Almost Lost You
Diclaimer:I do not own the Avengers, though I wish they did.
Chapter 1
"Hawkeye," Natasha said into her earpiece. "Nat, what are you doing?" He replied. "Um, little help here." She glanced at him, and he said "I got him" She saw him aim and she closed her eyes, hoping he would pull through for her again, as he had done so many times before. The thought bothered her, knowing he had done so much for her, and she hadn't even returned half the favor. When she opened her eyes again, Loki was flying through the air. Snickering, she looked at Clint, he had a triumphant look on his face. He smiled at her, catching her wink.
She continued flying through the air, moving past Clint at a very high speed, then, nearing Stark Tower,she posed herself to jump off the Chitauri speeder. She inhaled a deep breath, held it, and launched herself off the airship. The gravel below her crashed and crunched as she went tumbling over and over and over again, finally settling to a stop. When she got to her feet, she saw Eric Selvig looking over the edge of the tower. She started towards him, and he rolled over to face her. "When I built the Tesseract, I made a safety just in case something like this ever happened ," Natasha was struck with a sense of realization so strong she thought she would fall off the building. "Loki's sceptor!" She exclaimed. "Yes, and I'm looking right at it."