Nightingale. What could be a more perfect name...Robin thought as the car drove on, she looked around to see Tony giving her a funny look.
"Nightingale? Are you serious?"
She shrugged, "What? I thought it was a good name."
"You control things with your mind, you don't sing. Do you...?"
"Not too much in public, but while a Robin symbolizes new begininging and ideas a Nightingale is a good omen."
"What did you study birds in your spare time as an X-men?"
"No, but you are not the first to make the bird joke, it causes one to wonder..."
"You obivously had a lot of free time on your hands."
"Not too much, but googling things is real simple now a days." Tony suck his tounge out her, "What are you four?"
"No, but giving you the bird would have been too ironic." Robin rolled her eyes and stuck out her tounge.
Thor gave a questioning look "What is this bird you all speak of?"
"Yea I've been kinda wondering that too." added Steve
"Oh come on Spangles, I expect this from Thunder God here but you have been living in this century for almost a year now, how do you not know what the bird is?"
Steve shrugged and the Thor crossed his arm over his chest. They both looked toward the others.
Natasha finally answered their plea, "The bird is slang for the finger."
Thor still looked at her oddly, Robin chuckled as she shook her head, "The middle finger Thor. On Earth its an...unpleasant gesture."
"Well not all of Earth." added Tony, "I believe some countries have different gestures."
"Oh shut up Tony."
"Must you always get the last word?"
"No that's more your style."
Bruce intervened, "Guys I hate to break up all this bonding but we've got a visual."
Out the window they could all see the military base. It was deep between two mountains, from what they could tell it was heavily guarded- there were quite a few tanks in the front gate, guards at every post and even a helicopter on the roof- and the scanner picked up lots technology in the building as well. Behind the building was a large steel garage, no doubt that was were the weapons were.
" There aren't any government seal anywhere on the perimeter," noticed Natasha.
"My guess this is a secret group, they may not even be from Germany." added Clint
Robin nodded "They most likely aren't, probably just using it as a hideout."
The jet kept flying straight toward the nearby forest. It stayed in the air as the Avenger prepared to jump off. Robin went toward the door and drew in her breath. A giant knot was stuck in her throat and could not force it down. Suddenly there was a hand on her shoulder. She whipped her hand back to see Steve staring at her, his eyes showed concern. Robin quickly shook herself back to normal then nodded as if saying she could do this, she didn't want to seem like the weak link. Clint and Natasha jumped off, followed by Thor and Tony. Without more hesitation Robin put on her parachute and jumped, Steve followed while Bruce stayed behind, if they needed him he would be there in no time.
The forest was dark, the clouds blocked out any light the moon brought it, this was both a blessing and a curse for Robin. It was not the fall to the wood that spooked her, it was the woods themselves. Woods gave her the chills, they made her mind go back to when she was 15 and she didn't like that time frame. She hid her emotions and kept on walking, but that knot in her throat still wouldn't go down. She could handle whatever was thrown at her one they reached that base, it was just her past that scared her.
Steve saw it in her eyes again, fear and worry. She was walking tall and looked unafraid, her mouth was in a straight line and all of her body language showed confidence but her eyes again looked scared and very discretely darted across the forest. It was similar to the look she had when she first joined, but this time it was worse. He wanted to talk to her and make sure she was ok, but something told him she would not give him an honest answer. Instead he decided to stand close to her, while giving her space, if she needed help he would be there.
They all neared the base, hiding in the shadow of the trees. The wall surrounding the base had 6 guards blocking the entrance, three on the floor and three up on the wall. At least the tanks were on the other side.
"How are we gonna get in without causing a scene?" whispered Robin
She surveyed the area, nearby was a large pole, most likely a signal for the others. Robin picked up a few large rocks and set her arm back to throw them.
Natasha stepped toward her, her eyes wide " 'Gale what are you thinking?!"
Robin's eyes narrowed as in picking a spot, "Just trust me."
Before anyone could stop her eye let the rocks go, her arm stayed extended as she controlled them. She had them 500 feet away. The noise from all of them was loud and the three guard on the floor ran toward the noise to investigate. Steve drew out his shield and threw it at the other guards on the wall. It made a boomerang effect and hit each of them, knocking them out before returning to them. All at one the Avenger began climbing the wall. Clint shoot an arrow with a hook and rope attached, Thor and Tony flew over. Natasha grabbed onto Clint's rope with Steve and Robin following closer behind. She was not even half way up when the guard started returning. Natasha shot at them while Steve pulled Robin to him and under his shield. Robin held onto him as the rope retracted and pulled them both up.
As soon as they reached the top of the wall, Robin back-flipped to the floor and landed super quietly. They all pressed their backs to the wall and began moving in silence. They finally reached the steel garage. Tony burned a little hole in the side wall and they all crept in. As soon as they entered light flooded the room. They all sprang into battle mode as the doors opened and a bunch of guards flooded into the room.
"So much for not making a scene." said Clint.
Natasha got her gun out, "Hey we got this far."
They all sprang into action. Knocking out all the guards they could. Robin saw a bunch of metal rods out of the corner of her eyes and put them to uses. One flew over to her and knocked out two guards in front of her. She swung it around and fought off several other guards. Seeing a bunch more coming at her she planted the rod into an hole in the wall. She pulled herself up and started kicking all those that came near her. A guard grabbed her from behind and pulled her down, she swung him off her back and hit him in the head with her rod. She didn't even notice the other man coming at her until she saw a shield hit him from the side. She turned her head and nodded to Captain America in thanks. She send the shield back to him and noticed a man up in the hall toward the control room heading straight toward it. There was a thick plane of glass separating them.
"Iron Man!" she yelled. Within seconds Tony appeared to her, "Give me a lift?" She gestured toward the control room and he nodded.
She extended her arms and Tony picked her up. They flew right toward the glass, Robin extended her legs and shattered the glass on her way in. Tony flew off to help Thor fight off other guards, leaving Robin alone with the man.
"Freeze!" she screamed
The man turned around, he was no more that 20 feet from her. Instead of freezing he lunged toward her. Robin dove to the floor and slid by controls. The man came back and this time he pulled out a gun.
"One more step girl and your dead!"
"Oh so you speak English?"
"Silence! Now put you hands up."
Robin did as she was told, but when her hands came up so did all the shattered glass behind the man, she shot him a fierce look and before he even knew what was going on the was being pelted by broken glass. Robin saw a large, sharp piece and made it fling in between his eyes, his face was the only place without armour. She turned back to the controls.
"Bruce! Can you hear me?"
The doctor quickly responded to her, "Loud and clear."
"Ok good, send over the chopper but first tell me how to disable all these missals."
Bruce gave her instructions and even told her how to get them to self destruct. They had ten minutes to get the hell out of there. Robin ran out of the room and toward the garage. What she did not see was the guard nearby. She attacked her, but Robin put up a fight. Suddenly she felt a burst of pain in her leg. The other Avengers came rushing to her as she threw one last punch and knocked him out. As soon as she was done she collapsed, clutching onto her left ankle.
All at once, "Robin!"
"Guys you have to get out of here, we only have a few minutes before this place is set to destruct." she said, breathing through her pain.
Steve scooped her up and carried her out as they all ran back to the woods. Robin's ankle hurt like hell and held onto Steve neck as they went, once they entered the woods she held on just a bit tighter. They all made it to a clearing just as the base behind them exploded. Above them they heard their jet. It landed a few yards away and they ran for it. As soon as Steve and Robin made it on the jet took off. Steve set Robin down in her seat, taking off her left shoe.
Tony smirked "Mission accomplished everybody."
Robin sent her boot at him