HEY EVERYONE!(read this in Spidey's voice in CACW) This is my first Romanogers fic although Romanogers is my all time OTP. I've got the idea from a tumblr post by stevensnatalia. Go check it out they are awesome! FYI, my tumblr name is same as this one.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
• I don't own any of the original content. If I did, I would pull a Stan Lee and appear in every MCU movie. And also that whole Brutasha thing wouldn't happen. Or it would if the reason for it was Natasha's espionage side. (I can explain if any1 asks)
• English isn't my native language. Feel free to correct my mistakes.
• When height or weight matters, I will write other type like cm-m-km or kg-g units
• I don't promise that all chapters will be this long and I will be able to update regularly. Possibly every Tuesday because I've got 3 hours free between my last lesson and kickbox lesson.
• The date is after CATWS and before Avengers AoU.
• Type: action, adventure, romance and humor.
• Also I really love writing Avengers so sorry if I overwrite Avengers. Like Avengers Avengers or The Avengers. Sorry:)
• Finally, I've made a few pop-culture references. I put * sign to them for now but if you want to find them on your own, tell me and I won't put it on other chapters.
Thoughts and emphasized words
Locations and dates
Avengers' Tower, New York
It was a very ordinary Saturday for The Avengers: Clint was teaching Thor how to play video games at living room. Steve was in the gym hitting the punching bag. Natasha was in the training arena listening to classic music while destroying the training robots. Lastly, Tony and Bruce aka science bros as Tony called themselves were in the lab working on the last adjustment of their little side project. Tony and Bruce were on the each side of the machine. Tony poked Bruce and pointed the tool box "Would you give the wrench?" Bruce went to tool box and took one wrench then gave it to Tony. "No not that one. I need number 12 not 14, Bruce." Bruce sighed and gave him wrench no.12.* Tony took it, looked at it and tossed it around the room smiling like 5 year old kid who ate all the cookies and got away with it.
"Are you serious? Why did you ask for it then?" Bruce was mildly annoyed.
Tony walked where Bruce was and put a hand on Bruce's shoulder "Just love messing with you. What are the science bros for?" Then he smiled at Bruce.
"Don't call us science bros. We are too old for that." Said Bruce.
Tony placed his hand to his heart dramatically and acted like he's hurt "You are breaking my heart Anakin."* Bruce laughed at his antics. Tony laughed too and continued, "Anyway it's finished now. Are you ready to tell the team?"
"Won't they be a little angry that we didn't tell them in the first place? I mean I would." Bruce asked.
"Maybe, maybe not. Doesn't matter now. Grab the sheet. Let's cover it." Tony said and tossed him a sheet and grabbed other side of it.
"Why are we covering it? They will come here in a minute when we call them anyway." Tony stared at Bruce. After a while, "Fiiiineee. We are doing it, okay? Don't stare at me anymore. It's making me uncomfortable." Tony chuckled and together they covered the machine. Bruce walked towards to computer area to call other Avengers to lab. He grabbed the microphone. "Clint, Natasha, Steve and Thor please come to lab at 12th floor. Tony and I….."
Tony took the mic from Bruce and yelled "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! At 12th floor lab." Tony smiled proudly. "Ahh, I love saying that."
"Ahhh my ears!"Bruce covered his ears and gave Tony a look. "I've already told them. You didn't need to do that. Or shout."
In the living room' Thor and Clint were playing Mortal Kombat for an hour and were currently on their 5th round. "Friend Clint, I wish to change my character. I can't win with this one."
Clint looked at Thor and shrugged "Nahh. Raiden* is your spiritual character. You can't just change your character."
Thor somehow paused the game and turned to Clint. "But you have already changed 6 times and we only played 5 rounds. I want to be fire breather warrior."
Clint murmured. "I didn't know you knew how to pause the game" then continued in normal voice "It's because I couldn't find my spiritual character, friend Thor. Once I find it, I'll be invincible"
"But you already won all the rounds. I do not understand speciality of Rainthen." Thor was confused. (A.N. he would look hot when Chris\Thor is confused)
"Wow wow wow" Clint sounded offended but anyone who knows real Clint would know he wasn't really offended. "First of all Goldilocks, it's Raiden not Rain-then. And secondly press up-down-left-left-down-right-left. That's his special move. And lastly he is Thunder God."
"But I'm the God of Thunder"
Clint opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted by Bruce's voice. "Clint, Natasha, Steve and Thor please come to lab at 12th floor. Tony and I….."
And he too was interrupted by Tony "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! At 12th floor lab."
"What was that about?" Asked Clint.
"I do not know but this game of yours is boring already. Let us go to 12th floor." Thor answered and got up from the couch and started to walk toward elevator. "Are you not coming friend Clint?"
"Of course I am. Without me you guys would blow up whole New York." With that Clint joined Thor.
"JARVIS, what's next on my daily productivity list?" Natasha asked while finishing off the last standing robot with brand new Widow's Kiss. She was testing her new Black Widow suit. (Age of Ultron suit and hair style is Civil war's style and hair color is as in the Avengers color)
"I am afraid you've finished all of the list already, Miss Rushman." JARVIS answered
Natasha made a face to that. "JARVIS, I like you but if you keep calling me Miss Rushman, I'm going to implant virus in your program."
"Tony asked me to talk you like that.. I will make sure not to call you Miss Rushman, Miss Romanoff."
"Just call me Natasha. Miss Romanoff makes me feel like I own a servant and you're not one JARVIS." Natasha side-smiled then walked toward to training room's door. (U know which smile I'm talking about) "Where is everyone?'
"Tony and Bruce are in lab. Clint and Thor are playing Mortal Kombat in living room. Steve is in gym."
"Does Clint force Thor to pick Raiden over and over?" Natasha was certain that Clint would do it.
"Yes, Natasha" Natasha exited through door then stopped.
"Hmmm" I can't deal with them now and I'm definitely not going to lab so… Steve then. "Which gym is Steve in?"
"15th floor. I do believe he is about to finish his daily training."
"Thank you, JARVIS. You can be my favorite AI if you keep this up." She smirked at her own comment as she reached the elevator.
"I thought I was the only AI in your life, Miss Romanoff" JARVIS sounded offended. Natasha barely kept herself from laughing aloud. Even artificial intelligence has sense of humor. She got into elevator and pressed 15.
1..2..3 breath in 1…2…3. Breath out. Steve was punching the sand bag while images came to his mind. Bucky… to Steve, it was his fault that Bucky turned to Winter Soldier. My own damn fault. If I was fast enough, Bucky would have a life. He punched and punched until the bag's chain to ceiling broke off. He only did this when he just came out of ice. Now uncontrollable anger issue returned. At least now he had Avengers, Sam and Natasha… She was surprisingly most thrust worthy in all of them. To him at least. But she was completely different topic. The one thing that you can't identify with simple words. Then again there is still Peggy but it was different. A part of him was happy that she moved on but the other part was angry and sad that she moved on without him. If the situation happened in 40s, Bucky would be there to advice; to say something.
Steve went to grab a new sand bag. "Here I thought who is destroying our punchbags." Natasha's voice. Steve turned to where the voice came from.
He chuckled. "I don't know what you're talking about, Miss Romanoff." She smiled and Steve couldn't help but smile too. It became an instinct for him to smile at her.
"Are you done?" Steve nodded. He didn't want to continue when Natasha was there. He would much prefer to talk to her than punch a sandbag. "Well then you can call Sharon-" Steve was about to interrupt her but she held her hand in the air indicating that not to interrupt. "You promised me to call her. It's been what.. 5 or 6 months and you didn't keep your word. I'm surprised honestly. America's Golden Boy not full filling his promise."
Steve snorted. "I didn't- no don't want to go on a date with her, Nat. It was you who want me to go on a date, not me." Natasha was going to say something but Steve continued. "And also why do you want me to go on a date? I don't see you going one."
Natasha was shocked. She didn't expect that from Steve and as a bonus, was speechless but she quickly regained her composure. "Steve, I'm trying to help you adapt 21st century. And what makes you think I don't date?" She gave him her infamous smirk.
"I know you." Steve said while fixing the mess he created while punching. But that wasn't the the only reason. He didn't want Natasha to see his face after saying that.
She ignored his comment and tried her hardest to not to smile at him. "That makes no sense, hun. You are the one who needs to keep up." She waited a few seconds. 'I'm not the only one who wants you date. Tony is number 2nd then there is Clint and everyone else."
Steve snorted then turned to her. "If you are so eager for me to date, why don't-"
Bruce's voice came from the speakers thus preventing Steve from saying why don't you go on a date with me? I know very good coffee shop downtown. Steve didn't register anything Bruce's said. He was focused on what was he about to say? What would she say? Would she laughed at him? Embarrass him? Maybe it's good that Bruce interrupted him. He didn't want to jeopardize his relationship with her.
"Steve, Steve" Natasha poked him. "STEVE"
"Huh ha what?" Steve stammered.
At first she looked concerned. "You were in some kind of trance." Then she playfully added. "Is Bruce's voice that enchanting? You know he has an on-off relationship with a woman." Steve gave her a look. "Common we better get there fast. I have a bad feeling about this.* Like Tony will cause something catastrophic." She went towards elevator with Steve following behind. "But let's change our clothes first and wear perfume. You stink." She winked at Steve after that. Steve would answer her but he couldn't think straight currently.
"Is everyone ready?" Tony asked and went on without waiting an answer. Now all Avengers were in the lab. "Bruce, would you like to do the honors?"
Bruce nodded. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you before but we didn't know if we can build it. Even now we don't know if it will work but I hope-"
"WE BUILD A DIMENSION TRAVEL PORTAL!" Tony screamed. He turned to Bruce "Sorry, bro but you were taking too long."
Everyone looked at Tony and Bruce like they just said pigs can fly. "A what?" Asked Natasha.
Tony shrugged. "A dimension-travel portal. To, you know, travel through infinite dimensions." He said it like he was talking about weather.
"How is it possible?" Asked Clint. Clint would be the most confused one if it weren't for Steve.
Tony started to explain without letting Bruce have a say in it. He was far too excited about it. "First things first, dimension-travel portal is too long so we are going to call it Tony Stark aka Invincible Iron Man's best but not the bestest invention plus Bruce." Everyone glared at him. "Okay okay fiiiineee…. Let's call it JARDIT*- Just A Rather Dimensional Ideal Travelling" (A.N. if u can better one tell me)
"Ideal? Is there a unideal one?" Asked Clint.
Tony ignored the comment and continued. "There are lots of theories about multi-dimensions, parallel universes as you know. And thanks to Thor here," he strolled toward Thor and clasped Thor's shoulder. "Instant travel through planets is proven so I decided" Bruce coughed. "Okay we decided that this type of traveling can be used for other things. Like dimensions or parallel universes. Of course it would require a lot of energy. You have to see it. I only saw that much 0 in my account. Anyways… we looked all type of research with JARVIS' help. Thank you JARVIS."
"My pleasure, Tony." JARVIS answered.
Tony continued. "With the calculations of Ne-"
"BIP BOP BIBBLIBIBBOP" Clint interrupted.
Tony looked at him and continued. "As I was saying with-"
"DING DONG BIB BBUPBOP" Clint had done it again.
"Why are you doing it?" Tony asked frustrated.
"Tony dear, you might be surprised but none of the things will make any sense to anyone but you and Bruce so please in English." Clint answered.
"All right. We've done the impossible and here is the machine. Bruce" he turned towards JARDIT. "Drum rolls please" JARVIS played drum rolls. "Ready Bruce" Bruce nodded. "On 3. 1…2…3" together they pulled the white sheet surrounding JARDIT. "TA DAAA"
"You asked us here for THIS!" Exclaimed Clint while pointing JARDIT. "We stopped playing MK for this! Did you even asked for if that's possible?"
"We didn't but I know it will work, Clint." Tony answered then turned to Thor. "Isn't it possible?"
"I do not know that, Friend Tony. I travel via Bifrost not by a round metal gate." Thor described JARDIT in the best way he could while pointing it. "But I cannot even understand full potential of Bifrost. This machine could work if you replicated Bifrost but I have my doubts about it."
Steve was silent from the beginning but this time he decided to talk. "How could you not tell us? What if it works? Then what? You will open a gate to new threads to the Earth!" He was angry to be left in the dark.
Natasha was thinking the same thing. "What if it doesn't? What if it explodes, Tony? You made this untested machine in the middle of New York, Bruce. Did you even think about the possibilities? Or were you selfish enough to DANGER NEW YORK AND EVERYONE IN IT?" She shouted. Her anger surpassed Steve's. Everyone even Thor, a Demi God, was a little frightened. After all, she isn't Black Widow for no reason. The Black Widow.
Bruce turned to Natasha and spoke calmly "And we are sorry, Natasha but I know for a fact that it won't explode" then he looked at Steve "nor it will bring any inter-dimensional invaders." He pointed JARDIT. "This thing can bring greatness. Next step in the future… and all the dimensions are waiting for us right here."
"Plus we got a remote control" Tony showed Avengers a remote control. He pointed buttons on it. "It can theoretically crate its own gate. Although you need charge it first and it consumes a lot of energy compared to its size."
"Doesn't matter. You're not going to activate it anyway." Saying Natasha is annoyed would be undermining it. She is okay with lying but she hates to be lied, to be left in the dark. It's what happened with SHIELD/HYDRA or SHYDRA as Clint calls it. It's what happened with KGB. It's what happened with Red Room. She walked toward JARDIT's cables which connects the machine to Avengers Tower and power source. She picked one large cable and started to pull it. It was harder then it looked, possibly, because of the cable's size which was thicker than Natasha's body.
As she was walking towards the cables, Steve understood what she would do and he picked another cable and started to pull, too. Tony and Bruce tried to stop them. Tony threw the remote control without knowing while running to Natasha. "Hey hey HEY" She looked at him as if asking him what are you going to do about it. "You can't do THAT! WE SPENT MONTHS TRYING TO FINISH IT AND YOU WILL DESTROY IT IN A SECOND? OH HELL NO!" Tony grabbed the cable and tried to put it down.
At the same time, Bruce was dealing with Steve while Clint and Thor remaining Switzerland. Clint, on one hand, wanted JARDIT to work or to see if it would work but on the other hand, if anything happened between Natasha and Tony, he wouldn't think twice to side with Natasha. Just as he was going to intervene in Nat's and Tony's little fight which was getting out of hand. Something happened. The moment Steve managed to pull 1 inch or 2 the cable from the wall, a blue lightning bolt or blue electricity beam sparked in JARDIT's inner circle. "Hmmm guys" Clint said unsure and a little, just a little bit, terrified. No one listened to him except Thor but he was too shocked to speak for the reason he never imagined it would actually work. The beam became beams as Clint tried again. "Guys!" The same reaction was given. The beams or bolts were getting more frequent and their number increased. If anyone was paying attention, they would realize that the numbers were Fibonacci numbers but Avengers were distracted. This time Clint shouted, getting impatient. "GUYSSSSS!" This time everyone turned. They were about say WHAT but Clint beat them. "LOOK!" He pointed JARDIT. Avengers turned to JARDIT. "Is it supposed to do that?" He was uncertain.
Tony and Bruce ran to in front to computers that connected to JARDIT. "Uh oh" was said by both Bruce and Tony. For a second, they locked eyes. Anyone could tell that something was wrong, really really wrong just by looking at their reaction. "I can't believe I'm about to say this but" Tony looked at Steve and Natasha who both were frozen in their place while still holding the cables. "PULL THE DAMN CABLES!"
"I could use a hand, Thor." Natasha said while struggling with cable. Clint poked Thor, who was still in shock, and pointed Nat. While Thor went to Natasha to help, Clint ran to Steve. The beams in JARDIT were now filling whole inner circle of it. Finally they unplugged the cables as Tony and Bruce were doing something from computers. The moment the connection between the tower/power source and JARDIT was cut, whole electricity in the tower, more accurately whole New York, went out. They all made sound of relief. Natasha walked in front of JARDIT and touched the machine's circle. The moment she touched, she pulled her hand at once. "It's so hot." She hissed and put her fingers in her mouth to relieve the pain. "What happened?" She turned to other Avengers who were behind her. Tony was trying to restart the tower and Bruce was checking out the remote control.
"I'll get ice." Clint turned to get out of lab.
"No need." Natasha said.
"I don't understand how is it possible tha-" Bruce couldn't finish his sentence because the tower was shaken like an earthquake happened.
First time was a little but second time made an effect, thus causing Natasha to lose her balance and fell backwards. Steve rushed to her before she fell. He didn't even see blue beams in JARDIT's inner circle. "You ok-"
Steve couldn't finish his sentence. Tony shouted "GET AWAY FROM THERE!" But neither Steve nor Natasha could understand what was he saying because of the buzzing of JARDIT.
Clint grabbed the remote control (RC) of JARDIT from Bruce's hands- "TAKE IT!" – he threw it towards Steve and Natasha as she was getting up. Steve was still holding Natasha in his arms thus Natasha made a quick move to grab the RC. The second she touched the RC, she clunged back Steve. If it was another situation, this would seem romantic as it would seem like two person hugging each other so tight that one would think they were a couple in love or two people who really loves each other but this wasn't the case. As she and Steve clunged each other while still holding the RC, the blue beams or currently the beam that fills entire JARDIT's inner circle surrounded them as the buzzing from JARDIT increased. Both she and he closed their eyes, waiting for their faith.
"Mmmmh" Steve groaned while trying to not to make a sound as he fell to ground. He opened his eyes to see where is Natasha as he laid there.
"Is the ground too comfortable, Steve? You seem to like it" Steve saw her sitting on a fire stairs 10 feet above. It's just like she planned this. He tried to get up but currently it was too painful. Thank SSS, pain will fade in minutes. "Wow easy there Cap, you hit your back. Maybe even your head. Let me check." She jumped down to ground and came next to Steve. She took his head in her hands and examined his skull. "Thankfully you didn't take any damage to your head, Rogers." She chuckled while getting up and then she offered her hand to Steve. He took it and he was on his feet too.
"Where are we?" Steve asked while stretching his back.
"I gained my conscience at the same time as you, Steve. I didn't have time to look around but by the looks of buildings, smell and noises, I can tell we are in a city." She said as the matter of factly.
"Yeah I can tell that too." Steve answered sarcastically. They were in an alley.
Natasha raised an eyebrow. "Sarcasm? Oh my, you're starting to sound like me." She smiled widely while beamed up and down as if a 3-year-old child wants to ride ponies.
Steve rolled his eyes and chuckled ignoring her comment "Do you still have the remote control?" He asked.
She became serious. "Yes I put on my pants' back." She checked out their outfits. Thankfully they changed their clothes before going to lab. Now they're in normal clothing. (I imagined like they were in CATWS outfit in the mall. Not the same but it's close enough.)
"We better get back to Aventower. I am going to punch Tony." Steve was annoyed.
"I'm rubbing on you definitely. Aventower? As in Avengers Tower? And punching Tony? Yeah, you definitely sound like me." She laughed. "Let's find out where we are then we go to Avengers tower, pardon me, Aventower and punch Tony in the face."
"How come I fell to ground but you manage to not to fall?" Steve asked. He really wondered the answer. They were in the same situation. There wasn't any difference but he was the one in pain.
"Talent, Steve. Talent." She turned to him and smirked. "This way." She pointed one exit and together they went that way.
As soon as they left the alley, they looked around. Steve pointed somewhere in the skyline. "Look that's Empire State Building." Natasha looked at where he was pointing. Both of them had the same question but Steve was the one spoke aloud. "Then where is the Avengers Tower?"
"Maybe it's behind us. No need to panic. It certainly didn't blow up. There would be smoke and grey clouds in the sky if it did." They crossed the street then turned around to find Avengers Tower but they couldn't spot it. "Okay this is weird. It should be here. It's close to Empire State and you can spot in from the space but how can't we find it?"
"Maybe Aventower turned invisible to protect itself. Like Hellicarrier does." Both of them didn't believe this but right now there weren't any logical explanation. "Let's take walk to where it should be then we can panic."
"I don't panic." Natasha mumbled. They started to walk for a while then Natasha's spy senses tingled.* "Don't look but someone's following us." Steve almost turned to look back. "Don't!" Natasha hissed. "Put your arm on my shoulder an-"
"Like last time?" Steve didn't let her finish. She nodded and Steve did as she told. She put her right arm around his waist.
"From next corner turn right then hide behind the first thing you see." She commended as he nodded. As soon as they turned she let go of Steve and hide behind the dumpster opposite to Steve as he hid behind some old furniture.
In less then no time a figure showed up the the beginning of the alley. The figure, who wore his hood up thus preventing them to see who the figure was, started to walk through the alley slowly. Natasha gave a sign to wait up to Steve. The second the figure came to where Natasha wanted him to be, she jumped onto him. The figure tried to throw a punch but Natasha blocked him easily. Using his arm against him she knocked the figure to ground. She took a fighting sentence, her fists turned towards the figure, her knees a little bent as Steve came next to her. Steve was about to ask who was he but the figure's hood fell, showing his face.
Steve was too shocked to speak. Natasha managed to find her voice. "S-Steve?" 'Steve' on the ground looked first Natasha then Steve on his feet. His eyes widened; he, too, was too shocked to speak. All three of them had million questions in their heads but one thing was common what the hell is happening?
• If you want a better image for JARDIT, pm me from here or tumblr.
• I named it JARDIT after JARVIS because JARVIS means Just A Rather Very Intelligent System. I think Tony would want something like that.
• Thank you for reading. Reviews & feedbacks are appreciated
Kisses ~ crazyaboutto