37. here she comes

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I woke up to me being strapped in, couldn't move. Great, they're going to cut me open, not my first time. The monitors beep as the doctors traced my forehead with a marker.

"This is a much less cool way to die." Yelena said.

"In a room with you?" I looked at the doctor. "Way less."

"Yelena, Devon, it's me. It's Mama. You have a two-inch blade concealed in your beltline." Melina said through the little earpiece.

"Mama?"

"What?" The doctors turned to us. We had to play it cool, "What are you going to do to us?" My fingers searched for the blade.

"Outside right hip." There is was. Yelena and I nodded, slicing the rope off and fighting off the doctors, I jumped off the bed, wrapped my legs around ones neck and stabbed them. Another came behind me and stabbed me with a needle but I threw the knife at him before he could inject me.

"You couldn't have told us sooner?" I said as I took Yelena out of the room, wiping our marks off of our foreheads.

"Don't throw a fit. There wasn't time."

"Where did he take the vials?" Yelena said as we walked out.

"Probably down to cold storage. Dreykov still has the widows under his control, so you have to expose them to this antidote."

"Yeah. Sure. Easy." I sighed as we climbed into an air vent where lead us to the cold storage. We both dropped and posed as we got to the hallway. I realized that I do squat like she said. "Damn it, you're right, im a poser."

"That was disgusting." She shakes off the embarrassment as she did the Natasha pose. We hid behind the wall, waiting when to attack, Yelena went for it, twisting, crawling and sweeping the guard. He fell down, she grabbed his hand and it unlocked the door.

"Show off." I entered the room first and head to the cooler and handed her the vials.

"Melina, I found the location of the vials." Yelena said through comms. Before Melina answered, the place tilted, then alarms started to go off,

"girls, slight change of plan. I completely demolished one of the engines and we are going into a controlled crash." She said so calm. Not a big deal.

"Fantastic."

"You don't say. I wonder what you did mama." We ran out of the room and watch the hallways go red. "We're heading to the widows now." We ran into the room and nobody was there. Damn it. "No." Yelena grabs on of the smoke bombs, wraps them vials. "You go left, I go right." I commanded.

"No, we must stay together." She pulls me to her. "I wont lose you again."

"We'll cover more ground, go before its too late." She groans and runs. I ran the opposite way and heard stomping and talking,

"Wait, wait! I have to go back!" Dreykov. I grabbed my batons and stood in front of their way.

"Dreykov!" I yelled out. He looks at me, the look in his face, a look i never seen. He was scared. "Dont be scared, its going to be over soon."

"Kill her!" He steps back. I ran and hit the guards. Twisting their necks, shooting them, one guard shot me, my shoulder was burning hit from the bullet. My nose twitched and I choked him with his own tie. all 5 men dead. Dreykov saw what ive done, backing up into a room,

"Why so scared? I thought you loved this part of me, your monster." I twirled my bloody batons around, "Your beautiful monster." As I raised my baton, the jet exploded, tearing us apart, i flew out of the jet, managed to grab onto a bar. I dangled for a bit, looking at the widows escaping. I let go and rolled into the hallway and met with Natasha.

"We have to go!"

"No shit Romanoff!" We sprinted down the hall, catching up. Another explosion hits, the floor was tilted making us slide down. I grabbed my grappling hook and Natashas arm. I screamed in pain as there was a yank, blood from my shoulder trickled down. The flooring hit the dock and we let go. we saw Dreykov and a new team hopping on a plane. "We can't let him go!" I watched Yelena hop on top of the plane that Dreykov was on.

"Yelena!" Natasha yells and stops.

"Stop! No!" I yelled back. Yelena takes her baton and connects them together. "Don't do it!"

"This was fun!" She yells, smiling back at us.

"No!" Yelena stabs the batons into the wing, the explosion hit her, sending her off and now unconscious and in the sky.

"Yelena!" I cried out. Natasha grabbed a parachute and we both jumped off to go after her. We tossed the bag back and forth as we were getting closer to her. Taskmaster comes in, goes straight to Natasha. I kept my body close together and bumped to Yelena, strapping her in the parachute and pulling on the tag. We flew back up. She was still unconscious and I grabbed onto her, holding her head in my hands. As we got closer, i let go and I tumbled down to the ground. My shoulder was in greater pain. Its broken at this point.

"Devon!" I heard Natasha call out. I was too out of it to answer back. She found me, she looked at my shoulder, holding her weight to stop the bleeding. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

"Is he gone?" I whispered to her. I need to hear that he is.

"He's gone." She nods. Natasha helps me up and we both looked at each and remembered.

"Yelena." We both said snd went to search for her. "Yelena! Yelena?" We saw her laying down with some rumble. We sprinted to her. God please let her be okay. We took off the parachute and tried to wake her up. Her green eyes fluttered open. Thank you.

"We're upside down." I laughed with tears as she gets up. Natasha grabs our faces, looking all sad and guilty.

"Prostite menya, moi mladshiye sestry." (Forgive me, my little sisters) she lets her tears flow. Looking at Natasha made me so sad. "I should've come back for you both."

"You don't have to say that. It's okay." Yelena dusts off.

"Dont be sorry." I whispered to her. We looked away.

"Hey. Hey." She brought us back to her. "It was real to me, too." We both smiled and touched foreheads. We shared tears, taking a moment to breathe then we hugged. The three of us pulled apart as we heard Melina. I quickly got up and watch her limp her way with Alexei to us. "Everybody good?"

"I am clearly injured." Melina said back.

"I'll live." I coughed.

"You got something to say?" Natasha looks at Alexei, whos been dying to tell her.

"I'd just mess it up." He reaches for her hand and she took it. Sirens are coming, FBI? SHIELD? Who knows but we have to go.

"Here comes the cavalry."

"So, what's our plan, avenger?" I asked her.

"You guys go. I'll stay." She said as she looked at the cars pulling in.

"That's insanity. We fight. We fight with you."

"I'll hold them off."

"Natasha, we fight." Then the arguing begins.

"We can't split up. You're so pigheaded."

"I can take on some agents, ive been dying to." I stomped. Natasha chuckled.

"You guys, go."

"Oh, my God." Yelena rolled her eyes.

"Besides, if it can work out with the five of us, you know, there may be some hope for the Avengers. Little bit." She smiles.

"Okay, well, if you're leaving, then I guess you should take this. I know how much you like it." Yelena takes off her vest and tossed it to her.

"Shucks." She laughs. "It does have a lot of pockets."

"Very handy pockets, yeah."

"You can hide anything." I handed her a clip and winked, she was going to need that.

"He had widows implanted all over the world. Melina will need to copy the formula, but you should be the one to tell 'em it's over." Natasha hands the last vial to Yelena. Natasha saw me holding onto my shoulder.

"Aww she's jealous that you gave me the job and not her." I rolled my eyes. "Its okay big sister. does someone need a hug?" Yelena opens her arms.

"Dont touch me." I backed away.

"Come on, dont be a baby." Natasha opens hers.

"Hug me and i will end you." I spat. But they stood there, waiting. I sighed. I gave in. "Fine." I walked into their arms and we hugged, what was the last time. We saw a jet landing and we saw the Widows. We marched up to them. "Natasha!" I yelled out and she whips her head back. "Be careful big sister, if you need anything come over, I won't kill you this time." I shared a smile as I walked away.

"Devon." She calls back. I hummed in response. "Don't let Matt go, he's the one." I nodded and blushed. Yelena and I whistled our song to Natasha and she chimes back. We nodded and got in the jet.

"Whos Matt?" Alexei asked me as we flew off.

"Boyfriend."

"Boyfriend?" He frowns. "Since when?"

"Oh shove off, im old enough." I patted his belly and walked to the front so they can take me home.

"How serious are you two?" He continues the questions but I ignored him.