Twenty-Five

"Now? Charlotte, can we go now?"

"No."

A pause.

"It's just, I think we need to be there before the action you know. Offer a helping hand-"

"Quiet Peter. I said not now and if you remember I told you that we would only be going in if they need help. They seemed to be fine now." Charlotte looked towards the jail house and she could see Nat and Clint on the outside of the jail. Charlotte noticed that Natasha was carrying her favorite gun. Brought all the way from Bulgaria, she had informed Charlotte proudly.

Through the corner of her eye she saw Peter fidgeting. He was already in his suit and he kept pacing back and forth and Charlotte had a feeling that if she hadn't been there he would have probably headbutted towards there minutes ago.

Charlotte was already regretting bringing Peter over, he had a good heart, but he was young and wanted to prove himself. That could prove deadly in a mission like this, but it was too late to do anything. Charlotte and Peter had apparated to a few feet away from the jail and were currently keeping a low profile in the nearby forest.

Her hands were trembling slightly, and she was biting her lip. She wanted, not she needed the Avengers to kill Noah and to get back the super soldier serum before everything went to hell. Peter and Charlotte studied them for a few minutes.

They watched as Natasha killed HYDRA soldiers with her favorite gun and how Clint used his arrows to cause small explosions that would results in the doors being opened so that the rest of the Avengers could get in more easily.

The ground shook slightly and for a second Charlotte thought that it was an earthquake, even Peter frowned. "What is that?"

"It's probably an earthquake, it will go away soon."

Peter's frown deepened, and his nose twitched. "It's not an earthquake. It's people. Lots and lots of people."

"Of course, there are people, Peter. There is a jail cell right in front of us."

"No, my hearing is sensitive, it comes with the territory. It's not the people in the jail that are making the noise. It's the people. Someone is coming, Charlotte-look." Peter blurted out.

Charlotte turned around and saw at least a dozen men running towards the jail in bullet proof armor and carrying weapons. Charlotte saw as a bullet hit Natasha in the leg and she slumped slightly to the floor, biting her lower lip. "Peter?"

Peter nodded, slightly excited and slightly nervous that he was finally getting some action. "On it." Charlotte saw as he used his webs to tie the men up like sushi rolls. Charlotte used a defensive charm to prevent the bullets that were coming her way.

Charlotte decided that the best way to get rid of these HYDRA soldiers was to get rid of them all together and she knew just the jinx for that. She gripped her wand, "Everyone get out of the way." Natasha managed to hobble away. A bright white light erupted from Charlotte's wand as she used the cascading jinx.

A group of six soldiers were surrounded by white light before they exploded. Blood coated Charlotte's cheek. She forced her beating heart to calm down. She saw as the Hulk threw three of the soldiers over his shoulder and towards a nearby field. Wanda and Vision were taking care of a couple of them by the doors, Sam was patrolling from the sky, and Clint was helping Natasha up. She looked fine, but Charlotte saw that the color had left her cheeks.

"Nat, are you all right?"

Natasha somehow managed to nod. "Steve, Stark, and Bucky are inside trying to track Noah down."

"What are you and the kid doing here?" Clint asked as he helped steady her. "You know that you're not supposed to be here."

"Change of plans," she looked around. "Where is Peter anyway?" Had he gone inside?

"On it," Sam sighed. "The kid is probably around here showing off." He started looking around his surroundings and then he started shouting. "Holy shit, he's here. He's hurt." The three of them exchanged looks before they went towards where Sam was pointing to.

Charlotte could swear that her heart stopped beating inside her chest when she saw Peter. She could feel the guilt inside her, if Peter got hurt or worse if he died she would never be able to forgive herself. She could feel her cheeks flush. How could she had been so damn stupid, Peter was a kid-why was she thinking getting him involved? She should have just gone herself.

Peter was on the floor, curled up in a small ball. He looked so small. His face was pale and he looked like he was sweating. He was holding his side to keep the blood from pouring. A wound the side of his first was in the middle of his stomach. "Peter, what happened?" Charlotte blurted out. "Never mind, stupid question."

"I'm fine," Peter managed to say. He wanted to smile at her, but instead it looked like he was going to throw up.

Clint helped Natasha sit down next to Peter. "Where does it hurt?" Peter hesitated as he pointed to his stomach and side. "Shit, there is blood everywhere."

"Lot," Nat said looking at her. "Go inside the prison, Tony, Rogers, and Barnes are there. They might need you help back there. We got this, go."

Charlotte hesitated as she looked at Peter's white face, he seemed to have become even paler if that was even possible. "No, I can't leave him. I need to heal him-"

"Charlotte, we are sitting ducks right here," Clint blurted out. "We don't need any more surprises. If you can prevent things from getting worse well then it's a win-win for all of us."

"But-"

"Listen," Sam interrupted. "I'll get the Hulk, Bruce can spear us some time before you can heal Parker, but go right now and kill those guys." Charlotte hesitated a bit before she did as she was told. There was no room for mistakes.

Charlotte went inside, she flinched when she saw dozens of criminals in tiny cells demanding to get out. They had a hungry, angry look in their eyes. "Lot?" Tony came through the hallway. "What the fuck are you doing here? You are supposed to be at home with the Rugrat."

She hesitated. She knew how much Tony cared about Peter. "Tony, Peter is outside with Clint and Nat. . .something happened to him. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-" Tony didn't let her finished, he exited the building at rapid speed.

Charlotte gripped her wand as she went towards the second floor. It was empty. Where were they? "Look out!" Charlotte barely had time to blink when she felt herself being thrown on the floor. She opened her eyes as she saw Steve shielding her with his shield. He didn't even acknowledge her. Where was Bucky? Charlotte saw Noah he was holding a large gun and there were small vitals attached to the gun. The super serum. Noah smile. "Well, Captain it seems that you brought a friend."

-End of Chapter Twenty-Five-