Chapter 11: Get The Hell Out Of Budapest

Footsteps somewhere in the distance low and quiet. She wasn't dead that of course was the first thought that she had. A low beeping noise resounded somewhere in the distance followed by a bright light behind her eyes. Slowly prying her eyes open she could see that the light was coming from the window.

Blinking rapidly, she winced at the harsh light turning her head away only to see that she was hooked up to an Iv and a heart monitor was wheeled in next to her. She was in a hospital bed but really she couldn't even for the life of her remember how she had gotten there.

She should be dead bleeding out into the snow. It felt like a dream now and most of it was foggy she couldn't really piece together what had happened the blood loss must have made her half delirious. She remembered stabbing Clint and him pleading with her. She had a vague recollection of Ivanov but it still felt like there were bits and pieces missing from her memories but her brain was so foggy that she couldn't think straight.

Clint?! She thought sitting up fast despite the wave of dizziness that made her want to throw up. He had been worse off than she had been where the hell was he. He couldn't be dead she would never forgive herself if she had killed him.

She remembered there had been a lot of blood and he had definitely been worse than her. Ripping her Iv out she stumbled falling out of bed and ignoring the pain blossoming in her chest where the arrow had pierced her.

Grabbing onto the bed she pulled herself up despite the pain and agony she felt in that second she had to know how Clint was doing nothing else mattered except him. Gripping the wall tightly she leaned against it gritting her teeth as sweat dripped down her brow from exhaustion. Her thigh burned with pain as she stumbled towards the door.4

Fumbling with the handle she pulled the door open feeling a cool breeze coming from the hallway. Grabbing onto the door she pulled herself out into the hallway collapsing onto her knees right outside. Gritting her teeth as she felt something wet and slick seeping through her hospital gown.

Blood was seeping through her gown. Glancing down at her chest she gritted her teeth as the pain was so unbearable that a few times she almost black out. Pressing a hand against her stomach she tried to stand but found that her left leg wasn't working. The pain from her leg seemed to flare all the way down making it hard to even move it. Taking a deep breath, she was going to try again when a voice to her right suddenly spoke.

"what the hell do you think you're doing Agent Romanoff" The voice yelled. Turning her head, she was Agent Coulson running towards her almost in panic. "You can't move you'll pull out your stitches you idiot!" he yelled grabbing her arm to help her up.

"Oh… your already to… late for that" she said smashing her teeth together in pain as he pulled her up by the arm and glanced down at her hospital gown. Letting out a string of curses he glared at her. "Just wait right here would you I'll get a nurse and please… please Agent Romanoff try not to move we would not want you bleeding out again" he said helping her towards the wall as she slid down letting out a sigh of relief as the pain was slowly fading still there of course just not as bad.

"what…what happened to Clint" she said looking up at Coulson. "He's fine He actually believe it or not didn't turn out as bad as you." That couldn't be right she know she shot him and stabbed him in the shoulder as well. "What but I shot him how the hell am I worse than he is" she said slightly annoyed but also slightly relieved as well.

"well you only shot him in the side right above the hip bone on his right side and the stab wound was on his shoulder he may not be able to use that arm for a while but he actually shot an arrow directly at your chest it nearly pierced your lung actually and pulling it out as roughly as you did may have caused more damage and the other arrow actually went all the way through your left thigh and pulling that out probably made it worse I guess you were so busy trying to kill him that you didn't realize how bad it had been"

Barton was definitely going to rub this in and she already knew this. "Plus you're a woman" he said snapping her out of her daze. "Excuse me what was that you said" she snarled about ready to knock the lights out of him. "You're a woman you know you have a smaller build than a man it means that wounds like that could be more fatal to you than they would be to him and there is the possibility you could die faster from blood loss than he can" For a second there she had thought he was a sexist and she had been about to pop him a good one in the mouth but she would let this one slide.

"I am going to go ahead and get the nurse alright just don't be stupid and please wait here that's an order ok" he said stalking off has he went around the corner disappearing from sight. Letting out a sigh as it was finally quiet once more she frowned suddenly as she realized that Coulson still hadn't mentioned were Barton was only that he was ok.

Footsteps sounded down the hall coming closer. Thinking it was Coulson she looked up only to see Fury standing there looking slightly annoyed. Deciding to ask the question that was bugging her she frowned. "where's Clint?" she said her voice slightly raw and tired. "Agent Barton his back in the U.S has been for about a day or two now" he said casually leaning against the wall. Wait a day or two how long has she been out she thought confusion running through her.

It must have showed on her face because suddenly he spoke. "Six days you were out for six days. Barton was only unconscious for 2 days and he took about another two days to rest before we sent him back. We didn't really have a choice though we were given specific orders that once the both of you were well enough to travel that you would both Get the hell out of Budapest…. Congratulations you have both been banned from this city it's just like Dubai all over again Barton was band from there as well so this makes it the second time he has been banned from ever returning to a city and this is your first luckily nobody realized that the Moscow incident was your fault, would hate to get you banned from there" he said having finished talking. "but we didn't even do anything that bad aside from The red room blowing up a shield base" she said frowning.

A vein popped on fury's head "Not that bad, not that bad do you even realize what you did. Well allow me to tell you when Barton fired those grenade arrows at tat red room base which by the way had a forest surrounding it when that building blew up some of the embers got on the trees you moron and then voila you started a massive forest fire by the time we got there it had nearly burnt the forest to the ground" This was sounding more and more like Barton's fault than hers actually.

"You're lucky they didn't charge you with arson and lock you up consider getting kicked out a slap on the wrist" he said glancing down at her "That wasn't even my fault I'm not the one who fired the arrow" she said slightly annoyed that she was also getting blamed for this.

"In my book if one partner screws up they both do its both partners jobs to keep each other in line why do you think most agents quite after one mission with Barton let's just say none of them liked getting yelled at for his mistake so what's it going to be you want a new partner or what" he said looking at her with his one good eye.

Baton was not getting away she was going to skin him alive the next time she saw him oh there was no way she was getting a different partner if he thought he could get away with this bullshit now that she was his partner he had another thing coming.

"No chance in hell am I getting a new partner don't worry director by the time I am don't with Barton he'll be begging for a new partner hate to disappoint but I never back down" she snarled.

"Well I think you and Barton will be perfect partners, maybe you will actually last for a change" he said smirking as he walked down the hall pausing right before he turned the corner he looked at her and spoke. "Oh and by the way you have to be out of the city by tomorrow and don't worry Agent Coulson already has your passport ready you will be going back with him. I am going on ahead" he said letting out a wave as he disappeared from sight.

The sound of hurried footsteps approached as a nurse rushed down the hall with Coulson trailing behind her. "Took you long enough" She said annoyed as he smirked which actually made her believe that he had done it on purpose maybe he knew fury was coming and wanted her to talk to him. Oh that sly Bastard she thought smirking as she looked into his eyes. The nurse fretting over her trying to get her back into the bed.

Only one thought crossed her mind at that moment. She wondered if Clint was ok and when she would see him again. Well there was that and she wanted to slap him for getting her kicked out of the city she had never been kicked out of anywhere before and that fact alone really annoyed her.

Oh well guess it's time to get the hell out of Budapest.