Natasha

Natasha opened her eyes and the world was turning upside down. The noise was deafening and the force of it exhilarating. The floor came closer and then everything turned dark. She felt Steve over her, then she heard footsteps. Then a rifle cock.

Steve moved and the couch raised up and Steve quickly tackled whoever it was.

"Get my shield" Steve said as he and the other man fell into the hallway out of the apartment.

Natasha moved quickly and she ran towards his room and she grabbed his shield. She quickly went to her room and she grabbed her Widow's Bite and her two guns.

Steve felt a hand on his shoulder then a punch to the gut. Steve groaned and he shifted back and then a foot hit him in the chest. Steve flew back into the apartment and he landed on the bar in the kitchen.

The other man ran into the room, but he couldn't get to Steve. Bullets were fired at him and one grazed his hip. He slid to the couch and he looked at the bar and Steve was gone. He heard a loud clank then the shield came into view and bounced around the room then the wall in front of him then at him.

He put his hand up and he caught it. He turned it over and there were three small black circles on it. He stared at them then they turned on and they shocked him. He shook violently and he dropped the shield and he fell to the floor.

Steve ran forward and he grabbed the shield and he picked up the man with his free hand and he threw him into the TV.

"I thought you said that Bucky was fine" Natasha said

"Hydra, must have got to him" Steve said looking angry with himself

"Come on"

Steve followed Natasha out of the apartment and down the long dark hallway. They took the stairs, they preferred not to get stuck in an elevator with Bucky. They both walked out of the apartment building and they found a car.

Steve grabbed the door handle and he pulled. The door opened, they both climbed in and Steve hotwired it.

"Steve" Natasha said

Steve looked up and there he was, Bucky was walking toward them. His gun was raised.

"Get down!" Steve yelled as he grabbed Natasha and pushed her down out of the way of fire.

Bullets flew through the windshield and into the seats. The firing stopped and Steve put his foot on the gas and the car gunned forward. Steve put his head up and he went through a couple of bushes and then they were on the road.

"You ok?" Steve asked

Natasha nodded and she looked at Steve. He had both hands on the wheel, and he was shaking slightly.

"What about you?"

"I'm fine" Steve said making the car go faster

Then the car jerked forward and the looked back; Bucky was in a large truck behind them. Steve moved a gear and he gunned it again. The car was free from the truck's bumper. Steve dodged some other cars on the road.

"We need to get out of Austria" Steve said

"There is Tony's plane"

"Can you contact Jarvis?"

"I don't have any long waved comms"

"Then we'll just have to surprise him" Steve said and the car jerked again.

Bucky smashed into them and they hit the side of the highway. He let them go and then he went to hit them again. Steve hit the brakes and the car shot backwards and then the truck hit the side guard rail.

Bucky looked to his right and a car shot past him. He switched gears and the truck went faster.

Steve shook his head and he blinked once or twice. Natasha didn't notice, she was too busy looking for Bucky. Then the truck came up alongside them. Steve looked at the driver's seat. There wasn't anyone there.

"That's not good"

Then a metal hand grabbed the edge of Natasha's door. Natasha reacted by jumping into Steve's lap and the door flew away. Bucky came into view and she fired at him. A bullet hit his shoulder and he buckled back and he fell.

Steve looked in the rear view mirror, he didn't see Bucky. Steve shifted gears and the car jerked slightly and then gunned forward.

Steve could hear a loud clang from behind him. He looked and Bucky was climbing up the trunk and he got to the back windshield and he punched through it. Natasha moved back over to her seat and Steve grabbed one of her guns and he fired it at Bucky.

Natasha was shocked by the site.

Steve fired and he hit Bucky in the leg and then his metal arm's hand which released from the car and Bucky flew back off the car and landed on the road. Steve shifted gears and kept driving. He dropped the gun onto the dash board.

Natasha took it and she looked at him.

"Steve are you sure you're alright?"

Steve nodded and his eyes fluttered. The airport was in sight. There was just a building between them and Tony's plane on the runway. The car jerked forward and something hit them. Natasha got a quick glance and it was Bucky.

She rolled her eyes then she grabbed the dash board as the car went through the guard rail and flew through the air. They were headed straight for the building. Steve grabbed his shield and he grabbed Natasha. She looked at him as he kicked out the windshield and he pulled her out of the car like she was a box of feathers and he jumped up.

The car flew into the building as Steve and Natasha flew to the roof they hit the roof and they slid across it on his shield. They came to a stop and Natasha was lying on top of Steve. Natasha looked around and found no sight of Bucky. She moved her hand and then she felt something warm and wet.

Natasha looked at her hand and it was covered in blood. Her heart rate jumped and she looked down at Steve. He was barely keeping his eyes open. Natasha moved slightly and she looked at him. Four bullets had hit him in the left side of his body, one was in his gut, another in the shoulder, and three in the upper chest which were through and through.

Natasha got up and she grabbed Steve by the head and she looked at him.

"Steve?" she said and she lightly tapped his face

Steve opened his eyes slightly and then they began to close. Natasha smacked him in the face which woke him up. He shot up in pain and he looked around.

"I'm going to kill you after this" Natasha said

A gun fired and Steve put his shield up and he heard the metal ping. Bucky was running at them.

"Get the plane, I'll be right behind you" Steve said

Natasha stood there looking at him she couldn't move.

"Go!" Steve said running at Bucky

Natasha blinked and she ran toward the edge of the roof and she jumped off of it and he shot a grapple hook at the side and she swung down and she kept running toward the runway.

Bucky kicked Steve back, and he pulled out a knife. Steve ran at him and hit him with his knee cap. Bucky jerked backward at the hit then the knife sliced through Steve's arm. Steve pushed the pain from his mind and he kicked Bucky again when he was open to strike.

Bucky dropped the knife and he slid across the roof. He stood back up and they both stood apart from each other. Steve felt blood running down from his wounds and he shook his head getting the lightheadedness out.

Bucky took a step forward and Steve ran at him and he tackled him with the shield and Bucky flew off the building's roof and into the ground below. Steve turned toward the runway and he ran. He got to the edge of the building and he jumped off if and he bunched up and he landed on his shield.

He groaned as he stood up. He ran toward the white plane with the big black words on the side of it. Stark Industries.

Steve got to the stairs and he climbed up it and he pressed the button and the ramp retracted and the plane closed. Steve felt the plane begin to take off and then they were in the air. Steve dropped his shield and he tumbled forward and landed on the couch.

The rest was a blur, pain from his wounds, flashing lights and the sound of breathing. Then his vision blurred and the world sunk away and twisted. Then everything went dark.

Natasha

Natasha sat on the floor of the plane and her back was against the couch where Steve lay. Her hands were still covered in blood and there were bloody rags all over the floor. She felt a lump in her throat and she felt tears coming to her eyes.

She sniffed and she could see Steve lying on the roof with his eyes closing. She felt the tears fall down her cheeks. She wiped them away, she inhaled and she forcefully had to exhale to calm herself. Steve could have died tonight. She didn't realize how that made her feel till tonight.

When they were just partners, before all the Hydra and the most current events. Everything was simpler. Sure she cared about him then, but in a partner at work kind of way. She tried to keep it that way when they had to go on the run, but she let something happen.

She looked over at Steve, whose hand was hanging off the couch. She put her hand in hers and she felt a little better with his touch, a little less cold, less alone. He put her head back and she closed her eyes. She felt his hand tighten a bit, another tear fell down her cheek. She smiled at him and she closed her eyes and she let the warmth embrace of sleep come over her.

Clint

Clint was standing on the roof of Avenger's Tower and he could see hundreds of air ships coming towards the city.

"I just had to wonder, where do you think Cap and red have been?" Tony said walking up behind him. He paused at the sight and he frowned at it.

"Stark, do you think those are S.H.E.I.L.D ships?"

"I have no idea, get your bow Legolas" Tony said patting his shoulder and walking back towards the roof access door.

Clint squinted at the ships then a voice came into his ear.

"Barton?"

"Fury, what is it. Is this line secure?"

"No, it's an emergency, those ships you see in the sky"

"Yeah"

"They're Hydra"

"Shit" Clint said jogging back towards the door to get his bow.

"Barton, where is Rogers and Romanoff?"

"I don't know sir, they've been gone for days now"

"I guess we will have to do this without them"

"They'll show up, they'll be fashionably late"

"I hope you're right"

"What support can you give us?"

"None at the moment, S.H.E.I.L.D is still on bad terms with the world"

"Sir, S.H.E.I.L.D is dead. Honestly, the world doesn't care right now since New York is about to be hit again"

"I can be there in six hours"

"Make it five" Clint said as he grabbed his bow

"Point break, get your hammer" Tony said walking past in his armor with his face plate up.

"Fury, we are in for a long night" Clint said

"Oh Fury's on the line, can you tell him that we could really need…"

"Not now Stark" Clint and Fury both said

Clint walked past Bruce who was standing silently by the kitchen.

"Bruce, I think it would be a good time to get angry"

"When I'm not in our home" Bruce said silently

"Stark, do you have any close ups of the ships?"

"No, they're jamming everything. Sometimes a well-placed jammer does the trick"

"An arrow does the same, can you at least find the jammer?"

"Yeah, it is, hold on a sec… ah there you are beautiful. It's on a ship towards the far back"

"Well that's where I'm going" Clint said walking towards the roof

"Uh how exactly are you?" Tony asked

"I've got a ride"

"I was kind of hoping I was your ride"

"Of course you would, no I need you to try and get contact to then National Guard, and we need all the help we can get"

"Well, then I have to make a trip to DC"

"How long will that take?"

"Not long, be back in an hour" Tony said walking past Clint and onto the roof and his face plate closed and his eyes glowed white and he took off into the air and flew away.

"Thor, keep me posted on what the ships are doing" Clint said through his ear piece

"Uh…"

"Bruce you do it" Clint quickly said

Steve

The room was dark and his hand was still in Natasha's. He blinked and the blurriness went away. He shifted and he groaned slightly as his shoulder wound tugged. He was mostly healed. He sat up and Natasha was asleep below him.

Steve let go of her hand and he stood up and walked into the cockpit.

"Jarvis, destination?"

"United States sir"

"More pacific"

"Miss Romanoff just said the states"

"Ok, then more directions, DC"

"Of course sir"

"Time to get some help"

Steve turned back towards Natasha and she was awake now. She stood up and she looked at him. Steve could see that she was hurt.

"Nat, you ok?"

"Me, what about you?" she almost snapped

"I good, thanks to you"

"Steve you almost died, you flat lined twice"

Steve swallowed at the news, he frowned and he walked up to her and he put his arms around her. She did the same.

"But I didn't die"

"That's not the point"

"Nat, I'm ok. You don't have to worry about me"

"Of course I do. I spent five months trying to get away from you. Then I get sucked back in"

"Get away from me, what about the cover?"

"That was a small part of it" Natasha said leaving his arms

"Why were you trying to get away from me?"

Natasha looked at him and she shook her head and she paced a few times.

"Nat?" Steve asked

"I was trying to get away from you because… because I like you" she said almost second guessing herself

"So the cemetery all that was to get away from me?"

"Yes and no"

"Well explain please"

"No because I really did need a new cover and yes because you frightened me"

"When?"

"At Sam's"

"Nat" Steve said getting closer to her

"So there you go, the Black Widow got scared and tried to run away. It was a stupid thing to do"

"No" Steve said putting his arms around her

"Human. It was a human thing to do"

Natasha stared at him and she blinked.

"I just got over whelmed with everything that was going on"

"Natasha, its ok" Steve said smiling

"What?"

"It's ok"

"Shouldn't you be angry or something?"

"I understand" Steve said and he put his hand under her chin and lifted her head.

Her eyes met his and she had tears in them and his were warm and welcoming.

"It's just proof that you aren't cold, or heartless. You're human" Steve said smiling and he kissed her

Natasha put her arms around him and ran her hand through his hair. Steve pulled her in closer and their tongues danced and they both were lost in each other's presence.

They broke apart for air and Natasha looked at Steve in surprise. She put her hand on his face.

"How did I get you?"

"The question is, how did we get each other?"

Steve said softly and their foreheads touched and she closed her eyes and exhaled and accepted his warm embrace. Then she noticed that they were slowly spinning and their legs were shifting.

"Are we dancing?" she asked looking at him

"It seems we are" Steve said and he kissed her head and she put her head on his chest and hey wrapped each other in their embrace and they slowly shifted as if dancing to a slow piano song.

Steve smiled and he closed his eyes and he felt her warmth and smelled her scent, and he had no other place in the world he wanted to be.

Author's note: Hope you enjoyed the chapter, the fighting is about to start soon. Another battle in New York, bring everything into a circle. Many thanks for reading, Review.