The Twins
Warnings: None
Copyright: I do not own any Marvel characters or locations. However, I do own my OC Elizabeth Lightwood. I do not condone any copying of this.
You hopped onto an enemy car, kicking the shooter off the roof, before leaping into the air. As practiced, Thor caught you around the waist with one arm, before dropping you onto another enemy car while he himself flew on top of a watch tower.
Tony soared over your head and Natasha and Clint drove in front of you. Nat was only driving, but Clint was letting loose all of his arrows.
Steve drove past on his motorcycle, which you leapt upon, steadying your feet on the back as you raised your gun and shot everyone that Steve didn't run over with the motorbike.
You held onto his shoulder, kneeling now as he threw his shield and let the motorcycle go up and off several hills.
For one moment, all of you were in sync as you ran forward, for Clint and Natasha had both leapt out of the car. You were still on the back of Steve's motorcycle, but was just jumping off to join Clint and Nat on the ground. Hulk was there with Tony on the other side and Thor above him.
And then you were all running- or in some cases flying- towards the wall in front of you.
"Shit!" You heard Tony shout.
"Language!" Steve retorted. "Jarvis what's the view from upstairs?"
"The central building is protected by some kind of energy shield. Strucker's technology is well beyond any other HYDRA base we've taken."
"Loki's scepter must be there." Thor shouted. You leapt onto the shoulders of another enemy, snapping his neck with your thighs, and leapt off of him, shooting another two through the forehead. "Strucker couldn't mount this defense without it. At long last." He muttered almost to himself.
"At long last is lasting a little long, boys." Natasha replied.
"Yeah. I think we lost the element of surprise." Clint said.
"Wait a second." Tony said on the other side, "NO one else is going to deal with the fact that Cap just said, 'Language'?"
"Tony." You groaned.
"I know." Steve said, and you turned and watched him fling his motorbike into the middle of another car. "Just slipped out"
"Steve." You whined. "That was a beautiful bike." You'd even helped him pick it out.
"Sorry, we'll go shopping for a new one after this." He groaned.
"Clint!" You heard Nat shout.
You looked away, towards her voice to see Cap go flying into the air by seemingly nothing.
Suddenly, you were sent flying off your feet and you landed face first into the snow.
"We have an Enhanced in the field." Cap said, helping you to your feet and the two of you went running.
"Clint's hit!" Nat shouted.
"Somebody want to deal with the bunker?" Nat asked.
"On it." You shouted, veering away from Steve.
Bruce beat you to it, roaring and basically crushing the bunker as he jumped and ran through it.
"Or not." You said.
"Thank you." Nat muttered.
"Stark, we really need to get inside." Steve shouted as you rejoined him. You jumped and kicked one of the guards in the face, stabbing another under the ribs.
"I'm closing in." Tony said. "Jarvis, am I closing in?"
Only a few minutes later he said, "The drawbridge is down people."
"The Enhanced?" Thor asked, leaping down and electrocuting everyone but you and Steve.
"He's a blur. All the new players we've faced, I've never seen this. In fact, I still haven't."
"Clint's hit pretty bad, guys. We're gonna need evac."
"I can get Barton to the jet." Thor said. "The sooner we're gone, the better. You, Stark, and Lady Stark secure the scepter."
"Copy that." Cap said.
"Looks like they're lining up." Thor said with a slight frown.
"Well, they're excited." Steve said, lifting his shield and bracing it. You quickly backed up as Thor rang his hammer off Steve's shield, the blast sending the enemies off their feet and overturning the truck.
"Find the scepter!"
"And for gosh sakes, watch your language!" Tony said.
You laughed.
"That's not going away any time soon." Steve sighed.
"Nope." You laughed again and started to run.
As you and Steve reached the building, you heard Nat say, "We're locked down out here."
"Then get to Banner. Time for a lullaby." Steve said.
You and Steve fought your way through and then Steve kicked a man through a doorway and you lifted your gun as you came face to face with a familiar, though not met yet, face.
"Baron Strucker. HYDRA's number one thug." Steve said, almost in a tone of glee.
"Technically, I'm a thug for S.H.I.E.L.D."
The two circled each other, which just left you pressing a gun into Strucker's back while Steve stood in front of him. "Well, then technically, you're unemployed. Where's Loki's scepter?"
"Don't worry. I know when I'm beat. You'll mention how I cooperated, I hope."
"I'll put it right under 'illegal human experimentation'." Steve said, cheerfully.
"Steve watch out!" You shouted, shooting at the woman who had just appeared, before ramming Steve so that the both of you fell down the stairs.
You watched as the woman stepped back through the doors. "We have a second enhanced." You gasped.
"Female. Do not engage." Steve copied.
"You'll have to be faster than that-"
Steve stomped on his shield which hit Strucker in the eye and face, knocking him to the ground and his stupid glass monocle fell out.
"Guys, I got Strucker." Steve reported.
"Yeah, I got something bigger." Tony said and you frowned, lifting a hand to your com.
"Tony are you out of your suit?"
"Maybe. Just listen. Thor, I got eyes on the prize."
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Tony blinked, jumping out of the way as the huge Chitauri centipede moved. It went past him in a blaze of blue light. He suddenly saw a hill made of black rock, with dead people lying upon it. Hulk was at the very top, with four or five speaks sticking out of his back. Nat was below him, her face turned towards him and her eyes open. Clint was next, propped up as though he had been sitting when he had been killed.
Maria laid next to him and then Thor laid at their feet, hammer out of his hand, his face turned and bloody.
Below him was a shattered shield, broken in two, jagged edges down the middle. Steve was closest to his feet, dead, an arm thrown out as though he was protecting someone.
That someone was Y/N, beautiful eyes open and dead. Everleigh was in her arms and though Everleigh was pressed into Y/N so Tony couldn't see her face, but he knew she was dead too.
He bent down, going to move Steve's arm away from Y/N's body, but Steve grabbed his arm. In a voice that was almost Steve's, but slightly weirder, he said, "You. Could have saved. Us." And then he fell still once more, accusing eyes staring into Tony's soul. Though his lips didn't move, a voice spoke in his head, "Why didn't you do more?"
Tony looked up and saw his worst nightmare. More and more centipedes, flying towards a ship. Flying towards Earth.
He stood up and it was all gone. He turned, seeing the centipede was still there. He stuck a hand out, moving quickly towards the scepter. He needed to hold Y/N. He grabbed the scepter. And was out of there.
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"Thor, report on the Hulk." Natasha called over.
You looked up from where you had been reading, to hear Thor said, "The gates of Hel are filled with the screams of his victims."
You started to giggle quietly into your book. You knew that was the last thing that Bruce had wanted to hear.
Bruce put his head in his hands and Nat shot him a glare, "But not the screams of the dead, of course. No, no, wounded screams. Mainly whimpering, uh, a great deal of complaining and tales of sprained deltoids and gout."
You stuffed your fist into your mouth to keep from laughing to loudly, but Steve's amused face sent you spiraling into giggles. Steve just shook his head at you.
"Hey Banner! Dr. Cho is on her way in from Seoul. Is it okay if she sets up in your lab?" Tony called from the front.
"Uh, yeah, she knows her way around." Bruce called back.
"Thanks." Tony said.
Tony put everything in auto pilot and then joined the rest of you. "Feels good, yeah? I mean, you've been after this thing since S.H.I.E.L.D. collapsed. Not that I haven't enjoyed our little raiding parties, but-"
"No but this- This brings it to a close." Thor replied.
"As soon as we find out what else this has been used for. I don't just mean weapons. Since when is Strucker capable of human enhancement?"
"Banner and I will give it the once over before it goes back to Asgard." Tony said quickly. You looked over at him. He seemed a little different than before. "Is that cool with you? Just a few days till the farewell party. You're staying, right?"
"Yes, yes, of course. A victory should be honoured with revels."
"Yeah, who doesn't love a few revels. Captain?" Tony asked.
"Hopefully this puts an end to the Chitauri and HYDRA." Was Steve's reply. "So, yes, revels."
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Maria came up onto the ship, holding a squirming, four- year old Everleigh. "Lab's all set up boss." She said, putting Everleigh down. She ran into your arms and you picked her up, pecking her face with kisses.
"Oh, actually, he's the boss." Tony said, motioning to Steve. "I just pay for everything and design everything and make everyone look cooler." You giggled.
"What's the word on Strucker?" Steve asked, standing up. Of course, he couldn't walk past Everleigh without her making grabby hands at him so you passed her over to him and then walked up to Tony.
"How are you feeling?" You asked softly, running your hands up his chest to place them lightly on his shoulders. "You seem tense. What's wrong?"
Tony looked down at you and then said, "Just want to go to bed with you really soon."
You smiled. "Alright, that can definitely be managed."
"Can't. Actually." He grumbled. "Promised Thor I had to look over the scepter."
"Oh alright." You said, trying not to let the disappointment show. "You're smart, you can figure it out. I'll check in on Clint then, give you a little peace of mind. I'm sure he'll be fine though."
"And Everleigh?"
You looked over at where she was asleep contently in Steve's arms.
You smiled a little. "We found ourselves a babysitter."
Tony chuckled, "And I don't even have to pay him for it."
You went with Tony as far as the med-bay which really happened to be right next to where Tony was working. But then you realized this was Bruce's office, so it really wasn't much more than a makeshift med bay.
"Are you sure he's gonna be okay?" Nat asked, frowning at the weird machine that was doing weird things to Clint's body. "Pretending to need this guy really brings the team together."
You laughed at that and Clint smiled.
"There's no possibility of deterioration. The nano- molecular functionality is instantaneous. His cells don't know they're bonding with simulacra."
"She's creating tissue." Bruce said in a fascinated voice. Thor opened up the door at the moment, coming in quietly for once to wrap his arms around Bruce.
"If you brought him to my lab, the Regeneration Cradle could do this in twenty minutes." Dr. Cho boasted.
"Oh, he's flat lining." Tony said, coming in with drinks, "Call it. Time?"
"No, no, no. I'm gonna live forever." Clint laughed. "I'm gonna be made of plastic."
"Here's your drink." Tony handed it to him.
"You'll be made of you, Mr. Barton." Dr. Cho corrected.
You looked out the glass doors to see Steve bouncing Everleigh on his hip, cooing at her and laughing. It really was sweet. "Your own soulmate won't be able to tell the difference. Here's the next thing Tony. Your clunky metal suits are gonna be left in the dust."
"That is exactly the plan." Tony said. "And, Helen, I expect to see you at the party this Saturday."
"Unlike you, I don't have time for parties." Dr. Cho said. She paused and then asked Thor, "Will you be there?"
Bruce coughed a laugh.
