Phantasm

Chapter 11

Natasha wasn't happy about keeping the fact that Andy was alive from Clint. She didn't like that he was still in turmoil over her and she was with the tower with them. 

Clint had been keeping to himself and training and like crazy. 

Andy had been being treated by Bruce and he was good at keeping secrets, everyone found that out when he had kept the secret of her being alive for a year. She was slowly recovering, it wasn't  that fast but it wasn't something she could control.

 With the amount of time she was out on the street, many of the injuries got infected and she was getting worse everyday she was on the street. The pain had gotten terrible and it had gotten to the point where she would almost be screaming out in pain when Bruce would work on her injuries. 

He couldn't give her morphine but he gave her some other pain medication that he could give her. 

It was hard to keep Clint away from the infirmary to keep him from seeing her. Others were trying to find Alex, she was harder to track than they thought she would be. 

Clint was sure Andy had died so he was sure Alex was the one to blame for everything. Bucky turning into the Winder Solider again and Andy's blood being on the wall of the bathroom. He needed to find Alex to finally get some peace. 

Andy's injuries consisted of broken rips, internal bleeding, other broken bones, and cuts all over her body. It was hard for Bruce to figure out where to start first because of all of the injuries she had. 

She was laying in the hospital bed all bandaged up and healing for the second week in a row. Her patience was getting to her and she didn't want to stay in bed anymore. She hated being stuck in one place for that long. That was just something she couldn't handle. 

Andy finally decided she had had enough of just sitting there all day and got up to stretch the one leg she could walk on. She winced as she got up and held her side which was still healing. There wasn't much she could do because of her broken leg but it was something she needed to do. She couldn't just sit anymore. 

Clint was doing his usual training for that day. It was sparing with Natasha and then Steve. After that he would do some archery just to practice. It was something to do to keep his mind off of everything. 

He didn't know what else to do. Andy just kept disappearing and he kept losing her. It wasn't something he enjoyed and he was done with it. He had lost her too many times and he was done with her, Alex, the red room, everything. 

Natasha knew this and she felt so bad. The only thing Andy was doing was trying to help him from getting hurt again but she didn't know this was hurting him more. She was checking on Andy daily because she wanted hr to get better as soon as she could so she could see Clint. 

"Andy, I'm not sure if this is such a good idea, keeping Clint in the dark." Natasha said as she walked into the room. She saw Andy standing up and wincing as she tried to walk just a little bit. 

"Should you really be doing that?" Natasha asked as she rushed over to her and helped her stand. 

"I can't stand just sitting anymore. It's torture." Andy said and Natasha just sighed. "Why did you say that it's not a good idea to keep Clint in the dark?" She asked and Natasha looked at her. 

"Well, I don't know if this is good for you two. He's really hurting right now, and he's said he's done with you, the red room, Alex, everything. As soon as Alex is dead he's done." Natasha said and Andy looked at her. 

"Shit." Andy said as she tried to walk towards the door. "I need to tell him. I need to tell him that I'm alive." She said but Natasha stopped her. 

"Andy you need to stop. You need to rest. I can bring him down here if you want but you need your rest." Natasha said and pushed Andy back to sitting on the bed. "I can bring him, down here but you need to rest." She said and Andy just looked at her. 

"I don't want him to hurt, I don't want him to be done with me." Andy said as tears welled up in her eyes. 

"Hey, it's okay. I'll bring him down here today okay?" Natasha said and looked at Andy. 

All Andy did was nod. She couldn't say anything or she would lose it. Natasha hugged her gently and walked out of the room again. 

She walked into the gym where she knew Clint would be waiting for her. He looked up at her and raised is hands. "We're sparring today." He said and she nodded. 

"I know we are but you need to come with me for a second." Natasha said as Clint got out of the ring. 

"Where are we going?" He asked. 

"I can't tell you that right now." She said and he shook his head.

"Nope, the last time you did this you tried to get me to go to therapy and it was the worst hour of my life. Not to mention all of the other times you've said that to me." Clint said and Natasha shook her head. 

"This isn't like those other times. Please Clint you're going to want to come with me." She said and he sighed and gave in. 

"Fine, let me out on a shirt." He said as he walked over to his bag and unwrapped his hands and pulled on a shirt. 

"Okay, lead the way." He said and she nodded. 

Natasha lead the way to the infirmary and was nervously looking at Clint. He was worried about what this was because she was so quiet. 

Natasha walked into the infirmary that Andy was in and Clint followed, not knowing who was there. 

"Hi Clint." 

"Andy?"