Nothing Will Ever Bring Us Back Together

Chapter Twenty Two- The next morning

The next morning, the Towers inhabitants all woke up differently.

IRON MAN FLOOR

"JOSEPH STARK SHUT UP AND GET OFF ME!" Ella shouted for the third time. Joe had rolled on to her a minute ago and woken her up. She was surprised his heavy snoring hadn't woken her up before, though.

"What El? Where's the burglar?" Joe sat up quickly and saw he was lying on top of Ella. She coughed and he got off.

"God, your heavy Joe." She said, swinging her legs out of bed.

"Sorry. Hey Jarv, what's the time and where are mum and dad?" He asked, mirroring his sister's actions.

"The current time in New York is ten twenty-two am. Mr and Mrs Stark are at S.H.E.I.L.D." J.A.R.V.I.S. replied.

"What the hell is shield? Anyway El-"

"S.H.I.E.L.D. Stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division. It is a government operated agency and-" J.A.R.V.I.S. began to say.

"Whatever. Why are mum and dad there?" Ella asked.

"Mr and Mrs Stark are visiting Mrs Barton in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Infirmary." J.A.R.V.I.S. was being very useful that morning, at least on the Iron Man floor.

"Oh, Ethan's mum. What did dad tell us to do Joe?" Ella realised.

"Go to the main floor or summat. Hey Jarv, where's the main floor?"

"The main floor for the Avengers Tower is floor eighty-nine. To get there walk in to the lift and press the button with the big A on it." He was being very, very useful.

"Thanks. Come on El, lets go." They went up to the Avengers floor but there was no one there. They decided to wait it out and see if anyone else came. Sure enough, they soon did.

CAPTAIN AMERICA FLOOR

"Dad geroff!" Alice said. She couldn't escape her father's clutches and he was still lightly snoring.

"DAD!" Alice raised her voice as he almost rolled on to her. From this new position, she could see the clock. It was ten thirty, he never slept this late.

"DAD," she freed her hand and suddenly the grip tightened and snoring shut off, alerting her that he was awake. "Dad, I know you're awake."

"You got me, baby," He let her go and she rolled away. Steve looked at the clock and got out of bed. Let's go get some breakfast with the others." Alice, who was halfway to the door stopped.

"No, not going looking like this." She said, referring to her messed up hair.

"Al, you will be fine. You get used to it. No one is dressed before coffee." He picked her up and carried her to the lift. Her worries, though, were pointless, Ella and Joe were the only ones there, each looking as bad as Alice.

THOR FLOOR

Jane woke up before her two boys. She rolled out of bed and pulled her phone off the bedside table. She thought she was lucky Blaze had thought to bring it. Then she saw 58 texts and 34 missed calls, mainly from Darcy. She decided it she had better call her.

"Hey it's me, Darcy," Jane was about to say hi but then it continued, "I can't get to you right now but if you leave a message, I'll probably call you back. If you're lucky."

"Hey Darce, you called me like 40 times, I didn't have my phone, sorry! I'm fine as are Blaze and Thor. Call me when you can and I will try to pick up. Bye then." Just before she could hit exit Darcy's voice came back.

"Wait. Why'd ya call me so early?" She asked.

"Darce! It's nine thirty, that's not early!" Jane knew that Darcy normally slept in late but not this late!

"It's six thirty, which is early. Where are you anyway?" Jane had forgotten to account for the time difference.

"Err... New York..." She replied, slowly.

"Why? I've never been there. You have to take me next time!" Darcy whined. Many years ago Jane had began to compare her to the younger sister that she'd never had.

"I think we might be staying awhile actually." Jane told her.

"Not fairrr..." Darcy complained.

"Bye Darcy gotta go." She didn't but didn't want to talk to Darcy anymore.

"Bye?" Jane put the phone down and lay back in bed. Thor woke an entire hour later, in which Jane had fallen asleep. Thor was now faced with a problem. If he got out one side, he would wake Blaze, the other Jane. He decided to get out Jane side as she was easier to deal with in the mornings. That woke Jane up but she was ok with it. They talked for another half hour until Blaze woke up. They all went down to the Avengers floor together.

HULK FLOOR

"How sweet, Lewis dragged his bed over to help protect Lilly." Bruce whispered to Betty as the two of them entered the living area of Hulk floor.

"Do you think we should let them sleep?" Betty asked and Bruce replied with a small nod. They sat down on the sofa just as Lewis opened his eyes. He sat up and saw Bruce and Betty looking at him. He never intended them to know that he wanted to protect Lilly, but he hoped they thought he was just being a protective older brother. Which he was being, minus the older bit, he just never showed he cared before.

"Lewis it's ok, you were just being the protective younger brother." Bruce always forgot that Lewis hated being called the youngest. It was a painful reminder that Lilly was older than him, just by nine minuets, but she used this to her advantage often. As if on cue, Lilly woke up. 'Where am I?' Was her immediate thought but she then remembered that she was at the Tower, with the other avengers.

"Lewis?" She said sitting up.

"Hi Lils." Lewis replied and then jerked his head towards their parents.

"Do you want to go get breakfast with the others?" Bruce asked.

"Sure dad. I look horrible but who cares. Lets go down." The four of them went up to the Avengers floor.

BLACKHAWK FLOOR

Katya screamed. Ethan was a light sleeper so woke up immediately.

"Kat wake up, Kat it's not real. KAT!" Ethan was terrified he was going to lose his sister as well as his mum. He looked at the clock which showed 7:32AM. He decided it was not too early to alert Pepper so called out "J? Jarvis?"

"Yes Mr Barton?" The male voice said.

"Can you ask Mrs Stark to come here, please." Once the AI told him it was done he turned his full attention back to Katya, who was still screaming, a little quieter, though. "Kat, shush, it's ok, I'm here. I'll never let anybody hurt you." As soon as Ethan whispered that last sentence that screaming became louder once more. The door opened and Pepper ran in.

"Are you ok?" She asked Ethan straight off, who nodded in response. After a couple more tense minuets, Pepper was able to stop Katya screaming and wake her up. Pepper rushed off to get dressed leaving Ethan to hold Katya close and tell her it wasn't real.

Once Pepper came back, they got in a car, Ethan and Katya still in their borrowed PJs, and drove to S.H.I.E.L.D. They met the director upon arrival, who informed them Natasha hadn't moved, but did not meet anyone else until they got outside Medic Room 2. Pepper knocked on the door and Clint opened it.

"Come here, Kat," He whispered, stepping outside. He mouthed 'thanks' at Pepper as she slipped in side the door. Katya let Clint hug her and then pulled him tighter, attempting to hide the tears which had begun to stream down her face. 'What happened?' Clint mouthed at Ethan who shrugged and mouthed back, 'Bad dream.'

"Kat, don't worry," Clint soothed, "I'm here."

"Is she going to live, dad?" Ethan asked. Clint replied with a nod towards the door. Ethan took that as an invitation to go in. Once inside, it was the same as yesterday, bright white walls, floor, sheets, everything. He walked the opposite side to, and completely ignoring, Pepper. "Mum, wake up. I need you, Kat needs you, dad needs you. Just wake up and do it soon." Ethan left the room again to find that his dad and sister were gone, a balding man in their place.

"So you are Ethan," He began, "I'm Phil."

"Hi. Where's Kat and dad?" Ethan asked, worried.

"Next door. Whose in there?" He asked, pointing to medic room 2.

"Mum and Pepper. Goodbye Phil." Ethan strode past him in to the room on the right. Thankfully, it was the right next door and Clint and Katya were in there, both crying.

"What did you tell her?" Ethan asked.

"Nothing." Clint said and his eyes conveyed the message; but I'll tell you something later.

"D-dad can I see her?" Katya asked.

"No, sweetie. You can't. No." Clint would not let her go through that again.

"Kat, you can't. She's just the same as yesterday, anyway." Ethan told her. It was the truth, anyways.

"O-ok..." She replied, knowing that there was no way she could win that argument.

"Sweetie I'm sorry." Phil walked in to the room and Clint continued, "You stay with Phil, sweetie, I need to tell Ethan something outside." He took Ethan in to the corridor and told him, "E, her chances have dipped to 75%. They said that the chance will probably dip 10% a day. I know your going to ask why Kat can't see her. She's just a little girl. She can't see or know that her mum is probably going to die."

"Oh yeah. I suppose. WAIT, WHAT? Mums going to d-die." He realised and tears began to fall down his face.

"P-probably... Don't tell Katya." They headed back inside where Phil was trying to get through to Katya. It wasn't working.