Chapter 7 Familiar Faces

You woke the next morning to a rose on your pillow. You got up and showered before putting on a grey tank top and a pair of dark green skinny jeans. You had just finished getting ready when you heard a knock on your door.

"Come in." You called as you pulled a brush through your mess of (h/c) hair. Natasha walked in and sat down on your bed.

"Hey Nat. What's up?" You asked as you turned to her, brush hanging from where it had gotten caught in your hair.

She smiled as she motioned you over. You sat in front of her on the bed as she ran the brush through your hair. "I wanted to talk to you about Loki."

You sighed, you were getting really tired of everyone telling you how you shouldn't get close to Loki because you would get hurt. "What about him?"

"Clint told me about you and Loki being together and all I'm going to say is that I want you to be careful. I also want to teach you some self-defense incase no one is around to protect you and something happens." You must have tensed up at her words because she quickly amended. "I don't mean protection from Loki. Anything could happen. If something gets in the tower and were out on a job, I don't want you to be defenseless. I already talked to Clint about it and he agrees, so if you're okay with it then we can start this morning." She said running the brush through your hair one last time before handing it back to you.

You smiled at the woman who you had come to think of as a sister. Suddenly something dawned on you. "Sure, but can I ask you a question Nat?"

"Sure." She said unknowing what you were about to ask.

"What's going on between you and my brother?" She froze and stared at you wide eyed.

"What do you mean?" She asked hesitantly.

You sighed in exasperation. "You know exactly what I mean, so don't play stupid. Are you going out with my brother?"

"No." she said curtly.

"But you like him." You said, because it was clearly obvious that she did.

"Why are you asking me this?" She said dodging the question

"Because you stuck your nose in my relationship so I'm returning the favor, now spill." You said crossing your arms expectantly.

She sighed. "Yes, I like your brother." She said looking down

"What?" Asked a voice from the vents. Shit.

Suddenly Clint dropped down from the air vents and landed in front of Natasha.

"What the hell were you doing in the vents Clint?" you demanded, but he completely ignored you.

"Nat, look at me. Why didn't you ever tell me that you felt this way?" Clint asked as he cupped Natasha's face.

"Because I just-." Before she could finish, he kissed her.

"Uh, should I leave?" you asked even though this was your room.

They both jerked away as if just remembering that you were there. Blushes creeped into both of their faces as they took in what just happened. Then a knock came at your door.

"Come in." you called and Steve came in.

"Director Fury is down stairs and he says… Did I miss something?" He asks as he takes in Natasha's and Clint's blushing faces.

"Yes, yes you did. Now why is Director Fury here?" you ask.

"Oh, um, he says he needs to talk to us. Hydra has been located ma'am." He says before turning and leaving.

"We had better go." Clint says as he turns to the door.

"Yeah." Natasha says as she follows him.

So the gist of the situation was this. Hydra has been located, planned world domination, blah, blah, blah. The Avengers were going to stop them, including Loki. Excluding you.

"You can't be serious." You said to Clint for what felt like that thousandth time.

"Sorry, (y/n). You have to stay here. You have no training, plus, if something were to happen to you, I don't think I could bear it."

You sighed, giving up. "Just make sure that you come home."

"I promise." He said placing a kiss to your forehead.

You sighed as you watched him walk away to gather up the rest of his gear.

"What, no concerns for my safety?" Loki asked as he came up behind you.

"Always." You whispered as he wrapped his arms around your waist. You turned in his arms and kissed him. "Come back alive." You whispered as he pressed his forehead against yours.

"I swear." He promised.

After you had said goodbye and hugged everyone they left and you had no idea what to do.

You had fallen asleep on one of the couches in the living room when you heard something coming from the elevator. Suddenly it opened and revealed four guys. All of them you had seen before. They were the ones who had forced you to go into hiding three years ago, they were the ones who had hunted you. Now they had you.

You ran, but one of them grabbed you and slammed you to the ground.

"Well, well, well, look what we have here. It's the little bitch who escaped us. Well we've caught you now." Then you felt something sharp prick your neck and the world went dark.