"Everyone get on the lift and leave, I'll take care of these pups." Dreadwing roared, much more powerful than before. Runner moved to the side and helped pick up Whistleblower as they moved onto the lift. The massive titans speaking to each other was the most bone chilling conversation he had ever heard. Once in the lift Captain America gently placed the injured Neo Avenger on the ground and let Black Widow and Hawkeye do their best.

"Dreadwing let's go!" Twilight yelled, but just as she tried to move out of the lift to help him a red metal arm pulled her back. The gate fell in front of her, and the lift was slowly starting to rise.

She struggled but Runner moved to face her, "Whoa, come on, look he knew what he was doing, I'm sure he has a plan." He glanced over his shoulder, noticing him using everything he had to hold back the pack of wolves after them. The giant one talked again, referring to him as sheep, and it felt like he was looking right at him. The dragon flared his wings but just before they could all see what he was doing the lift moved behind the rocky wall that the base was built around, going to the surface. Howls and roars could still be heard as the lift continued to climb for a minute or so before they finally reached the top and began to move out.

"Easy! She's lost a lot of blood!" He overheard Cap saying as he and Hawkeye picked her up again, "We need to get her to a doctor, right away, does anyone have a radio?"

"Nope."

"They took mine."

"I can scout again," Iron Man began, "See if there's a town nearby. That will help at least."

Rogers nodded, and Tony took up into the sky.

"Steve." It was Black Widow, her face looking more pale than the dying girl she was looking at.

"She'll make it. Get her in one of these Jeeps we need to hurry!" He climbed into one of the doorless cars and cracked the bottom open, starting to hotwire the car as Natasha and Clint put Veronica into the back and jumped in beside her, using torn bits of cloth to apply pressure to her wounds. It seemed everyone had reservations about going into any vehicle marked with the Hydra logo but no one wanted to waste any time arguing. They grouped off into fours and used scavenged keys, and carjacking skills to get the engines to roar to life. Steve's car was first in line and began to move in the direction Tony was flying off in with the rest of the Avengers in tow.

"We shouldn't have left him…" Twilight began. "He's still down there fighting!" Shaking her head she almost jumped out of the car into the air.

Hawkeye was there to stop her by pulling back down with a iron grip on her jacket. "He just busted all of us out. Us included. I'm sure he can handle whatever-" He lost the steering for a brief moment as the ground began to shake.

A loud thunderous boom rang out as the earth cracked, earth spiking out of the ground near the base before it started to all collapse down. A massive sinkhole was forming, starting from just behind of the lift was. Right where Dreadwing was. Some shouted to drive and they began to dart past trees and fallen branches, doing their best to not crash into a ditch or tree. But Twilight did something else. Going with her origional plan she jumped out of the car and took off running in the other direction, and when the earth below her fell, her wings carried her. She didn't know herself why she had to rush to the crater. More earth began to fall down and topple in on itself, but she still had to try. Why she had to look down to see the massive pile of rubble. Why she had to keep calling out for Allen to get up. Why she couldn't stop crying. Her vision became blurred and she felt light headed all of a sudden. She tried to shake it off, and did a couple circles around the area trying to find him. She kept getting dizzy and it was hard to focus.

After what seemed like an eternity of hovering above the giant hole she could hear a swoosh behind her. "Hey kid." It was robotic. Probably Iron Man. "I found a road leading to a small town a couple miles west of here. Couple people were wondering about the quake and where we were so we're trying to do some damage control."

"Is Veronica going to be safe at least?" Her voice was weak and shaking, filled with sadness over the lost of one teammate, and potentially another one.

Tony was silent, for a moment before turning around, "I'll show you the way, c'mon."

She looked into the crater one last time. Looking for any sort of life. Anything that might give her a glimpse of hope. Even a small stir in the rocks. Instead she was forced to leave the rubble, to try and help the teammate who still could be saved.

Natasha quickly burst through the doors of the hospital, yelling as loud as she can, "We need a doctor, now!"

Medical personnel and civilians alike turned their heads to the door, only to be turn away in shock and horror when they rest their eyes upon this poor girl bleeding from three large wounds in her torso and stomach. When they saw who was leading the girl in on a small, makeshift stretcher, they immediately cleared the way and a man in scrubs quickly ran to her. "Quick, follow me, she doesn't have much time," he said in a hurried voice as he began leading them through swinging door past swinging door. Other doctors slowly trickled in near the stretcher Alex and Captain America were carrying and began to place various wraps around the wounds and a breather on Veronica. Her skin was very pale, and her breath was ragged as they finally entered the operating room.

Loud voices and half-screams were drowned out by Stephanie's pained yells as she fell on her knees, pointing at her dying sister. Her chest stopped rising. The doctors quickly pushed everyone out of the operating room and closed the doors behind them, each of them could been seen scrambling in the room for various items. Most of them had blank stares, others paced back and forth. Stephanie had tucked her knees close to her and was crying with her head buried, and Alex kneeling besides her, doing his best to console seemed like minutes. Minutes seemed like hours, until they heard running footsteps approaching them. Tony had abandoned his armor and was wearing a normal black shirt once more with partly torn jeans, and slightly behind him was Rossette.

"What's going on?" She asked, fearing what her answer might be.

Steve was sitting in silence in a chair before standing up. "We….don't know." He turned and looked back at the door, and sighed."Did you find…" She already was shaking her head before he could finish his sentence. He gave a small nod and slowly turned to sit back down in the chair.

Rosette did the same and sat on a bench nearby Alex and Stephanie. She was still crying with Alex rubbing her shoulder slowly, and trying his best not to look at the door.

Waiting was the hardest thing to do. Rosette knew what waiting ment when she helped devise battle strategies. Constant what if questions racing through your head. The best of outcomes and the worst, with everything in between, all at once, gnawing at your thoughts.

Steve looked over at Stephanie who had slowed her crying though her eyes were still red and watery. "She's tough." He did his best to give her a reassuring smile. "She'll pull through."

She did her best to give him a nod, and a forced a smile.

Five minutes later Steve realised that what he said could have been the worse he could have spoken, He felt bad he had given her hop. Hope that her sister would survive. The doctor that emerged from the operating room said otherwise.

There wasn't any talking among the group. They had silently shuffled back to the main room, and any fans of the Avengers could tell now was not the time to ask for an autograph. Each had their own visible expressions of sadness and depressions. They were all trying to process everything.

Barton was the first one to speak up, and try to break the silence. "So. What's our next move?" He glanced around the room, hoping someone would speak up.

"We don't exactly have a move," Eddy said, "Our mission was to get you. As far as we know, that could have been our only mission."

A couple heads were turned when Tony sat up straight. "Well Fury isn't here." He tried to recompose himself. "It isn't his call to make."

"That's great tin-man, but we don't know what to do next," Eddy sighed, repeating himself.

"Well we know who did this; Loki and Hydra. We know they won't stop. We know there is another member of our team missing." He paused and looked at everyone, lingering slightly on the neo-avengers. "We know enough about we we have to do."

"If Allen were around he would have come to see us by now."

"What if he was hurt?" Rosette sighed, "He used a lot of energy back there, and who knows what that dog could have done to him."

"First we should try and find out where we are and where we can hide out for awhile, without endangering civilians." Ever the cautious and careful tactician, Steve spoke carefully not wanting further casualties.

"I'm cut off from Jarvis, so we'll have to do this the old fashion way. Armor is damaged so I'll have to make repairs." Tony looked around. "Alex and Rosette, why don't you go try and find out where we are?" The two both looked at each other and then slowly rose and exited the hospital.

"I'm going to go find someplace we can try to hide out in," Steve announced and then made his exit. Barton followed after him.

"I am going to return to Asgard and convince my father to help capture Loki." Thor grabbed his hammer and made his exit as well.

Bruce said he would stay at the hospital and try to help out a little Tony looked at Natasha a brief moment before exiting himself. She gave herself another moment before standing and walking away.

Rosette and Alex walked in silence for most of the time. They both were lost in thought and in their own worlds, but each tried their hardest to focus on the task at hand. "Well judging by the cold air, the nice nature like area and trees, not to mention everyone's accent, I'd say we were in England. Maybe North?" Alex approached Rosette after talking with a small group of people , "That and the fact that they told me." Her let out a small laugh, but it quickly faded after seeing Rosette still staring at the ground.

She heard what he said, but her mind was racing and the rough asphalt road was the most interesting thing to her as her head stayed looking down.

"Rosette?"

She was silent for a moment. "We just left him."

"There wasn't anything we could have done," Alex said softly.

"We could have helped!" she snapped.

"Yeah and then we would ALL be dead too!" He retorted. "How do you expect we could have helped him anyway?"

"We all could have taken down Fenrir!"

"Even he was struggling against him! He was in his dragon form, and at his strongest, he still could not fight and win. What chance do you think we had?!"

"Maybe if we all fought instead of running it would have been easier."

Alex was silent. He didn't know what he should say next. "Let's just...try to keep focus." With that he turned and began to walk off.

Rosette didn't speak for a long time as she stayed. All alone on the side of the road, she felt something slowly crushing her. An old feeling starting to eat away at her again. After another minute she started walking again. All she had now to focus on was the mission. It didn't matter what the mission some point she would get what she want though. Even if it was a small job against Hydra she would still be one step closer to knowing the truth, and getting revenge. She looked around and then spread her wings, taking off to the sky. She had to clear her head of a few things. Circling around the town a couple times, wondering what Allen would do in a situation like this. She noticed Steve Rogers running after Alex, and landed on a nearby building trying to listen in. Maybe he could help her.

"Hey, Runner was it?" Alex turned around and saw Steve approaching him.

"Oh, hey Cap. Just call me Alex, at least when we aren't fighting." He let out a small smile and nod, trying to lighten the mood which Alex nodded back to him, happy to see someone trying to move past it, or at least help him forget about everything for a moment.

"Alright then, Alex. You can just call me Steve then."

Alex let out a small laugh, "Alright, it'll take some getting use to though." The two began walking a few steps, patrolling around town and seeming to get to know the area.

"Me and Barton found a cabin not too far from here. Do you think you can help spread the word? I don't want to have these people in the crossfire if Hydra follows us here." Alex nodded in agreement with him, "See if you can find Tony then. I think he said he was working on his armor. Cabin is to the southwest, see if you can get them there before the sun sets."

Alex didn't even realise it but the sky had turned orange and the sun was slowly starting to disappear behind the various trees around them. If I were working on a high-tech power armor suit where would I go… He began to walk around the small town after Steve went to go round up other people. He turned a corner and saw an auto body repair shop. "Guess it's a good a place as any to start." He began walking towards it and called out. "Stark?" Nothing. He could hear something like a blowtorch scorching metal coming from the garage and decided to investigate. Hearing a wrench hit the ground and moved past a half stripped car and saw Tony in the back corner working on his iron-man suit. It was badly damaged, but Tony still had managed to repair some of the giant metal armor. It was mostly red plated with gold and silver looking finishings to it. "Hey, Tony. Got some news."

The working man stood up and turned to face him. "We find Hydra?"

"No but we did fight a place to hide out. It's southwest in the woods about a mile or so." Alex tried to get a loot at the armor, and it wasn't the most glorious suit he had in mind. But still, the fact that he was still able to keep it running was a wonder.

Tony made an ah noise and then made a face that looked as if he was thinking about it. "Yeah. Right. I'll head over when I'm done here."

"Take your time, I'm sure that suit of armor of yours will be a big help with everything." Alex gave a nod to make him know he wasn't being sarcastic and took his leave.

"You bet it'll be." Tony grinned. "Right after I fix it that is."

"Looking forward to it." Alex exchanged a nods with the billionaire and left.

It wasn't long before Alex found Bruce and Veronica, considering they never left the hospital. Bruce managed to help around, and Veronica seemed to have a grip on herself now. He couldn't find Rosette, and Steve said he was getting Natasha and Virgil was already out in the woods. He walked around the town once, and made it his mission to avoid the hospital after he rounded up the two squad mates. He didn't want to have to go in again, it was hard enough trying to convince Veronica to leave. He began walking into the woods and about five minutes of wandering around the woods he began to wonder if he took a wrong turn. The shouting he heard was the only reassuring thing he had. They weren't screams of distress, but rather a heated arguement.

"You can't stop me!" Clearly the voice belonged to a female

"Be smart about this, going is suicidal." This one was slightly calmer, but it seemed he was struggling to maintain his composure.

"Please don't leave, we've lost enough." Veronica.

"You all left him to die! I'm going back!"

"We're not the only ones who left that bunker."

Alex broke off into a jog to try and reach the cabin fast enough. When he finally reached the clearing, the group had formed into a small semi circle, with Tony and Rosette facing each other. "Say that again!" Rosette shouted even more angry now.

"You're being a spoiled brat, calm down." Tony's voice was coming out of the badly damaged, yet amazingly operational suit of armor.

"What's the harm in having a quick scouting party go and search the area?" Cap was trying to reason and appeal to both sides, but his words went unheard.

"That's precious coming from you, Stark. Do as I say, not as I do? Or speaking from experience?" Each were at arm's length and both seemed eager to start fighting.

"Going out there is a stupid idea, be real."

"I'm going, just try and stop me!"

"Maybe I'll start by tearing out you-"

"STOP!"" Alex quickly inserted himself between the two, holding an arm out to each to keep them separated. "Listen Rosette, it's a bad idea." Alex said trying to be the deciding vote in the matter.

She only shook her head, even more angry now. Everyone was silent and no one moved. A breeze of wind ruffled the leaves on the trees above them and filled the silence. The deadly tension lasted longer than it should, but it seemed to everyone that the next words spoke would decide if the team stayed together, or if they broke apart. Alex knew this, and didn't want to say anything to drive her, or anyone, off. His hands were slightly shaking but he did his best to keep it from showing. "We need to regroup first and figure out what our next move will be."

Rosette didn't back down. Her stance remained the same. Her hands balled up into fists and her knees slightly bent. Her eyes narrowed slightly and her brow furrowed. Alex knew this meant she was ready to fight, and would do his best to avoid that outcome. Her silence was almost as scary as she was when fighting. What's she thinking? He turned his head to the other side, "Tony, what should we do?" Once she hear's Tony's plan she'll come to see reason.

"Well we should try to contact someone in shield. Hopefully some people are still…" He stopped as Rosette began to walk off.

"Rosette?" Alex went unanswered. "Twilight!" He ran up to her, "Where are you going?" The attempt to grab her shoulder was met with her quickly twisting around and knocking his hand away.

His heart began to speed up and his reflexes kicked in just as she was about to strike again, but the blow never came. She was doing her best to restrain herself too. "I'm going to find our leader." The words struck even harder than the first time he was hit with Electro's bolt of lightning. He didn't know what to say, and she didn't wait for him. Instead she just turned and kept walking away.

"Let her go kid." It was Tony. Alex was too stunned and confused to say anything.

"Actually I'm going to." Steve began walking in the same direction Rosette ran off in. "I'll make sure she stays safe."

As he slowly disappeared behind trees Barton stepped forward, "Someone's gotta watch their backs." He quickly followed after her too, followed by Eddy who oddly enough didn't feel the need to justify himself.