Anything?

Nothing.

Nope.

Not yet.

Nada.

Hang on, what's this? No, its nothing.

He didn't leave anything, did he. We would have found it by now if he had.

I'm sorry Tasha, but yes.

We just have to hope he will get back in contact with us somehow.

But if he could, wouldn't he have done it by now?

Not if he had to work out how to. He might have forgotten about our frequency.

He's probably working to send us a message now Tasha. We can't give up hope, not yet.

We have to hold on, and hope that he will contact us. Keep sending these messages, he should hear us, he should get back to us with a message, or something.

So we can't do anything again. Why's he doing this to us!

Tasha, we don't know. He might not be able to reply, he might be right this minute working out how to get a message to us. He could be heading home, he might turn up at the tower next week.

So all we can do is hope and wait?

Oh, Tasha. Keep talking to him, sending these messages. I'm sure he must be listening.

The mic and speaker is gone for the comms.

Ripped out by the looks of it, but the wirings all gone as well.

Was it Bruce?

It must be. Nothing else, or no one else, has been on this ship since you spoke to him.

So we have to hope he knows how to use it without the screen?

He should do. He should be able to reply to us soon, if he wants to.

So, Bruce, where are you hiding? We reckon you can hear us, that you're listening to this.

If you can, reply to us. If you want to come home, we'll come and find you. If you don't, well then can you please just tell us you're alive, and that you're safe?

We're worrying Bruce, there's not much we can do.

We're watching the news, waiting for any small mention, anything.

But there's nothing. You must be doing a good job at hiding, no one knows where you are.

No one knows if you're alive Bruce. We could be searching for a dead man.

But I don't think the other guy would let you die. Between the two of you, I think you're alive. So we'll carry on searching, and waiting, hoping you'll let yourself be found.

Please let us find you Bruce. Leave some sort of clue, or something, as to where you are hiding.

Please let us know if you are alive, if you are safe, if you are well.

Things aren't right in the team without you here. Things are unsettled, especially with Tony. He keeps calling out your name from the labs, asking for help, before stopping, realising you aren't here anymore.

The irony is Bruce, you would be the best person for this mission, the best at knowing how to find someone, how to use our resources to find them instantly. I bet if I was the one missing, and you were looking for me, you would find me instantly, know where I was after only a small time of searching.

Don't you know what you're doing to us Bruce?! We need to know if you're alive, if you're safe.

Please Bruce.

Please.

Hey Science Buddy. Its me Tony, I've stolen this off Tasha, she let me though.

I know what the others have been saying, and its true. I miss you Bruce.

You know I've never had many friends, never had any reason to have friends. This team, the Avengers, we're friends, we stick together.

We don't leave each other, not without saying why, not without letting the others know we're okay.

So please Bruce, for goodness sake, let us know you are okay, let us know you are alive.

We recovered the sub, just to check you weren't inside, just to check for clues as to where you have gone. It was empty, thankfully, but you knew that already.

But we have no clues as to where you can be, no idea where in the world you are.

You could be anywhere Bruce.

Anywhere in the world. And that's a lot of land to search.

We're looking out for clues, stories on the news, hoping, but also not hoping, that something might be heard about the Hulk. That would lead to us finding you, but if you're somewhere hostile, then...

Oh please be safe Bruce.

Tony stole the mic, he's been speaking to you again, he does really miss you Bruce.

As many of us have said before, everyone misses you. So please hurry up and message us back.

I don't know why you haven't before, I can only think that you haven't been able to, that you are working to be able to reply, that you are working on something that will mean you can get a message to us.

Don't stop trying Bruce, don't stop trying to get back to us.

Natasha?

Are you there? Is this thing working?

Bruce, did you try to message us last night? I was asleep, but Tony registered static coming through our frequency. Please Bruce, where are you?

I don't know Tasha. I don't know where I am.

Please Tasha. Please, I didn't mean to leave, I was trying to protect us.

I couldn't control him.

I want to come home though.

Bruce, we'll try to find you. Do you know anywhere at all where you are?

No. I'm in a cave, in some mountains.

Far away from people, I can't see any form of civilisation, or anything.

I remember swimming after the Quinjet crashed into the sea, he was swimming, we can't have gone too far.

How are you surviving Bruce? How are you eating?

I'm not Tasha.

I took this from the quinjet, a moment of sanity before it sank.

There wasn't any food, that I could see.

I only remembered this because you were talking to him through it.

I couldn't work out how to get it on again, how to speak to you.

I could hear you though. I heard everything Tasha.

I'm sorry.

I'm so so sorry Tasha.

I didn't mean to do this to you.

I want to come home Tasha. But I don't know if I can, I don't know where I am.

We found the Quinjet off the coast of Fiji.

You shouldn't be too far away, you shouldn't have been able to swim that far way from where it crashed, should you?

I don't know Tasha.

I can just remember bits of swimming, then I came back to being Bruce properly in this cave.

I should be in one of the islands, more than likely an uninhabited one.

We wanted to avoid people.

Its okay Bruce, Bruce, calm down, you're okay, that helps. That narrows down where we have to search, but there's still a few islands in Fiji without people.

Tony should have gamma detectors.

Use them, they should work, should be able to pick me up.

Or thermals, but I don't know what other animals are here, or if they'll work through rock.

Speak to Tony.

I'll pass that onto him later. He'll probably want to speak to you, I might give him the mic for a while.

Okay.

Tasha?

How long does the battery on this work for?

Because there's a red flashing light.

I'm worried the battery might-

Bruce?

Hello? Bruce?

Bruce! Come in Bruce!

Please, please reply Bruce!

BRUCE!

No, no, no.

Bruce.

No.