The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 70 - Trucky Situations

For what felt like the millionth time in the last week, the gang suited up. This time around it was more uncomfortable than normal. They hadn't had time to clean their suits, and all of the spares were back in the Tower. 

So, they were getting into the suits that they had been anxiously sweating in for hours on end. Eleanor failed to hold back a gag as she slipped her arms into her suit, and she looked at Natasha who also looked less than enthused with this situation.

They would definitely be asking Stark for some self-cleaning suits when they got back home.

The pair snuck back downstairs with cat-like movements so as to not wake the sleeping children and ran into Laura and Clint saying their goodbyes on the downstairs landing. The other Avengers were apparently already on the jet. 

"Hey!", Laura greeted them with a fake smile. She always found it hard when they directly left the farm to go on a mission, it made the whole thing seem more real for her instead of being able to live in denial.

"We'll be okay, Laura", Nat reassured and wrapped her in a tight hug, before moving back to let Eleanor get her own squeeze in.

"She's right, we gotta come back to see little Elliott", she smirked as she took a step back and put her hands on Laura's shoulders.

"Nathaniel", Nat grumbled and rolled her eyes. There was a collective sombre chuckle from the four before Clint gave his wife a final goodbye hug, and they left for the jet.

Banner was leaving with Fury to go back to the tower, so the numbers on the jet were low without Thor there. Only Steve, Clint, Tony, Eleanor, and Natasha were aboard. Eleanor chewed on her nails as the jet started, not having the whole team there was causing some stress. She just hoped that nothing would go wrong due to the lack of numbers. 

Tony was going to fly over to Oslo, Norway with his Iron Man suit when the jet was slightly closer, it was still going to be a long flight for him but the suit could get places fast. The other four were headed to Seoul, South Korea, to visit Helen Cho's lab and hopefully stop Ultron from using The Regeneration Cradle to create a new, unbeatable body.

They all just hoped that their string of bad luck fighting Ultron was over. It was getting tiring and demoralising now. Especially as Ultron was planning to destroy the Earth, that wasn't something to take lightly, there was no room for any more screw-ups.

Seeing the nerves on the younger woman's face, Nat sat next to her and yanked her onto her lap in one swift movement, earning a surprised yelp from her. "What are you doing?", Eleanor laughed.

"Can I not give my wife a hug?", Nat gave a faux-pout. Eleanor shook her head playfully and pinched Nat in the ribs before settling her head down onto her. The moment that Eleanor couldn't see her face anymore, Nat's face dropped as she placed her chin on Eleanor's shoulder. Nat was nervous too, but with everything that had happened over the last 24 hours, she didn't want to give her anything else to worry about.

The two remained in each other's hold for the entire journey, trying to block everything bad in the world out whilst they could.

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A hefty flight later, the Avengers, excluding Tony, arrived in sunny Seoul. The group had to split up to be able to get the job done. It had been decided that Steve and Eleanor would go into the lab together, and Natasha and Clint would hang back in the jet ready to aid in whatever way they could, depending on what the situation in the lab was.

Nat and Eleanor were disappointed that they were being split up, usually, they were placed together on missions as their workplace dynamic was efficient, their skills blended well together. But Cap wanted Eleanor to accompany him, mostly because she was the fastest runner on the team, after Steve of course. So, if anyone had a chance at outrunning some of Ultron's Legionnaires, it was her. Clint used to call her "Speedy Gonzales" a lot when they first met in training at the Triskelion, which she didn't really care for.