65. no hurt feelings

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Matt and Devon had walked to the coffee shop for their morning coffee before work. She was still on edge about Eros. She was always watching her back, doing her nightly routine of being on the roof, having Isaac on lockdown. It was all too much for her own doing it was breaking her. Devon being Devon, she doesn't want help, no matter how much she loves Matt, she refuses for him to get involved, especially when Eros is around.

Matt wanted to know more of this Eros guy, only if Yelena was around but no. He has tried to tell Isaac not to take to heart about Devons actions, its how she is. Matt has and is still trying to figure out Devon's situation, her life but so many things are popping up. If there was a medal of complicated life style, forget about Tony Stark, Devon takes the cake.

Matt and Devon went in early to open up the firm as they were getting ready to have a new client come in at any moment. Matt was getting the table ready in the back as Devon was getting the papers and charging her laptop. The door chimes and Devon walks up to the front.

"Ms. Nunez, please-" She lifts her head up and stops as she sees the man, dressed all nice, smiling back at her. Her smile immediately drops, her heart and stomach twisted.

"привет Devon." (hello) The wicked scarred smile haunted her. He was standing in front of her. Devon stood in place, clutching to her laptop, knuckles white. She wanted to shove him against the wall, choke him and feel his last breath but the fear overcame her.

"Eros..." She whispers. Eros put his hands behind his back, walking around the shop. "Not here." Matt hears the sound of her heart spike. He listens in.

"Im not going to kill you." He laughs.

"Leave." He steps closer to her, but Devon keeps calm now, letting him wander and look.

"I just came, why would I leave now?" His sharp accent cuts the silence. "Soon as I heard that you were reunited with your family, escaped from the Red Room, i can say, wow-"

"Shocked I'm still standing?" She snarls. Eros stands in front of her. "Embarrassed that you didn't finish the job?" He licks his lips. "Why are you here?"

"Soon as your sister Natasha, exposed HYDRA, i escaped, hid in the shadows, I've turned a new leaf, the brainwashing stopped and i can finally get to be the person i deserve to be." Devon lets out a laugh. "I was in New York, decided to stop by and make amends."

"I rather have you kill me again then let you forgive yourself for what you did."

"Ouch." He holds his chest. "It takes time-"

"You tried to kill me. You left me for dead. I was on the floor, bleeding out, 2 days. It took Yelena 2 days to find me." She pushes him. "You deserve to rot." Eros looks at the back door, Matt standing. He raised his eyebrow and sees how pissed Matt looked. Eros knew that this is the infamous boyfriend of Devon.

"Hi there!" Eros smiles at Matt's direction. "Eros, nice to meet you."

"You have an appointment?" Matt says.

"No."

"Then you shouldn't be here, we don't do walk ins at the moment." Matt steps in, making Eros back away from Devon. Eros nods and puts his hands up.

"Ill leave, no need to start something that you cant finish." Eros looks back at Devon, smiling and Devon's eyes burning with hatred. "We will be meeting again soon мой милый паук." (my sweet spider) Eros winks and walks out. Devon watches him pass the window. Devon starts to check the place, searching for any bugs.

"Are you okay?" Matt asks her as she runs her hand under the bar. "Devon? Was that Eros?" She runs up to him and covers his mouth.

"We are not in the clear." She spends about 25 minutes looking around but nothing was planted. She pinches her nose. "Do you hear-"

"He left, in some type of expensive car. He's turning right." Devon nods. "Was that him?"

"I knew he was going to pop up." She sighs, "We have to be careful now Matt, Im not convinced he has changed."

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Devon had waited for Issac to get home, finish his homework. They had snuck away to the old gym that Matt's dad used go and train. It was already late, Issac was getting antsy.

"Whats this for? Why are we here?" He looks around the old place.

"Im going to teach you a few things." She unlocks the door with her unlocking skills and throws her bag down.

"Wheres Matt?" He looks around to see no sign of him.

"Hes going to meet with us in a bit. I just wanted to show you how to defend yourself." Devon gets the ring. "Its Hell's Kitchen, and you being with us, you have to at least know how to punch." Issac slides in, jumping up and down.

"Oh this is so cool." He tries to amp himself up. Without thinking, he runs up to Devon, but she immediately grabs him and flips him over. He groans at his body hits aggressively onto the ground. "Shit." He coughs up.

"Never just charge to your opponent." Devon gives him a minute to get back up. Issac gets back up and moves around. "HYDRA had to show you at least to fight." issac yells as he runs up to her. He swings and punches Devon but she throws him back. "Again." He starts again, ends up being tossed like a rag doll several more times. Isaac was getting angry, he kept trying but Devon wasn't teaching him, it felt like HYDRA all over again. "Again!" Isaac slams his hands on the ground and gets back up again. He screams but Devon grabs his arm behind his back and pins him down. "This will get you killed!" He struggles to get out of her grip. "Stop holding back and fight back!"

"Devon!" Matt runs in. She immediately snaps back. She realized what she had done. Devon pushes herself off of Isaac, now crawling away from her.

"Im sorry, i dont, i dont..." She stumbles. Devon gets her bag and runs out of the gym.

"Devon wait!" Matt tries to get her but she was gone. Devon had gone out, changed and did a stake out to clear her mind. She felt disgusted for what she did. How could she? She turned into Melina. What had gotten into her?

Devon had kept talking to herself as she looks at the empty buildings around her. She knew that Isaac would never forgive, she wouldn't even argue on that. She snaps out of her thoughts as she hears men speaking in hushed voices and rustling of guns. Devon stands up and looks at the armed men leaving the empty building. She jumps down and starts to speculate the place. She sneaks into the abandoned building and walks up the stairs.

"We need to find that boy, now! He's going to become a menace." Devon frowns about it. "Now!"

"Haven't we learned enough? With the Winter Soldier, the Silent Killer-"

"They are part of history. Getting this kid back into our hnads, imagine the damage."

"They kid isn't ready." One of them frowns. "With the Daredevil, the punisher, and the goddamn Red Widow here, the kid isn't going to be the problem."

"Just find the kid, we can deal with others if they get in our way." They start to leave but Devon comes in and starts to fight them. She tased them and wrapped them up with the rope on the ground.

"Its the Red Widow!" One of them said in the walkie but he was shot. Devon turns around and sees Eros shooting the room. Devon kicks the guy in her arms and hides as they shoot back.

"Are you insane? I had it!" She yells at Eros as he hid with her.

"Oh yeah, definitely." They jumped out and took on the six more men that came in. Eros shoots and Devon tased and flips the last man on the ground and tased him. "I think they got me." He shows his bloody chest. Devon scuffs and takes him out of there before more came.

"Go to the hospital, theyll patch you up."

"You know I can't do that." He winced. Devon had no choice but to take him to the apartment. Matt and Isaac were not home yet and as soon as she patched him up, the sooner he leaves. Eros unzips his suit and shows the gunshot on his shoulder. Devon pierced the needle and thread into his skin, he winces. "Wheres the guy? The one that I met?" He looks around.

"Working late."

"And you here by yourself?" She frowns at him, poking the needle deeper. "Shit, alright."

"Dont you dare talk about my life, you hear me?"

"Not my place." She finished and gets up.

"Its time for you to go." Eros zips his suit back up and stands up. He looks around, The kitchen table had a history book and a pre calculus textbook. Converse shoes scattered across the living room.

"Who else lives here?" He tries to peak at the Isaacs room, Devon closes the door.

"Leave." She heads to the front door. He smirks and heads up to the door to leave, before she opened the door, she stops him, "Why were you there?" She questioned him.

"I want to take down HYDRA and they were setting camp there for a while and you were there." He opens the door and leaves. Devon bites her cheek and knew that something wasn't right.