《Natasha x Y/N》Chapter 10
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Y/N's POV
JARVIS called out over the speakers, "Steve Rogers would like you all to assemble in the meeting room promptly." I groaned and rolled over nearly falling out of bed.
"You need to get up you know." A familiar voice said from my bathroom door. I looked up and saw the red head stood there. "I took a shower, hope you don't mind." She said smirking, knowing I didn't.
I gasped in fake disbelief. "How dare you Romanoff." I teased. She grinned and walked over to me, she looked leant down as though she was going to give me a kiss but pulled the duvet covers off of me instead. "Natasha!" I yelled as the freezing air hit my skin.
"Come on baby, Steve won't be pleased if we are late." She told me gently. I sighed and got up off the bed, scowling a little at the cold. I pulled out a casual outfit. A pair of grey joggers, a black t-shirt and a jumper. I threw my hair into a messy bun, applied a little lip gloss and waited for Nat who was just braiding her hair. "Done." She said standing up and taking my hand as we walked over to the meeting room.
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Y/N"s POV
The others were already seated so we took our places next to each other and listened to Steve who was at the front of the table with Tony and Bruce.
"We have a mission. We need to take out a hydra base but they have a biological weapon stored there, they are planning to transfer it into a person and we need to intercept before they do." Steve told us.
"We will arrive on the quinjet and attack in strike teams. We will need the whole team so Dr. Cho has been asked to set up in Banners lab incase of any injuries." Tony said.
"What's the plan then?" Nat asked.
"Glad you asked Romanoff, I hadn't thought of one." Tony said sarcastically before turning to the projected screen behind him. Nat rolled her eyes."This is the base." He said pulling up an image. We will need Pietro and Clint on the left. Pietro will grab any nearby civilians and take them a safe distance away. Clint will shoot out the scouts and military gun posts. Next on the right we will need Wanda and Y/N. Wanda will attack any of the Hydra agents, using her powers to gather information if we need it, and Y/N will use her powers to fight but also to teleport anybody who is in danger away." Tony said, clicking onto the next slide.
"Then Cap and Thor will take the middle where most of the hydra agents are. They will do the hammer and shield thing knocking them out. I will be going above to take out any drones and once I am done I will join Romanoff inside. Romanoff will hack into their systems and take them down in the inside whilst making a copy for me and Bruce to study. We will then go and get the biological weapon, storing it into a compartment in the iron man suit that I had built especially for this mission. Bruce will hold back incase of a code green. If there is no need for the big guy then Bruce will act as our medic until we get to the lab. Any questions?" Tony looked at us.
"What about Sam and Rhodey or Bucky ?" I asked.
"Sam is injured and Rhodey is tied down elsewhere, as for Bucky we felt it best he didn't go on a hydra mission just yet, he is still having nightmares from last time." Steve told me.
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"Okay so when do we leave?" Wanda asked.
"10 minutes. Everybody suit and meet on the jet, no time to spare." Steve ordered.
We all filed out of the meeting room and went to get changed. I grabbed my suit and put it on, making sure my guns were attached to the holsters. Nat walked in wearing her suit and walked up to me.
"If you get killed I will kill you." She said seriously.
"I'm not sure that is how it works." I joked.
She didn't laugh. "I am being serious, you can get way in over you're head sometimes. Stick to the plan and you will be fine." She said cupping my face with her hands.
"What about you? You're going inside the actual base." I pointed out.
"Yeah, but I am the black widow. Nobody who gets on the wrong side of me makes it out alive." She reminded me.
I gulped. "I will remember that next time we have an argument."
"Not you silly." She said kissing my forehead. "Now let's go." She took my hand and we walked out to the quintet where we waited for Clint.
"Got enough arrows bird boy?" I smirked, remembering when he ran out one time.
"You're never going to let me live that down are you?" I said, laughing slightly.
"Nope." I said smiling innocently.
"I have plenty of arrows now let's go." He sighed.
We all walked on to the jet where Steve took the pilots seat with Tony next to him. Me and Wanda shared a glance. We made a bet for when they were going to get together. I said that Tony would be too proud to admit it officially but would do coupley things with Steve. Whilst Wanda said that they would just walk in the main room one day holding hands.
I took my seat in between Nat and Wanda. Clint sat on the other side of Nat and Pietro sat on the other side of Wanda. Thor stood near Steve, going over some details of the plan whilst Bruce set up his equipment. It was going to be a three hour flight so we all relaxed and I fell asleep, head on Nat's lap and legs stretched out across Wanda and Pietro.
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Y/N's POV
I woke up to Nat running her hand through my hair as she whispered, "Baby, wake up now." I opened my eyes and quickly shut them due to the bright light of the quinjet. I opened my eyes more slowly and saw that I was lead across the twins and Nat.
"Sorry." I said sitting up properly.
"That is okay Printessa." Pietro said kindly.
"Don't worry about it Y/N, you clearly needed the rest." Wanda said smiling.
"I thought I should wake you up so you had time to get ready before we landed." Nat said rubbing my back for me.
I nodded. "How long til we arrive?"
"10 minutes, lady Y/L/N" Thor told me as he took a seat on the other side of the Jet.
We all sat and talked about upcoming missions and what we wanted for dinner. I voted for pie. Nat wanted pizza. Wanda wanted a nice carbonara pasta, Clint agreed with Nat whilst Pietro and Thor agreed with me and Tony wanted a sandwich, Steve agreed with Tony making me and Wanda smile. "I guess you have been out voted." Bruce said as he agreed with wanting pie. We all chuckled and agreed to have pie tonight and pizza tomorrow before taking another vote after that. Tony turned autopilot on for the landing so we could all get up ready for the upcoming fight. "Everybody clear on the mission?" Steve double checked. We all nodded in agreement and stood up.
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The jet landed and Pietro sped off to the left, leaving Clint to catch up. Steve and Thor rushed to the middle and began attacking the hydra guards. I kissed Nat and told her not to get hurt before running to the right with Wanda close behind. Banner stayed back whilst Tony shot the drones with his suit, covering Nat as she made her way inside the building.
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Y/N's POV
I started blasting agents with my Mamba bite, using the poison to paralyse the agents. This was more affective as we could take more in for questioning without them taking a cyanide pill. Wanda used her powers to create a shield in front of us as we advanced. After all the hydra agents lay on the floor either dead or paralysed Wanda dropped the shield, tired from holding it up for so long. "There." I pointed at a cave which I noticed had a turret pointing out of it, disguised as a sapling. I used my mind manipulation to make the soldiers walk out of the cave in an un-orderly mess. I hadn't practiced this power as much and and so as soon as they came out Wanda took one of my guns and shot them. We couldn't be sure I had got them all though so I teleported inside, Wanda holding onto my arm as she cast another shield around us. The base was empty but there were some interesting looking test tubes filled with liquids I thought Bruce would like to study. "How many of these can we take?" I asked the Sokovian.
"I don't think we should be messing with those." She said warningly.
"It'll be fine. Besides we need to know what we are up against." I argued. She nodded and picked up a rack of the tubes.
"Maybe we can carry 4 racks each?" She suggested. Each rack held 5 test tubes which I figured was more than enough. We both grabbed 4 racks.I got one red, one green, one blue, one white and one purple. Wanda grabbed a yellow one, an orange one, a black one, a grey one and a pink one. She held onto me as I teleported us back to the jet. Bruce looked at us in surprise. "Found these, thought they might be useful." I said setting them down on a nearby bench.
"I'll have a look but shouldn't you be-" I stopped listening and I heard Cap yell for help over coms.
"I'll be right there." I told him. I nodded to Wanda before teleporting to Rogers and grabbing his arm. We landed in a clearing 250meters from where he was. "What happened?" I asked.
"We need a code green." He said, knowing Bruce would hear him as the coms were linked into the jets speakers. I looked at him surprised. "There is a military grade bunker down there, armed to the teeth. I'm good but I am not stupid. I know when I am beat." He said.
I nodded and teleported to Clint. "We gotta get out of here, Hulk is arriving." I said grabbing his arm and teleporting him over to Steve. "Thor will be okay and Tony and Nat are already inside. Wanda is at the jet and Pietro is over there." Steve gave Banner the all clear and heard a yelling as the hulk ran at the bunker, destroying millions of dollars in the space of a few seconds. The men inside that survived tried running out, only to be stopped by my mama bite and Clint's arrows. Steve threw his shield, knocking out 6 men who tried to rush us. "Thanks." I said.
"No problem now where are Tony and Nat?" He looked around.
"Not sure." I murmured. I used my mind manipulation powers to speak to Nat. "Babe, where are you?" I spoke quietly into her brain so she wouldn't be too shocked.
"What the fuck y/n!? What the hell are you doing, get out of my head!" She whisper yelled back.
"Sorry babe, but you need to get back soon." I winced, knowing she wouldn't be pleased I kept the ability from her.
"I need 3 minutes." She spoke back into my mind.
"See you then." I said before cutting off our link. I turned to Steve. "They need 3 more minutes."
"How do you know that?" He asked.
"No time for questions, let's go!" I said, running off so he couldn't quiz me more.
We fought off a new wave of hydra agents and Steve threw a motorbike into a group of three soldiers, killing them instantly. Wanda used her powers to stop bullets from hitting us and Pietro sped around stabbing hydra agents with a pocket knife, making them drop to the floor. Thor summoned lightening with Mjolnir and super charged Tony's suit, who then blasted a tank. Clint stopped firing as he saw Nat rush out. We all ran to the jet where Banner was buttoning up his purple shirt, after he turned from Hulk to Bruce.
"Any body hit?" Steve asked as we filed in. We shook our heads no but I saw Pietro bleeding.
"Pietro, what is that?" I said pointing to his arm, which was riddled with bullet holes.
"Oh." He looked down in surprised at the 6 holes in his arm.
"What do you mean 'Oh'? You have 6 bullets in your arm!" I shouted. Wanda pushed past me and looked her twin in the eyes, using her powers to take away the pain. Thor and Steve lifted him onto Bruce's table whilst Tony called ahead to make sure Dr.Cho had the lab ready.
"JARVIS, put us into overdrive." Tony said to the AI, once he was done.
"Putting the quintet into overdrive may hinder the ships shields, guns and emergency landing protocols, do you still wish to proceed?" Jarvis asked.
"Yes, do it now." Tony told it.
"I suggest everybody holds onto something." Jarvis said as it put the ship into overdrive. Everybody slammed back in their seats. Pietro nearly slid off of the table but Wand ahead him in place with her powers, until Bruce was steady enough. Bruce attached a drip to Pietro's arm supplying him with an anasthetic and knocked him out with an injection. I turned to Nat making sure she was alright. "You okay?" I asked her, searching for any injuries.
"I'm fine, are you?" She replied.
"Yeah, yeah I think so. A little exhausted from using my abilities but otherwise okay." I said nodding my head.
"Yeah, you are in trouble." She told me seriously.
"What for?" I asked surprised.
"You spoke into my brain, how can you even do that?!" She whispered, so the others won't hear.
"I don't know, I have always been able to do it, even when I was little." I told her nervously.
"I thought all your powers came from hydra?" She asked.
"Not exactly." I said quietly. Before she could ask what I meant I got up and sat next to Wanda, pulling her into a tight hug as she looked at her brother. "He will be okay." I told her, kissing her forehead and holding her close. I could feel a pair of eyes glaring at me from behind. Great now I had made Nat jealous as well as mad. I ignored it, knowing Wanda needed me more right now and I could talk to Nat later.
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We arrived at the compound 30 minutes later and Dr. Cho rolled a gurney over for us to lay Pietro on. The moment we did she and Bruce ran him to the lab, whilst Steve stopped me and Wanda from seeing him. "Not yet, he needs surgery." He told us sternly. I nodded and Wanda slipped away to go and sleep after the mission. I didn't follow knowing she needed some time alone right now and that I had an angry Russian girlfriend waiting for me upstairs.
"I don't know what you did but Romanoff looks pissed." Bucky told me as I walked into the main room. Great. I rolled my eyes and stepped into the lift, preparing myself for Nat.
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Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, as always if you have any suggestions or requests as to what happens next in the story I will try and work that it somewhere.
Daily reminder to;
Go on a walk or some form of exercise.
Spend time with family and messege friends.
Go drink a glass of water, we know you haven't had enough today.
Make sure you eat at least one good meal today.
Look after yourself, make sure you get the sleep you need, the food you need and the time to relax that you need.
You are all beautiful, have a great day/night x
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