The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 50 - The Man, The Myth, The Legend

With Eleanor's hand still pressed against Natasha's gunshot wound, the group started discussing the plan of escape. With Nat in such an exhausted state, whatever they did wouldn't be an easy feat, but it was better than what Maria had confirmed with them. They weren't just being arrested, they were going to be executed. 

Eleanor felt sick to her stomach at learning that. If it hadn't been for Maria then she or Natasha would have had to witness each other being killed in front of them. It wasn't nice to think about.

Maria had explained that there was a base nearby with a Doctor that she planned on taking them to, under a dam system. Eleanor wanted to know how she had come across this hidden base but there were more pressing issues to attend to. "How do we get out of the van though?", she turned to Maria, this being the first time that she had torn her eyes away from Natasha.

She was met with the same uncomfortable look that Sam had given her about her fresh injury, but Maria answered the question anyway, "I have a device that can cut through almost any material, it will be uncomfortable but I can make a hole in the flooring, the wheels are high enough that if you lay flat on the ground immediately after falling through then you shouldn't get decapitated", she shrugged at the end.

"Lovely", Eleanor gulped, not happy with the answer to that question. She questioned why they couldn't just make a hole in one of the doors and jump out without the insane risk of injury, but there was a chance that it would unlock them which would bring attention to the group. 

Maria made quick work of making the hole in the flooring, the metal fell out of the vehicle with a loud clang, and the group cringed momentarily, worried that it was loud enough for the driver to hear. Collective relief was felt however when nothing happened, they knew that they were in the clear. 

Due to Maria being one of the most prepared people in the world, she had made sure that a vehicle was waiting for them at some point down the road that they were currently on. She would need to locate it and bring it to them, so it was agreed that she go through the hole first. 

The group watched anxiously as she hopped through the hole, and were relieved when they didn't hear a thud against the van, meaning that she hopefully hadn't been run over.

 Eleanor thought that this was a ridiculous plan. In terms of how likely it is for one of them to get smushed, she had no clue how Steve was going to fit under, he was a giant compared to the rest of them.

Sam went next and told them that he would find a good place on the side of the road to hide. They all held their breaths again for a few seconds when Sam slipped under, but it had the same results as the last. Now it was Eleanor's turn, she volunteered to go so that she could grab Natasha next.

She was shitting bricks.

Multiple times in awkward vehicular situations she had imagined being able to roll out of the car, but now that the chance to do so was presented to her she wanted to firmly plant her feet onto the van floor and not move a muscle.

Time was running out though, so she didn't have time to be visibly scared, and she needed to be strong so that she could get Natasha to safety as soon as it was her time to jump too, so she bit the bullet and hopped through.

Even in Natasha's state she visibly tensed until deducing that she had made it through safely as well.

When Eleanor hit the floor it felt like she had been hit with Mjölnir in multiple places. There would definitely be multiple bruises on her already bruised figure. After the initial shock had worn off she threw herself into the ditch on the side of the road so that the driver wouldn't see her in the side mirrors, and waited for Nat to make her own painful appearance.