Chapter 10
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Madison couldn't concentrate on fighting with everyone talking in her ear. She pulled out the ear piece and threw it down on the ground, where it would eventually be smashed.
"Captain, no of this is going to mean a damn thing if we don't close that portal", Natasha told him.
"Our biggest guns couldn't touch it", Steve said.
"Well, maybe it's not about guns", Natasha said.
"If you want to get there, you're gonna need a ride", Steve told her.
"I got a ride", Natasha said, walking away from Steve, "I could use a boost, though".
"Are you sure about this?" Steve asked her.
"Yeah. It's gonna be fun", Natasha said with an uneasy tone. She ran towards Steve, jumped onto a car hood, and then onto Steve's shield.
He pushed her up and she grabbed onto one of the Chitauri hovercrafts.
The Chitauri starting shooting at Steve and Madison.
Madison started firing arrows.
Stark swooped in and started helping and then shot into the sky again.
One of the Chitauri knocked her to the ground.
Another did the same to Steve.
Steve managed to fight his off and help Madison. "I've got to help some civilians. Will you be okay?" he asked.
"I'll be fine Steve. Really", she told him.
He shocked her by grabbing her face and kissing her. He pulled away and grabbed his shield. He ran off, leaving Madison alone and wondering what she should do.
She looked up and saw her father fire an arrow at Loki.
Loki caught it, but it blew up in his face.
She knew what she had to do. She picked up some of her arrows, put them in her quiver, and took off for Stark tower.
On the way, she encountered several Chitauri.
She fired all the arrows she had. She threw down her bow and pulled a gun from the holster inside her uniform. She started firing it, but also quickly ran out of ammo. Madison had no weapons to fight.
One of the Chitauri grabbed her by her throat and threw her into the stone wall of a building.
The moment Madison's head hit the pavement, she was out.
When the battle was over, Clint came over the radio. "Madison. Where's Madison?" he asked.
"We don't know. She took out her earpiece", Steve told him.
"Where is she? Where is my daughter?!" Clint yelled, "Stark, find her!"
Using what was left in his suit, Stark searched the city. "I found her", he said, "Stark tower".
Clint and Steve took off in that direction. Clint stopped when he saw her body in Stark's arms. He took her from him and lowered her to the ground. "Madison. Wake up. Wake up Baby Bird", he begged, "Please wake up. Madison".
Madison lay still.
Clint bowed his head and started to cry, cradling her small body to his.
"Clint, maybe if we can get her to the helicarrier…" Steve said leaning down.
"Don't touch her", Clint growled.
"She needs help, Clint", Steve told him.
"This is all your fault! If it wasn't for you, she wouldn't have wanted to fight", Clint said.
"Do you think she would've listened to me?" Steve asked.
That's what Steve loved about Madison. Her fire, her fight.
"Let's just get her to the tower", Stark said.
Clint carried Madison to Stark tower and laid her on one of the couches.
"Let me heal her", Loki said, shocking everyone.
"No", Clint snapped.
"My brother is very skilled in the ways of healing magic", Thor said.
"Unless you'd rather her die?" Loki asked. Loki placed his hands on the side of her head and chanted some words in Asgardian. When he was done, he said, "I've done all I can do".
Clint took Madison's wrist in his hand. "Her pulse is stronger, but it's very weak", he said, "We have to get her to the helicarrier".
When they got to the helicarrier, Loki was taken to a holding cell and Madison was taken to the infirmary.
They hooked her up to several machines, but she was able to breathe on her own, although sometimes you couldn't tell she was breathing at all.
For three days, Clint didn't leave her side, except to see Loki and Thor return to Asgard.
"She'll be fine Clint", Natasha reassured him.
"I can't lose her Natasha. I won't live through it again", he told her.
She knew he was talking about his dead wife.
"She and Madison are one in the same", Clint said remembering her, "Sometimes when I look at her, all I can see is her".
Meanwhile, Steve was in the gym taking his frustration out on a punching bag. He kept thinking about Madison's laugh, her smile, the way she came up with nicknames for him.
It was like losing Peggy all over again.
I promise you that Madison is not dead!