Chapter 10
Phil's POV: I wake up the next morning with a sense of purpose. So I kissed Clint's head and went to the map room to find the idiot's who attacked the monastery that Ahnjalei was training at. According to Ahnjalei she was training in the Himalaya Mountains. The maps show that there only one monastery but there is a system of caves that the rival clan could have used to hold Ahnjalei and Elaina for a while. I have a nagging feeling that Hydra had some part in this but how could they found out about Ahnjalei was Tony's daughter. Next week I'm going with the Avengers to get Elaina so she and Ahnjalei can continue her training and maybe unlock her other powers if she has any. After finishing in the map room I went back to Clint's room to have a few more minutes alone with him. When I opened the door I found him still sleeping so I crawled into bed behind him and wrapped my arms around him.
Clint POV: I wake up to someone wrapping their arms around me. I know it's Phil since he's the only one that cuddles me this way. "Hey good morning", I said turning in his arms. "Morning", Phil says inhaling my scent. "How long have you been up?" I asked snuggling in closer to him inhaling his scent. "Not long, hopefully I found where Ahnjalei and Elaina were taken", Phil said pulling me tighter to him. "Yeah and then we can rescue Elaina", I said inhaling his scent so I can keep calm. "Come on let's go get breakfast and talk to the others about the plan", Phil said pulling me up with him as he got up from our bed. "Okay", I say as I grab his hand and we walk out of our bedroom. As we walk towards the kitchen Ahnj and Bucky met us and we walked together. "Morning guys", I said taking Ahnj's hand. "Morning Clint, Phil, how are this morning?" she asked squeezing my hand as we walked down the hall to the kitchen. "We're fine and we have good news for you", I said swinging our hands back and forth. "What's the good news?" she asks as we walk into the kitchen. "I found where Elaina is", Phil said we sat down at the counter. "Where?" Tony asked as he helped Steve serve breakfast. "In the Himalaya's in a cave system", Phil said. "When you rescue her let her use a com so I can talk her", Ahnj said. "Why?" I asked in concern. "Because when we were kidnapped we agreed if they let one of us go and gets help we have word that lets us know that it's safe", she said while drinking apple juice. "Okay", I said and kissed the top of head.
A week later
James's POV: I'm sitting on the jet on the way to the Himalaya's. I'm worried about Ahnjalei but I know that she's safe with Tony back home, waiting for us to find Elaina. I hope that Eliana is alright. I've never met her but I know that she wouldn't hurt my love and baby. I wonder what Ahnjalei's doing now. I hope she's taking it easy like Bruce told her. Last week she fainted from working in the library for too long. I know how can you faint from working in a library well she kept trying to do everything herself and her powers don't help the situation either. So Bruce told her that she need to work less and stay off her feet. So far she has and right now she's at the tower waiting for us to call so she can tell Elaina the safe word. Which is sapphire because that's their favorite shade of blue. I fall asleep after a while and I dream of her and our baby. I picture her holding him and smiling. When I wake up we're landing near the cave system entrance. So I get up and grab my gear. Which consists a gun, my mask, my com, and a torch. "Okay guys the plan is to take out the clan and find Eliana", Steve says in his Captain America voice. "I'm going to find Elaina and Ahnjalei is going to give her the safe word, right love", I said turning my com on. "Yep", Ahnjalei says through the coms. "Okay once the clan is taken out we get Elaina out", Steve says gesturing at the cave system. "Let's go then, we got work to do", I said going towards the exit of the jet. We exit the jet and enter the cave system. It's dark so I turn on the torch and walk towards one of the tunnels. "Hey babe will you tell me what Elaina is like?" I ask so I don't feel like I'm alone in the tunnel. about "She's brave, kind, wise, and she's a good teacher and friend", she says sadly. "I'll find her I promise love", I said reassuringly. "I know you will James", she says knowingly. I walk down the tunnel and see three rooms with three different colored curtain doors. "Okay love I see three rooms with curtains covering them, which one should I check first?" I ask. "What colors are there?" she asks worriedly. "Red, green and black", I say with urgency. "Red, then black, then green", she says with fear for her friend. I check the red room and I saw weapons and torture devices in it but no one in it thankfully. Next I check the black room, it looked like a laboratory but more alchemy than science. No one was there either. So I check the last room and I see Elaina. She looks like she's been tortured recently and it looks like she's unconscious but you never know. "Elaina", I say as I try to wake her. She opens her eyes and they widen in fear. I take the com and put it in her ear. "Sapphire", Ahnjalei says and Elaina calms down as she knows that she's safe with me. "Ahnjalei is that really you my friend?" Elaina asks as I help her up off the cot. "Yes Elaina it really is otherwise I wouldn't have said the safe word and the person with you is James Barnes, he and a few others are here to rescue you", Ahnjalei says to Elaina to reassure her. "Thank you", said Elaina as she holds on to my arm for support. "Your Welcome", we both say. "Elaina I'm going to take the com back real quick so I can check on the others so I can get you out of here and I'll give it back when I done", I tell her holding my hand out for the com. "Okay", Elaina says taking it out of her ear and giving it to me. "Steve is it safe to take Elaina out?" I ask as we walk towards the cave entrance. "Yeah it's safe, we checked the other tunnels and they were abandoned", Steve said as we exited the cave and walked towards the jet. "Okay, Elaina and I are walking towards the jet and I'm going to give Elaina back the com so her and Ahnjalei can talk", I say as we board the jet. "Alright we'll meet you guys there", Steve says as I get Elaina settled down in a seat. "Okay", I say and give the com to Elaina. "Ahnjalei when did they let you go?" she asks as she plays with the necklace she's wearing. I walk away so they can catch up on what's happened since they last saw each other. I look out of one window's and see the rest of the team walking towards the jet. They looked relieved that we had rescued Elaina quickly and I was too. I think the clan abandoned the caves and left Elaina to die but I could be wrong. As they boarded I told them that Ahnjalei was explaining what happened after they let her go last year so Clint to the cockpit to start the jet so we could take off and the other's sat down in their seats. Once we take off everyone relaxes knowing the mission was successful.