A/N: wtf? Why am I still sick? It's been like two weeks now 0_O.
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Natasha tapped her foot impatiently as Tony 'inspected' Loki's staff.
Take a poke here, pick it up there.....

"Are you done yet Tony?"
The genius raised his head with a start; a loud bang followed when his head hit cold metal.
"Owww, sh*t that hurts!"
Steve's head whipped so fast around Natasha thought it might have fallen off.
"Language please."
The whole team burst out laughing, including Steve.
Natasha asked again,"no seriously, when are we going back to the tower?"
Tony rubbed the top of his head softly and smirked,"all in good time Romanoff. Just be patient."
The redhead was able to wait about 1 more hour, then she snapped.

Bunching her muscles to spring; she jumped over Tony and flipped around.
Again Tony met with the metal ceiling as Natasha grabbed the staff from its pedestal, and jumped over Tony again, this time landing neatly beside Steve.
"I'll ask again Ironass, when are we going back to the Quinjet?"
Tony let out a surprised gasp before covering it up with a defeated growl,"now."
"Great!" Natasha grabbed Steve's hand and hurried him outside, kicking him lightly in the foot a couple of times when he thought she could move his bulk.
"I'm not the hulk Rogers," she panted.
"I never said you are one," he pointed out.
"Spare me the agony will you?"
"Gladly"
"What wha-" Steve picked Natasha up bridal style and carried her the rest of the way into the Quinjet. Natasha felt small in his arms and he gripped her closer to his chest. Natasha knew that he shouldn't be thinking she's fragile, but she likes having someone other than Clint she can lean onto, especially if that other person is her boyfriend.
Steve set her down to go help Thor with a computer.
Natasha decided to go say hi to Bruce, who at this time was listening to some classical music.
She crouched down near him and tapped his shoulder lightly.
"Hey."
Bruce looked up and quickly removed his headphones,"hey back."
Natasha smiled a bit before engaging in on a conversation with him about Betty.
"So, how have you been with her?"
Bruce shrugged and said it was 'complicated'. "With me being the hulk we have to be long distance, she's really the only one who can control the hulk."
"Still dangerous though?"
He nodded again and Natasha turned to Thor. "Report on Hulk."
Thor smiled,"all his victims will be screaming in hell."
Bruce's face immediately went from happy to heartbroken in that second. Nat gave Thor the 'shut the hell up' look.
"I mean......half dead."
"Thor, maybe you should go see what Clint is doing."
"Yes Lady Natasha."
Thor quickly entered the other room that held Clint and Guardian in it.
Bruce put back on his headphones and Natasha waved goodbye before padding over to where Steve sat.
Steve's eyes followed her as she slowly made her way into his lap; putting her head down on his chest.
"So how's Bucky doing down in the cell?"
Unbeknownst to Natasha, Steve went down to see Bucky after when he saw Natasha talking to Bruce, and him making her laugh.
"He's uh..he's doing better."
Natasha traced the collar of his suit and sighed,"and by better you mean slightly less worse than often?"
Steve let out a sigh and casually wipe some blood and snow off her face; Natasha softened with his touch.
Steve looked down at the redhead in his lap and kissed the top of her head, Natasha shifting around to find a more comfortable position.
"Has...has your nightmares stopped Tasha?"
Natasha let out a small whine,"no...and they're more frequent, especially the ones that you are in."
"And what happens to me and the team?"
Natasha gripped his suit with shaking hands, beads of sweat forming on her face. "There's this robot sitting on a throne, and the blue streak guy is there with a girl, they're standing on this floating island."
Steve placed his hand on her back, trying to calm her down,"and why is that so bad?"
"Because you and the others are lying on the floor....dead."
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A/N: just a warning: I might not be able to get Saturday's chapter out due to me being at a friend's party the whole night.
Just wanted to give you guys a heads up.

Happy Reading!
~Forever RedWind