A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I have no freaking reason for waiting so long to be honest haha. Anyway, enjoy!
Everyone was sitting in the waiting room of the hospital three hours later, waiting for the doctor to come back with news of Maria's latest condition. Emily wasn't there since the doctors actually had to bring her to surgery to repair her jaw that was now broken.
"She's going to be fine." Gamora said, trying to comfort Steve as he sat with his head in his hands.
"Should someone call the girls and tell them the situation?" Bruce asked, sitting down beside Peter.
"Already did. They'll be here in a couple hours." Tony said as a young, male doctor came into the waiting room.
"How is she?" Natasha asked, looking at the doctor expectantly.
"Well, the MRI results have come back and she has a mild concussion and two broken ribs. She's also very frail right now. You told me she's been eating very little, correct?"
Everyone nodded.
"Well, as a result of all the stress that she has been under, it's taking a toll on her body. It isn't healthy and that's partly the reason why she lost consciousness. The stress was just too much for her."
"Any idea when she'll wake up?"
"It's hard to tell at this moment in time. Could wake up in a few hours or a few days. Or even as long as a few weeks. She's stable now, but she did cause some problems for the EMT's."
"What do you mean?"
"She woke up on the way here and tried to attack them. It was a brief period of psychosis which they ultimately had to sedate her."
"Well, can we see her?" Clint asked, and the doctor nodded and lead them down the hall where Maria was laying in a bed. She looked so weak. She had canula's up her nose and IV's in her hands and one arm was actually handcuffed to the bed. In the other bed, Emily slept soundly.
"Why...?" Drax started, trailing off and looking at the doctor.
"Just precaution. We don't know how she will react when she wakes up."
Steve sighed and pulled up a chair to sit by Maria's bedside, grabbing her hand in his. Seeing Steve about to cry reminded Peter of those times that Gamora was in the hospital and how desperate he had been for her to wake up.
"She'll be alright, my friend." Thor said, putting a comforting hand on Steve's shoulder.
"But what if she's not?"
"Maria's strong. She's resilient."
"I am Groot."
Natasha's phone rang, making her answer it.
"Yeah? Okay, we'll send someone right away." She said, hanging up the phone without waiting for a reply as she turned to the others, "That was Agent Somers. Nebula is waking up and he needs someone to interrogate her."
"I'll do it." Clint said, about to leave when Gamora stopped him.
"No, I will. She won't answer to you but she will most likely answer my questions."
She had a point.
Clint sighed, "Alright, I'll bring you back to the base." He said, nodding to the doorway for Gamora to go first as he gave everyone a curt nod and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Gamora walked into the interrogation room to see Nebula was thoroughly handcuffed to the table. According to Fury, the handcuffs were so strong that not even Thor would be able to break free of them.
"You nearly killed her," Gamora said, "Why?"
"I wouldn't have been able to get the necklace otherwise."
"Why do you want the Soul Gem so badly?" She asked, crossing her arms and leaning against the wall.
"I need it to get away from our father. You know that." Nebula said, leaning back in her seat.
"Yes, but because of that stunt of yours, there is an agent in critical condition and a traumatized child. Everyone is traumatized. You will be lucky if everyone recovers." She said, glaring at her sister.
"I do not know what you're talking about."
"You threatened an avenger. You threatened all of them. You killed several federal agents and several are in the hospital. On Earth, that is a very severe crime, more so than on Xandar and I'll be damned if my sister has to answer for her crimes on Terra," She answered, raising her voice, "Peter and I will bring you to Xandar first thing tomorrow and then you will answer for your crimes." She added, turning and leaving the room.
It was several hours later and Emily had finally come around and Maria seemed to be doing better than when she was originally brought to the hospital.
"Hey Steve, pass me Maria's phone." Emily said as she got out of the bed. Her speech was slurred since her jaw was basically wired shut. Steve passed the phone to Emily, who dialed a number as she started to get dressed in the pajamas from the night before.
"Who's she calling?" Rocket asked, looking at the teen.
"Jake."
"Who?"
"Maria's friend from the Marines." Steve said, watching as Emily paced around the hospital room.
"This is Sergeant Jacob Dawson."
"Hey Jake. It's Emily."
The man on the other line sounded a bit confused, "Emily?"
"Yeah. Sergeant Maria Hill's younger sister."
"Oh Emily! How ya doing?"
Emily sighed, "How fast can you get to the hospital?"
"About two seconds." The marine said, confusing Emily.
"What_" She started, only to be cut off by the rooms door opening and a man wearing a black t-shirt and camo pants in his early thirties entering. His dog tags were around his neck.
"How did you...?" She asked, trailing off.
"I'm on leave. I heard about what happened on the news. It's all over the place."
"Hey Jake. Nice to see you again," Steve said, shaking his hand, "How's Amara?"
"She left me. I came back from Iraq and all I found were divorce papers and a note that basically told me I wasn't the same person I was before the armed forces." He answered, sadly shrugging.
"Well tell Amara that she should go overseas and and hurt people then come back and be perfectly fine." A hoarse voice said from his right.
They all turned around to see Maria was wide awake.
A/N: Let me know what y'all think! Please review because they make me happy :)