Hold On

Ticking Time Bomb

Fact: I make all of my stories on my phone! Hinting all of the spelling mistakes!

"We don't know where the stones are, but we can find them." Steve said. To him, the was the awful truth. But to Tony, Maria, Sam and Fury, they knew where the stones were and who had them. Which only meant one thing.

"Find them now or she dies!" James pressed the power stone on Natasha's head even harder, causing more unnecessary pain.

"Ok! Ok! Just let her go!" Tony growled. James looked up and frowned.

"Why would I let her go if I can have her?" James asked. Steve gripped onto his shield, telling himself to calm down and breathe before he makes any stupid mistake.

Wanda sneaked by James' sight and telepathically forced James into the wall. Natasha jumped up, turned around and shot at James. Using the stones he had, he disappeared into a black hole behind him. Steve cursed under his breath and stomped off, not even looking back to see if Natasha was Ok. By the way, she was.

"I'll call Fury. He might want to assign teams tonight." Maria said as she walked out of the room and into the elevator.

Thor flopped down onto the couch and let out a big sigh. "Guess I'll be staying a lot longer than I thought."

"You're damn right, we need to get those stones." Natasha growled at herself. She was furious for letting herself get beat like that.

"And do what? Give the stones to James? No way I'm giving him that kind of power!" Tony yelled.

"Maybe we don't. Maybe we retrieve the three other stones and take the ones he has now!" Wanada added. Tony rubbed his forehead and shrugged.

"I don't know guys, maybe we all need to eat a burger and think this through." Tony suggested. "Welcome to good burger, home of the goo--"

"No Tony no." Natasha cut Tony off before he can finish a stupid song from his favorite movie. Tony scolded and walked off before Steve returned.

"Perimeter is clear. He's gone." Steve eyed Natasha closely. Every fee seconds, she'll rub her head as if she had a terrible headache. "Nat..  you good?"

"No, I'm just tired." Natasha smiled. But both Clint and Steve knew that was a fake and a cover up smile. Steve waved goodbye and walked beside Natasha to their room. Maybe Happy could  watch the kids a little longer. Maybe Pepper had both of them. Natasha honestly was too tired from the pain that she quickly dozed off.

Steve caught her before she fell and laid her down on the bed. But he didn't stay there, he rushed back downstairs where Fury and Maria started to walk in.

"It always happens at parties." Fury said. Tony folded his arms across his chest after he put his phone down.

"Yeah, I guess so." Tony mumbled.

Fury picked up an unopened beer and took a sip before looking back at the others. "Is Romanoff ok?"

"Yeah, she's just tired." Steve replied. Fury nodded slowly and looked at Tony and Thor.

"You two," Fury pointed at them. "Follow me."

Tony and Thor followed Fury to the next room over as he shut the door. He looked at them both with serious eyes, giving Tony a clue he wasn't messing around.

"The KGB and Hydra is our number one enemies, always have and maybe always will." Fury sat down but continued to stare at Thor ans Tony. "You two need to find James and bring him to me for questioning. I know he needs those stones for something and I'm going to find out why."

"So we're basically a team?" Thor asked. Fury nodded and looked out the window.

"Yes. As far as I know, James is a ticking time bomb."

..............

"I don't understand." Steve mumbled.  Natasha didn't move much of a muscle. She woke up and changed into pajamas before returning to a peaceful sleep. Steve had just put Grant to bed and was now walking to their bed.

They're K-9 dogs sleeping at the bottom of the bed om the floor, protecting while resting. Multitasking, something Natasha will favor soon.

"We're the Avengers and this is the Avengers life. We have to be ready for anything." Natasha frowned. Steve nodded and pulled the covers over amd up to his waist. Steve laid his back against the backboard like Natasha.

"I'm reminded that everyday Nat, but our home back in Tennessee. We're going to have to go back eventually." Steve mentioned.

"Yeah? Maybe we can stay. Our life follows us where ever we go. Why go back and live a life not meant for us." Natasha said. Steve furrowed his eyes towards his wife. He definitely disagreed.

"No, we have a son and I don't want to raise him to live a life of danger." Steve insisted. Natasha grabbed Steve's hand and swallowed before she spoke some words that brought tears.

"He was born into this life without a father at the time. He was raised with this life style and now he wants to be a hero like us. Maybe we should let him follow his dreams." Natasha leaned into Steve.

Steve sighed and wrapped an arm around Natasha. Both of them had their fair share of reasons for the dos and the donts. But Natasha was right, Grant was born into this world and he's somehow always going to be apart of it.

"Dreams can be dangers." Steve warned.

"Some can be, but not all of them. He can't direct Grant away from his dreams. If he wants to be like his dad, I'll encourage it and set aside my fear." Natasha closed her eyes.

"So I guess his training starts soon?" Steve asked.

"Yeah, but I'm going to train him differently. We'll go easy."