Romanogers

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"Tasha and I will go in the tunnels after the guy," Steve shots as he and Tasha run towards the tunnels.

"We'll get the rest of them," Tony calls back. Steve and Tasha run after their main target, a warlord, who had escaped through the tunnels. The dust falling from above informs the pair that war between the US military and the warlord's men was still going on.

"If they keep firing those explosives, this place might collapse," Natasha says as they run.

"I know." They catch up to their target and Natasha shoots the man when he tries to shoot them. Unfortunately, they didn't see the dead man's switch in his hand until he dropped to the ground. They run quickly the way they had come but it was useless when they spotted where the charges were. Steve busts in a door to a service room and Natasha hurries in. A slab of rock comes Dow. And slams into the Captain's shoulder causing him to drop to the ground halfway into the service room. Natasha realizes she won't be able to free him until the explosion is done. So she takes his shield and throws herself on top of him to protect him. Once everything had settled, Natasha gets up and puts Steve's shield down.

"Steve? Steve?" Natasha cries worriedly. She muscles the slab of rock off his back followed by the slab on his feet. She flips him over as the rubble shifts above them. She pushes him toward the service room and slides in after him. She slams the door closed as the rocks settle in front of the door. She checks Steve's back and legs for damage. By the feel of his ribs and the groans she gets, he ribs are cracked at the very least. She eases him onto his back before propping him up against the wall, causing the soldier to groan. Natasha digs through some boxes and finds some sheets. She tears one into different strips before folding one in half. She manages to get Steve's upper uniform off and wraps the folded sheet around his torso. She uses the strips to bind his ribs before she wraps another folded sheet around him and cuts the ends so she could tie the sheet and quickly uses a strip of the sheet to make a bandage. She lays two sheets down and puts his shield at the head of the sheet. She eases Steve around and lays him down on the sheets with his head resting on the curving edge of his shield. She puts a hand on his face.

"Steve, Steve can you hear me?" She gets no response. She tries her radio but gets no response as well. She examines herself and finds that she has a bleeding me. She quickly binds the leg with another destroyed sheet. She searches the room for anything useful but doesn't find anything. Natasha looks for the air vent and finds it quite small, small enough she wouldn't be able to fit through it. A hissing sound catches her attention. She walks to the rear of the supply room to see a water pipe there with a pressure monitor. The pressure was rising and the hiss was a small hole in the pipe. If the pipe ruptured, they were screwed. She uses more strips of the cloth to slow the leaking. She notices that the pressure lowers, that means that whatever was causing the rise was gone hopefully that was a good thing for them. She walks back over to Steve and pulls the rest of the sheets from the box. She lies down next to Steve and wraps them both in the sheets. She glances at her watch, 5:30 in the morning.

A while later, a groan and Steve's chest rising higher alerts her to the fact the he's waking up. She sits up a bit and checks her watch to find the it had been a half hour. Steve's eyes flutter open and Natasha stares at his face.

"Hey, you with me?" Natasha questions.

"Tasha, what happened?" Steve asks.

"You got floored by rocks," she answers. "No radio communication and we're trapped in a storage room that is slowly flooding," Natasha continues. She points o the pipe and Steve has to squint to focus on it. "How do you feel Steve?"