Long Way From Home

⚠Important!⚠

"Cut the red wire; not the blue one."

"Got it! Okay now run."

Natasha instinctively grabbed Anya's hand and began running. As soon as they were about ten feet away from the building, it exploded. Natasha stops and so did Anya.

"I said the red one!" Natasha scolded, as she catches her breath.

Anya clicks her tongue, "The red one is the one I cut."

Natasha gestures to the flames, "Then why did it explode?!"

"Because mother," Anya was irritated, "you forgot to disable the self destruct system. I may have disable the bomb but there is the self destruct system when intruders walk in, which Grandpa told you to disable!"

Natasha breathed out and was about to say something, when Anya raised a finger to silence her and checks her phone.

Group chat:

Lila: Where the hell are you guys?!

Kelly: Chile

Mary: Vietnam

Louna: Wakanda

Anya rolled her eyes: I'm in Russian; wat's up?

Lila: Cassie's bf is in the compound… not a DRILL!

Anya looks at her mother, "I need to go. Lila needs me; you good here, mom?"

Natasha nodded, "Just go… tell your father I need his help."

Anya walks away and taps the necklace and appears in front of the compound, she checks her phone.

Kelly: I'll stop the urban fires and I'll be der in a sec.

Mary: I'll just give the care package to the leader of the tribe… give me a few…

Louna: 2 mins., King T'Challa's signing the treaty.

Anya: I'm rite outside the gate…

Lila: Anya! Did u leave ur mother in Russia?!

Anya: Maybe… 😏

Anya opened the gate and walks to the cafeteria building.

"Anya?!" Steve was shocked.

Anya sighs, "Mom needs your help… in Moscow." and walks towards Lila and her brothers, "So where is this guy?"

"In the meeting building…" Cooper sighs, "shall we?"

Anya follows the Bartons towards the meeting building…

Anya immediately shook hands with the purple eyed young man, "Anya Rogers… pleased to meet you."

"I… uh… Harry Stabler," the man introduced himself, "Ms. Rogers. And the pleasure is all mine."

Anya sat down, "So I hear you work as a psychiatrist in the FBI…"

"Yes, ma'am." Harry responded.

Anya glares at him her lips in a somewhat sweet smile, "Of course, we all need did our research on your background…" Anya flips through the file, "Tsk! Tsk! A drunk driving charge…"

Harry immediately started defending himself, but Anya stopped him. "Just promise me you won't drink while Cassie's in the car…"

Harry gulped as he nodded his head profusely, "Yes, ma'am, I promise!"

Anya chuckled as she stood up, "Congratulations,  Harry, you've passed the test."

"Huh?" Harry looked puzzled.

Cassie grins as she embraced Harry, "You passed the meet Anya test! It only gets easier after this."

Anya smiles and let's Scott and Hope in. "Have fun!"

Hope sat down in the chair previously occupied by Anya, as Scott sat beside her. Both starred Harry down, Hope cleared her throat, "Cassie's been through a lot, in the past…"

"She lost her mother and stepfather  right after the second snap…" Scott sighed, "she needs stability; can you promise not to leave her?"

Cassie was outside before they started talking.

"No," Harry admits, "but I can promise that I'll never leave her if I can help it… I just want a chance to prove myself, sir. I am not worthy of your daughter, nor will I ever be, but I ask to show you, two, that I am the one she needs."