Shout out to Sailorraven34 for reviewing.
A/N I'm Sorry. Life got in the way. I'll hopefully never leave it that long again.
"Guys, last night I was thinking, and I think it's time to reassemble the Avengers. S.H.I.E.L.D.s collapsed and that means a whole load of prisoners have probably got out. Dangerous ones. One's that might be able to acquire an army and try to take over the world." Tony announces as Clint and I come downstairs for the morning. He's made omelettes, the only thing he's capable of, and that's only because he studied them and made them over and over after his flop he gave to Pepper.
I look at Clint who nods. "Well Thor's in London and that's basically all I know."
"When did he get there? And I can find Bruce." Tony asks. Does this guy not watch the news? Did he not see when the whole darkness shit happened in London?
"You know when Greenwich got ruined by that darkness ship and Thor's girlfriend helped Thor stop him? And I think I know where Cap's going. And I have his phone number." I say.
"Oh I remember that now. And why do you have his phone number?"
"Fury gave me the task of getting him every time he was needed."
"Okay so I'll go to South America and get the green guy, Hawkeye you go to London and get Thor, and his girlfriend if she wants, and Black Widow and Mini Widow will call Cap and then get him. Settled? Good. Breakfast then go." Food always comes first with men, doesn't it?
We eat quickly and leave right after. Eva and I take the jet that we borrowed from Hill yesterday. Clint takes one of Stark's jets, as does Stark himself. Eva and I take off last, for no other reason than that we're only going to D.C. Steve and Sam haven't got fake ID yet, and since we're still wanted fugitives, it would probably be best not to use their normal passports. Also, Cap seems to think that Bucky can't have left the US at least, even if he has left Washington, because he would also need a fake ID, and the metal detectors might not like his metal arm. Good thinking Cap.
I haven't actually told Cap that he's wanted at the Tower, I just said we needed to talk. That's probably a mistake, Steve has a whole vendetta against liars, and a speech which I've head a few too many times. Eva's fairly silent most of the journey, which I expected. The last few days have been a lot to take in, going to new countries, meeting new people, famous people at that. She's rested physically, but mentally not so much. There's only two questions from my curious sister, and unsurprisingly they're both about Tony Stark. The first, why can't he know that Clint and I are together, and the second, how doesn't he know. I give appropriate answers to both, though a sassy one to the second, and Eva goes back in to question hibernation. I'm not exactly one to talk a lot, so I ponder in the silence. Before I know it, the skyline of D.C. is in sight.
As soon as we land in D.C., I call Cap again. He's waiting outside the Smithsonian, with Sam. Once again, I lock Eva in the plane and set out by myself. I walk the route I've recently become familiar with, holding my head down so no one spots me. Believe it or not, I'm fairly recognizable now. He and Sam are just where they said they'd be.
"Hey, Natasha." Sam says as I walk up. "Where's your sister?"
"In the jet. Come on." We can exchange pleasantries later, Falcon. I want to get back to my sister because that D.C. airbase seems very open. I know no one's going to take her, and if someone did she'd put up a fight... but still. Also, why do you care?
"Where are we going? You said you wanted to talk." Steve asks. Time to tell.
"We need to get back to Stark Tower. Avengers meeting. Even Thor's coming." Mentioning Thor makes it seem serious, because that guy used to have to travel between world's to get to meetings. Even if he doesn't anymore, he's still the furthest away.
"Avengers meeting? Am I like an Avenger now?" Sam, being an Avenger isn't a good thing, even Tony admits it. It's horrible to experience the PTSD, and that was only from one battle. Plus, we probably won't get called out again anytime soon.
"Honorary Avenger if you want. Come on." I say just to make him happy. I turn and take a step before Steve's words stop me.
"No, Natasha. I'm staying here and finding Bucky." Captin stubborn, I know you want to see your friend and convince him that he's your friend still, but it wouldn't really be known Avengers meeting without the leader now would it?
"Cap, please. You can find The Winter Soldier afterwards." You've both lived for almost a decade, what's the sudden rush?
"Why are we even meeting Natasha?" That, o most wonderful leader, is a good point. Tony said something about prisoners didn't he? I can make it up from there.
"Because S.H.I.E.L.D.s collapsed, the World Security council are all dead but one, a load of very dangerous prisoners have just got out and are most likely forming an army to get revenge." That was a good excuse.
Falcon agrees. "I gotta admit it man... She has some pretty good reasons."
"One meeting Natasha. One. And then if I don't want to stay, I come back."
I smile, widely and fakely, and lead them through a series of back alleys to the runways to where I left Eva and the jet... except it's open... And she's gone. And there's a note pinned to the wall. It says, "Come and Get her. You know where to find me."