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CHAPTER 25

MARCH 1, 2014 7:15 AM

"I am so sorry," Allie apologized through shuddered breaths as she stared down at Fury's lifeless body. Her bottom lip trembled as tears poured down her cheeks and dripped off her chin. She sniffled as she grabbed his hand. "I should've never gotten you into this. It's all my fault," she sobbed as she rested her head on his hand for a while. When the tears dried out, she stood from her chair and stared down at him. She slowly bent down closer to him and kissed his forehead, tenderly. She kept her hand on his and gave him one last squeeze before she turned away and exited out of the room.

Avoiding eye contact, she kept her eyes on the ground as she quickly made her way to the bathroom. Once she opened the door, she headed straight for the sink and turned on the faucet. She took in a few breaths to prevent tears.

'Focus,' she scolded herself. 'Your time to mourn is over. Focus, Al.' She needed to come up with a plan to get that flash drive.

You see, as Fury flat lined, Allie couldn't watch the doctors' attempts to bring him back to life. She turned herself away and looked out into the sky from the window in the hallway, where Steve Rogers stood. She watched him take something out of his pocket and look at it with curiosity. She instantly knew then, that Fury had given the flash drive to Rogers. She vowed that she would do whatever it took to keep that flash drive away from him, for she still didn't trust him.

There was another problem Allie had; her father planned to have her killed. She needed to run away with the flash drive, but how? If she can't defeat her Soldier in a duel, how could she win a fight against a super hero? She thought for a moment as she cupped the cold water into her hands before splashing it on her face. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her head.

'How could I be so dense?' she questioned herself as she stared at her own reflection. Captain America was stronger than her physically, however, she was smarter and manipulative. She came up with the perfect plan.

Allie walked down the hallway and advanced toward Steve. He was sitting in a chair next to a window with a solemn expression. She slowly sat herself down on a chair across from his. Steve adverted his eyes at her and gave her a small smile.

"How are you holding up?" She acted concerned.

"I could be better," he answered, shortly.

She nodded her head slowly. "Same. You know Fury saved my life?"

Steve furrowed his eyebrows together, "He never mention that."

"Well-," she smiled tightly, "-Fury was always modest when it came to his own glory. When I was a baby, my mother and I were on a cruise ship. It was hijacked by pirates and Fury saved everyone on that ship. We weren't always close, but when I was a teenager, I had a lot of anger. Fury talked to my father and thought boxing would help let it out."

"Did it?"

"Yeah, sometimes. But, one day I quit and I got myself caught up with the wrong people. My father almost gave up on me, but Fury never did. No matter how loud, I screamed at him or the times I cursed him, he still stuck around and treated me like family. Point is, because of that he was the one of few I actually trusted. Do you have anyone you trust, Captain?"

He gave her a long, hard look before answering. "I've been told to not trust anyone."

Allie smirked at him, "Then don't." With that, she took her cue to stand up and walk away.

As she approached the S.T.R.I.K.E team, Rumlow turned his head to the side as he spoke to a fellow officer and spotted Allie. He smirked and winked at her, ignoring the disgusted look on her face. He mutters something in the officer's ear before making his way to Allie. She cautiously walked up to him and stopped when they were both only a few inches apart.

"Sorry 'bout all this, Lex. He was a goo-," Rumlow started.

"Don't," she hissed at him. "My name is Allie, not Lex or Lexi. Okay, and you have no right to talk about a man you had no respect for."

"Don't be that way, Al," he mocked her. Again, he ignored the way she looked at him. "You know, if I were in your situation, I would be very careful with how to treat me."

"If you were in my situation?" She repeated. "The fuck is that supposed to mean?"

He said nothing, only backed away from her with a smirk on his face. This was not good.

'He knows,' she thought to herself. Just when Allie tried to sum up with a new plan, her vision begun to blur.

There were a row of white house on a steep hill. She walked up to last one on the top of the hill and stared at the front door. She didn't know why she was there or who lived there, but deep in her gut she knew she needed to be there. She raised her hand up, pressed her finger on the doorbell and waited for someone to answer.

When Allie's vision came back, she happened to spot Rogers inconspicuously break the lock on the vending and opened the door by just a crack. He swiftly shoved the flash drive in between to bubble gums before he closed the door. He muttered something to the custodian and pointed at the lock on the machine.

'I'm impressed, Rogers,' Allie admitted as she snuck away.

She needed to find Natasha. Though she only met the woman only a few hours ago, she seemed to really care for Fury. She had profiled many people in her lifetime, but she never seemed to be wrong about people so far. Natasha was so open, while Rogers was reserved, Allie felt she could trust the redhead.

It didn't take long to find her, since the first place Allie looked was where Fury's body was. She swallowed down the lump in her throat as she approached the other woman. "Natasha?"

The redhead looked up with a sad smile, "I know. I just wanted to say goodbye one last time before they take his body."

Allie looked down at her feet and bit her bottom lip, "That's actually not why I'm here." Natasha scrunched her eyebrows as Allie continued. "Fury gave the flash drive to Rogers before he died."

There was a moment of silence before Natasha looked at her suspiciously. "Why would Fury do that?"

"Because there is something on there that needs to be exposed before it's too late. I don't really have much time, but all I can tell you is that Alexander Pierce is not that man you thought he was and he had something to do with Fury's death. I need you to get that flash drive and take it to S.H.I.E.L.D headquarters as soon as you can and steer clear from any S.T.R.I.K.E agent. Please, for everyone's sake, do not let anyone touch that flash drive."