Chapter One
Lady Astrid
POV: Black Widow
It was cold and dark, so naturally, the Hawk wanted to go off on watch and dragged me along.
"See anything, Clint?" I asked, shivering.
"Well, Tasha, I see a lot of things...be more specific!" he laughed.
I glowered at him, and elbowed him in the gut.
"OW!" he yelped.
"See anything HELPFUL to us?" I asked.
He looked through his binoculars for a minute. Then answered, "no...not ye-" he cut himself off.
"What?!" I asked.
He was silent for one long minute.
"Tasha, get over here," he said, handing me the binoculars.
As soon as I started looking, I saw it: A Meteor.
"Oh my gosh!" I said.
"Look closer," he told me.
I adjusted the site and saw what he meant. It wasn't a meteor - it was a...girl.
"Bozhe moy!" I yelled, dropping the binoculars.
I turned on my ear piece, and it crackled to life.
"Stark!"
"Yeah, I see it, Romanov," he said.
We heard his suit fly up from behind us, over us, and towards the girl. He swooped down and caught the girl, then flew back to us.
"Is she okay?" I asked when Tony landed.
The faceplate of his suit shot back, revealing a worried expression.
"She's unconscious, but breathing," he told us, and with the girl still in his arm, started to run to the elevator. The Hawk and I got in with him and I punched the button for Dr. Banner's lab. I hoped we would find him there and not have to search the entire R&D department, aka "Nerdvana".
"BRUCE?" I yelled as we entered the room.
"Yes, Miss Romanov?" he replied, peeking out from behind his microscope, glasses askew on top of his head and shirtsleeves rolled up past his elbows.
"We need your help," Clint said.
I pointed to the girl in Tony's arms by way of explanation; words were too time-consuming for this situation.
"Bring her in here, quickly," he said, jumping up and running through his office to a small, white, surgical room.
"Set her down," Bruce told Tony. Tony nodded and lay her down on the bed.
Bruce worked very fast, and hooked her up to as many monitors as possible.
"Is she ok?" I asked him.
I stared at the girl...she was really beautiful.
There was an energy radiating off of her, which made her appear...slightly blue.
"So far, so good. We'll just have to see when she wakes up." he said, also noticing the blue-tinted light radiating around her.
"Thank you, Doctor." I said, and walked out with Clint. I looked behind me expecting to see Stark, but he wasn't there.
"Where's Stark?" I asked Clint.
"He stayed with the girl," he told me.
"Oh...ok." I said, a bit shocked.
Deep down, I was very worried about our mystery woman. But, I knew that Bruce would take good care of her.
"You're worried about her," Clint said, after a few minutes of silence.
"Yeah," I muttered. After a pause, he softly said, "...so am I."