A/N: I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you! From the first two chapters I got 32 e-mails from people favorite this story, people reviewing, and people putting me on their story alerts or favorite authors. Thank you all so much! *clapping* Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. It is about Ashley learning how to fight the 'muggle way', and sense Steve and Ashley got alone time let's make Thor and Ashley have alone time. Thanks! I love you all!
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Teaching – Ashley's POV
Let me bring you up to speed. A few days after our mission, Pepper was still here 'sleeping' in Tony's room even though there was an extra bed in my room and everywhere. Hawkeye had taught me how to shoot a bow and arrow and Bruce had taught me how to do basic science. Thor and Steve were still arguing over me, whom I heard from Bruce and Hawk, but neither of them had come up to me about anything so I couldn't step in.
Also, Nick Fury has been riding my butt about learning how to do things the muggle way. Such as; drive an automobile, shoot a gun, and how to act like a muggle because apparently I walked like I 'had a secret' and that is what leads us to now.
Nick, Pepper, Hawk, and I were all outside in the front yard of the base with Nick teaching me how to walk. Pepper was outside with us because Tony, Thor, and Captain were out on a mission.
"That doesn't even make sense." I huffed at Nick. "I walk normally!"
"No, you walk like a witch. Now watch. Pepper will you come here please?" Nick asked. Pepper walked up to us. "Now see! She walks like she doesn't have a secret!" Nick told me.
"What do you mean? She is putting one foot in front of the other, like I am!" I huffed, annoyed, back.
"Walk again!" Nick yelled back at me. I started walking a length and then walked back. "Better." Nick nodded.
My mouth dropped open, "What? I am walking the same way I have all my life." I gasped, disbelieving.
"No, you look as if you are trying to hide your secret." Nick nodded, staring at my legs while I walked. I looked back from Nick to Pepper to Hawk. Hawkeye just shook his head and mouth 'go with it.'
"You know what, Nick Fury," I decided to go with Hawk's plan, "I do feel like I am hiding a secret when I walk now." I told him, stopping a few feet away from him.
"See, I told you."Nick said nodding like a doctor.
"Yes, you sure did." I nodded back.
"Okay, now that we are done with that," Nick said looking up at me, "Let's get you in gun-school."
"Joy." I whispered as I followed him inside. Hawk chuckled and Pepper giggled.
"Go get your outfit on, will you? You will most likely only be using these guns when you are in battle." Nick said. I nodded, turning back to Pepper.
"I'll be back in a minute, okay?" I asked she nodded.
"I'll be in the gun-room." Pepper replied I nodded as I apparated my room.
After I got changed, I walked back downstairs to the gun-room. Thor was in there along with Pepper and Hawk. Thor didn't look hurt, so I was happy.
"Your back. Are you hurt? What happened?" I asked.
"No I am not hurt, we are back and we captured Loki in the place where you two got the ring yesterday." Thor smiled after I hugged him.
"You caught Loki? Where is he?" I asked, slightly worried.
"Don't worry; he is locked away in a cell we have downstairs. Captain, Iron, and Nick are down there watching him. Hawkeye is on his way down." Thor replied, kissing my cheek.
"Okay." I nodded, calming down.
"While they Loki is in questioning, Nick wants you to hide up here and so I will be teaching you how to work a gun." Thor replied, walking over to the table and grabbing a gun.
As he walked up to me, I glanced at Pepper as she backed away into a seat.
"It is okay Pepper, it is not even loaded." Thor laughed as he placed the gun in my hand. "Hold it like this and put your index finger on the trigger." Thor guided my fingers to the right places. "Excellent, that is how you hold a gun and then you just pull your finger back to make the bullet shoot."
"So like this?" I asked pointing the gun at a poster of a person.
"No, here," Thor wrapped his arms around me to guide my hands in the right direction, "right there you'll hit his stomach, but up here," Thor lifted my hands gently upward, "you'll hit him in the heart." Thor led his finger over mine and pulled the trigger back; since it had no bullets it just made a faint pushing air sound.
I smiled looking up at Thor preparing to thank him when I realized he was so close and he took my breath away. I couldn't help but feel safe as our bodies fit together so comfortingly.
"Ahem!" A loud manly voice cleared his throat from behind us. We looked around to see Captain America in his skin tight outfit still, crossing his arms and glaring at Thor.
"Loki wants to talk to you, downstairs. I'll take over here." Steve said as a command.
"No, I think I'll stay here." Thor replied as he let go of me and stepped in front of me, as if to protect me. Steve's eyes narrowed.
"I said; your brother, our enemy, wants to talk to you." Steve repeated, unlocking his arms, and walking forward as Thor's hand clenched into a fist. There was no way I was going to let this happen.
I dashed in front of Thor before he could stop me, as I pulled out my wand.
"Protego!" I shouted as I put up a shield charm so they couldn't touch each other. "I cannot believe you two are going up against each other when there is an enemy downstairs!" I screamed at them before putting my wand safely back into my jacket.
"Now, Thor get downstairs!" I turned to him.
"But, he –"Thor started but I interrupted him.
"Get downstairs!" I jutted my chin out, daring him to interrupt. "Thor, you are probably the only one Loki will actually listen to." I pointed my finger at him.
"Fine." Thor huffed as he walked around me, glaring at Steve before he walked out. Steve shook his head looking after him.
"Can you believe him?" Steve asked I glared at him. "Pepper I am sorry you had to see that." He apologized to her, as I almost forgot she was here.
"Ashley, sweetheart, let me show you how to use a gun, being a solider myself, I know how to do it." Steve smiled when he walked towards me.
"You are still in trouble." I told him, from my anger the gun that he was trying to get floated over to me. Steve looked around at me.
"Why?" Steve didn't whine he just seemed curious.
"You started it, Steve." I said shortly, Steve walked over to me.
"Really?" Steve smiled and my heart skipped. "How?" I kept on pressing though.
"Could you have not of said please?" I asked. Steve rolled his eyes.
"Excuse me for saying this, but why the hell would I say please to Thor?" Steve laughed.
"Because I want you to," I shrugged Steve looked back at me. "And you will do it for me, won't you?" I asked, raising an eye-brow.
"It is not a matter of who I would do it for; it is a matter of saying the word." Steve replied, reaching up and grabbing the gun that was floating around my head.
"Really? Six letter word a six foot two guy that has more stability and is faster than me. I would think you could." I raised an eyebrow looking him up and down. Steve smiled, stared at me, and then shook his head.
"Ashley, dear, I can very easily say the word. I cannot say the word to Thor." Steve laughed.
"Why? Are you scared of him?" I asked, playing with him.
"No, I could beat that man in my sleep." Steve replied, putting bullets into the gun.
"Really? Can you say it at all?" I teased. "Can you say it to a five foot four witch without any protection?"
All of my anger vanished as we were just having fun now. I grabbed the gun from him and placed it into the gun holder I had in my outfit along with the extra bullets.
"Of course I can." Steve nodded.
I glanced back at Pepper to see her looking at the guns, trying to give us our moment, I supposed.
"Prove it." I whispered narrowing my eyes. Steve looked into my eyes for a long while.
"May I please kiss you?" Steve whispered back, staring at me.
Shock took over my emotions as I, for the first time, looked at his lips. I obviously liked him, but could I kiss him? Then we would become a couple and I would hurt Thor; which probably would make him get revenge and join his brother. But still, his lips looked so kissable and he was cute, maybe just a little kiss. I was about to respond when Tony Stark came into the room with his full Iron Man suit on.
"Captain?" Tony asked. "Oh, am I interrupting something?" He asked noticing how close we are.
"Tony! They were having a moment!" Pepper yelled hitting his iron covered chest.
"No, you are fine. Tony what do you need?" Steve asked as he stopped staring at me looked at him. I hung my head. Why didn't you just bloody kiss him? I yelled at myself.
"Nick wants all of us down there." Tony replied I looked up hopefully. "Not you, Ashley, he wants to hide you."
"Of course he does." I rolled my eyes. "Can you at least tell me what he has told you?" I pleaded.
"I can tell you that he wants to meet you. That he knows you're here. That he doesn't think you are a girl; which we want to keep hidden," Tony told me, "so Captain, you might want to keep this 'moment' a secret." We all laughed at that.
"Oh I will," Steve nodded. "We will keep this very secret." Steve whispered the last part to me as he kissed my lips so softly that I thought he didn't, but his lips left a fiery path in their wake.
After that, however, he was gone and I was left alone with Pepper. Pepper ran over to me.
"Why didn't you just bloody kiss him?" Pepper read my thoughts exactly.
"I think he kissed me." I whispered, touching my lips where he kissed me.
"You think?" Pepper asked, looking very excited.
"It was so fast and soft that I don't know." I laughed without humor. Pepper squeal and hugged me, laughing.
"You two look so good together! I know you will be great!" Pepper yelled, still jumping, as she pulled back.
"What about Thor?" I asked I really didn't want to hurt anyone.
"Do you like him as well?" Pepper asked stopping her jumping.
"I don't know." I shrugged, staring at her. "Maybe, probably… yes?" That sounded like a question even to me.
Suddenly, however, there was a siren going off and a fire alarm beeping red. There were twenty men in black suits and masks surrounding us. They were not our men. It happened so quick that my foot caught it after they were here and my vision was clouded as I tried to get through the twenty men at lightning speed.
"Pepper! Run!" I yelled at her, it was no use though because one of them had already caught her and my vision became clouded again 'Dodge, hit Mike Newman with your elbow in stomach.' The black room told me as sure enough, one grabbed onto me around my waist. I did what the black room said and moved on to the next guy.
After I finished off about seven of them, and freed Pepper, I was exhausted. I honestly didn't want to kill them, but I might need to in order to get out of this. I might even need to pull out my wand, I could end this with a spell, but at what cost.
"Inject her!" One about two feet away from me yelled at the one I was fighting now.
I was on high alert after that, watching as people got closer and closer to me. After about five more men, one shoots something into my neck and my last vision was of Pepper screaming and fighting from her restrainers arms.
A/N: Thanks for reading! I know you hate me now, don't you? Sorry! I hate cliffhangers as well, but it will be worth it I promise! To make matters worse, I have exams this week of school so I won't be writing probably until next Saturday, maybe sooner. Maybe. I will start writing the chapter as soon as possible, though. Tell me who do you think took Ashley and Pepper? And also what do you think Thor and Steve will do? And the question of honor, who do you think Ashley will end up with? Thanks for reading! I love you all!
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