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Chapter 9 – A Widow's Touch
The silence went on for what felt like hours but in reality it had only been a couple of seconds. Hill was the first to speak.
"What who is it?" she asked quickly. Natasha tensed; it was like telling children their puppy had been ran over.
"Rose," she whispered. There was a sickening silence before something exploded and there a crash.
"No!" Coulson screamed. She was like his kid, she can't be taken!
"Dam it! Darcy help me clean this up!" Jane squealed. There was then a click of guns and a slam of the door.
"Where are you? I'm on my way," Hill said coldly.
"At the back of the Central Park Cemetery," Natasha moved over to Clinton.
"Right." That was the last the last thing from Hill before there was a buzz of a com being disconnected.
"Coulson get out of your office, we're going to a cemetery!" Betty shouted over the com. There were then two separate buzzes of Coulson and Betty's coms disconnecting.
"Jane! Jane! Just leave it! Let's go!" Darcy called before there was the last two coms disconnecting. Natasha dropped to the floor in front of Clinton.
"Clinton?" she asked sweetly. He looked up at Natasha tears streaming down his face. He looked so venerable, so broken. It pained Natasha just to look at him; it was like she'd been stabbed in the chest.
"I've failed him again Natasha! He told me to take care of her no matter what and I can't even do that! She's back with those monsters! They'll punish her for leaving! It's my entire fault! I've failed her and I've failed Fury again!" Clinton cried. Natasha's heart sunk. Had she put Clint through this every time she disappeared?
"Oh Clint," she cooed, not caring she got his name wrong. She threw her arms around him and hugged him as he cried into her top.
"It'll be ok, you've not failed him." she whispered soothingly, "Have you forgotten what Fury told you? There's always another way. That means you can still have her back we just need to go get her back." Clinton looked up at her and looked into her eyes. He smiled weakly before looking to where the jet had been left.
"You're right. Now I get to see what it's like to have a partnership with the Black Widow," Clinton laughed whipping away the tears. Natasha rolled her eyes before patching back through to Hill and telling her to bring her the catsuit she came in. Hill agreed not questioning why.
Ten minutes later Hill came running into view. She started talking frantically. Clinton did her best to calm her down but to no avail. Clinton just gave up and rubbed his temple. Natasha couldn't help but smile at the pair. After a moment she snapped back into Widow mode.
"Agent Hill slow down, what do you need to say!" Natasha demanded.
"Did you see the registration plate?" Hill asked slowly.
"No," Clinton groaned.
"I did," Natasha nodded.
"At least one of you is living up to their job title!" Hill growled glaring at Clinton, "What was the registration?"
"HJC 9846," Natasha repeated. Hill nodded before quickly pulling out her phone and hammering away on the though screen. Without looking up Hill handed Natasha her catsuit. Natasha took it off of her and went to change in the trees. When she came back Clinton was looking her up and down.
"Why'd you want your catsuit? People will see you," Clinton eyed her. Natasha just smirked at him as she lifted up her Widow bites.
"Because," she smirked, "It has all my weapons." She snapped them around her wrist with a click. Clinton shrugged before going to change his suit.
When he came back out everyone else was there and in their suits. Natasha quickly explained everything that had happened and it left them in silence. Hill was he first to speak.
"We need the jet, I have their location," Hill grumbled. They all turned and ran towards the mansion. They arrived at the mansion minutes later. They burst through the doors causing Bruce to drop the plates he was currently carrying. At the noise Steve came crashing down the stair a gun in his hand and shield on his arm.
"What's going on?" he asked looking at the group confused.
"We need the jet, Rose has been taken," Jane told them. The Order of the Eagle Agents walked past the pair and towards the stairs leading downstairs. Steve and Bruce followed much to their shock but not Natasha's.
"What are you doing?" Hill growled.
"We're coming with you." Steve told them bluntly.
"No, we don't need more responsibilities!" Coulson shouted.
"No, let them come. Trust me," Natasha demanded. There was a silence which she knew that meant they could go. Steve and Bruce quickly ducked into the room next to the hanger and came back out seconds later in different clothes. Steve was now in his Captain America suit and Bruce in a pair of purple trousers. He explained he's been working on them and now they won't rip after he 'Hulks out'. With their two newest members ready they walked into the jet.
"We're going after the Red Room aren't we?" Cap asked for conformation. Natasha nodded as she looked over to him.
"You're all going to hate me for suggesting this but I think we need the Starks on this one," Cap told them.
"WHAT?!" cries of protest went up from the group.
"Look, Rescue and Iron Man can help out, we need the technology," Cap looked at them all. Coulson sighed before putting his phone on speaker. After a couple of rings Tony's voice came through.
"Y'ello?" he asked.
"Stark, it's Coulson," Coulson muttered.
"Hey, hey suits, what's up?!" Tony chirped.
"Tony," Pepper's voice came over the com, "Hi Phil."
"Phil? Why's he Phil? His first name is Agent!" Tony jumped.
"Are you two in your suits?" Coulson asked.
"We are," Pepper confirmed, "We're moving to the lactation you assigned us."
"Good. New plan follow these co-ordinates," Coulson told them, "We need you to come in."
"We'll be there as soon as we can," Tony told them the joking tone leaving his voice before he hung up. Hill waited until everyone had gone back to what they were doing before. Once they had she walked over to Coulson and hovered over him. Coulson looked up at her and smiled weakly. Before they'd both been promoted they'd been partners and the best before the Hawkeye and Death Adder partnership.
"Are you sure that this is the right thing to do?" Hill leant down and whispered in his ear. Coulson sighed before looking up and looking at Cap's back.
"What other choice do we have? He was right – we don't have the technology we'll need for this mission, they do."
"But getting Stark involved? He's childish, immature, reckless, a drunk!" she whispered.
"I know Maria but we need them and Pepper will be here to keep him under control. I know he's gotten worse since their child was taken but it'll be fine, you have to trust me on this Maria," he whispered. Hill sighed and walked round his chair before sitting on the arm. Coulson put his arm around her back and looked up at her as she spoke to him.
"I hope your right," she whispered.
"We have to get her back Maria. We made a promise to Fury when she came to watch her back, he knew something like this was always going to happen and we were always going to be the team to get her back." Coulson told her. Hill nodded before going to walk away. Before she could Coulson grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto his lap. Hill looked at him confused. What was he doing? Coulson checked no one was looking before whispering.
"I know we'll make it out alive but just in case we don't, you need to know how I really feel about you and I have for years," Coulson looked at her. Maria narrowed her eyes, what was he on about?
"Phil?" she asked guardedly. He shook his head before covering her mouth with his. Maria sat there for a second like a startled rabbit before slowly snaking her arms around his neck and kissing him back.
Natasha rubbed her forehead. She'd been in Rose's shoes and she knows how critical it is they get her back ASAP. Next to her Clinton sat worrying his head off, his leg shaking anxiously. Natasha turned round to check on Coulson and Hill and what she saw brought a smiled to her face. What she was seeing could only be described as them making out on the chair. She leant over the gap and tapped Clinton before nodding to Phil and Maria. Clinton turned round confused but when he saw it smiled. At least something good came out of this.