"The memory of your dream

Your scream

Is making

Gentle echoes"

-Sora ha Takaku Kaze ha Utau, Haruna Luna

~X~

"How on earth did you let that happen, Steve?" Clint exclaimed and punched a wall.

"I didn't let anything happen. We had a fight and I wasn't there. I wa... I'm her boyfriend, but Natasha is more than capable of taking care of herself."

None of the Avengers seemed to notice his mistake, they were too busy expecting the results of the test, Bruce would define what had been injected into her and see if he could find any traces of where the dart was from with Tony's help. Steve tapped his finger on his glass of scotch, there was nothing he could do but wait and he couldn't relax, he couldn't get drunk and his mind was too distressed for him to train. He closed his eyes and sighed.

"We found it." Tony barged into the room. Even he understood how serious that matter was for all of them.

"The tranquilizer was very, very strong, a German serum developed to bring down even the toughest of men." Bruce said, "As for the dart,"

"There was an inscription on it, it's Hydra's." Tony completed.

The grip Steve had on the glass was so strong that the crystal shattered on his hand, leaving deep cuts, but he didn't mind, it would heal quickly.

"Any clues as for where he is?" Steve's voice was dark, it surprised everyone.

"Um... Well, they couldn't have taken her overseas or left the city, as Natasha took the same serum as Steve and the potion wouldn't work for long, I'd say they're inside the city, maybe in a hidden base." Clint said.

"Are there any abandoned buildings within a 30 miles radius?" Tony asked, "Nevermind, I'll ask J.A.R.V.I.S."

He repeated the question to the A.I, Steve suddenly stood, "I'm going to change so we can attack."

"Steve, my friend, wait." Thor made himself heard for the first time, "I say we do not attack today, we must first create a plan."

"But she might die while we wait here!" He clenched his fists. The anguish, the guilt within him was too much to bear, he didn't want to lose her, not her.

"And she might as well die if there are any sort of traps there, if we fail." Thor placed a hand on Steve's shoulder, "We must all remain calm, for nothing good will come from despair, we must focus on finding Lady Natasha."

Thor's words made sense.

'What would Natasha do in this situation?'

She would remain calm, that's what she would do, she would come up with a flawless pan and execute it with perfection. Steve took a deep breath and put to use some of the skills she'd shared with him.

Before them, J.A.R.V.I.S projected a map, with small yellow dots on about 10 different locations. Now they could finally begin their project, they would finally find Natasha. They spent hours working on the locations before there were only four different possible locations where she could be. Tony left to scan the places, searching for unusual activity there.

"Captain, you should sleep."

"No." Steve continued tapping his foot.

"Staying awake will only make you tired for tomorrow."

"But we still need to work on the attack plan."

"Yes, I know, but try to sleep for at least one hour. When Tony gets back, we'll wake you up."

Steve nodded and got up, he went to his room, but he couldn't sleep. The memories of Natasha, the wanders of his mind only brought back pain, he could hear her scream. He could see the glistening tears. But those his saw were a mere reflection of his own, of his own mental state, because he had no idea of how well she was handling the situation

~X~

Steve wouldn't even realize she was gone.

Natasha was sure of that. He would call her, but he would only think that she was ignoring him. But she had already resigned to her fate. She had already made a choice, she wouldn't let them have her baby, she would die before she gave it to them, before she allowed them to take it from her.

She laid on the bed the entire time, just clutching her stomach and putting her bewildered feelings under control, in between the sobs and the annoying sound the bed made when she moved, there was nothing that could be heard except for the mechanical buzz of moving cameras and the blank noise of speakers.

Either that place and the electric system was too old, or they didn't care about her knowing she was being watched. She pretended she didn't care, but it disturbed her deeply. Natasha heard something slide into the room, she moved her gaze from the plain cemented wall to the floor, there was a tray of food – good food – and some pills, along with a cup of water. That food was surprisingly good considering her current state. She sat and got the tray, placing it before her on the bed.

"I know you can hear me." She spoke up, her voice faltering slightly for she hadn't said a word in a long while, "What are theses pills?"

There was a long pause before a voice made itself heard, the same man as before.

"These are to assure the baby and the mother's health."

"What if I don't take them."

"Then we'll force you. You choose."

Natasha swallowed hard, then she picked up the pills and drank them with the water. She ate the entire dish, the redhead hadn't realized how hungry she was before that. Then she noticed something, they gave her a metal knife and fork. She made a mental note, that might be useful later.

~X~

Upon hearing the heavy footsteps, he rushed into the living room, where they all were.

"I found it." Those words that left Tony's lips were a spark of hope that rang on Steve's ears, they found her.

"But it's extremely well guarded, so we'll need an extremely well formed plan. I'll see if I can hack into their systems, it will take quite a lot of work, but if I can gain access to the pant of the building, it will help a lot."

Everyone nodded and waited for more news from Tony and Thor, whose knowledge on technology was vast. With both of them working, it took "only" half an hour to determine everything, they had a plan ready and they were leaving that instant, while it was night, so it would look less suspicious.

Steve was coming for her, they all were.

~X~

A/N: Yo! This is the first A/N in this story lol, I just wanted to thank you for all the reviews and follows. I want to know if there are any suggestions, comments and all that, they help me grow as a writer :3