My boots scraped against the linoleum flooring, my right ankle twisted at an un-natural angle before I fell back rolling and finally my head hit a wall hard. I groaned in pain tasting the blood in my mouth, I heard rushed footsteps someone reached down to grab me I shrieked and frantically moved away "Toni! It's me!" he said calmly grabbing my face "It's Bruce, Toni" his eyes looked over me color draining from his face "my god! Just hang on Toni; okay" I coughed up some blood "Jarvis get Clint down here!" Bruce ordered returning his gaze to me "hang on Toni, eyes focused on me" he still cradled my face as I shook "I'm s-s-so cold" I coughed "just hang on!" Bruce said urgently I noticed a faint green tint to his eyes, doors slid open more rushed footsteps Clint entered my vision "Toni!" he exclaimed kneeling next to be opposite of Bruce I felt my eyes getting heavy as I was carefully lifted by Clint I winced as pressure was put on my broken ribs and coughed up more blood, my vision went black.
I shot up wincing at the throbbing pain in my side "fuck me!" I breathed slowly laying back down "I don't think that will be happening anytime soon" came a dry reply beside me, I let out a small chuckle wincing again. Upon looking at myself I noticed I was now in shorts and a spaghetti strap with bandages covering my arms, legs and midsection along with an I.V and a cast on my left hand "tell me a girl bandaged me or I will be pissed and heads will roll" I glared at Clint "well thankfully Natasha was here" "good" "three hundred cuts, three broken ribs and a broken hand-" "thank you captain obvious" "plus a twisted ankle from when you landed. And all you have to say is 'good'" Clint sounded niffed, by all rights he should be "well what do you want me to say Clint?" I asked, "You were close to dying Toni" "I've had closer calls in case you didn't know" Clint sighed in defeat "did Loki do this to you?" "Yes. But no" I replied "can you just give me a straight answer for once?" he sounded annoyed now "that is the straightest answer I can give" I replied glaring at him he sighed again standing up "let Jarvis know if you need anything" he said quietly before leaving. I closed my eyes taking in a deep breath quickly falling asleep once more.
I awoke with a start grabbing my side inwardly cursing "Toni," Natasha was sitting next to me "Sparrow" I breathed relaxing back "fine. Sparrow you want to tell me what Loki did?" she asked calmly "Clint put you up to this?" I asked dryly "I'm asking for Clint not because of him" she replied "like that makes sense. And no I don't want to talk about Loki" "okay so you don't want to talk about Loki." Natasha said quietly "will you talk about Trickshot?" I looked at her wide-eyed "you mumbled his name a few times" "all I said was his name?" I asked "yes" "then no. I don't want to talk about him either" "is Steve alright?" I asked changing the subject "of coarse he is; he is a super soldier" she replied skeptically "he was pretty worried, all of us were" "how long was I gone?" "A day. But you have been in and out of conciseness for three days until now. You did loose a lot of blood after all" I moved the wrong way wincing "would you like some pain meds?" "Sure what the hell" I said through clinched teeth.
I was stuck in the medical bay of the tower until my ankle healed, I was laying back coming down from a pain med induced high when Thor came in "how do you fair Little Sparrow?" he asked softly as he sat, I winced at the name "are you in pain right now?" he questioned placing a hand on mine "no. Just please. Can you pick a different name for me?" I breathed "if that is what wish Lady Sparrow" I smiled at how quick he came up with a new name for me "what can I do for you Thor?" I asked hoping this visit didn't consists of talking about Loki "I merely wished to visit on you" Thor smiled. Thor stayed with me telling me stories about Asgard; I found it fascinating. Through out the week others came to visit me when Natasha came we talked about my interest in knives above anything else, Tony tried to bribe me with cherry rum if I told him what happened "nuh uh Tony, I'm being a good girl remember. Rehabilitation as Fury said; and I'm underage" "it's not like you've never drank before" Tony mumbled "yes but that's beside the point" I chuckled after words Steve requested that Tony be accompanied when he came to visit. Steve brought me the art supplies that he bought and we talked about art, when Clint came down it was mainly to see how I was doing and to see if I was ready to talk and Bruce mainly came down to check on the bandages and make sure I was okay or sometimes he would just sit with me.
Tony and Bruce came to visit me "hey science bros'" I smiled sitting up slightly "so this should be the last day I need to stay bedridden right?" I asked as Bruce sat down beside me fumbling with his hands "you alright Dr. Banner? Your not going to go hulk on me are you?" I raised an eyebrow "no. I'm fine" Bruce replied with a small smile "don't worry kiddo Bruce has a tight lid on it" Tony said staying standing at the end of my bed I looked between the two of them "something tells me this isn't a normal visit" I said slowly "did you know that you talk in your sleep?" Tony asked casually "I've been told" "so who is Trickshot anyway?" "He's no one" I mumbled, "Well he must be someone in order to give you nightmares" Tony said crossing his arms "we could always go ask your uncle" Tony said going to walk away "no! no wait" I reached forward hurting my ribs I clenched my side wincing "Sparrow calm down" Bruce said placing a hand on my shoulder "Tony can't this wait" he looked up at Tony "Trickshot," I breathed "is the one that did this to me" "but you told Clint that Loki did that" Bruce said laying me down "I said he did but he also didn't" I closed my eyes pinching the bridge of my nose "that makes no sense" Tony mumbled "Trickshot did this to me over the coarse of four years. Loki simply reopened and re-broke everything." I looked at Tony and Bruce seriously "just don't bring this up to Clint okay?" "Trickshot is a touchy subject," I mumbled.