"Let's go." I heard Steve's voice in my ear and smiled. It had been six months since the STAR system had been implanted in my head.
It had taken three months to finally figure it all out but finally, with the help of mental concentration and Clint's martial arts and firearms classes, I had it under control and I could assimilate the information I wanted as it came at me. Of course, we had kept the classes a secret from Steve since he wouldn't have been happy about them.
Clint's efforts had helped me to learn how to move with the STAR system. At first, I had been so klutzy I couldn't go five steps without falling flat on my face, but now I could keep up with him and Natasha in just about everything, no baubles or anything. I hadn't fallen or lost my balance in four months now.
Which is why I was on top of a building across from the target with a sniper rifle trained on our guy. Steve didn't know I was there, he would be furious once he found out, but Clint knew I was ready to start helping and so there I was. My job was to keep an eye on the target and shoot him if he tried to escape while the Avengers infiltrated the base. I had hacked the comms system they were using, as well as that of the hostiles. Enemy chatter, as well as friendly chatter, rang in my ears as I analyzed the map of the inside the STAR system had brought across my vision.
"Clint, you've got two coming your way," I whispered.
"Thanks Nights," he replied as he took them out. I watched via the security system, which was now in my power.
"Nights, do you have the target in sight?" Natasha asked. The three of us had our own channel that we were communication on, as well as the main channel with the rest of the Avengers.
"He knows you're there but he's not moving. Mostly because he doesn't seem to be able to get verifiable information about your exact location," I said, my voice smug.
"Attagirl Nights, keep at it!" Clint said. I smiled. This was the third mission that I had piggybacked on without Cap's knowledge and I was getting good at the silent backup thing.
"Somebody tell Iron Man five bogeys are coming his way," I said.
"Got it!" Natasha replied, making her way to Tony.
"Nights, where's the target?" Clint asked.
"On the move," I said, watching as the man finally decided to make a break for it. "He's heading towards the roof."
"Guys! He's making a break for it! Somebody get him!" Cap's voice called in on the main channel.
I swore. Cap was almost to the control room which was filled with hostiles. I wouldn't have been concerned, except the HYDRA fragment that we were currently taking down had been experimenting with weapons to find ones that were capable of stopping the Avengers. The files I had been sifting through while watching the leader had shown that they had perfected a weapon that could seriously hurt Steve.
"Clint, Cap's walking into an ambush. Can you, Banner or Tony get to him?" I asked.
"Sorry, no can do. I've got my hands full, Banner's too far away and Tony's busy."
"Shit," I said, putting down my gun and clipping my belt on.
"Nights? What's that noise?" Natasha asked.
"I'm going in!" I said, pulling the crossbow off my back and loading it with an arrow equipped with a zip line.
"Are you sure about that? Cap's going to be furious," Clint said, his words interspersed with the sound of punches and groans. I pulled the bolt back.
"Hell yeah I'm sure," I said, firing it. It shot through the window and hit the wall on the inside right as Steve burst into the hostile filled room.
I slung my belt over the wire and grabbed it. "Better watch out bastards," I said. "Cuz here I come!" I said, plunging off the roof.
The wind whipped in my face, pulling my hood down but leaving the mask over my face. I crashed through what remained of the window and put my feet out to act as breaks. My legs caught me as I hit the wall and I pushed, flipping off the wall and making a complete circuit before twisting and landing on one of the guys aiming a gun at Cap.
"Incoming!" I said, tucking off of him and landing in a low squat, before launching myself forward at another guy and tackling him to the floor. We fell to the floor, me making sure his head hit first, before I rolled off of him, unsheathed one of the knives at my waist and threw it at a hostile about to take a shot at Steve.
I stole a look at Steve and saw that he was frozen in confusion. I also saw another guy taking aim. "9 o'clock!" I yelled, running in the opposite direction at another one of the enemy. Steve unfroze and lifted his shield, blocking the blast with it before throwing it at the man and knocking the guy out.
I disabled my guy and turned. "Take a knee!" I yelled. Steve knelt and I ran towards him, placing a foot on his back. "Lift!" I yelled again. He did so and I used to momentum to launch myself in the air, folding my left leg and sticking my right leg out, kicking a guy in the chest and using the kick to change my direction, back flipping off of him and throwing a knife to the side, hitting another guy in the chest with it.
I ran towards Cap and called "Shield!" He lifted it and I flipped off of it, catching a guy in the head and sending him face forward into Cap's still raised shield. Two more knives disposed of the rest of my half of the hostiles and a couple well placed throws neutralized the rest of the hostiles.
In the silence we caught our breath, Cap looking around in confusion while I pushed loose hair out of my face. "Whose got the target?" I asked, walking over to the computers.
"I've got Dr. Frankenstein right here," Tony replied.
"Alright, I'll download all this stuff, Tony you get Frankenstein loaded up and then we can get the hell out of here," I said.
"Okay we'll wrap it up," Clint's voice came through the comms.
"Good. Natasha, we need a handshake with Banner if you could. Iron Patriot, could you finish up any stragglers? Everyone else, grab what you can and then get back to the jet," I said.
"Hey Tiny, when did you get to be in charge? Actually, while I'm on that subject, when did you even get here?"
"I snuck into the jet before you guys left. I did the same thing on the last mission, the one before that, and the one before that as well," I said, tapping on the computer.
"Wait, those little goof ups? That was you?" Tony asked.
"No, it was the Chinook fairy. No shit it was me!" I said, pressing enter.
"How did she do that without us knowing about it?" Rhodes asked.
"I knew," Clint said.
"I did too," Natasha added.
"Both of you knew and you didn't tell me?!" Steve finally broke in.
"Don't worry Steve, I wasn't going to tell them either but I had to hide under someone's seat and everyone knows that whatever Clint knows Natasha knows."
"We'll discuss this when we get home," Steve said.
"I like that plan! Now, I'm done here so let's go."
APOLOGIES! Writer's block has been a bitch lately. I couldn't think of anything for the next chapter until I finally got the idea for a time skip. Sorry if you wanted to see Nights adjusting but I just couldn't think of a way to make it work. If you still wanna see it though drop me a PM and I'll see if maybe I can do a oneshot about it or something. Anyways, one or two more chapters and then I'm going to merge with Age of Ultron and continue with the rest of the Marvel movies, keeping it mostly cannon with a few deviation.Which of course means I must now start a ship war. Should I let Pietro live and go with him and Nights or should I up Peter Parker's age and set Nights up with him? REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW! Please. ALSO! Shoutout to my buddy TheFullmetalSociopath! For, among other things, reminding me that writer's block is everywhere! And that I'm not the worst person on earth if I can't update because of it. You da best Luv! But enough of my ramblings and such. REVIEW! Tell me whatcha think and all that jazz!