The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 54 - Motel Dreams

Eleanor started frantically switching all of the different controls on the dashboard to make a hasty but controlled landing on the uneven terrain below, what she was doing would most certainly make a person fail the pilot's test for this vehicle. 

The surrounding area consisted of a giant lake and a forest, so it was not ideal for an aerial vehicle landing. But a short distance away from the edge of the lake in the forest was the smallest clearing known to man. Eleanor wasn't even sure it could be classed as a clearing, it was more like a place with a two-tree gap, but it was the best that she had without landing on top of one of the trees and the propellers being torn to shreds.

She hovered very briefly over the area for a few seconds before lowering them down, it was slightly faster and rougher than a normal landing, but they hadn't died, so she considered it an absolute win. As she began shutting down the engine, the other three jumped out and started racing towards the lake. From that distance and with how physically fit they were, it would only be a thirty-second sprint, so after it was safe to leave the helicopter parked there, she sprinted after them. 

She had expected at least one of them to have dove into the lake already to try and find the fallen soldier, what she had not expected in the short time that it took to land, was Steve lying on the side of the lake. He was battered and bruised, blood pouring out of his stomach, but he was alive. Thank God. 

Eleanor's eyes trained in on the footsteps in the mud that moved away from his unconscious figure, however, there was no one to be seen. She furrowed her eyebrows in thought at who would drag him out of the water and leave immediately after, but instead of dwelling on it she rushed back to the helicopter to start it back up when she saw that the other three had successfully lifted Steve up and were heading back to the 'clearing'.

Once all of the buttons that needed to be pressed had been pressed, and the switches that needed to be flipped were flipped, the others had arrived with Steve, and they gently laid him in the back as she started their ascent. 

"We can't go in with you for long Sam, is that okay?", Nat turned to him as he nodded whilst working on putting pressure on Steve's wounds.

Their destination was of course the hospital, but two of the people in the helicopter now had to go on the run. Fury was thought of as dead to the world and he wanted to keep it that way now that they knew the world was still teeming with HYDRA. And all of Natasha's legal aliases had been revealed, aside from the one on their apartment as that was never linked to SHIELD.

However, this meant that any Red Room contacts and the KGB would know exactly what city she has been living in and what she has been doing since her escape, it would be all too easy to track her down. So, they would have to go into hiding for a while until Natasha could get more fake identities set up. And of course, Eleanor would accompany her.

"Yeah, not a problem", Sam responded. He knew that they had to go, he wasn't going to decline that.

After a flight that only lasted a few minutes because of the wreckless speed, Eleanor landed on the helipad used for emergencies at the hospital, and everyone aside from Fury aided in getting Steve into the emergency area where the Doctors could make quick work on him. 

They watched as he was rushed into surgery, letting out breaths they didn't realise that they were holding. They were all going to be okay. Now all that was left to do for the two women was make their departure. 

Eleanor gave Sam a hearty pat on the shoulder, "See you soon, Wilson. Tell Steve we're thinking of him". He just shook his head and smiled before bringing her into a bear hug.

"Bring it in, Hughes", he laughed as he squeezed her, and then released her with a hand still on her shoulder, "Look after Nat, okay?", though he wasn't being serious as he ended the statement with a wink.