Chapter Eight

Steve's POV

"What was that all about? Isn't she meant to be on a top secret mission somewhere? Come on Capsicle, tell us." Tony commands me.

"Ok," I reply, "Peggy, who is my girlfriend, was taken by HYDRA on her top secret mission. Clint and Natasha got sent on a mission to get her out, that's what Natasha told me last night, she called me then because they got Peggy out. Gosh, I hope she is ok. I hope Natasha and Clint did not do anything stupid getting her out. What if Natasha got hurt. Oh gosh-"

"Don't do that to yourself. It helps if you calm down, I should know. Steve, mate? If Peggys ok and she was calling off Natasha's phone, they are all ok. If Clint wasn't Peggy wouldn't have been able to get Natasha's phone off her, same if she wasn't. You spoke to Peggy." Bruce's words calmed me.

"That's right.". I smiled. Peggy, the light of my life, was ok.

Natasha's POV

"Natasha, where am I?" Peggy asked me, "The last thing I remember is talking to Steve... Can you call him again." We were in S.H.I.E.L.D. medical, New York, where we had landed after getting back from freezing cold Canada. Peggy had to undergo a minor opperation and was then cleared to go as long as she took it easy for two weeks and then came back for a check up at S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Peggy, you are in S.H.I.E.L.D. medical, New York. And I can do one better. Clint and I have been told to take you back to the tower for two weeks. Steve doesn't know and he's so worried I think he needs a nice suprise."

"Thank You."

"No thank yourself. Come on, let's get out of this ruddy hospital, I hate it. Clint's waiting in the car." Peggy and I got up and walked to the car park. I helped her in and Clint drove off. It is a short drive from the base to the Tower and none of us uttered a single word the whole journey.

"Jarvis, do not tell the others we are back." Clint hissed as we pulled in to the garage. We all got out of the car and piled in to the lift. As we walked out of the lift on level eighty nine where the Avengers would most likely be,we heard shouts coming crime the lounge and by the sounds of it Bruce was beating Steve at some Wii game andSteve was befuddled by the technology. I then noticed Tony sitting in the corner of the kitchen, where we are, playing with Lilliana. Clint put a finger to his lips and Tony nodded and smiled. We walked on. Clint stopped as we neared the room and gently pushed Peggy forward. She entered the room and said,

"Steve?"

Steve's POV

"Steve?" I turn around and see Peggy. She has a few scratches and bruises across her face and isn't walking quite right but I jump up and run to her.

"Peggy, why aren't you in medical?" I ask, suddenly worried. She was held captive in a HYDRA base, and obviously isn't perfect. I give her a kiss and we sit down together. Bruce is still playing the game on the television by himself I do not get, the buttons are too fiddly.

"Natasha said I could and I didn't argue with her. I can't say I hate hospitals was much as her, but I can't say that I like them either. How are you, anyway, it feels like I have not seen you in ages."

"NATASHA!" I shout, knowing she will probably be behind the door.

"Yes, Captain?" She and Clint both walk from behind the door.

"Was she really released?"

"Yes, told you he would ask Clint, I have the papers here." She hands me the sheets of paper in her hands.

"When did you guys get back?" Bruce asks, realizing that I have stopped playing.

"To S.H.I.E.L.D? A few hours ago. Peggy had a minor operation on her leg then we were told to go." Clint replies.

"What? You had an operation?" I ask, worried again.

"Stop worrying, Steve, I am perfectly, well not perfectly but, I am fine." She tells me.

"Somewhere in those sheets of paper is all of the stuff that Peggy isn't allowed to do. Fury said to make sure she stuck to it." Natasha said.

"Thanks, now I will not be allowed out of bed for two weeks." Peggy sarcastically replied. There really was nothing wrong with her. Except that she had been held captive in an enemy base. And she was limping.

"Earth to Steve." Natasha shouted and Peggy was waving a hand in front of my face.

"Asgard to Captain Steve, too." Thor was here. He didn't get that it was just a phrase.

"Hi, Thor, it is good to see you."

"Friend Clint, Lady Natasha, you are back!" Thor exclaimed and pulled them both off the sofa in to a bone-crushing hug.

"Yes...We...Are...Can't...breathe...Thor." Clint and Natasha managed to say between them.

"Sorry, friends. Do I make a habit of doing that?" He asked, oblivious that with each hug he gave, someone almost died.

"Yes!" Everyone, including myself, chuckled.

"I think that this calls for a movie night." Tony walked in carrying baby Lilliana in his arms.

"No, Tony, we had one this week already." Bruce said.

"Capsicle didn't finish it, Pepper missed some, Natashalie and Katniss did not even start it, Thor was asleep for most of it and you weren't even watching."

"I think I will pass, again." Clint and Natasha say, both look at each other and smile.

"I think we should too." I say, referring to Peggy and myself.

"No. I will not allow it. I shall chain you down. Come on, you guys can even choose the movie."

Nobody's POV

They all had a massive fight over that. When Steve and Peggy won the battle of the movies, Natasha and Clint did have to be chained down to watch it. Metaphorically. They were eating each others faces off the whole time though, according to Bruce who was the awkward person on the end of that sofa. According to Tony, who was across the room, they were having a full on make out. Once the film was over, Pepper walked in and quickly snapped a photo on her phone. It showed Tony playing with Lilliana, Steve hugging Peggy, Bruce sitting awkwardly and Natasha and Clint kissing. It was one for the Avengers scrapbook. Not that they had one. The shutter sound made everyone look up. Tony got J.A.R.V.I.S. to pull up the photo on the T.V. screen while they were all cringing, Lilliana laughed her first little laugh. It was the right time to. No one needed to come back, no one was missing. The Avengers were whole once again.

A/N So that wraps up this FanFic. Please review. This is my first one and I hope you liked it. Please check out my other story, Who is my father?. Until next time,

Random007.