I'll Never Let You Fall (Book 3)

Chapter Eight

The team sat in the jet, quiet other than the sound of Tony and Maria talking. I was huddled into a corner by myself, not wanting to face the team quite yet.

"The news is loving you guys. Nobody else is," Hill said, "There's been no official call for Banner's arrest, but it's in the air."

"The Stark Relief Foundation?" Tony suggested.

"Already on the scene," Hill responded. I looked over at Steve to see him glancing back at me. I looked down and pulls my knees to my chest. "How's the team?"

"Everyone's... We took a hit. We'll shake it off."

"Well, for now, I'd stay in stealth mode and stay away from here."

"So run and hide?" Tony stated more than asked.

Hill sighed and I could tell she shrugged, "Until we can find Ultron I don't have a lot else to offer."

"Neither do we," Tony ended the call and walked towards Barton. Thor was pacing back and forth in front of me. My attention was drawn away when Nat came to sit by me, she swayed when she sat and stumbled when she walked. Her vision had shaken her up pretty badly.

"Hey," she murmured quietly to me. I nodded, acknowledging her being there. "Cas what happened? What did you see?"

"Somethings I never wanted to see," I replied in a whisper.

"I heard what you said to Thor about what you saw. You know these guys would never say anything like that. As for Steve, the day Steven Grant Rogers does anything like I'm guessing he did in that vision, is the day Clint and I get married and live in the suburbs," she smiled when I laughed a little but then the storm clouds came back when I thought about what Loki said in my dream.

"I can't give him what he wants," I muttered.

"What?" she whispered scooting closer.

"In my dream, Loki said I couldn't give him what he wants. A family," I looked up to her.

She swallowed hard and grabbed my hand and squeezed, "I think in time," she looked at Steve, then back to me, "you will be able to."

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Thor gently shook me awake when the plane landed. As we walked out I recognized the scenery immediately. We hiked up the path to the house.

"You'll have to talk to them, but most importantly Steve," Thor spoke quietly as of speaking louder would break me. "While you could have saved him, we see where his powers got him," Thor referred to Loki. I gave him a side glare as we kept walking.

"He was a good man, who made bad choices. But my powers, my innate powers could have saved him," I said as we entered the front gate. Thor sped up to talk to Tony

"What is this place?" Thor asked.

"Safe house?" Tony shrugged.

"Let's hope," Clint said to us all. "Honey," he called out to Laura, "I'm home." I couldn't help but smile when she waddled around the corner. "Hi," Clint said shyly as she smiled, "company, sorry I didn't call ahead."

"This is an agent of some kind" Tony guessed.

"Gentlemen, this is Laura."

"I know all of your names," she laughed a little. The sound of footsteps echoed through the the house Nat and I turned excitedly.

"Ooh, incoming," Clint announced.

"Daddy," Lila cheered, Clint scooped her into his arms and hugged Cooper.