Captain America and Agent Romanoff
Chapter 1:
Steve and Natasha sprinted as fast as they could to the nearest room they could see. Rubble was already beginning to fall, landing all around the duo. Due to the serum the super soldier had received Steve was beginning to overtake his partner. Large parts of the ceiling of the mountain were collapsing almost hitting them. Sweeping the spy up with one arm and holding his shield above them to protect Natasha more than him, Steve threw Natasha into the supply cabinet before getting hit with a boulder that had fell from above them. Still unbelievable conscious Steve couldn't move, he looked up to see a terrified face staring back at him. Natasha was screaming his name telling him to move. Steve looked up at the incoming rumble that was about to land on him but was comforted by the fact that he knew Natasha was safe. Making his last effort to pull himself towards the room he was almost completely covered in rocks.
Natasha was now filled with terror. Although she was safe and sound within the supply cabinet her captain was buried almost just a meter away. The only part of him that could be seen was an arm the emerged from the rumble, motionless. Surveying the room she was now in she could see no exit only a water pipe that was slowly leaking. Great soon they would have no oxygen and a room full of water. She turned back towards her captain beginning to feel a large sense of worry and fear building up inside her.
"Steve! Steve" Natasha screamed attempting to pull the rocks the rocks off of her star spangled partner. Although she didn't look it the spy was actually quite strong and moved the boulders as fast as she could. She dragged one of the last boulders from the front of his body and she could finally see the blood covered face that she was looking for. At this point the water that was beginning to cover the floor and was getting to be almost a centimetre tall.
Suddenly the once motionless figure became a spluttering and coughing mess. Natasha not being able to stand watching him suffer threw herself on top of him pinning him down as not to do himself any more damage. "Natasha, oh thank god you're okay" Steve spoke with a croak in his voice. "Always thinking about me and not yourself, can you even feel your legs" Natasha was getting up finally noticing that the room was beginning to fill with water. "Let's get you up shall we otherwise you'll drown". Natasha with, unwanted, help from the super soldier began to remove the boulders pinning the captain down.
Eventually he was free but not quite movable. The damage done by the rubble had been devastating and would have killed anyone other than him. Natasha was just thankful that it didn't. The room they were in was only about four metres by 4 metres… not very spacious, it would flood very quickly. "The team are gonna be here soon but for when they get here it would be good if I could walk, please could you help me up". Steve was getting a bit tired of just sitting down, and a bit cautious of the uprising water. "Of course" Natasha helped him get up. At this point things were getting a bit intimate. This usually didn't bother Natasha but the fact it was with Steve made her get butterflies in her stomach.
It had been at least an hour and a half since they had been trapped with no sign of rescue from their fellow team members and the water was now at neck level and Natasha was beginning to freak out a little bit. She just walked up and down the space that there was while Steve watched her bemused. He had never seen the black widow be afraid of anything. And the fact she was scared him a little. "Listen Natasha come over here" Steve motioned for her to come close. As she wadded through the water her breathing quickened. The Captain wrapped his arms around her waist drawing her close. The fearless Black Widow would usually never have let this happen with anyone else… only him in her time of need. "It'll be fine". He rubbed circles on her back attempting to comfort her. He drew away a little as she began to talk. "I have had a rough experience's with water". "I was on a mission, one of my first. I was to eliminate this political councillor who was on the verge of finding out about the Avengers project. He was working for Hydra. We were on a boat and S.H.I.E.L.D turned on me and shot at me. The boat sunk while I was still inside. I almost drowned. I passed out but Clint was there to save me". She whispered the last part tears welling up in her eyes. "Thank god he did". Steve pulled her against him while she dug her face in his neck.
At this point the water was almost at the top. Steve was holding onto a bar at the ceiling while holding onto Natasha as not to let her drown. Even he was starting to panic. Surely the team would have saved them by now. "You'll be alright" Steve said as he took the last breath he could and plunged his lips onto hers. He knew it was only to save her but it felt so right. He gave her his last breath just as a hole in the ceiling was broken. However it was too late the captain's vision was getting darker and darker eventually he hit the floor and his vision went completely blank. Natasha clambered up through the hole as fast as she could her heart was full of fear from the water and for her captains life.
Clint brought her to the awaiting jet that would then take her to the Avengers tower. She couldn't continue in this state. Although she concealed it he knew how she felt. He felt the same whenever his wife was put at risk. The rest of the team waited for the captain to awake. Bruce had taken him to the nearest hospital.
The super soldier's serum soon kicked in and he awoke with water pouring out of his mouth. "Natasha, Natasha. Oh please tell me you saved her" Steve spluttered. "We got her cap". It was Stark. "you're in bad shape man. Can you even feel your legs? Dude you took a beating for her". At this point Steve realised Tony had a point he couldn't move his legs. "Don't worry you'll be able to move them eventually, Maybe in less than a week with your healing speeds" the super soldier heard a voice from the corner of the room. "Hey Bruce". "Hello captain".
"Where are we?" The last thing Steve could remember was giving Natasha that last piece of oxygen that saved her life. "The nearest hospital we could find". "Well as much as I like laying down is their away I could sit up and move around". "Yes actually we brought you one of those chairs with wheels, no clue what they were called" Tony said. "We always knew you hated being stationary" The doctor added. "Thanks".
Natasha was in her room pacing around not knowing what to do with her just wishing Steve was okay. She jumped when she heard a voice emanate through the room. "Mrs Romanoff I'm sure you'll be glad to know that Captain Rodgers is safe at the tower". Her heart felt with joy and… hope when JARVIS' spoke. "Where is he?". Her voice was croaky. "He is with Master Stark in his floor" and with that she rushed out of her apartment. Steve was the only person other than Clint that she had formed a friendship or maybe something closer with. Natasha was trained as cold hearted spy, someone who was not to show emotion or have any… But Steve brought her to feel again to… maybe even love again. Natasha was now running to the elevator.
