Well strap on your helmets ladies and gentlemen because minds are about be blown by this chapter! Well I hope at least! :)
Chapter 7:
Maria fought as hard as she could. Her knuckles were split open and bleeding heavily due to constant punches she was throwing at hard metal. The punches were not doing much damage but they seemed to throw the robots off for second to give her enough time to break an arm off or preferably a head.
Maria knew they were losing and the sound of her children screaming in kitchen only fueled her drive. Tackling a robot to the ground Maria positioned herself on its back as she placed her hands under its metal chin. She then pulled with all her might, ripping its head from its body. The success was short lived because only a second later she was being tackled to the ground from behind by another robot. It had her on back, its weight fully on top of her as it began punching her body.
She tried to fight it off but its strength was too much to overcome. She heard her children scream for Natasha and as she turned her head, she watched as Tony took off with them through the roof. Even while getting hammered by the robot above her Maria felt a huge weight lift off her shoulder, know that her children were safe.
Bringing her arms up Maria tried to protect her face and body as much as she could. A well placed punch from the robot to her shoulder had her screaming out in pain as she felt her shoulder dislocate. Now she couldn't bring her arm up to protect her body and Maria stared up to see the robot cock its arm back no doubt to give her finishing punch to the face.
Closing her eyes and thinking about her family Maria accepted her fate unable to block the first flying towards her face. A growl followed by a grunt and Maria felt the robot fly from her body. Maria turned her head in surprise as she watched Natasha tackle the robot off her body as they crashed down the porch steps and onto the ground.
Maria watched as Natasha knees were on the robots chest holding it down as she began crushing its face with a hard swing with a rock in her left hand. Maria's eyes caught sight of the blood dripping down Natasha's right arm and the white bone sticking out from the wound. Natasha cried out with pain with every swing but didn't stop until the robot was disabled.
Natasha looked up from her spot on top of the robot and her eyes met Marias. Maria's had a large gash running down the left side her face and her lip was split open. Bruises were also starting to color around her left cheek.
"Maria we have to get out…" yelled Natasha but was cut off as she was tackled to the ground by 2 robots appearing out of nowhere.
"Natasha!" screamed Maria getting to her feet and flinging herself in off the porch to land on the back of the robots whom were literally beating Natasha to death.
Natasha got up as soon as the fists stopped connecting with her body. With shaky legs she got up to find Maria on the back of a swinging with all her might while another was trying to rip her off. Natasha tried to get to them but between the pain and the exhaustion she just wasn't fast enough.
Maria was grabbed by the shoulders and ripped off the top of a robot and then thrown violently into the home. Natasha watched with wide eyes as she crashed through the porch railing and then there was a sickening crunch as Maria's body collided with the house as her body layed motionless on the ground.
Natasha screamed in rage as her eyes took on this almost unearthly shade of green. Natasha was breathing heavily. Her body shaking no longer from exhaustion but from rage and before Natasha knew what was happening she fell to her knees in pain. She felt as if her whole body was breaking. It was the most painful thing she has every experienced and that was saying a lot. Natasha stared down at her hands and her eyes flew open as she saw the bones in her fingers breaking and growing while her skin was starting to turn dark green. The pain was intensifying and she couldn't help the scream that escaped her lips but was surprised by the sound that reached her ears, it was not a scream but rather a roar, a roar of a beast.
Steve heard the roar over the clashing of metal. Looking up he watched as Natasha started thrashing on the ground, her voice going from a gut wrenching scream to a beastly roar. His eyes widened as the 5'2 Avenger grew to 7 feet tall and the muscles on her body got bigger and bigger.
Before Steve could really understand what was happening it was finally over. And there standing in where Natasha was stood a female smaller version of the Hulk.
"What is happening?" boomed Thor seeing Natasha's transformation as well as he took out 5 robots with a swing of his hammer.
"I have no idea," yelled Steve watching as Natasha got to her feet. Her breath was ragged as she stared down at her hands as if she didn't know what was happening.
"Is that Natasha?" yelled Hawkeye finally making his way to Steve and Thor.
Another roar came from the back of the house and Hawkeye, Steve and Thor all turned to watch as the Hulk bust through the front of the home. They watched as the Hulk stopped in his tracks at the sight of Natasha. The Hulk approached her slowly a look of confusion on his face. He came within about 5 feet of her before slowly reaching out and touching Natasha.
Natasha flinched at his touch but did not move none the less. The Hulk brought his big hand under her chin and forced her to make eye contact with him. Steve, Thor and Hawkeye all moved closer to the Hulk and Natasha trying to deter any robots getting to them.
The Hulk grunted deeply a sound foreign to the team and they watched as Natasha and the Hulk began to converse in grunts and growls. The Hulk turned around quickly after Natasha made a deep growl and saw Maria passed out against the house. The Hulk let out a furious roar, shaking the ground and soon Natasha joined in. Both of them were getting heated up at the sight of Maria collapsed on the ground.
Steve gave Thor and Hawkeye a look of complete disbelief and before either one of them knew what was happening Natasha and the Hulk attacked. They each grabbed everything that was within their grasp. Tearing, throwing, slamming, breaking…they plowed through the robots and for the first time since the battle began things finally started to swing in their favor.
Like a furious machine the Hulk and Natasha smashed through the robots. When the robots would get Natasha she would let a deep growl and then the Hulk would be at her side ripping them from her body and when they got the upper hand on the Hulk Natasha would then do the same. The robots were no match for the two of them as Steve, Hawkeye and Thor picked of any stragglers in their wake.
In 5 minutes The Hulk and Natasha had the robot army completely decimated. The Hulk and Natasha stood side by side breathing raggedly as their eyes came to rest on Ulton and the twins. The two growled at them savagely getting ready to run at them but before either one of them could react Ulton was flying away and the twins disappeared.
The Hulk and Natasha growled as the cowards fled.
Steve watched as the Hulk and Natasha's breathing seemed to become less ragged and their muscles began to relax.
"Hulk….umm…Natasha," said Steve in the calmest voice he could muster. He had to stop himself from visibly flinching as they both turned to stare at him.
"The battles over, we won," said Steve holding his hands up to show them that he meant no harm.
Steve watched as Natasha's eyes went from him to Maria's body and then to him and then back to Maria's body.
"I will get her Natasha," said Steve bringing her attention back to him. "Why don't you and Bruce go to the woods too calm down?"
Natasha narrowed her eyes at him and grunted but seemed to accept the fact that Steve would take care of Maria.
Natasha grabbed the Hulks arm and steered him towards the woods as they both picked up their pace and ran disappearing between the trees.
Steve watched them disappear before turning around to and running towards Maria. He heard Clint and Thor following him.
Getting down on his knees Steve removed some of the rubble on top of Maria before checking her vitals. She had a steady heart beat and just seemed to be unconscious.
"Maria," said Steve cradling her head. "Maria can you hear me? Open your eyes Hill!"
Maria groaned in his hands and her eyes slowly opened as she looked up to see Steve, Clint and Thor. They all were looking down at her with worried expressions on their face.
"Where…" coughed Maria wincing at the spike of pain in her head at the action, "Where is Natasha?"
"Umm…ya about that," said Clint really not knowing how to tell Maria what just happened.
Steve watched as fear and panic invaded Maria's eyes as she started assuming the worst from Clint's answer.
"No Maria," interrupted Steve forcing him to look at her, "Natasha is fine…she just surprised us is all."
Maria was staring at Steve in confusion. How did Natasha surprise them?
"Where is she? I need to see her," said Maria trying to get up but Steve kept a firm hand on her good shoulder keeping her down.
"She is calming down with Bruce," answered Steve trying to sound as calm as possible.
"With Bruce?" asked Maria her eye widening.
Maria was met with silence as the men around her seemed to be at a loss of words as of what to tell her.
"What is going on?!" asked Maria frustration evident in her voice.
"Well…" started Clint ignoring the warning look from Steve as he spoke, "let's say I think it might be in all our best interests not to make Natasha angry anymore" said Clint with a smirk.
Maria's eyes went wide at his comment, "you don't mean…"
"That Natasha turned into a giant green rage monster?" smiled Clint taking in the shock on Maria's face.
"Seriously Clint?!" exclaimed Steve glaring at him, "you couldn't have put any other way?!"
"What else are we supposed to say?" defended Clint. "Natasha turned into the female version of the Hulk and saved all our asses!"
"Yes but you don't have to just throw it on Maria like that!" said Steve, "she has a concussion for goodness sakes! There is a thing called subtlety!"
"Trust me there was nothing subtle about what just happened!" said Clint sarcastically.
"I don't mean to pry but they are back," replied Thor whom smartly has been quiet for most of the conversation regarding Natasha.
Thor, Steve, Clint and Maria all looked up from the porch to see Bruce and Natasha walking towards them their clothes practically falling off their body but nonetheless both of them were unharmed.
"Well things just a whole lot more interesting that is for sure," said Steve with a sigh.
Well what do you guys think of the plot twist? I know it is different but hopefully a good different. Don't worry I will be expanding on Natasha's big green problem in the next few chapters. Please Review!
