Authors Note: Hey Everyone, To those new to this story welcome, to those returning from the Original post of Days this Chapter is the First two chapters together and is also more refined with some added things in there so reading it wont make it feel like your you just reading the same thing as before.
Issue #1: Calcutta
Natasha
Her hands where beginning to ache as she let her frustrations out on the bag in front of her, she was glad that the simulation allowed for pain, The pain was what made it real whether she was punching a bag or a person if she didn't feel any resistance then it was fake,
To say she was angry at Fury would be an understatement, She contemplated why she was sent for the big guy and every time she thought about it she felt as though there where people much better equipped then herself to get him, Maria was a lot better at talking to people then she was, Fury was the head of shield and that alone would probably have worked and Coulsen is such a nice guy he could probably convince you to jump out of a plane without a parachute, So why was she going.
She could admit that she was attractive, hell the vast majority of her missions involved drugging people and convincing them that they had just had sex as a way of making them reveal information to her, but that could also be a hindrance when it came to banner, From all of the reports she had read getting him too excited could trigger him to turn, What if he was so attracted to her that he just flipped straight away.
Natasha reliezed how egotistical she was being and immediately stopped that train of thought.
Realizing that her hands where now numb and the pain was ebbing she turned off the simulation, The gym she was in turned back into the quin jet cargo area and the resistance of the belt over her chest returned. Removing the tech from behind her ear she unbuckled herself slightly in order to move around better in her seat.
Flipping open that was placed on the ground next to where she was seated she watched as the camera that was set up in the small cabin that banner was living in turned on, he was sitting on the floor cross legged and breathing slowing, He was meditating and a calm soon engulfed over him, closing the laptop she unbuckled the seat belt completely and moved to stand behind the pilot
"How long till we land" she asked, Her patience growing thinner as the trip had already taken a few hours, Shield's insistence of not going Super Sonic in order to remain hidden really did annoy her sometimes.
"12 minutes mam, Once we land it will be a 20 minute trek to where the trainees are from there another 30 minute trek to the rendezvous point"
Nodding Natasha returned to her seat, Lifting a screen between her and the pilot she slipped off the dress she was wearing and changed into something different, She chose a dark brown top and a long skirt, She grabbed a soft silken scarf and wrapped it around her arms giving her a somewhat 1920's look.
Fully dressed she turned to her bag and pulled out the file on banner, To say that Banner was a genius would be an understatement, His IQ alone was a full 23 points above that of Stark and he also had a lot more credentials to his name, Flicking through the pages she stopped as a fleck of green caught her eye, The she had never seen The hulk in person just the sight of him in the picture was enough to send a shiver down her spine,
To be honest that was main reason why she was pissed at Fury, there was only one thing in the world that she was afraid of and that was the Hulk.
Bruce
He breathed in the humid air slowly and held, waiting for his heart beat to return to normal, He repeated this until he was absolutely certain that he was completely calm.
Finally in a mindset that he felt comfortable with he stood and walked to the basin, The water was naturally warm, he waited for it to cool down to the Temperature he required, opening the cabinet above the basin he shuffled through the contents within, resting his hand on a small vile filled with yellow liquid, He opened it and drank it down, He had finally perfected giving the liquid a lovely peach flavor which he had tried to perfect for the past several weeks.
Storing the empty vile in a small tin he left his cabin and made his way into the main part of town, The walk was long and exhausting but necessary, reaching the city limits he opened his briefcase and removed the sign that read "ডাক্তার"
It didn't take long for the first person to come up to him,
"Āmāra bābā khuba asustha āmākē sāhāyya karuna."
She asked breathless and pleading, Picking up his sign and briefcase he followed her immediately, Running through the streets of Calcutta was a hard task, narrow back Allys where a tetanus nightmare, Several minutes later they had reached there destination, The room where the females father was resting was up two sets of stairs, Finally reaching him, immediately he fell to his knees and began to asses the man and how sick he actually was.
An hour had passed from the time he had arrived and Bruce could only come to one conclusion, The man was on his death bed turning to the family he somberly spoke to them in fluent Bengali,
"Āmi āpanāra bidāẏa balāra ēkaṭi bhālō samaẏa habē ēkhana, āpanāra bābāra jan'ya kichu karatē pāri kichu'i nē'i, satyi'i duḥkhita."
The moment he finished the family broke down in front of him, He hated this part of what he was doing , the inevitable fact that it was impossible to prevent someones death without a miracle, Turning to a small sink Bruce began to wash his hands,
"Doctor, Doctor please help its my pa pi" The sound of a little girls voice drew the attention of Bruce, turning to her he pointed to the man on the bed and the little girl nodded, She lifted up a handful of money and Bruce immediately followed.
Natasha
The quin jet landed without sound, Unbuckling herself she made her way to the small building on the outset of Calcutta, The walk was longer than expected and surprisingly exhausting, She had received a message saying that Bruce was already on his way to the small shack.
Natasha surveyed the area and set up her men in a half moon Formation around the perimeter hidden from sight, Entering the shack she began to tape guns to different places around her, With all twelve of her guns now in place Natasha still didn't feel good about this, Sitting down she took a page out of banners book and began to breath in slowly, Calming herself to a normal 48 beats per minute.
"He is en route" a voice came through her earpiece, standing she made her way next to the door hidden away in the shadows taking one last breath she calmed herself even more and waited for Banner to Arrive.
Bruce
The further the girl went the more nervous Bruce became, Thoughts ran through his mind about why she came to him, he knew of several doctors that operated in this area and all of them where probably better equipped to deal with the sick then he.
The clearing up ahead was what made him feel more at ease, Anytime he was in an open space his heart rate would immediately slow down as he knew that the damage would likely be minimal if the other guy decided to say Hello for a while.
The sound of a truck speeding down the dirt road to his left faltered his steps, Grabbing the girl by the arm to stop her, slowly he turned his head and waited for the truck to pass, Lifting his head in the direction the truck was going Bruce noticed that it was military, US Military.
Natasha
Natasha waited as the girl ran into the room and bolted immediately for the window, Bruce quickly followed out of breath and looking agitated as the girl disappeared,
"Should have been paid upfront banner" He spoke to himself, Natasha was somewhat amused at this.
"You know for a guy trying to avoid stress, you sure picked a hell of a place to settle" She watched as Banner slowly turned towards her, His level of control was impressive most people would have jumped.
"Avoiding stress isn't the Key" He had regained his breath and seemed to be in control of himself, Natasha felt unnerved, She was the one that was meant to be in control.
"Then what is it, Yoga" She knew for a fact that it was.
"You brought me to the edge of the city, Smart. Ah I assume the whole place is surrounded" Natasha watched as he looked around as though trying to see through the walls to the outside, He didn't have that ability at least she thinks he doesn't.
Natasha smirked "Just you and me" she said it in a breathless slightly seductive tone, Most men would melt at this, Bruce just seemed to get annoyed, rubbing his hands together.
"And your actress buddy is she a spy to, they start that young" He asked pointing out the window in the direction the girl went.
Natasha felt like lying to him, Fury's voice in her head however began to tell her the best way of getting information out of a terrorist is to use the truth to your advantage
"I did" the tone she used was flippant at best, Bruce seemed intrigued by this.
"Who are you" he asked, closing his eyes slightly, sizing her up.
"Natasha Romanoff"
"Are you here to kill me miss Romanoff, cause that's not going to work out for everyone" the threat made her heart rate spike suddenly.
She took a step towards him mostly for her own benefit, Face your fears and all of that "No, No of course not I'm her on behalf of Shield"
"Shield" He said the name back as if he knew who they where "How did they find me"
"We never lost you doctor, We've kept our distance even helped keep some other interested parties off your sent"
Natasha watched as Bruce seemed to try to keep his anger in check, This wasn't going as she had wanted "Why"
"Nick Fury seems to trust you, But now we need you to come in"
Bruce faced her again flattening his palms against themselves "And what if I say no"
Natasha smiled at him and raised her left eyebrow, Seductively she answered
"I'll persuade you" She hoped that, that would work on him but once again nothing.
"And what if the other guy says no"
Bruce
To say he was angry would be an understatement, Every word that came out of her mouth he felt was a lie,
"You've been more than a year without an incident, I don't think you want to break that streak" OK so that wasn't a lie.
Bruce walked over to a baby rocker and began to move it "well I don't always get what I want"
"Doctor where facing a potential global catastrophe" Well she said that calmly didn't she, A smile was impossible to stop from forming on his face.
"Oh those I actively try to avoid"
Natasha held up a phone showing him something blue, Placing the phone on the table she pushed it towards him while taking a seat, he took note of the fact that she was also trying to actively avoid him.
"This is the tessaract, it has the potential energy to wipe out the planet" Bruce removed his glasses from his jacket and picked up the phone, Confused Bruce looked at Natasha.
"What does fury want me to do with it, swallow it" she leaned forward her face more serious than it had been the entire conversation.
"He wants you to find it, It's been taken, it emits a gamer signature that's to weak for us to trace, there's no one that knows gamer radiation better than you, if there was that's where id be"
Bruce took note that she would also rather be there talking to that person then here with him
Removing his glasses he spoke "So fury isn't after the monster"
"Not that he's told me"
"And he tells you everything"
"Talk to fury he needs you on this"
"He needs me in a cage"
"No ones going to..."
Cutting her off he slammed his hands onto the table, His anger over boiling "Stop lying to me" he noted the change in the bass of his voice, Within a split second she was on her feet gun in hand slightly shaking, the barrel pointed directly at his face, her breath became labored.
Calming down immediately he stepped back and felt slightly ashamed "I'm sorry, that was mean, I just wanted to see what you would do" raising his hands in slight surrender he tried to calm her down "Why don't we do this the easy way, where you don't use that and the other guy doesn't make a mess"
The gun in her hand was still shaking but not as much as when he first snapped "OK Natasha" the use of her first name seemed to calm her, She raised a finger to her ear and spoke.
"Stand down, Where good here" Bruce smirked "Just you and me Ha" the look on Natasha's face was akin to embarrassment, she was caught lying something he wagered didn't happen very often.
