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Avenger's pov:

Steve was now sitting in the living room on the couch telling the rest of the Avengers exactly what Ashlyn had told him.

"So Tyler's been Hydra this whole time?" Asked Bucky

"Well, that's what Ashlyn says" answered Steve.

"Do we really want to believe what she's saying?" Asked Nat. Nat was a little pissed off at the fact that Ashlyn had beat her.

"Jarvis run through everything we have on Tyler and his family, see if anything comes up"

"Right away sir"

It was another few moments of the Avengers watching the TV which showed the view of the room Ashlyn was in before the AI spoke again.

"All files were deleted of him when he started working here sir. There is nothing in any of the files that say anything about his father, but I ran facial recognition on the face of Marcos and he is known to be associated with Hydra"

Nobody spoke as everyone took in the newfound information.

"Well, I'll be damned" Everyone looked at Tony "the girl was right."

Nat's pov:

"Well, I'll be damned" Everyone looked at Tony "the girl was right."

Nat was thinking, hard. She had talked to Tyler, on many occasions. How hadn't she seen this coming? How had Ashlyn known about this?

"I want to talk to her," Said Nat standing up, and she didn't miss the way Steve and Bucky slightly glanced at each other.

"Nat maybe we should-" Tony started but Nat was already out the door.

Nat walked down the hallway and stopped outside the room. She looked through the window and saw Ashlyn laying there on the hospital bed peacefully. Her eyes were closed and her breathing steady but Nat knew that the girl wasn't really sleeping. Nat pushed the door open and observed the way Ashlyn's eyes opened slowly and stared at her.

"Oh, it's you," The girl said with a sarcastic smile. Nat ignored her comment,

"Sorry, did I wake you?" she asked casually.

"Nah, you're good." Ashlyn was looking down at the wires protruding from different places on her arm. Nat walked up to the bed she was laying on and ripped the IV and heart rate monitor out of the girl's arm. Ashlyn didn't even flinch as this happened.

"Better?" Asked Nat talking a few steps back.

"Thanks," Ashlyn said as she closed her eyes again and relaxed.

Ashlyn's pov:

Ash wasn't sure what was happening. Was this some kind of trick? Good cop bad cop kinda thing? Ash closed her eyes again and relaxed. She really wanted to go home and sleep for a few years, but her hands were still chained to the bed. After a few moments, Ash didn't hear Nat leave so she opened her eyes again to find that Nat had been watching her the whole time.

"Do you need something or-" Ash started, but she was rudely interrupted.

"Was it another mission?" Asked Nat. Ash didn't respond, she didn't know how to without giving away more than she was supposed to. "Killing Tyler? Was it another mission?"

"Yes, and no" Ash said, she didn't look directly in Nat's eyes when she said this but more to the mirror on the far wall. She could sense somebody standing behind there, watching her, and she had the feeling she knew who it was.

"What do you mean by that?" Asked Nat

"Tyler wasn't the main target. He was just a bonus"

"So you were mainly after Marcos? Still chasing Hydra leaders I see"

"Marcos was the last one, the main one." Ash was getting very tired of talking about this. Seriously, she just jumped off a burning helicopter into the ocean with a stab wound. She deserved a break, but apparently, the Avengers didn't think so.

"What about the other man? The leader of the Phoenix? The one that wanted to kill you?"

"I'll take care of it," Said Ash.

"Not with those chains you won't" Nat pointed out and Ash rolled her eyes. There was a moment of silence before Ash opened her mouth to speak again

"Why am I even here? I thought we had a deal." Ash said. Although she wasn't surprised, she hadn't really expected the Avengers to keep their deal, she was surprised they even lasted this long.

"You had a deal with Steve, I'll let you talk it out with him," Ash smirked at Nat's words.

"Tell him to come inside," She said casually. Nat looked at her confused so Ash continued "he's standing right outside this room."

Ash watched as Nat's eyes flicked towards the mirror and then back to her. Nat left the room and it was a minute before Steve walked into the room.

"How'd you know it was me?" he asked

"Your heartbeat, It beats faster than any normal human"

"You can hear that?" Steve seemed impressed and Ash smirked and nodded.

"I thought we had a deal," Said Ash, her voice suddenly getting dark.

"We didn't know that you would go and murder our friend in front of our eyes"

"He was part of Hydra, I did you a favor," Ash said with a scoff

"We still don't know if that's true, and it's not like we can exactly ask him" Ash smiled to herself at his words. He deserved what he got anyways. "Why didn't you just knock him out, like you did with Nat? Then we wouldn't be in this position"

Ash thought about his words. It was true, and it probably would have been easier and a lot less painful, but her way was much more fun.

"That's not how I roll Cap," She said simply.

Steve's pov:

Steve was mentally having a big fight with himself. A big part of him was reminding himself who this girl was, she killed with no mercy, she was a fighter, it's just what she did. But a smaller part of Steve was telling him that this was still Katherine's daughter. Still the same beautiful baby girl that he thought he would be able to raise all those years ago. Steve knew that he probably shouldn't believe her, she was lying, she was just lying to get herself out of this situation. But as Steve looked at the girl laying on the hospital bed, She looked so much like Katherine. She had the same green eyes, the same pink lips, her hair was slightly lighter toward the bottom, just like Katherine's had been.

Ashlyn cleared her throat and Steve was brought out of his thoughts.

"So how long are you gonna keep me here? It's getting a little uncomfortable" She said with a sigh. Steve chuckled, even her voice sounded like Katherine's.

"That depends, are any other of our friends part of Hydra? We should probably know just in case you stab them too" Ashlyn laughed slightly at his words and Steve smiled, he recognized that laugh too.

"Not that I know of Captain," She said, still giggling.

"Call me Steve, please" Ashlyn nodded. "I can't let you go yet Ashlyn, Director Fury wants to have a few words with you"

Steve noticed the way her eyebrows furrowed slightly but she didn't say anything.

Ashlyn started humming to herself and Steve's mind brought up a memory of when Katherine would hum when she was bored.

"You okay?" Steve was brought back to reality by the question. He looked at Ashlyn who had been watching him for the past minute. Steve nodded and took a deep breath.

"You just really remind me of someone" Steve didn't dare say her name, in case Ashlyn didn't want to talk about it.

"Katherine?" Steve was very surprised that she had been the one to bring it up. The last time he saw her, she had given the impression that she didn't want to talk about it.

"Yeah, Katherine" Ashlyn nodded at his words. Steve saw her hesitate for a moment before she spoke

"Does she know I'm here?"