Part two! Now, i'm not really sure how many chapters there will be - as many as necessary, so i hope you enjoy them! This might seem a bit OOC for Nat, but i think that it's nice for her to have a bubbly side. Maybe that's just my sick personality. You tell me! Oh, and i will be changing my name from HPloveofmylife to no white horse for me so just remember! Thanks again, and remember to review!
HPloveofmylife (for the last time)
The realization hits her slowly, almost like someone has to explain it to her. As they're standing in the rubble of Manhattan and Natasha looks around at the damage that is irreparable, all the lives lost underneath the rubble, it begins to dawn on her.
"We won." She whispers to herself – Thor, Clint and Steve turn to her with their eyebrows raised, as if questioning her sanity. "We won." She says again, louder, and both Tony and Bruce (now back to normal size) swivel around to look at her. Natasha can see the realization dawning over them, but Clint's the first one to crack a smile.
"You're right, Nat." He says, flicking his hand to shut the bow down. "We won."
And suddenly she's leaping into Clint's arms and hugging him and squealing like an idiot. Everybody else is staring at them like they've lost their minds, but Natasha's too happy to care. Clint begins to spin, just as happy as her, and she screams with glee.
"That's enough!" Steve shouts, bringing his hand up, and Clint stops so fast Natasha tumbles from his arms. But, quick as ever, she flips around and lands standing upright, hands on her hips.
"We might have won, but there's still Loki to deal with." Stark says, brushing dried blood off his suit. They all turn to Thor, tossing his hammer from hand to hand.
He notices them looking, and his eyebrow raises. "What?" He asks.
"You're bringing Loki back to Asgard, idiot." Tony says, motioning to the crumpled form next to them. Natasha managed to knock him out after the portal shut, and brought him down to decide his fate.
"I am bringing Loki home?" Thor repeats, and then ducks when Natasha pitches a rock at his head.
"Yes, you idiot!" The girl screams, still very excited. "You're bringing that lunatic back to your home! He's not staying here!" She begins to dance around, happier than anyone has ever seen her. And then, almost out of nowhere, she stops, looks up at the sky, and shouts, "WE WON!"
Thor bursts out laughing, Steve and Bruce roll their eyes, Tony smirks, and Clint just grins, runs up behind her, wraps his arms around her waist and lifts her in the air. They're dancing around shouting at the top of their lungs, "WE WON, WE WON, WE WON!" with huge smiles plastered across their faces.
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Steve shouts, marches up to them, pulls Natasha away and dumps her unceremoniously into Thor's arms. "Clint, here. Now." Steve snarls, and then flinches when a rock hits his head.
"Aren't you happy, patriot boy?" Natasha taunts, waving a small pebble at him.
"Nat, stop throwing those thi…" He cuts off as one hits his cheek, rolls down and slips into his shirt. Natasha screams with laughter, clapping her hands and throwing her legs up like an eight year old. Steve looks at his teammates in desperation, and finally Thor says, in his deep rumbling voice,
"Shall I take her for a ride?"
This shuts Natasha up instantly.
"I swear, if you lift me up off the ground, I will kick your – AAGH!" and they all watch as Thor takes off, carrying a squirming and squealing Natasha in his strong arms. Even from on the ground, the rest of the Avengers can hear Natasha's carrying screams, and whatever types of colourful profanity she hurls at the demi-god.
"I've never seen her this happy." Tony says, watching them with a hand covering his eyes.
"Neither. Normally Nat's about as emotionless as a rock." Bruce replies, obviously trying to hold in laughter. And then he lets out a harsh swear as something hard hits him in the forehead. He turns to Steve, rubbing the spot. "What the hell was that about?" He demands.
Steve's throwing a small pebble in the air with an amazed smile on his face. "Now I know why Nat does this. It's fun." He grins, and then flicks the small thing at Tony, hitting him squarely in the eye.
"I think you can take me down now!" Natasha shouts over the rush of wind through her hair as she clings desperately to Thor's neck.
"What, does the Black Widow not like heights?" Thor teases, and Natasha growls at him.
"No, you fool, most spiders don't!"
"Alright, then, you're the boss!"
Natasha's screams can be heard from miles around as Thor plummets head first to the ground.
"We're gonna crash, we're gonna crash, we're gonna CRASH!" She shrieks, shutting her eyes as the ground draws nearer, but all of a sudden it stops, she stops, and her feet find solid ground. She pulls away from Thor and stumbles forward. Someone's arms close around her, and she opens her grey eyes to meet Clint's, who's smirking at her.
"That was the worst experience of my life." She tells him, wrapping her arms around his middle. She can feel him lock up for a second, but then he laughs and holds her tight.
"It's okay, Nat. It's all over now." Clint whispers into her short red hair, and Natasha's not really sure if he's talking about flying with Thor or the battle they've just won.