Irrational

Chapter 24 - Severe Consequences

Because you agreed to help, Strange agreed to take you back.

Generating a new portal, into the main room of the compound, you both step through and you notice Bucky is pacing, Pietro is sat in yours and his chair staring into space and Tony is asking JARVIS to track your location.

And based on JARVIS' response "it hasn't changed in the last 2 minutes boss", he'd been relentless trying to track you.

Everyone else seems uneasy too. But, you can’t figure out if it’s because they’re worried for you or worried for Tony, Pietro and Bucky.

“Hey guys” you barely speak above a whisper, but it was loud enough to pull Bucky’s attention as he stopped pacing, looked at you, relief immediately crossing his face as he sighs. Once he gets a good look at you, he furrows his brows and focuses his attention on Strange.

“Y/N oh my god! Where the hell did you take her?” Tony demands from Strange, who says nothing, watching you as closely as everyone else was.

You glance over at Pietro who is watching you intently. Knowing full well something was wrong. You smile weakly, before your eyes roll backwards and you begin to fall, Pietro catches you before you hit the floor and immediately everyone glares at Strange with looks that could kill.

-Whilst you’re passed out-

“I’ve got her, I’ve got her. I’ll take her to her room. Someone get him talking NOW!” Pietro starts soft, concerned and ends his sentence shouting as he cradles you in a bridal carry, with your head naturally resting against his chest.

“I’ll come with you, be the messenger so you don’t have to leave her side if she needs anything” Clint stated, as he stood and walked behind Pietro, following him to your room.

Tony hasn’t taken his eyes off Strange since you fainted. “Go on Pietro. Steve, Sam get hold of Barnes” Tony orders out, still fixated on Strange, who seems unbothered… but he was.

He had zoned out when you fainted, him not saying a word and staring past everyone wasn’t him not caring. It was him caring too much. He was the one filled with guilt, remorse and pain. He knew he did that to you, he pushed you too far and he overwhelmed you.

“BARNES NO!” Tony roars, pulling Strange back to the room, seeing Bucky coming for him and having to have Sam, Steve AND Tony block him before he reached Strange. “You know she doesn’t like that, unnecessary violence is the last thing she would want pal” Steve utters in a calming tone.

“What the hell did you do to her?” Bucky spits out through gritted teeth.

“Where did you two go? Why couldn’t I track her?” Tony questions, filled with anger.

“New York.” Strange blurts out, without thinking of the consequences of what those two words meant when it came to you.

“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me?” Bucky shouts out in frustration.

“Why? What were you thinking?” Nat asks from behind Bucky, standing from her chair and folding her arms across her chest.

“I was trying to get her to realise her actual fear. And before you all try and kill me. It worked.” Strange admits, with a little too much arrogance for the groups liking.

“At what cost?”

A deep husky voice echoes from the back of the room, making everyone turn around and see Thor stood with an unreadable expression on his face. Suddenly, he strides forward, everyone steps aside to let him through, not knowing what to expect.