I'll Never Let You Go (romanogers fanfic)

Chapter 14

Steve's POV

Germany. The middle of nowhere. In a warehouse. That's where we were going.

I sat in the jet. Clint flying it, Bruce looking kinda sick, Tony eating blueberries, Thor utterly board and Natasha sitting with Maria (Who refused to stay at Stark Tower). Yep! It was pretty dull.

"When do you think we'll get there?" Maria asked yawning. "I don't know, mabye a few hours." Bruce said rubbing his forehead. Maria sighed. Natasha walked over to me, "We need to talk" she whispered in my ear, I nodded. "So what do you want to say?" I questioned slightly nervous. Natasha's face sank, "You know Bucky? Well he was called in earlier to hear the news. But he never came. So Clint went quickly to his house and.....there was blood splattered all over everywhere. Also his metal arm was found flung on the floor." There was a pause. "Why did no one say this before?" I said my heart pounding against my ribs. "We thought you would be to upset...." Natasha started but I cut in. "And you think just because.....well I don't know, I'm in a plane. You think I'm gonna be LESS upset?! It doesn't make a difference Nat, he's my best friend! He's only just came back and he's DEAD for all I know! Do you even know what happened to him? Or are you just gonna sail over it like you do every time! Forgetting all your emotions! We're not all monsters, where the only thing we truly feel is the joy to kill!" 

Natasha just sat there shivering. A few silent tears rolled down her cheeks. What had I done? I had hurt Natasha. Made her feel broken, upset and betrayed. My arms wrapped round her like a reflex. She didn't hug me back but I wasn't shocked. I lifted her onto my lap gently. She sobbed into my shoulder and I whispered, "I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me. I'm so sorry. I just can't stand the thought of losing you, Bucky or anyone on this plane. I guess I thought I'd never see him again, and I know that gives me no right to take it out on you. I'm sorry Nat, I really am.

Natasha lifted her head from my shoulder and looked at me. Her eyes told a strange story, of which I didn't understand. "What?" I said when she wouldn't stop looking at me like that. "I'm just so happy!" Nat said softly. "But I just shouted at you for no reason." I said confused. "I know, I wanted you to" she answered. I frowned, "Is this a test?" I asked, Natasha laughed. "Yes it is! I was testing to see if you truly cared for your friends....and you past! With flying colours!" My eyes widened, "Right..." I said. "No really, you were so scared! I could see it in your eyes. You cared so much that you didn't notice you hurt me! I just had to prove it for myself.....so thank you!"

Natasha's POV

"Ummmm.....no problem." Steve said confused. I laughed, "AW you're so cute!" "I am? What made you say that?" Steve questioned. "I don't know! You just are, every little piece of you!"

We touched the ground with a bump. The air outside was cold and the sky dark. I was shivering so much my knees nearly gave way. I grabbed Steve's arm tightly, "Are you ok?" he asked. "Yeah...just cold!" I said watching the clouds in front of me form and vanish as I spoke. "Right everyone we need to find the warehouse!" Tony shouted at us all. "Already found it!" Maria shouted back. We all turned in the direction she was looking in. Sure enugh there was a warehouse sitting there. I could see it perfectly, I thought it may have a bit of camouflaged.

"Right let's go!" Clint said, he seemed excited. He had missed this life a lot, you could tell. We walked into the building. We were standing in a wide room. There were many passages and doors leading away to god knows where.  I noticed a shape at the end of the room, hunched and uncomfortable. I walked a bit closer, Steve right by my side. We soon saw that it was a man. He was tied to a chair hanging his head down as if ashamed. The others moved closer too, that's when we realized who it was.