A/N: Hi guys! I am so so so so so sorry that I haven't updated in ages! Everything's been so hectic lately, but all of my work is finished and I don't have any homework this weekend! Might even post two chapters today but no promises!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers.

Chapter 8: Teamwork!

Many SHIELD agents turned to stare as the Avengers walked through the Arizona base, heading towards Fury's office. Baylee had been a part of Earth's Mightiest Heroes for just over two months now, and she had been able to fit in from the start. So far, she had gone on thirteen missions as part of the team, all of which were effortless, with no real work involved. But when Fury had called them in for another mission, he'd made it clear that this one would be quite difficult and dangerous.

Steve led the way down to the office, where Fury was waiting to brief them. They all walked in and sat down silently, waiting for the director to get straight to the point.

"Team, we have a situation in Richmond, Kentucky. We need you to step in and handle it." Fury looked each team member directly in the eyes before continuing.

"A group has taken nearly a third of the town hostage, and is still taking more people right now. We believe that the group may be looking for more people to work in mines. Your job is to find out what they're doing and put a stop to it, before it's too late." Fury passed out folders with information to the group.

"You'll be leaving at eighteen-hundred hours, and you'll be accompanied by Agents Hill and Wilson, who will meet you at the mansion five minutes prior to takeoff." They all nodded and stood from their seats, following Steve out the door.

"And one more thing, team," Fury called as they exited. The team stopped and looked back at the director. "Don't get killed," he smirked, but everyone could tell he was serious.

Gosh, Baylee thought, this cannot be good, going into a fight blind. Fury hardly gave us any information! Hopefully the Avengers would be more skilled than whoever these people were.

"Approaching landing site now. Everyone ready?" Natasha asked on the quinjet when they were hovering over Richmond.

There was a chorus of 'yeps' and 'yeses' as the quinjet was lowered to the ground by Clint, who was piloting. Natasha was by his side, watching over the radars and copiloting. Baylee thought that they really did work well together, and they were a great couple that were meant for each other.

Out of the team, Baylee was closest to the two assassins, Tony and Pepper, who was classed as part of the team since she had so much to do with them and practically lived at the Avengers Mansion. Of course, Baylee was really good friends with all of them, but she was just a tiny bit closer to those four. Pepper was also like a mother to her.

The quinjet shook slightly as it touched the rooftop of a building, and Natasha pressed a button on the dashboard that opened the door, letting the chilly wind blow in. Baylee shivered slightly, the cold air whipping through her hair that hung loosely around her. She was wearing on of the new standard, bulletproof and fireproof SHIELD outfits, but unlike all of the others, it was a dark green, and she wore a black belt around her waist, which held various throwing knives, grappling hooks, ropes and other weapons. She also had two guns that were strapped to her thighs. Baylee hadn't started using a bow on missions yet, because she didn't have any money for a new one, since her old bow in Australia was ruined by some of the bullies at her school. Of course, she wouldn't tell anyone that, though.

Baylee was brought back to reality when the rest of the team started moving about, making sure they had everything so they could leave the quinjet. She unstrapped herself and stood to check her belt, making sure that everything was in place before she followed Steve and the rest of the team out onto the concrete rooftop of a tall building. Clint, Natasha, Baylee and Bruce walked to the edge of the roof and looked over to see how high up they were.

"Comms all working?" Steve asked quietly so everyone could hear through their earpieces. They all gave a thumbs up. "Okay, let's make a plan. Tony, where are they holding everyone?"

Tony scanned the area around them and pointed to an abandoned-looking hotel to our left. "All through that building. There are guards at every door, and every single room has about twenty people in it. There are 10,506 civilians all together, and 1,584 guards. There are twenty floors, and twenty-five rooms on each floor." Baylee knew she wasn't the only shocked one out of the group standing there.

"Okay, Hawkeye and Hill, each take one parallel corner of the building and inform us on anything you see. Mamba and Widow, start from the bottom and make your way up. Stark and Wilson, you two start from the top but don't let anyone out until someone tells you to. Banner, you stay on the ground and don't let any bad guys out of the building. Thor and I will start on the second level. Neutralise anyone that poses as a threat, but otherwise do not take out any of the civilians. And try to not get killed." Steve was in 'team leader' mode now.

Everyone nodded. Iron Man grabbed hold of Hawkeye's vest and flew off with him, dropping him off on the corner of a nearby building with a good view of the factory. Wilson walked over to Hill and put his arms out, revealing red and white metal wings. He jumped up and hovered six feet in the air.

"Captain, you can call me Falcon," he said as Hill grabbed onto his ankles and hung on tightly. Cap nodded and Falcon took off to take Hill over to the corner of another building so she could see two sides of the building like Clint now could.

Natasha and Baylee looked at each other, grinning. Then they ran over to the edge and jumped off the tall building. To a bystander, it would've looked like a suicide attempt, but the Avengers knew that their two female teammates wouldn't just fall to their own deaths like that.

Baylee grabbed a grappling hook from her belt and swung it up, hooking it onto the roof of the building she had jumped off, and Natasha shot a hook from her bracelet. She grabbed hold of the rope to stop herself from going down any further just as Baylee pulled the end her rope up like a rock climber, and they lowered themselves to the ground. Baylee grabbed a knife and cut the rope off of her belt and cut Natasha's too, to save her some time.

Natasha quickly thanked Baylee and they ran over to the building where a third of Richmond's population was being held hostage. It now dawned on Baylee that the town was deserted and there was no one in sight. The remaining people must have been hiding from the town's captors.

Natasha pulled a card out of her belt and swiped it a few times in the scanner on the wall until it went green and the door unlocked. She followed Baylee in and started taking down the herd of guards that were in the lobby.

Natasha was fighting four men at once, and Baylee had knocked out three of her opponents and was now hiding in the shadows of the dimly lit room. She saw a guard walk past with a gun and waited until he was facing away from her. Then she jumped onto his back and grabbed the gun out of his hands before shooting him with it, jumping off his back and running to the shadows as he started falling. From there, she kept shooting guards without them even noticing, until there were none left.

Natasha knew where she was the whole time and was thankful that the young girl had fantastic aim when she started shooting down the guards that were crowding her. Once the lobby was cleared, they ran for the emergency staircase, knowing that the guards would use the elevator instead. They silently snuck up to the second floor and looked through the small window in the door to see Cap and Thor taking down some of the guards in the hallway. Natasha was about to go to the next floor when she and Baylee heard a yell in their comms.

"Oh my god!" Steve gasped in horror, alerting everyone. The sound of gunshots echoed in everyone's comms. "Widow. Get in here now!" he ordered.

"Yup," Natasha said, quickly but quietly opening the door to the level and running to the room that Cap had disappeared into. They saw him standing in the doorway. Baylee gasped in horror when she looked into the room, and Natasha had to struggle to keep her emotions in check.

A bit of action towards the end! There will be more action in the next chapter, which will hopefully be up in the next few days, maybe today! If not, then next weekend. Reviews are really appreciated!