'The snakes I had planned to hunt down, came to deliver themselves to me.' I grinned mentally.

The agent went to pull the trigger as he proceeded to lower the gun to aim at my shoulders. He wanted to use me as leverage against Natasha after all.

However, before he could pull the trigger my fingers quickly moved to twist his wrist bending it to the side. "Ahhh!"

*Bang* *Slump* The person beside him dropped down with the bullet through his throat.

Before the man with the twisted wrist or others beside him could even show any sort of surprise let alone reaction my fist stabbed the throat of the person in front of me and pushed his chest which caused him to move back holding his throat, letting go of the gun in the process.

I grabbed the gun in the air and started shooting at the other 5 agents beside him before they could even register what was really going on.

*Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang*

I looked towards the agent still choking in front of me. Pointing the gun at him he tried to beg or grunt, most likely in fear or hate.

I took control back just to smile at him for a moment. "Bang." *Bang* his brain matter flew at me.

In 4 seconds all 7 of them upstairs were dead.

I heard a few backup agents running upstairs and I handed control back to rooted potato. My body instantly knew it was 3 people. My arms threw the gun at the wall which rebounded off it.

While the gun was still flying in the air, I grabbed 2 guns on the floor from the dead agents.

The gun in the air landed perfectly against the person leading the charge through the stairs delaying everyone in the stairs. "Ah, fucker!"

My body didn't even look down as I just shot 3 times down the railings.

*Bang**Bang**Bang* Their bodies slumped down and rolled off the stairs.

I walked towards the stairs making my way through the corpses.

2 more agents climbed through the now windowless window fully armed.

Their surprised faces told me they weren't even expecting to see me downstairs.

*Bang**Bang* Before they could even aim their weapon a bullet went through their eyes each.

I had arrived at the bottom of the stairs.

I knew there were 6 more here: 3 from the garden door by the side and 3 from our office room. My ears picked up on the pounding of their heart.

If I moved from here to take down one group, that would allow the other group to get to Natasha which I couldn't allow unless I used my speed.

So, I just sat there on the stairs.

"Report!" I could hear from their communication device.

"All units upstairs presumably dead." One of them reported.

I saw a grenade just about to cross the windowless window. However, I just aimed my gun at the grenade and shot at it.

*Bang* The bullet accurately grazed the grenade to stop its forward momentum and go back without exploding it.

*Boom* A loud explosion rang out from outside as the curtains flew from the wind.

"Use the flashbang and smoke grenades!" 1 minute later I could hear their commander ordering through their communication to use the smoke grenade and the flashbang.

3 flash bangs launched towards me however I simply closed my eyes.

*Bang* A loud sound accompanied by a bright flash pierced my closed eyes. I became disoriented however I activated the HE serum. Energy washed through my body bringing me back to top shape by the time I had opened my eyes.

The smoke grenades were launched at the room covering my vision as the hydra agents used their thermal vision goggles to come towards me.

That would be their worst and final mistake in life.

*Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang*

Rooted potato shot all 6 as soon as they stepped into the room using their sound to pinpoint their location perfectly.

"Zack report!" I heard from their communication.

I walked out and saw someone starting his car and trying to leave in a panic.

*Bang**Bang* The bullets from my guns pierced his tires.

He looked at me in anger as he quickly got his gun and prepared to shoot from the cover of his door at me.

*Bang* Just before his door opened, my body fired at the metal plating of the car which caused the bullet to be ricocheted from there to the glass window of the door which he was opening.

This surprised and shocked the man to the point he quickly let go of the door on instinct, which fully opened the door to reveal him for me.

Before he could even understand what happened 4 bullets left my guns...

*Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang* ...puncturing his 4 limbs.

"Ahhhh!" He screamed as he fell on the floor screaming in pain, face first.

Ignoring him I walked back in.

My senses could not sense anymore danger around, so I took control of my body and deactivated my powers.

'Shield is going to be here soon. Got to lose my cool.' My logical and calm mind dictated.

'Off Calm Mind' As soon as I did, I once more felt the full recoil of taking a human life hit me. It was worse this time as this was the first time I switched off calm mind so soon after taking a life.

Unlike normal people, I had it multiples times worse from my emotional side. I hated having an enhanced mind that could think and process things faster. It just overwhelmed me emotionally.

I vomited feeling part of the brain of the guy I killed earlier still on my face.

My hands shivered as I threw the gun away from me in disgust at using those things to take human life.

Tears flowed from my eyes as I remembered the face of the man whose wrist I broke. It wasn't fear but the desire to live that I saw on that man's face before he died.

'What have I done?' That question constantly haunted me.

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[Natasha PoV]

"Hail Hydra!" Terror gripped my heart as I saw the gun pointed at David's head.

"Noooo!" Screaming I aimed my gun at the agent. I couldn't even shoot because David was on the way.

I tried getting up only to fall down.

As I tried getting up all I could hear were gunshots.

I ignored the growing pain from my abdomen.

My heart kept beating like crazy. 'Please don't punish him for my mistakes.' I prayed to any gods there was to make sure nothing happened to him.

I barely managed to get to the door to see corpses and blood everywhere.

I stood there as l tried to catch my breath from the strain on my body. Quickly grabbing my phone I pressed the familiar number. "Hydra is attacking me!" I said before throwing the phone to the side.

It took me a while to recover which was strange but I kept moving as all I could hear was gunshots.

I felt pain radiating from my abdomen. Looking down I saw blood staining my shirt.

'Shit! Not now!' I cursed as I prepared to remove my shirt to wrap around my wound to hold the blood back.

*Boom* I heard a grenade going off just as I was about to remove my shirt.

'Screw this!' I could care less about my wound anymore as I used the wall as support to make my way to the stairs.

I exhaled in massive relief as I saw David sat there unharmed.

"Da..." Before I could even call out I saw rather familiar items on the floor.

*Boom*

'Flashbang' I quickly covered my ears along with my eyes as I moved back only to lose balance as I fell back causing me to open my eyes for a moment. A loud sound accompanied by a bright light pierced my sight.

"Ah!" The pain from my abdomen increased from the impact of falling down.

Recovering from the blindness quickly, I looked down to see only smoke.

I tried making out any figures through it as I tried getting back up.

I could hear gunshots from outside. Each time I heard it my heart stopped for a moment.

'Please be fine.' I kept chanting.

Just as the smoke cleared I looked down to see David walking in.

I felt a massive relief before that got drained down as I saw him slump down on the floor.

"David!" I shouted out to him in worry only to see him vomit. 'What if it's poison?' My brain kept imagining all sorts of terrible scenario.

I quickly made my way down through the corpses in the stairs ignoring the searing pain in my stomach as I saw him throw up.

Just as I got down I saw the disgust in his face as he threw the gun away. I felt a massive relief when I realised it wasn't him being poisoned but him experiencing the act of taking a life for the first time.

"What have I done?" He broke down as he cried.

I went up to him and just hugged him close to my chest. "Everything is fine. I am here." I soothed him as any sense of there being danger just flew out of my mind. I don't care if there are more Hydra's backups coming in. Right now David was my priority.

I just hummed a lullaby to him to calm him down as I stroked his back. There wasn't anyone to do this for me, but at least I am here for David. I will be here for him just like he was always there for me for the past 2 years.

Shield units came in but I ignored them as it was just me and David now.

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[David PoV]

I am not sure how long had passed but I began hearing a hum. It was a very soothing and relaxing melody. I regained enough sense as my mind quickly began partially clearing up enough for me to do one act.

'Calm Mind' I ordered and felt my emotions clear up.

I felt someone was holding me closely while humming. 'Off Calm Mind.' I began cycling through the activation and deactivation of the calm mind. I finally stopped to feel the emotions coming back but in a lesser weight. I kept doing this until I was back to normal.

From my vision, I noticed there were quite a lot of people around: forensics, agents wearing the Shield badge, and few doctors who were waiting around me.

I felt someone caressing my back. It was Nat. I pulled myself apart gently to see Nat's smiling face.

"Better?" She asked me to which I nodded.

Realisation quickly hit me of how she could have gotten down.

I looked towards her wound to see it was bleeding once more. "Oh no!" I quickly got up and made her sit down properly without applying too much strain on her stomach.

"I am ok." She said with a smile.

A tear left my eyes as I shook my head. "No, you are not," I said as I grabbed the first aid kit from the doctor's hand and the gloves he wasn't wearing.

I quickly wore the gloves ignoring the protest of the medics.

'Assess her open wounds and then close her wound back up.'

'Calm mind.' I gave 2 rapid orders to my gift.

I could hear the doctors were about to stop me. "It's ok. Let him carry on." Natasha told them as I knelt in front of her and examined her wound.

It was just the wound opening on the surface. I exhaled in relief.

My body soon started the emergency treatment on her reopened wound and started stitching it back, very quickly.

I took back control of my body to see Natasha's smiling face. She didn't feel much pain due to the painkiller still in effect.

I removed my gloves. "Do you feel better?" I asked her to which she nodded as she caressed my cheek with her right hand tiredly.

"One fine motherfucker." I heard a deep voice behind me and instinctively knew 1 person who loved the word motherfucker.

Thinking of him made me remember the trash I left outside, irresponsibly. I felt anger and rage cloud my mind.

I took Nat's hand from my cheek and kissed them. "I will be back, so just relax," I promised Nat as I stood up.

She probably realised what I had wanted to do as she tried grabbing onto me but couldn't.

"David don't!" Natasha shouted but I didn't wait.

I ignored everyone as I walked out.

"Fury stop him or he might kill whoever is left alive." I could hear her pleading.

I walked out to see the person I had shot was being treated there itself in an ambulance surrounded by guards. The reporters and crowd having been already cleared by Shield from the area.

I walked towards the ambulance and the guard allowed me in probably due to Fury behind me. I didn't care why he allowed me in at this moment in time. The doctors were busy stoping the bleeding and preparing for the surgery to remove the bullets from the person I had shot down.

'Today is my lucky day.' I gave a mocking smile to the man who was groaning in pain. They haven't administered the anaesthetic to him.

Without saying anything I grabbed the surgical tool from the table nearby.

'Take the bullet out of him and make sure he lives.' I ordered my gift as I activated calm mind. Not to mention anger was more than enough to remove my calm judgement if I don't forcefully calm myself.

I would have stabbed him with the tools nearby or punched through his throat if I didn't know better. He needs to live to experience a fate worse than death.

I ignored the panicked medical staff while I felt Fury calming them from the background. I quickly and efficiently started taking the first bullet out of his leg.

I placed the bullet on the pallet beside as I looked back at the man to see him moaning in pain.

"What are you doing?" I held the hand of the nurse who came forward with a mask.

"Administering painkiller." She stated.

"If you give him any painkillers then the next thing that happens is this knife in your throat," I warned her as I pointed at the surgical knife.

She quickly moved back with the mask as I proceeded to stitch his bullet hole back up while ignoring the commotion at the back.

"What are you doing? Apply pressure on his bleeding!" I ordered as I took control of my body for a second. I needed this bastard alive.

I moved onto the next limb as few staffs came forward to apply pressure on the wounds.

1 hour later I looked at the man whose condition was more than stable enough for me, ignoring the part that he was in pain.

I came back to my body.

I grabbed a few bandages and placed them near him before grabbed a stool and sat in front of the hydra agent with the oxygen mask in his face.

"You know Natasha consider me as the best doctor in the world despite never having practised. Despite what you tried today, do you know why I saved you instead of killing you?" I asked the man who was more than awake, breathing through the oxygen mask looking at me in confusion as I played with the needle, I had used to stitch his wounds in one hand.

He shook his head at me.

I grabbed this thumb and rubbed it with my other hand gently much to his confusion.

'Calm mind' I made sure just in case for what I am about to do.

"So, I could do this." I stabbed the needle under his nails and pushed it in.

I didn't even let him scream as I clenched down on the oxygen mask.

I removed my hand as I felt he had stopped screaming.

Ripping the crooked needle back from under his thumb brought out bits and pieces of his red flesh from under his nails. Tying the bandage around his thumb tightly so that he could feel the pain deeply.

He took large gasps of breath from his oxygen mask.

Just before he recovered, I carried on. "And this." I stabbed the same needle under the nail of his index finger.

He tried to scream but I held down once more onto his mask after which I tied the bandage over his nail tightly.

"Then this." This went on until all of his fingers were wrapped in a bandage.