Almost a half hour had passed, before Tony, Steve, Loki, and Thor showed up again. Thor looked at Aly confused and concerned.
"The youngling," he boomed. "Is she alright?"
Tony answered, "She will be." And nodded.
They were back at the helicarrier in no time. Natasha helped Aly out and the men grabbed Loki. Bruce was talking with Fury when he spotted Natasha basically carrying the young agent. He excused himself from the conversation and ran over to them.
"She alright?" he asked Natasha.
"Think so. Loki blasted her and she hit the ground pretty hard," Natasha responded. They carried her to the infirmary. Natasha had to go interrogate Loki and Bruce had left shortly after to get back to work.
Nothing was broken, but Aly was ordered to rest for a few hours. Finally she was able to convince the doctors to let her leave. She was about halfway down a hallway when she felt an explosion that shook the whole ship. All of a sudden she heard the Hulk's massive roar. Aly saw that Natasha had landed next to Bruce when the explosion happened.
"Natasha?!" she yelled into her earpiece but was met with static. "Shit," she cursed and went to find someone who could help.
Aly was about to pass the room where Loki was held in a cell when she saw Loki stab her handler, Phil Coulson.
"Phil!" she yelled dropping to the floor next to him.
"Don't worry Aly. I'm clocked out here," he choked out.
"Fury!" Aly screamed hearing footsteps. "Eyes open Phil. Please."
"Barton is headed to the detention level. Does anybody copy?" Aly heard in the earpiece. "This is Agent Romanoff. I copy."
Fury skidded to a stop beside her and she backed up. Aly watched in horror as the closest person she had to a father closed his eyes and never opened them again.
"Coulson is down," Fury spoke into the earpiece. "They called it."
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Aly walked numbly down the never ending hallways with silent tears streaming down her face. Tony and Steve were making their way towards her. Tony spotted her first and ran to her.
"Hey, kiddo," he said softly, putting his hands on her shoulders. He knew he was acting out of character but something about this young SHIELD agent made him go soft. "You alright?"
"I'm fine," she sniffled.
Steve caught up to them and spoke, "You're lying."
"He was like my father. I just - I don't know," Aly muttered.
"You close with Barton?" Tony asked the teen. She nodded.
"Yeah why?"
"He's in the infirmary with Romanoff if you want to go talk to him," Tony said. Her eyes widened.
"Okay!" Aly yelled before running to the infirmary. Tony chuckled.
She came to a halt in front of the door. Hesitantly, she knocked. The door swung open to reveal Natasha. Clint sat behind her on a bed with his legs hanging over.
"You alright?" Natasha asked, seeing the tear streaks on Aly's face.
Clint's head shot up and he caught sight of Aly.
"Aly," he whispered and stood up. He stepped toward her and enveloped her in a massive hug.
The water works started again for Aly. She sobbed on Clint's shoulder as he rubbed her back.
"What's wrong?" he asked. Aly shrugged. There were so many things that were going wrong, it was hard to pick just one.
He pulled back but kept his hands on her forearms. "What happened to your lip?" Clint asked, running a calloused finger lightly over it.
"Loki," she simply replied. He tensed.
Aly remembered something and stepped out of Clint's arms.
"Nat, what happened with Dr. Banner?" Aly asked, wiping her eyes.
"We calmed him down," Natasha answered simply.
"Where is he?" Aly countered.
"I don't know. Maybe the lab?" the redhead suggested. Aly shrugged.
"Alright, well, I'm going to find him. Make sure he's okay," Aly said but then thought of something. "You're okay, right Nat?" Clint was watching their exchange with curiosity.
Natasha nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine," she said. Aly knew she was lying but decided not to push it. Instead, she gave the older woman a look and started for the door.
"Aly?" Clint spoke. She swiveled to meet his eyes. "Be careful." Aly smiled and nodded. She left the infirmary and started for the lab.
AN: Yes I am aware that some of these events are out of order and the Hulk was thrown off the helicarrier but this is my story and it all fits. Remember this is FanFICTION. xx
~Renoodle