'My eyes darted around the room in worry as my heart leapt into my throat. Did they see me take off my ring? Are they gonna kill me? I don't wanna die. Especially not on my birthday.'

Hope's P.O.V
The two men exchanged a few quiet words, before the leader looked up at me. We made eye contact, his cold stare burning into mine as he walked up to me. I gulped as tears welled up in my eyes.

"Get up!" He said in a gruff voice as he pointed his gun at me. I stood on shaky legs as tears started too run down my cheeks. "Tie her up, and bring her with us." He said to one of the other men.
My brain didn't quite register what was going on, as the man pulled out a zip-tie and roughly pulled my arms behind my back, locking them there and pulling the zip-tie tight. Pain shot up my arms and my mind snapped back into reality. I started to hyperventilate as the tears poured down my cheeks.

"Please, please let me go! I didn't do anything!" I said as I started to wriggle attempting to get my hands free and the hands on my elbows off. The man holding me pushed hard on my elbows, which pulled on my hands, resulting in a scream from me as the zip-tie dug into my wrists, I'm sure slicing through flesh. The man forced me forward as I walked on shaky legs through the civilians sitting on the floor. We had reached the middle of the room when one of the men in black came running in.

"The Avengers are here!" He yelled. The group leader let out a string of curses.

"Get the money and the girl out of here now!" He shouted. That's when the glass doors shattered as Iron Man came flying into the bank. I turned my face away to avoid the glass that went flying everywhere. The other Avengers were quick to follow Iron Man as they piled in and started taking down the criminals and helping civilians out. I looked around the bank as it erupted in chaos. Gun fire went off left, right and center. I made eye contact with the famous Black Widow for a split second, my fear filled eyes meeting her's, as her's filled with realization. The man holding me yanked me backwards and I screamed and struggled, feeling the zip-tie cut deeper. I'm so close to safety, this can't happen. I heard Black Widows voice ring over the chaos.

"They've got a hostage!" I heard her yell as the man kept us moving quickly to the back exit of the bank.

"No! No please! Somebody help me, please!" I shouted as I bit back the pain in my wrists as I struggled to brake free, or at least by time for one of the Avengers to save me. Then the Falcon was above us shooting the man holding me. I smiled up at him in thanks, but it didn't last long. The leader of the group, grabbed me by my bleeding wrists and pushed me in the direction of the back door.

"Falcon!" I yelled as I turned my head looking over my shoulder, only to see him be sprayed by bullets, forcing him to land and face the kidnapping, thieves. We burst free of the chaos of the bank and I was shoved kicking, and screaming into the back of a van. I fell onto the floor of the van, smacking my head on something, which caused my vision to blur and my hearing to go patchy. I felt myself loosing conscious as my head spun and black spots appeared, then I was out, as the darkness took over.