Chapter 25
2015, date redacted
"Avengers," Steve takes in a deep breath.
"Assemble!" Natasha pipes up behind Steve, grin on her face.
Steve sighs and turns around.
"You really had to huh," he mock reprimanded as the other Avengers laugh.
Natasha looks at the other Avengers. Sam, Wanda and Vision.
"And lets head for training. Chop chop, we've got work to do, the bad guys don't wait for us, unless they've got agendas and huge showdowns planned," Natasha chases as they head off to the gyms.
2015, date redacted
"Hi, I'm Natasha, I'll be training you," Natasha says to Wanda.
Wanda nods tensely.
"So," Natasha says, shifting into a defensive position.
"Show me what you've got, no powers because with them you could take down the whole place but it's not what we're after today."
Wanda nods, trying to copy Natasha's stance.
Natasha fakes a jab at Wanda, causing her to duck immediately.
Natasha sweeps out her legs, and Wanda lands heavily on the mat.
Natasha stands and offers out a hand to Wanda.
"That, is how you make someone eat mat. But, we'll be working on your stance for now. Your main defense would be your powers, this is only a backup plan. For your powers, I don't really know much about them, so I can't really help you. You have to learn how to control it. The UN takes accidents and blowing buildings up very seriously."
Wanda nods, accepting the hand.
For the next two hours, they go over some stances, Natasha correcting once in a while. They provided freedom of movement, especially upper body as Wanda usually used her upper body and arms for her magic.
"We're finished for the morning. I'll see you later for your afternoon training. Roll out your sore muscles and put heat packs. They tend to get really tense," Natasha advises.
Wanda nods, inwardly relieved that this was the end. Who knew just going through positions could hurt so much?
"Steve?" Natasha yells to the other end of the gym, probably seeking out a spar match. Well, this should be interesting. Wanda takes a look around, decides that it would be quite fun to stay.
Wanda heads to the showers to take a quick shower and change.
By the time she comes out, Steve and Natasha are going at each other.
Sam's lying on the floor, Vision doing whatever he usually did.
Wanda sits down on the bench and tries not to stare as she watches Natasha leap into the air and execute a perfect flip and rolls on the ground and gets back up immediately to block the onslaught of punches Steve aims.
Steve backs her into a corner and she slides under Steve, does some weird combination with her legs which makes Steve stumble but not fall.
They square off after each other, ready. Watching.
Natasha suddenly goes for offensive and gives Steve a punch, followed by a high kick to the ear and elbow to the ribs.
Steve holds onto Natasha's waist and flips her over.
Natasha uses her legs to wrap around Steve's neck and pushes him down to the mat.
Natasha sits on Steve, smirking as he admits defeat.
Woah. That was so cool.
Natasha gets up, helping Steve up as Sam clapped.
Natasha, noticing Wanda, winks as Wanda blushes.
Natasha was so cool, but would she forgive her for entering her mind?
With that thought, she wipes the smile that had wormed her way onto her face and quickly gathers her things.
Natasha frowns at Wanda, but lets her go.