The Hawk's Sister

Lost

Dahlia stands behind Clint's seat as they drop Steve onto the U-Gin Genetic Research Lab roof "Two minutes. Stay close." Steve tells them. Clint takes the jet up so they are above the city watching what's happening "Dr. Cho!" Steve exclaims over the coms. "He's uploading himself into the body." Dr Cho tells him. "Where?" Steve asks. "The real power is inside the Cradle. The gem, its power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. You have to get the Cradle to Stark." Dr Cho responds. "First I have to find it." Steve tells her. "Go." she tells him. "Did you guys copy that?" Steve asks. "We did." Clint confirms. "I got a private jet taking off, across town, no manifest. That could be him." Natasha pipes up. "There. It's a truck from the lab. Right above you, Cap. On the loop by the bridge. It's them." Dahlia tells Steve, stopping a truck. "I got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver." Clint suggests.  "Negative! If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron." Steve responds, going after the truck himself.

Ultron blasts the truck door as Steve tries to get in "Well, he's definitely unhappy! I'm gonna try and keep him that way." Steve tells the team. "You're not a match for him, Cap." Clint responds. "Thanks, Barton." Steve responds before being blasted into a car by Ultron. Steve dodges another blast and gets onto the roof of the truck "We got a window. Four, three... give 'em hell." Clint tells Natasha, who drops out of the Quinjet on a bike and rides towards the truck. On her way she picks up Steve's shield, that had been blasted out his hands "I'm always picking up after you boys." she tells them over comms. "They're heading under the overpass, I've got no shot." Clint tells Natasha. Dahlia moves to the back "Clint open the back." she tells him. Clint does so, letting Dahlia shoot an arrow out the Quinjet and explode near the truck so it changes course "Which way?" Natasha asks. "Hard right... Now." Clint responds, Natasha catching up to the truck and throwing Steve his shield. "Out of the way, coming through! Sorry, coming through!" Natasha tells the pedestrians.

Dahlia bites her lip as she watches what's happening "Clint, can you draw out the guards?" Natasha asks. "Let's find out." Clint responds. "Beep beep!" Natasha says, speeding past pedestrians. Clint shoots at the truck, drawing out the Drones "Heading back towards you. So whatever you're gonna do, do it now." he tells Natasha. "I'm going in. Cap, can you keep him occupied?" she asks. "What do you think I've been doing?" Steve asks, fighting Ultron on a speeding train. Natasha gets not the truck as it takes flight "The package is airborne. I have a clean shot." Clint says. "Negative. I am still in the truck." Natasha responds. "What the hell are you...?" Dahlia starts. "Just be ready, I'm sending the package to you." Natasha cuts her off. "How do you want me to take it?" Clint asks. "Uhh, you might wish you hadn't asked that." she responds. "I lost him! He's headed your way!" Steve warns. "Nat, we gotta go." Clint tells her. The cradle falls into the Quinjet, Dahlia steadying "Nat! Cap, you see Nat?" she asks. "If you have the package, get it to Stark! Go!" Steve responds. "Do you have eyes on Nat?" Dahlia asks him. "Go!" Steve tells them. Clint reluctantly flies off "Clint! Turn the fuck around!" Dahlia shouts at her brother. "We need to get the cradle to Tony." he tells her. "Clint!" Dahlia growls, tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry Dal." he says, not looking at his sister as the tears fall from her eyes.

Dahlia paces back and forth, struggling not to let anymore tears fall "Anything on Nat?" Bruce asks. "Haven't heard. But she's alive, or Ultron'd be rubbing our faces in it." Tony responds. "I don't want to lose anyone." Dahlia whimpers, Clint pulling her into a hug and picking her up. "This is sealed tight." Clint days, motioning to the cradle. "We're going to need to access the program, break it down from within." Bruce says. "Hm. Any chance Natasha might leave you a message, outside the internet, old school spy stuff?" Tony asks. "There's some nets I can cast. Yeah, alright. I'll find her." Clint responds, walking out with Dahlia still in his arms.