Clint? Laura? Where are you? (Book 1)

Don't Do it. Natasha. Please...

Chapter 11

They soon decripted the other code that Clint had found inside of the cave. Natasha started to relax a bit but still shared the worry for Laura that Clint felt. She went up to his room carring a tray of hot food, knocking on the door she heard a groan meaning come in.

"Morning, I've got you your breakfast but don't think I'll be your cook all day" she chimed.

"Thanks" Clint said sitting up in his bed, "you haven't got an Ipad or something it's really boring in here."

"Well, you can borrow mine for now and I'll keep the kids away you need your rest. Shout if you need anything."

"I thought you weren't going to be my 'waitor'?"

"Well whatever just text me" Natasha said leaving the room. Clint picked up the spoon on the tray and dipped it into the creamy chicken soup, taking a mouthful he allowed the warm liquid trail down his throat. It was delicious. He recognised the recipe as being his own, he taught Natasha how to make it after Budapest. Then his mind wondered off to Laura. Where was she? He knew the others knew roughly where she was but they wouldn't tell him. This put him off his soup, but he knew he should eat, regain his strength so he could be of more use.

In the lab Tony and Bruce were running anilitical scans on the suposed location of Laura.

"Yes but don't you see Bruce, if we do this then if anything like this happens again then it'll take half the time to find people maybe less" Tony paused, "and I need your help buddy."

"Tony I just don't think that creating a world wide servailance system to watch every person on the planet is a good idea."

"Why not?"

"Think what could happen if the security failed? Anyone could access it. Plus who would be made responsible for the data collected? Who could access it or be given access? And what for?"

"You're thinking too deep into this Bruce, stay on the positive side" Tony said slapping a hand on Bruce's shoulder.

"Yes I don't want to make the same mistake as we did with Ultron. We were careless then lets not do it again" Bruce pleaded.

"Do what again?" Natasha enquired suspisious of the boys, "what are you planning now?"

"Tony wants to make a world wide servalance system."

"That's the same reason why Shield fell last year, people trying to watch everything and trying to pervent things that will never happen, but hey go ahead cause another desastor." Natasha said sassily.

"Can't you see how brilliant it is though? It could revolutionise technology!" Tony enphused.

"Yes, but I can also see the dangers. Tony it could be used to kill millions of people" Natasha explained.

"You're one to talk with your history" Tony said getting annoyed at the fact he was the only one who seemed to see the potential.

"Natasha he didn't mean it" Bruce said stepping between the assain and the playboy billionaire. Natasha was fuming, but looking into Bruce's eyes she stopped.

"Oh yes I did" Tony chipped in. That did it Natasha practically leaped forward onto Tony, she could snap his neck right then. Bruce looked horrified.

"Take it back!" Natasha shouted. Pepper and Steve came running through the lab doors followed by Cooper and Lila who had been playing with Pepper.

"Tony!" Pepper called out. Steve held her back knowing full well what the assain was capable of.

"Natasha" Bruce said calmly looking her in the eyes. Natasha loosened her grip and shoved him forwards so that he almost fell flat on his face. Cooper and Lila looked shocked. Pepper rushed over to Tony.

"Are you alright?" She paused to look at Natasha, anger on her face. Natasha went to step towards her.

"Natasha don't" that was all Bruce had to say before she left the lab, leaving everyone feeling shocked.

"You alright Tony?" Bruce asked.

"Yeah. Go find her" Bruce didn't wait for any futher instructions and went in search of Natasha.

Natasha had found her quiet spot up on the roof. The fire door which led there was opened again and a arm came around Natasha's shoulder in comfort. She rested her head on him.

"Thank you Clint." He just smiled at her, knowing she wouldn't want to talk after over hearing the coversation.

"But you really should still be in bed, resting."

"I'm fine." Their short blunt sort of conversations is what Natasha liked about her friendship with Clint.

"Cooper and Lila saw it. My anger. My rage. Me attacking Stark. How am I meant to explain that one so that their not affraid of me?" Natasha said looking Clint in the face, her eyes briming with tears.

"They'll get over it. They're good kids they'll understand" Clint reasured.

"But I don't want them to dislike Tony either, I just don't know... know what to do?"

"It's ok Natasha I'll speak to them."

"Thank you. It should be me offering you sypathy at the moment not the other way round. How are you holding up?"

"I'm alright" he paused "I think that it doesn't matter who's worse off we'll still help the other." They stood there for a few more moments looking over the city skyline.