Chapter 18 – Reunions

18:15, 55 minutes later – Avengers Tower, normal dimension

(Other dimension copies names will now be in Bold)

They all stepped out of the lift into the main floor of the tower. The tower living room was empty apart from Clint who sat oblivious to everything on the couch. Rosie motioned for them to stay in the shadows before walking towards Clint.

"Clint! Clint!" she called to him but he didn't respond so she tried every name for him she could think of, "Clinton! Francis! Legolas! Katniss! Feathers! Birdbrain! Merida! Robin Hood! Barton! Hawkeye!" She stood behind him hands on her hips glaring at him before a smirk came onto her face. Slowly she bent at the hips so her mouth was close to his ear.

"FRONT AND CENTER SOLDIER! GO! GO! GO!" she barked. Clint jumped before rushing to get up and stood like a soldier in the middle of the room. Natasha tried not to laugh, that was defiantly her Clint.

"NOW DROP AND GIVE ME TWENTY! GO! GO! GO!" Rosie barked clearly enjoying this. Clint dropped to the floor and started doing push-ups. He'd done eight when he stopped and stood up. Slowly he turned to see Rosie who looked back at him smirking away. Clint glared at her.

"Stark…" he hissed before lunging at her. Rosie squeaked and dived to the side laughing. Quickly she vaulted over the couch and stood with her back to the lifts and arms out stretched towards him.

"Whoa Robin Hood! You'll have time to kill me later!" she shouted. Clint stopped and crossed his arms over his chest whilst looked at her sceptically.

"What do you want Mini-Stark?" he asked. Rosie smiled widely at him and threw her arms in the air.

"Clint you're going to LOVE ME!" she squealed hopping onto one foot. Clint pinched his forehead. It was too late to be cheery. He hadn't slept in weeks; he hadn't slept since Natasha vanished.

"Why am I going to love you?" he groaned. Rosie put her hands behind her back and smirked at him as she rocking back and forward slightly on her heels.

"I brought you a little present from South Korea!" she smiled and motioned for Natasha to come out of the shadows. Slowly Natasha came out from the shadows. Unsure if she should go much further she stopped and moved a piece of her hair out of her face.

"Hi Clint," she smiled. Clint tensed. That voice. No. That bitch had found her. God bless Rosie. Slowly he turned to see Natasha looking at him and a rare, genuine smile on her face. They just looked at each other for a minute before Clint tried to speak. He opened his mouth nothing came out. Coughing he went to try again.

"Natasha?" he whispered. Natasha nodded.

"Yes, it's me," she smiled. That was all Clint needed. He ran forward and took her in his arms, lifted her up and kissed her. Natasha wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him back. Eventually both of them pulled away gasping for air.

"I've missed you Tasha, so fucking much," he smiled happily. Natasha smiled back at him lovingly.

"Me too, мой Ястреб, (my Hawk)" she smiled.

"J.A.R.V.I.S. get everyone down here!" Rosie spoke to the AI still smiling.

"I told everyone to come to the main floor as soon as Miss Romanoff spoke Miss Stark," he told her.

"Thanks J.A.R.V.I.S." Rosie moved over to the group in the shadows, "I can't thank you enough for keeping her safe and helping her get back home."

"It's nothing. I'm sure you would have done the same for any of us," Coulson told her. Rosie smiled and nodded. Just as she did the two lift doors pinged open to reveal all the Avengers and their partners. Jane was the first to notice Natasha who had now removed herself from around Clint's waist and was allowing him to have his arm around her shoulder.

"OH MY GOD NATASHA!" Jane cried rushing forward to hug the redhead. The rest of the towers inhabitants quickly did the same. Rosie who was speaking to the group Natasha who had come with didn't notice Pepper's standing at the edge of the group glaring at her furiously.

"Rosie Maria Virginia Stark!" she shouted causing everyone to look at the pair and Rosie to gulp nervously, "What the hell did you think you were doing leaving without a word and with no way to contact you!? You went rogue! We were so worried about you!" Rosie started to hyperventilate slightly as she back to the balcony doors slightly. An angry Pepper was worse than the Hulk!

"Now left talk about this sensibly," she held up her index figure to Pepper before screaming, "J.A.R.V.I.S. DEPLOY! DEPLOY!" Quickly she turned and sprinted to the balcony door as the windows next to it lowered. A pod shot through the living room and after Rosie as she jumped over the railing.

"Oh my god is she all right?!" Bruce asked looking to where the girl had jumped. That was the first time the tower's inhabitants had properly noticed their copies (well most of their copies).

"Yeah she's fine," Natasha nodded. Just as she said it the light blue and purple Iron Woman suit shot past the window and towards the river.

"Ha you guys don't have other versions," Tony laughed as he pointed to Thor, Mello, Jane, Darcy, Betty and Pepper, "So that's what it looks like to look at me without a mirror."

"Actually we have our own versions of Jane, Darcy, Betty and Pepper," Clinton corrected Tony before looking to Mello and Thor, "Whoever you guys are I'm pretty sure we don't have versions of you."

"You should not. We are of Asgard and there is only one Asgard in all of the dimensions," Thor looked at the group.

"Wait you knew about the other dimension but you didn't tell us?" Bruce asked.

"Yes of course we did. We just did not think it important to tell you," Mello shrugged. Tony pinched his forehead and muttered something about Asgardians under his breath. Pepper was the only one who heard it as she slapped him on the back of the head earning her a glare from the billionaire.

"So who wants something to eat? Tony's paying," Steve broke the silence that now hung over the room.

"Which one?" both Tonys asked at the same time. Steve raised an eyebrow at the two.

"This dimension Tony," he confirmed.

18:58 – Avengers Tower, normal dimension

Everyone sat in the living room of the tower eating away. The other dimension copies looked at the Shawarma sceptically. Darcy raised an eyebrow at them when she noticed none of them were eating.

"So you guys have never had Shawarma before have you?" she asked.

"Nope. It looks… horrible…" Rose scrunched up her nose.

"Just eat it if you're anything like me you'll like it," Rosie winked at her. Rose took a bit before going back for more. Seeing her take a bit the rest of them dug in as well all seeming to enjoy it.

19:43 – roof of Avengers Tower, normal dimension

They stood on the roof as the other dimensions versions got ready to go home. Natasha said goodbye to them all in turn before coming to Clinton and Rose last. She nodded to them before speaking.

"Thank you for taking me in. I don't think I would be home if it wasn't for you two taking me in," she thanked them.

"No need to thank us. You gave us the push we needed to get S.H.I.E.L.D. back, now we can finally make up for the mistakes Osborn has made," Rose smiled to her.

"It was the least we could do," Clinton smiled at her. Natasha smiled back at them. They'd helped her more than she would have let anyone else.

"Thank you anyway and good luck with Goblin and with everything else," she smiled before hugging them both.

"You too Natasha, bye. Thanks for everything," Rose smiled.

"Goodbye and good luck, Natasha," Clinton winked. With that Natasha moved back and away from the group before moving back to Clint. He put his arm around her shoulders again and held her close. Bruce looked round his friends with the remote out praying that it would work.

"Everybody ready?" Bruce asked.

"Yes, push the button Bruce," Steve confirmed. Taking a deep breath Bruce pressed the button praying that it would work. Natasha smiled and waved to them as they disappeared into the portal.

The Avengers and their partners watched as a portal appeared behind the group and an invisible force pulled them into it. As soon as the portal had closed behind them they started to file into the lifts all apart from Clint and Natasha. Clint had moved to the lift but when he noticed Natasha wasn't with him he motioned for them to close the doors. Steve nodded and pressed the button for the doors to close. Clint waited until they had closed before turning to see Natasha standing with her arms wrapped around her staring at where the portal had opened and closed. Slowly Clint moved over to her.

"Tasha?" he asked quietly as not to startle her. Natasha turned to look at him slightly allowing him to see the tears running down her face. Clint looked at them shocked for a moment before moving over to her. Natasha never cried. He lifted up his thumb and whipped away the tears.

"Hey what's wrong Tasha?" he asked soothingly. Natasha took a moment to reply.

"I was so scared Clint… I thought I would never be able to come back. I felt so helpless. I was scared Clint. I was worried I'd never see you again," she cried. Clint sighed and smiled softly at her before pulling her into a hug.

"It's ok Tasha, I'm here now. You're ok, you're safe," he whispered, "I love you Tasha."

"I love you too Clint," she whispered into his chest. Clint lifted up her chin with his hand and looked at her before leaning down and kissing her again.

~The End~

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