Hi all! I forgot to say, the events in the last chapter (Clint's memories of Budapest) loosely relate to events from my fic 'The Road to Here', if you want to check it out? :) (If you do, please leave me a review and let me know what you think?)

"I need more brain scans Fury"

"I just gave you the brain scans we have Dr Foster"

"I don't trust them, I want new ones"

"What are you implying Jane?" Agent Hill asked carefully. She'd had her own suspicions, but had hoped they were nothing more than her paranoid, overworked brain seeing a conspiracy where there was none

Jane glanced back over her shoulder, peering round at who was within earshot before answering; "Something isn't right here, someone is hiding something"

"You're talking about Hart?" Thor questioned, thankfully for once keeping quiet

"You really think this is all on purpose?" Darcy asked, somewhat surprised

"He's evasive; he doesn't answer my questions, he's unwilling to work with anyone outside of his team and he seemed overly annoyed that Thor woke up. He's stalling, and I want to know why"

"But if Hart's dirty, what about his team? Do we trust them?"

"Right now, I don't trust any of them"

XxX

Natasha had finally come round, and was sat with Clint on the ground, leaning into his shoulder while she tried to process what had just happened, while Tony and Bruce talked science a few feet away. Steve stood watch over his team; it had been at least ten minutes since they'd lived through the last nightmare, and it was the longest respite they'd had since this whole thing had begun.

Steve noticed it first, the mist moving and changing. He took a step closer to his team as Clint and Natasha climbed to their feet, and Bruce and Tony stopped talking

"Who's turn is it this time?" Tony questioned to no one in particular, as Clint gripped Natasha's hand in his and Bruce took a step closer to the group

They found themselves in downtown Harlem; building crumbled as people fled, and where Bruce was once stood, was now the Hulk.

The other four took a few steps back as soldiers charged forward, weapons raised and aimed, shouting orders yet clearly scared by his presence

The Hulk roared, his anger levels increasing as Bruce's control of him waned

They looked around at them at the devastation he had caused, and for the first time they really understood why Bruce was so scared about losing control; why he didn't drink, or like crowded places, why he refused missions if he didn't deem it completely necessary and why he always backed down from arguments.

"Bruce? Bruce?" someone was shouting, Natasha turned to see a woman with long dark hair rushing over, darting in between the soldiers and police officers to get closer "Bruce?"

The Hulks eyes turned sad, for just a second before he turned and ran off

"How do we get out of this one?" Clint asked, looking to Tony as the Hulk disappeared into the distance

XxX

"Can you see here?" Jane said, pointing to an area on Tony's latest brain scan

Pepper, Darcy and Thor nodded, all leaning in closer to have a look

"This is the amygdala, and it's where Decoy is targeting its secondary effects"

"Secondary?"

"Yeah, the primary effects of the drug therapy are seen here, in the Wernicke's area of the cerebral cortex. This is what it was intended for; to allow non verbal communication between the team, however the drugs have also been affecting the amygdala, I think that's what's causing the nightmares. The amygdala plays an important role in regulating fear and anxiety, and while they're unconscious, Decoy is able to access the nightmares and memories they can normally ignore"

"Doctor Foster, I need to know. Do you think this was intentional?" Fury asked, glancing over to where Doctor Hart was working, monitoring Natasha's vitals after her latest injuries

"Intentional? I don't know, but if the scientists were doing their jobs properly they should have discovered these side effects long before the team were administered with the drug. So either they ignored it on purpose, or they're just really rubbish at their job"

Fury sighed; "Agent Hill, go get back up. We're gonna need some empty cells"

XxX

The four Avengers made their way through the city, dodging overturned cars, collapsed building and torn up roads

"Do you think that girl was Betty?" Steve asked, climbing over the remains of a toy store

"Yes" Natasha answered simply

"Tony, do you reckon you can talk Bruce down? We've no hope of getting out of here with him still big and green" Clint asked

"Maybe we shouldn't, maybe we should stay here?" Tony wondered, looking around for Bruce and wondering where on earth he'd found to hide the other guy... Unless he wasn't the other guy anymore?

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we're not in any immediate danger here, and who knows what we'll be going into next if we go back there"

"I don't know Tony, it seems to me the longer we stay in a dream, the harder it is on the host. Look at Clint this time, and Tasha... I don't think we want to stay here any longer than we have to. Plus, after the first cycle Thor woke up, maybe if we make it through another someone else will wake?"

"We're assuming he woke up, he could be anywhere..."