till the end of the line

52 Freeing Banner

Being pulled away, I grabbed Lina as Thor then put us both down in what seemed to be the Quinjet. I looked around, confused as I motioned for Lina to stay close, "Thor? What are you doing?"

"Getting us out of here. All of us," I nodded as he quickly ran up to the controls, "Alright, come on."

"Voice verification required."

I listened as the quinjet voice spoke to Thor before he chuckled, "Thor."

"Access denied."

"Thor, son of Odin."

"Access denied."

"God of Thunder."

"Access denied."

"Strongest Avenger."

"Access denied."

Thor groaned and lowered his voice, "Strongest Avenger!"

"Access denied."

He looked back at me and I smirked, "It is Tony's ship..."

Sighing he looked back and groaned, "Damn you, Stark. Point Break."

"Welcome, Point Break."

I walked up behind him and placed my hand on the console, "Voice verification required."

"Katerina."

"Welcome, Phantom."

I started up the jet only for Hulk to come in growling, "Friends stay!"

"No, no, no!"

"Thor!" I yelled as I pulled Lina back while Hulk started to pull the jet apart, "Stay!"

I tripped backward and pressed a button that played a pre-recorded message from Natasha. Hulk looked up and stop for a second before trying to rip his own head off.

"I need you to turn this bird around, okay? We can't track you in stealth mode... So I need you to help me out. Okay? I need you to-"

Smashing the console, the recording stopped as Hulk started shaking his head, "No! No! No Banner!"

Turning back into Bruce, I placed Lina back in a seat as I quickly looked for some clothes while Thor walked up to him, trying to help the transition.

"Banner. Hey, hey, hey. You all right, Banner? Sun's going down. Sun's going down. That's it, breathe. I won't hurt you. Sun's going down."

"Thor...? Kat?"

I gave him a smile as Thor nodded, "Yeah, yeah."

I turned to Lina as they spoke but met her eyes, "Lina, I need you to pay attention to everything I say. We'll be running around and if I tell you to do something, you do it. No questions. You follow me and stay with me and Thor, do not wander away. Understood?"

"Yeah, Mom. I can't believe I get to be here on one of these missions with you."

"Lina, this isn't fun. The only thing keeping you and me alive is the fact that the Grandmaster thinks you, me, and Loki are a family. I'm not jeopardizing your life. But you have to listen and stay alert. After it's all over, you can rest."

"Okay, I promise Mom."

Kissing her forehead, I turned back to the guys and handed Banner some of Tony's old clothes, "Put these on."

He looked down at them and then looked back up at me, "These are Tony's clothes."

"I know. Just put them on."