Keeping Secrets

We had found the hostages and Sitwell. Now we had to wait for Natasha to respond.

"Natasha, What's your status?" Steve asks through his comm. Natasha didn't answer. "Status, Natasha ".

"Hang on", she said through the comms. After a moment of silence, Natasha spoke. "Engine Room Secure".

"On my mark", Steve says. "Three...two...one".

Rumlow and his team shot the bad guys. We had to deal with Batroc. Steve threw his shield and it broke through the glass of the room that Batroc was in.

Batroc ran out of the room. Me and Steve followed him out of the room. "Romanoff missed the rendezvous point, Cap", Rumlow said through the comms. I frowned. Why would she do that? This isn't like her to mess up on a mission. "Hostiles are still in play".

"Natasha, Batroc's on the move. Circle back to Rumlow and protect the hostages", Steve says. Natasha doesn't answer. "Natasha".

Before I could ask any questions, Batroc tried to kick Steve in the face, but ended up kicking his shield. While they were fighting, I tried to find Natasha.

I opened a metal door and found Natasha tapping keys on a computer. "Natasha where were you? We need you out there and you're-", I cut myself off when I saw the screen. I nodded in understanding. "So now you and Uncle Nick are keeping secrets from me".

"Zee, me and Fury just don't trust-", I cut Natasha off.

"So now it's about trust? You and Fury don't trust me. Why? Is it because now that I'm the daughter of Loki, you can't trust me?", I argued.

"This has nothing to do with your real father. Me and Fury just don't trust that you're ready to handle these missions".

"Mom, I've been a S.H.I.E.L.D agent since I was 10. I've been by you and Clint's side all this time. I know you're a spy, but why would you keep secrets from your own daughter?"

Natasha stayed quiet and sighed. Before any of us can say something else, Steve ramed through the door with Batroc. He punched him in the face, knocking Batroc out.

"Well this is awkward", Natasha says. Steve walks over to us.

"What are you doing?"

"She's saving S.H.I.E.L.D Intel and apparently keeping secrets from her daughter is a thing now", I said, upset with Natasha.

"You're saving S.H.I.E.L.D Intel?" Steve asks Natasha. Spangles, I just said that. Is old age kicking in?

"Whatever I can get my hands on", Natasha says.

"Our mission is to rescue hostages".

"No, that's yours and Zia's mission", Natasha says. She pulls the flash drive out of the computer monitor. "And you two have done it beautifully".

Natasha was about to leave, but Steve stops her. "You just jeopardized this whole operation".

"I think that's overstating things", Natasha says. Someone throws a grenade into the room. Steve grabs me and Natasha. We crash into another room just as the bomb went off. "Okay, that one's on me", Natasha says.

"You're Damn right", Me and Steve says in unison.