Connor POV:

"Shouldn't you be helping with the search for Captain Rogers and your girlfriend?" Dad asks as I come back to my desk.

"I already told Sitwell everything I know," I say. "Whatever patterns Lexi used to use, she's not using now. I haven't seen her and actually spent time with her in forever so I don't even know what's really going on with her anymore. So I'm not exactly of use to them right now. Sometimes I don't know why I'm even an Avenger."

"Because of your brain and because of your heart." He says. "Son, just because you don't have powers, doesn't mean you can't be a hero. Athena gifted you with an intelligent brain and you contributed so much to Project Insight. I am very proud of you kiddo."

I smile. "Thanks, Dad. Can I ask you something?"

"Go ahead, Connor." He responds.

"The last time I saw Lexi, she had just confronted the man who murdered her mom," I say and Dad kinda stiffens but immediately relaxes. So quickly that it might have just been my eyes. "He's got this metal arm and he must have scared her to the bone. Even though she's technically a fugitive, when she comes back, what should I do?"

"Son, you're probably asking the person who knows the least about women." He chuckles. "But act on how she is the next time you see her. You've known Lexi since you were little. You'll know what to do."

I smile. "Thanks, Dad. Really."

"Anytime Son, anytime."

Lexi POV:

We stop by one of Nat's safe houses in the area to grab some clothes and supply up. I grab a new leather jacket (since I left my old hooded one behind) a black All Time Low shirt, skinny jeans, a gray beanie, some fake glasses, and a pair of purple converse. I also take my jewelry off and put them in my pocket to seem less noticeable, change my age to somewhere around 18, pull my hair out of its braid and grab my phone that is currently in stealth mode.

Why not just change my entire physique? Well it takes more energy being something other than myself and right now I need all the energy I can get.

After changing, we head out separately Steve and Natasha in her car and me on my motorcycle that I put in stealth mode. I also changed its license plate just to be safe.

Yeah.....Nat is extremely prepared.

Anyway, we drove to the nearest mall and parked semi-close to each other before I see them in the mall. I take out my phone and call Nat, so we can still communicate.

"Nat, would you mind giving Steve some pointers since he obviously has no idea how to be a fugitive." I tease.

"Okay," She smirks and I hear Steve sigh. "First rule of going on the run is, don't run, walk."

"If I try running in these shoes, they're going to fall off," Steve says and I snort.

They walk into an Apple Store and I sit in the cafeteria outside, the store, keeping an eye out for any SHIELD agents.

"The drive has a level six homing program," She says. "so as soon as we boot up SHIELD will know exactly where we are."

"How much time do we have?" Steve asks.

"Uh.....nine minutes from....now," Natasha says.

"Want me to stay outside or come in?" I ask them.

"You can come in. It might be better." Steve says. I hang up the phone and walk into the store, looking around before sliding onto the computer next to them, pretending to look at what apps are on the computer.

"Looks like Fury was right about that ship, somebody's trying to hide something," Natasha says. "This drive is protected by some sort of AI, it keeps rewriting itself to counter my commands.

"Can you override it?" Steve asks.

"The person who developed this is slightly smarter than me. Slightly." She replies and I hold in a laugh.

"I'm gonna try running a tracer," Natasha says. "This is a program that SHIELD developed to track hostile malware, so if we can't read the file, maybe we can find out where it came from."

"Unless they use a router and ping the location off of that," I say.

"Well let's hope it doesn't come to that," Natasha says. "And when did you learn how to outsmart a tracer?"

"I learned from the best" I smirk.

"Can I help you guys with anything?" An employee asks coming up to Steve and Natasha.

"Oh, no. My fiancé was just helping me with some honeymoon destinations." Natasha smiles, wrapping her hands around Steve.

"Right! We're getting married." Steve plays off lamely and I have to hold in my laughter.

"Oh my goodness, that is so sweet!" I gush. "How long have you two been dating?" I can feel Steve giving me a death glare but I could not let this opportunity go to waste.

"Two years," Natasha answers. "We met when I was on a trip for work."

"Well, congratulations!" The apple employee says. "Where do you guys thinking about going?"

"Steve looks at the monitor and blurts out "New Jersey." And all of a sudden looks incredibly sad. As sad as any proud New Yorker would be to say New Jersey in this situation.

"Is that where you two met?" I ask, hoping to cover up the suspicious of this conversation.

"Yes, it is." Steve agrees and then the employee starts looking a little more carefully at Steve and my breath hitches.

"You know I have the exact same glasses." He says and I relax.

"You two are practically twins," Natasha says from her computer.

"Yeah I wish." He says. "Specimen."

"Uh...if you guys need anything, I'm Aaron."

"Thank you," I say to him laughing. Literally, every Captain America fangirl I've ever met would call Steve a specimen. Even Coulson.

"You said nine minutes, come on," Steve says.

I remote access the security cameras for the mall and my stomach drops. "Steve isn't wrong. We've got company. Standard tag-team and Rumlow's leading it."

"Shh, relax," Natasha says. "Got it."

I get out of the systems and sneak a glance the computer. "Wheaton, New Jersey?"

"You know it?" Natasha asks.

"I used to." Steve replies. "Let's go."

I let Steve and Natasha walk out of the store before I leave it behind them. I see Steve put an arm around Natasha so I will my hair color and skin color to change. I also pull out my phone and pretend to have a conversation.

"Ronnie so I couldn't find that one shirt for your sister, so you're going to have to order it online," I say as the agent walks by me, giving me a once-over glance before looking elsewhere.

When I head down the escalator I spot something I didn't expect to see and since it's my insane life, that's saying something. Steve and Natasha kissing...right next to Rumlow and he looks away uncomfortably.

Same man. I might hate you, but I don't ship it either. Clint might be married but I still ship him with Nat. (Small A/N: yeah I'm changing it back. It's just easier with the plot line and with the movies) Yeah, Nat told me how Clint decided to prank me and make me think that Laura was his sister-in-law and everything. Even paid his kids twenty bucks each for the whole thing. That's something that he's gonna pay for later. But that's aside from the point.

The point is that Rumlow is slowing riding the escalator up towards me. And then he looks me right in the eyes. But I try to play it off cool. I smile and send him a wink, hoping to mask my fear.

And praise Poseidon it works. He smiles back at me before going back to his hunt. After what felt like forever I finally make it out of the mall only to see Nat's car and my motorcycle surrounded. I change back to my regular self and Nat signals me, and I climb in the backseat of a large pickup truck that is definitely not ours.

Steve hot-wires the car and I lie down in the back seat.

"Okay I'm going to take a nap and neither of you can stop me," I say before shutting my eyes.

Steve shakes his head smiling and Nat laughs. "Go for it."

Wheaton, New Jersey. Here we come.

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