The Rescue
“You’re telling me, a single person, took down the group of people I assigned to be the world’s mightiest heroes?” the avengers’ heads hung low at the mention of their failed mission.
“Well, you failed to mention that this guy is a lot more enhanced than Capsicle here and apparently they got a superpower or something? What happened back there, Romanoff?” Tony worriedly asked the redhead beside him.
“It seems like some kind of invisible force holding me down, I couldn’t move at all. This had never happened before ever since I encountered them.” It was scary and for the first time ever, she’s afraid of what you truly are capable of.
“Then let’s make this mission your top priority. Gather all the Intel we got of this Reaper and if possible, capture them.” Fury commanded the group. Everyone began to work on their task, determined to catch the dangerous individual they have encountered.
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The mission was unfruitful of course. It seemed like you’ve disappeared from the face of the world. It had been 7 months since their last encounter of you. You never resurfaced again and somehow, you managed to mask the scepter’s energy unable to be tracked.
The team had not relaxed since then, always searching for every possible way to capture you. Even when they had known and raided bases of Hydra, the mission to capture you will always be the top priority. They had known that Hydra is not affiliated with you and that makes the mission hard.
The redhead huffed loudly in front of her laptop, frustrated that they can’t find any single trace of you. She had filed all the encounters she had with you and yet it is still getting nowhere.
A knock disturbed her undivided attention from her laptop. She looked up from the screen and saw Steve at the doorframe.
“Tony discovered another lab again. He wants us to personally scope this place since apparently, his technology couldn’t fully scan it. I’ll meet you in the conference room for the briefing.” She could only nod at her teammate before he turned his back at her. She soon followed him after.
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After the briefing, the team consisting of Steve, Natasha, Tony, Clint, Bruce and even Thor started boarding the quinjet, not taking the chance to encounter a dangerous individual with the scepter alone by any of them.
They still have yet to scale your capabilities and their best bet is to face you all together.
The lab they have discovered is underground and seems to be abandoned. In their case, an abandoned lab is never abandoned and empty. It was hard to find it first, but thanks to Tony’s technology, they will investigate this lab they didn’t know it existed before.
Everyone on the board is on high alert when nearing the destination, the sun had started to set allowing the sign of night to seep in. The sky’s already dark when they arrived.
Going over the plan for nth time, the group infiltrated the lab while Bruce stayed on the jet. Since stealth is not the group’s forte, after half an hour, an alarm goes off alerting any person who might be inside.
“Are you sure there’s no one here Tony? The alarm says otherwise.” Steve said to his earpiece. He heard Tony scoff indicating he somewhat offended him.
“Yeah, well no one appeared on the scan before,” Tony begrudgingly said.
“Okay, enough you two. I’m pretty sure someone had already heard the alarm making their way to escape. Please tell me that any of you had discovered something.” Natasha reprimands.
“There’s definitely some-ack!” Natasha heard gunshots not far from her. She remembers that’s where Clint has gone to.
“Clint! What’s happening?!” she worriedly asked as she began to sprint in Clint’s direction. But a robot-like machine steps in the view. Its weapon raised at her and she barely evaded the bullets whipping past her.
She dodges the attacks and starts firing at it. This went for a few minutes before she managed to take down the machine.
“Is everyone alright? Can anyone hear me?” Natasha worriedly asked from her comms hoping that anyone would answer her.
“I’m good, Nat, where are you?” hearing Clint’s voice, she sighed in relief. “Right here, just finished taking a machine down. I’m gonna start searching this floor.”
She could still hear various shots and chaos from distance but she knows her teammates are capable of handling their selves. Gripping tightly at her newly reloaded gun, she tried with her other hand to open the door she found.
Still not bulging after a few tries, she kicked the door down while aiming the gun ahead. She takes a look around and noticed a mask that she knows too well lying on top of disregarded clothes.
Now she’s definitely on her highest alert. She continued to wander in the room. After deeming the room is empty, she turned to leave not forgetting to snatch the mask.
“I found the Reaper’s mask but no Reaper in sight. They’re definitely nesting this lab.” The redhead reported. She just noticed that the chaos had calmed down. She doesn’t know if that is a good or a bad thing.
“I need you guys here if you’re finished, the scepter’s in sight but something is odd with it,” Natasha heard Thor say and followed his directions on where he was.
When she arrived, she sees Thor in front of the scepter. He’s right, there’s definitely odd with it. The scepter’s blue orb is no longer there.
“Uhh guys, you should definitely see this,” Natasha heard Steve say. Following where he was, she sees a human sized capsule in front of him. She also noticed a lot of wires and tubes attached at the capsule.
“You’re seeing what I’m seeing Nat, right?” there’s a person inside the capsule, floating in what seems like a liquid and wears a mask she guesses that helps them breath in it. They couldn’t identify the person’s figure clearly because the liquid’s too foggy.
“JARVIS scanned the place, there’s no heat signature because the place is swarmed by robots and this fella here is in this thick capsule.” She heard Tony say beside her. “There are no robots now by the way, they’ve been handled. We also managed to get some files because everything seems to be destroyed. I hope there’s something in it.”
“Is there anything else that the team should know?” Captain America asked the group. He’s met with shrugs indicating the conclusion of this mission.
“Now, what the hell are we going to do with this?”
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They ended up taking the capsule along with the scepter. Once they arrived at the tower, they jumped in action hoping that they could crack the capsule open.
Setting the capsule in the lab, the science brothers began to work. The remaining are on guard because this person might be dangerous. For what seemed like an hour, the capsule hissed open. The person slides down on the floor as the liquid flowed.
This person turned out to be a woman- no, a young girl- Natasha thought, and she is very naked. The girl fluttered her eyes open and ripped the tube out of her mouth taking labored and heavy breaths. Everyone in the room froze at the sight, not knowing exactly what to do.
Taking noticed of the naked state, Natasha gripped Bruce’s lab coat ushering to take it off. After that, she puts the coat around the girl.
Soaking in her surroundings, the girl noticed the change in scenery and the presence of people in the room. With wild eyes and confused state, the girl scurried away from Natasha, and curled herself in the corner.
“Hey relax, we are not going to hurt you.” Natasha held her palm out emphasizing her intention of not hurting the girl.
The girl only looked at her for a moment then proceeds to look around. She saw the others in fighting stance and whined loudly at the sight.
Before Natasha could assure her, the girl passed out.
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You don’t know how long it has been since you had succumbed in a deep slumber. When you wake up, you noticed that this is not the lab you’ve grown to. Groaning at the offending bright lights, you tried sitting up. You’re dressed in what seemed like a hospital gown and there’s a tube attached in your hands.
Afraid that this is the doctor’s doing, you let it be. You take a moment to adjust and proceed to look around. It seems like you’re back in the cell, except it’s not the same anymore. Of course you knew your cell very well, it is your home.
Not expecting anyone besides the doctor, your eyes nearly bulged out at the sight of your favorite redhead gliding through the cell’s door. Your senses heightened and you feel like throwing up.
What the hell is she doing here?!
The heart monitor that you didn’t know beside you began to beep quickly. Not knowing what to do at all, you stiffly stayed in your spot and carefully watched the redhead with wide eyes.
“Hey, relax. You’re safe here. Take a deep and calm breath.” The redhead tries to reassure you. Taking up on her advice, you took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
When you did, you tilted your head lightly as if asking the redhead a silent question.
Is she working with the doctor now? You wondered.
“Your stats shows that there’s no serious injury on you, well except for the fact that you are deeply malnourished and it appears that there is some kind of object lodged on your chest when you were x-rayed, you’re cleared. For now.” The redhead’s raspy voice sooths your distressed mind. You like hearing her voice like this, especially when the two of you are not fighting.
Still not finding your voice, you let the redhead speak.
“My name is Natasha, by the way. Do you know what’s yours?”
Did the doctor forgot to tell Natasha my name? What is she getting at? She’s working with the doctor, right?
Your confusion only grows and you feel a headache coming. You unconsciously rubbed your hand at your temple.
Taking this as a silent answer, Natasha assured the girl to not to think about it hard if she can’t remember.
“I-I d-don’t understand… Where is the doctor?” you managed to squeak after some time.
“What doctor?” This only fueled your confusion.
“Y-you know… the doctor…I-I don’t know his name” You don’t understand, if she’s working with the doctor, how can she not know?
“Do you perhaps remember what he looks like?” This is driving you mad. You don’t know what’s happening. How can the doctor leave you alone with this woman? You never had a company besides the doctor before, so what changed?
“T-tall, with a s-scar on his eyebrow and…bald” you whispered the last word, afraid that you might offend the doctor if he’s listening. You don’t know how to describe him though so you opted with those things.
“Well, there are no other doctor that look like that here.” Natasha sighed. She just confirmed that your memory works just fine.
You furrowed your brows at her. If the doctor isn’t here, what does…Wait.
“Where am I?”
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