Hey Ya'll! So I was going to upload this yesterday, but it was literally the worst Friday the 13th ever. A friend of mine cut herself, another was in a (Minor) car accident, and, well, believe it or not, a guy who runs in the same crowd as mine died. I didn't know him well, but the last time I saw him he was very sweet to me. He dated a very good friend of mine on and off again for close to ten years. Another friend broke up with his girlfriend, my sister's barn had a water line break and her big barn was completely flooded... It's just, it's been insane. So, I decided to wait until the 14th to finish writing this chapter and upload it. I hope you guys enjoy it.
Also, if you haven't already, please check out my Avengers one-shot featuring our own Son of Coul Mr. Agent Phil Coulson! Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers, Marvel does. I'm still a little bit shell shocked.
About an hour and a half after Amanda had come downstairs there was a knock on the door. "Did you invite someone else over?" I asked Dallas who shook his head. I looked at Pepper and she shrugged so I got up and went to the front door. Happy Hogan rushed into the apartment the moment I opened the door and shut the door behind me. "Happy, what's going on?" I asked.
"Get your coat, you need to come with me. Is Pepper here?" he asked as he opened the hall closet and pulled a coat off of a hanger. He helped me into it, and noticed I was barefoot. "Get your shoes. Pepper!"
"Happy?" she asked as she walked in from the patio. "What's going on?"
"There's been an accident." he informed us. "Tony and Bruce are in the hospital."
"Oh my god." I said covering my mouth with shock.
"What happened?" Pepper asked in shock as Happy picked up her coat from the couch and helped her into it.
"You know how he gets, likes to outrun me, lose me..." he said and Pepper nodded. "He lost me, when I caught up to him, he had lost control of the car, hit a fire hydrant, and someone ran into him." Happy said.
"Oh god I feel sick." Pepper said covering her mouth.
"Are they okay?" I asked, touching Happy's arm.
"I don't know Minnie, as soon as the ambulance went to the hospital, I came here." he said as I held onto his arm, I slipped into my shoes and ran a hand over my face.
"Don't worry; we'll stay here with the girls." Felipe said and I nodded.
"Okay." I said before I walked over to Amanda who had tears rolling down her face. "Don't worry honey, he'll be fine." I kissed her forehead. I nodded and she nodded before wrapping her arms around Felipe. Dallas nodded to me and I grabbed my purse before I followed Pepper and Happy to the elevator. We went downstairs, to the car and he let us get into the back.
By the time we got to Bellevue there was a bunch of reporters outside. Happy held the door to the car open for us and we ducked our heads, Happy put his hands on either of our shoulders and led us inside, ignoring the questions from the press. We were brought to a waiting room, where we were told to... Well, wait. As we sat there waiting Happy went and got us each a cup of coffee from a vending machine. Pepper went to ask someone how long it would take, and Happy sat down next to me. I rested my head on his shoulder and looked up at him.
"Did you see him Happy?" I asked and he looked down at me and then nodded.
"He's okay, nothing happened." he said and I stared at him.
"No other guy, nothing?" I asked.
"No, no nothing like that." he said and I frowned as I rested my head back on his shoulder.
An hour later I woke up to Happy lightly shaking my knee. "Hm?" I asked looking up.
"We can go see them now." Pepper said and I stood up, walking with her and Happy to the room Bruce and Tony were in. Tony was asleep- or unconscious, either one and had an IV of drugs running into his arm, Bruce was laying on the opposite hospital bed, a doctor was there flashing a light in front of his eyes.
"I'm fine." he was insisting.
"Bruce." I sighed as Pepper ran to Tony's side. Bruce looked over to me and I walked over to him quickly. He held his arm out, sitting up more and I sat down on the side of his bed. "Honey, what happened? Are you okay?" I asked as I cupped his face, looking him over.
"I'm okay." he said with a small nod. "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?" I looked over at Tony, Pepper was holding his hand and talking to him softly.
"Excuse me Miss-"
"No, no, Dr. Roberts, she's my wife." Bruce said to the doctor. She sighed and nodded before looking at me.
"Mrs. Banner, I'm afraid I'm going to have to finish my examination." she said and I looked at her.
"Of course, I'm sorry." I said and she nodded. I moved to the chair next to his bed, but continued to hold his hand tightly. He laced our fingers together and lifted my hand up so he could kiss my knuckles. She watched us, and then cleared her throat before she capped her pen.
"Mr. Banner you can go in the morning." she said and then nodded to me. I got up and jumped onto his bed.
"You have got so much explaining to do." I hissed to him. He looked up at me and gave me a small smile. I groaned and then leaned in and kissed him. "You scared me." I said and he touched my hand, his other hand cupped my face and led me back to him, pulling me into another gentle kiss.
"I'm sorry." he said gently as I rested my forehead against his. Tears were rolling down my face at that point. "It's okay." he said softly, brushing my tears away with his thumb. "I'm okay."
"I know you are." I said as I hit his arm.
"Ow, okay, I deserved that." he said and grabbed my hand, stopping me from hitting him again. "Who's with the girls?" he asked.
"Dallas and Felipe, who do you think?" I asked, pulling my hand away.
"Are you… Drunk?"
"Yes!" I said and he laughed, before scooting to the side of the bed, letting me lay down with him. "What did you do to him?" I whispered.
"Nothing he didn't ask me to do." he whispered back, wrapping his arm around me.
"What does that mean?"
"It means, when HAMMER catches up to him, they're going to have a shit fit." he said softly. He kissed my forehead and I looked at him before he looked to Happy. "Happy, take her home." he said and I looked back at him.
"Bruce I-"
"Go home honey." he said softly. "I love you; I'll see you in the morning." Happy helped me off of the bed, and I looked at Bruce, feeling slightly shocked.
"Bruce, I can't go home, not if Hammer is looking for you two-"
"Worry not, Small one. Your husband shall not be harmed." I turned around and smiled seeing Thor and Steve Rogers.
"Hey guys." Bruce said softly.
"Dr. Banner," Steve said walking in. "Natasha and Clint are going over the building with a fine tooth comb." he looked down at me. "You okay?"
"No." I sighed. I looked at Bruce and walked over to him, and kissed him one more time. "I love you." I said and he smiled toughing my hand.
"I love you too." he said gently. "I'll see you in the morning." I smiled and nodded before I stepped back towards Happy who was leading Pepper out of the room too.
"Stay over tonight." I said to Pepper who nodded. "Keep an eye on them guys." I said to Thor and Steve.
"Don't worry Minnie. It'll take a lot to get through us." Steve promised with a smile. I smiled at them and then nodded before I let Happy take me and Pepper home. By the time we got out of the hospital the sun was raising, and when we got home Dallas and Felipe were passed out on the couch. I woke them up and told them everything before Pepper and I went upstairs and passed out on my bed.
"Tony, you're sure this is the only way?" Bruce asked and Tony nodded.
"The drug, when injected to the arm will take about twenty minutes to work." Selvig said. "If you want the alibi to work, you need to inject him right before he gets in the car."
"Okay, I got it." Bruce said softly. He took the needle from Dr. Selvig and looked at Tony.
"Let's go." he said and started to walk away. "Oh, and uh, Doc," he looked at Erik. "If this turns out wrong, seal this room. If I don't remember more then what I want to not remember, I don't want to remember any of this, anything could spark my memory of why I'm doing this, and I'll have wrecked a perfectly good car for nothing." he said, before shaking Erik's hand. Erik nodded to Tony and then to Bruce before Bruce followed Tony to the underground garage.
"We're going to be brought to a hospital, so we can't give this to you anywhere they would check." Bruce said as he started to prepare the injection. "Take your shoe off."
"Excuse me?" Tony asked with a frown.
"In Europe a lot of junkies inject themselves between the toes, that way no one sees their track marks." Bruce explained. "The hospital won't check there."
"Are there any other odd places they like to shoot up from?"
"Yeah, under the tongue." Bruce said as he flicked the tip of the needle, getting out any air bubbles.
"Eugh, okay, foot it is." Tony grumbled. Tony put his foot up on the top of the car and Bruce walked over, Tony squirmed as Bruce prepared the area with an alcohol wipe and Bruce shot him a look.
"You're worse than Minnie when I gave her a tetanus shot." he said and Tony raised his eyebrow.
"You gave her a tetanus shot in the foot?"
"No, I gave her a tetanus shot in the ass." he said making Tony look up in surprise. Bruce took that as the perfect time to quickly stick the needle into Tony's foot making him groan lightly. "There it's over. Now stop picturing my wife's ass."
"You don't play fair you know that?" he asked and Bruce nodded. Tony pulled his sock and shoe back on and tied it while Bruce threw away the needle. "Look, uh, Bruce, if you don't want to come with me, I understand. I mean, a guy like you, getting into a car for what you know is going to be a very bumpy ride."
"A guy like me?" Bruce asked and Tony nodded.
"Yeah. A family man." he said and Bruce chuckled.
"No, we're going to need two of us if this is going to work." he said before the door opened and Happy walked in.
"Ready?" he asked and the two scientists looked at each other.
"Waiting on you." Tony said before he hopped into a car and looked at Bruce. "Come on, jump the door. You know you want to." he smiled at Bruce who rolled his eyes, but awkwardly hopped over the car door and settled into the seat. He pulled on his seatbelt as Tony revved the engine and then squealed out of the driveway.
"Tony, you will crash." Bruce said as they sped down the streets, Happy speeding to catch up with them. "It'll probably be best for both of us, considering you decided to drive a convertible, if you don't flip the car at this speed. Or... At all. Preferably."
"You're the one who got into the car." Tony said as he took a sharp turn down a street, and then an instant left, trying to lose Happy. He didn't need to see it happen; he just needed to be there to call 911. They were almost to Stark Tower when Tony's driving got a little worse.
"Tony..." Bruce said hesitantly as his friend shifted.
"Hey, trust me." Tony smiled, though Bruce could see his friend struggling to stay conscious. "We lose him?" Bruce looked behind them after a sharp turn, and nodded.
"Yeah. We lost him."
"Huh, good." Tony nodded, his eyes fluttering slightly. He looked at Bruce, and then at the fire hydrant on the next block. "That look good to you?" he asked and Bruce nodded.
"Looks good." he said, swallowing. Tony jerked the car to the left, squealing the tires slightly, making it look like he lost control of the car, before heading right at the fire hydrant.
"Hey Bruce," Tony said and Bruce looked at him. "Thanks for getting into the car." Tony gave him a small smile and Bruce returned the smile before the front of the car impacted with the fire hydrant hardly. Tony had slowed down some, but a head on collision is a head on collision. The air bags deployed, and there was the feeling of another crash, from the side, someone must have hit them.
Bruce groaned, there was a ringing in his ears; he looked at Tony who was slumped over the steering wheel. He quickly took his pulse, he was alive, the drug had kicked in. Bruce moved his hand slowly to the buckle. He unbuckled his seat and groaned softly. It was a good thing he had taken a stronger than usual hit from the EpiPen tonight, because his heart was beating like crazy.
He could feel the other guy in the back of his head, just aching to come out and crush the fire hydrant, the car, possibly the other car, and most of the street for starters. He opened his eyes when he was sure he was keeping the other guy under control and saw a young blonde girl looking at him, she looked to be around Amanda's age, maybe a few years older.
"Sir, try not to move." she said to him as he started to get up. "You might have a back or neck injury, you should wait for the ambulance to get here." she said before her eyes flickered to Tony. "Shit, Lana, get the first aid kit!" she ordered. Her voice sounded high pitched and there was a ringing in Bruce's ears. If this wasn't him being a friend, he didn't know what was. The girl was checking on Tony's condition, his hand shot out, and he stopped her from touching him.
"He hit his head." Bruce groaned. "Don't touch him."
"I- I'm training to be a nurse." she said looking at Bruce with wide eyes.
"Hey little girl," Happy was there, Bruce knew that voice. "Step away from the accident." Bruce got out of the car, and steadied himself against the car, before he took a few steps and moved around the car to where Tony's door was open. Another car had rear ended them. Bruce realized as he knelt down that it seemed to be raining.
The Fire Hydrant, he realized. He imagined Tony saying next time they'd aim for a lamp pole, and he almost smiled before he heard the girl arguing. "I'm training to be a nurse, I can help him!"
"Just because you'd like to up your career by being the first on scene nurse to help Tony Stark after a car accident doesn't mean I'm going to not do my job." Happy said as Bruce knelt down in front of Tony. He checked his head for any signs of cuts or bruises, Bruce had to wipe what felt like water from his face as he checked Tony, a glimpse at the back of his hand told him it was blood running over his eye. He had a head injury, great, those bled the worst. He took a package of gauze from the girl's first aid kit and held it to his head, his head ached when he heard the sirens, the paramedics got out and went to Tony instantly, a second bus was called and they tried to load him on, but he refused to move until he saw Tony taken safely to the first ambulance.
He could feel the other guy, he wasn't trying to get out though, he seemed... Well if Bruce was honest, he seemed worried about Tony. He knew the other guy had taken a liking to Minnie, it was the reason he never attacked her when he was upset, but to realize the other guy was concerned about Tony, that honestly surprised him.
'I guess it's true what they say. You never really know yourself.' Banner thought, and then another thought came to him, one the other guy shared. 'Minnie is going to kill me when she finds out about this...' he smiled lightly and lay back on the stretcher. 'She can only kill you if you're alive Banner.' he reminded himself, Minnie's reaction and how Tony would be when he woke up were still weighing heavily on his mind.
Mark Ruffalo is so cute. After all of the craziness of today I watched 13 Going on 30, and it made me feel a little better. I love him in that movie. I mean, I love him in everything, but he's just so darn cute in that.
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