▌𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐧 ━︎━︎ 𝐇𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 ▌

━︎━︎━︎━︎𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 so fast. One minute, she was aiming and shooting, the next minute she was running across a roof top, trying to escape as she was being chased by Steve. She had missed. Out of all the times Liliya could've possibly fucked up, it was when she was about to complete her mission.  She pushed herself faster and faster, until she came sliding to a stop at the edge of the roof. She snapped her head over her shoulder to see that Steve had stopped as well, clear confusion was written on his features, and just as he opened his mouth to speak, she was quick to jump, landing on the roof of the closest building.

She rolled as she landed before pushing herself back up, Steve still hot on her heels. Just as she came to the edge of the building, the sound of Steve's voice could be heard echoing across the roof and into her ears. She stopped, just as she had asked him to. Why? She didn't know. But she stopped, and she turned to look at him, her jaw clenched as she narrowed her eyes dangerously at the blonde haired man.

     "Who are you?" Steve asked the blonde, carefully taking a few steps closer to her. He wanted to know who this stranger was, and why she had almost killed him. But, by the look that was on her face, Steve had a feeling he wasn't going to get the answers that he wanted. "Ma'am, I don't know who you are―︎"

     "But I know who you are." Liliya cut him off. "And that's all that matters."

Before he could say anything else, he watched as she pulled out a knife, flipped it between her fingers before making her way towards him and as soon as she was close enough, she started attacking. Steve was quick to dodge her blows, and even though she was trying to kill him, he couldn't find it in himself to hit back. And that immediately made the woman confused. She was quick to knee him in the stomach before jumping up and kicking him backwards. When she fell to the ground she was quick to jump back up before making her way over to him. She placed a knee on his chest, and her knife against his throat.

     "You're even easier to kill than I thought." Liliya scoffed. "Always giving me the easier missions she is."

     "If I'm so easy to kill, why haven't you done it yet?" Steve asked, catching the blonde off guard. She narrowed her eyes at him, and that's when he saw it. He watched as she analyzed him, he watched her hesitate, and if there was one thing he had learned from Natasha, emotionless assassins never hesitated. "You don't want me dead."

     "Shut up!" She hissed, and just as she was about to do it, her thoughts stopped her again. She didn't understand why she couldn't do it. She's killed many times before, so why couldn't she slide her knife against his throat and let him bleed out? What was so special about Steve Rogers that he was throwing her off her game.

     "What's your name?" Steve asked.

     Against her better judgement, she muttered her name through clenched teeth. "Liliya."

     "Liliya." He nodded. "I'm Steve―︎"

     "I know who you are dumbass." Liliya hissed. "I know all about you Steven Grant Rogers. And I know that the only important thing about you came from a bottle. I guess America can say goodbye to their golden boy." And just as she was about to do it, she was hit over the head and her vision turned black.

Steve watched as she fell over, a surprised look crossing over his face before he turned his head to see Eloise Gardner standing there. The woman had her hands placed on her hips as she looked at the unknown girl before she turned her attention towards Steve, cocking an eyebrow at him as she nodded her head towards Liliya.

     "You wanna tell me why I'm out here saving your ass again?"  She held out a hand and Steve grabbed it, allowing for the woman to pull him up.

     "How'd you know where I was?" Steve asked the woman.

     "You can blame HYDRA for that." Eloise gave him a sarcastic smile. "Now, who the hell is she, and why was she holding a knife to your throat? Is she. . . ?"

     "She's not HYDRA." Steve denied, shaking his head. "To be honest, I don't know who she works for or why she's after me. But she knows everything about me, and if she knows about me, she might know about others."

     "Alright, well, then we'll take her back to base, and figure out who she is and why she wants you dead." Eloise shrugged, walking over to the knocked out woman.

     "I saw her hesitate." Steve noted, causing Eloise to glance up at him. "She was hesitant to kill me. . . so whatever organization she's with, I don't think they have their claws as deep in her as they think they do. I think there's still some humanity in there."

     Eloise rolled her eyes as a sigh fell from her lips. "Captain America, always seeing the best in people, even when said people were trying to murder him."

     "Let's just go, yeah?" Eloise smirked before watching Steve grab the unconscious women and making their way towards Eloise's car, and back towards the Avengers facility.

END OF PART ONE!
And this is the end of part one! As usual I will be placing this story on hold until another part of another story or another story all together is finished!