Well, it's been a long hiatus and I apologize for that! Now introducing: Dr. Ezra Cross. That's right, folks. I've graduated Vet School at last.
Here is a teaser to something new I'm working on. IT ISN"T DONE YET, but hopefully soon!
Special thanks to Icanhearthedrums and JRBarton for the assistance!
Side thanks to RG and AmyF for all the massive work they have been doing behind the scenes with me and launching the Nine Realms series to bookstores near you!
Umm…Where's Clint?
Prologue
The explosion rocked the cabin from left to right, ripping the Avengers off their feet and sending the entire team hurdling across the back deck. The Avenjet lurched nose first, dipped over to one side, and listed a hard right with the fiery explosion which enveloped the left wing. They tumbled. Alarm sirens blasted throughout the cabin, the lights flickered out, and then burned an angry red as the backup systems took over.
Banner flung sideways against the wall. The only thing that prevented him from a sudden Hulk out was the body he slammed into, shoulder-first. Thor wrapped his arms around the good doctor like an Asgardian safety harness. Where Banner went, Thor went. Not so lucky were the rest of the occupants. Tony had been standing by the hollo table. The sudden lurch threw him, knees over neck, in the same direction as Thor and Banner. Steve tumbled after him. The two of them hit a cabin cross beam, chest first, at the same time.
Natasha sat behind the controls, yanking them into something resembling calm airspace. Another explosion rocked through their left side, this time, it breached the cabin.
There were no words besides screams. No thoughts except shock, fear, and confusion. As Natasha yanked at the controls, Thor attempted to disentangle himself and fly through the breach so his brute strength might steady their thousand foot free fall. Tony and Steve had been sucked against the cabin wall at his feet from the sheer G-force of the spinning chunk of engineering.
No one saw it happen. No one noticed until it was over and Thor had blasted through the breach, grabbed their crippled wing, and guided the Avenjet safely to a clearing in the expansive forest below them. No one realized until Natasha turned around from the pilot's seat to inventory the injuries.
Clint Barton was no longer in the plane.
let the cliffhangers begin...