Almost as soon as they'd left SHIELD they located Nazari stood waiting in an alley way.

"Well that was easy" Tony joked, "You ready big guy?"

"I'm ready"

Bruce hung back towards the entrance of the alleyway while Tony strolled forward towards Nazari. He stood at the back of the ally staring out at them. There was a fire lit in one of the dustbins beside him which gave off an eerie glow as the flames flickered. It was 4am and still quite dark out, so the fire offered some welcomed light.

"So it seems you found me in good time" Nazari snarled

"Well you're not exactly hiding.. Or if you are; you're not very good at it."

"I assume you're going to take me into SHIELD?" he asked with a snarl.

"I'd kind of like to kick your ass first"

"You would fight an unarmed man?"

"Paybacks a bitch"

"I should have anticipated your desire for revenge, however both Romanoff and Barton are alive are they not?"

"No thanks to you"

"I like you; I'll offer you a hint. I'd ring them and say your goodbyes, because they won't be for much longer"

Tony had had enough; he grabbed Nazari's wrist and threw him into the wall, breaking his nose with the force. One swift hit and Nazari collapsed to the floor.
Bruce suddenly appeared next to Tony, phone in hand;

"Tony, we gotta get to the tower, there's a problem"

"What do we do with him?" he kicked the unconscious man lay on the ground

"You go, I'll wait for SHIELD to come pick him up, and I'll meet you there"


The tower was in complete darkness when Hill and Coulson reached it. That was unusual, but when Jarvis didn't respond and they couldn't get past the first floor they knew something was drastically wrong. Tony's suit wasn't responding to their calls so they rang Bruce instead. The two men were now on their way back but in the mean time three members of the team could potentially be in a lot of trouble... Again.


Natasha was woken when the sharp sting of a slap stung her face. She felt groggy and weighed down, her difficulty focusing told her that she'd been drugged. At least she'd just been knocked out this time, she couldn't face going through what had happened yesterday again.

She opened her eyes slowly to see a familiar face watching her closely.

"Elena?"