Ladies and Gentlemen! The long awaited sequel to my Avengers story is here! Just for a frame of mind, for those who haven't read What was Lost-PLEASE DO SO OTHERWISE YOU WON'T GET A DAMN THING! Thank you and enjoy!
Prelude~
Night had fallen over Germany, the perfect cover for the Quinjet flying across a field toward an abandoned building on the outskirts of Munich. Sitting inside the jet was the group known as the Avengers, Earth's Mightiest Hero's, being debriefed on their newest mission by Agent Hill.
"The building in question has been getting a lot of deliveries from various chemical and medical companies for the past two years, which peaked our interest in this location. Each time they were signed off by the owner of the building a Mr. Gorgon and never seen again. Local residence says that the building is being used for a secret government project and for several times throughout the two years they have seen an increase in activity there."
"Why do they need so many doctors?" asked one of the Avengers, a man by the name of Bruce Banner. The man who had posed the question was going over finance records and couldn't help but see the number of doctors on the list.
"That's what we want you to find out." Agent Hill said calmly totally avoiding his question but the man sitting next to Bruce, a man by the name of Tony Stark spoke up saying,
"Yeah but hun, if we don't know all the variables then we can't possibly get an answer for old Nicky." Agent Hill simply glared at the Tony before saying,
"We'll not be landing so you'll all have to jump. I suggest you get ready, we should be at the landing site in a few moments." as she returned to her seat upfront with the pilot the Avengers made ready for landing; getting parachutes and gearing up. Tony Iron Man Stark didn't need a parachute so he merely sat while the others got ready.
"This doesn't seem right." Steve Rogers aka Captain America said as he got a better grip on his shield.
"What? That they aren't telling us anything else or that there hiding everything else from us?" asked Tony putting on his helmet and starting a scan of the area around the building in question for life forms. He really didn't want a surprised welcome when they landed.
"All of it. It's not right." Steve said turning to face the man in the crimson and gold suit.
"Yeah well, we should be used to it by now." a woman named Natasha Romanov aka Black Widow said as she strapped to her upper thighs two handguns before checking the ammo in her third handgun. A silence fell over them for a moment, the only sound the whirling of the wind outside before Natasha spoke up,
"It's today."
"What is?" asked Clint Barton aka Hawkeye as he tried to figure out how to have his parachute and his quiver on his back at the same time, guess he'd have to hold the quiver.
"Today was the day Sara got kidnapped. Don't you think it's odd that were doing this today?" Natasha asked looking to each of her partners in question. At the subject of Sara Williams, the one kidnapped by HYDRA two years ago everyone sobered up, muscles tensed and emotions ran high. It was Bruce who spoke through the cloud of tension,
"We just need to think about the mission, get it over with." the others nodded and continued to prepare.
"Were over the site now, hanger door opening! Good luck guys!" called Agent Hill and at her words the back hanger began to lower itself and as soon as the darkened sky came into view Iron Man flew out into the air followed closely by Captain America and Hawkeye. As Black Widow and Bruce stood looking out Black Widow said softly,
"You don't have to go."
"No, I do, for her." he replied simply before jumping out of the Quinjet. Black Widow shook her head before following, falling quickly behind Bruce out of the sky towards a field. From there position they could see the building in question, the roof was caved in on one side and one whole wall was missing on the right hand side. Waiting the right amount of time before deploying there parachutes, the Avengers landed close together in the field instantly taking off their chutes to leave in the tall grass. From above Iron Man came flying down making a landing and saying,
"My scanners picked up on several life forms coming this way, get ready." before flying back into the sky in order to fight from a higher vantage point. Before the others could get ready a wave of bullets came soaring at them and they had to seek cover; the Captain behind his shield and the others in the tall grass.
"Oh goody, the welcoming party." said Hawkeye as he stood for a moment, readied an explosive arrow and fired it towards the oncoming enemy lines. As soon as the arrow left the bow he fell back down and covered his ears just as the arrow made contact with the ground, sending several of the men nearby up into the air. Not one to be outdone, Black Widow took a grenade from her small supply in her bag, pulled the pin before tossing it towards the enemy. Another blast rocked the earth, this time sending more than several of the men up into the air. From his position in the air, Iron Man was firing off explosives around the men in order to surrounded them with no option or escape.
"GO! Make a run for the building I have them cornered!" he cried into his earpiece and not needing to be told twice the Avengers ran for it under the sounds of explosions and screams. When they finally arrived at the building they spread out in search of an elevator that would take them underground to the base and it was the Captain who made the discovery behind a false wall that with enough of a punch instantly broke away.
"Tony, we need a password!" cried Bruce as the sounds of footsteps came closer towards the building, apparently all the explosions caught the attention of the locals.
"It's 24601! Now go I'll hold the others off!" cried Iron Man and typing in the password into the control panel the elevator doors opened and the Avengers stepped inside.
"What floor?" asked Black Widow seeing over sixty levels to the base and after a pause Iron Man replied,
"Fifty-one, that's the level the lab is on." and pressing the button for that level, the elevator doors closed and they shot down into the ground at an amazing speed. When they came to the floor and the doors opened, the Avengers stepped out to find themselves in a long narrow hallway that spread out in four directions.
"Now which way?" asked the Captain looking for some sign or describing difference. Taking a look around, Bruce noticed the wires were all going down one particular hallway and so called out,
"This way!" before taking off at a sprint down said hallway. With the others close at his heels, Bruce was the first to come across the laboratory, a room with one whole wall of glass and within the glass the most shocking sight they could ever guess. Because within the lab in a floor to ceiling glass tube was the floating lifeless body of Sara; needles and probes and tubes attached to her person, her black hair floating around her head, her eyes closed. Shaking out of his dumbstruck state, Bruce noticed a man in a white lab coat typing away at a computer and unable to hold it back any longer, transformed into the Hulk who said once fully transformed,
"HULK SMASH!" and before the others could stop him the Hulk broke through the glass wall and grabbed hold of the doctor, slamming him into one wall. His scream echoed as he came face to face with the green monster who growled out,
"Puny man hurt Sara!" but luckily, or unluckily for the doctor the Avengers came in and it took both the Captain and Iron Man back from his little joust with the locals to remove the Hulk's arms from around the doctors body.
"Now, tell us what the hell you're doing or we'll sick him back on you. And just to let you know, the Hulk really doesn't like it when others touch his property." said Iron Man aiming his blaster at the doctor to keep him still. The man, a tiny German white haired man shook under the scrutiny of the Avengers and stuttered out,
"Were reprograming her."
"What?!" demanded the Captain holding himself back from punching the lights out of the man.
"We were told to reprogram her, to turn her against those she fought with. We tried every non-lethal way first; drugs, shock therapy, several different methods before finally having to put her in a coma state in order to reprogram her completely."
"What the hell does that mean?" asked Black Widow who had both handguns aimed at his chest, unwilling to pull the trigger unless he said something stupid.
"We—we needed to put her under in order to wipe out her memory and replace it with the one they wanted her to have." the doctor said as he trembled under the quickly growing angry stares he was receiving.
"Get her out of there." growled out Iron Man grabbing the doctor but his throat and dragging him towards the computers.
"I can't, if I remove her before the reprograming is complete the system is programed to introduce a poison straight into her heart." the doctor said before adding,
"The only way I could remove her is if I shut down all the computers that are keeping her alive and take her out manually, but that leaves room for air loss to the brain and the possibility that she will die anyway."
"Do it, and tell me what you want us to do. Otherwise, we'll just shoot you." Iron Man said slapping the man on the back, hard. Flinching from the slap, the doctor nodded before giving out orders; telling the Captain to get a crash cart, Black Widow and Hawkeye to go to the computers and type in what he told them while Hulk removed the top of the container and carry her out onto the surgical table.
"Now!" he cried and both Black Widow and Hawkeye began inputting the information, the Hulk ripped the top off the container and gently grabbing hold of Sara's lifeless body removed her from the liquid with the doctor there to take out the needles and probes and tubes.
"Put her there!" he said pointing to a table and as the Hulk started to move towards it he shrunk back down in size and returned to being Bruce who clutched Sara tightly in his arms.
"Don't leave me." he whispered as all the computers screamed and complained that she had been removed. Once he had laid her on the table the Captain brought over the crash cart and the doctor tuned it up before placing the paddles on her chest. Sara's back arched off the table but no pulse was found.
"Again." demanded Bruce and placing the paddles back on her chest, the doctor cranked up the voltage before giving her another shock.
"Again." said the Captain who had somehow found a spare lab coat to cover her with, she was only covered in two thin strips of cloth anyways. Three more times they put the paddles on her chest before it was the doctor who said,
"She's gone, I knew it wouldn't work." but none of the Avenger were willing to give up, no more so than Bruce for he started doing CPR between his tears. But even he gave up, wrapping his arms around her limp figure and cradling her to his chest. But as he did so he pulled back, he could swear he felt her chest move. Lying her back on the table, he checked her pulse at her neck and gave a squeal of delight.
"She's got a pulse!" he cried as slowly but surely Sara's chest began to move, her skin returning to that same peachy color instead of the dull blue it had been. As the Avengers watched with wide eyes, she slowly started to move; first her fingers and toes and then her whole hand moved to her forehead as if she was in pain.
"Sara, Sara please say something." said Bruce brushing some of her wet hair out of her face tenderly. Sara's eyes fluttered for a moment before at last opening, staring up at the ceiling in wonder. Blinking twice, she turned her head to see Bruce and her mouth fell open in shock. But the tender moment was killed by the sound of gunshots ringing out and Iron Man said,
"We got company!"
"We gotta get her to the Quinjet!" Black Widow added and scooping up Sara into his arms without asking, Bruce took off towards the door with the others in formation around him. As they blasted, kicked, shot and punched their way through the oncoming wave of soldiers Sara clung onto Bruce's neck unwilling to let go. Burying her face into his chest, she groaned at the noise they were making, her ears super sensitive after being incased in glass for almost two years. Somehow the Avengers managed to get back to the elevator and fly up to the surface. As soon as they stepped outside of the elevator they heard the sound of the Quinjet and Bruce handed Sara to Iron Man who flew up to the jet as the others raced for the field where they could board as well. When the Quinjet was safely able to land, Sara was already being looked over by a doctor who had come on the mission as well. With everyone aboard it took back off, being shot at from the ground but the armor would keep them safe.
"How is she?" asked Bruce who had somehow managed to keep his pants on the whole time. But Tony shook his head and turning it towards Sara the others saw her huddled in a corner, her knees brought up to her chest, her eyes wide with fear. Slowly, very slowly, Bruce walked over towards Sara and kneeling down a few paces from her asked,
"You alright Sara?" at her name Sara looked up, her face twisted with confusion and fright before she passed out completely.