AN: This is a short chapter but it's just a little something to wrap up the story. Hope everyone likes it!
The Avengers and Alex walks into SHIELD and look around, seeing Coulson and Fury walking towards them. Alex hears footsteps running and she glances behind Coulson and Fury seeing Johnny turn the corner hastily and stop when he sees her. Alex grins at him which Johnny returns. Johnny jogs over to her and gives her a hug. Alex returns it, glad that he is here to greet her. Johnny pulls away and checks her over, seeing the bruised cheek and two black eyes. He scowls but then, it turns to a smirk and he raises an eyebrow.
"I thought you were supposed to be one of the best fighters?" he asks coyly. Alex huffs and smacks him in the arm, turning her attention to Fury and Coulson, not quite hiding the smirk on her face.
"We're glad to see everyone is okay," Coulson says, taking in the Avengers' team before him.
"Did you get the Death Serpent?" Fury asks, looking to Barton and Romanoff. Natasha shakes her head.
"No. We didn't even see anyone there that seemed to be running the whole thing," Natasha answers with a scowl on her lips and a glare in her eye.
"Which means he's still out there," Fury says in frustration as a scowl forms on his own face.
"And he'll try to come after Alex again," Barton adds, fixing Fury with a glare, making sure he understands the main reason them not catching him is a bad thing. Fury nods his head.
"You need to debrief," Fury says, nodding his head towards a hallway nearby. The team sighs in annoyance but nods their heads and begins walking in that direction. Fury glances over at Alex before following after the team.
"Are you all right?" Coulson asks Alex, looking over at her and taking in her appearance. Alex gives him a smile.
"Nothing I haven't dealt with before," she replies before walking past him towards her bedroom, Johnny following after her.
AVENGERS
Johnny watches as Alex stands in the middle of her room, just looking at it. He leans up against the door with his arms crossed. Watching her for a moment longer, Johnny finally speaks up.
"I know you haven't been here in a while but it's only been a few days," Johnny says jokingly with a smirk on his face. Alex turns around and sighs as she catches Johnny's gaze.
"It's not that…" she says, glancing around her room again. Johnny waits a moment before speaking up.
"What?" he asks, prodding her to continue her thought.
"This place just doesn't feel like home anymore," she says, glancing over at him, pleading for him to understand what she is trying to get at. He does. SHIELD lied to her, prevented her from growing up without her parents.
"So, what's your next step?" Johnny asks, already having an idea but giving his partner a chance to figure it out herself.
"I want to move in with my parents," Alexandra says with finality in her tone, her mind set. Johnny smiles slightly.
"Then, go talk to them," he says as he gives her an encouraging smile. Alex looks over at him and nods her head. She takes a deep breath and walks back out of the room.
AVENGERS
Alex walks down the hall, seeing both her dad and mom walk out of separate rooms. They turn to begin walking down the hall, side by side, but stop when they see her. Alex approaches them and takes a deep breath.
"Can we talk?" she asks nervously before she bites the inside of her cheek. Natasha and Clint nod their heads and lead her in to another unoccupied room, shutting the door behind them. Alex turns around to face them, gathering her courage up to continue; the last thing she needs to hear is them telling her no.
"Everything all right?" Natasha asks, eying her carefully, knowing she's nervous about something. Clint picks up on it as well.
"Could…could I come back home with you? Like, for good?" Alex asks warily with a sheepish look, eying her parents for any sign they'll say no. Natasha and Clint share a look before looking back at her.
"Of course," Clint says, nodding his head. Natasha nods her head as well.
"If that's what you want," Natasha adds herself as she tries to stifle the beaming grin that wants to make itself known.
"It is," Alex says determinedly, nodding her own head.
"I'll go talk to Coulson," Barton says before ruffling Alex's hair and disappearing back out in the hall. Natasha watches him leave before turning back to Alex.
"Come on. I'll help you pack," she says, holding an arm out. Alex smiles and walks over to Natasha. Natasha wraps the arm around Alex's shoulders and the two of them exit the room and head back down the hall towards Alex's room.
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