The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 66 - Seeing Red

Half an hour before they were due to land Steve called everyone into the centre of the jet to determine what the plan would be. Everyone agreed that this would not be a code-green, so Bruce would stay in the jet. The last thing that they needed was the Hulk smashing the place down.

Steve, Tony, and Thor were the three who would most likely be able to withstand direct hits from Ultron. The likelihood of him having a new and improved body by now was high, so they didn't doubt that he could pack a punch.

Natasha, Eleanor, and Clint would be in the shadows keeping an eye on things at the start. If a fight kicked off then they would deal with Klaue's men and if possible, keep the twins at bay, so that the others could focus directly on Ultron.

The first thing that Eleanor noticed as the jet flew over the salvage yard was just how muddy this coast was. There was no way that these ships would be able to move into the water. Though that was probably a good thing for a ship that is practically a glorified storage unit. 

The next thing that she noticed was that there were multiple ships, and no way of immediately knowing which one was the main base of operations, aka the one that they needed to enter. 

"Conduct heat signature scan", she spoke out loud, expecting Jarvis to respond and get it set up for the group. But her shoulders slumped when remembering that Jarvis was not there to help them, others on the jet also looked clearly disheartened by the reminder too.

"One sec", she shuffled over to one of the control panels at the front and got the scan set up. On a screen nearby it showed that there was movement in all of the ships, but there was a significant amount of movement in one of the middle ones, so that would hopefully be the one that they needed. With this new information, Stark worked on making a descent in the jungle area next to the mud patch, which meant that the land-bound Avengers would have to walk through the sticky mud. 

Nat smiled at Eleanor as she walked back to where most people were in the centre and enabled the electricity in her suit to turn on, the familiar whirring of the start-up bringing some comfort to Eleanor. Her suit now had glowing blue strips going down the side of her ribs, up her arms and of course on her gloves.

Eleanor looked at her with incredulity when Nat immediately held her hand out for Eleanor to take, "I don't feel like being electrocuted right now, bub. Maybe another time?", she grinned.

"I'm not going to electrocute you", Nat laughed in response, "I haven't turned that part on yet".

"Oh good", Eleanor took her hand and walked towards the now open jet hatch. Hand in hand, the two followed the three others in front of them, with Clint hovering behind. 

The group looked weird as they made their way across the mud plains, having to raise their legs higher than normal when lifting to give them momentum to drag their foot out of the squishy floor. It looked like they had just learnt to walk again. Eleanor and Clint grumbled the entire way there about how their shoes were now filthy, the number of scoffs and eye rolls they received from the rest of the group was endless. 

Once they had made it to the bottom of the ship, Eleanor gazed upwards at the sheer height of it. It wasn't the first time that she had seen a ship out of the water, but she had certainly forgotten just how much bigger they look with the whole of the body above ground. 

The group climbed up a rusty-looking metal ladder that Eleanor was sure that she would plummet to her death on, and took a side entrance so that they wouldn't end up directly in what they assumed would be Klaue's office. That would certainly ruin the element of surprise.

When entering the ship's interior, Eleanor promptly took one of her guns out of its holster and held it to her side, just in case. Especially with how eery it was inside she didn't want to take any chances. It was very grey and had minimal lighting. Though the areas that were lit up didn't look very well looked after. The vibes that it gave her were similar to that of Fury's underground dam base. A place with nothing out of the ordinary at first glance, but one that didn't make a person feel safe.