Assemble | Avengers | Second Part

Captiolo (17) Diciassette ~ Disappearances

~Avery~

It was a deep, guttural feeling.

Like the winds had fucking changed.

Slowly, I stood from my seat in the empty lab, walking out to try and find someone. Anyone.

"Ms. Lynn! I don't know what's happening in there, they're all..."

"Mateo?" I hesitantly walked up to Olivia's most trusted engineer.

"There all... disappearing..." He mumbled, holding his hands up to reveal them gone, changing into black ash.

"Mateo!" I ran to the man, falling to the ground as he fully disappeared.

"Oh, god," I mumbled. "Friday! Call Harley!"

"I'm trying to get in contact, but all lines of communication are down, boss." She hurried. "I can't reach Ms. Potts or Colonel Rhodes, either."

I cursed under my breath as I quickly stood, running as fast as I could to the garage in the compound. As soon as I was able, I slammed on the peddle, spreading through the streets of New York, people looking panicked on every corner.

Thankfully I didn't run into any traffic on the way home, and I didn't even turn off the car as I sprinted towards the house, putting in the code to unlock the door before rushing inside.

"Harley?" I shouted, not bothering to shut the door as I ran to the living room, my heart sinking upon seeing no one there. "Kid!"

"Mama!" I turned just in time for Harley to come barreling into me, the two of us falling onto the floor.

"Oh, god, kid, I was worried sick!" I clutched onto the boy, one hand on the back of his head while the other was on his back.

"Sorry, I hid out in the lab. Thought that was the safest place." He mumbled into my neck.

"You're right. You're right it is." I said, trying to slow my breathing. "God. I tried calling you but all the lines were dead. Had to race over here."

"I saw what happened to the people on the news. It's on any sort of platform that has video. Is that cause of the guy Tony and Peter went after?" He pulled away a bit, but let me keep my hands on him, seeing how I needed that reassurance that he was here.

"Yeah, I think so, hun." I let out a shaky breath. "Hey, because the lines will probably be down for a while, I was thinking of flying out to see Pepper. Make sure she and Morgan are okay. Do you want to come with me, and we can visit your mom and Lily on the way to California?"

"Can we?" He perked up a bit.

"Of course. Now go grab an overnight bag."

Harley rushed off as I took a deep breath, my hands shaking as I pulled out my phone before letting it drop to the floor. There was no point in calling to see if there's a jet even available at the compound, meaning we'll have to just try our luck by driving there.

Worst comes to worst, I steal a jet.

I mean, what are they gonna do? Fire me? I own part of the property with Tony.

~~

We ended up stealing a jet.

I mean, no one was guarding it, and no one tried to stop us, so I guess it could be thought of as more borrowing than stealing.

Most aircrafts seemed to be grounded for the time being, making it even easier and faster to get to Tennessee, with the flight being around an hour and a half. Instead of bothering with an airport, I found an empty plot of land near Harley's hometown, expertly landing and leaving the craft there.