plant killer

Mission Alert

I waited for Nat in the car as my dad called her to the office. As I saw her in view I turned down the music. "Again with this Melanie Martinez stuff. People will start to think you're crazy," she stated as she got in. "Her songs are a vibe, and hey at least I'm not blasting my 'sad vibes' playlist," I said. She chuckled and put the car in drive. "It amazes me that you still act like a teenager," she said. I shrugged and said said, "Being an adult sucks." She seemed to agree as she pulled out of the parking lot.

As we drove I played my 'song nat likes' playlist. She smirked a bit and turned the volume up. "Text Steve for me," she handed me her phone keeping her focus on the road. I grabbed her phone and told Steve 'Mission Alert. Extraction Imminent. Meet At The Curb. :)'. We started to sing songs as they played. Before we knew it we were pulled up to the curb.

We turned down the volume as we approached. We saw Steve with someone. I looked over at Nat and we gave each other a similar look. We looked back at the two as she rolled down the window. "Hey, fellas. Either one of you know where the Smithsonian is? I'm here to pick up a fossil," she said with a slight smirk. I got out of the car and held the door open for Steve. "That's hilarious," he said as he got in. "How you doing?" The guy said. "Hey," I answered as I sat in Steve's lap. "Can't  run everywhere," Steve stated with a slight smirk. "No, you cant.", the guy said. I waver at the guy befo4e we drove off. Steve chuckled a bit and shifted me in his lap. "Did you really have to do this?" he asked me. "No, but this its fun seeing people's reactions," I said with a smile. I took my phone out of my pocket and held it out for Steve. "Anything you wanna play?" I asked as he took the phone. He smirked and started typing.

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"Target is a mobile satellite launch platform, the Lemurian Star. They were sending up their last payload when pirates took them, 93 minutes ago," Rumlow said giving us the status report. "Any demands?" Steve asked looking at the screen. "Billion and a half," Rumlow said. "Why so steep?" Steve questioned. "Because it's S.H.I.E.L.D.'s," Rumlow said as he looked over at Steve. "So it's not off-course. It's trespassing," Steve said with an annoyed expression. "I'm sure they have a good reason," I said fixing my gloves. "You know, I'm getting a little tired of being Fury's janitor.", Steve angrily stated. I rolled my eyes at his little statement. "Relax. It's not that complicated," Nat tryed to relieve the current situation. "How many pirates?" Steve asked Rumlow. "Twenty-five. Top mercs lead by this guy," Rumlow said tapping on the screen for a bit. "Georges Batroc," he pull up the guy on the screen. "Ex-DGSE, Action Division. He's at the top of the Interpol's Red Notice.", he continued. I walked away fixing my suit a bit. I just wanted to get this over with so I wasn't really listening to Rumlow. "All right, I'm gonna sweep the deck and find Batroc. Nat and y/n, you kill the engines and wait for instructions. Rumlow, you sweep aft, find the hostages get them to the life-pods, get them out. Let's move," I heard Steve order everyone. "S.T.R.I.K.E., you heard the Cap. Gear up.", Rumlow said. We all went in different directions doing different things. 

"Secure channel seven," Steve said getting up from sitting. "Seven secure.", I said as I finished loading my guns. "Did you do anything fun Saturday night?" Nat asked and I looked over at them. "Well, all the guys from my barbershop quartet are dead, so, no, not really," Steve said chuckling a bit. "Coming up on the drop zone, Cap," the pilot said as a heads up. Steve hit the button to open the door so I got up from my chair and stood near it. Nat and Steve walked towards me. "You know, if you ask Kristen out, from Statistics, she'd probably say yes," she yelled over the wind. "That's why I don't ask," Steve said putting on his helmet. "Too shy, or too scared?" I asked as I buckled the last clip on the parachute. "To busy!" Steve yelled as he jumped out the jet. "Was he wearing a parachute?" Rollins asked standing behind Rumlow. "No. No, he wasn't," Rumlow said with a slight smirk. I rolled my eyes and walked to the opening. "Nat, try the nurse that lives across from him," I said looking over the buckles, again. "I'll definitely ask when I see him," she said smiling at me. I saluted and jumped. I saw Steve needed some help so I shot the guy as I landed. "Thanks," he said grabbing his shield. "Yeah. You seemed pretty helpless," I said as I slipped off the parachute. I ran away from Steve and the others, going down to the engine room. I spotted a guy near a phone. I heard footsteps walking towards me at a slow pace. I quickly took out my knife for any sort of defense. "Looking for someone?" someone said grabbing my shoulder. I grabbed their hand and brought it over my head. I put the person in a hold with my knife to their neck. "It's just me," Nat said putting her hands up. I quickly let go of her and put my knife away. I went back to watching the guy. "You think you can take care of him?" I asked as he grabbed the phone of the wall. Nat walked up behind the guy and waited for him to finish. I chuckled and left her to do what she does best. 

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We finished off the last person in the engine room. "Let's go do the thing my dad told you to do,"  I said putting away my gun. She nodded and walked away. "Engine room secure.", we said to our ear piece. I followed after her but still keeping an eye out.

"On my mark," Steve said.

We entered the room unnoticed.

"Three."

She filled me in on what to do and she started typing away.

"Two."

"One," he said. "Romanoff and Fury missed the rendezvous point, Cap. Hostiles are still in play," Rumlow said in the earpiece. "Natasha, y/n, Batroc's on the move. Circle back to Rumlow and protect the hostages. Natasha. Y/n." Steve said. "Cap, doesn't sound to happy with us," I typed away helping access in files. "Do you have anyone on your mind?", she asked as she got us in. "I'm surprised you haven't set me and Steve up yet.", I said downloading everything I saw. "You two don't match. Plus I don't think Fury would appreciate that.", she said finishing the last bit. "True.", I said starting to back up the drive. Then the door broke down. We looked over to see Steve. "Wll this is awkward," Nat said. "What are you doing?" he aked as he got up. "Backing up a hard drive," she said. "It's a good habit to get into," I said and back away from the computers letting Nat finish. "Rumlow needed your help. What the hell are you two doing here?" he asked sounding a bit mad. I nodded towards the computers and he looked over at them. "You're saving S.H.E.I.L.D. intel," he said almost annoyed. "Whatever we can get our hands on," Nat said. "Our mission is to rescue hostages," he stated. "No, that's your mission," I walked up to Nat. Nat removed the drive and and handed it to me. "And you've done it beautifully," she said. I put the drive away and Nat started to walk away. "You just jeopardized this whole operation,"he raised his voice a bit. "I think that's overstating things," Nat said looking over at him. Then the guy Steve broke the door with, got up. We heard a small click and saw something thrown at us. I saw Nat grab onto Steve, but I stayed where I was and ducked for cover. The bomb went off as they jumped out the window. The last thing I saw was a bright flash of light.