Broken

Chapter 6

Clint's POV

No one has seen Nat since when Bruce and Tony dragged her and the girl away. When we saw the Science Bros next, Bruce was glaring at Tony, so I'm assuming he did something stupid. Again.

"What'd you do this time, Stark?" I ask once he's alone, jumping from the vents. He spins around quickly, hand on his chest.

"Don't- do that!" He says, his breathing becoming slightly faster.

"You gonna answer my question?" I look at him expectedly, awaiting an answer. He sighs and looks frustrated and annoyed.

"We tried to do the check-up, but Bruce was 'taking it slow'," he uses finger quotes to emphasise his distaste, "so I'd had enough and took matters into my own hands-."

"And rushed towards her with a needle," I finish. He looks at me weirdly and I shrug. "Saw the footage. No audio." He still looks confused but I leave the room to try and find Nat. From the footage the two seem close, and Nat seemed pretty mad (never a good sign).

I head up to Nat's room and go to knock on the door but freeze when I hear voices. I know I shouldn't eavesdrop- especially on Natasha - but my spy instincts kicked in and I had to.

"-'S a dick. Just ignore him."

I hear a slight giggle coming from a definitely younger person- not Nat for sure. "You can't say things like that!"

"Sure I can! It's not like they can do anything. They're all too scared of me," I can hear the smirk in Nat's voice. The two burst into a fit of giggles but leave me confused. They sound so close- as if they've known each other for years. What is going on?

I hear a really quiet whisper. Too quiet. As if they were trying to hide a conversation from someo- oh shit. They know I'm here. I try to back away quietly, but suddenly my best friend has kicked down the door, causing me to fall and she is looming over me, gun pointed at my head.

"H- hey Nat! How's my best buddy?" I ask nervously. She cocks the gun threateningly.

"How much did you hear?" I stay silent, wondering whether to play dumb or tell the truth. She crouches down and presses the gun to my temple. "You better answer fucking quick Barton because you know I won't hesitate to shoot, friend or foe." I raise my hands in surrender and I gulp hard, but before I can respond I hear footsteps rushing down the hallway.

"Hey Nat! What's going on up here?" Bucky turns the corner, but slows when he sees the predicament. "Why don't we put the gun down?" He asks slowly, hands also raised slightly.

"Я не стою убивать твоего лучшего друга, мама," the girl says. I'm not worth killing your best friend over, Mom.

"Ты достоин мира, моя детка," Nat responds, turning towards the girl and embracing her. I scramble to my feet quickly, backing to Bucky, not wanting to make the situation any worse. You are worth the world, my baby.

"Мама? Нат, что происходит?" Bucky asks. I look around cluelessly, wishing I had learnt Russian when Nat offered. Mom? Nat, what's going on?

"It's none of your business, Barnes. And if I ever catch you trying to pull anything like that again, Barton, you can expect a lot worse than a little threatening," her hand tightens around the gun, but the girl places a hand on her's and seemingly calms Nat immediately.

The only word I barely recognised said this entire time was 'Мама', which could only mean Mom. But, Nat can't have kids, right? I leave the floor, slightly terrified for my life, but Barnes stays, unmoving from his position.

What's this? An update?😱

Seriously though, sorry for the long wait. I've had a huge writer's block and everything's been kinda shitty for everyone lately. I know this chapter is pretty short but I'll try and make the rest longer.

I think I know where I want to go with this book, I'm just not very good at actually getting there. Please bare with me!

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Lastly, sorry if the translations aren't great, I used google translate, believe it or not :). Feel free to correct me!

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