I haven't forgotten you guys! It's just been so crazy with classes starting again and I got a job. Also my sister got married so I had to help wit the wedding. weddings are STRESSFUL. And expensive. Soooo here's the next chapter. Hope,you guys like it! Review and tell me watchya think. Love you guys so much! 3

Mae's POV

"Dammit." I heard Steve mutter under his breath. I looked towards him with a questioning gaze. "You should have stayed behind with Iz and Darcy." I scowled at him and looked away.

"Why? Nat's been helping me train and I'm actually pretty damn good. She even told me I'm getting stronger than the average person my height!" I didn't miss the worried looks between Natasha and Tony.

"Yeah, but you still could get hurt." I scoffed and rolled my eyes.

"Yeah," I mimicked him, "But so could you." He kept silent, knowing there was nothing he could do to change my mind. And anyway we were almost halfway to our destination. The Grand Canyon.

"Tony are you sure your locations are correct? Why on Earth would Marcus lead a trail to the Grand Canyon?" Tony almost looked offended at Steve's question.

"I had Jarvis keep run a scan on Marcus, almost like tagging him but J just recorded his heat signatures and once we're up in the air I had him track it. I don't know why the hell he'd be at the Grand Canyon."

"The view?" Clint suggested dryly. Tony gave him a flat look.

"Could it be because of the tourists?" Bucky suggested quietly. Steve nodded along with Bruce.

"That sounds like something the melodramatic fuck would do." Tony muttered. We were quiet for a while, and I leaned into Jace's side.

"We never talk anymore Jaybird. I miss our walks." He smiled and wrapped an arm around me kissing the top of my head.

"I miss'em too Mayflower."

"Oh blah, get a room you two." Tony said causing Jace, Steve and I to glare at him.

"Sir I detect three heat missiles near the tail of the aircraft." Jarvis' voice filtered through. Tony's headplate snapped down. He stood up and made his way towards the plane door. Steve stood up but Tony put his hand up.

"Lemme handle it Cap." Steve didn't look happy, but gave a sharp nod and wordlessly he sat back down. "J, open it." And without any hesitation, he leapt out of the aircraft and flew off to stop the missiles. We waited a few moments, Thor about to swing his Hammer when we heard Tony's voice filter through the plane.

"Got'em. But I see something a lot more fuckin' scary." He scared the crap out of us by jumping into the plane without warning and headed to the cockpit. He sat down in the empty seats. "Jarvis turn off autopilot and let me fly this bitch." All of a sudden the plane dipped, and I felt my stomach claw its way up my throat. "Hold onto your skivvies ladies and gentlemen!" Tony yelled to us with pure adrenaline laced into his voice. The plane kept dipping until it finally settled, and I rested a hand over my stomach.

"Stark what the hell was that?" Nat said. Tony continued to look ahead but still answered.

"We don't have just missiles at us, we got like, a whole fucking fleet of F-22s. This is like insane." He continued to spew codes and commands to Jarvis and I looked to Steve in worry.

"But those are government issued Tony," Bruce pointed out, "No one could get a hold of those." Tony shook his head.

"Apparently Marcus can." Tony all but managed to get out before a large explosion filled the now shaking plane. We all yelped, and I grabbed onto Jace. "Son of a bitch! That little asscrack snuck one! Jarvis how the hell did that get through?!" We waited for Jarvis' reply as Tony stabilized the plane, but a reply never came. "Jarvis?" Tony's voice laced with worry. "Ah fuck. Looks like we're on our own kids!" He grunted as he tried pulling up the plane.

"Stark you need to land the plane now!" Steve yelled.

"Tony four more missiles are coming up the left tail wing!" Clint shouted looking out the window. The plane jarred again and I almost smacked Bruce in the face, who was looking green.

"Quiet children Papa's trying to pay attention here!" Tony shouted as he made the plane spiral as to avoid two of the missiles. My stomach flipped and I heard Bruce next to me groan.

"Bruce? Bruce listen to me, you need to stay with us." I said calmly, taking his hand in my own. We couldn't have him Hulk out on a fucking plane. He looked me in the eyes, fear ingrained in his pupils as I watched two personalities battle for consciousness. Steve looked over in panic, as did Nat and everyone else.

"Stark Bruce is about to-" Steve was cut off.

"Not now Captain Freezy I'm trying to concentrate! Don't make me pull this plane over!" Tony said, flipping yet again as the third missile barely missed us. I felt Bruce's grip on my hand tighten painfully and I held back a wince.

"That's what we want you to do!" Steve exclaimed looking over at Bruce. "Code Green!"

That made Tony look back.

"Shit."

"Yeah!" Before Tony or anyone could do anything, we felt the plane vibrate and shake so violently I hit my head against the wall against my back. White pain spread like fire through my skull as I held back tears that so badly wanted to sprout. A loud explosion sound filled the plane and all of a sudden we were going down fast. I couldn't help but let out a scream, as I felt my stomach drop again. Tony jumped out of the seat and held onto anything he could find as he made his way over in his suit, it wasn't hard because the suit was heavy enough to keep him somewhat grounded.

"Thor! Take Bucky and Steve and get the fuck out of here!" Thor nodded and grabbed Bucky before he could blink, and made his way towards Steve.

"Wait! Thor take Mae instead!"

"Well what about me?!" Jace demanded, offended he had been forgotten. Thor sighed and slung Jace over Bucky, who grunted at the extra weight. "Watch it Barnes." Jace warned. Thor made a reach for Mae.

"No! Steve go with Thor!"

"Aboslutely n-"

"GO!" The look she was giving Steve was enough to silence him, but not enough to disagree.

"Will someone make a fucking decision already?! The plane is going to crash!" Clint yelled as Tony picked up him and Nat.

"Thor can you carry four?" Tony asked as he opened the plane door. The ground was dangerously closer. Thor nodded and grabbed Steve. Before Thor could grab Mae, the familiar whistle of a missile was heard and struck the plane. Thor was knocked off balance and crashed into Tony, causing both of them to fall out of the plane.

"Mae!" Steve cried as Tony called out to Bruce. For some reason, I wasn't panicking that I was falling to my death. What mattered was that they were safe, and could take down Marcus. I looked to Bruce in defeat, knowing he would survive being the Hulk. I almost blanked when I saw Bruce mid transformation and back up, falling near the door. I looked to see the plane closing in on the ground and closed my eyes, praying to God for at least some redemption before I died. I was interrupted, by a large green hand wrapping around my waist and I screamed. I heard the Hulk grunt as he leapt out of the plane and tucked me into him. No soon after did I hear the crash of the plane, did I feel a jarring impact of the earth that made my headache sprout once again. I groaned in pain as I looked around me when I felt the Hulk release me from his grip. I looked towards him and smiled.

"Thank you." I only got back a grunt.

"MAEVE!" I heard a male voice scream and I looked to see Steve and everyone else running towards me. I hugged him and he kissed my forehead. "I thought we lost you." I smiled and patted his arm. Jace came over and I hugged him as well.

"We can thank the Hulk for that." Tony looked up at Hulk and held out his knuckles.

"Way to go Big Green." Hulk gave an animalistic smirk and punched Tony, knocking him over. Steve stepped over and helped him up.

"We gotta get to the canyon, but how are we to do that without the plane?" Tony looked around for a bit before looking back at us.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but we are surrounded by layered rock cliffs. So it's safe to assume we're here." I squealed, making everyone jump as I ran over to Jace grabbing him and jumping up and down.

"Jesus woman." Tony muttered as he clutched his arc reactor. I ignored him.

"Oh Jace we're actually here! Remember when you me and mom were planning the trip? Oh I wish she were here to see this now." My voice slowly trailed to a whisper as I looked around.

"Yeah she'd love this. Ever think we would end up here like this?" He said, I giggled as we looked around.

"Alright, alright lets keep walking. Jarvis is still down so we'll have to find this motherfucker the old fashioned way." He turned towards the blonde soldier.

"So, Steve?" Steve scowled at him, and I smiled a little to myself. Even during this stressful time and our almost near death experience Tony can still fit in room to make jokes.

"We should head east, make our way into the deeper parts of the Canyon, if we can't locate him there we can try the more obvious locations. Tony you take aerial view and scan the area. The rest of us are on foot." Everyone nodded and Tony took off. Flying off behind the canyon corners. Steve looked to us and nodded. Clint puffed his shoulders out and spit on the ground next to him.

"Let's do this thing."