Author: I actually don't speak Russian so forgive m if my spelling or translation is wrong. Milaya roughly is My Love. Corrections welcome. Might be last chapter before Xmas, so happy holidays!
Russian
Fury watched Natasha led Banner and Captain Roger into the bridge before glancing at Hill.
"We're at level, sir." She told him.
"Good. Let's vanish Agent Hill." He said.
"Engage retro-reflection panels." Hill commanded.
Fury smirked when he saw Steve glance at the monitors to see that yes, they were in fact invisible.
At least to most radar, satellites and thermal feeds.
"Sir. There's a Quinjet, call sign Omega-17, requesting permission to land when we hit twenty-four thousand feet." one of the crew called.
"Flight manifest?" He asked.
"Agent Barton and her gear sir."
"Permission granted. Have her escorted to the bridge as soon as they land." Fury said, leaving his station.
Steve and Banner both cocked their heads.
Barton was a name they were both familiar with.
"Gentlemen." Fury said as he went to mingle amongst the gathered group.
Steve pulled ten dollars from his wallet and handed it to him.
Clearly Fury had won their bet.
"Sir." Natasha whispered, crouching down to examine one of the crew's screens. Glancing back briefly he saw Hawkeye's profile pulled up on it.
"Doctor thank for coming." Fury said, shaking hands with Banner.
Behind him, a crew member called out their altitude and another gave the Quinjet clearance to land.
"Thanks for asking nicely. So how long am I staying?" Bruce asked.
"Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the wind." Fury assured him.
"So where are you with that?" Bruce inquired.
Fury glanced at Coulson, who looked at Banner and said, "We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet. Cell phones, laptops... if it's connected to a satellite, it's eyes and ears for us."
"That's still not going to find them in time." Natasha said.
"I would agree. But nobody has told me much of what's going on yet."
Several heads turned to see Rain join them on the bridge with a duffle bag in hand.
"Milaya." Natasha whispered, getting up to greet her.
"I've missed you." Rain smiled, setting her bag down to hug Nat.
"You look exhausted." Nat told her.
Rain shrugged and kissed her, not caring that they had an audience.
Steve's eyebrows shot up and he blushed a dark shade of pink. The world has changed more than he realized... a lot more.
Bruce cast his eyes away and glanced up at Fury, who was paying very little attention to the two women.
"You have to narrow your field. How many spectrometers do you have access to?" the scientist asked.
"How many are there?" Fury inquired. No matter the number, SHIELD could get access to all of them.
"Call every lab you know. Tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for gamma rays. I'll rough out a basic tracking algorithm. At least we can rule out a few places that way. You have somewhere for me to work?" Bruce said.
"Agent Romanoff. Show Dr. Banner to his laboratory, please?" Fury called.
Natasha sighed and whispered, "Duty calls. Get some sleep Milaya."
Rain stepped aside as Nat motioned for Banner to join her. "You're going to love it Doc. We've got all the toys." She told him.
Banner gave Rain a small smile as he followed the red head off the bridge.
"Agent Coulson, take Agent Barton and de-brief her on her last mission. And brief her on the current situation." Fury told him.
"Yes sir." Coulson said, picking up Rain's duffle bag and leading her away.
"So what's the story? Is my father alright?" Rain asked.
"We're not sure. I'll explain everything soon." Coulson assured her.
"Yuki tried to call me several times then just ended up sending a message through one of our secure emails. She and Rumlow finished the mission. The target is eliminated and so are all his underlings." Rain told him.
"Good." Coulson said.