Natasha smiled as she drove into the Parking lot of the Police Station, and she caught sight of Pete who seemed to have been waiting for her.
"What are you doing here?" asked Natasha as she smiled as she wind down the window on her side to talk to Pete.
"Waiting for you of course" said Pete as he smiled at her.
"Why??" asked Natasha as she smiled.
"Well the mechanic called, he has received your car, and he wants you to come over and discuss the price of fixing it" said Pete as he smiled.
"Oh that's great" said Natasha as she smiled.
"But you don't have to come with me, don't you have work to do?' asked Natasha.
"Well, I am taking an early lunch break, since I usually don't take any" said Pete as he smiled.
"Oh Commander Peter Lawson, I never took you as a slacker" said Natasha as she laughed.
"Oh don't say nonsense Nat, and move over, I'm coming with you" said Pete as he laughed.
"Yes Commander" said Natasha as she removed her seatbelt and she came out of the driver's seat as she saluted Pete as she stood in front of him.
"Oh Nat, I am so glad that you are alright" said Pete as he hugged Natasha without warning.
"And so am I Pete, so am I" said Natasha as she hugged him back and smiled.
"I don't know what I would have done if I lost you" said Pete as he sighed, he could not imagine loosing Natasha at all, he could not, he thanked himself for the fact that Natasha was able to defend herself, or how else would she have survived long enough to call him.
He truly could not imagine loosing her, the mere thought of her dying made her shudder.
"Oh come on, don't cry on me son of the Law" said Natasha.
"You re supposed to be strong, besides, I have never seen you cry before, so don't start now" said Natasha as she laughed.
"Who said anything about me crying??" asked Pete as he broke their hug and he laughed.
"Mhmm right" said Natasha as she laughed.
"Just get in the car Nat" said Pete as he laughed.
"Now that's the Pete I know" said Natasha as she smiled and she walked around the car to the passenger seat as Pete got in the driver's seat, and he began to drive as soon as Natasha put on her seatbelt.
"I really think that me wearing a skirt is bad luck" said Natasha as she laughed as they drove.
"Oh, I do notice that you are dressed pretty nice today" said Pete as he smiled.
"What's the occasion?" asked Pete.
"Hmm, nothing important, I was on my way to see a friend" said Natasha as she laughed.
"Skirts really are not my thing at all, the first day I decide to at least wear one, I end up being targeted by assassins" said Natasha as she laughed.
"Oh Nat, just stick to jeans, they suite you" said Pete as he laughed.
"Oh who's asking you" said Natasha as she laughed.
"But on a serious note Nat, you being targeted is not a funny thing at all" said Pete as he went serious and he stopped at the red light.
"*Sigh*, I know that too Pete" said Natasha as she sighed.
"Tell me Nat, is there anyone that you offended recently… I mean did you have a falling out with anyone that would cause them to want to kill you?" asked Pete.
"Well No… No Pete, I cannot think of anyone at all" said Natasha as she shook her head and the light turned green so Pete started to drive again.
"Are you sure?" asked Pete as he turned to look at Natasha briefly.
"Yes I am, I rarely see any other people besides you, and those at home, so I cannot possibly have an idea of who wants to kill me" said Natasha as she sighed, this really frustrated her.
"Alright" said Pete.
"And Nat, please tell me what really happened" said Pete.
"What do you mean Pete?" asked Natasha.
"Oh don't be like that Nat, I am not dumb at all, I don't buy that the man would just kill himself like that, something happened" said Pete.
"There is something missing in the statement you all gave us, and believe me Nat, I can notice so start talking" said Pete as he turned to look at Natasha.
"*Sigh* Alright fine" said Natasha as she sighed and she shook her head, well she did know that she could not hide anything from Pete for long, and at least she had gotten what she wanted, but now she had to confess.
"I'm listening" said Pete.
"Okay, so what happened was that after I shot the men…" said Natasha as she hesitated.
"I may or may not have tortured the leader a in a bid to find out who sent him" said Natasha as she sighed, now that she said it out loud, she sounded like a monster.
"Nat!!" called Pete as he could not believe what he was hearing, the Natasha he knew was not capable of such.
"Okay I know, I know, but at that time, there was nothing else going through my head than to defend myself" said Natasha.
"Alright, but please tell me where you got such courage and boldness to torture a criminal??" asked Pete as he knew on a normal day Natasha was not a type of person to be ruthless.
"Pete, when your life is in danger, I doubt you would think of anything else other than to survive" said Natasha coldly, but Pete didn't notice.
"I agree with you Nat" said Pete as he sighed, he could not blame her, if it was him, he would have done the same thing, or even worse.
"And what else Nat??" asked Pete.
"Because I know that is not all" said Pete.
"Alright, so after I tortured the man a bit, he refused to tell me who sent him, and so he shot himself" said Natasha as she sighed.
"And…" said Pete.
"And I checked through his pockets and I found his phone and I called the number there that was titled the boss" said Natasha.
"Natasha!" said Pete as he turned to look at Natasha, he could not believe this, it was like she was some sort of criminal.
"Eyes on the road Pete" said Natasha as she looked at Pete, and he reluctantly turned to face the road.
"Why did you do that Nat?? you do know that you can be accused of tampering with an official police investigation" said Pete as he was concerned.
"Yes I know Pete, but I just had to find something out for myself" said Natasha seriously.
"I wanted to know if the boss would be someone I knew" said Natasha.
"And??" asked Pete.
"And he wasn't and he ended the call as soon as he heard my voice" said Natasha.
"Natasha you do know that your fingerprints could be found on that phone" said Pete as he face-palmed internally.
"No they won't be, I wore gloves so as not to get my fingerprints on anything" said Natasha.
"Please tell me when you became an experienced Criminal Nat?" asked Pete as if it was not that he was hearing this from Natasha herself, he would have not believe this, it was all too much for Natasha to have done.
"Oh hush Pete, I am not a criminal, I only want justice" said Natasha.
"Alright Nat, I will leave you for now, but next time, don't try anything like that, it can and will be dangerous" said Pete.
"Oh Pete, you know me, I can't make any promises" said Natasha as she smiled at him.
"And I don't know what to do with you" said Pete as he parked the car and he got out and Natasha followed after him.
"You don't need to do anything at all" said Natasha as she smiled and she walked beside him.
"Yeah, yeah, you won't be the death of me Nat" said Pete as he sighed and they walked into a garage where many cars were lined up and men in blue jumpsuits were working on the cars.
"Ahh Commander, I didn't think to see you this early" said a dark haired man with brown eyes as he smiled and he walked over to where Pete and Natasha were.
"How's it going Pedro, long time no see" said Pete as he smiled and he shook the hand of the man named Pedro.
"Everything is fine, of course we have not seen each other In a while, you rarely have car problems" said Pedro as he laughed.
"Do you consider that a good or a bad thing?" asked Pete as he laughed.
"Good because my services are good, and bad because I make less money on repairs" said Pedro as he laughed.
"Oh you joker" said Pete as he laughed.
"You know me commander, but on a serious note, as long as my services are good I do not mind at all" said Pedro as he smiled.
"Ahhh Mrs. White, I did not expect to see you here" said Pedro as he finally noticed Natasha.
"Well that was because I didn't have a car before" said Natasha as she laughed.
"Oh, but your husband did drop one of his cars here on Sunday, I guess you are here to pick it up?' asked Pedro as he smiled.
"Oh no, no, actually the car that was towed to your garage earlier is mine" said Natasha as she smiled.
"Oh, that car was really knocked out, are you alright Mrs. White?" asked Pedro as he looked concerned.
"Oh I am just fine Pedro, thank you for asking, I was just involved in a minor accident" said Natasha as she smiled.
"What a shame, and that car looks new too" said Pedro.
"Oh it is" said Natasha as she shook her head.
"Well enough chit chat, I am sure that we have caught up enough, and you are not here to talk to me" said Pedro as he laughed.
"Oh we can do so later Pedro" said Pete as he laughed.
"So please follow me to my office, I have already crunched the estimates of how much it would take to fix the car" said Pedro as he began to walk and Natasha and Pete followed after him.
Thank you to jungkook29 and Tiphe_Olaoluwa for the power stones haha