Author´s notes: Hello again, sorry it took me longer to write this one, sometimes I get stuck on how to express myself in English, since writing in Portuguese is not an option ;)

I know my English is not perfect, so have patience with me. I just hope it doesn´t take the fun out of the story! And if you guys want to correct anything, feel free to do it.

Thank you for all the reviews and support. I really appreciate it!

I don´t own any of the avengers or marvel characters.

CHAPTER 4

It is 5:05 a.m.

The quinjet takes off with all the Avengers inside, suited up and ready for battle.

Tony rises from the copilot seat and heads to the back of the jet to join the others: "Okay, so the pilot got the coordinates for our destination, a remote island in Indonesia." He is holding one of his high-tech tablets: "Legolas also sent some briefing on our mission." He waves a hand up from the tablet and an image of a six store building appears on a lager screen inside the jet, the others gather around to take a better look at it.

Tony continues: "This is a HYDRA building, it is a main weapon´s distribution center and it supplies HYDRA ´s minions and facilities from the eastern part of the world." He waves his hand again and an image of a dock next to the building appears: "There is a major cargo ship schedule to departure in 10 hours. Our mission is to break in the building, gather all the intel we can, get out and then blow up the whole thing. No need to mention that it is heavily guarded."

Steve asks: "Did Barton said how many soldiers are in the area?"

Tony looks at him and answers: "No, he said there will be major resistance, but nothing else on the matter. He did send us a map from the inside of the building." He waves his hands again and a layout of the building appears on the big screen, Tony continues: "And he has the password from the backdoor."

Natasha, knowing that she will be the one to infiltrate the building says: "Hum, that makes my life a little easier." She studies the layout on the screen carefully.

Bruce turns to Tony and asks: "How long until we get there?"

Tony looks away from his tablet to answer Bruce: "The pilot said we should get there in about 7 hours, so let´s get comfortable."

A couple of hours have passed and Natasha tried to take a nap, but couldn´t to do it. Now, she has a terrible headache, probably a combination from the lack of sleep, drinking vodka and crying. She looks at her right side where Thor is sitting and gets a little envy because he was in deep sleep, his head hanging to the side. On the left, Tony and Bruce we´re having science talk, sitting at the end of the jet. Steve is across from her, he is leaning his head against the back of his seat, with his eyes closed and his fingers taping repeatedly against his leg. He can´t sleep either.

Natasha stares at him and wonders if he is thinking about the mission or about her, falling to pieces in front of him. She hates herself for that and hates how he always finds her soft spot. What is it about Steve that makes her want to give all her secrets away?

Steve´s mind is playing the moment he just had with Natasha over and over again, he can´t get it out of his head. He reflects on how Natasha always tried so hard to hide her true emotions from everyone and the way she failed to hide them from him tonight was surprising and scary. He had never seen her so broken and now he wants to be there for her because he cares about her too much to let her go through this alone.

The jet goes through some turbulence and shakes a little, so Steve opens his eyes and finds Natasha's eyes studying him. He locks his eyes with hers and then looks down at her lips. He remembers how they almost kissed, but his thoughts are interrupted when the jet shakes a lot, this time causing Thor to wake up.

Thor blinks to adjust his eyes to the dim light.

Natasha on the other hand squints her eyes from the sharp pain in her head.

Steve gives her a concerned look: "Are you okay, Natasha?"

Natasha opens her eyes and rubs her hand in her forehead: "Yeah, I just got a headache, and the turbulence is making it worse."

He gazes at her green eyes again. Natasha feels a little nervous by the intense look Steve is giving her; it is piercing though her soul, but she doesn't look away.

Thor notices Steve and Natasha staring at each other. "There is definitely something going on between those two" he thinks. He clears his throat to let them know he is awake: "Ahem, are we far from our destination?" He asks as Steve and Natasha break their connection to look at him.

Natasha breaks the awkward silence: "We should be halfway, let me ask the pilot." She unbuckles her seat belt and heads to the cockpit.

When Natasha is out of sight, Thor looks at Steve who is now staring down at the floor: "You know my friend, if you have feelings for Lady Natasha, you should tell her."

Steve looks at Thor and frowns. He opens his mouth to say something and then closes it again.

Thor smiles a little at seeing his friend speechless, knowing his assumption is right, so he continues: "I can see the way you look at her. There is no point in denying it, Steven."

Steve moves uncomfortably on his chair: "It's…complicated." He simply answers.

Natasha walks back in; Thor and Steve look at her as she speaks: "We will be there in about three hours, Thor." Thor nods at Natasha.

Thor decides he should give the two some privacy so he gets up: "I need to stretch my legs, this trip is taking far too long, maybe on a next occasion we should ask Heimdall to transport us." He then rests a hand on Steve's shoulder to reassure him and goes to join Tony and Bruce on the back.

Steve looks back at Natasha. She is still standing in the cockpit doorway, her face is paler than normal: "Natasha, maybe you should sit down." He taps the empty seat beside him.

Natasha is feeling dizzy and her headache is getting worse, so she just accepts his offer and sits down quickly, afraid she might fall down on the way.

Steve just gives her a concerned look again and Natasha answers his unspoken question: "I think I´m having motion sickness. I don´t think drinking vodka and flying afterwards it's a good idea." She squint her eyes again; she is starting to feel nausea too. "Damn it" she thinks.

Steve holds her hand, it is ice-cold. He feels bad for her so he says softly: "I´m sorry. Just try taking deep breaths, it might help. Do you want me to see if there is any medication for that?"

With her eyes closed she replies between breaths: "No, thanks. I think if I just sit still and keep breathing, I´ll survive."

Steve laughs: "I´m sure you will."

After a few minutes, Natasha takes another deep breath and continues: "I´m sorry Steve, I feel so embarrassed about before and now this. I´m feeling so stupid."

"It´s okay Tasha, don´t worry about it. Besides, I enjoy the fact that you let me take care of you." Steve starts to caress her hand with his thumb. He has so many questions in his head, so much he wants to say to Natasha, but now it´s not a good time, so he´ll just wait for another opportunity.

She squeezes Steve´s warm hand and opens her eyes to look at him. She leans into him and whispers: "Well, in that case I´ll have to repay the favor sometime." She gives him a sexy smile just to tease him.

Steve shyly smiles back at her and blushes heavily. She knows how to push his buttons, even when she is not feeling all that hot.

To lighten up the mood, Natasha says looking at the three men on the back: "Poor Thor, he looks very confused. It's hard to keep up with Tony and Bruce when they start to talk about scientific stuff."

Steve turns to look at them too and notices that Tony is talking to Thor and the expression on Thor's face changed from confusion to irritation. So he adds: "And now Tony is probably asking him to lend some Asgardian artifact to test his crazy ideas."

Natasha chuckles. They watch as Thor replies something to Tony, who looks disappointed at his answer.

Natasha let go of Steve´s hand as she sees Thor making his way back to his sea.

Steve glances at Natasha and she just whispers: "I´m okay, getting better." Steve nods at her and then watches as Thor sits across from them with a look of disbelief on his face.

Steve smiles at Thor: "Hard to keep up with those two, huh?"

Thor looks at him: "Yes it really is, there is no end to their theories, it is madness."

Natasha replies: "Well, I don't know about Bruce, but Stark definitely got a loose screw on his head." Thor looks quizzically at her so she explains: "Meaning his is a little crazy."

Thor snorts and replies: "I do not doubt that. My girlfriend is a scientist and she enjoy talking about it too, but those two are no match for her."

Natasha smiles a little and then says: "I guess no one is. How is Jane doing by the way?"

Thor smiles at Natasha and starts to talk about Jane Foster and their live together.

Indonesia - 12:20 a.m.

The quinjet lands on a deserted beach, it is night-time. The back door of the jet opens and the Avengers walk out, down the ramp. The weather is nice, the moon is up on the sky, and there is a fresh breeze blowing. There is nothing around them except sand, rocks and a dense forest ahead. They can hear the waves crashing. Then, from behind the trees, a man figures appears from the shadow and walks toward them saying: "Hey, is anyone up for a luau on the beach?"

Clint has a smile on his face, he is suited up with his arrows and bow hanging on his back.

Natasha almost runs to meet him, they hug each other and she says: "It's good to see you in one piece Clint."

Clint gently pulls her away and holds her arms to look at her: "Does that mean you missed me?" He has a playful smile on his lips.

She lightly punches his arm and smiles at him too.

"Ouch, I´ll take that as a yes!" Clint says and then makes his way to meet the guys who are standing on the back and shakes hands with them all, exchanging greetings.

Clint speaks: "Okay, now that we are all here, let´s get down to business." He takes out a pen drive from his pocket and heads back inside the jet, the rest following him. He inserts the pen drive at the screen and says: "The building is on the other side of the island; we should get there in 10 minutes by foot, no flying so we don´t call attention until it is required." He looks at Tony and Thor. They both nod.

More photos of the area appears on the screen, showing rounds of the soldiers, the defenses around the building and the points where there are cameras and sensors that trigger the alarm.

Clint explains every detail of the HYDRA facility´s security and they discuss the best way to get the job done.

Steve, as the leader, makes the final decision on the plan of action and explains it to the team: "So, since the front door is heavily guarded and got cameras everywhere, the backdoor is the best way to enter the building. Natasha and I will infiltrate though here." He points a pathway that leads to the backdoor and then glances at Natasha who nods at him.

Tony interrupts: "Cap, that path got too many soldiers, you´ll call too much attention if you plan to take all of them down, someone will probably trigger the alarm."

Steve looks at Tony and continues: "And that is where you come in. To avoid the soldiers we are going to need a distraction. The cargo ship is docked and getting loaded, so since we are already planning on blowing the whole thing down, you, Thor and Banner will attack it to get their attention."

Tony rubs his fingers against his chin thinking, he replies: "Huh, okay, that might work."

Steve then turns to Clint: "Barton, you are going to find a nice spot to cover me and Natasha as we enter the building. Once we are in, you are going to plant the bomb here." He points at some oil tanks beside the back of the building and continues "When we are all out of there, you can push the button and blow the place down."

Clint looks at Steve and replies: "My pleasure, Cap! And I know just the spot to cover you two." He already scanned the area many times so he knows where to hide safely.

Steve looks around and asks: "Any questions?" No one says anything so he gives the order: "Okay, so get ready and let´s get the HYDRA´s scums!"

Tony and Bruce are the only ones still in their normal clothes so Tony puts a hand in Bruce´s shoulder and says: "Let´s suit up big guy." Bruce just grins at him.