The building was abuzz as Pietro was rushed to a medical room, strapped to a table.
All the Avengers present wore a grim expression as Tony walked in to join them, watching the doctors check in on Pietro through a two way window. "First Bruce, then Nat and now the Kid. There's no denying it someone is picking us off one by one."
At that moment Pietro's body begun to convulse at superspeed, causing the medical professionals around him to take a step back.
"Where's the Manchurian Candidate and the new guy?" Tony turned to Steve and questioned. "Ross has T-Challa in an office for now and Bucky's being contained" Steve's voice gained some steel once he mentioned Bucky. "They don't care he didn't do it, claim he's too dangerous and have an psych evaluator on the way to check on him."
"Can't really fault them for that." Tony's words caused Steve to turn to level a hard look which Tony met, "He might not have been responsible for the UN bombing but he's done a whole lot. You can't really expect them to just welcome a known assassin with open arms."
"He was not in control when that was happening" Steve took a step towards Tony as he spoke only for Tony, unwilling to be outdone to take a step to meet him. "A gun doesn't fire itself but that does not make it any less dangerous Cap"
"Alright that's enough both of you" Rhodey spoke up as he and Sam stepped in to separate the two. "I get that tensions are high but lets focus on what's important, three of us are down. Someone is gunning for us and we need to know who".
Tony was first to concede taking a step back and raising his hands in surrender, it was at this moment though that he noticed something important.
"Where's Bats"
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Down in another room Batman stood over Natasha's bed, he watched as her breathing remained stable with various devices connected to her to monitor her pulse.
Since he found out about Banner he had a suspicion, but after running some scans he thought himself wrong hence his suspicion had taken a back seat in his mind. But after Natasha and now Pietro, those suspicions had raced back to the forefront of his mind. He had to know if he was right.
The sound of the door opening was heard causing him to turn his head just in time to catch a glimpse of Clint walking in, a cup of coffee at hand. "Oh hey Batman, didn't know you were here or I would have got you a cup as well."
"It's okay" was Batman's response as he returned his focus back to Nat. Clint made his way to Natasha's side now standing opposite Batman, placing his cup on a table he took Natasha's hand into his own. "I decide to retire and then this happens. I keep telling myself that if I was here I could do something to help you know."
"I understand" was all Batman said as he turned his attention back to Natasha.
"Hm" Clint placed his cup of coffee down as he came to Natasha's side, standing across from Batman. "We've been though a lot, Nat and I. Every time we pulled through, I keep telling myself she is going to wake up at any moment now. but then a voice in the back of my head speaks and I wonder, what if she doesn't this time."
"Sorry I'm rambling"
"You know its quite easy to forget sometimes." Batman raises his head from Nat and turns to face Clint once he hears those words, "That all we know about you is that you wear a bat suit and have some cool stuff."
Acknowledging the words Batman turned to Nat and began to say some words that left Clint confused.
"Stsena gotova, svet gorit. Prishlo vremya tantsevat', balerina"
Clint's looked to Batman in confusion he understood the words but he didn't understand why Batman had said them. Or what message he was trying to convey, but the questions died on his tongue before he could utter them as Natasha let out a groan.
"Nat?!" Clint quickly moved to her side as he saw she was stirring, albeit slowly but hey she was waking up. Batman's scowl deepened upon seeing this before leaving the room, however he was stopped at the threshold.
Turning around he saw Clint's hand on his shoulder and the questioning look in his eye, "You have some explaining to do Bats, what just happened".
"The Avengers are under attack"
"Yeah that was clear when Bruce and Nat went down, what isn't clear however is why Nat woke up after you said those words." Clint's grip tightened with each word and it was clear he had no intentions of letting go unless he received some answers.
The two were locked in a stare down for a moment, before Batman broke the silence. "The Avengers are under attack... by me", At those words Clint's right hand flew straight for Batman's jaw but he moved back just in time avoiding the punch before grabbing Clint and slamming him back first into the door frame.
However Clint refused to be taken down so easily, kicking out he landed a well placed kick on Batman's knee causing him to loose his footing and giving Clint the chance to follow through with a knee.
Batman met this knee with his fore arm, before rattling Clint's brain with an elbow to the chin. Not allowing a moment to Clint to steady himself, he delivered a spartan kick to Clint's chest sending him into the bedside table and spilling the coffee on him.
With that dealt with Batman took off sprinting, in the hospital room. Clint pulled out his phone and made a call, "Its Batman, the one attacking us is BATMAN"