A/N I posses no medical knowledge so this is probably very wrong. I'm sorry. It fits the story. Also sorry for not updating in ages. Hopefully the length makes up for that. Over 3000 words. YAY! Thanks for reviewing, following and favouriting as always.
Nothing Will Ever Bring Us Back Together
Chapter Twenty One- Please don't die
S.H.I.E.L.D. BASE NEW YORK
At base, as promised, Fury had a medical team ready. However, they were not expecting Natasha to be that bad. She was bleeding a lot. A blood transfusion and a few stitches would fix it.
"What blood type is she?" A medic shouted.
"AB." Fury shouted, "What? I read her file this morning."
"We told you to delete them. I can't donate. We are not the same type. Coulson used to do it. Where is he when you need him?" Clint joked even though it was a serious time.
"Here. And I'll donate, I've done it for her before." Phil Coulson said.
"Thanks Phil. PHIL!" Clint exclaimed.
"Coulson, what you're back?" Tony said.
"Guys we need to save Natasha." Maria said. The medics took Natasha and Phil. The others went with Fury to breifing room eight. Once inside Clint began to put up a fight.
"No. Why am I here?" He said, "Tasha might die. What if she wakes up? I need to be there."
"Go, Barton, just go. But they won't let you in so go to the waiting room. Medic room two. I'll trust you to find it." Fury told him. There was no way that he was going to get any sense out of Clint while Natasha was out.
"See you." Clint's voice began to crack. "Kat, Ethan be good. Guys, look after them." Clint ran down the hallway. Once he got to the waiting room of Natasha's medic area and plonked himself down on a seat to then realize that there was someone sitting next to him.
"Phil?" He asked, "Is it truly you?"
"Clint, yes it is." Phil Coulson replied.
"Phil, you died eighteen years ago. Don't play games with me, I'm already crazy." Clint couldn't believe it.
"I'm real. I never died. Loki stabbed me and S.H.I.E.L.D. patched me up. It took two years and then they were going to tell you. They didn't tell you before because they didn't want to get your hopes up. I almost died. But I was going to be there when you got back from that mission you never went on." He really was. It was going to be a big surprise, for all the Avengers. The exact two year anniversary of his death, it would be revealed that he was alive.
"Did you give enough blood?" Clint was back to worrying about Natasha.
"Of course. Clint, she will be ok." Phil was already back to his role as comforter when the other half of the pair of Assassins was in pain.
"But what if she isn't? What do I tell Ethan and Katya? They were both crying on the jet. Both of them. Kat is sure she isn't going to make it and she blames it entirely on herself. She has already said 'Mum is dying because she protected me.' What if-" Clint was getting worked up. However, he had a good reason to be.
"Clint I have a daughter too. Every time Fury makes me do or oversee a mission, these thoughts run through my mind. What if I never come back? What will Maria tell her? What if-"
"WHAT? Maria Hill? Fern?!" Clint couldn't believe that.
"Yes Clint, don't be that surprised. We were already going out before the Avengers." They had been, for about one week. Clint thought that it would amount to nothing and Natasha didn't even know about it. Clint only knew because he had been overseeing project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. which they had both been working on.
"She knew didn't she? She knew you were alive." Clint hated Maria at that moment.
"Yeah. I'm sorry Clint." He was truly sorry, but he didn't tell them as he didn't want their hopes to get up, in case he did die.
"It's ok, I suppose. Wait, what are they doing to Tasha?" Back to worrying about Natasha.
"I think they are pumping the blood back in to her but we can go check if you want." Phil replied.
"Can you?" Clint asked. When he had been with S.H.I.E.L.D. the only person who could do that was Fury.
"I'm practically Fury's joint second-in-command. He doesn't have an official one. You and Natasha are legends here." The two of them made their way down to medic two.
As Clint suspected they were not allowed in but a man said, "She has about an hour left before you can see her. We have stitched up all but one of the wounds and are currently pumping the blood in." The two agents sat down in the waiting area again.
"So, Clint, Tell me about your kids." Phil asked, trying to make a bit of conversation and take Clint's mind off Natasha.
"The oldest is called Ethan, he is sixteen. Ethan is mainly like Tasha in personality but is like me in looks. Katya is twelve and her real name is Yekaterina. It's a fairly even split but she likes archery. What about Fern?" Clint asked, knowing what Phil was trying to do, and knowing that it wasn't going to work.
"Looks just like Maria but has my eyes. Like Maria in all the other ways as well. Except being bad at handing paper work in on time. She is good at that, like me." The next hour passed quickly for Clint and Phil, who were catching up. They almost missed it when a medic said,
"Anyone here for Natasha Romanoff?" Clint jumped up and followed him, Phil trailing behind. They were led to the recovery room but before they entered it he said, "She's not awake yet, but should wake up in the next twenty-four hours. We have put her on life support, just until she wakes."
"So she definitely will?" Phil asked. Clint mentally thanked him sarcastically, he had put doubts in his mind.
"85% certain." Clint shook his head and went inside.
"Tasha, oh Tasha," He whispered, "Why? You better wake up, honey, Kat blames it all on herself and she will never forgive herself but if you wake up, she might. Also Phil's back and you have to see him one last time."
"Dad, mum will wake up, won't she?" Ethan asked. Clint looked around. Only Ethan, Katya and the Director were in the room.
"85% certain."
"I-I am sorry. Please wake up mum. I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Please just wake up, mum." Clint couldn't take seeing his kids thinking that Natasha was going to die.
"Get them out of here!" Clint whispered to the director, "And don't let any of the other kids in here either." The director took, well dragged, Ethan and Katya out of the room, just as Pepper entered.
"Oh my God." Pepper whispered upon seeing Natasha. "Clint are you ok?"
"No, Pepper. No I'm not." Clint replied.
"Is there anything I can do? Anything any of us can can do?" Pepper asked, trying to be helpful.
"No. I don't think so. Just look after Ethan and Katya. Make sure they eat, sleep and do stuff. Ethan should be ok, he has your girl. If Kat screams, during the night especially, please bring her to me. I'd owe you forever."
"Of course, Clint. You won't owe me anything."
"Don't let them come back in here, Pepper. Not unless I call you. They don't need to watch her die." Clint had seen his parents die. No kid should ever be put through that.
"Ok. She's not going to die. But you know the other Avengers will come." Phil told him.
"Yeah." Clint replied. He knew they would, and even if he's didn't want, he couldn't stop them.
"Are you going to stay here?"
"Until she wakes or dies." Clint was deadly serious.
"Look after them. Please, Pepper, don't let them die." Pepper shut the door and made her way down the corridor to the waiting room where everyone, and that means all the Avengers, Revengers and the Avengers wives, were waiting.
"How is she?" Steve asked, standing up.
"Can we see her?" Tony asked at the same time. Bruce asked something doctorish that Pepper didn't understand while Thor said,
"Will Lady Natasha live?"
"She's alive." Pepper said, nervously, "She'll probably live. I have no idea whatsoever Bruce and you can see her but not right now. I suggest we go back to the Tower, eat and see if we have enough beds for everyone."
"Whatever you say, Peps. Is Legolas joining us?" Tony asked.
"No." That she was certain of.
"How do we get back to the Tower then? Feathers is the only one who can drive a jet, except from Spidey." Tony didn't think that there was a car big enough for all of them together.
"I can too," Steve said, "Not too well without a co-pilot though."
"Oh well. Come on, let's get back." Tony ruffled Joe's hair as Joe let out a wide yawn. They all walked up to the deck and got on the small jet that got them to the New York base. It was surprising, given its size, that they all fitted comfortably. Once back, Pepper ordered pizza and the adults ate round the massive dining table and kids ate on the floor of the lounge. After they had finished each Avenger took their wife and child(ren) to their floor to sort out sleeping arrangements. Pepper stayed until everyone else had gone and said to Ethan and Katya,
"You can stay on the BlackHawk floor, your parents floor, or you can stay with us on the Iron Man floor. Your dad wants you to stay with us but it's a free choice."
"I want to stay on BlackHawk floor, please." Katya said immediately. She wanted privacy to cry.
"I'd better go with her." Ethan agreed.
"Ok, I'll take you down." Pepper took them to the lift and pressed the button which had a spider and a Hawk on it. "There's only one bed but there is a sofa bed and I have a couple of air matresses up stairs."
"Kat, your on the bed. Can I use an air mattress please?" Ethan asked.
"Of course. The bedroom is first on the right. There is an ensuite but also a toilet on the second left." Pepper walked back in to the lift to fetch an air mattress while the Barton children made their way to the bedroom.
"Why'd you let me have the bed?" Katya asked, "And why didn't you take the sofa bed?"
"You deserve it and I need to sleep in your room. Just in case anyone tries to take you." He told her, worried about her safety.
"Thanks." Katya muttered as Pepper came in. She put down a ready made air mattress and said,
"Ethan, can I talk to you outside for a sec?" Ethan walked it the door and Pepper whispered, "Ethan, she probably will have nightmares. If she screams, cries or wakes up sweating or something, tell J.A.R.V.I.S. to wake me up and come down here. Ok?" Pepper asked and Ethan nodded. "Same if you do." Pepper pushed the door back open and said, "I'm going to leave you now. If you need something, ask me or J." She left as Katya yanked open a draw in the dresser. She took one of her dad's shirts and a pair of her mum's old shorts and put them on in the bathroom. When she came back out, Ethan had found some of his dad's pyjamas and put them on. They were very tired by this time and Katya was out before her head hit the pillow. Ethan was out soon after.
AMERICA FLOOR
"Mummy, daddy can I sleep in your bed tonight?" Alice said while in the lift. She was only nine years old, a small nine year old at that.
"Sure, baby. The bed on my floor is certainly big enough." Steve replied. His floor was exactly how he left it, except that someone had dusted and washed up. He took both of them to the bedroom and continued, "I don't have any clothes for you, we can get some tomorrow and Peggy, you can probably use Pepper's but Alice-"
"I'm already wearing pyjamas, dad."
"Oh yeah. I'll just go get something for you, Peggy." He walked off and found a nightdress of Pepper's waiting by what you could call the front door. He returned and helped Peggy in to the nightdress whist Alice was in the bathroom. He got changed and crawled under the sheets with the other two. Alice grabbed on to him and whispered, "Never let me go, daddy. I love you."
"I love you too, baby. Go to sleep." She drifted off a little after Peggy and, once she was asleep, Steve pulled her to his chest and fell asleep.
IRON MAN FLOOR
"So, you two will sleep on the floor and I shall sleep on the bed." Tony said stepping of the lift.
"Daad..." Ella whined.
"I'm joking. You and you can have the bed, if you don't mind sharing, and me and mum will use the sofa bed. We'll get some new beds for everyone tomorrow." Tony told her. He couldn't believe that she actually thought that he would go through with that.
"I didn't mean-" Ella tried to take it back.
"No. You will." Tony looked her in the eye and said.
"We don't mind sharing, as long as we get separate quilts because Ella steals it." Joe said while Ella disagreed with his last statement.
"Number one, beds, check. Two, sleepwear." Tony pulled open draws of clothes, finding a dress that looked sleepable in and the right size for Ella. He found a pair of his long shorts with a string waist and gave them to Joe as trousers. At the very back there was a top that Pepper had shrunk which he also gave to him.
"Go to sleep now. I might not be here in the morning, mum might not be either, Jarv is though. Ask him to help you find Steve, Bruce or Thor. Night El. Night Joe."
"Night dad." Tony made his way back and pulled the sofa bed out. Once the bed was made, he collapsed on top of it, fully dressed.
HULK FLOOR
As Bruce pressed the hulk button, he suddenly didn't want to be back.
"Dad, where are we going to sleep?" Lilly asked. She was absolutely fine now except from being so bruised it hurt to walk.
"There are two of those armchair beds, do you two want to sleep on those?"
"Sure. What are we going to wear?" Lewis was wondering what Lilly could wear. He was almost as big as Bruce, so he could wear some of Bruce's PJs, but he was worried about Lilly.
"You can wear something of mine. Lils do you mind wearing boys clothes?"
"No, I'm just so tired." Bruce found some sheets and made up the two beds while Lilly, Betty and Lewis got changed. The two teens climbed in to their beds and once they had said goodnight, so did the adults. Betty and Bruce fell asleep almost immediately however, Lilly and Lewis could not sleep. After half an hour Lewis heard whimpering coming from the other bed. He got up and after falling flat on his face over what he could only assume was a coffee table, he made his way over to Lilly. He sat on the arm of the chair and whispered,
"Lils, I'm her, no one can hurt you." Lilly sat up and in the dark motioned for Lewis to sit next to her.
"Lew, can you just stay here, just in case?" She asked.
"Course Lils, one sec." He got up, switched the light on and dragged his bed next to hers. He switched his pillow to the other end so he could see her. He also kept the light on. "Night Lils."
"Night Lew." They were both asleep in minutes.
THOR FLOOR
"Right. Blaze, we need to find you some PJs." Jane had fully recovered from her torture and was taking control, once again. She pulled out a t-shirt of Thor's and said, "Put that on."
"No." Blaze replied. It took several minutes of coaxing to get Blaze to put it on.
"No one will see you." Jane said as Blaze pulled it over his head. He turned and looked in the mirror only to rip it back off again.
"No. I will sleep in my clothes." He pulled his t-shirt and jeans back on.
"Blaze, you can't sleep in your clothes. It's not good for you."
"Mum I looked like a twat. One night in clothes won't hurt me, will it?"
"Blaze. What do you think all the others are wearing, hey?" Blaze went over to the drawers and found something that was a little more his size. "Is that better?"
"Yeah. What about you?" He asked.
"I'll just use something of your dads or Pepper's... I might actually have something that I wore last time I was here." She ruffled through the draws and found a pair of her shorts. She grabbed one of Thor's tops and made her way to the bathroom, which Thor had just come out of.
"Blaze, son, settle down now. Go to sleep." Thor told him.
"Where?" He asked, assuming that his parents would share the double bed.
"Err... Lady Jane where's Blaze going to sleep?" Jane opened the door and said,
"I'll...err... I'll see if Pepper has an air mattress." She bustled off and found Pepper, who did indeed have an air mattress, in fact she was getting one for Ethan as well. Jane brought it back and made it up Blaze go in and was sound asleep in seconds.
"G'night Thor," Jane whispered, "I love you."
"I will protect you, Lady Jane and I love you too."