Exam Room 9
Previously *
“ it’s okay malyshka, you just want her safe, but we aren’t going to do that by hurting her. Together, you and I can keep her safe and loved”
Wanda nodded “ you’re right Detka” she sniffled bringing her hands up to wipe her tears. “ I should probably try to fix this before y/n gets back, I don’t want her worrying about me. The brunette stood up and made her way to the bathroom door.
“ okay I’ll be here”
Now*
As Wanda made her way to the bathroom door, Nat took a minute to really look at the examination room Bruce had led them into. It was very much stark (pun unintended but very much self appreciated) in design. It was sleek, high tech but also very uninviting, white, and severe in aesthetics. It was very much a ‘function over fashion’ room which all medical rooms are, and while Natasha had spent a lot of time in her fair share of exam rooms, none of them made her as uncomfortable as this one.
Sure the bed in the room was of a nice size with a comfortable mattress that would probably hold three people in human form maybe two in wolf form definitely only one in hulk form, and sure the paper on the bed was of the biodegradable kind, and yes the other chairs in the room were more couches than the cushonless ‘made for skinny people’ chairs (because let’s face it bodies come in all beautiful shapes and sizes not just one) other places had, but even though she had been in worse exam rooms, this one never failed to make her shiver. This was Exam room nine (yeah I figured they’d need a lot of exam rooms sometimes) and exam room 9 came with a flood of emotions and one very scary haunting memory that came flooding back in an instant
A few months ago *
It all happened a few months ago…
Y/n had already been with them for a few months after having been rescued and found. And she was making great progress with other people and even around a few other alphas, but the biggest progress that she had made was being able to sleep in the same bed with her mates. And yes they helped her sleep better than no other, but she was still struggling with nightmares and while both mates had always been very accommodating and understanding and truly helpful in aiding in her rest, the sheer number of nightmares had added up to about 2-3 hours of rest a night for the recovering omega.
Nat remembered what wanda said that morning “Dorogoy, I know you don’t like taking any kind of medication but we are worried about you, it isn’t healthy to go without enough sleep for this long, will you please just try your meds today? You didn’t sleep last night. Please.”
Y/n was in an oversized bamboo nightshirt and she looked exhausted, but still Nat thought she was adorably cute as she pouted her bottom lip “ But everyone is either out or going on that mission with you guys, what if one of you gets hurt, and I’m not there for you because I’m sleeping and bad stuff happens and you’re both gone and i never even got to say goodbye and we never got to mate and then I’ll be alone again.. I don’t want to be alone again.”
The red headed alpha relived how she had placed a gentle hand on the omega’s face an kissed her forehead. Looking into her eyes she vowed “ you will not loose us so easily, we will mate whenever the time comes that you are ready and willing to share yourself with us and we will have a long and beautiful life together. Of that I have no doubt, and I will fight tooth and nail if it means making that come true. Wanda and I love you already, fully mated or not.”
“We just want you to be happy and healthy y/n, and sleep is important, nothing will happen, it’s an easy mission, and FRIDAY will be here to watch over you while you sleep until we get home.” Wanda had held out the prescription bottle in one hand and a glass of water in the other, her eyes pleading, hopeful, and concerned.
The white sheets had shifted under their omega as she had reached out for the container of pills and hesitantly took out two ‘horse pills’(don’t know if anyone else uses that term but in my family we use it to mean very large pills) from inside. After that she had traded the bottle for the glass of water and taken her meds without a fuss.
Both alphas had given her a kiss on the head and tucked her in after she has let loose a jawbreaking yawn as they were getting ready for the mission.
The mission was supposed to be an easy one, a simple data retrieval mission in an old hydra hidey hole. They were to retrieve any and all information left and then tear down the site so that it could never be used again. And after this was done hydra would finally be just a bad memory. The heart of the evil beast would finally beat no more, it’s last head would never multiply to terrorize again.
It was a mission that couldn’t be left to chance so it was decided that it would be all hands on deck. Not everyone was on site or on world, but those who were went. Tony, Peter, Sam, Bucky, Steve, Kate, Clint, Yelena, Nat, and Wanda all suited up for the mission along with a few trusted old shield agents.
The agents arrived by car and the Avengers arrived by jet. They all met up about a mile out of their location, just to be on the safe side. Slowly they made their way to the big warehouse. From there they split off into 5 teams. Tony and Peter on one, Bucky, Sam, and Steve on the second, Clint, Kate, and Yelena on the third, the shield agents on the fourth, and finally Wanda and Nat on the last. They each entered the massive abandoned building at different points.
Nat doesn’t know exactly what the other teams had done then, but Wanda and her had swept their part of the building and laid their charges. Then together they had discovered the base’s mainframe. Nat was downloading all the information it had stored when fighting was heard over their coms it had all happened so suddenly after that, the last remnants of hydra attacked them after the download was complete. They were fighting just fine but their charges had already been set, time was running out and there were more enemy combatants than anticipated.
The widow remembered Wanda’s eyes going big before she was practically tackled by her mate and encased in red orb as the building exploded all around them. Not everyone had made it out before the blast but luckily no one had perished in the fire or beneath the rubble except for the enemy hydra agents.
There were multiple injuries that needed to be examined though. She was just helping Clint get patched up in the jet when she saw Tony getting off the phone.
“Medical is preparing for incoming”
Wanda tilted her head “Couldn’t FRIDAY have told them?”
“No, FRIDAY Is undergoing an update at the compound, she’s only connected to my suit right now” he had sighed “ I told you all two days ago”
Wanda and Nat’s hearts both sank at that, they had promised y/n that FRIDAY would be there while they weren’t.
As soon as the jet landed they helped everyone out and into medical care then headed straight to the elevator and to their floor. As soon as the doors to the elivator had opened they were hit with the smell of their omega’s blood. panic settled in Fast and they ran faster.
Magic and gun were drawn when they entered the room “no” they both breathed out.. The sheets that had been white before they left were now stained in different shades of red and the comforter and pillows were in disarray.
That’s when Nat had seen it ,y/n’s foot ,peaking off on the side of the bed on the floor. Unmoving.
She was by her side in an instant, cradling her in her arms “ y/n?” She shook her “ y/n please” she whined.
Still y/n didn’t move. The widow looked closer as Wanda quickly cleared their quarters to make sure no one was inside with them. Y/n’s night shirt neck and arms were doused in blood and her right arm was wrapped up in part of their bedsheets as the red bled out from underneath it.
The alpha quickly took out one of her blades and shredded the sheet infront of her, removing the soiled bandage and placing a new one over the newly revealed gash on y/n arm. It was deep and long and the new improvised bandage was quickly turning just as red as the one she’d just removed.
Behind her Wanda whined at the sight “ wh-what happened? I don’t see how anyone got in. Is she going to be okay? She has to be okay”
“I don’t..” The red headed Alpha had shifted her hurt mate in her arms when she saw it. There on the floor was the razer sharp knife she always placed under her pillow at night. It was full of blood. She’d forgotten to remove it this morning after continual nights of helping y/n through her nightmares
“This is all my fault” she’d whispered, crying then. “ I-I left the knife in the bed, I-l h-hurt her, she probably grabbed my pillow in her sleep and the pills I ” she shook her head and lifter y/n quickly heading towards medical as she’d uttered “I’m sorry I’m so sorry” the whole way.
They were ushered into exam room nine as everything else was backed up and being used.
Now*
Nat shuddered at the memory of that. They’d almost lost y/n to her mistake. She’d spent the week in the hospital recovering from all the blood loss.
Now there was a hidden sheath attached to the headboard between the mattress for both her gun and a different knife (she couldn’t get rid of the sullied knife fast enough) so that the protection would still be there without the potential harm to the ones she was trying to protect in the first place.
Y/n had healed without a scar and had never held the incident against her, but she never failed to forget it. She hated this room.