Phantasm

Chapter 15

As the team gathered together, no one was quite sure what was going to happen. 

"We need to get her to a cage before she wakes up." Tony said as he was catching his breath. Everyone nodded a little. 

Natasha was still calming down Clint and before Andy could say anything to him, he walked away from the group. 

Clint knew it wasn't nice to leave the team in a moment like that but he needed to calm down. He didn't know what came over him. Alex was the reason why his world was falling apart and he snapped when he saw her. 

Andy watched Clint walk away and then looked at Natasha for an answer. Natasha shook her head and walked over. 

"When he saw Alex, he snapped. It wasn't something he saw coming but he just wanted her gone." She explained and Andy just nodded a little. 

Andy was shocked to hear that Alex was in the building too. For all of Stark's confidence he needs to better his security. 

As the rest of the team helped Tony and Steve get Alex to a cell that was built for the Hulk, with Bruce's permission, Bucky stayed behind with Andy. 

"Are you okay?" He asked her. She didn't respond for a minute as she was staring at the floor where Alex was minutes before. Bucky asked her again before she looked up at him, tears in her eyes. 

"Are you okay?" She asked softly, this time he didn't respond for a minute. 

They were silent when the alarms finally were silenced and while Bucky looked at his metal arm. A weapon that is apart of him, that he wants gone. 

"I keep hurting the team, I'm a threat to my friends." He whispered and looked up at her. 

Bucky knew that Andy could relate to this and she nodded. 

Andy was the first to move, and she hugged him. She knew that this wouldn't stop till Alex was dead, and she wanted to be the one to kill her with Bruce, Clint, and Bucky by her side. Bucky didn't know what was happening at first but hugged her after a second. 

They stayed there for minutes before Andy pulled away and smiled a little. " I should probably go back to the infirmary." She said and he nodded. 

"Yeah, Bruce is probably not too happy that you're still out of bed." Bucky said and she nodded with a small smile before turning around and walking back to the infirmary. 

Natasha sat Clint on his bed before closing the door to his room and looking at him. 

"What happened out there? I've never seen you do that before." She said, putting her hands on her hips. 

"That bitch is the reason my life is falling apart. She's the reason Andy died, why she came back, ran away again, came back, and then broke up with me. She is at fault for all of this and she needs to die before I can move on with my life." Clint whispered, looking at his hands. 

Natasha just looked at him and sighed, not saying anything. 

"You know that's not healthy." Natasha said, breaking the silence. 

"I don't care." Clint whispered looking up at her. 

Natasha noticed the tears in his eyes and dropped her arms. She sighed and knelt down in front of him. 

"Come on Clint. You know you can't do this to yourself, you're going to drive yourself crazy. The whole team wants to eliminate Alex. Everyone. You are not alone in this, so please take a breath and calm down. If you want me to go away so you can calm down but promise me that you won't go out and track down Alex alone." She said looking at him. 

Clint didn't meet her eyes while she was talking but finally looked at her after she stopped talking. 

"I'll calm down, just go wherever the team is. I'll be there when I calmed down." He said softly. 

Natasha nodded a little before standing up and walking to the door. She walked out but before she closed the door she said, "If you need me, text me and I'll be here." With that she closed the door. 

Clint looked back down at his hands before he got up and paced around his room. He wasn't ready to see Alex in the tower or even in New York and Tony was trying to locate her, how did he not find her in New York? 

After half an hour of just pacing he grabbed his gym bag and headed to the gym to beat up some punching bags. 

Andy winced a little as she got back into the hospital bed. Bruce walked back in and looked at her. 

"How are you?" He asked as he checked over her injuries. 

Andy shrugged a little before answering. "I want Alex dead, and I want you, Bucky, and Clint by my side as we kill her." She said and he paused as he was checking her leg.

"What are you talking about?" He asked, looking at her, not sure if she was serious or not. 

"I'm serious Bruce. She needs to die, if she doesn't then she will keep coming back and trying to kill us." Andy said and he didn't respond for awhile, while he checked over her other injuries. 

Andy was watching Bruce's expression as he thought about her offer, and she wasn't sure what he was thinking. 

"I can't." Bruce said finally as he finished looking over her. 

"Why? Alex has tortured you, don't you want to see her dead?" Andy asked sitting up and throwing her hands up in the air. 

"Because I don't like killing. I would love to hear that Alex is dead, it would lift a huge weight off of my shoulders. But I can't be the one killing her and I can't see it." Bruce said before walking out of the room. 

Andy watched him walk out of the room and leaned back against the pillows. She groaned and punched the bed a little as she watched people pass through the hallway window. 

A pissed off Clint passed the window, catching Andy's attention. 

"Clint?" Andy called after him, not knowing if he was going to stop and talk to her. After a minute he showed up at the door and looked at her. 

"Are you okay?" He asked and she smiled a little, finally hearing him talk to her. 

"I want to kill Alex, with you and Bucky by my side." She said and Clint paused. 

"I'm listening." He said as he walked into the room and sat down next to her bed.