Romanogers: After Civil War

chapter 6

The avengers were waiting by the jet anxiously below the thundering sky's which poured buckets of water over them, for there captain. They refused to leave withouts him, even clint. They clearly didn't blame him for what happened.

Then they saw the most extraordinary sight, captain America, socking wet, seemingly carrying someones limp body in bridal position. As they got closer they immediately recognized her. Red hair, black suit, but it couldn't be, she wasn't on there side. Clint let out an angry cry, as bucky and sam ran to Steve. " What happened, is she ok?" Sam asked, for he cared deeply for the girl he had spent a lot of time with before civil war. " Tell you later," Steve said.

" Why is that traitor doing here?" Clint spat, when they had set off, and Natasha was lying on the floor of the jet in a separate room. Bucky and Steve looked up in amazement. Sam whispered to Steve," don't bother answering, he's just tired."
But Steve greatly disliked Clint's tone, one of loathing and hatred, and it appeared so did bucky. " Why would you say that?" Bucky asked, politely, but you could still here the anger. 'he had called her a traitor, exactly like she thought he would, didn't he realize how much she had been through in the last 2 months, how much she hated herself?' Steve thought.

" Why the hell you even trust her?" Clint sneered. ' that's it,' Steve thought.
" What's wrong with you," Steve glared at him," she's supposed to be your best friend."
" She Is not." Clint spat back.
" Why, she just risked her life for the lot of you and betrayed tony back in Germany and you repay her like this!" Steve said, fists clenched. " This is all her fault, she, she probably just felt sorry for herself, felt lonely, because she has no one" Clint sneered. Before Steve could interrupt Wanda shouted," stop it!" But he continued," bet she came to you begging to let her help, cause she realized all she is is a tra-"
" SHUT UP RIGHT NOW OR ELSE!" Steve shouted, standing up sharply, taking everyone by surprise. Clint glared up at him," since when were you so protective?" He said, smirking. " Since everyone else left her alone," he bit back, before storming out into the room in which Natasha lay, slamming the door.
The whole team was stunned. They had never heard Steve shout like that, or seen him be so protective.

" What happened was," bucky started to explain, bringing the attention to him," me and Steve were escaping from Germany, you know, fighting tony," silence,"and then Natasha stood in front of us to stop us getting on the jet, and said ' I don't regret this', Steve didn't even move, wouldn't fight her, she could of taken us down easily, I was injured to. But she then through the weapon at the cat king guy, letting us escape, that's why she's on the run, she betrayed tony."

Everyone nodded, this made sense, bucky started talking again after a moment" when we were hiding out, when we saw Natasha was on the news and in France, so we went and found her. She was scared, thought we were gonna hurt her, thought we all hated her, thought we thought it was all her fault, but, yes, she desperately wanted you out of jail, adleast you got one bit right Hawkeye," he finished coldly, glaring at Clint. Clint then turned, walked away, and sat in one corner.

Steve sat next to the sleeping Natasha, head against the wall, mumbling to himself about Clint. Quickly he saw a movement and then a small, quiet voice whispered, " on your left." Steve turned around to see Natasha sitting up, smiling at him," we did it," she said. " Yeah," he replied. They sat in a comfortable silence for a couple of minutes.

" Nat?" Steve asked.
" Yes." She replied.
" What happened, back at the ship, when I found you?" He asked quickly.
" Oh," she whispered. She hung her head. " In the red room," she said so quietly he could barely hear," we were told crying is weak, and if we ever started crying, we were taught to strangle ourselves, if we were lucky and weren't killed, that is."

Steve nodded. " Your not with the red room now, your safe with me and bucky and sam!" He said.
" Old habits die hard, especially bad ones," Natasha sighed. Silence again, until again Steve spoke," but why, why were you crying?" Natasha took a deep breath, " because," she started," because when I got to the security the guards were talking about us, the avengers, and said that the others had said I was a traitor, and that Clint hated me most, and he blamed me for not seeing his family, and I told you I shouldn't of come, and I was right wasn't I!" She said loudly.

Natasha was panting, she looked heartbroken, in pain nearly. Her fists were clenched, one massaging her neck where the red from where her hands squeezed it still showed, the other placed firmly on the floor, holding her up. Steve leaned over and hugged her as tight as he could, to show he was always there.

" He hates me," she said simply. ' Clint,' Steve thought, frowning. " It'll be okay," he replied.

Wanda carefully opened the door a little later, and smiled. Steve was still hugging her protectively. Silently she closed the door turning to bucky," I see what you mean," she said.