Chapter 11: Keep going
AN: Here's the next chapter enjoy!
Alex sat in the chair of the quinjet that was flying over an island in the pacific. It had been a couple weeks sense Alex was captured by the members of HYRDA and she was doing her best not to let it get to her that she was no longer considered completely human. Knowing they had giving her a higher dose of the serum in her escape; SHIELD was keeping a closer eye on her; not to mention Steve, who would ask about it whenever he saw her. She understood that it was hard for him to get thrown back into HYDRA related matters but it wasn't like they taped a bomb to her. Training was a nightmare; he would keep asking if she was ok, or if she wanted to stop and take a break; Alex began to snap at him and he would shut up….. For about three minutes.
Alex had been on several missions with her parents, Fury had told her she needed to get more experience in the field. But Alex wasn't stupid; she knew he wanted her parents to report back on her actions; any signs of strength or quick, agile abilities. They had been in Moscow, Sydney, and Brazil for the big missions. They had had a total of twelve missions all over the world. Her parents Natasha and Clint were standing at the front of the quinjet quietly talking with the two pilots while Steve was sitting across from her; Skye was next to her. Alex sighs, pulling out her phone she starts playing angry birds. Natasha looks over at her, Alex looks up as well.
"'What's that?" Her mom asks. She holds up her phone; showing the angry birds homepage. Her mom nods before continuing the conversation. Alex continues playing, and then her focus was thrown off when an alarm goes off in the cockpit. She looks up in confusion as the pilots starts pressing buttons and calling out orders, everyone starts franticly doing things around the small quinjet space. Natasha walks over to her.
"You stay her and don't move." She turns to Skye, saying the same thing." Both of you don't move from those seats." Alex gives concerned looks.
"What's happening?" She asks; desperate for answers. Then she walks over to the front. Steve was already up and in the front with Clint. Skye turns to her.
"What the hell is going on?!" Skye asks Alex. She shrugs, and then turns putting her quiver on her back; her bow tight in her grasp. Then a voice comes over a com up front.
"Missile inbound. "Alex's eyes widen. Clint starts looking all over the control panel.
"How do we stop it?!" The pilot starts pressing buttons.
"We can send out a decoy but we don't know what kind of missile it is, the impact could blow us out of the sky." Clint glares at the pilots.
"There's five thousand buttons here! How can you tell my we can't find out what the hell it is?!" Clint raises his voice. Then the pilot curses under his breath. Steve walks to the back to get his shield.
"There's a second missile!" He sends out a decoy and another but it doesn't hit the second one. "Braise for impact!" He yells.
BOOM!
Alex is shaken as a hole is blown in the side of the ship, Alex holds the seat and just when Alex thinks she has hold of the seat the belt snaps. Alex tumbles into Skye, she grabs Alex's hand. Alex looks around for something to grab, then she looks over seeing Steve hanging on a piece of metal, it was slowly bending toward the gaping hole in the ship. Just when Alex thinks he's fine, the bar breaks and Steve tumbles out.
"Steve!" Alex screams. Skye looks out in shock as she looks back to where Natasha and Clint where grasping the seats, secure. Alex looks up at Skye, seeing she was tiring. Alex gives her a guilty look.
"Don't even think about it." Skye says. Alex shakes her head. Then just when Skye starts pulling her up, her seat bends; then falls. Skye and Alex tumble out falling toward the forest floor.
Natasha looks back to where they were; seeing they were gone.
"Alex!" She screams. She turns to the pilots. "Put the ship down!" She yells over the loud noise.
"We can't! There are still drones on our tail!"
"NO! I said put the ship down! They fell out!" She says.
"If we land now we will never get back off the ground then were all stuck! We need to go back and refuel; tell Fury what happened! Then we will send out a rescue mission!" And without another second to question, they turned the ship around and headed back toward the Helicarrier.
AVENGERS
Alex lay in the jungle; she opens her eyes, only slits. Her vision was blurry but she could make out the trees around her. She can't remember what she was doing here. Then it all comes back.
The blow in the ship, Steve falling out, then her and Skye.
Alex was about to sit up when pain shot into her like a rapped fire gun, it felt like she was being burned alive. She couldn't hold back a scream as she looked down at her side. She could see a piece of metal; lodged into her lower side right above the tops of her pants. Alex put her hands around it and tried moving it; all that came was another scream. Then she saw her bow a couple meters away. Come on! Suck it up Barton! She thought. Alex ripped off a piece of her suit; putting it between her teeth she put her hands on the bar again. She pulled with any strength she could muster but to no prevail. Alex stopped, then spit out the piece; gasping for air. She started to lose consciousness again, but just before she saw a figure runny toward her.
"Steve! I found her!" She recognized the voice, and then saw a second figure, but before she could identify she lost consciousness.
AVENGERS
Skye woke to Steve sitting next to her. She sat up, rubbing her head. Steve looked up from the ground and looked over at her.
"Take it easy, you hit your head." Skye nods, rubbing it. Steve stands up then picks up his shield. Skye stands up; leaning against a tree for support. "Did you see Alex at all before you fell?" Steve asks. Skye shakes her head.
"'I thought she was right beside me, but I guess not." She then realized what he had said. Shit! Where's Alex?! Skye thought. She picked up her pistol and started to follow the wreckage. "I'll look over her." She said. Steve nods going in a different direction. Skye looks around all the debris trying to find any sigh of Alex. She sees something under a sheet of metal. Skye walks over to it, lifting the sheet she sees a first aid kit, she picks it up; putting it in her back pack. Skye continues looking around the debris and sees a bow a few meters away, she speeds up, walking toward it. The she looks over and sees Alex's body lying in the dirt a little ways away. Skye runs over to her.
"Steve! I found her!" She runs over to Alex and gets down seeing a metal bar in her side. Steve runs up behind her.
"Oh god, oh god." Skye ripped open the first aid kit she found and started pulling out anything she saw. Steve was down at her side in a second.
"'Ok, I'm going to pull it out, you put the gnaws on as soon as it's out." Skye nods getting the gnaws ready. Steve gripped the metal. "OK, one…two…three." Steve yanked on the bar, it was about three feet long, a good foot of it was stuck in the ground. Skye started pressing the bandages on the wound. Then Alex's eyes fly open, she lets out a cry of pain as Skye pressed the bandages. Steve throws aside the bloody piece of metal and looks at the materials they had, only five bandage raps, some painkillers, a compass, a map of the area, and a water canteen. All of a sudden gunshots rang out and their heads shot up. Skye looked in the direction. Steve started throwing everything into the back pack and handed it to Skye.
"We need to move, find somewhere to hide out for the night." He puts on the pack and grabs Alex's bow and quiver. Skye puts Alex's arm around her neck as she does her best to walk as they run away into the deep jungle.
AVENGERS
Alex felt pain, pain, and more pain. She could hear the roar of water around her. Alex opens her eyes, seeing Skye sitting next to her dosing. Alex tries to sit up but immediately falls back down feeling a burning sensation in her side. Skye's eyes shoot open and she quickly looks down at Alex. She leans over her.
"Jesus Christ, you scared the hell out of me. You have a real death wish you know." Skye said in a scratchy voice. Alex manages a grin.
"Well that's how I roll." Alex says in a dry voice. Skye nods. Alex looks around her, furrowing her eyebrows. "Where are we?" She asks, sounding a bit more awake. Skye looks around her to.
"In a cave, Steve found it. There are people looking for us, they saw us fall out of the ship." Skye finishes. Alex's eyes widen for a moment.
"Don't worry, he's fine." Skye says, and then Alex looks to Skye's right seeing Steve walk over with a canteen.
"I'm so glad you're concerned." Steve says in a playful voice. Alex rolls her eyes before doing her best to sit up. Skye helps her up. Steve hands her the canteen. She takes a quick sip before giving it back to him.
"How long was I out?" Alex asks. Skye looks back at her.
"Three days." Alex's eyes widen.
"Seriously?!" Skye nods.
"You're lucky that wound didn't get infected. If it did you would probably be dead, heeling skills or not, not to give you negative thoughts." Steve finishes with a grin. Alex laughs a little, trying to save breath. Skye stands up and looks toward the cave entrance.
"I'll go get some more fruit." Steve nods.
"Wait do you-"Skye holds up her gun before he finishes; Steve doesn't finish his sentence, the answer obviously answered. Alex looks in Skye's direction until she disappears from view. Steve looks back at her.
"So no sigh of rescue uh?" She asks. He shakes his head.
"The tracker was damaged in the explosion so they have no way of knowing the route." Steve says. Alex nods, then she adjusts herself, putting her hand on the wall of the cave she starts to push herself up. Steve looks up, his eyes grow concerned. "Hold your horses Alex, you need to rest." He says. Alex looks at him and glares before sitting back down. Skye returns with a sack full of something. She sits down, a smile on her face.
"Good news! I found, three mangos, two coconuts, and a few bananas!" Skye says pulling out all the fruit. Steve nods, then picks up a few of the fruits and walks over to an underground creek, washing the dirt off. He turns and throws a mango to Alex who catches it. She holds it in her hand for a minute. Skye comes back with the rest of the washed fruit and they all sit down. Skye claps her hands.
"Let the feast begin!" Skye says. Alex smiles. She lifts the mango to her lips and bites down. Joyful nectar seeps into her mouth, she sighs tasting what felt like heaven. Skye looks at them and finishes chewing.
"This reminds me of those movies, where the heroes are stranded and they're facing all this danger and stuff, and they have to survive the harsh environment." Steve smiles. Alex doesn't.
"Do they end up dying in the end too?" Alex doesn't look up from the dusty cave floor. They both look at her. Skye gives her a gentle playful shove.
"Come on, I bet the rescue party is looking for us right now." Skye says confidently, she then gets up and walks over the waterfall, about thirty feet away. Steve looks at her, seeing she didn't believe what Skye said.
"You don't think there looking do you?" He says. Alex shakes her head.
"Even if they were, there is a very unlikely chance they will find us out here." Alex says with no emotion. He nods.
"At least there's a chance." He finishes, before getting up and going to the fall to wash the fruit juice off his hands. Skye walks back over and sits next to Alex.
"We should get some rest." Skye says. Alex nods, putting her quiver on her rights she lays down, propping her head with her arm. Steve sits on a rock a few feet away.
"I'll watch." Alex was already dosing, Skye nods then leans against the wall, closing her eyes she soon falls asleep.
AVENGERS
Alex woke to darkness all around her. Alex looked at Skye who was sleeping; she looked to her left seeing Steve sleeping against a rock. She looked toward the entrance. Time to get a move on! She told herself. She slowly got up, ignoring the pain the best she could, knowing she should heal anyway soon. Alex got her bow and quiver then walked toward the entrance. It was still dark and the sun wasn't up yet. Alex set off into the jungle.
Alex had been walking for a few minutes now; she walked up to a lake, seeing it was completely clear. Alex pulled out an arrow; she could see schools of fish swimming around. She pushed a button on her bow, and switched the arrow point to cable, so she could get them back easily. Alex raised her bow, aiming at a fish; she let the arrow loose as it struck the water. Alex grins as she pushes a button on it, and the cable is pulled back. Alex sees a rustling in the water as the fish is lifted; Alex grabs it and takes out the knife her mom gave her, then ends the fish's struggle. She gives it a look, remembering the last time she saw them. Alex sighs, and then puts it back in the holder. She sets back off into the forest, the fish put in Skye's back pack which she brought with her.
Alex came to a rock cliff, looking down she could see the angry waters; hitting the side of the cliff. Alex looked over the water, looking for any sign of a rescue, but as she originally thought there was nothing. Giving one last look, she walks back in the direction of the cave.
Alex walks around a rock formation and hears a twig snap. She stops in her tracks. Turning her head to the side, she listens. Hearing nothing else, she decides to walks away from the cave, in case she was being followed. Alex walks forward, keeping an ear out, she starts hearing footsteps. Alex tries to hold down running as she keeps walking. She hears them getting closer. Deciding to take action she suddenly pulls out an arrow, and was about to let it go, seeing someone standing a few feet away.
"Easy! Just me." Alex sees Steve holding up his hands, she sighs putting down her bow.
"What are you doing out here?" Alex says. Steve walks up to her.
"Well I thought I told you about resting but I guess it didn't read." He says. Alex shrugs, a smile coming on her lips.
"Well, much like a hospital bed, it can become very boring." She says. Then she turns to see Skye coming up behind him. Steve turns seeing her, a confused look on his face. Skye looks at him.
"Well you never said stay put, oh wait- you didn't say anything at all!" Skye says walking up. "You both left me there!" She says. Alex sighs. Steve smiles a little.
"Well senses were all here, should we start moving?" He looks at Skye. "We have everything right?" She nods. "Ok then." He pulls out the compass and the map. "So we have two choices. We can go west, which we will need to go through swamps, mountains, and a bit of dessert. Or we can go east, which will lead to a lot more jungle, and there will be times we past some enemy bases." Skye and Alex look at each other.
"Which has a better chance of rescue?" Alex asks.
"That would be east, if we can get to a transmitter, then we have a chance to call for help. But it is also the most dangerous. There is also a good chance of getting caught." Then he nods to Alex's wound. "Not to mention that." Alex sighs.
"I can walk, by tomorrow I should be able to run anyway." She says. He nods.
"Well, if we go west we can try to avoid it and there is also an abandoned SHIELD outpost there. If we get it working we can get out of here without having to get in contact with any enemy bases." Alex nods.
"West." They then look at Skye.
"Yep, west." Skye says. He nods.
"Then were off." Steve says. He looks down at his compass, and starts walking west. Alex puts her arms out for Skye.
"After you!" She says. Skye chuckles before following Steve, with Alex not far behind.