Kristen stood at the front of Erin's school, tapping her foot and looking around cautiously, waiting for her little sister to emerge. Penny, James, nor anyone else in the Tower knew she was gone, so she had to try and make it back before they found out.
The nervous girl looked up at the Tower, back to the left, and then to the right. But she jumped when a man was standing in front of her, smiling an evil, crooked smile. Then there was the gun, pointed at her stomach. Kristen's eyes went wide only for a second, before she looked up at the man. Stay calm, you knew this was going to happen. Shush. She told herself over and over again as her killer lead her into the building where she was in her vision. Three SHIELD agents lay limp around the entrances, dead. Nonononono, that can't be. Please tell me that they didn't die trying to protect me. The now extremely scared girl thought, before she was thrown into the building, falling over, and looking at the man as he shut the door. She'd never seen him before, why would he want her dead?
"You know, kid, you made one guy hella angry." He said, cocking the gun to face her, before ordering her to stand up.
"Who would I have infuriated to such a degree that they would want me dead?" She asked, before stopping, her eyes going wide. All the death threats, he was serious.
"He said that he wanted your death to be slow, painful." The older man said, pointing the gun at her torso.
Then the pain exploded, spreading throughout her body and there was blood. Kristen became overwhelmed, falling to her knees. No, stop that. You're satisfying him. Get up. And she tried to do just that, when the floor came up, closer and closer, and connected with the rest of her. Her killer walked over, laughing at her now bloodied face, and picking her up. Kristen couldn't fight, she just scrambled to stop the bleeding. She still wanted to live, so Penny, Lexi, James, even Clint, so they wouldn't blame themselves. But he still kicked the door open, and he stopped when the two were met with police cars, sirens, and shouting.
"Stop! One inch closer and I'll kill her!" He yelled, pointing the gun at her once more.
"More than you already have?" She retorted, looking up. Erin was in the crowd, crying. Good reliable Erin.
An officer's voice boomed, everything else going very quiet, "Drop the gun, and step forward with your hands up!" He ordered, and Kristen rolled her eyes. As if he would just go that quietly. The gun stayed pointed at her face, staring her down.
And one more shot was fired. Kristen closed her eyes, waiting for it all to go black, but it never did. Instead, her attempted murderer fell, the gun slamming to the floor. Paramedics and doctors scrambled to her, picking her up and carrying her to a stretcher.
That was all she remembered before everything went dark, for so many hours. And then the sound of her heart monitor woke Kristen up. There wasn't anyone in the room, the familiar medical supplies filling her nostrils. She laughed, she laughed for a few minutes, and stared up at the ceiling.
"Well, Mama, you were right. I'm pleasantly surprised!"