Nothing Will Ever Bring Us Back Together
Chapter Twenty- Found
ENEMY BASE SOMEPLACE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
As soon as Clint Barton's feet touched the floor, he grabbed Ethan's hand and ran. They both had weapons at the ready and used stealth to sneak around the base. They looked in every room they came across, nothing. Not one person. Some ways good some ways bad. Clint memorized the way they had came, so they could get back. As Clint was about to turn back he came across a corridor with flashing red lights above the doors and names across the doors. BARTON would be the one which was not on. He unlocked that one first and went in, "Tash? Katya?" He whispered. There was no reply. Sighing, he went back out and into the room next to it which said BANNER.
"Please don't hurt her." Betty Banner said faintly.
"Hill found the Banners. Might have found everyone else but Widow and Arrow. Send the others to my location if you can." Clint said in to his comm, "Come on, do you need help?" Clint asked Lilly and Betty. They were too drained to reply. "I'm going to take you back to a jet which will bring you home." He led them out of the room and almost straight in to Bruce and Lewis. Clint gave him a look which plainly said, 'Do you want to take them back?' Bruce nodded and walked off with Lewis, each carrying a girl. He decided to go in to ROGERS next, because he couldn't bear the thought of Alice getting hurt.
As soon as he walked in he heard a faint, "Steve?.." and a forcefull yet weak,
"Please let her wake up, please. I want daddy and I want mummy." Clint was about to say something when the little girl hugged him and said, "Please get daddy, I know you can." Clint immediately said into his comm,
"Captain America, I need you to find me. I have Agent Carter and Lady America." The little girl released him and said, "Thank you." Then ran past him and hugged a certain Star Spangled man.
"Thanks," The Captain mouthed at Clint, "Al, let Hawkeye carry you. I'll get Agent Carter. Hawkeye, do you know the way out of here?"
"Yes follow me." Captain America scooped up Agent Carter in his arms and Hawkeye put Lady America on his back. They backed out of the room and didn't find anyone on their way back. While they were depositing Alice and Peggy on the jet, they saw that only Betty and Lilly had also been brought back.
"Blue, Cap, I think we should stick together and go back to that corridor." Clint said and Blue Bullet and Captain America nodded. The three of them jumped back down and ran down toward that corridor. While they were running Hill said on the comm, "Banners, Americas and Jane are back. Find Widow Arrow and Irons. They practically ran into Tony and Joe walking with Pepper and Ella. Ethan ran up and kissed Ella. "Do you want to swap?" Joe grumbled and Ethan looked at Clint who nodded.
"Sure, just find my mum and little sister." Ethan said and went to help Ella.
"I will. Jarv, fly." Iron Boy flew behind the running Hawkeye and Captain. They pushed every single door open, only to find the same thing, nothing.
"Jarv, can you find Katya, please." Iron Boy called out as a desperate last attempt.
"Katya Barton is located three doors down, on the left." J.A.R.V.I.S. replied. Clint sprinted down there and burst the door open.
"Please don't- DAD! You have to help, mum's dying." Katya cried. Clint checked Natasha's pulse. Her heart was barely beating. Clint started to perform CPR and once Natasha's heart was almost ok, he carried her out of the room and ran the way they had come. Iron Boy handed Katya a bow but still carried her. They made it back to Stark's jet where Clint gave Natasha some more CPR and did not stop.
"Hawkeye, we need to get in there and kill whoever took them." Captain America said, upon seeing Clint performing CPR.
"Can't-must-keep-Tash-alive." Clint spoke in between breathing in to the Black Widow's mouth.
"I know but Amber Arrow wants to come, did you bring one of the Black Widow's suits?" He didn't know how Clint would react. His wife had pretty much been taken by this guy, so he would probably want to kill him. Then again, he might not want to let his daughter do it
"I'm not letting her go, She's not fit enough, I won't let her. She's almost dead. Nat's breathing on her own." Clint looked shocked at the fact. The breaths were raspy, almost not there, but they were there.
"Blue Bullet, Thor, Blaze, Iron Man, Iron Boy, Iron Girl, Hulk, Hulk Junior and I are going. Amber Arrow really wants to go." Steve informed him, growing impatient.
"Dad, please let me go. I'm fine, mum shielded me." Clint assessed his daughter and saw that she really was fine.
"Go Kat, go. Here's a suit. Just do something for me." He threw a suit at her.
"What?" She asked.
"Stay alive." Katya smiled at his words but took them seriously and got changed.
"Hill, can you stay and keep doing CPR on Widow? She's going to kill me if Katya gets hurt." Maria nodded. Clint made his way to the door of the aircraft where all the others stood. They were saying their good byes.
Steve hugged Peggy and Alice, who whispered, "Please come back, daddy. I need you."
Tony, Joe and Ella all had their faceplates up and were promising Pepper that they would come back. Pepper was crying. Blaze stood by Thor, who was rubbing Jane's hand. She was still unconscious. Bruce was promising Betty that the hulk was invincible, he and Lewis would not die. Ethan stood convincing Katya that their mother would not die. She was not convinced.
"Dad? Are you coming?" Katya asked seeing Clint.
"Yes, and she will survive, one she is stubborn and two, I wouldn't have left her if she wasn't." Clint said even though he himself was not convinced.
"Right, I think we should go now. Everyone, we WILL come back." Captain said.
"Code names on. Katya is Amber Arrow, Ethan is Blue Bullet, Thor and Blaze are Thor and Blaze, Lewis is Hulk J, Joe and Ella are Iron Boy and Iron Girl, Clint is Hawkeye, Bruce is the Hulk, Tony is Iron Man and I'm Captain America. We get on the ship, go to the control room kill the man who will probably be standing in Fury's place. It's definitely a man. We get in there get him and get out. Comms on. Jump!" Iron Boy, Girl and Man flew out of the jet and the rest jumped. They smashed through the door and saw one man standing there. Captain identified it as the target.
"Ahh, Avengers and Revengers. I've been expecting you." He chuckled and Hawkeye said,
"Cap, who the hell are the Revengers?"
"Its what Fury called your kids, hurry up and kill him though." The voice of Maria Hill said. Cap said in reply,
"Hulk, Smash." and both hulks grabbed him as one and hit him against the floor. After a minute they stopped and Clint put an arrow through his eye and one through his heart. "Come on guys, let's go back and get home." Captain America said. Iron Boy grabbed Amber Arrow and flew up to the opening, Iron Girl grabbed Blue Bullet and flew up, Thor grabbed Blaze, Iron Man grabbed Bruce, who had shrunk back to his normal size and Lewis, who had also shrunk back to his normal size, said to Hawkeye,
"How are we meant to get up there?" Hawkeye smiled and shot a grappling arrow, grabbing the end and Lewis. He shortened the rope and they both jumped aboard the jet. Hawkeye then shot six explosive arrows at the helicarrier which was not a helicarrier and exploded them. He shut the door and ran back to Natasha.
"Fern go," The Captain said, "Go back to S.H.I.E.L.D. we need their medical." Clint got back to where Natasha was and said,
"Tasha stay alive for me, for Katya, for Ethan. You can do this." Maria signaled for everyone else to leave, she knew Clint wanted privacy. He tried to find her pulse and found her heart fluttering. He remained pumping her heart and breathing for her until they got back to S.H.I.E.L.D.
Meanwhile in the other room, Jane was still unconscious and Thor and Blaze were sitting beside her. Ella and Ethan were crying into each others shoulders, Katya crying into Joe's. Pepper was telling Tony off for making Ella and Joe their own Iron suits and Tony was trying to give her a kiss. Steve was dressing and cleaning Alice's wounds. She was still surprisingly chirpy. though angry at her father for not telling her about the Captain America thing. Peggy was half awake and Steve kept her talking. Bruce was telling Betty that it was real and she was never going back. Technically, she couldn't, Clint had made sure of that. Lilly and Lewis were having a normal conversation. Maria was co-piloting the plane while her daughter was driving it.
"Ave- You lot. Incoming call from Fury. He's going on loudspeaker." Maria said through the speakers.
"Avengers." A woman's voice said through the speakers
"You're-not-Fury-and-don't-call-us-that." Clint said punctuating every word with a compression in to Natasha's chest.
"You are. Don't fight it. And I'm Steph. Nick's daughter. He told me to talk to you, he's coming in a sec. Who's on that jet? I want everyone." She replied, sounding professional.
"Steve Rogers, Peggy Rogers, Alice Rogers, Tony Stark, Pepper Stark, Ella Stark, Joe Stark, Katya Barton, Ethan Barton, Clint Barton, Natasha Barton, Bruce Banner, Betty Banner, Lewis Banner, Lilly Banner, Thor Odinson, Jane Odinson, Blaze Odinson, Maria Hill and Fern Hill." Steve told her hoping he had everyone.
"You know that we are not Hill anymore." Maria whispered, seeming to want to keep it a secret.
"I know. Fern is my best friend, practically my sister." Steph replied.
"Stephanie, what are you doing?" The voice of Nick Fury asked on the other side of the line.
"Errrrmmm... Talking to the Avengers." She said, thinking it was best to tell the truth.
"STEPHANIE!" He exclaimed as Tony muttered,
"I take it she wasn't supposed to be talking to us. Is this a good time to mention that a 14ish year old is driving our plane?"
"What? Oh gosh. Maria are you sure Fern can drive this plane?" Steve seemed genuinely worried.
"No, she's only done training to." Maria replied.
"HILL! I'm coming to pilot." Off Steve went.
"Avengers. You are Avengers again now. Are all of you and your families ok?" Nick seemed worried.
"Ye-no. Jane is still unconscious and Clint is still doing CPR on Natasha. The others are all a little shocked but ok." Tony said as Steve now needed to focus on driving the jet.
"Natasha?" Fury whispered, in disbelief.
"You-need-to-have-a medical-team-at SHIELD-ready-she's-been-cut-and-lost-a lot-of blood." Clint said, breathing for Natasha. "Her-heart-is fluttering-have-a-medical-team-ready-and-don't-you -dare-let-her-die-don't-you-dare."
"I won't Barton. You two were my best agents for a fair few years. I probably owe you something. The rest of you are needed for a debriefing before you can go." Fury told him. They may of left him, but they had done so much. He had to save Natasha.
"What base, Sir?" Steve asked.
"Drop the Sir. And New York has the best medical team and is the nearest but I doubt you want to go back there." Fury guessed incorrectly. All of them secretly wanted to go back there and become friends again.
"Go-to-there-Steve. Tasha-needs-to-live." Clint ordered him.
"I'm there anyway. I'll get the medical team ready." Fury said.
"Stark do you still own that tower?" Steve asked.
"Yeah, we can all crash there." Tony smiled at the idea, even if it was only for one night. "We'll be there in 10, Sir." Steve told him.
"Drop the-" Nick began.
"Nick." Steve smiled.
"Come in Steph, lets leave these poor people in peace." Fury said to his daughter on the other side of the line.
"But I never talked to Fe-" Steph started to whine.
"No. Bye, Avengers see you in 10." He turned off the call.
"Guys, we are still not Avengers. Nothing will ever bring us back together and everything." Bruce said.
"You still remember that?" Tony asked.
"Yes. And obviously you do." Bruce told him.
"I think some thing will bring you guys back together. Later or sooner." Pepper said believing she was correct. The Avengers all did want to get back together, with the possible exception of Clint and Natasha, and didn't want to admit it. They squabbled about it all the way back to S.H.I.E.L.D. base.