**AN**

Here i am with the next chapter. I haven't decided yet whether I want to drag out the relationship or just click it and give you guys something good. Anyways enjoy three!

Chapter three.

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My head spun like Alice does when falling to wonderland. I saw faces, bodies, blood. All over where these massacres. And my hands, covered in all of their blood. Then like some horror film all the heads turned towards me and started shouting. All at different time but the same thing. A name. I couldn't understand them when they all started to scream and they began to cry. Pleading for theirs lives. I'm so sorry, I whispered. It wasn't me who did this. All these terrible things. There was only one option. I had a gun and a rose in my hands I took the gun and pulled the trigger. A flag came out that read "The jokes on you!" And each hand grabbed me and soon enough I was buried and being strangulated.

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I woke up gasping for air. Clutching my and throat I began to panic, my heart beat raised and I could feel my chest tightening. Then two hands gripped my shoulders. "Kat,Kat! Wake up! It's just a dream. You're okay. Everything is okay." Steven pulled me into his arms and pet my head as he repeated soothing words. It helped a little bit and soon I began to calm down.

"Ugh. Never again will I try to remember" I whispered. My voice sounded hoarse from the panic attack.

" what do you mean remember? Did you remember. Anything? At all?" He asked quickly. Confused I gave him a weird look." Sorry, um. Can I get you anything?" He asked politely.

I nodded, "water would be lovely." He smirked, got up and walked away.

Then I took in my surroundings. I laid on a dusty bed in a dark room that had light filtering in through the hallway. It was an odd room, almost like a small apartment mixed with a personalized hospital room. It had a bed, and a bathroom but no furniture. All in all it felt strange to be here. Like I was invading someone's space.

Steven came back and handed me the water. When the cup touched my lips I tilted it to far back began to choke on water and dumped it on myself in the process. Fan-freaking-tactic spilling water on myself in from of the one and only, hottest representative of America, just great. Steven began to chuckled and I blushed with this mortified feeling in my stomach. "I did not just say that." Dear god, what had I done.

"Well, I do give off the impression of one and only I guess, don't I." He laughed. Fed up with him being cocky I punched him. He was a little surprised but then understood. He handed me some clothe as I tried to clean myself.

"Where are we?" I asked.

"Well after you passed out, I began to worry that you might not be breathing so I brought you here so you would be more comfortable while I checked your pulse. You were okay, then I stayed so that, when you woke up, you wouldn't freak out. Kind of like you did just then." An oh formed on my lips.

"I'm sorry I freaked out, I had a really weird dream, I think. But, it wasn't a dream. It was a nightmare." I explained.

" I know all about those" he said grimly. I never really thought about it that way, Steven had been in a real war whereas I just reeked havoc where I was told to go.

"Did I ever thank you?" I asked. He looked confused then."Um, when you guys saved me from...there. You stayed after I died. Why did you try? To save me I mean?" I asked.

He looked down at his hands unsure of what to say."I know what its like to think that death would have been easier, but you, you were so beaten and broken. I wanted to help you. To fix you. You didn't deserve whatever happened in there and I wanted for you to have a chance to be free. In the war, they only wanted to be free. They never thought of how or what they would do after they got out. They just wanted their own will back. And I couldn't see another person die because I was too late to save them."

I just looked at him. I didn't know what to feel. Anger because he robbed me of my peace or some joy that someone had thought of me. It was a new feeling.

"And when I saw your body, I was so angry with Hydra. I went out and took down so many of their bases. They had bodies stacked in a room and yours was going to be the next on the pile. I searched for that doctor for years getting nowhere. So eventually I stopped."

Steven then looked at me. So much anger, and regret in his eyes. "Thank you." I whispered as I kissed his cheek. He blushed.

My watch began to beep and I saw that it was 9:30 p.m. I began to get up when I tripped, Steven reached out an arm and pulled me to his chest. "Thanks." I whispered as I noticed I was considerably shorter than him, by a few inches but he looked right down at me as I closed my eyes and his head leaned in close. Our noses where touching and our lips were just a few atoms apart."You're welcome." He said into my lips. I could feel his heart beat and his breathing picked up as finally our lips touched.

"Uhum?" Someone cleared their throat. Quickly we pulled away as each of our cheeks flared a crimson red. We kept our heads down with our hands behind our backs as Clint glared at Steven.

"Fury is ready to start loading if you two would care to join us." He put flatly. Then his lips raised into a smile."Or not, just don't have too much fun any longer we're leaving soon. Suit up soldiers!"

Awkwardly I followed after Clint and so did Steven when we got stuck in the small doorway. "Um, you first." Steven said. I smiled and walked out the door.

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It was 10:30 so we were up in the air by now over the city. It took about 15 minutes to get there but Fury restated the mission then we all went to our points.

Me and Cap were lowered over the building. We jumped out the aircraft with ropes and detached when we met the ground. Cap was in his normal stars and stripes whereas I was in my utility suit that had like my other one hidden compartments where other weapons were stored except this one had more armor and a helmet that stopped just below my nose.

"Miss Kat? Your suit is 100% ready for battle. Good luck." Jarvis said into my ear piece.

"Thanks Jarvis."

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**AN**

Sorry again for a short chapter but next one. Stuffs about to get real. Introducing the villain and all that jazz. Shout out to my first readers. You guys are awesome and thank you Kuyen for being the first to follow me. Get ready for another chapter might be up today or tomorrow if I'm not doing anything today. Thanks again and enjoy!