"natasha ?... Hello ?"
"I-im on my way" natasha hang and grabs her stuff, quickly going to the airport. While in the her way to new york, she texted bobbi telling her what happened, once she finished sending the message, natasha couldn't sleep or put herself relaxed, the spy only was thinking in her husband life, in how she can't live without him, without his smile, who gives her the reason to wake every morning. She just, couldn't imagine that, his soft lips that make her fly and feel she could touch the clouds. His beautiful baby blue eyes, that every time she see them, made her get lost in them, like if they were the infinite ocean, natasha loved how steve treated her, with love, passion, with delicacy, like if she was a fragile glass. And of course she can't imagine her life without his body, cause when they had sex, he makes her feel her the most important women in the world, feeling like a child again, that she belongs to him in this world... That she was loved...
When natasha's plane arrived at the JFK airport, she quickly grab a cab and went directly to SHIELD'S hospital, and once she got there, natasha ran into the waiting area and saw her friends, they've had been there like 10 hours, sitting and waiting for more information on steve's status, as they drank coffee to stay awake, she also noticed empty cups of coffee on the floor or just popping out of a small trash can. She saw too that, they had their eyes red and dark circles under them "where is he ?" natasha asked while she walks in. The boys quickly lifted their heads to see her "what happened ?" she asks again, clint and thor stand up and tony walk forwards her
"a 'black masked man' shoot at him, while he was on a mission" tony said to her
"why he was shoot ? Sharon was supposed to get his back" she bites and puts her hands on her hips
"yeah but. I don't know, the things got wrong" clint says, lowering his head and rubs the back of his neck and all of them sigh in frustration. Couple minutes later passes, When natasha saw banner walking towards them, she yells "bruce !, ¿ can I see him ?!" the avengers gathered up and stood near the doctor
"certainly" bruce told natasha. She smiled and was about to walk away when bruce stops her by grabbing her arm "but I have something to say about steve" the doctor says in worried voice, natasha narrowed her brows and nods. Bruce sees his friends and says "the bullets that we extract from cap, were the same natasha's got shot time ago. But this time, they made sure they've got more poison on them" tony anger rise up at bruce's words, while clint was staring furiously at the floor. Thor had his palm in his jaw trying so hard to control his temperament as natasha tightly pressed her hands into a fist
"are you fucking serous ?!" clint yells
"brucie ?... Natasha's bullets had 15 percent of poison" tony said worryingly
"so friend Steven's have ?" thor walks forward bruce, invading his personal space
Bruce quickly stepped back, so the other guy couldn't show up, not right now when his friend need him, so he sighs "hundred percent. Steve's serum is fighting it, but it's to strong, it's like if the bullet was made for him. The poison is killing everything on his path, making damage to the brain and heart" natasha's heart shattered, not believing every word of bruce "He's on coma right now... banner lowered his head as the rest were still shocked by the news "the doctors and I, don't know when he's going to wake up, maybe, hopefully in months... I'm sorry natasha" he saw her, and sees that she holding up her tears while biting her lip
"please, can I see him ?" tasha says in a crackling voice, bruce nodded and told her the number of her husband recovery room was. Once she found the room, natasha grabbed the door knob and sigh heavily, when she entered the room, the first thing she saw, was steve laying down with a bunch of electronic equipment around him, heart monitors, blood warmer, an cannula nasal, trying to keep him alive, her eyes began to feel watery as she walked towards him. Natasha took the chair next to the bed and slowly sat down as she says in a low and crackle voice "hey... I'm back already" natasha grabs his hand and squeeze it lightly "I'm sorry, about not being with you. I've should've have been with you" hearing all the machines beeping loudly was torturing her "if you can hear me... I beg you... Be STRONG" natasha took his hand on her both hands and kiss it. The black widow was scared to lose her husband, he was the only thing that remind her to be alive, so she leaned closer to him and whispers while a tear slides over her face "you can't leave me... she caresses his cold cheek and says "I love you... Please ... Be STRONG"
5 months later...
For the next few months, steve was still on coma, and still not reacting. Natasha didn't want to go from his side any single of second and even slept on a uncomfortable chair next to cap's bed. The boys took turns to check out on the couple, also sometimes the girls check on them too
" ¡ I'm so fucking freak out !" natasha yelled at bruce while they he was checking how steve was going
Bruce understand how she must be feeling "natasha, you've have to be patient" the doctor said while he put at steve, nutrients through the venous catheter
"yeah but, it's already been five months... natasha looks at steve and stroke her fingers in his blonde locks ...and still he haven't wake up" she says while seeing his face was more thinner and his skin color was pale
A knock on the door interrupted "excuse me... they turned to see who was it. Brock Rumlow, the leader of S.T.R.I.K.E team, was entering captain america's room "agent romanoff, Mr. Pierce wants to see you" he told her as standing near the door
"tell him, I'm not available" natasha said coldly
"he said that, it's something about your husband" rumlow rises his brow at her. Natasha sighed and put her hands on her hip
"can you take care of him, while I'm out ?" she asked bruce
"sure, no problem" banner smiled and shrugged his shoulders
Natasha nodded at bruce and turned her glance toward steve and gives a kiss on his cheek. Rumlow and natasha walked to pierce's office, once they got there, natasha opened the door and said "do you wanna see me, sir ?" the secretary turned around and smiles at her
"yes I do, agent" pierce says while putting down his glass of whiskey
"what is it ? Cause my husband needs me and -
"we're going to disconnect the monitors, and the poison in his body -
"what ? Who's monitors ? What you're talking about ?!" natasha narrowed her eyebrows, pierce sighed and said
... Captain america's"
Natasha anger exploded, feeling like if there was a lava running through her veins " ¡ OVER MY FUCKING DEAD BODY !... she screamed at him while lifting her middle finger to the man " ¡ DID YOU UNDERSTAND ?!" the fear that pierce was feeling right now was terrible hugely
"Mrs. Romanoff, plea -
" ¡ you're not going to do that !" natasha starts walking away, but something that pierce says, makes her stop
"captain rogers is not showing any sign that if his going to wake up !" he yelled as natasha stop her steps "or is he ?" she closes her eyes, realizing that he was right, steve was no showing any sign - with his serum, he supposed to woke up in a week ! "is he ?!" pierce yelles again
Natasha slowly turns to see him and says "but he will. And it's matter of time he awakes"
"can't wait for that happen, sorry" pierce gets his glass and takes a sip
"well, we will take him to the avengers tower then" she crosses her arms around her chest while shrugging
"you can't" he say. Natasha give him a death glare
"whose telling me not to ?" she lifts her chin, challenging him
"agent romanoff, if you and your friends take him -
"what ?! What're you gonna do ?!" the spy continues her glare at him, making pierce speechless. She grins and turned herself, walking to the exit. But before she goes, natasha told him "I'm taking my husband. And he'll be standing in front of you in no time" she closes the door hard. Pierce sighed and drank all his glass of whiskey
"let's see if you can, bitch" he said. Pierce grabs his phone and dial a number, he waits a few seconds and the other line answers
"yes sir"
"deny any attempt to take captain america. But only you, otherwise, everyone will be suspicious" he say while serving himself another round of whiskey
"copy that"
" ¡ what the fuck !" tony screamed when natasha finishes telling about her talk with pierce. They were outside steve's room when she told them
" ¡ they will not do that to my brother Steven, while I am watching over him !" thor yelled
"who the fuck order that !" clint was sooo mad like the others were
Natasha rolls her eyes "Pierce... bruce inhaled and exhaled before he could turn into the hulk
"well, let's take him to the tower. We have intensive care unit and everything steve needs" banner says while managing his anger being controlled
"yeah come on, let's get going then" tony said and the rest nodded
They enters the cap's room, bruce and tony begin to connect him to a portable respiratory machine and a portable blood warmer, while clint and natasha bring a stretcher. Bruce told thor to lift steve and put him in the stretcher, while thor was laying his friend carefully on the stretcher, rumlow interrupt into the room "whoa !... brock yelled, the team saw towards him "hold on there, avengers... What're you doing ?" he says as crossing his arms
"this is not of your business, rumlow" clint bites and standing in front of steve
"yes it is, barton" rumlow says and sees all the avengers "I have orders and you can't take the captain from here"
"and what ? Watching him being disconnected ? Hell no !" tony said while finishing connecting the tubing into steve's body
Brock screws his eyes, he turn to see the redhead and approaches to grab her arm "agent romanoff -
" ¡ do not touch a hair of my friend natasha ! You puny human !" thor snaps his hand away from natasha and pushes him backwards as thor faces him really angry. Rumlow slowly looks up and gulped nervously
"look, brock, we don't want any problems, we are just taking cap to the tower... bruce said
"cause clearly, steve is 'hinder' here" tony glared at rumlow
Brock stepped back from thor and chuckles "pfff ! Cap ?! Hindering here ?! Please stark don't be ridiculous"
"let me ask you a question" the genius told him "why Pierce wants to disconnect cap's monitors ? Hmm ?" the avengers turned to see rumlow, as the agent frowned furiously
"I don't know" brock said casually lifting his chin at the avengers
"of course you know" clint narrow his brows tightly, rumlow sees barton and says
"even if I knew, it's not of your business, avengers. So I won't repeat again... he puts his hand on a tranquilizer dart gun, the avengers sees where his hand go "you won't take captain america"
The avengers chuckled, ¿ really ?, was an agent trying to stop, THE AVENGERS ? I mean, really ? Pff !, that's hilarious. Natasha turned to see all her friends and smiles at them while saying to the boys "watch me" the guys nodded, rumlow rolls his eyes and grabs his gun, but he didn't thought she was more faster than him, because when he was grabbing his gun, black widow already punched his face, and making him feel dizzy. Natahsa quickly stoles rumlow's gun and shot a dart at his neck and brock falls to the floor, sleeping like a little kid. The boys cheered at natasha's wonderful attack
" ¡ nice move, red !" tony says while thor and clint give her 'have five'
"come on, before he wakes up" bruce said as he pushes steve's stretcher outside the room
When they took steve to the tower, secretary Alexander Pierce didn't attempt towards the avengers because it was too risky. But, ¿ why he wanted to disconnected steve from the monitors ? ¿ and, how he knew about the bullet was poisoned ?. That was the same question all the avengers and friends were asking themselves. Anyways, now few days passed and cap still doesn't wakes up, and that worried and frustrates natasha. Every day she went to medical floor, were steve was recovering, she still found him 'sleeping', and seeing that his body was every day strangely getting smaller and less built, natasha wanted to cry of desperation on not seeing him wake up and watching slowly, how the poison was absorbing steve's super serum
"please, steve, it's been a long time, this isn't normal" natasha caress his cold cheek and sitting next to his bed "wake up baby" she bites her bottom lip from not crying "I need you... her tears falls and put her forehead on his chest, crying more in him
Couple minutes passed and natasha tranquilizers herself, she was watching blankly at steve's lifeless face. Suddenly a knock on the door brings her attention "nat ? Sorry for interrupt, but, I have wonderful news" bruce enters the room with a bright smile "I hope you don't mind but I told the boys too -
"okay okay, what's the great news !" tony enters behind banner
"SHHH !" natasha says, as the rest enters too
"I have an antidote for steve !" bruce said excited. The faces of the others light up when bruce told them that
"really ?!" natasha said happily, almost with tears of joy on her eyes
Banner nodded rapidly "yeah...
"well ! What's holding you up, friend bruce !?" thor booms
"okay... bruce goes next to steve and puts the antidote in his venous cathete. They rest saw how bruce put steve the antidote carefully, and once banner finished, he sigh and said "kay, now let's see how his body react to it" they nodded and all of them turned to see steve
"what worries me more is that, the poison is making him skinny again" clint says
Bruce lowers his head "yeah, and if he continues like this - I mean, without super serum in his body, and returns to his old sick body... His body wouldn't resist the poison and... the doctor lifted his head and closes his eyes "... Die ... the avengers were suffering seeing their leader, dying, and they couldn't do nothing to help him, they we're useless
"but, that won't happen, cus steve is more stronger and he never gives up" tony try to cheer up his friends "right avengers ?" the rest smiled lazily and leave the room, one by one as the hours passed, except natasha who always slept on her plastic chair next to steve's bed...
- Romanogers -
The days passes and passes and steve still don't show any improvement in his body or health. Bruce even had to put him a CPAP face mask, because last night he was struggling very herd to breathe, that he almost died, but luckily natasha heard the beeps on the monitor were louder and quick, so she ran and went to get bruce. Also he was losing more and more faster height and weight in a very dangerously way. And that made natasha couldn't sleep and find peace any second, worrying extremely about her husband 'you're stonger than this, steve. You never ever give up !' she said to him on her mind, but mostly toward herself, watching her stevie dying slowly, it was horrifying
" ¡ you can't do anything else ?!" natasha yelled at bruce as they go outside of steve's room
"sorry natasha, but I'm making my best to help him" bruce said while breathing fast
Natasha quickly rubs his arm, trying to calm him down, before the hulk could show up "I-i'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you" she apologized to him, he didn't had the fault. He was doing whatever was in his hands to save her husband and she was paying him with yelling and frustrating him more
"nah, it's ok" Bruce breathe slower and calms himself. He turned to see natasha and says "just be patient... banner shook her shoulders "and have faith" he smiled and her, natasha sees him and gave him a warm smile too
"with captain america not waking up... The avengers staggered a little" a traitor said. Alexander Pierce told his friend
"so, you mean... the man turns to see him and smiles
Pierce nods while smiling brightly "their debility is... the secretary chuckled and continues"The dear, captain america" pierce finish and the other man loudly laughs evilly at the news
"put our plans in action" the mysterious man told pierce and he nodded as going out of the man's office, the man smiled devilishly "I want to see the avengers destroyed ! ...