The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 64 - Mistakes and Misunderstandings

A smashing noise was heard from nearby which startled the group of heroes. Turning around to look out of the window they saw a bot flying away with something that was glowing blue. It didn't take long for it to click in everyone's minds what that was. Eleanor's eyes widened in realisation, the bad night just got even worse. 

"The Sceptre!", Thor bellowed and took off in flight himself, smashing through one of the side windows in pursuit. They watched helplessly as the God chased after the weapon, but there was nothing that they could do other than wait and try and figure out what was occurring from inside of the Tower. The Sceptre was not a good thing to lose, at all. 

When they had gotten their heads around what had just occurred, it was decided that it would be best to get 'Ultron' into the lab and discuss things further there, instead of in the social area of the tower. Plus, Eleanor was coated in liquor and Natasha wanted to get into some comfier clothes, so whilst the bot was moved they rushed to their apartment.

Both decided on a basic tee and hoodie, but Eleanor opted for sweatpants, unlike Nat who went for leggings. They also quickly disinfected and bandaged up the small cuts that Eleanor had obtained from jumping onto fragile glass shelving. They weren't big cuts but an infection wasn't desirable, especially when it was so avoidable. Whilst Eleanor completed the final steps Natasha said that she would go down to the lab and give the others a hand.

Eleanor nodded before being left alone to finish wrapping her arms, it didn't take long. For a split second, once the comfy clothes were on and the bandages were done, she almost forgot that she needed to go and deal with whatever was going on in the lab. With the adrenaline levels from the fight on a decline, the tiredness and aches were kicking in. She was so ready for bed.

But with loud sighs, she made her way over to the lab. The tension in there could be cut with a knife. Small conversations were happening, but it was quite obvious that the main part was being left for her arrival. Though Tony was silent as he leaned on the table with the broken bot on, which was odd, she was expecting him to be rambling something about how this wasn't supposed to happen.

So when she walked into the room, all eyes were briefly on her before Bruce cleared his throat and made a start. "All of our work is gone, Ultron cleared out. He used the internet as an escape hatch".

Eleanor continued making her way to the back of the room where Natasha was situated at a laptop, scouring through their databases. From the back, she was able to see everything that was going on, including Maria pulling glass out of her feet with plyers. Ouch. That looked painful. However, she also noticed that Thor had still not returned, once again she had been expecting the opposite. 

"You okay?", Maria silently mouthed to Eleanor when she felt eyes on her suddenly, the younger woman nodded and gestured upwards with her head to ask Maria as well, who tilted her head a few times as her response of 'Could be better'. 

"Ultron", Steve muttered, sounding greatly unhappy with the fact that Ultron existed, which was a mutual feeling amongst the group. 

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance", Nat turned back around to the group and crossed her arms, "Probably knows more about us than we know about each other". Eleanor exhaled deeply with her cheeks puffed out, it usually isn't great having your enemy knowing so much about you. This would be a hard fight if it came down to that.

Clint also suddenly looked on edge, his first thoughts were likely going to his wife and kids. Hopefully, there was nothing on them within the giant database that the Avengers had.

"He's in your files, he's in the internet", Rhodey now stepped forward clutching his injured shoulder, also looking less than enthused that this situation even existed. "What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?".