Key: F/i/c = Favourite ice cream
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A strong force slams itself against my chest, winding me and knocking me backwards. I expect to hit the ground, but I never do, I go flying off the ledge of the broken bridge. I try to grab onto something or fly back up, but I'm in too much of a panic to concentrate.
"Y/n!" I can hear Steve call out, watching as he leaps over the edge, grabbing onto it and catching my hand just in time. I stare up at him in shock,
"Thanks..." I look at Steve and then down, we're still going up. My chest heaves as I'm out of breath. In a smooth motion, Steve counts to himself quietly before throwing me back up onto the bridge. I grunt as I land on all of the rubble that's still on the bridge. As I try to catch my breath, Steve pulls himself up, fighting off the bots, making sure I'm not hit by another one and thrown over the edge again.
"Alright, we're all clear here" Clint calls from the coms, letting us know that where he is, has been cleared of the freak show bots.
"We are not clear! We are very not clear!" I stand up, watching Cap throw his shield, knocking back a robot as he proceeds to jam his shield in its chest, drop-kicking the thing so it'd break apart.
"Alright, we're coming to you," Clint says again, letting us know he's on his way. I walk over to Steve, helping him out as I suspend a few bots in the air.
"That's new..." Steve, let out a huff, looking up at the robots as he picks his shield back up.
"Believe me. There's a lot of new things lately that you don't know about." I say, not making eye contact with Steve as I clash some robots together. I didn't give Steve the chance to say anything else as I noticed the familiar redhead. I smiled, instantly taking off towards her, and I think with Steve following behind me.
"Romanoff!" Steve called out from behind me, his signature shield flew past my head, sticking itself into a bots chest, giving Nat the chance to take it. As Steve and I get closer to Nat, a ringing starts playing in my ears, my knees suddenly weak as they wobble beneath me. I drop to the ground, hearing hoarse noises in my ears. Bringing my hands to my ears, I groan in pain as the noises begin getting to loud for my liking, this catches Steve's attention as he runs back and crouches beside me.
"Just go help Nat. I'll be okay." I wave him off, knowing that he can't be worrying about me this whole mission. He gives me a look that asks, 'Are you sure?' I give him a tight-lipped smile, watching as he hesitantly stands up, giving me another worrying look before running the rest of the way to Natasha.
I place my right hand on the hood of a car nearby, pulling myself up. My ears are still ringing, and I feel dizzy. I'm just hoping that I don't pass out in the middle of this all.
"Y/n, you need to sit down before you collapse again," I feel a hand being placed on my back as I hear Steve trying to convince me to sit this out,
"Cap's right, Moody, I don't think you have the strength to carry on like this." Nat continues after Steve,
"You don't get stronger by sitting down. You get stronger by sucking it up and pushing through. I am not sitting down." my tone is unfriendly. I wasn't asking, I was telling them both, that I'm gonna do this. That's why I became an Avenger, is it not? The two of them give me looks as I prop myself onto a car, with the help of Steve of course.
Getting a good look at my surroundings, I'm finally noticing how many people are actually around us. They're scared, terrified, in shock, mindlessly walking around and doing the best the can to avoid Ultron's children.
"We need to get these people inside. They aren't safe out here," I give myself a push off the car was leaning on, stumbling over to a lady who's holding a baby in her arms that's wrapped in a blue blanket. Approaching the lady, I can see mild cuts on her face and hands. She's holding the baby to her for dear life and it pulls at my heartstrings just seeing the fear on her face. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Steve and Nat, guiding other people in the building, one by one.
"Ma'am, do you mind if I-" I hold my arms out, asking if I can hold the baby. The woman is hesitant, she still looks to scared to do anything.
"I'm only here to help. I won't hurt him," I relaxed my whole body, not wanting to see tense. I watch as the lady believes the words I spoke as she slowly inches closer to me, handing me her baby. I bounce slightly, cooing at the baby as I use my index finger to tickle his chin.
"Do you know if the baby is hurt?" I look back up at the mom, who has a smile on her face as she admires her baby. She nods her head, no, not giving me a verbal answer. I assume non-verbal answers are the only ones I'm going to get so I'll take it.
"I see you're hurt. I can help with that," I try keeping a monotone, calming voice, not wanting to come off as threatening. The lady gives me a confused look, not knowing what I mean by, 'I can help with that.' Carefully, I hand her son back, then placed my hands on the sides of her face. This seemed to startle the woman, but she didn't move a muscle as my hands began glowing s/f/c. In the few seconds, it took, I felt the small pinches of pain I feel every time I heal someone and then as I know it, it's over in seconds.
The woman seemed confused about what I just did. I watch as she walked over to a building's window, that's still held together. She stared at herself for a moment before turning around to face me again, happiness spread across her face.
"Thank you. Thank you," she spoke with a thick accent as she looked on the verge of tears, it made me want to tear up. She quickly and carefully walked over to me, placing a kiss on my cheek before she walked over to the building everyone else was in.
"What was that? Not replacing Pietro, are you?" Nat walked over to me, a smirk on her lips. I looked at Steve, I can see him biting the insides of his cheeks,
"First of all, shut up. And second, I just healed her and I guess she appreciated it a lot." I pointed a finger at Nat, knowing that I was going to have to hear about the Pietro comment later from Steve. But I also shrugged my shoulders, because I never knew healing someone from small cuts and bruises was such a big deal.
"The next wave is going to hit any minute. What do you got Stark?" Steve spoke to Nat, Tony and me at the same time. I could tell his concern for our making it out of this was growing.
"Well, nothing great. Maybe a way to blow up the city. That'll keep it from impacting the surface if you guys can get clear."
"I asked for a solution, not an escape plan," Steve answers Tony's response, walking away from me and Nat. My eyes grew wide as my mind processed what Tony had said. Blow up the city? Getting clear? Sure I was worried about not making it out of this alive, but I never thought that we'd actually end up dying.
"Impact radiation is getting bigger every second. We're gonna have to make a choice." Tony sounded so upset with himself. I would be too if I had to tell my friends we were going to die,
"These people aren't going anywhere, Tony. I know for a damn fact you're smarter than this. Figure out a way. I'm begging you." I spoke back, my eyes welling up with tears as I try not letting my fear get the better of me. I walked up to Steve, holding his hand for comfort. I looked at the blue sky as we got higher and higher into the clouds, blocking out all the sound around me.
The ringing in my ears started playing again, but my body didn't feel weak. It's like someone's interfering with the coms.
"Glad you guys like the view. It's about to get better." I gritted my teeth as I heard the familiar voice speak in my ear. Nick god damn Fury. I watch with an intense stare as the Helicarrier comes into view from the clouds. My hair flips up into my face and a gust of wind blows against my neck. Turning my head to the side, I see Pietro standing next to me, his signature smirk on his lips. He's giving me a certain look that makes the heat rise to my face,
"Nice, right? Pulled her out of mothballs with a couple of old friends. She's dusty, but she'll do." Fury spoke again, this time with pride. It made my blood boil, but I couldn't help but be thankful that he got the nerve to come here and help out.
"Fury, you son of a bitch." I laugh slightly as Steve said this, I was about to make a joke but Fury beat me to it.
"Ooh! You kiss your mother with that mouth?" as Fury said this, the side of the Helicarrier's side opened up, allowing the Lifeboats to come out and fly towards us.
"This is Shield?" I look up at Pietro as he stares at the Lifeboats with amazement. He reminded me of a little child seeing their favourite hero for the first time, I couldn't help but smile.
"This is what Shield is supposed to be," I speak, continuing to look at Pietro with admiration as he looks down at me, a soft smile on his face before he turned back around, letting out a chuckle.
"This is not so bad." I continued to look at Pietro, but my attention is pulled away from him when I feel someone pull on my hand. I look down at my hand, which is still connected to Steve's and then look up at him with an angry look, which Steve was mimicking.
"Let's load them up!" Steve called the shot, letting go of my hand and running back to the building we had just directed the people to. I just roll my eyes, turning around and following after Steve to help out. Just as I'm about to walk off, I'm jerked to a stop by someone's hand in mine. I turn around with a quick motion, but I'm left in shock when I feel someone kiss my cheek and then a gust of wind blows my hair in my face, letting me know exactly who granted me the kiss on the cheek. Pietro. I bring my hand up to hold my cheek, instantly getting flustered. Just thinking about Pietro made me blush.