Long Way From Home

One Can't Run From The Past

Anya was talking to Mary, Louna, Lila, Cassie, and Peter on her laptop.

"Mary, where's your sister?"  Cassie asked.

"Out… with Elias…" Mary smirked.

"Does Tony know?" Louna questioned.

Mary retorts, "Does Uncle Steve know about Anya's boyfriends?"

Anya looks up to see both her parents looking at her. Anya rolls her eyes, "Which one?"

"Ohh!" Lila smirked.

Peter frowns, "Why did you send me here with Uncle Bruce and Loki?!"

Anya gave him a knowing look, before clapping, "So anyways, status update…"

"Well, 5 Hydra base down in South America." Lila read through her notes, "Dad and Coop are trying to find intel… We are in Cuba at this moment."

Cassie was next, "Well, mom, dad, and I took down 25 in Africa. 50 more to go, and we only got started. On our way to Egypt, as we speak."

"Two down in Antarctica," Peter shivered, "the last one seems to be in the coldest part of this continent."

Anya smirks at Peter's reaction. "89 are down in Asia," Mary states, "we just landed in Thailand."

"75 in Eastern Europe," Louna frowns, "and were just in Russia."

"Okay," Anya breathed out, "keep up the good work ladies and gentleman."

Anya shut her laptop off and hears a knock at the door, "I got it!" Anya jumps off the bed and went over to the door as she opened it… she saw Arteo, Louna's ex. "Oh fuck." Anya whispered.

Arteo looked at Anya in shock, "Anya, what are you doing here?!"

Anya sighs, "Mission. And you?"

Arteo smiles, "I get hired by Fury to fix the place up… I'm an architect now."

Anya couldn't help but smile; Arteo was so flustered by her sudden appearance. "Louna's in Russia, right now…"

"Mission?"

"Yes."

"Of course, did she told you about our split up?"

"She told me it was the distance." Anya admitted, well— not completely— according to Louna, they broke up because she feared that he might have someone else in Athens.

"I love Louna." he admitted. "She is the bestest thing that happened to me, I cannot believe that I letted her go." he began to tear up.

Anya knew how much it hurt Louna when she broke up with him. "Why are you telling me this?"

"You are her favourite friend."

"Best friend." Anya corrected. "But that's beside the point … why are you here and telling me this? After two years… Do you want her back? Or is this closure?"

"The first one."

Anya's eyes widens, he wants her back! But does Louna?