kinda short I know, I'm going out of town in a couple weeks, so I'll try to get some kind of chapter up, it might be short so we'll see! Hope you enjoyed! Review if you liked it and don't forget to review what side you think Alex should end up on. Should she return to SHIELD? Or stay with the Renegade?